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V^?i&r~" ? SPARTANBURG, S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1802. |g|| " - Nfifc JS 1
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Prioe, l|jro per annum, la advance, or
S3.00 K (ho ead"of thr rw. If J?vt paid untU
after tWjrt^r expires ?*00.
Rcjr^soriptjoi ?k?n for lese than nix months
Hoasj m?T be remitted through postmasters
^ our risk.
3qto vork of All kinds promptlyexecuted
Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on band,
printed to order."
Advertisement* inserud at the usual rales
Tain SpartaM pfronlntcs ia?f el j orer this *n<l
ndjaiulnKc llstriclivaud offers no admirable ue
diata to far friends to itteirouhtnun.
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T COBIMTII.
This otlvbntcd plm wiil?bere*f?er, btte no
epoctai Inter** over sther Wniiiin, vMe
great trades for a time have congregated *n?l
th.n departed.* Our .telegram* say thai it is
evacuated, and that Qonoral Beauregard has*
fetlen bask to, iom? point ou the Mobile, end
Ohio ilailrold. The rihsou* for a uioveta^nt
ao unexpected to the uaskitled in military
science, aud irho bare watched with bresthldss
intorqst for tidings from #tho reuewnad Qcn.
in command are given by the correspondent
to tbf Savannah Republican, as follows :
'f ho adtl around Corinth ia of that peculiar
character wtflolv hi very wet in winter uud
very dry in su umer. As wassutfd io a formX
er letter, 1 enw a mule drowned in a euiutl
branch, near thc.lown, w here, two weeks afterwards,
there Wait not a drop of water to bo
seett. The consequence Was, at tlio time of
L-iy depart tire, both the troops and horses were
sutf&ring lor water to au cxiont you can hardly
itaagine. The chief supply was obtained front
the standing pools in the beds unexhausted
stream*. Steps had been Iikeutg bore a number
of wells, but it was ascertained that thore
wm no rope or tool* to bfe hail ia the town. and
* thai It would ba neccitsary to rend to Columbus,
Mi**., for the particular Liu.I ot rope <U-sired.
Tha rojjp bud act baeti receiver] up tLv :!<ith,
aud, but for timely sh'iwiim which renewed the
supply iu the watercourses, and the trull* dug
by htfe man In low. dtuip plaCy*, iba ertuy
VoulJ not have remained there a?lou? as it
had. Tlut ^tueiiruw rain' water, caught iu
cutvrut, troui ?b?s tir?i of October to the first
of M ay; but lltt* Mipply in Uio cisterns war
uat oudicicnt to l.iri tue nr uy oittr Week.
;Iit the neighborhood of I'ea Kidg:, the
locality -r the wan try'* chief uticauipAeiit,
the wacr it b'tter dnd tliu >upffrr cib kbuntluut.'
Hot it urn* -Hot the f ant of an ad ?|Uate supply
of water alone that render d it ucc?s*.-ti*y
tor our army to retire fruui t^oriMrb. Our enc.i'upnnpit
wn boiltided on. three sides by
Hridg Creek and a tlen.se swamp ?in front, on
t he right, JMfd iu fbp, saar.?aail our braoci;
w^rktimrt jutt J.ehtud t he AW imp nul rati
para'HH tu ? for a umA ddcrabfc ifis.aWn. The
sw.etup Wis* crwis.td by tour or Jive roa-U, ndfi
which we bad p'au:*d for.??ida*i('? bailor tot tp
oa m tiypi.-uob-bs" tue roods. it WOplff
now..i^ipear mti rb? tutu thing Inn* been ttnne
by the ctietify, woo li ?? .vlv.uicod tijitic^r tb?cwntup
on (ue other mile, thrown up branstVitpliW
vnd potti'd heavy siege gu?>?. which 1101*
onty ontitu iu*i mtTamli loA'ttn*; WifTWif* out
si le, but ore of sufficient oil bre to ttha.'l nearlyevcry
part of' wi'r etpts .npuimt. Ur ba< al
so thcowti up at ou^ w-rka near Farming* no
nud Pea nidge, m 1 erected heavy b.ittar.os *t
cointnundinjr point* slnng the *?.* pit rvui.j! ti<
4Uo reir. Imloc-i, the Federal works arc-up*
\ iOi' 111 tliird. Hilfl tll?? ?.?- t I I As* .U.I1 tlltl'
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ir ?t?i nir.ingor, while l|ieir iWciiiivNe-l'wrlli,
it" uaI (i? g titer,
Yl lirtt >!< ;? ns MibjuKalJoti.
If ? ?. one Im* lii? ?lonhU oftbo result oftho
. subjugdrton <?l the South, let liitn rend the following
true opv of n letter, founJ upon battle
ticlil ne.tr Onduth, trlilth was l*ft hohtnd by
the author in his swift High? Kom the scene .4
conflict* lis O'ltiUrut.- serve to show the spirit
'"by w'.ticli the ngruiimi konk'S of the North rio
actuated in if uaftnutfting and supporting this
war upon us :
iiAMBtmi TK-vsuskk, Apjtl -7, 1m>J.
"My l)<ar Sir: T w'flite to tot: a few day4
tiucu. Fearing, wtfcvtr, lit it it net been
misearri.-ik,or intercepted, I w.i;d -again. \\q
?re at tliis place, rii?1 espect to move forward
iu at short lints on t'orinrh ft rli-t.wice of ?-i\t?-en
jir aigitteeu tailed. Wy are esprcting a b ird
cuntestvj hitlfle, <,3 ?c Jenrn lite rebels mo in
largo f'orre. Well, when that time comes up
we will make the reliels l"<*cl l'u? * eight and
power of oiir steel I have seen itiany of ihc natiris
of this country. Tliey present n woe-hegone
look. They look like they neVor hud any
a.liant.ages, of an education. I notice*! sonic
of tha women'e.drease.'t. You ought to h e Jut*
to take one gate at their hug?* appearance.
