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Fresh flowers ever bloom on thy grave, Who ewt, "to the good brought the best."* For rare, were thy gifts, good and true, Thymuses {rad, crown *3 thy young brow; > Alas! that the cypress and yew Are twined in thy-laurcf-tmath, now. > >' Gentle spirit, so gifted and brave, " -A?o von nr. vet whose sword and vshOBe pen 7~ J~?"* " ? ? HaW carv'd for himself, on his grave, A same, that shall Uvc among men. And, jA, at the pave, we must weep, AJbett, that, Ufe-gtvLng faitlt -* Telia us there, some do well, who do sleep, v And, that, dying, la not all of death. No ! no for he live?, ever lives, Tbo> consignM to death's gloomy abode, Yet, the blessed assurance faith gives , That, beyond, there is gloiy and God. ? This quotation was used by him, to his Obituary notice of his peet-spldier-fHend, W. M. Martin, War Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. '' - " '* -- v .. Came,Before Richmond, 4 July 23d, 1862. I propose in the present letter to give a brief narrative of the achievements of the Palmetto Sbarp-shooterg in the recent series of battles at the gates of Richmond.?Before I have finished it will be seen-that this regiment and the brigade to. which ft is attached have done some of the most gallant fighting that has taken place daring the war. FIRST 01 THE BATTLE OF FRIDAY.. - ' ' - jTg _ The brigade being attached to the corps d'armee of General Longstreet, and consequently held in reserve until a critical moment, did not get fairly into the fight until late on the afternoon on Friday, say two or three hoars after the commencement of the battle. The point at whioh they entered was npon the extreme right of our lines, - Jenkins' regiment, with the exceptioh of Kemper's brigade, resting npon the edge . of the Chiokahominy Bottom, and at nearly a right angle to the river. The formidable breastworks-of the enemy upon Boatswain's Cresk, described in a previous letter, had been carried by other troops, and the brigr ade accordingly marched without obstruction npon the broad plateau of the hills which immediately succeeded the ascent.? ?o.need not detail the various haltings, flank movements, and temporary advances ma/je by- the command preparatory to engaging the enemy, but Come at once to a i description of the sanguinary eposide wmcn constitutes the chief exploit of the regiments of Colonel Giles and Colonel Jenkins. After having been exposed to a severe fir6 of shells for several minutes, and the men being thoroughly rested, the regiments moved forward to the support of WhitiDg's 1 Division. On arriving at the spot, however, Whiting had disappeared, his troops probably having pushed rapidly forward. At this juncture Col. Jenkins discovered [ a body of the enemy about a quarter of a mile distant, and advancing to within hailL . ing distance with his line of battle presented. The Fifth South Carolina Regiment, ft Lieut. Col. Jackson, did the same, and f resting upon the left of the Palmettos. It was now reported to Col. Jenkins that there rwere troops in the woods calling upon us. Upon receipt of this intelligence Col. Jackson wheeled his regiment so as to face the invisible enemy. As he did so a Yankee regiment, as was immediately apparent by their blue uniforms, deployed from the wood and drew up in beautiful line not more than seventy-five yards distant, and within support of two other Federal regiIments. They did oot seem to act as if in the presence of an enemy, however, and what added to the singularity of the proceeding was the fact that the Yankees persistently kept their flag furled, and called to us to know who we were?our battle flag flying all the while. Col. Jackson, advancing a few paces, hallooed to them to ground their arms, when, if my memory serves me correctly, they came to a "rest?" At the same time Col. J. instructed our men to commence firing if the Yankees made the slightest demonstration of attacK. Col. Jenkins also called out to them in a I loud tone : "Unfurl your flag, Qr I will fire K into you, whether you are friends or foes. I Unfurl your flag !" At this moment they raised a white flag; and an officer appear ed bearing it towards our lines. Col. J. I met the r.fficer midway between the regiments, and said, "Sir, if you are ready to W . surrender order your men to lay down their arms." The reply was : "We have no orB ders to surrender, and wiil fight it out." W The Colonel then told him he would see B him safely back to the^nes, and returned himself. Scarcely had the little emblem of amity disappeared behind the enemy's ranks when the command rang along our line, "Ready ! aim 1 fire !" The execution was terrible. The quick eye of our Colonel saw his advantage, and m secured the start of the Yankees by four or five seconds. In the graphic language I of my informant, the Federal line seemed to have melted away. Here ^nd there a oiustre of men were standing, who had escaped the havoc, bat along the ground Dcoupied by the regiments which bat a moment before stood so bold and upright were strewn the dead and dying. It was as completely decimated as if a thunderbolt bad swept through its ranks. The other regi ment was so badly cut up, and maintained a fire for about ten rounds, when we ad vabced, pot them to rout, and oaptured large numbers of prisoners, including the regimental and national flags. The former of these Col. Jenkins hat started for South Carolina to day, to present to the State Authorities. The follow iug letter from the Assistant Adjutant General of General Longstreet, accompaniei the gallant victor and his trophy: Headqu jiters Longstreet's Div., Richmond, July 21j 1862. Colonel:?I am directed by Major Gen eral Longstreet to convey to you the infor - - n .f TIT I mation tnat toe secretary 01 rv ar uaa nig nified bis consent to your retaioiog the regi mental standard of the I6th Michigan Re giment for presentation to the Governor o: your State. X am permitted, on this occasion, to con gratnlate you and the State, whose honoi and reputation you have so well maintained on the