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"The enemy, in large force, had entrenched themselves behind consecutive batteries, and r-n ?r ?y,Qtv, ?c leu trees urusswisc >u uuu^ u* lutiu, ou ?c to render the approach of our troops the tuore difficult. After a musketry aud cannon skirmish, during the continuance ol which our brave troops withstood the full fire of the batteries, and a charge was ordered and nobly made by Geo. Hill, the Second Florida, Sixth Virginia and Fifth South Caroliua leading the charge up to the very muzzles of the guns under a terrific fire of grape, cauister, round shot and shell, that cut them down by scores. Mounting over the first battery, they look possession at the point of^the bayonet, the Yan kees fleeiog to the next in position in the rear, which, iu turn, opened its fire, and in turn, was taken, large numbers of the Yankees being killed aud taken prisouers After an obstinate fight of two hours the enemy fejl back, leaviug sixteen'pieces of artillery, composing three batteries, in possession of our victorious troops. Our loss here was heavy, including several officers. The Yankee loss was not ascertained, but it is supposed to have been equally heavy. The behaviour of the troops was sp'endid. One company of .the North Carolina regiment alone took uue huudred and sixty-live prisoners, and brought them to the rear The enemy's force was estimated at fully 30,000, and reinforced constantly. After the cessation of the firing on our right win^, ^ie enemy attempted a demonstration, across the Chickahomiuy, on our left wing, north of the Mechauicsviilc turn pike, and on the Nine Mile road. He was here gallantly opposed by General G. W. Smith's division of infantry and General Magruder's Artillery including General Whiting's brigade of the Sixth North Carolina, Eleventh and Second Mississippi, and Acting Brigadier-Geueral Colonel Wade Hampton's command of the Sixteenth N. Carolina, and the Fourteenth aud Nineteenth Georgia. The Hampton Legion, supported by the Sixteenth North Carolina aud Nineteenth Georgia, attempted to capture a battery from the enemy, but, finding it too heavilysupported, fell back, but not uutil after re ceiviDg its fire and giving their own in re turn, and forcing the enemy to resume the defensive. Oar loss on the left was not so heavy as on the right wing of the army; but auioug the killed we have to lament several gailant aud distinguished officers. On the left wing fell Gen. Pettigrew, of S. Carolina, a name that became illustrious in this revolution. He fell and died on the field. General Hatton, of the Tennessee brigade, was shot from his horse and died in the arms of an aid. Colonel Hampton was wouuded slightly in the foot, but remained at his post. IIis horse was shot twice. The fighting extended gradually from the ? left to the right again, about 5 o'clock, and continued up to near eight o'clock in the evening, wlreu darkness put au eud to the conflict, our army resting on their artus in the positions from whence the enemy had been forced. The strength of the enemy is supposed to have been very great ou both wings, and liiw Inec nrAnnrhnnnf^li' hpjJUT* ..V- .J. The sullen booming of artillery heard occasionally in the city on Saturday morn ing had prepared the people for the tiding* from the field. About ^oon it became ev ident that bloody work was doing along the lines. The ambulances and surgeons had goue out, and our citizens remained in 1 state of anxious suspeuse, but not alarm : they knew too well the invinoible army in whom they had confided their trust. Soon persons in vehicles and on horseback began to arrive from the direction of the lines, and they were eagerly surrouuded by group.of citizens and soldiers, to whom they de tailed the news. Their presence was mark ed everywhere by attentive groups of list euers. "We have repulsed the enemy 1' passed from lip to lip, aud a cheering beam of satisfaction lit up every face, saddened only by the iccord of the gallant men whi had fallen aud were still falling iu the fight. Towards evening the wounded begau ti come in from the several scenes of action, aud were carried to the hospitals, hotels and residences. .Many appeared to be only slightly wounded, barely sufficient to disable them, aud laughed aud chatted with the hundrt-dsof sympathizers who gathered around the ambulances. Others, whosi wounds were through the-body, and man. seiious, lay stretched out, and some iu tin agonies of death. Throughout Saturday night they weri being brought iu, up to yesterday mornint [and all descriptions of vehicles were im * pressed to carry them. Another Account of the Fight. We have shine additional accounts of the , fight on our right wing. The scene of the battle was about eight miles out on the ' Williamsburg road. The artillery on our side opened about ten minutes to one, P. M., and the cannonadlng continued for the space of one-half v or three-quarters of an hour. After a heavy fire of musketry, our troops charged upon . the enemy in their entrenchments with the i most devoted gallantry, repulsing him at e the point of the bayonet, and driving him r back until wc had possession of his entire camp. The enemy being heavily reinforced .' drove us back for a little space, but could b not recover his camp. General Stewart was in command of the field, but General Hill was in immediate command of that portion of it where the ' fight was in progress. f \ ft or tVi o VsinlrooQ Vinr^ Koon rlriprm frnm their camp, it was thought that they were j retreating down the Chickahominy, when General Stewart deployed three regiments r to intercept their retreat. It was found, . however, that the enemy was being heavily reinforced, and the regiments were recalled. About this time General Stewart sent Lieutenant Fontaine, who had attached ! himself to his staff as aid, to Gen. Hill, or such general