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* * . * 'yi - j-a "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE PRESS IS TIIE ROYAL THRONE UPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENTHRONED MONARCH." \ PI.Tjjy (IvMP^y, s. C., -YTEDNESDAY MOEXING, JUXE 1, 1864. [ISTo. 9 l)c Canffkrate, rs rUULISIIlID AT I'AMDKN, i i - El ERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, 11 BY : ' J. T. HERSHMAN. Tor;ns of su'i<oviptimi?Five Dol- j ; lars per nnnum- !' Jt-ir" Hate- of Advertising?TvVO Dol- j ars, per square of twelve lines. i?r first ;' ^ user! ion. sit., i One Dollar a ad Fifty IJ I * " Cents toe each subsequent one. ' I V" ? &?*"Communications calculated in udv.anc j . tlie interest of our District ami State, j?ub- ! * r > . , lishc.l free of eliartru. ~ - I "Statistic^ of Rebellion." i< f fii'c qJ thfi A cm." J '/; /, II orb.I.'] Uat.timouk, April- 28?From conver- j 1 sation with a gentleman directly fjom ' tin* South 1 have obfaiued considerable v interesting au<l valuable information in . ' reference to the future projects of the ! ' South. 1 give it as" a complete styte- j * ^ mcnt of the tacts upon which the rebels :i base their hopes of ultimate success. ^ AUK TI1E Itfl'ELS EXHAUSTED ? I There arc two questions of paramount importance to thinking uicn, ami partie- ( ulurlv tot statesmen, at the North at tire ' j present time. These m;e : What are the x i .capabilities of the South this year forty feedino their armies, and to what extent ; , have the cotton plantations, and sinjar plantations, of the South been converted ij ,, iulo wheat fields and corn fields'{ And, second, what is the condition of the* slock j j, of horses in the South, and by what*uieaus : ^ .In tin. K.mtli exncctr to* obtain remotiufs ' -i * - for their largo cavalry force; and'how do they expect to keep up the efficiency of this arui of their service Aware ...f<>r luoutlis past of the iuiportauce of the { issues iuvolvcd in these questions, I have .1 spared neither tunc :ior labor in arriving* -j at the truth coucerntng them, and. the t results of my investigations, are embodied ; f| below, -ft will require bflt :i uioment's s reflection to convince intelligent men r that the ability of the South to carry on ' J - % the war, or, in other words, that the du- ; ration of the war itself, depends upon j the fact's which will Jac made appearcnt ^ by the investigation of the above ques- t tious. It is a fact, by no means credita- j. Lie to the intelligence of the country1,' ^ that the delusion "that the South is starving; the South is exhausted; that the ' backbone of the lbclion is broken ; that ' the Southern soldiers are discontented , trn I mutinous; that the South lias its; , "^fhqlc available military strength mov in the field for a last, a final struggle.'"' <: should he shared, not by t lie iguyiaut ! and uuthiukiug alone, hut by men who N have ?mic claims tu^nteliigcuce. The \ excuse for the latter is, liowever, fliat they only believe what has been set , down for theui iu the newspaper which , they have been accustomed to read and ' HrdirtVf in and :ihn hoenist? surdi lias ' been the constaut tone of every Federal '' official, from the President and Secretary ' of State down to the bottom of the list. u For the shaifiel'ul and willful^ decejition on the people, thus practiced %y these :: newspapers and these officials, there is no , 1 excuse .and no paliatiou. t TERRITORIAL AREA OF TIIE SOUTH. , ! c! In arriving at the truth in regard to 1 * the above points, it is necessary to take 1 _j into consideration the vast territorial ex- ( tent of the South ; the comparative ; , small number of the Southern people ' L who have been withdrawn from produe- , tivc pursuits during the last three years; ^ aud the temper and feeling of the South- ^ ern people in regard to the war. The States of Massachustts, Connccti- (| cut and New Hampshire occupy an area of quite respectable size on the map. r Yet these three States together only oecu- t py an area of 21,754 square miles, while ] the State of South Carolina alone has an . area of 24,500 square miles. The great. j State of Indiana contains 33,800 square miles. But North Carolina, witu it> 45,000 square miles, is larger in territorial," extent thau Indiania and Massachusetts tiifrntltfo' 1 Tnvr t nonr nnrtnln i?i tl?.? "o' V ?? ? North believe that Louisaua exceeds in ; territorial extent the Kuipire State it>clf, 1 with the -K>,000 square mile? of the latter? ; 1 Yet such is the fact. The State of mis- ' sissippi has 47,000 sq 'are tnilcs, and i*, ( thefefore, larger thau New Yi?rk or 1 Pennsylvania. The State "f Alabama contains 50,TOO square uulcs , and is ' therefore, larger thau New York and : Connecticut . together. A person who ' has traveled over the whole length ofthc 11 Y shaped Illinois central li iilr .id, from Chicago and (jalcnn <01 the north, to Cairo at the south, lias some idea of the 1 vast extent of that State. Yet (leorsiia ' has 5^,000 square miles, and i<. tlieruforu ' ' larger thau Illinois. And Florida, which 1 the President sent Mr. .John Hay to ! couquer, contains 50,000 square niih-s, i !i and is therefore, larger then Pciisylvauii:, 1 .Ma saehusefts and Connecticut, altogelh-1 * er. finally, \ irgima is still larger, " containing 01,000 square mill's; and even ' wlicn the bogus ''Statu of West Virginia" s is taken oft" the Old Dominion is still 1 larger than Ohio. I say nothing of Texas ' in this connection, because, although it ' contains the enormous extent of 237,000 l square miles (and is, therfore, larger than the sevcu great States of New York," v Pennsaylvania, Ohio Illinois, Indiana, ; Massachusetts aud Connecticut, altogeth- | er),still< it is practically useless to the t South at present. t AltlvA fMlf'l! rif.TIVATniV t So much for the territorial extent of v eight of the Southern States, whieh, vast t as it is, is the least important feature in I v ? lie case. In these eight Status?Yirliuia, North and Suuth Carolina,Georgia .Alabama? Florida , Louisiana arid Mis>i>ippi?there are one hundred and four millions of acres of laud as vet untouched-by farmer or planter, (o say nothing >f twenty millions of acres in the same eondilion in Texas. In the eight States ' ibove named, not counting West Virginia there are only forty two millions ' five hundred and ninety thousand .acres under cultivation; and this includes all he cotton plantations, sugar plautatious md rice fields of the eutirc South. These ;t-? ?kl<i r.r,\,liw.tiane n f Mintvn lnnnrm'ril : ? VWW,..-. ? :uc ntleii-ioia of tlie South until 1S'J2. rorrox ai;anih)m;h' iuu ouvix axd * c vrri.r.. ]>uring tlic first vc.tr of tlic war, the inexpediency of raising any more cot- ; on. and the necessity of raising more vheat, corn, be.-f and .pork, than had ormcrly been done, bectun. evident to he Southern people. This liocefaiiyJ iccame more and more apparent in 1S'G2, indrcaiised numerous public meetings to ' je held all over the South.?These nee tings or Conventions, for tlu-y worn isally composed of delegates from :vcry coui4y in a State, were always he spontaneou saction of the people, lut whenever they were held pains vL'r&$ftken by the Confederate. Governueiit to lay bVfort' the meetings repesefi- i ations'hf the prospective needs of toe riny in tiie matter of provisions, and to irge that the culture ut'cottou should be .bandoued, and the culture of wheat and , oni, and the raisings of ?attic and lmgs, .1 . ! 