possession of these handsome colors won as they ^re on the evening 'of ittM memorable 27th of June by tbe coospicu ous courage and devotion exhibited by yow gallant command. The regiment, which wears emblazonec on its banners "Williamsburg" and "Sev en Pines" and will have indellibly stampec thereon the reoord of the bloody actions o tbe 27th and 80th of June, cannot gait new lustre from any longer enumeration o its brilliant achievements. These names alone justly entitle it to th< confidence and pride of tbe country and o that Palmetto State whose name it ha: proudly and irreproachably borne. : y l am, Colonel, very respeotfully, - * Your obedient servant, * G. M. SORREL. To Colonel M. Jenkins, Commandinj Palmetto Sharp-shooters. The morning after the battle in wbicl these flags were taken, the colonel and sur viving officers of tha regiment voluntaril; came 'to.Col. Jenkins and delivered them sblves up as prisoners of war, assigning a a reason for bo doing, that we had eithe killed or captured their entire command and they desired to be with those of thei ViorJ f?llon infn r>nr hnnrts Th Ult/U nuv UUU iwnvu IUW Federal major was killed. These offieer remarked that they bad never before ex perienced such a devastating fife. Ove three hundred bad fallen by our first volley General D H. Anderson went over th ground the next morning, and counted within a few paces, forty of their dead.? The Yankee regimedt was litterly cut t pieces. Our own losses during this engage ment amounted to ninety-six killed am wounded in the Palmetto Sharpshooters and 20 killed and fifty six, rank and file wounded in the 5th, Lieut. Col. Jackso: commanding. ' * v" The flag of the latter regiment was struc in three places. The color bearer was she through the head, and four of the oolo guards either killed or wounded. Lieui Col. Jackson was also shot in this battle He was in the thickest of the fire, standin erect and ordering the regiment forwar when a ball passed through both legs.Without baiting be still continued to ad vance cheering on his men when his art was shattered, and he was compelled ' t leave the field. X omitted to state in the proper place that Brigadier General D. H. Andersoc was assigned to the command of a division and that, consequently the command of th brigade devolved upon Colonel Jenkins. THE BATTLE OF FRAZER's FARM The next fight in which the brigade w? engaged was on Monday, in toe vicinity e Frazer'erfarm, and here it bore a most cor spicuous part, being in the advance all dai Early in the morning, General Longstre* had sent oiders to Uol. JeDkins to drive 1 the enemy's pickets, and find oat his pos tion, and "feel" his strength. This ws done, but it was not until about three o clock in the afternoon when the brigade g< ! fairly into battle. During the interim 01 troops had been subject to a terrible oai nonade from two or three batteries of tb enemy, posted upon an eminence, and con manding the New Market road. Final! becoming so destructive in its volleys, tb South Carolinians went forward to silent it. The ground was irregular, undulatin and broken, but the men preserved the line under the pittiless pelting of the iro rain like veterans, until having passe through a dense ravine, they stood face i face in an open field with the enemy, the batteries only two hundred yards away, an heavy masses of troops concealed bebin entrenchments to support them. And no the storm is terrible. The Federal lir bursts into a volcano of flame and whi smoke. Grape, canister, shell, round sh and minnie bullets, sweep the plain like torrid simoon, suiting with the resistle fury of a destroying angel wherevi they strike. Our regiments begin to cruc ble, yet not a man falters. But one id< appears to prevail, and that is that right i wrong, tney must marcn slap at tnat oatt ry and into the very teeth of its fiery jaw We are already advancing. The Fede al commander sees the approaching av lanche rolling towards him. He knot that his case is hopeless, and to save b guns orders them from the field. Ti watchful eye of Jenkins, however, detec the design, and to remove the trouble fro the hands of the Yankee Captain, the cot mand is given : "shoot the horses !" A fringe of fire leaps from the glitterii muzzles of our rifles, and when the pall smoke lifts, a score or more of the nob animals are discovered to have been tl sacrifice. The object of tbe Federals i frustrated, and the battery is abandoned. But the South Carolinians have notsto ped. It is the motto of the brave Jenki never to fight men five minutes upon ti I same ground, and they are moving steadi '| forward. Suddenly, there open fresh b: Mteries on the extreme left of this line fro II the opposite side of the New Market roa , and a position which enables the enemy tc F enfilade the entire command. Balls strike 1 the left flank and crash on through the double files, maiming twenty or thirty at a ! time. The s alien "thug" of the grape shot as they bary themselves into the bod I ies of the men is an appaling sonnd?one : that can never be .forgotten?bat all sensi I; bility has now disappeared, and the one thought is victory or death. The Federal) 1 from their entrenchments in front, atshori ) range, are likewise pouring in a terriblj destructive fusilade; bat it is nothing com i pared with the awfnl showers of iron tba . plow so mercilessly through oar ranks frou the batteries on the left. Whole companiei - are decimated. In some not more than i i half dozeo men remain untouched. The ground is covered with oar dead ant ? --wJ-J nun follvnrv otrftrw COAAnt) WUUUUCUj ?UU LUCJr Qig i&iuug utv.j ww~w~v Is there no help for this carnage ? None Other troops are not at hand to engage th< - attention of the batteries and withdrav - their fire, or if so are afraid to make tbi - attack, and the South Carolinians, left un supported by nil save their own strong arm f and stout hearts, have no other resoure but to press on towards the rear of tbi heavy guns. For a moment, the Palmetto r are staggered by the red hot tempest, am t they reel to and fro like a brave ship bat > tling with a gale, whose sails are gone am - bulwarks broken to pieces, but still impelle< - by unquenchable energy holds on its des r parate way. Even the mangled men npoi the ground, -bleeding and agonizing wit! I pain, utter their feeble words of encoui agement?