officer as he might find on the field, urging him to hold his position, as I reinforcements were coming up. The assurance of teinforcements gave fresh impetus to our men, and the firing was contin i ued with loud and hearty cheers. After the fight had continued for about an hour, i the ammunition of some of the regiments gave out, and there was some wavering along our lines. Colonel Lee, Lieutenant Fontaine and Colonel Moore were sent by i General Stewart to see to the ammunition ' train and to rally such of the regiments as had been thrown iuto disorder. The Twenty-fourth Virginia, the Fifth North Carolina, and some other regiments were re-formed and led into action by Colonel Moore, and then put in command of Col. Smith. About half past six o'clock, General Hu1 ger's division came upon the field in gallant style, the men dashing on at the doublequick, with loud cheers. The combat was now furious. There was a continuous roll of musketry, varied by the occasional Dooming of artillery. The firing continued until about eight o'clock, when the enemy were driven still further back, and we re mained in possession of their camp, having captured a number of pieces of their artillery. The King William artillery, Capt. Car" ter, was prominent iu the fight, and achieved the most conspicuous results. Their battery was posted in the road, and was engaged from one to half past five o'clock, when it was relieved. Their loss in killed and wounded was terrible?thirty seven out of eighty-eight. Lieut. William Carter was wounded in the breast by a Minnie ball. Second Lieutenant Newman was killed, his body being literally torn to pieces by the bursting of a shell. The batte. ry was publicly complimented in a glowing speech by Gen. Hill, who declared that its ' gallantry would hold a conspicuous part in history, and that "he had rather be in command of such men than to be President of the Confederate States." . The loss on both sides could not be otherwise than terrible. In the early part of the action we had taken the enemy's cdtrenchments at the point of the bayonet, our columns suffering from the close volley of musketry. In crossing the field to make fhe charge, Col. Smith's Virginia regiment was badly cut up by the enemy's fire. Up to half-past seven o'clock Saturday night we had taken about one hundred and thirty prisoners. Iu addition to this we learn that late in the eveniug, an entire company had thrown down their arms and surrendered themselves as prisoners. Ai mong the prisoners taken by us were a lieutenant colonel and a major, and several | other commissioned officers. Our forces engaged on the right were Stewart's, Hill's, Longstrcet's and Magruder's divisions, the latter having come up during the action. We had probably twenty to twenty-five thousand men in this action. The prisoners taken by us say that | the enemy had three divisions engaged on our right. The Battle renewed on Sunday?more Hard fighting?Another success Jar our arms. * Public expectation was on tiptoe yesterday in anticipation of the renewal of tiie I contest for the hard-fought field in front of I Richmond or*Saturday, and events did not 1 disappoint in the least. The scene of the ' fight near the Williamsburg road. About seven o'clock a. in., the 9th Virginia regi' ment, Lieut. Colonel Goodwin, who had ' been on their tyrns unconsciously within | fifty yards of the enemy the night previous, I were ambuscaded by a Yankeo regiment, who rose up behind a dense thicket, and, :j protected thereby, poured a destructive fire into the uncovered column of the Ninth. which, however, being speedily supported, I j drove the enemy back and captured seve1 ral pieces of artillery. The ground was so I uiirir nnrt nnt'ficnivihln flin n?R nf nrfillp. 1 ry that bat few pieces could be brought iato 1 play, arxl the firing was principally by 1 musketry, which raged furiously from the i left to the ceutre of the lines. The brig? ades engaged were General Holmes' and Griffith's of Smith's division, including the Third Alabama Colonel Lornax, and the Twelfth and Forty-first Virginia regiments. The advance was gradually pushed until i between one and two o'clock p. m., when ! our column broke the centre of the enemy, > and he commenced sullenly retiring in the direction of the Meadow Bridge and Wil liamsburg roads, abandoning his camp, occupied the previous night, and leaving i iu our hands large quantities of small arms, overcoats, knapsacks, &o., which were secured, ; d carried to the rear. At four 1 p. m., the firing had ceased, except occassional shot at "long taw." In the early M part of the battle, Lieutenant Col. Godwin, who was in the advance of the 9th Virginia, had his horse shot from uuder him, and the animal, in falling, fell upon him and ' seriously iujured him in the breast and ; head. He was brought to the American Hotel. Col. Lomax, ot the Third Alabama, was also killed in the action, while gallantly leading his regiment to the charge in support of the Ninth Virginia. The Fourteenth Virginia and First Virginia al| so distinguished themselves in the fight, and took a considerable number of prisoners both on Saturday and yesterday. It was stated that the enemy fired on a . train on the York lliver railroad carrying the wounded to the city, and that no attention was paid to a flag of truce that was sent on the field. There was a report of the Third Alabama firing into the Twelfth Virginia who returned the fire, and created some confusion, but we are without confirmation as to its relia- ' bility. From the Dumbers engaged on the side of the enemy, it was evident that lie had massed heavily during the eight on hi8 left wiDg (our right.) The enemy's strength on both wings on Saturday was estimated at GO,000, and ours at between 20,000 and 30,000, to oppose them.. Yesterday his strength was at least 50,000, with heavy reserves, and our