Their hoops are made of crape? ine and while
04k iptli* I feel son v for the poor ignorant
thing*. Weil, at v^ill loach nium, in a few
day*, how t- do without white cak :inJ grapevino
hoops. They are now I heparin-?tt conquered,
and one more Mow and the country is ours.
1 have my aye on a fine situation, and how
happy we will live when we got our Sotvhnrn
. hopte. When we get possossion of the Ian we
can make the men rnito crtttnn and corn, and
tiie women can act in ?ht? capacity of dtilleatic
servants. I he Womeu are very ignraut? only
a grade above the negro, and we can live like
kings. My love to all the neighbours. Kiss
all um children for me, and* tell them pa will
come bark again. Adieu, my d-arwat Sue.
I.VMKS lutNM.V.
Mrs. Ruk Dosat.Y, Mount Vernon, lUihoir.
? " Hy the politeness of Mr. Allen.
VAMUnLK Nf.orok??VAITIirU*.
SERVANTS.?We hiarit that two men SOtV
vants 51 ilea and John, (the projtert^ ol
Mr. J. F. JUutt, of Norfolk, Vu.,) why remained
in the city when it wus taken possession
nf'bv Lincoln's troops uhexj?eoteuiy,
kapt ptA-tession of their master's carriage
and horses, made their emutpc to
gyfblk, and have arrived in Charlotte,
preferring to serve their legal master than
enjoy the name of free men under YanLeo
5on'nmlnation.
Mr. Butt ia now a resident of Charlotte,
and we eou^raUilate hint, for the conJuet
of his servants is conclusive evidence that
he is a good master, as well as that hi?
servants are faithful and wise men.
Another Case.?Mr. M. Potter, in
the Confedcrrte eervice, residing in the
Kastcrn partot North Carolina, invaded
by the Yankees, lent all his slave*, a* he
suppo^H, but the entire mu<{ made their
escape end conveyed word to t)?ojr roaster
to meet them at a certain point, where
they rejoined hi u and came on to Charlotte.
These servants- -men, women
and children?are hired in this community
Such negroes oannot bo seduced from
their misters, and their conduct reflects
{jrcat areflit qpon those i?ho ritfhfljr
tjMis rm propeity B'titf'in
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Memoir of Gen. T. J. JFackloe.
. A friend of this illustrious warrior, whose
deeds are"now q|goutiding from ono end of
. the Confederate States to ^the other, ban
enabled.us to glee tho following sketch of
his life, previously to his acceptance of a
command in the Confederate army. Since
that time it In* become a part of the history
of tlic country.
He was bom in Clarksburg, in the
country ol Lewis, in Ifcu. year 1825, oi
highly rcsjfcetabte^ both whom
' died during hip tnl'alerJRlcavlng hifli
without a con) H^sk^jVoWT' -'Curiii^ his
ee.'ly childhood h^SjSfr^witli hi* uucle, '
-sHioee tmine welJW fi^fllia^and at the j
age uf sixteen be oonduetod himself so will,
and produced such a favorable impression
of his cne.gy and integrity, that he was
chosen constable of the County. In tho 1
year IS'42 a cadit had bcqpi appointed from
his district to West I'oinC, bo declitied
to go. Jdckflon immediately conceived
the idea of filling the place he had left
vacant. Our "informant says that one day,
while it was raining exceedingly hard, he
burst suddenly into his uiSce, the raiu
streaming IVoin his clothes, and told hint
he must give hitn a letter to .Mr. Hayes,
at that time representative in Congress
from the Lewis district. Upon being
asked what he wanted with such a letter,
he replied he wished to go to West i'oint j
H is friend pointed out to him what lie
regarded as the absurdity of such a scheme, j
seeing that he was very deficient in educa- j
tic#, and would,.therefore, probably not be
able to stand the preliminary examination. 1
lie acknowledged the alleged deficiency, !
bat said be was snre he bad the perserver- j
I auce to make it up. lie obtaiucd the I
lettur without any fui'tber difficulty, and i
that very evening borrowed a horse, under j
promiselo send hiuvbnck by a boy whom >
Jie carried with him, and rode to (Marks
bwrg to Mice the stage." It hud been rainI
. .
i ing for weeks rts it can only rain ill that |
i country, the roads wegc muddy and worse j
f^Lan wc eveV we heard of. Jackson ar- !
1 rived in time; hui on account of the muddy .
J roads, the postm utter had (urnistici the
i mhif nu hour before time, and the sta^e !
| was already With characteristic j
! fidelity to his pfrrtmiat, .luck-".in sent the '
horse buck., in?t wl of tiding ltiin on in ;
! pursuit of the and to??lc it Oil foot |
rthrough tin; tnu i.' After a run oftliirtocii
! mii?*s he overlook the s a??c, jumped in.
| went to VVUKiiiugtoti nil muddy .11 Jiu wus.
I presented lat^ letter to >1r. II 1 vi\v, and w:?s 1
; by lliin, ill nun. presented to the Sec?cta
: rv of. Wat rvUo plvo biu? c??vet*-d vrnr '
rant. .VI >\ o*i I'oioL h* kviTiVly. tint the
' wautol eariy-education, fiutdiis iuJonii'udod _
! spirit overcame every jib-staide. lie \v.i?
' never marked f??r a demerit during h;3,|
( four \ears, ind ^radn.ite-x ?i?h the cI.uk of j
1*40, ;he saiHC an which Muv/Udlau grad
! U.lt?'d. j
The yo.irt^ ora-lnnte w.n nrJerc i f^uf
mediately, w i: h tin-rank of second lieu ten
! ant, to join livuer.1l 1 ayh'r k a tny in the 1
\ alley of the l*io Orando. fjv arrive : i
j after the battles of I'aio Alio, ]v.s.?ea tie j
la I'a'.ma, ai.d'Mont? rev, and be tin o
J of Hufcita Yi.-ta was ordered to join llon^
; Scott before \ era t'tu/.. At the-.-ni^e or'
this latter pUcif he commanded a battery. j
andaittracled attention by his Collneaj and !
the jud-^uieut Willi which he wo-Led hienns,
mid was promoted- tirat lieutenant.
