Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hxs.noru.Rnx8 Army or Tax Mtssisum, Corinth, Miss., April 11,1862. ^ General : On the 2d ultimo, having c ascertained conclusively, from the move- s meats of the enemy on the Tennessee river, > and from reliable sources of information, r that bis aims would be to out off my com-l I municatiocs in West Tennessee, with the ? eastern and southern States, by operating o from the Tennessee river, between Cramp's t Landing and Eaatport as a base, I deter- a mined to foil his designs by concentrating p all my available forces at and aronnd Cor- ( inch. o Meanwhile, having nailed on the Cover- o noraof the States of Tennessee, Mississippi, i Alabama and Louisiana to farnish addi- I tional troops, some of them, ohiefly regi- t ments from Louisiana, soon reached this p vicinity, and, with two divisions of G-ene- v rail Polk's command from Columbus, and p a fine corps of troops from Mobile and c Pensaoola, under Major General Bragg, fa constituted the army of the Mississippi.? f At the same time, General Johnston being tl at Murfreesboro', on the maijh to form a janotion of his fbroes with mine, was called c on to send at least a brigade by railroad, so o that we might fall on and crush the enemy tl should he attempt aa advance from under a his gunboatB. The call on General John- h ston was promptly complied with. His t entire force was also hastened in this di- c rection; and by the 1st of April our united t forces were concentrated along the Mobile b and Ohio railroad from Bethel to Corinth, n and on the Memphis and Charleston railroad from Corinth to Iuka. t It was then determined to assume the C offensive and strike a sudden blow at the s enemy in position under General Grant, on t the west bank of the Tennessee, at Pitts- t burg and in the direotion of Savannah, be- a fore he was reinforced by the army under a General Boell, then known to be advan- t oing for that purpose by rapid marches from Nashville via Colombia. About the 0 same time General Johnston was advised & that such an operation conformed to the s expectations of the President. e: By a rapid and vigorous attack on Gon- t eral Grant it was expeoted he would be I beaten back into bis transports and the c river, or captured in time to eoable us to p profit by the victory and remove to the s rear all the stores and munitions that would t fall into our hands in such an event before I the arrival of General Basil's army on the a scene. It was never contemplated, how- c ever, to retain the position thus gained and abandon Corinth, the strategetic point of s the,campaign. c Want of general oflioers, needful for the s proper organization of divisions and brig- t ades of an army brought thus suddenly to- t gether, and other difficulties in the way of t an effective organization, delayed the move- c ment until the night of the 2d inst., when f it was heard from a reliable quarter that c the junction of the enemy's armies was ( near at band : it was then, at a late honr, t determined that the attack should be at- j tempted at once, incomplete and imperfect t as were our preparations for suob a grave i and momentous adventure. Accordingly, s that night, at one o'clock, A. M., the pre- fi liminary orders to the oommanders of corps t were issued tor the movement. t On the following morning the detailed orders of movement, a copy of which is t herewith, marked "A," were issued, and i the movement, after some delay, oommen- 1 ced, the troops being in admirable spirits, t It was expected we should be able to reach a the enemy's lines in time to attaok them t early on the 5th inst. The men, however, s for the most part, were unused to march- c ing, the roads narrow, and traversing a ( densely wooded country, became almost n impassable after a severe rain storm on the C night of the 4th, which drenched the troops c in bivouac; hence our forces did not reach <3 the intersections of the roads from Pittsburg and Hamburg, in the immediate vi- a cinity of the enemy, until late Sunday af- < ternoon. \ It was then decided that the attaok i should be made on the next morning at f the earliest hour practicable, in accordance i with the orders of movement. That is, in t three lines of battle; the first and second f extending from Owl Creek, on the left, to 1 Liok Creek on the right?a distanoe of a- a bout three miles, supported by the third ? and the reserve. The first line, under Major General Hardee, was constituted of his 1 corps, augmented on his right by Gladden's 1 brigade^ of Major General Bragg's corps, i deployed in line of battle, with their res- i pective artillery, following immediately by t the main road to Pittsburg, and the cavalry f in rear of the wings. The second lice, i composed of the other troops of Bragg's i distance of five f CUI AV/1IV/T9WV* vuv w ? hundred yards, in the same order as the < first. The army corps under General Polk i followed the second line, at the distance of ' about eight hundred yards, in lines of brig- 1 ades, deployed with their batteries in roar 1 of each brigade, moving by the Pittsburg I road, the left wing supported by cavalry; 1 the reserve, under Brigadier Gen. Breok-il [ ridge, followed olosely the third line, in a the same order, its right wing supported p by cavalry. t These two corps constituted the reserve, t ind were to support the front lines of bat- t tie, by being deployed when required on t the right and left of the Pittsburg road, or f otherwise act according to the ezigeuoies u )f the battle. e At 5 a. m.? on tbe 6th inst., a recoonoi- b iering party of the enemy having become n angaged with our advanced pickets, the b joramander of the forces gave orders to d begin the movement and attaok as deter- e mined upon, except that Trabue's brigade I >f Breckinridge's division was detached a ?nd advanced to support the left of Bragg's t :orps and line of battle, when menaced by p he enemy, and tbe other two brigades