army about the same.? The enemy during both days had the advantage of position and entrenchmonts, but lost them both. Our loss in the battle, or rather two battles, was not less than 1,000 or 1,200. The gnemy's loss was as great, if not greater, besides several hundred prisoners. During the progress of the fight the line of battle was ponetrated by many of the citizens of Richmond charged with the duty of bringing off the wounded?civilians and others?who, in numerous instances, performed feats'Of valour worthy of disciplined soldiers. The entire day the wounded were arri- ' ving in the city, and the commuuity re- i raained in a state of excitement up to night, i wheu later intelligence assured them.again i that the prestige of-wctory had not depar- i ted from our arms. < The wounded are very numerous, and they are being accommodated as the emer- ] gencies of the times will best admit. Pri- I vate dwellings, stores, &c., have been offer- . ed by their owners, and they will be ocou- I pied as they are needed. The success and progress, of our arms < yesterday was even more decided and satisfactory than was Saturday, and our troops i were in the best possible spirits. . I ' During the day the Yankee prisoners ' contiuued to be brought in in squads of ten, 1 fifteen and tweuties. They were certainly 1 premium specimens of the "Grand Union ! Army," for they were the most dejected ( lookiug fcutnan beings that were ever seen. 1 . Some of them were covered with mud from ( head to foot, and seemingly so worn out as ' to be?scarcely able to move through the streets to their prison. Many were mere 1 boys, fourteen and fifteen years old, who 1 must have staggered under the weight of a 1 musket. Trophies of every kind, bundles of letters and papers, were picked up on the battle field after its abandonment by 1 the Yankees, and brought to this city last evening. The bodies of the several promineni officers slain in the engagements were brought to Richmond yesterday. That of General Uatton was taken to the Exchange Hotel, where it will be embalmed and sent to his native State. That of the lamented Pettigrew, of South Carolina was also brought : in aud taken iu charge by the friends of the deceased. To hundreds of households in Richmond and elsewhere the doings of Saturday and yesterday brought the craped badge of mourning, for hundreds of the Confcdcra cy's brave sons have fallen in the gallant defence of her capital. . The people of Richmond have had a foretaste of this hearthstone desolation, and j most nobly have they withstood it, counting the loss of husbands, fathers, brothers and 1 sons as so much price paid down in their blood for the liberty they seek. The. City during the Buttles. During the progress of the battles of Sat- , urday and yesterday fought in front of : Richmond, though every species of wild ( reports were flying about on the tongues of rumor, the people remained remarkably ( calm and quiet, while exhibiting a lively ( interest in the result. The care of the , wounded that came in almost continually by one and two, from noon on Saturday up to last night, seemed to engage their humane attention, and we have heard of numerous instances of devoted attention. The ladies were particularly active in j procuring water, that beverage which, a- j bove all others, is. so refreshing to the , wounded soldier. Any supplies of ice fur- | i uished at the hospitals, or wherever the ( wouuded are, would be acceptable, lot it be , never so small in quantity. Tho Assistant Provost Marshal Alexan- i der is exerting himself in procuring two i hundred and fifty nurses for the care of the j wounded in the hospitals. Nurses, both i male and female are wanted; , The Assistant Provost Marshal lias received instructions to hereafter, until further notified, order the closing of all the ( places of public amusement during these | exciting times a3 a precautionary measure. . The order goes into cffecj to-night. i The movement is a good one, as it will ; offer less inducements to the soldiers to straggle into the city at night from the ; camps? Soldiers should be on the field, facing the stern realities of this hour, not i ! hazzlinz in the pit of a theatre over the ( maudlin representations of a by-gone age. i A Man on Fire.?The following is told I in the Adrian (Michigan) Watchman, of i the 29th ultimo: i A little moro than a week ago a most 1 singular accident happened to Mr. John < Stretch, in the south part of the city. As > related to us, itseetns that for some infirmity he was submitting to a general ablution i with alcohol. During the process he was ' standing near a hot stove, and when his i skin was well moistened, the alcoholic vapor, drawn to the fire by the draft of the stove, flashed into a blaze which, as quick , os thought, enveloped his whole body, greatly to the consternation of .Mr. Stretch, and his wife. The flames soon lapped up all that fed them and subsided, but not till he had a pretty distinct glimpse of the . feelings of John ltogers at the stake. I Gen. T. J. Jackson. There was a gallant young Marylander in Petersburg yesterday, who has been in | Gen. Jackson's, army for several months past. He has just reached here on important business, having left Gen. Jackson's array late on Tuesday. He was at Front lloyal on Friday, when that town and nearly every Lincolnite in it was secured ( with but very trifling loss on our side.? ' Gen. Jackson's plius wer# admirably ar- 1 ranged and carried out in strict accordance ' M t * * l_ TT _ L.J 71 a. i wun nis every wisu. rie reacnea rroni, Royal before the dawn of day, and with 1 the assistance of friends so arranged his troops, that when the.first grey streaks of light commenced breaking in the East, 1 the town was literally cncompassod- by a wall of Confederate soldiers. There was ! no possible avenue of escape left unguar- 1 ded. The Lincoluites only awoke to real- 1 ize that' they had been completely entrapped by an ever watchful foe. The First Marylaud (Lincoln) Regiment surrendered 1 with "scarcely a murmur. Our ifltormant 1 states that they seemed almost glad of an 1 opportunity to get out of the service of the baboon President. The Vermont Cavalry regiment did not succumb so readily. They made somewhat strenuous efforts to cut 1 their way out, but finding resistance rain, ( surrendered. Many of them, it is said, 1 wept freely?not at their captivity, but at the loss of their celebrated Morgan horses. 