For his conduct at L'erro I fordo h-? was |
br.*vetU'd captain. lie was in all Scott's
: battles to the city of Mexico, and l>? have 1
! *0 well that he was hie vetoed tnajor for j
his services. On 3i>e occasion ho com
j man ed a battery npbn which the lire of ;
the enemy was .<0 severe That more than.'
Ufctf his troop*, were raw, incontinently !
' r.tn. Jackson was advised to retreat ; but j
he raid if h* eould p;ct a reinforcement of |
lifty rt^ular.s, he would take .the ? n toy's
( battery opposed to hiui, instead of abati- j
Joiiing his own. lie sent for the nuned 1
reinforcement., but before it c&mc he had
already stonticl the obnoxious uutiery.
Jackson's health was so inuj-li shattered '
by this campaign that he was comjaJU^l
i to roeigq. lie accepted a professorship : rj
the Military Institute, whore he continued 1
until the seoc?sion of Virginia. In t :
he is ahoot six feet, with a weigh^>f about
one hundred and eighty. He is quite as
remarkable for his moral a? he has proved
himself to he for his fighting qu litics?
I being a pcrle.tly confcientinns ?niun, just
. in all his ways, and irreproachable in his j
1 dealings with his fellow men. It i- said
he is a fatalist, as Nepoleim was, and has
no lear that he can he killed before his
j. liuu> iioiaiv. Lie uaU'ttilai in the luidsi {
, of it hurricane ot bnllets as he was in the
! prw of his church at Lexington, when lie 1
; air as professor of the Institute. lie appears
j to be a man of almost superhuman enduraoco.
Neither heat or cold makes the
Jbght?st impression upon him. He care*
nothing for good quurterit.and dainty tare.
Wrapped in his blanket, he throws himself
down on the giound anywhere, and
. sleeps .as soutvlly as though he were In a
j palace, lie lives as thc&nldieis lives, andI
endures all the fatieiie and all the sufvr
' ing they may en-lure His vi^il;?non i?
l something marvellous. 11c never* seem*
j to sleep, an J'lets nothing pass without Ins
' personal scrutiny. He can neither be
i uaught napping nor whippet! wffen bo
"i is wide awake. The rapidity of his
marches is- somctlrng p<?iteutons. He
i is heard of by the enemy at one point, and
I before they tan make up their minds to
; follow hint he is off akunolher. . His men
hatty Jittlc baggage, aiid ho moves us near\
ly as be can without encumbrance. He
j.ki?cp? so constantly in motion that he nerj
er has a trick list, and no need of hospitals.
I In tkesd habits, and in a wilt as determined
of that of Julius (';c*ar, are ro??J the
secret of his great success Hi* meu adore
i him, because he requires them to do nothI
ing which he does not do himself, because
, ! % a A I.. 1 i . a\ - a ' .
; iic oonnamiy ic*n^ mem iu victory, ait i
i terviw they *??. he is ? prest ?oMior.
Jfi^hmn^A Ihipot' h
From U?f Atf|uat4 CousUtutionaHat
JtackBon, Hrlco and Mvrfau.
Those distinguished leaders have won a
: place in the popular heart which the moat
, renowned Generate might envy, and wbioh
no rivalry oau ecttpex. They constitute a
1 trio of stars or the first magnitude, looming
I above too horisort, and shedding a cheering
! light over the fclouda and" gloom that have
f gathered around our cause- Their gallant
i dead* have, time and again, gleamed forth,
witn a splendor that brightened the gloomiest
passages iu the progress' of the war,
and illuminated the difficult path of our
young republic. In scicntiiio strategy,
they may not be ^re i^fuont, though, |
^ Aging by reauits, it i*riiffil|roo point out \
any commanders who Trave NBpecd them i
in skillful mauUEuvcriny, in retreat, as well j
ua in attack. But in headlong daring, in I
vehement dash, in iron determination to |
(succeed when the word onward, is given,
tltov li'il'o **.?? * '
...?y ?** v OIIVIIQ Vfvil IUUOI CUHP^MCUUUS.
Them? traits have uniformly given them
victory against roost formidable odds in
every encounter. They, are true types of
Southern character, in all iia noble elements
of chivairnts courage, enthusiastic
love of independence, and fierce detcnuation
to succeed in this struggle lor their
rights, at all hazards, and at every cost.
We look with cheerful hope to ttie
trinraph of our anus at Kicbmoud and :
Corinth, in the great battles there impending.
But while success there may do much
to hasten our' redumption from Yankee
invasion, and achieve the final triumph of
Southern independence, defeat ami disaster
at both M these points could not destroy
our cause while Jackson, ^*ticc, and Morgan
are in tlte field. While such men live
to raise an arm in its behalf, that cause
will live, and thousand like them will stand
forth in every part of otir beleaguered and
to follow our tl ig to victory. The groat
chiefs ol our armies, Johnston and Beauregard,
arc tfM the sole hope and reliance
of the .Southern people. ?Nor do all their
hopes of success centre in the issue of one
or two battles to be tought by the splendid
armies those a bio Generals command. The
confidence id'the Southern people in eventual
success springs fcuni that enthusiasm
which has made heroes of the three gallant
leaders firrt named. It springs from a
consciousness that soeh men will not be
conquered?will not yield the cau.sc?wjll 1
not, let weal .?r woe betide, bow their proud
necks to the yoke *>f \ ankee despotism, and I
surrouder this'fair land to vandal pillage J
ri'pin ?. It sinrings fr<<m a conviction that
such turn will never lack followers, and
that they will always b* ajdo te rally armice
from mountain ami to dispute
every inch of g.oun I, until the enemy retire#,
battled and exhausted. 'I he opinion
is almost jtniv. mil at the Smith that t!? '
>[ edn- t iiiw ie of exjarl.iag the cnctnv
from .the S.aith is t?. tt?\;<de the North. ;
It this policy ah mi id be adopted, the South ,
, ru n.'-oiile won! ! >' .wsr.r? I........ 1
in its success, il the iurudiuj.' columns wcrt1
Commanded by liick.toii, Pi ice. uit i Mnr
ga?i Th? chivalry of the South would
rally to their standard* with tin; alacrity '
'i! revellers f?> a toast. Soon would our'
aApf<i*t*-d foes L><' taught, at their own liogi<% '
Something ?>f the bitterness of aggressive i
war They should he visited, not in tho4
infamous spirit of twinge vandalism with
which the} have desecrated everything
sucroJ in the South, hut in the stnra spirit
.of just retribution f.?r?hptr crimes.
m ? ??> ? ? (
i:\actiatlon ??( .\orIolk.