srere directed to advanoe by the road to d Hamburg, to support Bragg's right; and st n Ka oorna Mannv'o SAOimonnf Pftllr'fl n lUO imiliv V4UIV^ MHUVJ * y u ^ .y a v*u w ? jorps was advanced by the same road to c eioforce the regiment of cavalry and batte- u y of four pieoes, already threwo forward I ;o watoh and guard Griery, Tanner's and h Borland's Fords, of Lick Creek. v Thirty minutes after 5 o'clock, a. m., 0 >ur lines and columns were in motion, all 0 inimated evidently by a promising spirit. The front line was engaged at once, but v advanced steadily, followed in due order rith equal resolution and steadiness by the 0 ither lines, which were brought succes- * ively into action with rare s^ill, judgment 11 ,nd gallantry, by the several corps comaanders, as the enemy made 8 stand, with tl tis masses, rallied for the struggle for his v ncampments. Like an Alpine avalanche, S ur troops moved forward, despite the de- a ermined resistance of the enemy, until a fter 6 o'olook p. m., when we were in w iosse8sioD of all his enoampments, between ri )wl and Liok Creeks, bat one. Nearly all li f his field artillery, about thirty fiags, le olors and standards, over 3,000 prisoners, tl Deluding a division commander (General co tantiss,) and several brigade commanders, st housands of small arms, an immense sup- pi ;ly of subsistence, forage and munitions of w rar, and a large amonnt of means of trans- w lortation?all the substantial fruits of a fc ?1 a4a a?fOQ MVfiltr m uuipicw mviutjf) ouuu} iuiivv,j|.w stuwij ? ave followed the most successful battles ts or never was an army so well provided as vi bat of oar enemy. The remnant of his army had been driv- tt n in atter disorder to the immediate vi- g inity of Pittsburg, under the shelter of le be heavy guns of his ironclad gunboats, h nd we remained undisputed masters of p' is well-seleoted, admirably provided can- tl onments, after twelve hoars of obstinate b onflict with his forces, who had been bea- u en from them and the contiguous covert, e< at only by a sustained onset of all the aen we could bring into action. ri Our loss was heavy, as will appear from b be accompanying return marked "B."? w )or commander-in-chief, Gen. A. S. John- w ton, fell mortally wounded, and died on fi be field at 2:80 p. m., after having shown he highest qualities of the commander, it nd a personal intrepidity that inspired all ti round Aim, and gave resistless impulsion ci o his columns at critical moments. tr The chief command then devolved upon ^ ae, though at the time I was greatly pros- ? rated and suffering from the prolonged iokness with which I had been afflicted inoe early in February. The rcsponsibili- ol y was one whioh in my physical condition t? would have gladly avoided, though cast ipon mc when our forces were successfully E >ushing the enemy back upon the TenDes- G ee river, and though supported on the im- si uediate field by such oorps commanders as tl Lfainw Cfinanla Prtllr "Rrocrrr and Hardfln. a] uojvt UVHV...U ^ v., ? --7 nd Brigadier General Breckinridge com- a: Handing the reserve. al It was after 6 o'clock, p. m., as before g aid, when the enemy's last position was n arried, and his forces finally broke and d ought, refuge behind a commanding emi- a tence, covering the Pittsburg landiug, not p aore than half a mile distant, and under ci he guns of the gunboats, whioh opened on h >ur eager columns a fierce and annoying E Ire with shot and shell of the heaviest des- b ription. Darkness was close at hand.? E )fficers and men were exhausted by a com- si >at of over twelve hours without food, and aded by the march of the preceding day d hrough mud and water; it was, therefore, a: mpossible to collect the rich and opportune I poils of war scattered broadcast on the ai ield left in our possession, and impractica- f( tie to make any effective disposition for heir removal to the rear. tl I accordingly established my headquar- rr ers at the Church of Shiloh, in the ene- nc uy's encampment, wilh Major General ai Jragg, and directed our troops to sleep on ta heir arms, in such positions in advance p ,nd rear as corps commanders should de- st ermine, hoping, from news received by a le pecial dispatch, that delays had been en- b ountered by Gen. Buell in his march from w Columbia, and that his main force could 8 tot reach the field of battle in time to save ai Jen. Grant's shattered fugitive forces from p apture or destruction on the tollowmg p lay. u Daring the night the rain fell in torrents & idding to the discomfort and harrassed con- 81 lition of the men; the enemy, moreover, ^ lad broken their rest by a discharge, at 81 neasured intervals, of heavy shells thrown e' rom the gunboats, therefore on the followng morning the troops under my oommand ^ vere not in condition to cope with an equal 0] orce of fresh troops, armed and equipped J* ike our adversary, in the immediate pos- 11 lession of his depots and sheltered by suoh w tn auxiliary as the enemy's gunboats. 1C About 6 o'clock on the morning of the rth of April, however, a hot fir* of mus- ol retry and artillery, opening from the ene- ic ny's quarter on our advanced line, assured tc ne of the junction of his forces, and soon c< ,he battle raged with a fury which satisfied e: ne I was attacked by a largely superior h 'orce. But from the onset, $ur troops, K lotwithBtanding their fatigue and losses a 'rom the battle of the day before, exhibit- d id the most cheering, veteran like steadi- C less. On the right and oentre the enemy tl was repulsed in every Attempt he made with ir ris heavy columns in that quarter of the ield; on the left, however, and nearest to tf She point of arrival of his reinforcements, w lie drove forward line after line of his fresh n iroops, which were met with a resolution a md courage of which our country may be c< iroudly hopeful. Again and again our o< roops were brought to the charge, invaria- m >ly to win the position at issue, invariably