1 Geo. Jackson quickly despatched his 1 business here, and pushed on towards 1 Strasburg, but heuriDg that Banks was in ' full retreat, struck out for another road, and encountered the enemy's column just 1 where' the Middletown road strikes the 1 Front Royal Turnpike. lie pierced this 1 coiumn immediately in its centre, or as 1 nmit.innl men wnnld ?av st.rnnk it. amid, i J J " ? ^hips. A portion of the Vandals fled in ' consternation towards Winchester, while 1 the other portion retreated in the direction ' of Strjwburg. Knowing the importance of ( Winchester, Gen. Jackson directed his 1 pursuit chiefly towards that point, entering < the town on Sunday, before the exhausted 1 Lincolnites had an opportunity to rest ' their wearied limbs, and securing all the ' valuable ordnance, commissary and mcdi- *' sal stores 1 Col. Ashby'a cavalry and Gen. Stuart ( immediately started in pursuit, and but a few hours sufficed to secure both Martinsburg and Cbarlestown. At both places we ' came into possession of many valuable ' spoils and captured a goodly number of prisoners. At Front Royal, besides all the 1 equipments of the Vermont Cavalry, and ( the arms of the Maryland Regiment, we 1 captured six pieces of superior field artil- 1 tery. 1 Our informant does not know Gen. Jackj'ob's ultimate destination, but he knows 1 that there are 50,000 Marylanders in that State, iucluuing city of Baltimore, who will eagerly rush to his standard. They have long looked for the Confederate flag 1 on their soil and he who bears it aloft will ; uot lack for aid and succor. Our informant states that Gen. Jack- ( son's popularity with his men is unbounded. IIis presence is always the occasion i for three rousing cheers, a compliment he 1 never fails to acknowledge by raising his | cap, it matters not how hard the wind may blow or the rain, snow or bail fall. lie shares the hardships of the march with his i men, and bivouacs at night on the field with them. Thi3 he has been known to do repeatedly, although the hospita'ities of a comfortable dwelling not a quarter mile distant had been pressed upon him Although knowu as "Old Stonewall," he is but 39 years of age. Fie enjoys excellent health, is slender in figure, active in his movements, and possessed of that indomitable spirit and unconquerable energy, which enabled Napoleon to cross the Alps, and which laughs at difficulties that to some men appear insurmountable. Gen Jackson is a sincere Christian as well as true patriot and able General. He always welcomes colporteurs to his camp, and never omits an opportunity to indulge j in religious worship. To use the remark ( of one who knows him best, "he prays as . hard as he fights, and his modesty is only . equalled by his bravery." With such a commander, how can a nation of patriots j struggling to be free ever be conquered ?? ( Petersburg Express. I - ? ? 1 From the Mi-inpis Appeal, May 21. True Spirit of the Northern Hordes, j The following Is a true copy of a letter i found, a few days since, upon the battle 3eld of Fartnington, near Corinth, which | was left behind by the author in his swift flight from the scene of conflict. Its con- i teuts serve to show the spirit by which the ; lgrarian hordes of the North are actuated i in countenancing and supporting this war | upou us. We have the original copy of this document in our possession, the letter paper upon which it is written and the en- , velopc, containing the usual Yankee devi- , :cs. The italics and capitals arc .our own: { IIambuuq, Tenn., April 27, 1802. My Dear Sue:?I wrote you a few , lays since. Fearing, however, that it. has , oeen miscarried or intercepted, I write a- , jaiu. We are at this place and expect to ( move forward in a short time on Corinth, ; i distance of sixtceu or eighteen miles.? i We arc expecting a hard contested battle, , ici tda Inorn fhn rohula nrn in Iaiwa fnrn.A ?? , A.J ?t^ AVWWtW ~.W ?WV. J Well, when that time comes up, we will | make the rebels feel the weight and power ( jf our steel. I have seen many of the na- | tires of this country. They present a wo- j be-gonc look. They look like they never | had any advantages of an education. I ( noticed some of tho women's dresses. You , ought to be bore to take one gaze at their huge appearance. Their hoops are made \ jf grape vine and white oak splits. I feel j sorry for the poor ignorant things. Well, we will teach them, iu a few days, how to , do without white oak and grape vine hoops. ] They are now the same as conquered, and ] jne more blow and the country is hours.? ? / have my eye on a fine ait nation, and how | happy we will l.ve when we yet our South- ? cm home. When we yet possession of the ' land, AVE CAN MAKE THE MEN RAISE COT- 1 TON AND CORN, AND TIIE WOMEN CAN ( ACT IN THE CAPACITY OF DO < MESTIC SERVANTS. The women are very ignorant?only a grade abovo the negro, and we can live like kinys. My love to all the neighbors. I^iss all the children for me, and tell them pa will come back a- ' gain. Adieu ray dearest Sue. JAMES DONELLY. Mrs. Sue Donelly, Mount Vernon, 111. j By the politeness of Mr. Allen. Capture of a Yankee Soldier? 