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Fbom Savaxnah.?Daring the severe storm of!
last Tuesday night four soldiers of the rebel army i
deserted from Savannah in a s J.all boat and arrived
at Fort Pulaski the next morning. The r names
are William McCullock and Francis Doyle, of Co.
B, 1st Geo. Vols., (Irish Jasper Guards; Thomas
James and John Coin, Co. D, 221 Butt., Geo. Art.
They say very little interest was 1'elt at Savannan
in the Charleston fight. The Georgia troops are
tired of the war and long for peace. They also
state it was rumored that Sumter was badly breached,
though the papers brought by theiu say otherwise.
We were fortunate in getting dates to the
14th, but so badly damaged as to be almost unintelligible.
We make the following extracts :
Information has been received here by telegraph
that the negroes and abolitionists have abandoned
Jacksonville and gone to Hilton Head. The town
was set on fire by the vandals previous to their
leaving. Gen. Finegan reached the place in time
to save the greater portion ot it. ihs troops are
now occupying Jacksonville.
Jacksonville Evacuated by the Yankees.?
It has been known for some time that tien. i innegan
was making ar.angements to attack the
Yankee vandals at Jacksonville, and we have for
seve.al days past been expecting an account of a
tight in that neighborhood. Gen. t innegan had
just made his arrangements to clear ont that den
of mongrels and thieves, and had his troops in
order to make the attack when the Yankees suddenly
evacuated the place. We learn that all the
torces embarked on their transports and gunboats
on Sunday last, taking everything they had with
them, and carrying otf their stolen proj?erty. It
is thought that they eniearked for Port Hoyal.
Before leaving, they set tire to a number of build,
ings in various parts of the town, no doubt with
the intention of destroying it. We learn that Gen.
Finnegan immediately went in and succeeded in
stopping the progress of the tire, but not until a
number of houses had been destroyed.
From Fort Pulaski.?The 48th New York
regiment, UOI. carton, logemerwuiia aeincnmeni
of light artillery, garrison Fort Puiaski at present.
A copy of a small paper called The New South,
published ? ron Koyut, nates the aOfh uTi;; codtains
an account of the laying of the corner stone
of the new Catholic chnrch in this city, on the
17th, copied from one of the bavannah papers ot
the 18th.
Richmond, March 28.?At an anctlon to-day,
Confederate Bonds for the fifteen million loans
sold at one hundred and thirty-five, a large adrance
the one hundred million loan, long date, at or.e
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half. Bankers are selling gold at four hundred
premium. Bank notes at sevonty.
The President has signed the impressment bill.
Corn whisky is selling for $ lOOj per barrel in
Atlanta.
Corn and Gold.?The Salisbury, N. C. Watchman
says there was a sale in Kowan county recently,
when corn sold at 4(J cts per bushel, paid in
gold. The ruling price is $4 in paper money.
Chanoe or Command in the West.?A gentleman
from Arkansas says that the appointment of
Gen. Kirby Smith to the command of the transMississippi
Dept., in place of Gen. Holmes, and
the substitution of Gen. Price for Gen. Hindman,
who has been ordered to report to Jackson, Miss.,
has been highly gratifyiugto the troops; and there
is every reason to expect that the unsatisfactory
condition of things which has prevailed in that
department for several months past will now be
terminated.
?Hon. John Blair for many years a member of
the U. S. Congress, died at his residence in Jones,
boro on the 22d ult.
Gen. Gcstavus W. Smith.?In noticing the arrival
in Savannah, some days ago, of this gentleman,
we stated that he bad tendered his services
to Gen. Beauregard in any capacity in wmcn it
might be thought he could be useful to the country.
We have since learned that Gen. Smith has
determined to cast his lot amongst us and to make
Georgia his permanent home in the future. We
congratulate our people upon the acquisition of
such a citizen?a gentlem n of such high character
and ability and capable of rendering so much
useful service to the State.
Military Execution.?At half past one o'clock
yesterday, the first Military Execution of a soldier
for any crime committed in this Military Department,
took place. Michael Le Vol, alias Kiener,
aged 23 years, a native of Asatia, France, enlisted
Jan. 11th. 1862, in the DeKalb Rifle men, stationed
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HI Lreuosec s ruiui, hiiu was i/> uwupaiiuu a laborer.
He subsequently re-enlisted in the same
company, now attached to the first battallion of
Sharp Shooters. On the 8th of January, 1863,
while 011 picket duty at an advanced post, on tne
i little Ogeechie river with his comrade, th,ey attempted
to desert to the enemy, when they lost
their way and became bewildered; the next day
they were accidentally discorered in the Marsh.