o drive back their foe. But hour by hour li bus opposed to an enemy constantly rein- e< orced, our ranks were perceptibly thinned inder the unceasing, withering fire of the 2< nemy, and by 12 meridian, 18 hours of v< lard fighting had sensibly exhausted a large d< lumber; my last reserves had necessarily fo sen disposed of, and the enemy was evilently receiving fresh reinforcements after tl ach repulse; accordingly about one p. m., fc determined to withdraw from so unequal le conflict, securing such of the results of tfc he victory of the day before as was then ai iracticable. - jc Officers of my staff were immediately pi lispatched with the necessary orders to rc lake the best dispositions for a deliberate rderly withdrawal from the field, and to B ollect and post a reserve to meet the ene- se ly, should he attempt to push after us? it n this connection ? will mention particu- di irlv mv adiutant eeneral. Colonel Jordan, * tf * U * _i rbo was of maoh assistance to me on this di ocasion, as he had already been on the field in f battle on that and the preceding day. m About 2 o'clock, p. m., the lines io ad- aj ance, which had repulsed the enemy in tv beir last fierce assault on our left and ti entre, received the order to retire. This ki ras done with uncommon steadiness, and be enemy made no attempt to follow. oi The line of troops established to oover ^ bis movement had been disposed on a faorable ridge commanding the gronnd of hiloh Church. From this position our 1E rtillery played upon the woods beyond for while, but upon no visible enemy and oc ithout reply, Soon satisfied that no se- m ous pursuit would be attempted, this last ^ ne was withdrawn, and never did troops ecf lave a battle field in better order j even ea ie stracelors fell into the ranks and 611 oo ^ ? tarched off with those who had stood more rr ;eadily by their colors. A second strong osition was taken np about a mile in rear, m here the approach of the enemy was W( aited for nearly an hour, but no effort to illow was made, and only a small detach- ?f tent of horsemen could be seen at a dis- 6a mce from this last position, warily obser- or ing our movements. Arranging, through my staff officers, for le completion of the movements thus be- W( unj Brigadier General Breckinridge was ag ift with his command as a rear guard to old the ground he had occupied the night th receding the first battle, jnst in front of fr le intersection of the Pittsburg and Ham- pe urg roads, about four miles from the for- fr ler place, while the rest of the army pass- ty i to the rear in exoellent order. bi On the following day, General Br^okindge fell baok about three miles to Vioks- ei urg, which position wc continued to hold it ith our cavalry thrown considerably for- gi ard in immediate proximity to the battle oi eld. th Unfortunately towards night of the 7th ot istant, it began to rain heavily; this con nued throughout the night; the roads be- fa ime almost impassable in many places, and wi inch hardship and suffering now ensued efore all the regiments reached their en- so impments. But despite the heavy casual- et es of the two eventful days of the 6th and of th of April, this army is more confident M f ultimate suocess than before its encoun- 01 >r with the enemy. re To Major Generals Polk, Bragg, and 10 lardee, commanding corps, and Brigadier reneral Breckinridge, commanding the re- ai ;rve, the country is greatly indebted for ar le zeal, intelligence and energy with which G 11 orders were executed?for the foresight 0( nd military ability they- displayed in the n? bsence of instructions in the many exi- m encies of the battle, on a field so densely at ooded and broken, and for their fearless e^ortment, as they repeatedly led their ommands personally to the onset upon their th owerful adversary. It was under these m ircumstances that Gen. Bragg had two fo orses shot under him, that Major General th lardee was slightly wounded, his coat rent so _ L-II j u:_ i y turns uuu uia uursu uiauuicu. uuu tuai \f\ irigadier General Breckinridge was twice le ;ruck by spent balls. te For the services of their gallant suborinate commanders, and of other officers, to 3 well as for the details of the battle field, must refer to the reports of corps, division ad brigade commanders, which shall be ec irwarded as soon as received. To give more in detail the operations of ac le two battles resulting from the move- " tent on Pittsburg, than now attempted, iust have delayed this report for weeks th ad interfered materially with the impor- J; int duties of my position ; but I may be in ermitted to say, that not only did the ob' ca inate conflict for 12 hours, on Sunday, >ave the Confederate army masters of the be attle field, and our adversary beaten, but e left that field on the next day only after hours' incessant battle with a superior 4 rmy of fresh troops, whom we had reulsed in every attack on our lines?so reulsed and crippled, indeed, as to leave it nable to take the field, for the campaign >r which it was collected and equipped at ich enormous expense, and with such pro- M ision of all the appliances of war. These lccessful results were not achieved, how- P< rer, as before said, without severe loss, a W iss not to be measured by the number of hi le slain or wounded, but by the high so- ge al and personal worth of bo large a num- tit er of those who were Killed or disabled, icluding the oommander of the forces, at hose high qualities will be greatly missed er i the momentous campaign impending. ar I deeply regret to record also the death Y f the Hon. George M. Johnson, Provis- di mal Governor of Kentuoky, who went in- T1 > action with the Kentucky troops, and fr< jntinually inspired them by his words and an sample. Having his horse shot under T1 im on Sunday, he entered the ranks of a ra Lentucky regiment on Monday, and fell w< lortally wounded towards the close of the pi, ay. Not his State alone, but the wholo M