1 Corporal Frederick Bishop, of Capt. Doyle, 3th' Michigan Regiment, was captured near Gardner's Corner Friday morning, and < brought to the city Saturday, on the traiu s af the Savannah Railroad, in charge of two < cf the Rutledge Mounted Riflemen. < The prisoner is a German, and'hails from i Detroit. From him we gather the follow- I i.ng particulars in relation to the late affair. . The regiment to which he belongs is a I portion of the command of Gen. Stevens, | consisting of four regiments of infantry, 1 stationed at Beaufort) where Gen. Stevens I has his headquarters. The expedition to i Pocotaligo was .made up of twelve compa- < nies of infantry, one company of cavalry, ' (of the 21st Massachusetts Regiment) and two pieces of artillery of the Connecticut Battery, the wnole under command ot the ' Lieutenant-Colonel of the 50th Pennsyl- i vania Regiment, and numbering about 900 : men. They received marching orders 10 o'clock Wednesday night, and left Beaufort about 11 o'clock for Port Royal Ferry, i Arriving at the ferry, they proceeded im- i mediately as far as Mr. Heyward's plantation, and there halted for refreshments, hav- ! ing marched, ho supposes, nearly thirty- i 5ve miles. i Their design, the prisoner thinks, wu3 i to tear up the railroad and interrupt communication, but not to bring on an engagement. They had been made to believe by 1 spies that,they would meet with no resist '< ince, the Confederate .forces, it was said, : having been withdrawn. Skirmishers were thrown out from their lines to scour the i woods, and ascertain whether there was any epposing force in the neighborhood. Af- i ter the men had finished their meal, the jrder for the return march was given," the < commanding ofiicer saying that the enemy ' could bring as many as twenty thousand of his troops on-the ground in less than i in hour, and it was advisable for them, 1 in. their exhausted condition, to return, 1 cr they would be liable to be cut off. In the fight with the ltutledge Mounted < Riflemen, one captain, of the 50th Peon- i sylvania Regiment, and two privates were ' killed, and six privates wounded. On the return march, at Gardner's Corner, they again halted to rest. Here some i of the men fell asleep, the prisoner among , others. On awaking, he found his regiment had left him, and on trying to find his own way back was captured. He says he has been told that Gen. Hunter, on his arrival to take command, brought ; with him reinforcements numbering between twenty-five and thirty thousand men, which, added to the thirty thousand accompanying the first expedition, gives him x force of from forty five to fifty thousand. This force he thinks is divided on the coast between Charleston and Savannah. There is a great deal of sickness among the men at Hilton Head, mostly fevers.?! til. T3??.i ?I1 JLUe ixuuus at jjuauiuit, uuwt-vn, auuutcu but little in this respect, and the general health of the command there was good ? Humors were plentiful in camp of an attack to be made Charleston, but the prisoner says the men kuew nothing definite iD relation to their future movements. The officers are taciturn and exceedingly reserved. Gen. Butler's proclamation had almost produced a mutiny in the camps. On its lppearance, seven captains of tho New Highlanders handed in their resignations, and the whole array were dis.satislied. The men say they have seen enough of negroes, and are heartily sick of them ; that they would be well satisfied to send some from their superabundant numbers in the North to the South, where the climate would be j more congenial to their nature and habits. ' He also states that the Federals ?have pontoon bridges already prepared for j marching through swamps and marsh land, and whenever they attack, will attempt it at some point where it might be least expected. lie believes they are well posted in relation to all the batteries on cur coast, and know tho position of every gun in Fort Sumter. It was said that three iron-clad vessels had joined Commodore Dupont's squadron, and a combined land and naval attack on Fort Sumter is under consiaera- 1 tion. The prisoner speaks very highly of Gen. Stevens, in command at Beaufort, and i awards him the credit of the plan which was carried on and led to the reduction of Fort Pulaski. Gen. Stevens is an old U-, aited States officer, and very much liked ay his men.?Charleston Courier, 2d. 1 Yankees at Sparta, Tenx.?A correspondent of the Knoxvii.e (Tenn.,) Reg [stcr, writing from Sparta, Tenn., May 20, says : A Pennsylvania battalion of Cavalry, I mmmanded by a fellow titled Col. Duffy, ! risked this place Friday last. They were 1 jrdered by Gen. Dumont to intercept and 1 capture thecelebrated Col. Jrio M. Morgan. 1 Fhey first proceeded to Cooksvillc, 10 miles ' north of Sparta. While there, Col. Mor- ' an passed within two miles of them. In- 1 stead of pursuing him, they took his back ( ;rack, and employed themselves in stealing 1 :he horses of the citizens, of which they j ;ook quite a number. They spent two days ' n this interesting business, and then came 1 ;o Sparta. A citizen there says he saw the < nrder under which they were acting. It 1 ivas to "pursue Morgan.till h?1 freeze over ind then go under the ice after him, if ' ;hey had good reason to supposo he had ! ;one under." 5 They arrived about one hour before sun lown. The Federal commander went < round to all our houses, and ordered our 1 adies to cook supper for six hundred men, I md said if they aid not do it in one hour ' be would turn his soldiers loose upon them 1 ind would uot vouch for their conduct ? 1 fhough not positively stated, the Yankee < villain intended them to understand this as 1 i threat of rape and robbery in the event ! )f refusal. ' fl?