The Richmond Cxaininer of Tuesdav !
<*v?:
We have learned from wli.it vro ron\id. r ,
reliable authority tha\ tducc tlt>* lute hat
tie* ho lore Riclnn<ttni. the Yankoc-Joroc* |
have been evacuating N'wfoIV^ and Port/;
mouth, andM u^oyinj'the public property i
and work* at those-plal^*. with a view A ;
reinforcing Mcdicllan'-i hnuv on the Chick- j
ahominy. The dty cfhg*. at the navy
yard had been complcfoiy destroyed. I
and tlux government workshops razed toi
the ground. Tlip fortiflcatinns on Chramy'
Island. Sewcll's Point and Pig's Point writ' ,
all blown up and levelled with the arth jj
^We l,?au further tl?Rt the track of the Sxfl
fblk and Petersburg railroad was torn ?rsixteen
ntilea south pk Snfy'.k and Port*mouth
uro said to i?4p?b?V between eight 1
and ten thousand, and supposed to have I
embarked err this on trausnorts for fheir 1
destination.
Oor informant stall's rlmt the ocrupa
tion of Richmond by Mefh'llao wax read ,
ont fonr lime* <?n drr^s parade to the troops ,
! who began t?? inquire how ninny Rich-!
umnds there are in the Confederacy. Ilich- j
iini the Third in tbc i?nctle define .?} Itns-q
worth field exoUim?, '"Methinks there are
sir Richmond* in the field. Fire have I
already slain !" &C.
Meridian has demolished more,with his
pen than lkichard claimed to have dune
! with hi? sword.
v,
THK TjOCAI.ITY OJ T1IK IjATK UATTLI.
The Not thorn nowspSpen? have inani
fv?ted a noble degree of facility for giving
names to the various battle field, and the
Soutlic .1 newspapers tiMimihir facility I or
' adopting them. Tlu: recent two daya' engagement
bofote Richmond has been dfnominated
the ''Rattle Of the Seven Pint*."
Whether there in a spot trt? named or not
in that dhnotion we have no mcint .?? at
certaining, but the exact Ideality of the
j battle is known to hate been five mile*
j from Richmond the distance varying slight!
ly of courso with tho moreioents of the
two arutica?and was? chiefly conducted on.
I the lurnis of Mr. J. II. Mountcuitle and
Mr. Turner, on the Williamsburg road.
The mailt battery of the Confederate aroiy
was placed upon the former, and that wf
J the neiuy on the tatter. What ttaWe
should be applied to tho ttaM is i matter
which should not be loft, to the fancy ot
the enemy. K*?ry spot which may here'
after be pointed out on Southern foil to
i innrk n place saored to.Southern glory do!
ferrts its oanio from Southern lips nlontf.
fti-'hmoytf f 'lfjuirr r
I TttucJkibr Appeal.
We need out Ov'jnwencl to the atteutiou |
of our readers the fullotring simple, touching,
beautiful, aj\peil of the lovely daughters
ol Net* Cirlcunr. We could add noth!
tog to its melting jj.?thos. '"livery soldier
of tho South'* who cads it will pant for
an opportunity to avenge the wrongv and
insults no touchingly portrayed :
A TV APPKAL TO >,VI.KV tiOLTHF.R.Y SOLDtep.
We turn to y<m io tuuto agony ! Me
hold our wrong*.! Fathers ! husbands ! J
brother#! wmslKX koow these _bitter,
wiuftgii wiinSPlulR e?eiig^d, never did
.Southern woman appeal ill vain for protection
from iusnit! Hut for the takes of our
sinters throughout the South *ith tours we i
etuplorc yon not to surrender your cities J
Sn consideration of the defeuccless woiuetj
and children." I?w not leave your women
to the mercy of this merciless foe ! Would
it not have been h*Uter for N?w Orleans
-to have been laid in ruins, and w buried
beneath th( man*, tluiii I bat we would be
subjected to these untold sufferings 7 Is
life so priricolww a boon, that'for the preservation
of it no racriScc is too great ?
Ah no! ah no ! Rather let us die with
you, oh our fathers! llatlier, like Virgintus,
plunge your own swords into our
breasts, anying. "This is all we can give
our daughters !v
*fjiik dal'ciitkiis of skwdrlkans.
Nkw 1)KI.K\.SS, May 2-1, 18t?2.
m ,^*t *
The funkeea at Port* Roy a*.