*<Go on boys, don't mind us 1 but take care of the old flag." The stern f pale faces of the few survivors are turnei 1 towards the Colonel commanding to read i f possible their fate, but no voice can b heard in such a storm, and a single wav 1 -^ work aP zlnt* ul HIS CWUIU puiuio uui bug jjuuu u* v*uwj ' That is enough, and with teeth set, lip 8 compressed, and determination written i every line of their sun-browned features they close up the gapiog ranks and mov forward. They know not whether it be t annihilation or victory, but like a forlor S hope their hearts of steer know no sue as retreat. No wonder that tears fi i the eyes of some, who have been lookin - OD, as they watch this devoted band marol y ing through the valley of death. A spec - tacle of higher or sublimer moral courag s was never presented in any country whos r best veterans have crossed arm* upon a fiei , of battle. r But little more remains to be told. Th e infantry of the enemy who bad held thei s ground behind their entrenchments, wit > an obstinacy worthy of a better cause, coul r not withstand the resistless onset which ou . troops now made. e Volley after volley was exchanged, be , the tide of the charge rolled on, and whe - the works were reached, it was only to fin o them deserted and the Federal colnmr flying from the place, with their dead an J wounded covering the ground. 'j The Palmettos followed some distance i '? pursuit, and it was on the rising ground ; D this point that ColoDel Jenkins saw a fe hundred yards away, at least ten thonsan k of the enemy huddled together in semi coi fasion. It was a propitious moment I r strike a blow, and put them in utter roul " but the little command had already lo nearly seven per cent." of its numbers, tl P sharp shooters alone had but 175 leffc.^ Other regiments in the neighborhood r fused to come to our support, and the gob * en opportunity which would have preven n ed the disastrous fight of the day followit 0 unavoidably passed from our hands. Tv thousand more men would have swept th Federal horde into the James, or capture '? a majority of its troops. Our part in tl '' battle here ceased. e On arriving at the entrenchments abm alluded to, and the battery which had bet disabled, Capt. Kilpatrick, of the Palmet ts Sharp Shooters, and Lieut. Simras, of tl )f 6th Regiment, turned the guns upon tl i-(enemy, and handsomely accelerated the j. "change of base." This is the third ba 5t tery which has been captured by the bri ade commencing with the fight at William i. burg, besides four stand of colors, is Among the prisoners taken in the wori was Col. Simmons, an old Mexican soldie )t He was mortally wounded, but took occ tr sion to present to the Lieutenant who fout l. him, and by whom he was kindly cared fc ie a handsome sword, which the latter offic j. has since presented to Colonel, or now Ge [y Jenkins. ie In the course of his conversation, C( ;e Simmons observed, that our eutire advan and final charge was one of the most br ig liant exploits which he had ever known.ir He desoribes our fire as having been mu id derous, and our troops as being irresi3tibl id further adding that his only satisfactii to was that he had been "taken a prisoner 1 ir brave men who treated their prisoners d only brave men know how." Gen. Lon d street also remarked, as a tribute to the gi w laDtry of South Caroliniaus, that he hi ie found our dead farther in the advanoe thi te he had the dead of any other regiment u ot on the field. a Our loss was 44 killed and 210 woundi no T /'Pat,?nWrt 3h0 00 1U UU1. UCU&1U3 ic^autuuj mui^Kvw ?.;u? Br Shooters,) oat of 375 taken into the fielc Q- "26 killed and 100 wounded in the Secoi Ba Regiment of Rifles, Col. John V. Moon or and 11 killed and 73 wounded in the 5 e- Regiment, out of 170. In the 4th Batti s- ion, I do not know the casualties. Amoi r- the mortally wounded in the 5th was Maj a- William Anderson, of Anderson Distri* ?s as gallant an officer and noble a gentlom lis as ever drew, a sword. He died like a he ie at the head of his regiment, a grapesh ts having penetrated his lungs. After t m last fight but six oommissioned officers i n- mained in this regiment. Some idea of the bloody character of t jg battle and the tornado of fire through wki of our troops passed, may be had from t le following facts : * be Out of Company H, in Giles' regimei is numbering about fifty men, there are b four whose persons or clothing did not be p. the marks of a bullet. The flag was stru ns thirty times, and the colors of the Palon be to Sharp shooters were struck twenty-t Jy times. The 'company of Captain Kilp it- rick, in Jenkins' regiment, had but o im man left untouched j two other oompan: d, brought out but three unscathed. Coloi i Jenkins is himself a cariosity as kd ill us t tration of the doctrine of "special Provi > denoe." Strapped to the back of bis sad i die was an India rubber coat. This htu ; fifteen bullet holes through it. His sword resting against his side, was struck twice ; once just under the guard, by a minie ball. and the second time by a grape-shot, whidl i carried away about ten inches of tbe eiid 3 His sword knot was cot; bridle rein severed fc so that he had to lean over to pick up tbi j dangling portion; his horse shot twice, an< - himself struck by glancing shots thre< t times, all of which havo left their raark .01 1 arm, body and knee. There has probabl; 3 cot been a more miraonlona escape fron i death or injury daring the entire series o battles. 