* The Wilmington Journal, of the j 2d, states that twelve soldiers were wound- ' ed, four of them mortally, at Camp Wyatt, on Sunday last, by a coal of fire being dropped on the fuse of an unexploded shell which had been thrown from a Yankee gun-boat. The men'are hardly to be pittied, on account of their dare-deviltry. . ? Fight at Legare's Plantation, James' Island. Our community, at an early hour Tueslay morning, were again excited by the stirring news and report of a fight on James' Island. It was announced that the jnemy had made another forward movement and commenced landing troops from their gun-boats. The news of a fight at Legare's place, on James' Island, reached the city at eight o'clock A M. A despatch received stated that the enemy had landed about four hundred troops; that they were met by our forces under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Capers, and driven back to their gun-boats; also, that we had captured twenty prisoners, who were sent to Fort Johnson. The prisoners taken reported that seventeen hundred men had been landed at Battery Island on Monday night, and the same number at Legareville, on Johns's Island. The enemy was also reported in force in c a. r\ i n i iruut ui vjruuurai vjiao a uulu: iauu; uuucr cover of their gun-boats. The steamer Etiwan soon after arrived from Fort Johnson with the prisoners, in charge of detachments of the Carolina Artillery and Oraogeburg Artillery, belonging to Lamar's Battallion, stationed at Fort Johnson, in command of Lieutenant Barton. The prisoners were in fatigue dress, but looked well and' made a good appearance. They exhibited considerable anxiety, however, as to their disposition.? The news of their arrival,_spread with rapidity, and crowds gathered on their march from the wharf to the jail, to take a look at the strangers. They were delivered over to the jailer, Mr. Milligan, in whose care they will remain until otherwise disposed of. Capt. Clina says the regiment to which the prisoners belong formed part of an expeditionary corps which left Hilton Head, Gr'en Benham's headquarters, Saturday night. The transport with this regiment came in Stono river, passed the piles placed to obstruct the river, and landed on the right side, near Legare's plantation. No advance was made until morning, when.a party of about forty, men were thrown out to make a reconnoisance. The company of Capt. Clina, consisting of about twenty five, took a very strong position on Legare's plantation, in Mr. Legare's house, about a mile and a half from the landing. Here was where the action took place. A sharp fight occured, which lasted about an hour. Finding them concealed in the house, Capt. Wra. Ryan, with the Irish volunters, made a brilliant charge with the" bayonet, aud "captured the whole party, killing and wounding in the onset some lour or five of the number stationed inside The casualties among our troops were J,J i ?1 a IUIJ WUUUUCU, HYU ^UllUUOIJ auu Cl^Ul 3ll?llf ly, and occurred from a severe cross firiDg to which they were exposed, by the heavy body of skirmishers who came up afterwards. Our troops drove the enemy back under cover of their boats, and then resumed their original position. In reply to a question as to the probability of an early attack on the city, Capt. Clina said that the information possessed by subordinate officers and .privates was mostly founded on#rumors, their superior officers alone knowing whenever an important movement would take place. All that he kuew was the strength of his own regiment at Hilton Head. JHe thought it probable that an attack would be made on the city shortly, but with a very large force. The latest Northern dates received at Hilton Head was to the 27th ult. Hunks was reported as having crossed the Potomac, but all other information was suppressed. No allusion was made of the whereabouts of General (Stonewall) Jackson. The enemy's boats continued shelling the lines all day Tuesday, on the river, and in the afternoon and evening heavy cannouading and musketry firing was heard. An impression prevailed that Fort P.emberton had been attacked and shelled.? This however, was a mistake. The shelling of the woods, &c., was kept np to a late hour last night. There was some picket skirmishing last night, and the enemy's pickets were driven back.? Charleston Courier, 4th. ?! !? A General Order from "Stonewall." The following order has been issued by C*en. Jackson, relating to the recent gallant exploits of his army: Headquarters, V. D., Winchester, May 26, 1862. General Orders No. 53. Within four weeks this army has made loner and raoid marches, foushtsix combats O 1 w ind two battles, signally defeatiug the en2my iu each one, captured several stands of colors and pieces of artillery, with numerjus prisoners, and vast medical, orduance ind army stores, and finally driven the aoustful host, which was ravaging our beautiful country, into utter rout. The general jommanding would warmly express to the officers and men under his command his joy in their achievements, and his thanks for their brilliant gallantry in action, and their patient obedience under the hardships )f forced marches, often more painful to :he brave soldier than the dangers of battle. I'he explanation of the severe exertions to which the commanding general called the irmu whieh were endured bv them with iucii cheerful confidence in him, is now ^iven in the victory of yesterday. He receives this proof of their confidence in the past with pride and gratitude, and asks ony a similar confidence in the fmure. But :he chief duty to-day, and that of the army is to reoognize devoutly the hand of a proacting Providence in the brilliant successes of the last three days, which have given as the results of a great victory withopt ^reat losses," and to make the oblation of aur thanks to God for His mercies to us and our country in heartfelt acts of religious worship. For this purpose the troops will remain in camp to?day; suspending as far as practicable, all military exercises, and the Chaplains of regiments will hold divine service in their several charges at 4 o'clock, p. m., to-day. By order of Major Gen. Jackson. R. L. DABNEY, Assistant Adjutant General.