onfederaoy, has sustained a great loss in in le death of this brave, upright and able tr< lan. P< Another gallant and able soldier and cap- M lin was lost to the service of the country vt rhen Brigadier General Gladden, com- ni landing 1st brigade, Withers' division, 2d fla rmy corps, died from a severe wound re* wi sired on the 6th instant, after hariqgbeea wspiouous to his whole corps and the arty for courage and capacity. Major General Cheatham, commanding 3t division, 1st corps, was slightly wound1, and had three horses shot under him. Brigadier General Clark, commanding i division of the 1st corps, received a scire wound, also on the 1st day, whioh will iprive the army of his valuable services r some time. Brigadier General Hindman, engaged in ie outset of the battle, was conspicuous r a cool courage, efficiently employed in ading his men ever into the thickest of ie fray, until his horse was shot under him, id he was unfortunately so severely idired by the fall that the army was de uvea oa tne iouowmg aay or ma cnivai>os example. Brigadier Generals B. B. Johnston and owen, most meritorious officers, were also iverely wounded in the first combat, bat is hoped will soon be able to return to aty with their brigades. To mention the many field officers who ied or were wounded while gallantly leadig their oommands into notion, and the any brilliant instances of individual course displayed by officers and men in the renty hours of battle, is impossible at this me j but their names will be duly made aown to their countrymen. The report then names some subaltern fioers who rendered meritorious service on le field, which, for want of room, we are >liged to omit. From this agreeable duty I turn to one i the highest degree unpleasant?one due, Dwever, to the brave men under me, as a intrast to the behavior of most of the ary who fought so heroically, I allude to e fact that some officers, non-commissionI officers and men abandoned their colors ,rly on the first day to pillage the captured ioampments; others retired shamefally om the field on both days white the thun>r of cannon and the roar and rattle of iJJ AI 4.1- - A AI- L.ilL ? usaeiry wjiu iavm iubi meir urui>ucr? are being slaughtered by the fresh legions the enemy. I have ordered the names the most oonspicuoos on this roll of lag,rds and oowards to be published in ders. It remains to state that our loss in the ro days in killed outright was 1,728, aunded 8,012, missing 959?making an ;gregate of casualties of 10,699. This sad list tells in simple language of e stout fight made by our countrymen in ant of the rude log chapel of Shiloh, esicially when it is known that on Monday, am exhaustion and other causes, not twenthousaod men on our side oould be 'ought into action. Of the losses of the enemy I have no :act knowledge. Their newspapers report TTn/inAafiAnaklw if nroo OO YClJf UOOTjr U U\|UU0UVW?U1J ftv nw eater, even in proportion, than our own, i both days, for it was apparent to all that eir dead left on the field outnumbered ire two to one. \,\ :. Their casualties, therefore, oannot have lien many short of 20,000 in killed, ounded, prisoners and missing. Through information derived from many urces, including the newspapers of the >emy, we engaged on Sunday the divisions Generals Prentiss, Sherman, Hurlbut, eClernand and Smith, of 9,000 men eaoh ' at least 45,000 men. This force was inforced on Sunday night, by the divis. ns of Generals Nelson, McCook, Crittenm and Thomas, of Major General Buell's my, some 25,000 strong, inoluding all ms. Also Gen. L. Wallace's division of eneral Grant's army, making at least 33,)0 fresh troops, which, added to the Ternmt of Gen. Grant's forces, on Monday orning, amounting to over 20,000, made t aggregate force of some 53,000 men, at ast, arrayed against us on that day. In connection with the results of the bat3, I should state thait the moat of our en who had inferior arms exchanged them r the improved arms of our enemy. Also at most of the property, public and pernal, in the camp from which the enemy as driven on Sunday, was rendered usess or greatly damaged, except some of the nts. With this are transmitted certain papers, wit: Orders of movements marked "A." A list of the killed and wounded markI ?B." A list of captured flags marked "C," id a map of the field of battle marked D." All of which is respectfully submitted, rough my volunteer aid-de-camp, Colonel wob Thompson, of Mississippi, who has oharge the flags, standards and oolors ptured from the enemy. I have the honor to be, general, your oidient servant, G. T. BEAUREGARD, General Commanding. To General S. Cooper, Adj't and Insp't. Gen., C. S. A., Richmond, Virginia. Important from Pensacoia. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, of ay 12, says : The Navy Yard and other property at msacola was blown up and burned Friday, 'e have been furnished the following ghly interesting despatch, reoeived by a nflamsn ir> fKio oitv fpnm n nnnrnA fin IUV1VUJWU ?U tutu \jmmj J tt ww > uvwtw ? ? Jed to oredit: Oakfield, May 10.?I left Pensacola 8 P. M. this day. There was not a Fedal war vessel in the bay. A small unmed schooner lay between the Navy ard and Fort Pickens. No Federal soler or sailor has landed in Pensaoola.? i vo officers from the schooner and one ; jm the Hariet Lane came into the oity i id had a conversation with the Mayor.? | aese are all that have landed. On invi- ] tion from Commodore Porter, the Mayor ;nt on board the Harriet Lane. In re- . y to a question by one who was with the < ayor whether troops woaid be stationed i Pensacola, he replied that they had no I jops to spare, and if we had any about { jnsacola, he would advise sending them to I obile, as they would probably be wanted i ry shortly. Porter was off Mobile last < ghtjwhen seeing the light from the aon- t igration at Pensaoola, came to see what ] 13 the matter. From Virginia. We.make the following extracts from our Richmond papers