4 . . 4 1 . _ I _ _ . 1 I \ ie suusuiuicu, wriercver * pracJicauie. > Phis idea was c*ntliu.uustically adopted iy all these "meetings and conventions, nd, what is of far greater cousfjucnee, t has been practically carried out* by be people of the South, partially in SG'2 but almost universally in I8G.0 ['he statistical bureaus at Richmond are ' iot yet so perfectly organized as to enbio exact statistics to be furnished, bowing to what extent corn, wheat and mtatoes liave superceded the culture if cotton. Rut the following is an ipproximatc tabic, belc-ivcd "by the beat nforuied men in the South to be subautially correct, and used. Imbed, by ?, he Confederate War Department, in ma- . ting estimates for the supplies of the Confederate army in 1SG1: ;L'MUEtt OF ACKKS DKVOTKD TO THE |_ ItAlSI.Nc: OF W1IK.YT, COltN AND 1'OTATOKS. . , ism is. .2 1 sir. isi-,4 ,1 lUilu* -? JW:m,aim J.:tn yno 1,.V>U.U"U ].MHI,UUO r ioriilil lOH.OOU 100.?W 200,000 ' 250,000 tt.imhuh.rt 3.??i.rt0l J.w?i.i?*i .'>,11011.111111 <?li-ian:i imhi .-,110,1111(1 .'MAt.OrtO iOrt.Ortrt 1 1 i--i?il>|>i 1.tMM.<U>l 1 ..'11111.1X10 J.<l?).tlj>i 1 mm 1 '. ?'.'ir>>li:i.i 2.i*m.ii>*> 2."?mi.ikh? . j.nji.d hi ;:.:1o.i.ikiii . I'iir>>tiu:i l.-'.im.tijui iiiHUMMi frgiiia ti.WKi.mri ti..V)ii.iiij 4.uuu,ic.hj t.joO.ouu iV|i'l. i:s.ti.>',eiHj jt.CHMW MI.:>o<KW>J ( I' CO It S S A i'T K N'T PA X1* ON' Til K nnvcr OF I'lloDGCTlOX. * * i The nctu:il productions of the above < ight State? in 1800 were 24,000,000 inshels of wheat, 100,000,000 busliels if corn, and 36,000,000 bushels of sweet nd Irsh potatoes. In 1803 they were ' >3.000,000 bushels of wheat, 3O0.000,100 bushels of corn, and 40,000,000 (Ushels of potatoes. In 1802, ewsug to he i(.creased atteution that had been levoted to the cultivation of these artic- | es, there was raised in the above States t5,U00.<M)0 bushels of com, and 50,- i M>0,000 bushels <?! potatoes. The csti- 1 nute yield of the prcssout year, based ipon the number of acres actually known o be under cultivation, will be 55,000,I0O,bushels of wheat, 350,000,0(10 bushIs oi'corn, and 00,000,000 bushels of wcet and Iri-h potatoes- The culture if rice, during all this time which has lways been a.S ?uthcru staple, and which brius a large portion and a favorite uricle cf the find of the Southern people las received a* propntionate degree of ittention and the yeld particularly durlivr the year 1*02 and 1803, has been [uitc as large as in firmer years. -TIM'K OF CATTLE AXH SL'I'I'LY OF .MEAT. In I860 there were in the above eight Mutw l,(?^7,O0O milch cows, and 510,jtJO working oxen, besides an euuul jnmber of steers raised and fattened fur he shambles. The great demand fur jecf for food has kept down tin: increase ifcatte. IJiif l?v the strenuous oxerions of the plautoVa* in all the above States, and the attention wliicb t!:ey iia e bestowed upon the raising of live tock, the above niunber have been pivt!y nearly niaintuinad constantly. Thus ii l S'Jd, the number of milch cows was 1,500,000, and of . .,! steers a little over a miiiou head. If will be i iO' I fiiat I say nothing here of the jeefcattle raised either in Texas or in Kentucky or Tennessee. Dining the first wo years of the war, a large properdin ef the beef used by the Southern irtnies came from Texas. And although his will not be the case this year, it may jc so in 1*05. If the Confederate plans ueceed ; and the cattle in that State are ucrcasing at a prodigious rate. Large aipplies of both cattle and lings are still Irawn by the South from Tcncssoc and Ceniucky, and this will 