^ Latest from Corinth, We clip the following paragraphs from the Jackson Missimppian, of May 28. Late from Corinth.?We have seer a gentleman direct from Corinth. He corrects the impression that prevailed to some extent that the enemy had, fallen back.? Our line had advanced about half a mile or the right. Gen. Beauregard has issued an order re quiring the burning of all extra tentsofficers are allowed only sixteen pounds o baggage. He declared that the Confede rate army had assumed the offensive, ant that he did not wish it to be encumberet with unnecessary baggage or tents. Gen. Beauregard has also issued an or der excluding all correspondents from thi lines?makings penalty of death ifimprop er news be transmitted. This fact account for the failure of our special corresponden at Corinth to supply us with late despatche from that interesting locality. Skirmishing is going on daily, wit! slight casualties on both sides. ' We presume that the Government doe not at this time allow any despatches what ever in relation to the situation of affairs a Corinth to pass over the wires. We there fore give the latest news from that quarte as we find it in our Western exohanges leaving our readers to form their own con elusions. The Mobile Advertiser, of May 31, says It is rumored that on Wednesday evening Gen. Hardee's division was engaged fb several hours, a little to the right of Fat mington, first driving the enemy back, bu being afterwards driven back in turn t their rifle pits. The cannonading is sail to have been heavy, ceasing about 6 o'clock We have authentic intelligence of impor tant movements among our forces at Cot inth, which will be made public in du time. The Jackson Mississippian, of the 31s alt., says; the cars have come in, bringini intelligence from Corinth. The cannona ding proved to be theheavy skirmishing a Farmington. The very latest and most re liable information places beyond doubt, w think, that our army is evacuating Corinth Doubtless it is the dictate of military strat egy, intended to force the enemy, by flank movement, to quit their entrench ments and engage us. We are also led t believe that we have been, or will be, com pellhd to evacuate Fort Pillow. In tha event, our readers should not be surprised before our next issue, to hear that Mem phis has fallen into the hands of the enemj A correspondent of the Atlanta Confta eracy, writing from Mobile, says : Froc what I can learn, and the best ,opinion am able to form, we may expect an earl falling back of Beauregard and his arm ?probably twenty or thirty miles on th Mobile road. #This is necessary to get wa ter, if nothing else. It is all stuff abou those artesian wells. Then the eneur have advanced to where they can shell ou lines, and we cannot get at them withon cro^ng a creek and a great swamp, wher we would be met by heavy guns. Ooe c their flanks is covered by a swamp that w cannot carry artillery across, and we can' get a fight out of them without advancin on their front, where they would have eve ry advantage of entrenchments and heav guns. This advance we have to make o fall back, and draw them still further int our country, where we can get at them o any side, and where we can have water but in gaining this advantage wo lose th railroad from Corinth to Memphis. The City Threatened with Inunda tion.?Late New Orleans papers state tha an extensive break has taken place in th levee above the city, nearly opposite Napo leon'Avenue. On the 26th, the water wa ! pouring in through a crevasso about on hundred feet wide and twenty deep. The Bulletin says the overflow extend as low down as the Louisiana Avenue Sta tinn /in ttio franlr r\f fho flal-rnlDnn Roil j UWU, V* Wl*W V* ? 1 ?UU road, but nearer to the river it has not ye overflowed the country lower down thai General Taylor street. The water on th railroad track appears to be twelve or f6ur teen inches deep. The water crosses th< track on the upper side at the Burthe Sta tion, making the- width of the inundatioi at that distance from the river about a mile from which place it gradually widens nnti it finds its way into the swamp. Later ii the day, we learned the water was making its appearance back of Greenville. Threatened with Famine?The Buletin of the 25th, notices the arrival of the Alic< Vivian from Mobile, on Saturday, wit! 1,800 bbls. flour, consigned to the Subsis tence Committee, and the subsequent ar rival of the Empire Parish, from Shrevc port, with a large assorted cargo of provis ions, consigned to various parties, and ex presses the hope that these timely arrivals will be speedily followed by others, unti the present anxiety on the subject of subsistence shall be entirely removed. Th( Bulletin remarks: Unless something is done speedily t< supply the markets with meat, their condition will relapse into the state prevailing at the beginning of the present lilonth.? Already the butchers are asking forty cents per pound for meat, which ordinarily sellt at six or eight; and it is & common thing to have to pay fifty or seventy-five cent! for a small piece of soup meat, usually sold for a picayune or a dime. The Heel of the Despot.?Mayor Monro* and the Chief of Police, for protesting a gainst Butler's infamous Order No. 28, have been imprisoned in Fort Jackson, anr the Municipal Government is under the control and presided over by Gen. G. F Shepley, the Military Commandant. A1 the old police have been discharged, anc Yankees, or men who take the oath of alle giance, are to be put in their places. Per mission, however, had been granted to th< citizens ?o elect a "loyal citizen of Nev Orleans and the United States as Mayor.' Liberty of the Press and Liberty Oj Speech Under the Yankee Despotism.? , The Mobije Advertiser, speaking of the 1 New Orleans papers, says: They are no longer, alas! what they used to be. The coil of the tyrant is too plainly aronnd their free limits, and their manly voices are subdned to utterance in "bated , breath." Poor New Orleans! The fate of Jerusalem, not one stone of which was left upon another by Titus, had been better than 1 the living death of Yankee servitude yon now suffer. 