of the 13th instant. The Enquirer has the following particulars relative to the evacuation of Norfolk : As was expected, the traitor Bvers, who stole the Confederate steam tug A. J. White, and went over to the enemy on Thursday, communicated such information to General Wool as to precipitate the occupancy of Norfolk by the Yankees and hasten its abandonment by our troops. On Friday the enemy landed a heavy body of troops, variously estimated at from five to seven thousand, at Ocean View, some eight or ten miles in rear of Norfolk, and commenced a march upon the city. The forces consisted of infantry, artillery and cavalry^ and the latter came near catting off a large portion of Col. Chambliss' regiihenf, which had been stationed ' near Bewell's Point.? Uar forces triple quioJced towards toe old borough, and made a Very narrow escape. It is said that when we burnt Indian Pol Creek bridgei across Tanner's Creek, the Yankee cavalry were at one end of it, and would have seriously interfered with oar operations, but for the Beauregard Artillery, of Lynchburg, who, by a few well directed shots, sent the Yankee Norsemen flying beyond the reach of our guns. It is believed that all of our troops, arms, ammunition, quartermasters' and commissaries' stores were safely removed. All the; buildings at the Gosport Navy Yard that could be destroyed, were fired and consumed. Some of them being fireproof, could not be so destroyed. The dry dock, one of the most costly and perfect establishmentsi of its kind probably in the world, was blown up. .This dock is said to have cost $5,000,000, and required several years for its construction. Several gunboats whioh bad just been completed, and received their armament, were burnt. Four other gunboats, on the stooks and unfinished, were also consigned to the flames. The transport, "William Selden," and a number of smaller steamers, tugs, etc., were burnt. The 12th Virginia Regiment was the last to leave Norfolk. They orossed the river at Portsmouth, and from there marched a distance of 18 miles to Suffolk. It is generally believed by the few civilians who did get off, that not moro than one hundred males outside of the army have left Norfolk. Many females have left oin/io t Konama Irnnnn fViof fKo rtiftT aroa fa oiuvu AW WVUHIUU uuunu UUUV ?UW WIWJ TV WW WW be evacuated, and a large number who desired to leave still remain because of their inability to get away. Soldiers inform us that when they passed through Norfolk Saturday morning they were everywhere met by groups of ladies, who, with tears in their eyea, implored their protection. In relation to the destruction of the Virginia the Dispatch says : News of the destruction of the iron-clad steamer Virginia, -which was a tower of strength within herself, and whioh it Was hoped would oontest the entrance of the enemy's gunboats into the mouth of the James river, reached this oity on yesterday morning. We need not say that this intelligence oreated a profound sensation, and that it was received with feelings of unmingled regret by our people. We give such incidents connected with ber destruction as we have been able to obtain from the most reliable soarces. On Saturday orders were received by her commander to Tun her up James river, if practicable, and if nnt. tn evannafce and hlow her an. A 7 - - - -r consultation was bad with her pilots, who thought if she could be redaced to 13 feet draught that they could bring her op as far as City Point. Her draught was accordingly reduced, but it was found that this brought her vulnerable parts above the water's edge, and exposed her wooden keel to the enemy's fire. To attempt an engagement under these ciroumstances and in this condition, would have recklessly hazarded the lives of her gallant crew, all of whom were willing and anxious to oling to her to the last, and even desired that she should be run out ot the Roads by Fortress Monroe, and engage the enemy wherever found. Against this, however, strict orders had been issued, and as her pilots hud concluded, after mature consideration, that it was impraotioable to make the passage of the James, no alternative was left her officers and crew than toacquiesoe in the stern and painful necessity for her destruction. This was done, however, deliberately, and without preoipitation. She was fired about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, and exploded at daylight on Sunday morning. From the amount of ammunition in her magazine it is certain that her destruction was thorough and complete, and that scarcely a vestige is now left of the proudest achievement of naval science known to the world's history. The explosion of her magazine was distinctly heard at a distance of twenty-five miles. Before the torch was applied she was beached near Craney Island, and her crew landed. Nearly all of her offioere and crew arrived in this city yesterday. An Arrival From New Orleans.? Yesterday afternoon, the arrival of a schooner with a white flag from New Orleans excited mnch cariosity and sensation. It is in oar power, happily, to satisfy the public desire for explanation from official documents published in the New Orleans Picayune, of Tuesday morning, npon the subject. For a copy of the Picayune we are indebted to the attention of a friend. It appears that New Orleans is destitute of food, and the city and Federal authorities have entered into joint arrangements and agreements to obtain a supply from abroad. To this end, a boat is to be granted safe oonduot from Mobile and back again with flour?the Opelousas cars are to i be run for the purpose of transporting pro- i visions, and boats are to pass up to Bed River, on certain conditions and under ; certain restrictions. We shall publish these i documents in the Evening News of to-day, 1 being received at too late an hour last night i for publication this morning. There must ? be great destitution >in our unfortunate < sister city. Mr. Moses