110 doubt con- 1 mue to Ijc tbe case during this year. j tnUSKs AND ML'LKS IN TIIK .SOUTH. At the beginning of the war, there , rcre in the eight States named above, >30.000- head of horses, and 573,000 toad of mules, besides a million head d horses in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kenuclcy and Texas. A large proportion of he horses in the four States last named re re made available for the purposes of be Confederacy in the years 1-SG1 and 802. The loss and destruction of bor. ses at the South duiiug the war Las no been sit great as is generally supposed as will be seen when I come to speak o of the cavalry of the .Southern armies (ircat attention, too, has beeu paid t< the rasing of cults; and those that havt growu up since l^GO have nearly sup plied the losses sustained by the casual ties of war. The estimates of the Con federate War Department are that then arc now in the eight States abovcnainci about 700,000 Head of horses and 000, OOO boad of mules. This>includes tlios< that arc now in the military service Hut. the C mfedoralc loaders do not de pciid upon these alone to supply the lossc; which tiiey have and must still sustain They (lop ml partly upon Tennessee an Kentucky, .mi partly also u|>ou tli North, as will be seen when f-iapne- it. spe-k of their plans 'of cWupfligu l'"j tli:.- year, which 1 wili do in my uoxi letter. 1)ULJD. Kelson # Battalion, SL C V. List of ca>ualties in the 7th South Carolina Hnttaiiou (Ilagood's J?ri?r;i?liC commanded by Lieut. C d. 1'. 1!. Nelson iu the hat le of Hrewry's Hlu(T, May 16 1> (?4: Field and Stair?Wounded: Mnj Rimi. slightly?still on duty. Company A?Commanded by cap! 1>S Lu';a>?Killed: C-npl \V 11 Athin son, Jesse L) llush. Mnftflly wounded: J D Uodgcrs, J W Har, M T Hlaekwell, W J Stokes, .1 Mixou. Seriously wouuded: Scrgt M .1 thitlaw, J M Tiller, Satnl Webb. J 1! MeCaskill, J It CI}burn, L C Lodgers. Jas WatSou. Slightly wounded: Seriri M iiough. Company i>?i innnirmijcu uy capt ) ; Kennedy?Killed J A l'utnt, das S Lee A S Jiinic, John S Harrison, J A Rose, Allan Trap, K J IJlizzard. Mortally wounded : D.iril lleid, T 11 Chi ismas. Sovorly wounded : S (J l'erry, Allan Perry, 'A* Rrowu, JO J llaynes, II il Phillips. Slightly wounded : (J (J Williamson,. 11 Daw kins. M i i u'g? 1 iuw re n ee 1 Wcrs. Company C?Commanded l?y ('apt. A Wallace^ Pearson?Slightly wounded : C?<rpl Thornton, J 0 Usher. Company ])? -Commanded by ('apt P P Gillard?Killed J W Proton. Severely wounded : Sorgt (J M Atkin son, R C Prow.i, .J 1> Haley. Slightly wounded : A Scott, Jas Catoc. Company 1;?Commanded by Cap) Dov Segars?Killed?li JO West, Jus Hall. Mortally Wounded?George King James Hcrron. Severely Wounded? l : . ^ \u. t? r? . /-i ii i" f lii' iii n ui ru cowan, ooilt <? i iviiisr, v W McCaskill, W 0 Itadcliffe, J WileySoweil, E X Yarboro. Slightly Wouu tiO'i?]j C llou^li, (J J Phillips, (J Pale I) Haley, J M llu'/.zarJ, X W Jones,, Jesse E Watkins, C Kobertson. Company C?Commanded by* Lielil L L (Myburn ? Killed?J.din C Holland, C L Carducr, John J Perry, John Kirby TC Sutton, 1 Wuiry McXeil,C WCaskius: .1 X Clyburn, lleutly Out] i?v, W L J>ag ley, Jos West. Mortally Wounded Sorgt J (I Mayrant W M Wilson, T Kirby, .J X Williams S W Augustine, J) llornsby. Severely Wounded?Sorgt SCI 'lyburti, T J Stnyr Wm Cask ins, Jas C'ordor, 1) T llradly (' B Cay, W it Gardner, J Hill, Wn 1'eacli, C Sutton. Corp'i It T Spears, J A Smitli, d J5 Williams. Slightly Wound ed,?1- 0 Jones. Slightly, wounded am in bands of the enemy?Corp'i W .1 Coopej, II Carducr, j' Martin, E '1 lirown, J i \ illtpigite, IvK'lianl Uutlaw Company I!?Commanded by Capt ) II Hrooks?Killed?Sergt K J; Motley Sorjit .1 II (hit/., (Color Hearer,") Corp' .1 15 Robertson. (Color t 'orj.'oral, jC >rp I' HniisUeker, Jos Addison, Johu Haley" A1 ford Cheat!):uii, Fly Hmolass, Henry.