1 We have looked in vain through the pa' pers for some items of interest, some notea 1 of encouragement from the doomed oity. We clip a few local items: 1 Provost Court.?Yesterday, three men, named Coz, Hall and Reagan, for uttering * threats against Union men, were sent to the Work House, each for one month. ^ Charles Dougherty, for offensive language ' against the Union, was sent to the Work * House for three months. i ^ Captain Charlton Morgan and Ma* jor Edward' Mitchell Exchanged.? e Captain Charlton Morgan, a brother of - John H. Morgan, the famous Kentucky 3 cavalier, having been wounded in the arm t at Shiloh,.went to the house of a friend in 3 Huntsville to be taken care of, was captured when Mitchell entered the place, and I1 was released on parole. We have already published the fact that Col. John Morgan 3 captured Major Mitchell, son of the Gene ral at Palaski, Tenn , and released him on t parole. We learn from some of the Coloi nel's squadron, that, when he released r young Mitchell, he gave or offered him '? 8500 to take him wherever he might desire - to go. Letters oaptured with one of Gem Mitchell's couriers by two boys, one 18, is the other 16 years old, between Hants;? ville, bear Col. Morgan's compliments to i* his father. A gentleman from Huntsville says Gen. M. took his son arqund to Capt. t Charlton Morgan's quarters and introduo0 ing him, remarked to the Captain: ?I 1 would not have taken 850,000 for you, but :. your brother has captured my son and has been so kind to him, that I am constrained '* to propose an exchange of youfor him, and 3 I will furnish you with any amount of money you may need." We understand <he t exchange has been effeotcd. Gen. Mitbbg ell could well afford to be magnanimous - with Col. Morgan's example before him.? t Knoxuille Register. e Captain John H. Morgan. This gentleman, now so famous a3 & parr tizan warrior, is the son of Calvin Morgan, a and was born in the year 1825, at Hunts ville, Ala. His uncle, Samuel D. Morgan, o who resides at Nashville, Tenn., his father i- and our informant, a sister-in-law of the t latter, who resides below Algiers, were than lining in TTnntavilln Shft dnSrtrihft* , v..wu - --- r - him as a child of peculiarly bold aod courageous traits. His maternal grandfather !- was John Hunt of Lexington, Ky., whose n name he bears. Calvin Morgan moved to I Lexington when John was young, and this y will account for a statement we see made y by the Atlanta (Ga ) Commonwealth that e he was born in Lexington. His paternal i grand-father was Luther Morgan, who, and ,t his brothers and forefathers, were famous y as* Indian fighters. r Hi?cousin, St. Clair Morgan, will be ret membered as one who went to Charleston . e and threw himself into the most dangerous if positions as a soldier at the taking>of Fort e Sumter, and who was afterwards dangert ously wounded in a desperate daelat Peng sacola. Courage aod fortitude are the pei culiar characteristics of the Morgans. The y whole family and its connections are earir nest and steadfast friends of the Coofedero ate cause; but it might unnecessarily sab ject some of them to.persecution to go into ; particu'ars.?Algiers Newsboy. e . The True Policy op the Planter.? A foreign letter received here yesterday, no matter how, from an old merchant of Mobile to his correspondent in this city, cone tains the following paragraph, which is l# strongly confirmatory of the policy generg ally recommended to our planters by the . e Southern press. Plant anything and every thing but cotton is now not only the dioa tate of patriotism, but of plain pecuniary interest. The letter is dated Liverpool, March 26. We copy: t "All countries are now sending U3 cot3 ton, and if your trade should open, for a e time, high prices might pre^il, but twelve months would hardlyeftpse without depres- . e sion, and within two or three years suoh ?. low prices from accumulation from all the 3 world as would prove ruinous. If you should have a supply of three millions of i bales, you should not think ot increasing j it by fresh planting this year, or you will , render the two crops less valuable than one.' Mobile Register. | A Girl Soldier.?At Leachapoka, Ga., says a railroad correspondent, a number of soldiers cauie on the train. With them was a fair blue-eyed girl, dressed all like a "brave soldier boy," who had determined to kill a Yankee. She or he (the voice was that of a female, though dressed oat in ? soldier's toggery) said that all the boys had I gone from about Gaynesville, and it was no longer any place for her. She was going [ along with the boys. She also stated that other girls from her section had already gone to war. The Alabama girls are quite plucky, but I think at the expense of discretion. On arriving at Montgomery she ' was turned over to the Provost Marshal. } Baton Rouge, May 29.?The Federals 1 attempted to land troops at Garrison, yes> terday morning, in small boats. Just as | they were about to land, a Confederate 1 nnmnanii firpil Without crivine timplrt nn. D- 0 "V " tice, the Federals commenced throwing 3 shot and shell into the town. One struck ' the Harney House. Many other houses ' were struck. Iq half aa hour after the ' firing commenced nearly all the women and 5 children had left town, flying in every di rection. . ? The Federals are now landing troops, and a fight is expected soon with the Con* federate force near the city. Hot work will soon commence. 5 : " *>.? '-.-it' ; By order of Col. Johnson Hagood,*Ure' striction upon the removal of salt from the ' city of Charleston to the int&ior has been a - withdrawn.