The Yankees are not getting on very
smoothly in their "cotton growing" at
P^rt RojhI. Family jars aa;c sprung up |
nnioiig themselves, and the negroes refuse :
to work for tlieir ucw "innntor*." A oor- '
respondent of h Uohton paper write* from '
Port Koyul :
Mr. Pierce, government agent over the '
cotton plantations, and Col. Noble, cotton
agent, have not been on the beet ot teiuis,
and a controversy as regards the right uj
Col. Noble tu a horse and saddle on one of
the plantations under Mr. Pierce's charge,*
ftnd which Cyl Noble sent tor, but Mr. I'iece
refused to deli * or, has led some hard words,
the flunk of which was. ('.ol.jNohleknocked
! Ir. fieite over, and Ueewtd Hunter
thereon ordered Colonel Noble home in*
the (Jahawbn to Now Turk. Col. Noble,
thinking to evade the order, l?l> tor ifomfort
in a sruail sail h*?L on her. day of sailing,
but General 11 outer detained lib* (V
huw'n.t whiht lir^eeH etniti steamer atfd
bronght the n ot Cant rottoit agent hack ,
The cotton ag nfs bcr.tte.the Pierce parry
as aboliti-atift-, while .they in turn aioi
charged with sponging the. government
1 h?-rc arc almut ten thousand contra- i
bauds, inelud ng ill eludes, on thg. idauiU
nf St. Helena. l'ort U??\ ah badies. I*a\*fu?kie,
Hilton Head, anna few other* in this
vicinity ?nd they hive planted shoutihtcc
thousand 'Crc.i of corn, potatoes and vegetables,
a'? l live thousand with cotton -as
near as can he estimated. The average
vicVl oi cotton juT acre i* about one hon
drod and fitly pounds, and is worth seven- :
ty live e nia.per (kmnd, being ol the Oucst |
quality, thus Yielding a revenue ol a out j
3?>u*%0 ) \ n? kM^s the Vcirct;it?!iw .-ivm! c??rn,
supposed sufficient to supply this vicinity
The nugmey, uii'Tor their niastew,
has usually one quarter of an acre to plant
tor them.-el\ r*. I w.ic > mi allmvs lieu; |
lie and a pQrtor. or even nmtv. ' it they
Wi.?K, soiintiuicj. Hati-ris arc s?rvtd on
to them oC notiiuiiiiitis bread, hominy, m ?-~j
la-.sos and boiue meal, but only a porliorH
of the allowance to the army. tiovcrn- i
inent has thus I ?r advanced them one dol
lar per acr? foi*what they have planted,
which t* all flr?* money they have received.
They have no regular wages, rmr is
it determined what they thall receive, or ia i
it easy to know what they should receive. '
It is difficult to imtko them w?rk, or induce
thorn to if that sounds bettet North
?as they find something to eat iVjiu Man- '
aa Lincoln, and s.-eui to think thev are not
"free nigger*" ifthay work. So they of"
ten take, a day, t>r several lays to themsel
ves, when their services arc, perhaps, most !
needed, and go to Hilton Head. or Hcau
fort. For instance, soinc ground had been
prepared lot ploughing and planting, hut '
just as they were needed t^e few men who
iinderstand that part went off for two days
without th" least notice, thus delaying the
planting, which was then even late. 1'ri
til sonic method is ailrpted to make them
feel the necessity of work tor their nw?
good, government trill rccadve hut liifle
benefit coni|sir*ti vcly. Thoir itl?*as of the
value and M-.es of money . are about as
vague as young children's, and investments
in hoop.'kirts and jewelry are indulged,
while necessary garments ure forgotten.
ill 1I| C I'UIIII mill" III nil" PlilUM'l
In WfMfrn Virginia.
The following dicputoh w*s received in
1 Richmond yoaterduy:
Sta? nti?n, June 11.?On ."ouday
Kwell'e command, with a pnrt ot Jackacn'y,
i allocked Kreroout oi*or t>o*? Keys, 6vo
miii'S from I'nrt RcpnMic. Fr^iannt
: icpiifiod with MfitjdlT&l'lf l'**.
tfa M' tfcla v 'I -icWitn?' coecrd the North
Briii*ik "Lthi? .Shrmit?d<>ah,ebo<rc PurtKc|
,.i,; ii iuA b' '-.itih* bride* H* .'iii '< < ut
iu pbpittti bf Shield*, * bo weh ur?*?in;>er.
' at WmiWbe'ow 1V1 Republic,
j on the ?n<t ehl*> of the Kb?nend*>ah. He
i attacked him at aunrisc tmd after 4 terri'
ble battlo t>t four hour* eomplcUly roui?-d
Mm, capturing aix piece.* of artdlgry- -nil
I ShioMa bad ?and n number of prisoner*.
' The rout was a* complete n* in the case of
Rank*. SHieljIa had aKno%l>.000 men. and
t .faeVson about the same 1 tunl-r Fr?*mout
we* reinforced, and on Monday appeared
on tne wrsr Dan* or mo nanomn, Dnt
' o>7ili) not pot ov*r to ai l Hhioldn, ? tb?
bridpe bad berij lnirrtt tn moot is i!t
1 fhdro. and Jaekaon is 01 tb.- opposi' bit
j ^ ten ui'os
The Kewa fruiu Jaiuea* lelanf.
A ln'n?y cannonading and continued
munkotrv firing <m James* Island, coin*
meriting Tuesday forenoon, and continued
in tbe site, noon to about uight o'clock,
gave evidence that an engagement between
our ferc-a and those of the enemy was in
progrei?? The atnoke and Hashes of the
enemy's guns from their gau-boats, an J the
explosion of their shells, con'd be plainly
SthU froin the lower part ot the city..
Information reached the city that h portion
of our troops had left cautp and attacked
the enemy, who also advanced to
uiec-t us. A sharp fight ensued, and the
i eouu?y were forced Lack wi;h considerable
! Wo learn that the casualties on our side
j were principally in a Georgia regiment,
| yjyeb one we could not lenrn.
^ Our forces engaged were a Georgii^^k
i ment, Preston'* Light Artillery, La^
1 K-.r'd ? iL. Hr._i r. - ?
n v;imiiauu, IUC ft aailtll^lOII Al imory,
(Louisiana Battalion,) mid o'her* The
j lighting, we are informed, wan Kara while
I it lasted. ?Jen. W. IV Smith wan in cornbnnuid.
Oar infantry forces marched out
about 11 a. n?. The artillery on our side
became i*igagdti about one o'clock.
These were the only particulars wc'Could
gather up to a late hour last night.
Ool. Lamar, commanding the artillery nt
Secessionville, also kept up A constant lire
on the enemy's boats and on his land lamp.
|On Monday last a shot from one ??f Col.
^Lamar's guns struck tf.e mast of a Yankee
pN|^cllcr and took it out of her, when an^
olh-r steamer catno up and towed the di?^
bled boat afl ay.
The Lit coin troops have ljudc4 iulorcc
on the James' Island side of the i-itortu
River, just west and above Batten' Island,
in number about sixteen regiments, aeord
ing to the evidence of another prisoner taken
Monday night, who aLso said that's
few more regiments were expected.