* 1 >u>t. Fletcher ICIkius, Robert llirris J no Harris, Win lloliowny, Aden keiiue dv, Win A Rush, Jasper Rodgers, Wn Taylor John M alt >n, J M \oun;. Mur tally Wounded?Cup'l John IIregory M Kllenburg, .1 llaudey, John Cotton Jlush McLaughlin. Severely Wotinhi ?Capt J II L'rooks, Lieut RJ Ilainlell Sergt A I' Irb\, Sergt K P Walker "orp'l Rush, Corp*I Rrahly, II T Addi son, Rnndcli Johnston, Jains WJ !in s ni, George MeCatits, It Minor. II Strut Slightly Wounded?Lieut Win W'estou J S lirooks, JI M L'ogtoirn, W X Frank liu, JgjC Gillibau, J C Iletnhrson, I l ,ll?!.'v .7:, Mi il-.l- I.. Mi I Kobens, .Sam'I Sherlcy S Slricklati 1, \\ S Ttdocrt, W Ty?nn. .T '5 Vamliver, I 15 Wright. Mi?iug'?W I! Bell, Asa Hammond W in Jones, ]>an'l Junes, S Milcrs, Wn Roberts, 1> Stuluucker, Uich'd Stalnaek cr, Uich'd Sturgeon, Thos Sturgeon, 1 1> Tinkler, J T Walton, E J} Wright L Wyrick. It KOA I'ITU LAT1UN Killed, -1: Mortally Wounded,. . . .'Ji Severed Wounded, . . .41 Slightly Wounded' . . . . Ji Missing, . . . . '21 Total 161 S. W.mtttkx Nf.i.sox, Adjutant. I.ist of casualties in Companies D and F, TlliS. C. Battalion (llngood's Brigade commanded l?y Lieut. Col. Nelson, in a skirmish in front of works near Ihcwry'.BluflF, on May 15, ISO I: Company J)?Commanded .by Capt J 1 Jones?Slightly wounded : Lieut 11 W \' 1 Ollllg. Coin pan r F?Com ma ruled by Capt F Scgar.?? Severely wounded : C A J ami t, suu> Slightly wounded : Tim Scott, S ! ] , ' L Gardner, 11 J Loll, G Canuingtou. f ! 1 : CASUAtTIKS IN CAPT. WIINS COMI'ANY? ' : 15X11 IlKGIMKNT. Company 1>, Lieut Steeu commanding : ?Killed : John Spradluy, S W llornsby. ; Wounded : Sergeant J W Iluckabec, | ! shoulder severe; A Kirby, contusion arm , slight; J C Outlaw, arm tlesli severe. j i J. T. HERSHMAN?Editor. Cijiiidcii, Wednesday, June 1 j Change of Schedule1 The passenger train of the Camden ; i' Urauch d the South Carolina llailroad . will leave every morning (Sunday's ex) eepted,) at 3:1 u until further uolicc. .c f | - ? . - ?- y I The Mcdiccl Kx-tminirig Board will ( 1 hold tneir next meeting iu Camden on j u.o 2id in .taut. ... ^ i . Our re ides w ill iihd iu another col- ! 0 ' ' I 1 I uinti an interesting reference?under the i 1 beau 'of -Statistics of JtcbeUiou''?to! k , tin; l'ntilrprospects of the South. 'I here | I ::r many things contained thereir .? I r cjn-er u]i the despondent as to our rcsour- j ' res f??rIcouduetitig a war of huge dimen- ! ^ ' .-ions, and with ultimate success to our \1 ' j caliMj. k jc ! Destructive Hail Storm. !! The most destructive hail storm known ( in this section for many years, occurred : on Thursday last in the vicinity of .Mid- j ^ dlcton deuot. and extending aloiiir the ' ? v ; y line of railroad through the swamp to ' near Kiugville, stripping the larger' , portion of I he foliage ami smaller limbs ( off ail the trees, iu its destructive eoursc, i ^ and beating down and injuring material- [ ' I)- the corn crop iu that neighborhood. |g j The stones are represented as being' j , many of them, the size of a turkey egg, i leaving indentations on the cross ties of-' j The road.. s To Contributors- . 1 ; "The Iri<h l'ieket" lias been received,- r . and decline publishing- It is a rule, in 1 ) I all newspapers establishments to refuse r I publicity to any and all productions, not c accompanied by the authors name, or the . 