1 should much rather be iu tb j General's place now than then. Oat of the eleven hundred men who o riginally constituted the Palmetto Sharp -V.if io 9 frM+ifninrr fant f.hftt. HIT finl a auuuicio, >u u * ?... ?? , , have shown the "white feather." One o g these the Colonel found sitting under . fence, hiding. '/What are you doing her s sir ?" said the Colonel. "Its too hot i: B there Colonel, and I came oat?the ballet e fly too thick." - "G-o back, sir, and don' 8 disgrace yourself;" and he made the truan j take his-place in the lines, where he^ufc r sequeutly was fortunate enoagh to be 'hon j orably' wounded. j An officer informs me that he has notice j. that where a man is a coward in one fig! Q and has to be forced into another, he invi h riably gets Bhot; and cited as an instanc of this, that out of the six men above n . ferred to, one only has escaped. The fa< is significant enough to make every ind j vidual of this stamp shako like an eartl f quake. Better trust to luck than legs, e THE BATTLE OP SEVEN PINES. e Another brilliant passage in the histor ' of this brigade, is that which belongs I ,a the- battle of Seven Pines, where by tt D testimony of friend and foe, our soldiers I '? use a hackneyed phrase, "performed prod e gies of Valor," and gained for themselves 0 reputation which will not be easily lost. * D The enemy were here favored as arm b was never favored before. Fally our eqaa II in pumbers they had marked and rneasu g ed every foot of ground, piled work c work, and abattis on abattis, until tl i* whole country was one grand fortificatioi ;e The firing between the pickets began aboi ie noon, and two hours later the forge of ba d tie was in full blast?artillery and infant] poandin^hwaywith all their might. Tl e Federal lines which the Sonth Caroliniai ir were assigned to attack, were posted b b 'tween the Williamsburg turnpike and tl d York River Railroad, their first line res ir ing upon the latter: their seoond to tl rear and little furtmr to the right; the lt third still beyond and to the right of tl D last, and.8o on, the whole forming a di d goDal to the Williamsburg road, or what 19 known in military nomenclature a dispo: fl lion en echelon. ~ Between these various positions was e ? D ry variety of obstruction which iKankee i genaity could add to the natural obstacl w of the coup try, covered by batteries of a $ tillery. Under fire of the latter, Colon Jenkins was ordered to marcji from tl to Williamsburg across to the York Riv Rail Road, which lie did without retur st ing fire. Col Bratton's Sixth South Ca >e olina regiment was on his right,?and ~ Georgia Regiment on the right of the Sixt e- Jenkins' left rested upon or near the ri d* road. A Company was now deployed t' ascertain the strength and position of t 'g enemy, who was found in front, and she J0 iy after an advance being ordered, the Fe at erals fell back firing. The command pai 'd ed the first abattis, without much difficnli ie and through the first gamp?of the enem Here it was halted, dressed, and the f< ward movement resumed towards a secoi }D and more formidable abattis, from behii to which the Federals maintained a seve fuBilade. This was amply repaid, an 36 creeping on step by step, the obstructi lir was passed. It being found that the Ge< lfc- gia Regiment, in crossing this uet work g- nature and art had disappeared, the'ord s- of Col. Jenkins to the Sixth was that tb regiment's left flank should not at a ? time thereafter be separated from the rig lf* XAT Yin/) rtnrtr fni l * U1 IUC i lllUICUU O. IT c uau uun ..... a- penetrated the Federal lines, and a sapi hUman task was evidently about to be coi menced, although the arrangement of t ?r enemy's forces was not at this time po n- tively known. In order to be prepared 1 any emergency oar two regiments we d. formed with the left advanced, and obliqt ce ly facing the Williamsburg road. In tl il- manner the attack was resumed. The enemy now. heavily reinforced, ma [r an obstinate resistance, and were support e' by two pieces of artillery, but our m iD loaded without pausing as they advance and gave no opportunity for the frequeul as broken Federal lines to reform. We si 8" feree1. greatly, but the Yankees suffer " more and soon gave back in confusion. From this time until night our onwa 10 movement was steady, oonfident, contin P" ous and successful. Thvee, four, five tier did heavy Federal reinforcements do th< ed best to break our front, but just as oft rp were they discomfitted and compelled 1; fall back before our well directed fire. 3d Thus for more than a mile and a half v > > our' progress marked with the dead a th wounded of both friend and foo. We h *1- run the entire gauntlet of Federal fire frc ?g no less than a dozen, or twenty regimen or whipped all, and driven them across t Williamsburg road. Here the enemy "to an to cover" in the woods on the right of t ro mad. and were a?ain stronelv reinforce " ? "~7 ' - O r ot The South Carollnans were now more th he a mile in advance of our army, or ratE *e* that portion of it under the command General D. H. Hill?so far, in fact, that he was supposed that they were the eneu ch and a fire opened upon them from our 0' he artillery.* It was not a pleasant situation, to be t it, der the ceaseless volleys of musketry ut front, and at the same time the victims >ar the friends in the rear, or rather, to t ck right; but Colonel Jenkins promptly d et- patched a messenger to Gen. Hill, to wo form him of the true condition of affai at- aod request, for the present at least, tl ne he should discontinue his labors. At t ies juncture, it was reported that a heavy c lei umn was advancing doftn the Williat - burg road. -Sere was another dilemma.-r Ii those two masses of troops, in front and on the left, was a force sufficient for the an1 nitilation of our little band. To allow the , en?ny to concentrate would have resulted , in a catastrophe; to retreat would have t sacrificed all the glorious advantages we I had gained. CqI. Jenkins proved equal . to the emergency. Forward 1 was the wordf He determined to attack the two in detail a r?-N*polepnio style. A reinforcement was 1 sent for. Meanwhile, ho ordered two oi b three companies, under command of Majoj i Anderson, to advance up the Williamsburp ) turnpike, and-divert the enemy approach i ing from, that quarter, while he essayed tc i break thblinep in front. * The plansnoceedu ed. Tbeurder was given to charge. . With a cheer o$r boys .dashed across the opec i- field. The old ston|?