They are no doubt entrenching themselves,
and expect soon to make their posiliwii
the base of their operations against
the city.
Four large transports were off Stono Bur
and eight propellers ofl this port Tuesday.
L.vrtR.?.\ gentleman who left the
wneighborh.N?d of .Stono river about nine o'clock
Tuesday night givet us the folbvwing
account: A >?cvere light between thy eneuiy
and a small |>ortiou of our forces, under
"the command of *ren. \V. I>. Smith, took
place Tuesday afternoon. A detachment
of our forces were sent out ss ekirnrshers,
w.th orders to f-eour the woods in front ot
Stono river, behind which several of th?
enemy'.- gun bouts were lying.
The right wiugof our force was deploy<-?l
uoj.-r eomnivud of t-'ol Urtgood * Tore
lorcc met w ith a body of the em my, who,
alter m -hurt fight, retreated to their gunboats.
The left w.ing advanced under the command
of t'ol. Williams, with the 47lh tra
regiment. Od Williams" force with great
liitbculty nurde their way through a thiek
forest of wood*, and were rnc-t bv an overwhelming
force of the enemy, estimated at
nearly four times their number.
'1 he enemy were a'so protected by a vc
rt strong abattis. 1 he gallant 47th. however.
charged the enemy several times with
ureal ininctnositv. and withdrew nnle when
Hpptouching darkness and the continued
roinforoeoicnta of the cnt'iny compelled
them to retire The gun boats during the
fight also kept tip a o**:itinnuJ shelling of
th?f woods beyond the force:? engaged-designed
U? prevent the arrival of rctnforcenients
The fi^ht lasted aboat four hours. The
casualties were thirty or forty of our men
L wounded by the tiro of the enemy's infant
ry. tl^pt-uu Williams,of the f*?it\.seventh
ttporgia regiment, we regrnt to learn, was
mortally wounded while g.illanjjy hading
t charge on the enemy's breastwork.
'Ireat credit is due Col. Williams and
I his regiment l??r their bravery and their
gallant be-tring during th" action.
()ur informant, who fa w Col. Williams
^aficr the action, heard him eaf that a large
number ol the enemy were killed and
wounded 10 the engagement.
The place where the fight took place \about
three miles from the lines of our eutrct.ehnienlH.
Heavy firing was kept up to a late hour
last night. It i? supposed the enemy wore
engaged in -hi lling the woods while landiiyi
roinforeenncnts.? Charirttnn f'uuri-r,
lk intf.
? 4<e> ? The
Fpht on .lumen* Island.
CtiATtLraroN, dune 11.?There was a
s1i:trp fight on James, Island, five miles
from the city, lust evening, in wheh,
though our troops fought gallantly, they
w?-re repulsed, with a lo^s of about seventy
The enemy occupied a very Mr on a
p "ition, flanked on every side I y marshes
%
The Fortv seventh -Oo-.rgi* regiment
hon tlie brunt of the tight Company X.
suffered* evertdy. The enemy loj?w : s l - .s
th m ours He was protected by foiled tree' .
After <?ur troop* retreated, the enrrnv k? ; !
-helling the l'.nld, t reventing us from rv,
covering onr hi Med m l bnd'v wo-ri i -d.
t ?fo tiring ha? hecn heard to day, but at
eight oY'."k *.? night the vm nadiug
has recommenced and continues Mcadiiv.
IilT THE M; fi. -On Wei !:f Rirbninfid
ljrrj<, : pf, a ail a rolhpa- . tYi ,u jhr
i 4t?! Virgin'* w .?*-? ?Ic? la j.jA a | he wnoitt
. la frwrv? i>f tii-i r pick -t?. Thrv nn?s peered'^
wim' within i im^c and under enter of a STioke-:
| out post,'when >!? ? el'the'livys ptrrmr*.! oi(r ,?|
' thvii sea?in?!-lakmg aim ' at ] ?? * A.
th -re was ne time km f vihir.g h? : f.'
him t>fmr i nn ! Mit*.! * ** ? * ' V. - ? i
kil'wd h<m, *n?l hnlf h V ? ?'< ? * e^ranf
III}- from 'hetr aahnwrd* end attempted l>< tlv.
Rut the muekat ? nf eotne ten or twelve nf tfi*
grrye were alrM'lr uyon thorn. end in tbc
twiekll?(! of .in wye rifrrni" >f them fell".
f R.-'' r *i*i
? -n? ? * ^ - - .
Ill' 'i'I im .'unr IT. - '1.TH?ion?Ul
nnn >nn !m;; *trd j.iok, ;. ?lt iron;-htng alotij,
i ilir !!? -? ftvd?y \u engagement at at
early dny divtnetl uut intprobalKv AVont)
vt clear and ot?ol tor fit w.aeoit N .^ticw
I TV" u in- \ itii v
%
-r- ^ -iV tX Frost
the Itickuwai Kuquirer.
j JackiM'i A?tt!cv*ai?a(i-What
n? DI4 FnlietauodH of the
. N?rtli?ni Preu,
In hif(4|ei?l report of kii disaster and (j
flight, Oeaersl Banks states that h? lost fif ai
ty wagons. T
A gpn'loniun or our acquaintance, who ei
has held aaresponsib'e post in Jacktou's ar- w
my for twelve months, assures us that at ^
j least 100 captured wagons were driven out
from Newton ; thai he himself counted 40 D|
,at Cedar Creek;*that th^y were stretched |j
along the road Let ween 3Jiddterowo andNewtown,
a distance of five miles, thore t],
being one in evejy 5tl> ur Jtjuiudred yspiax ^
"(TtaT BThtrtrr vtifnxftifTf' wagons with ootn?ni*s
?ry stores below Newtown; that hs j
left many between Winchester aud h s erofw w
ing place on the Potomac, and thai his w
j wtioie loss in wagons was not less than 300 ^
lor 400.
i The gentleman stove referred to fully c,
codfi.ms whit ha* been heretofore report- C1
cJ in our paper respecting the achieve
menu; uf Jackson's army within the last w
mouth. k
There in no truth in the report that the w
prisoners at Front.Royal b&d boon re cup c|
turcl Uy the enemy. All tb<f prisoners j,,
were brought off, except a few ot the aj
wounded. A company of the 12th Geor- tl
gia rc^imeut tell into the enemy's hands, jt
by sonic blunder on the pait of au officer.