1 name of the person making such con- h tributions, also stating whether the com h position be original or selected V.'c will gladly publish any interesting comiuuui- [ a . cations?prose or poetry?where our rule j a in tliisi'espcct may he complied with. ! f , . j. ; Latest Casualties Received. ' * l-'rnm a private dispatch received on ! 1 yesterday, we have been furnished with ! v j the following casualties in Sliinglcr's rog- ! J iment?lloh-ombe L.'eion--w hich we be- ! 0 | . licvc have been unpublished as yet: J. ; i 15. Curetoii, jr., killed; John Lee, slight- ^ , ly wounded in the hand ; Win. Whitaker, I 1 slightly in the head; Henry C. Salmoml, I slightly in the hand; .J. M. DeSaassurc, ' slightly in foot ; :T. II. Clark, in thigh. ! i The regiment su-taind a heavy loss in ! it l officers, but none from Camden. . ' ? , . 1 I The Mr miry says: hor the iufor- li inatioii of all non-combatants desiring a to go to Virginia, whether to visit sick ; i and wounded relatives and friends, or for any purpose other than government : I business, that peremptory instructions t ' have been received at Department Head- i ' fjuarters from the War Department \ prohibiting the granting of passports to s . them. These instructions are iriven with t I i great reluctance by the War Depart- ; \ inent, and 111 v under the pressiuj; emer- t is ' i goiicy demanding that none but com- i j hstant- .-ball at present go to the scene i , of war. 1' may save unnecessary trouble c > ami disappointment if newspapers genor- 1 . ii.. : .i M !*. i\ .? jjuy, in ?iii> . i 1 i11i:ry I'epartment will l publish this notice. t i! he iMohilc 'Jiibuucs;i\s: Among the ^ * killci hi (Lie recent buttle of tlie A\*ilderm -s. V i.iinia, was l/iout. C?d. Frank (iailiurd, of the Smith Carolina Volun-! 5 teers. It was t!io twenty.fifth battle in . 1 which ho had been engaged during the \ 1 | war. lie was a young man of large 1 ^ literary attainments, and was not less j cnupieuous for his valor. He had nuuic* ^ i roiis relatives and acquaintances in this State, an 1 was belove d by all who knew . ' > Culling for the Figures. i I .Mr. Luilt'in, oi Alabama, has intro- I (1 need a resolution, requesting the l'res-; 1 identufthc Confederate States to fur- s nish tlic House, as soou as may be prac- t tieable, with an alphabetical list of all e the olficcrs of the Government, Quarter- v masters, Commissaries and disbursing of- r fleers generally, now in arrears in their p accounts with the Govern incut, the w i amount i?f their several arrearages, when i n said arrearage com menced, and the date 'a ) of t ho appointment of.-uch o flic era Ailop- 1; . : to J. ' gi LATEST ARMY NEWS, Che News from Johnston's Army. 'rogrkss of the campaign?fioiiting renewed in north georgia ?a night attack ul'on our lines ?cleijurne repulses tiie enemy with great slaughter?move MEN'S IN VIRGINIA?UKANT CROSSES THE PAMUNKEY?FURIIKR ADVICES' 'FROM THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEl'ARTMENT?INTELLIGENCE FROM THE NOHtII?GOLD IN NEW YORK ON THE 25'TI IxSTAjfT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT-SIX, iCf., &CXkw Hope, Ga., via Marietta, 'aturdav, Ma/28.?'The enemy's forces ,vo massed iu onr front on the souih side if J'umpkin ii?e Creek. There was mavy artillery and musketry skirmishing estonlay-from sunrise unrildark, diicfly m the right wing. At dark it ceased, jut was renewed abont midnightWo captured between 200 and 800 irisiiiiers amohg them Lt. Cob TambLi.;s if the 50th Ohio, Adjt. Ilcltcr and three .lieutenants. Our forces arc inspirited viiJi (he greatest confidence iu their Coiftnander and in their ability to defeat the nomy. Kvcry man is anxious1' for the jeneral engagement. It will probably .ike place to day.?Skirmishing is now joint; on along our right and light contra. lit. Col. Fambliss reports that the