~? spattering of mus ketry, scores of dead'and wounded on both y sides; butqjf swwptthe triumphant charge. n " . -ftiU ii oearing aowo everymiag iu iu poiu & The woods werepoleared, and the enemj e routed for 4 quarter of a mile. Hastening q bacfc oar two regiments.ierossed the Wil a liamsburg road again, and & single regi t men^ having come up as a' reinforcement it the skirmishers werd called iVsand a lin< >- formed on the left of the Williamsburg 1- road and obliquely to it, so as tb> face th< enemy as he apptoacfied from above, anc d also any troops who might be ra^ie&in th? it woods just attached, apd advanced fron that position. I should say here5 that pre ie vious to thi^s we had captured; a cannon an< ) two caissobs on the WiHiameburg road ;t which were successfully withdrawn. l" The enerSywere uow heard coming'witl l" a cheer, and an -officer reported that the; were on the1?double quick. "Then wel meet them at- fie double quick" said Jen y kins. The boys silently and significant! to "fixed bayonets j'Sthe regiments moved 01 ie until they reached the crest of a hill.? :o Woods and Wainp, Were immediately ii {. front, and the; Federals were-"less than ; a hundred yards ^distant ' Fire was opened ? As yet, howevdp, withlitfie result to us iy Our men being^rotccted' The Federal Is thought to make Sua assault, "and advance r- for the purpose. |The moment this wn id discovered the order rang ilong our lines te "Up, boys and mSet them?now's you a. time." The Palmettos and Sixth Soutl it Carolina arose from )heir kfiees, in whicl t- position they'had fired dotfe or twice ove y the crest of the hill, and from this perio ie there was the old steady movement forwar as ?nof fast, but firm, deliberate, loading an e. firing as they went on. J?jr informant r< ie marked that be had nevefseen ft- cooler se t- of mea or a more determined manoeuvre i ie his life. The enemy did not yield readih ir for they outnumbered ns three io one, an ie the antagonists approached each other uut a- they were within thirty yards.tb is time we had crossed' the'swamp, ouf trooj jj. dragging themselves through mad ahd wi ter waist deep. Here again yrk lost heav e_ ly, but no man there thought of defttli ( retreat. The two regiments having ctosse eg the ravine, now redoubled fire, still alvai r cing, and it was not long .before af poytio ej of the Federal lines were observed to be i lje disorder. Ten minutes more and the er was ours. The. cheers of onr victorioi Q boys following the routed Yankees as'th* scattered in every cli/ectionffor more than 1611.. ~ ' ft - ' i' b The fifth South Carolina :Regimeijit be meanwhile arrived upon the 'ground fro t0 whence our last start was mad?, just in. tin ke to whip the rallied enemy who bad emerg< rt from the woods on tfie right of^he W: (j_ liamsburg road, and bat for this provide ,8 tial interference would have attacked us y the rear. The battle was now closed, y' being nearly eight o'clock, P. M. > jr- The results of the glorious achieveme ad may be briefly summed up. The.Palmet ad Sharp Shooters, out of 600 men, lost jre killed and wounded 242. The casualti d, of the 6th Regiment'I jjave forgotten.on We bad fought the enemy steadily for ov ar- five hours, and driven him from seven d of ferent positions where he was strongly pa ler ed. In two of Colonel Jenkins'color ooi iat panies, forty out of eighty men were killi ny and wounded, and out of the eleven galla ht fellows who constituted'the color gnard t< rly were shot down. The flag itself w jr- pierced by nine balls, m- I may here remark, par parenthesis, tb hf? it was fullv demonstrated in this battle tb si- officers on horsebacJ| invariably enffer< for more than when on foot. President Da\ ire has accordingly made the suggestion, th le- hereafter Colonels and subordinate office lis shall not enter an engagement mounted.The injury to flags is a pretty good eviden (je of the correctness of the Presidential jud ed menten Among the incidents I have heard rel id, ted i9 one concerning the company of Caj tly Colclough. With only forty-seven men,! if- captured one captain, five lieutenants, at ed one hundred and thirty-three privates, wi ?. Enfield rifles in their hands. Some o ,rd joking the Yankee officers about the d in- crepancy of numbers, the latter replied, 1 ies "didn't care so much about being taken sir prisoner, but to have it dono by 9uch en darned contemptible little squad, was to nough to make a man mad." He sugge; ? ed thereupon that we should return the ras their arms and let them fight it out. "Th nd wouldn't be fair" was the reply, but I ad tell you what we will do,?we'll all tal >m turns, man for man, and give your one hu ts, dred and thirty fellers the best off hat he licking at fisticuff you ever read about.ok The officer turned away from this barbaro hp nroDosition in diseust. thinking doubtle I r* O 7 ? sd. that wg were little better than a tribe an wild Pategooians. ier Altogether we captured about two hu of dred and fifty prisoners. Had we more tin , it or troops, we might have trebled the numbf iy, As it was, many were admitted through o [?n lines who had lain down their arms ai started for our rear, in- As an evidence of the spirit of tho me in it is related that four consecutive times t! of colors of Jenkins' Regiment were sh ,he down and canght up before they touch< is- the ground. The fifth bearer was likewi in-''shot, but he held fast to the flag refusing rs, give it up, until a second shot struck hi lat in the head and he fell dead, his Three prisoners were brought in by t^ ol- men?"Don't send those two men aw ns- Colonel, said a boy of fifteen j they ci A fight batter than I can, and. if yon want the' prisoners taken to the rear I'll take 'em - sir, and come back to the ranks too." The i little fello#^was accordingly dispatched on the mission.' i Another, incident! is related of a-man j i named A. DVSpears, from Union District, - a,member af the 5th Regiment, whioh, a portion of the day was separated from the brigades It oodupied .a position' jost .in . i front of a-thicketof pines, and about four hnnd*eji yards distant from the enemy, ' who. kept up a oontinned -fire upon onr ; lines Jo a faster of trees between the ' two forc^, SpeawisaWjafine borse and went > after him. When} within abogt one hundred and fifty yards of the enemy, an i armed Yankee sprang up and demanded i his surrender. <<I reckon not/' said Sncars. r-^i- rC-r^Z~*'r-~ "' ' V " ' bat you must surrender to me, "add cookI iag bis gan as quick as thought he brought , it to bear upon the "We coat.!'. The lit: . ter of course yielded, and was made to ac} company hid captor to where the horse was, | which was untied, brought in and deliver ed to. Lieut. Col-; Jackson, and subsequent ? ly* loaned t<tan aid' in Longstreet's staff, , who was siiotTwbile carrying orders, when' ) the animal instinctively made his way back ; to the Federal lines. The prisoner stated 3 that the dharger belonged to the Colonel of I the 109fch Pennsylvania Regiment. 3 . A.delicate -and yet deserved tribute was i paid to the gallantry of the brigade by - GeneralJD. H. Hill. ' fJolonel Jenkins, af1 ter the fight, asked permission to go to the , rear and replenish his exhausted cartridge "boxes. "No," said General Hill, in the ij stern manner which marks his address, y "you must not leave the field, sir." In r 'I second afterwards,-with his face lit np byn . sweet smile, which he occasionally allows y to radiate his thoughtfnl countenance, be q added, "I cannot spare you, Col. Jenkins. _ I cannot weaken pyaelfrfor if yod should q go, L should feel as if I had sent off three a brigades.. Camp your troops in that field, i; sir, and send for your ammunition,' j StiU,another tribute is paid by the pen a of the enemy. In the account of the battle ,j published by the New York Herald, occurs g the following paragraph, and it speaks vol, umes of praise wrenched as it .was by the r hardest kind of fighting, from ad nnscrupu? 1 am a onto r?rtnlaf. . " y Q IUUB nubUgUMIBV ^ (, '"THere was a silence of a few moments, ,r ani.t'-e rebel fine again began its terrible d advance. Bates' and Bitch's batteries had d already opened, and now also the four rebel d batteries did the same, and the rebel infant' x. ryand our own infantry. Never since this >t war.began has there been heart} a more ? terrible fnsiiade.' At this time the left of ^ the rebel line was formed of. Jenkins' Pald uaetto Sharp-shooters, (South Carolinians,) {{ rhe Sixth South Carolina .egiment and the [g Sixth North Carolina. A fair view of this w line was obstructed )>y the abattis of the j. fallen timber between us and it; but we ? know how steadily it came on, for over the ,r obstructions' of branches and green leaves d we could see the light, faiat fringe of-smpke j. cur! up fromJtbe continual file fire, and far lD above the smeke their white battle flag flatQ tered .proudly put and showed how.fast L they came. . 1S Well, the en^ray reached the redoubt ,y and the rifle pits^gnd stormed both. In the a redoubt was left-Bates' whole battery and V two of Spralt's guns, because they could ^ not be taken awjiy; but every gun was b spiked. Oufcofonp-lot of one hundred and j'fl{thirty eight horses, only twenty eight were d [left alive." _ ... ; [|. \ Alas I . But few- are left to enjoy-those n. honors to their memory. The brilliant regijn meats which hut a few mouths ago comit, prised a thousand men, each full of hope aud esprit du corpsy are dwindled to a nt mure handful. The living will become the tQ .pendens around wbioh fresh hearts and hands shall gather; and the dead have taken their plaoe among the noble army oi martyrs whose blood has been . "drunk by ~~ the earth" as a sacrement in the holy cause .f they ftfaerished, bonoefortb, in the language of our\poet laureate, Harry Timrod, to be i M.ysjinllcd by UrpLord of Hast?, O- _ And overshadowed by the mighty ghosts Of if ouluie and orEutaw. ... - - ? "Jrnosfl. who liave guuc uciuis uo, uaii gn died animated by one thought. Thai a8 thought Vas heroically illustrated by Capt Carpent6r,rof the Palmetto Sharp-shooters. at who was killed at the head of his Company at and almosif under the shadow of the coloi J(j they bore.l As they were advancing he r'|g felt a ball pierce his heart. Turning tc at hiS men, hwlast words were : "lam killed jr8 hut press on !" and then dropped dead.? _ Let those who live emulate this example ce and if it be their fate to fall as their com ? rades have do&e, they will have O" 1 . I "In Ilenven a bome with the brave and blessed, And for their ioul's sustaining, ? I The anocalyptlc'eyes of Christ? la* And nothing 01* earth remaining, But a handful of dust ixi the land of their choice, A name in song and story, he And Fame to ahottt with ber brazen voice, , Died on the Held of glory !" ld PERSONNE. th ? oe Address of General Van Dorn. is Headq'rs District of the Miss., he ' /' ViCKSBuaa, July 18,1862. a To the Troops defending Vickshurg : a ^our conduct thus far under the oircum o- stances which surround, you have won the it- admiration, of your countrymen. Cool and m self-possessed under the concentrated fire at of more than forty vessels of war and mor '11 tar boats, you, have giV^n assurances thai ke the city entrusted to your keeping will ng| n- be given up to the blustering demands oi id cannon, nor the noisy threatening of bomb ? shells. Such, exhibitions of fury serve bni us to amuse you and to animate the tedium oi ss camp life?you await a more formidable of demonstration. Impotent in his rage, the enemy is striving to turn the current of the fl- Mississippi from your, batteries. He will oe fail. When he is master of .the great rivei sr. which bows at yonr feet, ^nd which liae ur become the eternal custodian of your n^mei id and glory, every waye that rtpples Dy it* shores will crimson with* your blood, and n, every hill that looks down upon it will b< he the sepdlchro of a thousand freemen. ot Soldiers! to have been one among th( sd "Defenders of Vicksburg" will be the boas) se hereafter of those who shall bear your name; to and a living joy by your hearthstones for m ever. Continue, I beseech you, to be wor thy of your country's praise and the repu *o tation you have achieved, ay The commanding general will take plea ah sure, as it is his duty, in forwarding th< * "i ion tiaofc to toe mer^eannyarnw-Bw ; 'ryibing elee ^behipd^ ?;rn the railit>ad"bridge over this 8*vitftnilu * Rw expeditions wer* fifted:.o?t itTyhee, ~lrf. '4* md the boj&ta got as high op aa^reffn'a Ferry, where they left the boats anfcMO-'' l9 feezed dverlahflj; ohilw (Mtofo'S^b -' within a. fey pule^ of the UiMggCTw98RlW- '* 7 ,. ^ :*%r\ est 0 ^ ?ka_*nd fwwapdw::':^ "?& Chism* arattainfi^R-SiSW '*&< "" i fully thirteen yeara since the rebellion ihowed ita head in the Tiom!tj;^?anto?.' / VA :M jome the Mohammed of i862, and dictates' - ' 'j names,of the distinguished among you to s the general commanding the department, c for honorable inention in general.orders.-1- ? It is his pride to be yonr commander. ic The steamer Arkansas isim mortal,-and above bis jjraise?ehe commands, the a4mi> I ration"of the world. ' Major-Gen. EAIiL TANJDOEN^ . ,' M.' M. Kimilel, Major and A. A-&1 . \ |j|p3|ggp ; The War 1 It is often seen {bat, by the providence \ of God, tbeVreatest good is drawn frpmap-' ' parently the greatest, evil.; ana so it may be with the riff now raging in tbe Confederate States. ' ' ' After the formation of ibe Confederate i Government, it was clear that it was in tbe ! bands of Reoobstrnotionists. .. How .this I came to pass, and why tbehoeo who bad < been mainiyiastrnmebtaliti bringing about 1 the "Sootbern Confederacy, were not pl#<?$ I in power to complete its independence, we i will not how enqaire; bat of one thing we 1 cliinVt.hArit P.Anhn no dnnbt?if-no war had ' taken place, the Northern States could eas- ' il'y, bj concessions which would in no way have impaired the advantages of fche old. Union to thein, have reconciled themselves to the Confederate States, and reformed the Union^ $ ^ -?v\>0 """' Now it may have been the purpose of God to separate forever the' people" ofthe Southern from the people of the Northern States ; and he may have seen that, to accomplish this end, the war inwhioh we are engaged was absolutely necessary. By no other means eouid the people of-the. Sooth*, era States become acquainted with the bharaoteristres of the people of the Northjern States. By another means could that [antagonism and alienation be prbdtxoed which was absolutely necessary to prevent a re-union between them ; and by no other means could the resources of the Southern States be developed, whereby- the respect of other nations would be inspired and bur future peaoe be secured. If these..thiogs are so,, what ah inestimable blessing,. although draped iu sorrow and suffering, will this war be to the Confederate States! And there* is another vast benefit that this war will, in all livelihood, produqe.?The world at large haa beon in total ignorance of the institution of African: islfvery in our midst. The Northern States did not .believe that we would dare go to war with them' with four nrilfions of. slaves on our soil. They looked upon the institution as no element bfsuoh, weakness, that they had cply .to call it forth into hostility, to paralyze or destroy: ui. ; The war has shown the trne nature of our system of slavery. It is an element of.strength instead of .weakness. Whilst the oitizen goes out to fight, the slave remains at home tojtUl thj^apij, ; In . spite of all the allurements Und instigations of out enemies, no insur in flin Sniifh hovotatran ! 1CUUOUO yi oiavco iu vuv wv..,.u place. Theyhave not imitated the brutal example cf the .Yankee soldiery, compared with whom they have proved themselves to be a civilized people. Bat fbrtbiswar, the .true relation of . the slave to the master in the Sooth would never have been known, and oar strength as a people woald never have been "appreciated. ^ . This war may also be necessary to anite the Confederate States together^ 'There is very littifjr araociation or affinity between tbe people of Soath Carolina and Texas, or those-" of Virginia and Alabama. Commerce and intercourse are far more intimate between the Slave States on the Lower . Mississippi and tbe Free States on the Upper Mississippi ana its tributaries, than bei tween any portions of tbe Coqfederate. i States. To break this natural affinity, and i to produce a stronger affection for States i without it, war was necessary. ^ To esjtsb. lisb the Union of the Confederate States, F it most be oemented with oar blood; and ! by blood shed by those who were most in> timately associated with us by,the ties of > interest, interconrse, and commerce. Ke> pulsion as well as anion, was necessary to tbe stability of onr Confederacy. War has produced, it. Indiana, Illinois and Ohio , have appeared on the soil of Tennessee; Louisiana and Mississippi, to muraer iubu people into, subjection, All sympathy 'be? tween the peoplo of these States is supplanted by alienation?interest by hate; and a f reconstruction of a anion between them( , w.e^ trust, is extinguished forever. Provi, dence thus baffies'the schemes of politicians, and carries out His gracious and beneficient . purposes. Arrival of a Prisoner. A citizen of Savannah, who has been a prisoner in the enemy's country since February last, arrived home yesterday, via Baltimore, Washington and Richmond. He complains of much ill-treatment while a prisoner; no clothing was allowed him except blankets, the food was tjie worst kind, and his place of confinement was most uncomfortable. There was considerable excitement at the Norih about the prospect of a draft, and the lower classes, as a general rule, are op. posed to a continuance of the war. The ? politicians and contractors were very ndisy 1 and active, and insisted that the rebels can > and must be crushed out. Gold, our inforanrta TWO a /infttofl in fllA n.mflrS 19 ? uiaui oajay n?a u ?MV ? -t and 20 per cent, preminm, but in ordinary ; transactions among the people it coalcl not f be obtained for Jess than 45 to 50 per cent, i There were bat few soldiers at Washiogi. ton, apparently only sufficient to garrison f the works aroand the oity. An immense t number of fugitive slaves were collected in i Washington. Some 1,500 were in a build> ing near the capitol, and several cargoes had [ been shipped to Hayti, two of which, it r was currently reported, had,been taken to I Cuba by the Yankee captains and Bold. i The people of Maryland, he represents, j are as true as steel, and only kept in snbju.| gation by Federal bayonets, i There were some 1,500 troopsat Fredericksburg, and immense quantities of army s stores were beiog collected at that point.? t The cavalry scoured the country, up ana 3 down the river, on both sides daily. .. One hundred Yankee prisoners, of Pope's . command, captured recently by Stoneryall . Jackson, arrive<Tin Richmond on-Saturday last. Two Yankee regiments crossed the . Rapidan, soon after whioh Jackson's forces > came upon \hem, whoa they fled in coufa to uoraes ?i luuuwofo.xvia ^iwiw ?u?? ..*u there are in all the pnmmes HUmt cm. , million-of armed meo enrolleo noqer his ^ 1 banners! They are led in different direc- . 'A fcio n 3" to the- foo r points of the com pass, under floor general chiefs, styled Northern King, Eastern Ki ng, Sou there,Kj ag,, 3$eotern King, and have pvurren threefbnrtha pf the heart of China, having a population erf some eighty millions of soala. They batetakeO andsackdd, among Okb? em, the old and weal thy cities pf SooOhoo, Niogpo and Haogehpir.: Th^hpte.ljttd under heavy, contribution of life and property hundreds of .villages and thousands of hamlets, and wifchfire sad knifedeodated the country. It is usual for theu?ft kill * the ojkl people.*nd tbe^ot^.c^i^ and r press into their service the mid&e;.agjw3 of ellyTiudictive, aid harin^en *qg?$?4 f l8De'?# Mw? *>mM. ?ow have no inclination to return to thejioneat ?| -V The tThe PHn.iNtHEOPisT.-The Lancaster Ledger refers to a geotlemad of Laooaater District who suppiles the families of soldiers with flourat $4,50 per huqdred; and refused to adyauce his figures. His name ought to be Kj^d; .^ -> fS . Col. Thomas I. Grier, of Mecklenburg county, brought a load "of Flour to this market on Tuesday, last for sale and wasinfc fared an advance of 50 cents on tbe-sack, but he declined the bid and sold for family use at a sacrifice of perhaps *2o j believing ^ it to he his duty as a goodcitiscnSlddi* i i' countenance speculation, and extortion v. Of course those who offered tbe advapce would had the, purchased, WfhaWmen to pay at least oue dollar more, pa the How many Farmers ia the country .are tbeie^hp't'rfir.fojloT .^by our highly esteemed and aged fellow oitipen Coh Thomas L Grier l?-Charlotie (fo'G.) MT '-* k> it/ Jt6f Flour -in. Yorkvjlle. .canbe purchased by soldier's familes at 'ten doilars-per hundred, and Cera at one dollar and fifty cents per bushel.?Hd, Ebq. ' ' _ - ' ' '^1 . Cotton Speculators Frustrated. Another effort of'the Yfctrkeespeeula- , tors that infest Memphis,' (o speculate-' in the staple of the country, was Trastrated by a 'squ&d'of Porter's cavalry on Friday last, at a poiot some eighteen miles northeast of Memphis. The smfcir party overhauled some 25 drays, loaded with sixty-four biles of cotton) en route ftrthVcity. ThMrivers were ordCre3*3o itnload' and^^fRier ap the Bales in the road, which was done ra a. wbfrmaolike: manner; when the pileMras fired and the coveted Yankee prize destpoy ed. Those accompanyiog the contraband train were then dismissed, with the injauction that if they were caught engage^ in the biisiness again they wotifd be held responsible. The Yankees find "Jordan a hard road' to- travel'r in the vicinity of Memphis. ) They loosp' their Jpflwrboys ^ and cottod tntii.-^Jfcmphir(Ghrntida) "Appeal. - , * ' 'j.m ' ' n*ft?i '.y '.'i . .r?.r'k * j! CoNflDEfcOE ,W CtMtFBDESATE dJOSfDS. ?In the darkest boot of-"oitfltfnggle for Southern independence, there has -been no indication of despondency on the part of the loyal citizens of Maryland. Under ail circumstances they have maintained their devotion to the interest# *f the South, nod illustrated the confidence in our ultimate eacdess in the most annristskeable m&nnft. A few days ago, a gentleman arrived iu 1 this city, from '/Baltimore with $75,<W0 in Maryland funds, which hebriraght over to invest in Confederate bonds. WS have beard of other instances where, smaller amounts have been Similarly-invested. This is one of the truest indications of^tb* sentiment of the people, as well as the confidence they feel1 of final" recognition and independence of the Confederacy. Richmond Dispatch. > -? <? ?i i s as v The Policy or Lyibg.?In a late' deKoffl in fhn Vnntflfl Sflriftf.fi. i\fp. Ffiflfifindfln. of Maine, warmly. denounced the- habit practised by bis Government, of "trying to deceive the people, by calling a defeat a strategic movement, and. by giving false names to things," ., Mr. Wilson,,,of Massachusetts, in the same debate, relieved his aoqscienoe by the following oonfession^and by an appropriate animadversion "It seems", '.said:he, "as if we had organized a system of lying in this country, .. These Senators urge the observance of truth not f?r Ruth's own sake, but fpr the true Yankee reason, that- the contrary oourse "does not jpay." ,A Goose Stoey.?The Abingdon Virginian is responsible for the following: * A Confederate soldier on his way from .Cumberland Gap through Lee couqty, a few weeks ago, being hungry andfeeUbg an appetite for goose, fastened a fish hook to the end of a cord, and on passing a house where he saw some geese, baited the hook with & gram 01 corn and caat.it amongr them. No sooner had - it dropped tb&n one of the geese guzzled it down.? The soldier at thw other end of the cord took to his heels, the goose of coarse with outstretched wings, following him.r The owner of the goose supposing him to be afraid of it, exclaimed, "Dgn'jfran, it won't bite you, indeed it won't~rhnt I never knewit*o be so croea before7^__^--??