Aleut 3,01)0 prisoners were secured HS.the Gj
4 a it." o-' the expedition down the Vallrfy. a|
M>.ir informant, a physician, estimates the 0j
value of the medical s'ores taken at Wiu- m
i Chester at from $7o,000 to 5100,000.?
f be s'cres cml-racs almost everything u.-eJul
and valuable in the medical department, > ,,,
including a very large quantity of opium
The value of ail the articles secured to the th
Confederacy i* estimated at several millions. (J,
'The loss t j the enemy is admitted, by one ]
of Banks* Chief < lommiasarica, who is now ^
k prison**!, to b*> almost incalculable. hi
The gentleman above alluded to, states th
on authority which he thought entitled to m
credit, that Ouni-rdl Huuks put btolen negroes
into li'J w.igonfi and made his tired
soldiers walk?for which, and for other al
leged bad sets, lie" is severely denounced by
some of the prirfboero. lie seems to be 1
dishkftd by his soldiers. "
.lnckson.di-1 nut go into Maryland, at re
ponca. some ot lua cavalry may have ^
I crossed the. river, and probably did.
burnt one or two tvidgc.i on the lialtiuwe
and Olii'i tailroad, and tore up thetrtMH I
j f-?r pome distance. v
In the period of 22 day.- Jackson match
I ?-d from Stan n ion to McDowell, where, in
! oonjunc'ibn with Jubn.^on, he whipped Mil- **
j r??y ; liieucc to Franklin, 80 miles distant; ?j
j thence to f'arriaonburg, 05 miles, over
i Shenandoah mountain, "a real Jordan >oad," "l
j as a soluier described it; thenuc to Frout tT
K.'.yal via Luray, 55 tnilca ; thencoto Win- ^
charter, 20 mi es ; thence beyond Charles r!
I ton, 20 miles. In his expedition he fought f*
four battles and a number of skirmishes,
i killed and wounded a considerable number ?.r
j of the enemy, took 8000 prisoners,-secured
( millions of do'la-s worth fioatke enemy, ^
and chased Hunks out of the Valley of
Virginia, and a? the l\t?u?..c. All
this he dill in 22 days, and with a lues of ?
but little upwards of 100 in killed and
; wounded.
In this .sketch. we omit all mention of at
what the b lecrapb i* telling u.s that .Tack r<
"jiiJs now doing. That, we hope, will w
iiinke up another hapter ot fame for the ^
! untiring Uetu. af
| e at
j Col.. J lnkins' Command.?We get the ^
j following fr?>m tho liichinoud Ibt-putoh : cj
i Col. Jenkins, commanding brigade, led fe
i in |? rson his.oWn re^inr.eiit {the Palmetto te
J Shurp Shooter*) and the Gth South Cat*>- ^
linu regiment, and having flanked*the ene;
my un their right, changed front and drove
. dw ti the;r line.-, meeting and rooting fiveliui
e>of fresh triwips. constating of the following ,
regiments : H'th Pennsylvania, 02d Penn.
eylvania, 10th Miuuutehosetts, 5f?th New eT
Voik, h'Oth New York, 11th Maine, and
1st Kentucky, as was ascertained from their *c
wounded and prisoners. The advance was ei
; begnn about 2J p. n., and?he last fire giv- e
i cn au2U bi inn teato $ p tn., driving through
K four campn. over throe abattis of fhllen tim- B>
: bjr.over two batteries, tt>six hundred yards
; across the WVIiatn'burg road, routing in
I evcrv ease tho <jneiny. These being ad- r<
....i J
. -a.Kt , y ,.W?
runt at m-vcnty-nre yard*. a charge wa*
tnad?*, routine the hint liuw. This way at- *
tor dark. At thu* last charge, the Pa!met- *j
j to ??harp Shooter? ami Oth regiment were *
r> in force 1 by the 2Sth Oeorgia and 5tli t
! .South Carotin.*, a ho had been (rallautly
lighting on the right, aud. night havJhg P
j cloned upon the scene, they slept in the en- ft
1 erne s camp, at least one mile tnrtkor down b
the \\ >Uum-bo:g road than our next troops lu
J advanced, in the. light., ^or exhaust.1 ft
*?] racu j oint ed. ihr.?;se!v?y wuh the ?.oe j
hrendy and ho t?y-left in the iwapc of the !
. ; . it - >,*.<! ?rs of thi SfiWth I'
ParonrrrtfM wer* Itot disturbed by 'he fact *
I ?Kit (lint Auavi for. Jtl?n > ivkl in I a
fh tent-cH tl?< loth Majsjd&usettn. The t h
ad-vanh-nvs <tca4h rtrnt *W only paaaes
*r<w* tor rwiror ttfrve nunutu tp a<?si the *
} lii tPS front to%th r x* lino.?''[ I
??rr ?? ?. ? in ')?? po'tr goir?I of the Valmvi- I n
t?- Sharp ttn r.'i'ro abotdown, and h
A <i#l i? ? . llie luW companies forty fettffc
1 k'tkd a lid **e\r.lid.
\!???,. ' o mr,i',|l:i ut the k?t? battle m
ivlky *? nwniioneJ ibft-tae* that oocfeoinpai
ny of bind Kepimcnt of
: Paimcuo Sharp Shooter*. Company Jo Cap-, *
:> tnin C? V?rn^h. raptured one hundred and u
thirty prr- inert- bv thnwielrf^ They were n
deploy ml m -,kirm:>hara at tba time. ?