His comrade committed suicitle before he would
be made a prisoner. The mssket of Le Vol was
discharged as it was suppuled, at his superior
officer for which he yesterday suffered death.
Le Vol was shot at the hour stated on the common j
east of Laurel Grove Cemetery; a large Doay 01 j
the military being present. He was attended by
the Kev. Chas. Pendergastofthe church of St John '
the Baptist. Four of the six balls took effect,
killing him almost instantly.
An article on the fight at Charleston, which we
can hardly decipher, says :
''The east face of Fort Sumter was struck about
forty times by fifteen inch shell and eleven inch
solid shot, at a distance of from nine hundred to
eighteen hundred yards, and yet is in quite as good
conditiouas before the attack. One gun was dis
mounted and one bursted, and five men were I
wounded, ad of whom are doing well. Lieut-Col. ,
Yates having reported for duty the morning of the
battle, w as assigned to the special command of the j
parapet batteries. Major 0. Blanding to the
casemate batteries. All the officers and men in
Sumter, as well as in the otber forts and batteries
behaved with great gallantry It was a proud day
for Charleston and the Carolinians. It is a remarkable
coincidence that Geo. Beauregard, Gen.
Kipley, and other officers and men who commenced
the assault which resulted in the reduction of
Fort Sumter nearly two years ago, should have
1 been present, aiding and assisting in its successful
i defence.
The paper of the 14th which was stolen from us,
contained quite an account of the defeat of Van
Dorn in Teunessee?probably by Iioserans.c who
had driven him fifteen miles and out of the State*
Van Dora's loss was very heavy. Freeman's noted
battery was captured and Freeman was killed.
The rebels are quite jubilant, over the loss of
the George Washington and Keokuk. They say
the Federal fleet has left Charleston harbor, and
they cannot account for it. Very little else is said
about the attack yn-Strm*e?N- _. _.
?Speaker G row, in a late speech in Congress
says: " We met as legislators of the Republic on
the threshold of its most important era. Its sunshine
of almost half a century was for the first time
darkened with clouds. Grim-visaged war stalked
through the land, which it has since drenched with
blood. While grappling in a death-struggle with
this hydra-headed monster of civil discord, you
have, by your labors, contributed not a little to
the advancement of the industrial interests and
the promotion of the greatness and glory of the
country.
Few Congresses, if any, will hold a prouder po"
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Sltion in me iuiure. inuugu we acjjaraic mui I
darkness lowering over the horizon, behind the
clouds is the sun still shining. It seems to be a!
part of the plan of divine Providence that every
marked advance in civilization must begin amid
the carnage of the battle-field. Over the Marathons
and through the Thermdpylaes of the world's
history, liberty carved out her victories, and the
nation has inarched on to higher and nobler destinies.
As the lightnings of heaven destroy only to
purify and invigorate, so freedom's cannon furrows
the fields of decaying empires, and sows them anew
with human gore, from which springs a more vigorous
race to guard the hopes and cherish thej
rights of mankind.
The boom of cannon on the plains of Lexington
shook a continent, and bore an obscure militia
coloucl from the shades of Mount Vernon to the
highest pinnacle of earthly glory, to stand for ever
r?n that nrond nedestal Deerless araonir men ; while I
it called Stark front bis granite bills, Putnam from I
his plough, and tireen from bis blacksmith's forge !
to immortal fame. The iron hail beating on the I
walls of Sumter again shakes a continent, and the
genius of history is recording the names of those
born not to die. The country's martyrs in this
hour of her trial will live for ever. Their tombs |
will be the hearts of the great and good ot all time; j
their monuments, the granite hills of a nation re- j
joicing in freedom.
Whether the night of our adversity is to be long
or short, there can be no doubt of the final dawn
of a glorious day. Such is the physical geography
of the continent, that between the gulf and the
lair..a thprp ran he hut one iiatioDalitv. No mat-.
ter what changes may be wrought in its social orj
ganization, its territorial limits will continue the
tame. The traditions of the past and the hopes of
the future have crystallized in the American heart
the fixed resolve of one Union, one country, and
one destiny from ocean to ocean.''
An Aurming Mtstekt in Michigan?"Supernatural
Fires.'.'?A friend residing in this city,
but who is on a visit to Owosso, Michigan, informs
us cf a very singular and unaccountable atfair that
is now transpiring jn Bush township, five miles
north of Owosso.