Greenwood, who i came with the flag of truoe, is the agent 2 appointed by the oity authorities to transport a boat load of flour from Mobile. Mobile Register. An Important document. HnixrturrrMLroarAmilimtBnnoirr. Camp of Instruction, near Jackson, May 3. ^ Editor Jackson ^Mississippian: Eaolo- ^ Bed I send you a communication irhieh I; _ received laist night from New Orleans, by ^ a special messenger. It is a document ^ that should: command'the attention of every ^ cotton planter and true patriot in the South.; j It ia the deliberate expression of probably the largest, wealthiest and most influential: classof the oitisens of New Orleans. The! ^ advioe they give'neoeesarily impoverishes; ^ themselves, bat with a devotion that rivals; Q, that of the patriots of the revolution, they ^ prefer being beggars rather than slaves. e No truer sentiments was ever tittered than .v that} "if commerce is once revivedby our enemies we are enslaved forever."Letj ^ the blsiing fires, from thoasaods of planta-j tions admoiaish the Tankees and the world,; ^ that commerce is dead, until oar liberties1 ~ are established and oor beloved Confedera- cy has taken her stand among the nations ^ of the earth. " ; For reasons that will be manifest to all,j a there are no signatures to the enclosed document. Those who .prepared it are a- ? mong the truest sous of the 8outh, :knd Q they desire that it shall be published in every paper in the Confederacy Funds are provided to pay for it, if required as an a advertisement. I mention this fact mere- fc( ly to show the zeal and devotion of the pa> ^ triots who prepared the document, for i ? feel sure that every, paper in the South will gladly lend their aid to give oiroulation to ^ to this irfirring appeal from our hrethxaw e who are now for the present under the heel 0 of the despot. Respectfully, yours, fa WM. T. WITHERS. To Cotton Planters.?New Orleans J has fallen 1 not degraded or enslaved, but yielding to armed ships with guns levelled ? at the homes of our defenceless wives and g children?the escutcheon of Louisiana is a unstained, and her flae has been deseora- L ' r ; - p |j ted, bat by her eaemiea. None could be % found so vile, low or degraded as to lowerher Datioaal ensignia. We have yielded ^ to brute force bat for the moment. Q It becomes oow the duty of all planters g to display more than ever their patriotism: g and devotion to their country. They have ' sealed that devotion upon the battlefield. Now let as'fight oar enemies as well by, g burning and destroying every bale of cot-i Q ton, upon the river or rivers liable to cap- ^ tare, as well as refasing to ever, ship or ^ sell a bale of cotton until peace is declared ^ and oar nationality is fixed. Let their. cOn- v quest be a barien one. ----- ; 8 The merchant fleet of Europe and of .. Yankeedom will soon be bringing their . riches among us to trade with us, expect- , ing an exchange of ootton?if commerce is S jonoe revived we are enslaved foreVer. Let Europe howl at the waste, the barbarity of the North will have brought upon the country. The United States Government j has promised renewed trade to the world so soon as our ports are opened. If we are ? true to ourselves there will be no trade and jj the countless millions of foreign products e will be without purchasers. How long will Q they remain idle spectators of such a scene ? ? The powers of Europe will see that there _ is no sentiment of regard for the old flag? that we despise the race, and when we withhold or destroy our property, they will find that Unionism is dead forever. Regulations Concerning Substitutes in the Army. & Wlt> DBDATtTMV.NT. Adj. and Inspector Gbn'ls Opfioe, p Richmond, April 26, 1862. tl General Orders No. 29. c I. The following Regulations concern- g iog snbstitntes in the Army, ere published tl by direction of the Secretary of War : p 1. Any non-commissioned officer or sol- a dier not indebted to the Government, who q wishes to procure a substitute, may obtain ti from his Captain a permit for the proposed d substitute to report himself at the Camp of tl the Company for examination; <and such h permit shall operate as a passport, but shall t] not e?tHe the holder to transportation at t< the expense of the Government. 2. If the substitute be exempt from mili- q tary duty, and on examination by a Sur- ti geoD or Assistant Surgeon of the Army be o: pronounced sound, and in all respects fit rj for military service, he shall be enrolled <J and mustered into service for three yearn, n unless the war sooner terminate ; and the f< non-commissioned officer or soldier procu- u ring him shall thereupon be discharged, ^ but thall not be entitled to transportation B( at the expense of the Government. a 3. If a non-commissioned officer or sol- a dier discharged by reason of a substitute, E be indebted to the Government, the officer tf granting the discharge shall be liable for ai the debt. b< 4. All pay and allowances due to the it non commissioned officer or soldier dis- m charged, shall go to the substitute at the _1 next pay day. S< 5. Substitution shall not exceed one per G month in each Company, and shall be no- ai ted in the next morning report, muster ol roll and monthly return. m II. When any person liable to military ta duty under the Act of Congress, out not u mastered into service in any Company, de- ci sires to famish a substitute, he shall report le himself with the substitute to the Com- fo mandant of a Camp of Instruction, for re- to oraits raised under the said aot; and if the ai substitute be lawfully exempt from mili S] tary duty, and on examination by a Sur- er geon or Assistant Surgeon, be pronounced P< sound and in all respects fit for military wi servioe, he may be acoepted and enrolled, ac and the person furnishing such substitute de may be diBoharged by the Commandant of co the Camp. But no substitute shall be en- an titled to transportation or other allowance Di at the expense of