L*anUcc General "WallacI; was severely vounded at the battle of lleseca. (seco.yi) despatch.) * IJattlb Field, IS milks mom Matlltta, May 2S? Heavy skirmishing logau at daylight yesterday morning on mr left, and continued without interimsion.until about live o'clock.p. in., when , desperate assault was made upon Stcdifnson's division, which was repulsed lantUomely, with heavy loss to the asailautSi. -This is-tjje fourth assault that ia3 \/-an made upon this point, each time ' esnlihig iu heavy loss to the enemy. A fankee battery was run up within two \ uindred yards of Stuart's line and opiti-1 d a terrific fire* Our sharpshooters,' mwevQr, soon killed every gunner and lorsc, aud the battery thus fell into our lands. Last night at twelve o'clock the enemy dvanccd ou our extreme light, aud were . i .. i i i ... ni i . i: . i. - muusiieu u) v-ieunrnc s umaiun, who ollowcd np their fire with a charge which outed the cucuiy completely. All the ticmy'sj dead and wounded, together riili 149 prisoners, including a Drigdier General, fell into our hands. The 1 neiuy's loss was between live and six liousaud. Our loss about six hundred, 'he conduct of (.Iranberry's brigade is . uglily commended. Con. Granberry eceived a slight wound but is still in ho field. Frisk skirmishing began agaiu this j norning and still continues ou our ex- | rcme left. The enemy is massing lis forces on "his left. Heavy artillery i iriug has JJeontinucd up to this hour?11 .. 111. : (Third Despatch.) New Hope, via Marietta, May '2*. ?General Cleburne's Division engaged ho Fourth (Yankee) Army Corps, tinier Howard, about ouc o'clock this norning, aud, after a desperate contest, ignally repulsed them with a loss of he?i*. nn ii'itn olid L?ni'nn t inMicotii) ninti ?. V U 11 ? III1U lllVUOtlllU 111* 11. 1V0 captured from 150 to 200 prisoners, xelusive ol the wounded, and an imuense ouantify of arms and accoutre noiits. (leneral Cleburne says that the neinv's dead were piled thicker than ic hud ever seen them on any former Kittleiield. Between 500 and 1000 of heir dead were left close up to his rout. The enemy's line of breastworks in rout of Loring's command has been handoncd. Our loss will probably lumber four or live hundred.?Skirmshing is still going on. The enemy's oft is gradually giving way. [The Latest.] .\ i:\v hope, u.i, .uay,uu.?ifranterry's brigade was placed ir. action at' ive p. in., yesterday to resist the entity's attempt to turn our right flank. i\'e had no defence except a few stones Kistcly collected by our cavalry, which icld position as skirmishers before the trigadc came up. The cngagt'incDt; oon became furious and raged with mbated violence until eight p. m. The ! ncmy's lines several times advanced j rithin Ave pieces of ours; but they were [ epulsod at all points. Having no suport to hold their postion, our brigade ras not allowed to charge untill midight, when Walthall's brigade having dvanccd and taken position immediate y iu I i ran berry's rear, the charge was [ mii'leil and (Jranbcrr^'s brigaJc charge through the woods, breaking three of die cuemy's lines of battle without firiug a'guu and capturiug many prisoners. Beckham's regiment, of Green's brigade, was detached at 5,30 p. m. aud sent to . the right of Cranberry, who had been out flanked. It came up in good time, aud drove the enemy back* 'Backhaul's loss was' 28 killed and 65 wounded; Granberry's 3G killed, 120 wounded and 5 uiL-siug" The enemy left 288 dead '/ with a Ijrgo number of wounded on the " : field in front of Beckham's reHmcpt while in front of Cranberry's unwi,. the Yankee loss was not less than 300 killed * / ' aud between 1200* and 1300 wounded ? *2 I Many prisoners4were taken.. They re- . V;,?? port Maj. Gens. Howard and Johnston ; and Brig. Con* King, (all Yankees) w -ii. 1. king *?L;* ^ uu fail ' ;| . .< The Ncv/s from Lee's Army, . ! BirirsiOM?J* May, 20.?'J'hc enemy crossed tlit l'*i:nunkejr river yesterday i tit Hanover Town and .Old Church. IIuu-, ! cocks, Wright's, and Btruside's corps, r have certainly erased. Warren's corps 'is not accounted for. Up to this morn; ing our army had formed uo line of batj ~ i tie, but were- awaiting the eucmy's # ; movement:; and disposition?. I There was a considerable cavalry fight | at llall.s Shop yesterday between Fitz ; Bee's and Hampton's cavalry a yd. a large | force of Yankee cavalry. Our cavalry | at lirst forced the enemy back, but it is , now supposed that the enemy gave back in order to draw us in. Late in the ! evi-liitl ' Oil I* f:il':ilrv flr..iu f.tv ~ , _ - ?II?J waving ! lost 3U killed sin J 7 "> to 100 wounded. Sonic of the latter fell into the enemy's hands. ' The News from the United States. Richmond, May 28.?The New York //? / <'/?/ i>f the 25th iust. lias been received here. The X V. \Y>.rld and the Journal oj Coniimnr. have been su -ponded for pubishiug a bogus proclamation from Lincoln, calling for 400.000 additional troops aud appointing a day of fasting and prayer. T'ne editors offer a large Ac ward for the detect Km of the pcrpctra- # tors of the hoax. The London correspondent of the NcW York Xacs .sfj$.that the Mersey Rams will be Sold to Maximilian, who is collecting a powerful fleet, News from the Trans-Misssissippi Department. Houston, Tex, Mav 13 via Summit May 20 ?Cilice April 8th we have whip, pod two Yankee armies?one in Lou. isiana, the other in Arkansas?driving * the latter to Little K<>ck, and surround* jug the firmer, in Alexandria, capturing in all, thirty-four pieces of artillery, eight; thousand stands of arms, six thousaud prisoner-; twelve hundred wagons,two gunboats and four transports; siuking four new gunboats and five transport and killing and wounding fully eight thousaud Yankees. Our total loss, in killed, I woun ced and musing, is about four thou-aud. I At present Steele is at Little Rock ! witii the wreck of fifteen thousand troops, i threatened by Price. The Yankee Gen| cral Taylor is killed. Hanks army is 20,000 strong, in Alexandria. Porter's fleet is detained above j Alexandria by low water. We have i possession ' of Read River, above and j below, uud heavy forces on each side. ! Col. Griffin, witlua force of two hundred sharpshooters, and a battery of artillery, | surprised two gunboats, one of which was | the Granite City, at Calisia 011 the Gth. j We captured both. The Yankees had : to scud their b' .ts ashore to surrender, j as wo. had none. Their loss was one ; hundred and .sixty, prisoners captured, * "jSjfij i sixteen tine cannon and no end for stores:.On the Oth a Yankee mail boat was | captured at Seven gunboats and ten transports have been captured ou lted ) - r River. The whole number of Yaukee prisoners, thus far, taken by us in Louisiana and Arkansas is 10 000. On tlih 17th instant two gunboats aud tinea,, transports wore captured irl Southwest' Louisiana by Col. Alexander. All the *; >3j property from Natchitoches to Simsport^ has been entirely destroyed by the enemy. They burned indiscriminately houses, " cotton gins, warehouses, corn cribs, everything else. Many families arc thus left destitute both of food and clothing. The two most precious things this side j of the grave, are our reputation and our - f life, lint it is to be lamented that the I most contemptible whisper may deprive - ~ [? us of the one, and weakest weapons of ^ J9 the other. . ?5*3 M m *&*< k x