A farmer named Stearns, residing in that town,
has an adopted-daughter by the name of Freeman,
who is ten years of age. While this little girl was
sweeping the sitting room, about a week since,
she discovered the carpet to be on fire, and, the
inmates having put out the fire, undertook to learn
its origin. There had been no fire built in the
room that mornin?: no liirht had been carried into
the room, nor could the family in any way, account
for the fire. In less than an hour flames were seen
issuing from rags in another room. The same day
the girl's clothes caught fire, and the next morning
a damp towel, that Mrs^Sterns bad used in wiping
her face, upon being hung on a nail, commenced
burning. This last occurrence took place in the
presence of some twelve persons, some of whom
are among the most respectable citizens of the
place. Next, a straw-stack near Mr. Steams' was
consumed. At one time, when several persons
were in the house, the falling of some heavy substance
was heard in the chamber directly above
their heads. Upon going up stairs it proved to be
a bag filled with books and rags, and suspended by
a cord to a beam. The bag was on tire, and the
string was also burning when the parties entered
the room.
Mr. S. and family became so much alarmed by
these movements, that they left their home.
When the furniture was being removed, a trunk,
said not to have been opened for more than a year,
was discovered to be on lire, and, when opened,
the flames burst forth, consuming all its contents.
The family are now living in a house some three
miles distant from their farm, but the mysterious
torment, termed by the doubting a "humbug,"
by the spiritualists the "manifestations of the
spirits," by the Millerites the "period of fire and
brimstone," and by Dr. Tappenf "the works of the
Devil," is bcund to stick to them like a brother.
JNo sooner naa tne giri enierea ner new nuiue,
than her clothes took tire in three different places.
An-.i now, one other family where she has visited,
are as badly tormented as is the family of Mrs.
Stearns.
In Owo8so, as well as in the adjoining village of
Corunna, the excitement is most intense. People
arAiincking from every direction to witness this
truly wonderful mystery. Some of the most profound
scholars of th.; State, among whom are Dr.
Tappan, Chancellor of the University of Michigan,
President Fairchild, of Hillsdale College, and
others, have sbeen to "see the sights;" and all
agree that there are bidden mysteries beyond the
depth of the closest observers.
One man remarked that "the judgment of God
was about to be indicted upon ihe heads of His
wicked people.' * We suspect, however, that a
good practical chemist and a skilful detective
could soon unravel the mystery.?Cleveland Her.
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private uonraa trainer, i^o. r, vein i>ew iora
Vols., April llth, chronic diarrhea.
Civiliau Benj. Guyton, late of Co. D, 62d Ohio
Vols., April 6, chronic diarrhea.
Civilian Jno. B Gourly, late Co. C, 56th New
York, April 31, of asthma.
Privale James McCormick, Co. C, 81st New
York, April 8th, typhoid fever.
Private U. S. Stelgert, late of Co. C, 17Cth Pa.
Vols., April 4. typhoid fever.
Private Mifflin Slegal, Co. I, 174th Pa. Vols.,
April 13, typhoid fever.
Private John Kelly, Co. K, 47th N. Y., April
14 th
Corpl. Chag. G. Hall, Co. C, 3d N. H., April
10, apoplexy.
Private Abram Ferguson,Co. B, 8lstXew York
Vols., April 14, chronic diarrhoea.
Civilian Jeremiah Mills, late of the l?th Maine
Vols., April 15, chronic diarrhoea.
Private John Denmark, Co. 11,115th New York
Vols., April 15, lung fever.
Private Ferdinand Martin, Co. D, 97th Penn'a.
Vols., April 15, consumption.
Private Levi Dasher, Co. C, 76th Penn'a. Vols.,
April 1G, chronic diarrhoea.
Assistant Surgeon, John T. Bates, Uth Maine
Vols , on board the Steamship Cahawba, April 11,
typhoid fever.
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Headquarters, Department or th* Sorxa, )
Hilton Head, Port Boyal, 8, C., April 16, 1863. j
2d Lieut C. F. KEITH, 23d N. Y. Vole., Acting Signal
Officer, and 2d Lieut E. 8. MOFFAT, 9th New Jersey Vols.
Acting Signal Officer, having been reported as Deserters,
by Captain Henry S. Tafft, chief Signal Officer of Department
; a reward ot $6 will be paid for each of the above
named Acting Signal Officers, on their delivery over to
Lieut-Col. J. F. Hall Provost Marshal General, Department
of the South, Hilton Head, 8. C.
By Command of Major-General HUNTEB.
Chas. O. Halpwx, Lieut-Col. A Asst Adjt Geo. 10th
Army Corps, k Department of the South.