the Government, until so acoepted and enrolled. na III. On the re-organization of new Com- ea panies from Companies already in service, bl< and the election consequent thereon of of- ha Seers, acoording to existing laws, the com- of missions of such of the officers of former ea Companies as may not be re-elcted will ne- nu jessarily expire, and they will cease to be thi in service from the date of reorganization sel and e ection. ar< By command of the Secretary of War, do S. COOPER, foi Adjutant and Inspector General, juj etoe^tfe. Suppose we are defeated at the greit bates whioh are soonto transpire at Corinth a nd Yorktown? Sappose we loose Rioh- g lond as we have lost New Orleans? What t f all this? Will we be conquered T Will ar means of defence fee gone? Willrtfae 1 earts and nenreaofoor peoplebe palsied ? t Lre there no mountains and valteys to j hioh our armies can retire and. prosecute c itermioable war upon the enemy ? In i ie days of therevolutibn the enemy, for i l* tndtt part of the time, held possession i f every leading idity from Bdetoaio i lharleston. They overran and occupied 1 very one of the thirteen States, save parts a f three.. But the brave hearts of Wash- i igtoh and his noble compeers never quail-. 1 i for a single instant. At the moment c feen all seemed lost and the young son of i be republic was veiled in impenetrable c londs, these immortal patriots stood erect 1 ndnnshaken in their determination to be i ree. The Governor and publib authorities \ f Virginia were removed from Richmond, i nd, even from Chariot taville, but any peo- i la,never thought of subluxation. in the rar of 1812, Washington city, the capital: < f oar country, fell as New Orleans Has fill- ;i m, bat it only served to give strength , to j nr arms and hearts. Are we Southerner?; j degenerate race? Have we forgot how i ) be free ? We do not believe it, and i ence we do not permit ourselves to doubt t yr a moment our ultimate success. { Even shonld the enemy defeat'ua every- 1 rhere on the water, and disperse all onr ] nemiea in (be field, he will then have no 1 ause for despondency. Our ooantry will: i e as far from conquest asi>efore, If'(he j eopk are bnt half true to themselves and; i heir homes. The Yankees will have to < prrison every city, town and hamlet. They i rill have to put governors and legislators, < heriffs, clerks, and attorneys, in office, i nd hold them there at the point of the i rayonet. To do- all this wiH require an rmyof a million of men. The post of hese would not be lew than six millions of , hilars per day, or $2,190,000,000 per an- | liim. No nation on earth oonld ^tovide ' nohun expenditure or stand up' -under J nob a load of debt as it would create in a ' ingle year. Besides the enormous .debt rhioh it would involve, oar people aad the j loathern climate woald kill off thousands ' f these hireling soldiers every month.? luerilla parties wauld shoot them down rherever found in small force. For the fankees to occupy and hold onr country 1 rould, therefore, involve manifest impos- 1 ibilities. It can uever-be done, and should j t even happen that onr armies are driven 1 rom the field and: scattered to the. winds, j a contingency which we by no means anioipafce,) Lincoln will find that he has only,' ot the "elephant," 8od that he'can neith- r eage, keep nor1 sell him. Let oar people, then, be of good cheer. ' iet them be firm anchdeoided in their par- , ose to be free. Let them support their | overameat by good word and by good eed. Let tbem diacoartge treason, oteak-11 rs and alarmists, and make theis mono- ' lents for soorn to point its slow, anmo- ' ing finger at. Let tbem, in short, be ' rorthy of freedom and they will be free. Lynchburg Republican. \ ? lieiw ? Encouragement for the Timid from ' theLessons of History. A writer in the Western Carolinian, in iscusaing the question, "Are we to be abjngated by the North ?" says: The history of all civilized nations of ast ages answer this question decidely in ' lie negative. Greece, a small repnblio, i oasis ting of not more than half dozen } tates, whose population did not: exceed 1 aree million, was invaded for the purose of sabjugation by the Fenian mon- " rob, Xerxes, with an army more uumeras than the entire population of the eoun- ' ry they invade; but her soldiere were well isciplined and brave, and the result was 4 bat Persia "failed to subjugate her," aud 8 er invaders returned home with not more 1 ban the fiftieth part of the army that en- 4 sred Greece. England, with a population four times lore numerous than that of Scotland, by x iking advantage of the domestic discords ' f the country, for more than two ceutu ' [es, and in the reign of Edward the 2d id "succeed with a powerful army in overinning the entire country, taking every ' >rtress, their capital and every sea-port >wn, and yet, nowithstanding, her chiefs ho fled to her mountains, in a few years isembled a powerful army of determined " ten, and at die field of Bannockburn,' so 0 jmpletely vanquished and dispersed the & Iritiah army, that it was the last attempt lat England ever made at subjugation, id though the two Kingdoms afterwards scame united under the same monarch, was the result of civil compromise ' and ? Dt of conquest. ; v- , But a case more analogous to that of the , outhera States and that of the Northern j overnment presents itself in that of Spain id Portugal. Portugal was a department * : Spain, separated from the other depart* ^ ents by a chain of mountains, and conining a population less than one-fourth of 6 te entire kingdom. Portugal felt, or fan- 0 ed, that she did not enjoy equal priviges with the other departments, and, there- g re, in a Convention, passed a resolution seoede from the Spanish Government ? id have a Government of their own.? >?!" /?o I la/1 fkio mkallinn Anil flAflt ft nrtW- _ |/aiU HU10 kVVV*??VH^ * -? ?? !