The 5th South Carolina. Colonel Giles, f
mpMir * r?'.rr" colors, together fi
with one r .ij fla? *fhia latter waa taken j c
' ' by Captain Wallop, acting on General H;
!t. Anderson's atafT, and presented tn the
^ | regiment in ibe hotter*. ot tho hght.
1 \'l tH- reports Onto Kurop* aro highly f
? cwn-V<norv f*>r die (.'AnfRiknlt StatO>' '
The Kx Jmner of ?atwd#y aaya;
<?d "akiJSS1 bf^^M
hiefcahowioy, o? ih HAl wimjfM dfc
rjotiriiit.i body of Yadw AMiv. I
he fin of the Bfaea hilled mx erf the Fed- I
?U, atid placed several Aort alu lomirt
lien they tetrealbd. We hoard of no
*eu)ittea on our aide. jX'
Oo tlie evening of thewame day a party
F Confederate aooata, consisting of a Cap
.in and four "privates, who tolttotaarcd
>r the purpose, woift out eight milec om
te Chartce City road, but diooorurad ah
<uhi!iji." lv;
It in believed that the obotroctioiwid'. M
tnot river below Draij't Bluff hire been 9
uwie stronger by the freshet is the tbr* I
ashing down the send end refese again* I
kern. J
Karly yesterday morning 'it wa* teth
rident to Our picket* that the enemy had I
ccted rifle pens near the wood* on Dr. I
urnett'* term. Two of our pickets Were I
nunded by their sharp-shooter*. Cutaia I
.irkpatrick s artillery, from I/ftthbtlg, I
ii ordered np within range, and nwa 1
eared the wood* and pens of the Yaokom I
j rapid dischargee ot ahot and aktfl I
QDOQgst them, hut with what liieMfl ;ho'
re enemy waa unknown. Ko ont WO* ia>
ired among the artiUeriete.
SeVefal deja since a .couple of picjteto
fi Texas regiment, on duty on thf.Oldckjotpiny,
saw a rhorfdistanoe in advance
f them what appeared to heaeerub tree
oving in thujaushes. One of them He*
id the tree fell! Inside of it a dpid Vm- . * ^
;e was found. - He had "trapped the . 1
een branches about his peaaon, atsfl, in
is leaf accoutrements, was stealing about
ie wood*, making observations on the
aniederatc- lines.
[t waa said yesterday that MeClellan wa*
n centra ting troops in the vicinity of the
it tie-ground of-the lit instant, beyond
? Nine Mile road. There wti no more-,
eut along the lines that we can notice.
ExtraordlnMry .Memory. j
The learned Bishop Jewel, who diod in
>71, was' blessed with e most wondccfal
euiory. He could exactly rep safe what gr
hy h;rd writcn at any former period
" Mm bdl far pi2Lie con Id oom
it twwam^^^iHWw^g^n^and^pi^
oy. alter a few minutes, imprinted on hi*
iwd, that he used to my, that if ten then- ;
ud people were fighting and quxrrdhn^
1 the while be was preaching, they code
>t confuse hi in. To put Mm. Wafiitl
ial, L>r. Park hurst uttered to him eeeac
' the Mivst difficult aod barbjroua word*
i could find in a calendar; and Bishop
uoper, of Gloucester, gave him fcity
'eiah, Irish, and foreign words, and after
iCo or twice reading, and a little reeoHee
jn, ho repeated them all book Ward and
rward. In the year 1503, Sir Xicholaa
acou, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal,
J v:_ a ?
% *? ic?u iv uiiu iri?ni bnWBHU paraarasc,
the last clause* of tun lines, owand
imperfect, with the riew of more
illy trying his gift, sitting silent awhile,
ul covering his head with his .hand, he
hearsed all the broken parts the right
ay, and the contrary, without hCfiUtven
e profees.nl to teach this art toothea,
id so instructed his tutor, Dr. Park hunt,
Zurich, that within twenty-eight daya,
r giving ouly one hour each day to tike
ihject, he learned all the twenty-eight
kaptert of the Ooepel of Matthew so per*
ctiy, that he could repeat any verse,
flrog what went befo.o and what fWlow*
NY MOTHER.
The influence of a christian aether'
iro, unsoUi-h )ov? upon her child is new*
lost. Worldly pursuits may cover it
nm kttchu?lore, warm and passionate,
icm to burn it irom the heart, hwt with
ihtle gcutleucss it still exerts its hallowi
power. Many a dying bed has borne
ich testimony as the following :
"If I could only sec my mother!*
Again and again was that yearing cry
pealed?
"If I could only see my mother 1"
The vessels rocked, and the waters, chaid
bv a trcsh wind, played musically
gainst the side of tl\p ship. The bailee,
second mate, quilt youthful, by in hi*
arrow l?ed hu or* l>i* l?"t'
tiffenrog, hi* breath failing. It Vtt Mb .
feasant tn die than in thieehaktafc pinning
chip; but he interned net to ann<&-hi>
od?ly comfort?his eye* looked far ewey
-ami mr and anoa broke forth that
noting cry?
4,lf I ouid only wc nty mother f*
An ntf sailor ent by, the Bible in hie
and, f om which he h?& been reeling
!e bent above the jonng man, ached him
by he wan ah anxioo* to see the mother
e had wilfully left..
" 1 Oh ! that's the reason," I 10 cried id
nguwh ? I nearly broke her hoars Mid
can't die in peao<v She woe % Mai
vrthcr to me?T) ! en good f^xdhsrft)*
ore evrrv thing tram her arild hay, and
BOO she wrvid??
" My eon, <gheu yon oomc to die yott
rili rriftcruofr all this."
?\0! It I conhl only etc mj mother f
lie never raw his mother. He died
rith tbe yearning cry ?peo hjp Bps, na
aany a man baa died who 4jj?Apd the
i*Hh*r who bom o?a^Sfc3toCto
befhre (ro<f^Sd(#tb'btm^dtOrcdfor
VAC
Th? MoWito T rHmWc is iofmwi tW
\tu? Miwri', tovhieh our tvQ9?^ tlini
7rni ^cw Orluimi, wm
vA _^nt ! VtckaSurg. * ,