< ?" JT ful army, by land aod sea, to orosh it out. a] ortngal also assembled an army, which 0] is commanded by the Duke de Braganze, Q] id, after many years effort of alternate ifeat and victory, Spain abandoned the antry, and finally acknowledged her as a > Independent Kingdom, and her rebel ake as King. n Sootland in her efforts was witboot a ; vy?so was Portugal, and the ports of ni cb, all the while nnder the strictest w ackade, and neither of them possessed of ^ If the internal resources for the supply Qj arms as are the Confederate States, and p oh of them had to contend with a greater merical difference in the field. It follows, orefore, as a fact, that if we suffer our- fa yea to be subjugated it is beoause we tfc 3, less brave than either of these king- ?, ma. This we do not believe, and there- ^ re utterly discard nil apprehension of sub- b< 3*tion. , . tb i i mii-. * <?;x A Barbarous African Tribe, j, *>i* In arevi_ew of a recent bock nf^^B^ ribes found in terra-incognita : Theirtrangeat of WkoOM)ako8," whorlive among -ihermaist, .meet tamboo woods to;tke sonth' of ^Kaffaand >"?: ,WM live color, savage ana naked, they have ieitherhbibfls or'tmpli^^e^t^ OT' Wt mman food. Tbey Kve only obHiatifc, aicb and serpents,; diversified vfcyr.a 40 ong like talons, the better to dig'for ante, ,nd the more easily to tear in pieces their kvbrite snake. They do not marry, bdt . iva t.^A in3i?rtfiminatA Hfn -nf mnimahL tbild for oblv a short time, accustoming it ? eafc ants and serpents as aoon~siposbSbl^ ind when ft ban *hefy> itself wanders away fhere it Will, and the mother thinfcf ho son .tout it. Tb. Do1u?m? iunlcabl. is slaves, and are taken in large numbers. the1 idaVb-hbl^e^bld ^ ^ri^rboloreii jldthes as soon-aaihey cometofche mo&ty sarm bamboo woofc When these ioman nookejB life, and the paw Dokoe cannot re?M the .teoUou.offet.4 b, whmenor people. They crowd around them, ind are taken fh tlmoMahds. In afa^f ihey are docile, attached, obedient, with 'ewwtmts ami-excellent health. They hftre )ut one fanlt^-a - kme of ante, .nucqu sov ?eot8, and . habit of .peaking Tor with heir heads on the gronnd?al^r|n^9H n the air. Yer iethehrldeaofa snperior Power, to whom-they talk in thisoomical lanura^ iruoii. wiyjr My )r tired of ants, and snakes, and long for ionie unknown food. The tfokos db*m wed teeth to edtoe oeai&t of allpeopleyol to that terrible cousin ofhuihamty-rHbe m '-vs-iCi-****# i - Picayune Butler at hia Pranks. zp Riohmonjo, May 13?The fo?lo*id| is a copy of a dispatch recrived by the dated Can,p I GfenrBntler, on the* 11th, took forcible Netherlands, searched the person of the rault of biff office. In the eault ireto $800,i 300, transferred by the Citizeoi^ . Bank to ihe Hopes, of Amsterdam,: to pt|y-,thein. terest on Louisiana bond. Batleralsotook possession of the officers of the Frenoh end Spanish Consols, in the old Canal Bank, mdplaced a guard there.'7The French Consul went on board th& : French war rteamer Mila^and^lwd not^rettu^^ the Ca^l^niTand Bam^^^s BM*. ing. House. He has issued an iaflamm* the poor a thousand barrels of beef anA-sa?ar, captured in NewOrieans. i'Se is ret smiting in -JJew, Orleans andrjthe got* will soon.be starving, ;s. $? The enemy sent a /torce up to Bonnett Curve, marching through the swamp, and Greyed the railed. & iir> aiaV 'lawf'U.^ fevftgjf gwd "Many a Lit^lb Makes a Mioki?I'\ ?We have takeo.the liberty of correcting ;he Scotch proverOp (says the Charleston dnurisr ^ ftitfld' ahoVe. as auoted in' the !di> ar of one of oar faiii gaaboat cansepond;nts and contributors, which ore publish his morniog. She ^Pted it, as many and perhaps most Americans, and probably Englishmen too are in the habit of doing ?thus: "Many a micldetnakea a muoke". So inveterate an Americanism is this nisqaotation, that we well reisglleot an inlaential member from York using it, to he Boose of Representatives, at the last ession of oar legislature, and being corseted by myself. He, however, resisted he correotion and remained obstinate in irror, although. a. jgative Scotchman, a brother member from Chesterfield, in the eritable Scotch dialect, on" our appeal, rerified onr accuracy. : "Mickle" and 'Mackle" are words of idepticalmeauing, >oth signifying "much". Wor cheater1 s Dictionary.?Mtokle? Jucfi?Spencer?[Obsolete except in Icotland}. Mdokle?Mickle ; much. Spencer. I Webster's Dictionary.?Mickle, [Sax. wee/; mucel; Scot, myche, mekyj, inckle; Sp. Much. Greek?Mega^ mealee?See Much. Mackle d, Sax. myee1, iaoh. Obi. j.. - wiw . ?r: fr. ir? Prisoners of War.?Up toyesterday lorning, there were in. the Government risons, in this city, the following captive? : Prisoners of war) 918; disloyal citisenr, 96; Confederate soldiers, 22; deserters rem the Federals, 10; negroes, 16; total, ,157. Of the foregoing, 800 privates rere paroled and sent down tire river last igbt, by the steamer Northampton, to fewport News, to be ezohanged for an quivalentnumberof oar menin the hands f the enemy. The departing Yankees 'ere under the oharge of Major Warner ad Lieat. Tamer, of the Confederate tates Army, and did not appear sorry to 0.?Richmond Enquirer, 6th. mn Confederate Currency in New Orean8.?Another instance of the noble ad self-sacrificing patriotism of the people " New Orleans, is tiie fact that Confedar ICkUO UUAiOUVJf UVUV1UUCO l/V UU AWV&WVft Oil Mr, despite the occupation of the city by le enemy. The Mayor of New Orleans lya in a public proclamation: ' It is recommended that the ordinary curmoy continue to be received. It is as )od how as it ever has been, and there is 3 reason to reject it. Those individuals ho hold'Confederate money/ and wish to irt with; it, can have it exchanged for ty bills by applying to the Committee of ablie Safety. fSTltis said tbat the Lincoln Cabinet is two persons in view from which to make >e appointment of Military Governor, of onisiana, the "Union" men of that State wing seriously objected to Gen. Butler sing appointed to that position, saying that tey oould stand "anybody else." if: