The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, May 07, 1863, Image 1
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' (A P*r Abpnm, IH Air*urc.
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. v- **fa?g an. ?a**t ??ird,
I >? ? t*) oi.nr** N '- .*
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7 *? vaaporir caamumtow.
.Jr'. - ?.'
rqpjjlMc tmhe early morn, jn?; '
kindling t4it |? tf.?VtnfC lb* tkU with
ray* of li?ing life. Arid we are relcpead from
dbMfllHliiit t?w?taarjr jgUgaW- ktuln f he .ifcfr
whl> hW jnataltlrM mnaic, ifl lay* of rap
m l?r? that enrMt the heart and ?0*i/ire with 1
, .1. bappjT.fr-^l^jh -la *'? ?'<* ?L>-M?n oak, ,
^ iu#t b*?lde eita and #iaire and 1
ami tab* in n inilleoiuia of??y. I4*# often ,
*awiep?d ?f?r ifeiWrlti lit ??V't ud 1
alt alone, drawn fa the lrenaur?? of hi* King; '
. which inducedtkw ton net;
Thar* taa lwiUtr rti?t at mHt 0?y, .
I'our* forth * *?#?t nwdlifltHnta Itj.
f rant brtvn; bottgli, oartlrM tr^ , 1
* .And btvotbea tharoout, liia happy I.fart, 1
In un premvdiiat fd fUf I
"I lruud i tint felfafn of M\jntfrl*v,
. . Auapiciou* wrra of ma? not diaUnt dnir, ,
W ken 1 ahall cm I eaaaoguitird garba ,
. J.-a, . : * . 1
.. . * T? court the warmth a gaain) h??rt in- j
it _ V.,v ,
'When on. (*n altar bam tl?n? rrrtal dwi,
Wbieh once .nkindJad, *Kb-n-tcU.aii.g
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Wnk* the mmfr -d"awdln to fopl, .
, . . TIwM piai?ni ^11 mora,
* To rr'aci?vd*-Hfrhl aart. rapturous Love, ,
daiteaa lalaad. ,
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JDrpnrtrattit.
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' HAVXLXHG UT OLD CLOTHES.
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Afar all? rood elothaa era a r*ry ,
i MM aid in lhair war ? at least I bare (
' ^ ' anon* to,U>5nk *. ft^t arfv long aero.
WM|1 "two Wf-aha MttcOr 1 "'ntiding (
V , 4ie r*U?t?a?{ ocfX't, chattinf with a
r-"* end. whom' 1. had ?M4 kaAn in t#o ,
' -arw, lik wtwlk-cofdinl maiding, end
am MiMwy irung* to u?y to \
* repealed Ami i
'* ; (1 iIidh K kt tftep AIWAV*
o in thee* fine int-ci' %*. LHiring the
f,<r nYaratlftOti tit* rt>at? ^ho hntf brought ,
a J *' ' pf*d up'to ,
? *nd handed * hip my cheek, which i,kj
? ipped into my gocllirt without ? mock
* looking wt it, "mm! |M>iA|( him Ux> ]
fur*. I turneJ kadi to ihj yHrnd again. ,
^Th? etf*t ipvrji under writ befor* w* ]
'... phook Hand*, Am) 1 iuHnd'ii M-tpewlflA ]
difficult tw obtain a ?o??i Hg*.' lfow?"*
Ata^, t dhl w?"h Thg$*fcMlwit i?ueh the ,
*** ? ? n*rr Konf/?ur memory w'?a cnuntrtf* ,
Wk over pt?*a>?iH <t>y?ynmithg??riut{i j
f n?jr f.itpdV manner clung to frte.
* At the end of an kwur 1 f<ft oh ill v. ,
( |ind dffW ld?Uh the Move, where a .
, young ufAn of prukepa twenty I we be j
Mqmiwilliwuir frUlf*%-m>on m- |
rongh t**#renwt, Wnd nA'>*h*? with evi (
*" dAnl a.lprmMi. n tp^n Wm own. * fino
broadcloth. Now. 1 tfoo'i pretend to ,
it* U ?liogttbw fro* from tenii* ; hot Mill 4
J meat tonhw that wHDl ] ha?e of thar j
cottimon ingredient certainly won't per .
n?it itaelf to h* pack*) away it * trunk (
? 'with A auit of clollitw, he it ftn* ;
Ami like a great man* other people in ,
this world of tike* ao?l di-liken, I (.d?pwa ?
tha vanity which doM air itawif only in j
> * a ftu? oil. j??i twoaniw it ia m>i lik? my. ,
.? owo I Mipfoa*. mid t hare* again I find
u ' mr*lt l?kw mj neighbor*.
No* tbU may ?onnd *foit?licat. add (
it <e agoti?ic*l, ton ; hot it nrcw*ary ,
tn thh? mm. J hud traveled m*n\ mil** ,
on Uad an4 left, and 1 had diriiad a t
t' put df*l of 1ik*n> and kad v*rv little ,
wwtiad, for !"*? yecy nn*h>H* w?h~M>n ,
. |W dtaiOnee hat wean tdrarlf and a wall ,
reroeadwiwl firwhlr, where i, ejpeftwl j
v'f .*>' n<d . up aau?r what I aa? |
/ tKripetml l thai belong* to me alona.? ,
"With dirty linen. my rough row 4
Wtuml op to nrr-throw, and mt oaf
palled dtvdM o*er"f?? r OOofMa l ,
-|hn?t hat#.l<K>k<vl anything Wapron**
? ^' 7ba*a IdM* aprue* people !) h?vl fear
^ I 0** presented a vrrjr aonmaoa
appear**c?. |
' Vary foedfcblr, I had' tmii my be*t '
4?:' HMhn'ln my Ht?nk at the |*?t hntall
ji? atopffd *. (and, a? aura *, my name i?
Iwik 1 a|)Nll aavar be g,.U.T the 1
. AM'UP?" ' <""*** young ?
f Pnmpwall a proud glance. I (railfy
tt w*bii?fc ki* cloth** fonrrer and my %
. own griar at one and the Mttsa lima. ? ?
Alee for buoaau nature. ,
IMI tyj mm r^e, lirm tui)
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MII iiini , warn m i*m
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l.V} fjm i,_i_ 1^'- -. !" ?*
Vrt?np??aM drew kiivwdf.'prondij
away ftva me jjtAw. tf U*ad Um
S5Ai
?ddif?matf?V %tH * MM*t Zy
inst poembW I ttfd : IW' I jMttVrnfciqt
jfirl in tW-JMRlMRt em led her lip .corn
?oMy,<M n?r f*?. rn Uehnvw, no doubt.)
and ? * * H<Up *?* of hoe bead, ?Meh
f in^.od^HHw excotudefty **ib
**tg*r~nobddy dote. Yon, may find
f?*fl wiik the giamt?r in tbafc. twit 4gm
ean't deny the truth whiob U ?ttTU*t*ud
in tbd ; Of ?o?m I ?ouU
rather J* tailed eletfaot, pr gentlemanly,
or iialwral, or eeeenlrie, although r.orie
of thegfcmigkt )o4 J*y .in the line of
triot vu?h; and e*4 began to eriiieiue
u.j l*d)L> manner*. fp*l nivt nod b*ttarte?nil
of which 1 <ll*hk?d Wore than
I <Uf* #?[** end jrtfll claim to b? a
perfect gentleman! Her manners wore
rimpering. her attire oflt of all taH^ to
u*e ? common expression, [jir Met
itrijjhl bare boon a. pretty otta. only f >r
the turn at tbo end of Hor n?ae pad, her
lip* were a '.rifle loo full, and?yea, her
forehead was too to*. Not the wasn't
(Mi gaud looking. -," H"* different
from my rioter Kate 1' I raid to my
wlf. Juki then I he Wodltihw t wlmm I
ti?a CMlleG my rrttOd't attention to tmfore
the care ftturteri Mil * real imnd
mine fellow," came through the curi.
* Tbfc t*tiYy6?ir cut T" k* n**id
M h? held mv tiekei in hi* Hand.
" Re fo kind to inborn rn?it
1*, thenI mtorled hneiihr; holding
iny head at leant an ifteh higher.
" Necer mind] eta* ob*re you are,
now," kimI aiili that he paaetd on. '
Young Primpwell glanced at the fndv
Mgnificintlt f the l*ay glanced back
gain, and a perceptible mile flitted
iver 'he face of each.-^
When we arrived at ITn<klleb?irgl> it
ran \evv *?'d. 'Jpon going up to r?K
infer mvnante at lite nfftoaof the Gra0d
Rmh llotal. I hruehad again*! vo.,n?
PrWpwe'l- drew hack jf ),e
iua*. '"dww'i teudllhg a toa/y< Hrwy prnrw
ate a look he doubth*aa h0por i would
wither Me t*> the Hpot; bet I nhrtinatelv
refined, to he withered, and ao he ntepped
back a neoond time and let mn
rtaae. "
* Wh?t name tw inqnii-ed the Merle,
lipping hi* pen into tha ink-bottle, and
during me in the fhee deliberately I
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Now there ienVmnch in thi* Jiftle
word ; hot if twi had eeen the effect it
produced upon the damper clerk, rou
wmrM have been atmined.
_ 14 Jitnl thvilft ?l /lo-iw
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there. eir, roit'H t*k* (he room on the
iceond floor?i? feint, number twenty
I wo. air.**
1 at rode ?ww like a low! drtwmitiH
to make the whole home well upon me.
St the toeokfaet table- I fm\pA mvelf
opposite (o Iff. JfihnpanH end the led*
I had ftlnuwWd en <penimla?l* in the
iHtr." E*id?tthf the* were friende, T re-,
fleeted, upori giving them another
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-The waiter* eeme to me elowl*. end
nerer rmrid eeteh mr glance. Primpnrfli
end the led* were half tbrongh beRwwl
ernfemenee.l.
" Here, fcir f* addrewiog 1 woollyheeded
wetter, attend to me !** Three
end-that eteem ; romo wermer
hiecull. end he quick about it ; I am
Ita'ffaini'hed f'
How hrllaw ahont! The fellow *bv
lelptdy ehered the movement-* of my
?v??id? ; there wee no neceeeity for opening
my moojb jt/ter that.
RnrrHog from 'he room * ft?w^ipinv
utee afterward*. I etonitded .a'ffein-t a
porth grpl l*man eoh e darning rent
iind en OrtrmntHi reel (tangling' from
hri? wa'ch fob. whom I act do** *1 onee"
?< a flfth'rate ee'or.
' How now. eirreh I" e* claimed he of
lire real, ae he drew ir. hie chin and
imitprft hh-eetrfhneei*. Another of tha
W?er\Tig T raid to rtty**If.?
* Ah I it t*ernt Am wo are in * hnrry
" How dam* tM add rem mo in that
manner. feHow J I'll,- I'M?<*?' to the
' .' ;** 1 won't My ihere I told him to
p> to, M ! turoad upob mj bael and
touffht * lutrgaga.
! loft lluddtehurgh in a bad humor
whwfc alt tl?t atujcipaiiont of hnmafrw?i?<i
failed to eh?a away. Ow?
mora 1 wa ptaoad nest Mr. PrtmpwaM
Mid liia ooron*ni"D ?for 10Mpanioae
Iter war* without a doubt. Holding
my f*ot dow to tb? *lora lo wlrfMthrm.
?nd loo m.wWTIIy about ma rnd
meditating upon lha propriety of kicking
a d. >ir which lay ai my fetf, I felt a
and laid'-upon inv AouMay roughly,
?nd'Mr. Primp walla voiot grated upon
my war*. . ^
u Ha ao rood m to giro tbu lady your
mi, nyr man."
"KWr
* Oi?? tbt? lady your aaat !**
1 dare net tall yon Oiy an? war. It
ltd a wnndarfnl effect upon Mr. Primpveil,
and I heard the young lady ?hv ;
-*4 KKoeking I dear mo! what a bora !n
1 fell like (witling young Prirop*?U'?
trek OB tha root, but 1 ret*ratted my*
*lf, and gulped down my anger. .
< AhM - k . I g?*c * ronaar
ny phaak. but A?a minntet later dfeoovvud
thu l bad loot my irtu?k. ?ad in
It pi*ot aw a Am dgbar woodan affair,
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Wtwyr, wm .urn?* t-N ~iw wn ;
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ights jrf Ih^anth, xttd
BltwblTlLLK, SOUTH t
. f?tr kMt f**trav?|?d WN
&/&?5?iLrJr?,.b'a,
. ratedd mjr voter m m?i
jsS
tfwak * ?TUf K look* ItW M If it* was r
";WW'fti yim memr
" Oh I t here's bo um in rl*fowing on
airvfcad swelling not n bit." ... ...
tier# I em^ the baggage ?? **'*
throat; bet a strong ?m- pulled w
bade., and * fcwitU'fur voir* exclaimed \
u For shsiue, llick ! bpe*t Dick !*
When I Exited nround I inet the as
t??iiltri)'f?|*(vf tot brother. Jnat lb*n
?*? oMtald, MkliCNior the IwmM
*?f*rw~
u TW. old Tutlhr'a son Rum ; \WJ.
belter look onl or rno'M gH>wto V 3
irnpe!*' and R?m did luo^ e?M<. ; *
" Ok 1 tlmf altera ih? ewi, fir ; olio
get her. sir. Give me %*or rht-ok, end
1 ?ISI hunt up foerrlrunk. Mr. Tnttlee;
very sorry to. httve any difficulty with
you; why didn't you give me your j
name T'
"You shonld treet people dvWv, at
Meat, nr.* I replied, as 1 tmifc my broth 4
er's arm end proceeded homeward*.
A few minute* after we atumldrd 4
upon Mr. Primpwrl! <uid tile iadv friend.
Whet was my ?*toni*htflent upon Im*
.holding mv brother seising a bend of
eeeb. Mtd shaking It in bf* mm! cordial
manner. But I wan completely dam
founded upon hearing Mm cay ]
"Dick. this 1* our comio. Nettie'}
Niclnda, end her hroiher John, whom
we hare mew seen. I received their <
jlaguerroot vp?i the other day, hut scarce <
ly expected them so soon." , (
And tve had traveled together a dia i
rsece of eight hundred miles without <
speaking. After alb I tbhik I learned
a lesson. . . " . H
1 have traveled over thltt same route I
I often since, and I always encounter <
| plenum people, and the attcntiona of i
! noliie tmriAmnwrftallnnr arnil^ra m.I l.?.l.
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lords IMM n*e.0T?rr whete ; in (jict, i
everything I* ju?< ae tt should be, mm) I
am (xxiiive thMi 1 am just a* good look i
nig nod as intelligent ua any tnao of ray i
age. ..
P. S. T forgo) to Uy tt^^t the con- (
doctor I alluded to if really a clever
follow, and lira handsomest man I know j
?nesti to rayaeff. My cousin fa a per j
foot piinee. a whole-souled fellow, one |
.-f " nature's noblemen f and Nctliu I* .
an eoknon lodged bearftv. I
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Jtlnttfrs in <?nirral. ;
Greet Democratic Hefting In Ohio? 1
n Butternut Presentation. i
IIon. vJ. L. Vailandighatn i? the
Democratic candidate for Governor of !
Ohic and in making speeches through-, i
out the State. He Addressed a* ma** I
meeting at Hanoi on, Busier, countv, '
Ohio. a. few days since. "The l^eninc i
xi-Cr turner! Ant ..... .. ??1't. A
T-7 .... - ? J ? "t'HK.. ?" ? <
cannon, mure. Ac. M?. v., addressed
thein in a speech denouncing Lincoln'* I
Administration and defying it. Doting i
hi* address It* gave the Allowing It* to -i
tb? }>??>pl*Mo swallow:
y On lit* Iflth nf Imi Decern her. when
from the city of !ilehm?md information '<
came to the city of New. Yorjt ihAt
tUetr* wa* * disposition to compromise i
and return delegate* to the National i
Congre-? and he obccjjsnt to the Constitution.
end t!'o. law* and tho*?re*<ore
the Uoi??w m-U wa*. the President on
that dar rejected the proposition, and i
the damning **uUne?j if that rejection
exists in New Y<yk over his own auto- |
graph J [?trie? hear, hear.] hut there is I
an obligation of edcrccy at present, and
the letter liavnot jet been given to the |
public- The day nfter'(6e Federal armv .
crossed rite Ropp<d>aaaoak into Kred ,
erickatnirg, miliar Ik* belief that Kieh ?
mood waa to fall, and thus and the ra |
Iselhon. The day pravion* Abraham ,
Lincoln rejected all proposition* to re j
turn, over hi* own signature ; and the ,
day after the Wop?a of the blipd ruan in |
.the .White Hoot* war* dissipated in the
defeat *t Fredarkkaburg and the ho* of j
30.G00 of ourson* and biothers. il* ' ,
could have entertained ike prooosition i 1
on iba itftb <?f Deoambar; but be W**db \A
iatulv ttiul JeAt# U*?AH nfl A?" '
turW >j)e question ovw Art mm. olio
Wan rrfmsd ionus of poaea or w*r I? .
The Ad*oi*Utr*iioo party-?tli* Aboli* (
tioni?to. j
Bsfuto Mr. YallntxHuham took bia
ssnt Mv. Groom of Vinc?now 8yn,"
topped no ibo platfurm nod prooantod
to Mf: YAtlas dygfeom a box ioaida of
urbioh mm ? stung of haodaoraoly poK
iabod bottornuta, ioirrvro^n -by f??. 1
grooa, and rod ai*d orbit* and Mm rib- 1
boar. Mr. Groin a* id ho Md boon
dopvfod by th? crrioono of Uamihon to 1
proacpi tbot memento to ib? valiant,
champion ot iko gloat and groyiag ?o> '
iront of thin sobbuy. \
Hum. Daniel W. Vuorbooo a<t<lro*aad 1
the mooting. IKo mooting did not ad -11
journ until af or'six o'clock. Tho at- | g
toodaooo io vnr*uo>y oaiimaiod at from , ?
ton to itniro ikotMuid, ilio majority of
wbon Yowl tbo Mt?n bonra of tbo j p
mootiiifr. abonldor to abuntdor id iba I I
park, titbort foltoi tug tbo atightmt or . ?
obpwjpg ttg ImM wrtdonco of faii^uo. 1 B
^ ' S, 40 ?b | a.
JJ.ULUU1 I *1"
i i i ! w? i m
iht ^Diffniten of ^Hscfi
v _,t :':'-f " r
swsisx fflimmy mo;
litii -J" .
r Ths meeting was nefedfoftv orderly
ad jkweeft,!, ikH^i enthusiastic in
filing spd mtrtiment. The devotion
of ili* people .? . Il*; elfaedtghem ?rw
astonishing; even the small children on
walks !n every fonion of lln
in)Mi,|r^ud the passer bf ?ki "Her ,
rah fot Vallnt?dighn*?.T Th# Indies
thronged around I tun, nnd.fi riwpieg'fcfs
bend, Wd Mm Odd speed. Tha rMM !
jng eill be nwrwtersd m one ifThg
njtwt demonstrative HlbeHnn ever bold
io Ibis Stale.
From Fredericksburg.
FRiDitmciwscno, V a? April 99.
The second 6attU -??f-"F*e<!eristriibnrff
i? *Ikjui io U flwght, if indication*
mean ntlvlhfug. the Rappahannock
lias again been at a point about
two iaiM* bMiesP %iea. J TWa croe?ing
rear made some time between midnight
and dey of tki* morn ii.g, el points
near- the" maruion lion**# of Beytard
and Pratt, ft fa *Md thst tbe Yanhr*}
need cnoflted oers, and Were otherwise
ro quiet In their movements,- that our
pickets were surprised, a pan cm pi ered
nod the' r^t driven back. There was.
a vrrv thick- mi-1 or f<?g prevailing at
the time, which mar, to some extent.'
relieve the men-on picket, who permitted
the enemy to effect a crossing with*
om the firing of r gun, as it is alleged,
and with tha to* of- otm hundred W
their nuinlcr as prisoners, a* is also
stated. *
Tl? R* -
iic mn inirmarinn OT IOC CflDlllJ Of !
the Yankees was given to tlie citizen* of
tlie town bv ringing an alarm with tiir
hell in the Episcopal church steeple.
At tlii* agreed-upon signal the pailniit
Mieriaaippiana. v?h??bnld the town, were
cprioklv Under arra?.-and . Cfh. .Barks
dale war. at once in hi* saddle, giving
order* and preparing f.?r any demonitraiion
that wight Ixt made on hta front
i?r Hawk hv ihe enemy.
Ju*t here, it ia proper to.sav, that
the crossing wm effected at a point ful
Iv one and a half miles Inflow the lowrat
picket Mai ion of Gen. Bark-dalo,
and on the Iiow picketed by Gen. KtrIt's
divi ioa, and that np in il?ia writ;,
ing there hits .beehi fill ?1vmon*lr*ik>n
in front of town, not a single cannon or
small artn hating I men thed upon it.
and that the Yankee picket* Mill walk
ibeir accustomed beats as U all wWe
ali>iig tl?e entire line.
The first discharge of artillery took
place about 7^ o'clock thl* morning .
Mid continued at intervals for several
hours, in conjunction with skirmishing
wish small mini. But at l2 o'chw-k
lo-day all (Iring cea?ed, and save a few
random gun< about sun set, nil hal been <
remarkably * quiet erer dffTeo, It ? ^
itated that we lost one liM?ur*J pri?on
srs at the costing nud some forty killed ! i
ind wounded in the skirmishing, hut
[his i* mere fumor, And I witl not vouch
its iruth.
_ Since twelve o'clock tfctJ Tanhses
have been pouring, acrons-in ona continrxhus
stream along tire pontoon bridge,
which is In right from elevated points.
I'lii* is said to he a double bridge, and
li v* a two raUJ there Are three or four
o'ber bridges.
The Yaukee* ho!<l j?*t on
the edge Of town. to a fx>ini jont opposite
Ifamillon'a Oriwitijj. I have j?i*t
returned from a ride along our entire
hack line*, end find, that the Kettle, if
fought, will fx* contested on the identi
chI grotrnd occupied by the lesneetf+e'
force* on the fir*t fight, with the wception
that the probabilities, from pre
?ent eppearance*. ere that the Yankee*
will nvoid VfarvVa fence,
TUitt line will pmhnhlv give Fredo
ii<^r?ftttg to the Yankee*, but if it
should go under again, it will onW be
when Lieut. Col. Fi*er, who hen been
left to hold it, ha* given the Yankee* a
toll ta?le of. reelarance. *"
. #? Tw # ? . . * ?
. Oor officer* and then are ??l<>nt, watchful
and hopeful. Gen. Lee ha* taken a
jood view of the whole situation tolav,
and eeern* cheerful and confident.
* Old Stonewall " ha* beet) Along the
line* to day. and eaannned the siiualion
well, and the hearjy cheer* that j
bare greeted.him wherever be ha* gone, I
led u* unmistakably tbat'in the ootuing i
Ight Jack ton* tneu will he no laggard*. <
MeLaw*' Divwtoe bold* au important i
tne, and will add wotbir to it* mauy .
Mil won lettrel* in thia way. Genera) ,
McUt*fc has been busily engaged *11
Sr. *aJ h*? be*-n frequently in eon- |
1*1 ion with Geo. Lea. 1
There baa leeo ? atory that the Yan 1
te?a here atletopied * eroe*ieg at ike <
J. H. Ford ai*rl Honk*, bol I >m mm in- I
UhI that no croMting* have up lo this
ime been ruauie *l either place. And |
ny mip^e^rion ie (hey will not otteiupt ,
o p?e? the river above. .
i have foebonte to peak of the troop* i
?ho were picketed at the ? rowing point, t
mill i en gather aoanrale infcmoauoa. <
When that ? done, an impartial state j
Deal of facta will be made. . |
[Cor Richrmaul /b'xvmingr. t
Ovn Army in Lino or Hattl*.? j
PVe bare bad a eonreraniion with a >
(enlleman #lto l-fi Fredaifek*burg yea
al 1 o'clock p. Q)| The newt i
[row* wore etching, lie report* onr <
>|)vK) araiy dr*an up in Una of battle, i
utl an engagement momentarily Mr- t
acted. Our fotcee <>ce?>py pe*"? mwlt |
be same ground and our fine of bailie j
arias m position very slightly fiom that ?
id rt?q las* bpuhr ?b? ?"ly ItM**'- ?
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t>Ct being tbnt tome point* of our fine *
* !nit* ftortber Wk, perhstp* * qn?rIW
of k mttei from Kwbrictolmj.-*
On Jiae ?f (mill* yfl?* the uulrnnd I
?i DkmillAn'a CroMiMr. about f.?n?
tail* from FVederickubtvg, and atretehit
i? not pnidtoi tir ua to hit. *
' Wo impediment had b??a cff?r#d lo,"
tha awwijVa ea?triii(f. *o4 it waa (herefore
presumed thgt .they had cros>ad
UimnafOM &*? "N| w*l no
war of estimating their-number on thin
ltd* oftfe riveiy but It waa the general r
opinion that not ieew tint* Wit rejpmania
bod eroaaod. tip to one o'clock
ycdt**d*T nil wm quiet, and our.nrmy.
in line of bait)*. ?w quietly awaiting
.the gago ?f bhlllrf frorti the Mfrnr. - 1n
tiia morning shell* apt oeea'ionally.
liroan by the tiwray, hu? aa the mom
ing advanced .I hi* oeautd and all I*ntVto
quiet. The Yankee* had their
balloon tip recommit ering- our position.
Alamt fit' o'clock a iretrWFtploijs clierr
arose and ran along ouIHMie, ?m} fona
while it maa thought to Iw (lie signal of
the opening of. the battle, but no othei
rercon could be given for it thnn the
ajMru and endttieiMOi of our gallant
troupe.
U wae thought that tire great bwttW
woald take place to 4ay. Every preparation
wa* going forVard for if. A*
a precaution our commissary store* and
supplies had l?ee?? moved back to OuineyV
Station, and the train yestesdav
brought down all ihe>ick and w minded.
This look# at if bloody .work were ex
j*-cted.
It turn* ont that we were right..in
reponyig the enemy to have dusted at
li.Mtp Kpi. Oor force* engaged inekirmifthing
here were the Thirteenth a
Georgia and Second Louisiana. Onr
lot* *o far i* *aW to he verv small, .and
will hardly exceed in all, ki!h?d, wounded
and busting, come seventy or eighty.
The spirit and condition of our men
are aaid to be ?pl*iu|iU. Thev ate iq .
fine trim and eager for tbe fe?v. A
ii-i.i*!khumj cnmuioasm prevail* among
them, HnrJ the health, condition and
morale of the men were never belter.?
Rvory heart seems nerved,for the com {
iiig struggle, a?J once psore~tolhw(Jod
of Dailies car b?av e mew appeal for vie- ^
?Richmond EiMIMVC, Jfaph
Frtnn Ti96m }fo?batn|?Flfhliag '?
* - Commenced. * ~ F,
The new* from Krederick?l?nrg it exciting.
The l?*ig silence i? broken, and
tigbiiug? probably th* prelude to the
great hall 1 <?- --has ??gdh
between the two armies. Eaily ycter- ,
day morning, the efteinv. in 'arge force, |
rtfocied a crossing of tlie Kappatmnnoch
at a point koottn a* Deep Kan, a Tew ,
mile* below Fr?J?iicIt'l)ufj{. It j? ?l?o j
rspmted thai the enemv cro?s?d at Kidlt\?
Ford ami other pointa, hut we have t
no eoiifiuua'ion of tht?. On cro?sfnjg (
to tbt* aide of the river at Deep ftn'n,' ,
the ohereiy engaged the Thirteenth
Georgia and the Sixth or Second Iioui- |
?tan*?it i* not certain which?and ,
severe skirmishing eiisimd. T-niid and (
cop.'ipned firing *** heard from odier i,
poiuta a) >ng the line, nnd t'ne belief at 1
Fradpiickd'tirg ??? confident that the !
enemy **? advancing in tUcDg'h, and ,
that the movement would ha<J to a ,
general action.
* h i* not known in what force the cn
ertiv Uss cro-ee?l, but it is believed by ,
those in oft fftnpeter.t to-judge, thai
Hooker haa thrown oyer th? river
the whole strength of hi*.'army, and <
that he intend* to give us battle in earn- ,
est. It is thought that he lias heen en
couraned *U ibis l>? ih? ? >>" --
f ? ? J
have reached the North representing |
that the bulk of our armv hart beeu j
withdrawn froin Krwiei ickibuig. and J 1
sent lo Suffolk and North Carolina. It t
is thought he has made this advance ! <
tbiffking thai he would strike its when I
we were weakest and when his chances !1
weie moat fnrqtabf?. j i
At the time of thft cart leaving Gnin- '
ey's Station yesterday, about 1 p. m.? I 1
the train ?n> not allowed to go beyond J'
?rapid and continuous .firing wa* ?)i*?
titjctly hoard, and it was supposed that !
the enemy was still owning. A thou \'
rand rumors were, rifc, but r? ar? not 1 1
disposed tjl? tae thw credulity ot' our r1
readers by their repetition. .
AU indication* point to a battle to- j
day. Movements are going on which (
we cannot, ttor would ai he prudent, to
tell our tenders. l"l?e telegraph hue ^
waa last night under tbo*e*tlu-?*?. <y>o- : *
Irol.of tbe 0?ve?nmeni, and little were , ^
trther sums thai nur sath.uitiM ?-1
iookiug A great (
w?r inquired loot night at the Wur ,
Department, but ? got our utual i
greeting : 4 Tln-y hiid got nothing."? ?
What * wotirt?ifHl <Jo?arntne*t, thai it i
Mvir rt-oeiveo any deepatabeo from it* ,
Gathering ??*>, under Mich t
Mnlwrrawnwat, i* an ardupu* and on- \
|rac(oua ta?k, and nuil b? our ?Mta? c
lor tJic seaut imd t?naati?feotory otuliae
ae giro of abut u probably tha pro
lode to another greet and terrible bottle j
Virgtoto.? U%*hmomd Jixumimer. ,
The advice*. from tbo Rappahannock, b
eoeivnd yMUorday; leave no doubt a* (o o
bo fort thai tb? Yankod army ha* at I
>t commenced a n>o*?uieni in the 1
teighborhood of Fredericktbarg. A n
;?D?leiU?n oho left UanrMlton'a Croit*iog h
'nirrtkjf morning, infonns u? thai tbw J n
neaiv, on Tuesday night, nnder eover a
A a done* fog, ofteeeedeu tu b?) ing don n [
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I wo of their pontoon ht%o, owes whi<?i
Hwy owwd o form, rarionely tHinatot
mi from *,0?O u>J.Q,QQO. ?Mhe imt
of ,|he ccoaeptg the l$ih <^orgia R?g?
metol wore on picket At the" mouth of
TVer Hn?, a%(! a' brisk fight minih).
which lathed from daylight ootH tea
o'clock, at wh'rh ihm th? jQeocqiyU*
were relieved bt thft flth . lemhi.vhii
Kegs-nent. Our pic Wet fu^oe hud foUen
Imck from Iht ?4r?r to the mud rushing
parallel with the jCtppahanrioek.
A general fight it anticipated within
the nest few d*ys, aa it is.believed (hot
tl?e morrmrnt W a g>n*ra! ffff.
In the fight ye*:?mi?y foaming. It :
reported ih*t th'ete were4*b killed and
nine half dozen wnnnded. ' .>: "*
The month of Deep Run, At whirl*
l hi* crossing *w effected. i? ?l?ont one
and a haN mile* 1h>Iow Fredericksburg,
en.J is tho sAine point mi which that
portion of the enctnr'* forces crossed
hut engagM the right wi?\g nf-one
Atnax. in Ik* haule of the 18>U of ffocemher.
The land on thin aide in the
immediate vicinity of the river-is A level
plain of nearly two miles in ertdthj
Across which tile enemy" mnst advance
to Attack oar position on tho Wilh in the
neighborhood of Qamihon's Crossing.
It wan as they edvnnped ovortliis pi sin
?a Dcctdtijw' that they suffered ??>e*?
terrible loss. 0n ibe opposite or Stafford
side of the ii*er tn? connfrf h
hilly. ?ad affords admirable positions
for the batlei ves of the enemy, under
corer of which llvoy hpve successfully
thrown "their forces over the river.
" From Fredericksburg.
Ricnuonn. .?The following
dispatch l?as jtRhknew receiver!: Milford,
Mav 3?To Prfridrnt Davit* Vas
terdny Gen. Jackson penetrated to the
rear of the enemv, and-drove him from
rll his positions from the Wilderness, to
wilbiw otto tnife of ChahcidlorvtUe.?
lib was engaged at the same time in
the. front by two of Longslreei'* divia
; a- nu. " -w- -
t?in>. *.!*?? morning m* Oaf He ?m reww?l.
. H? * ? d if lodged Irofn wit lii*
p wiiiom around tJhanoellorville and
driven back towards the Itrtppahannock,
i>wr which he i* now retreating^ Many
Cower* were taken, and the enemy'*
in killed and wounded i? large.
We have again to (back Almighty
fiod f?r a I regret to
Fy'k>n V ,r?5!Iev, *pd
{Ve??,./?<jt?on ?e?ei
Heath and A. P. Ilill wiigbtly vonudad.
[Signed ] ' H. K. TJSK,
General Commanding.
UtCHMOKD. May 4.?Jv.me eicitemewl
waa iH.carini.ed here tJ?> morning
Uy a report brougnl bv courier that the
Yankee cavalry, alio were at Aslil and
ycntwiday.' were at Hungary f*'tati<wi thk
morning, within eight mile* of the c'.tv.
I heir 'force K ealitpated at between 2
?nd .1,000. it i* ex|tected tKey wftt be
raptured or riiapersed before tiOon. Adrice*
fr-jtn'Gordonftville, rcceived~wt the
War JVp.rtmcnt, *a$? tbgt Pf, WtvodTolk,
who Jrft Charoellorvillc at tbieo
?'?loel( p. m. jr?t?jHv, rcprrt* that ilic
fight i? mill going on at Frederirkrimrg.
f?t*n Jatk*on noddies all the ford* except
Lltk4 and hn<-taken five rhounand
prjROtiem, and more aVre eoi?ung in.?
l>ur men are in good- condition. Nu
twainy in <^ilpepei. * -?iv
Uiciiuond, May 4, 4 o'clockrw.?
Nothing received fioni the rawt of war
Mnce Gt-n. LeeV official dwpoicTi.
-The Yankee cavalry have cica>e?l out
in the direction r.f I'mnunky river, and
the lailroad* will be r^waired iu a nhort
.# r" *" ----lint*
. Rrcnxrixp. Mar ?.
About one thousand Varikens mined
Ix)ui?* tJourt House at three o'cWt
il.il morning, and l??ve since thai lima
torn up the Central Railroad track
[H*lancn of fdflr mile* in this direction.
1 be trains >.re ail safe, also the ?rm_r
ilorea. '1'iie la* ter having l**en reu?o*?d
n-mo days H? f>re. The raid will prove
fruitless to the enemy, except the "ajnry
to the track-, which can be repaired iu a
bcrt lime. " ?
uttk.
Richmond, May &,?No (rain from
ibovo* today. Nothing definite f.om
Today's operations in. Hpot-yIvania ?
Have farther news but the Secretary of
War is too closely engaged, and no
>lher authority is accessible at present
o approve the dispatch. Will try again !
>efore the office closes. ? '
>V<:hmond, Alav #>-The Yankee
teealry vrbieh made a iaid on the (Jan*
ral Railroad proceeded to the Fred
>rkk?bwrg Railroad to da? and tor* up
b? track ** Afli|*9?L jk i? *Uo report- j
>d that an ambulance train, on ita way 1
o Richmond, waa captured Pjr the |
Ifapkee*. No tratu h?a arrived fiom 1
ibove today. No lata aooonnts hat*
eu received of operations in Kpnuyi
nia. The lataat report* indicate thai
h? Yankee cavalry -have oros?od the
>ntral Rail road in (he vicinity of Hafcurer
C. H., ftpvth Of A ah land.
Frow TTT* Coarr.?ffcme heavy flr*
ng WM beard hi our city Saturday
.tterwOon, believed to bo from the Yen
;e*? on Folly Ialand ahefling a portion
>f Battery Ialand. ft ja icpoitrd that
be anemy'e force on Folly Island ha*
K-en incieaaed; and that ipii^c a Urge
mother of tetiU?eruoe say over five
iutidred??are oheervable. It N?t aiao !
epurted ?ira\ Lite Yankee* have ejected '
call try on the Nlan.t.
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-i. ".i g ..j'.M.nn if mi:
I ?A W.^#*Y?K?*i rtotoi#i(1ViTh?'T*n?
I k'*?* hake fkHen ItprtO a "d?w dodge lor .
| erad# tli* cmtfripiion Ml in?tb*Nor<h.
I The U?. M pM*M bf tSwfflWN*, gw?
>tmpri*w"lo anr?Moi?tka> payment
xtf (b? turn of thren tumdrpd dwWar*.?Elhte
clauM whola ipwM in l^n
gel up * ecn?r?l gpuruc wljisb f*
if^fl V? public eQiilritMjjlon*, nnlil
rum *u(RAmii' ((TptfcfeMk lb* ?MNp>
tion of ntl hw tiifww.l* whiah
on p?i<l or?r lo ^b? (totMIMOl,
rtcur<*s fur that. lown entire
from eon^criplion. For inutaricn,a ta?*n
Km 600 men Jiubluo military duty ;
, -there ? general Jeeire and interest
*nth lte-ciitren* io get oftlVlKl ranch
of coh?cri^ifon ; * ?<tb*ci1)>?knf U np#R
.-d ; the hook* artf kept open ontil-AKO.'
000 -nrn rubet; WOO "to lit* 1i?utl; *
nUeok fur. the amount i* unfit on IO HiTffn-tirv
at Washington, which purchase*
fur lite whole Towh, n?i<i orery
ftmii irr it. entire immunity from ?m
coptioo. - * Thin dortge ? gpi4 to h*?e
been taraet iced by * number oftowMa^in
the Worth, nnirwau Jb*1 concocted t,v
Kome in?*rd<>na arithmetician it* thu *
patriotic State of Mn?nnelrue?iu.
6M. WrsF>C<?MMAjfT>.?A latter
from Williamsburg dated theAtoli,
sayatbmt Uw. Wise ariH holds tim'
cite. The writer tdjrm that t/i*
Yankees ftro very stinted ih theii . ?
nllovt at ice of food to tk* inmates of
tb# nuane Aeylum. Two Ot the
Southern ladies \cbo warn in i?>
ii^titution, and warg dismissed *bv
them, bare been allowed toS&snhie
llieirpoaitiohsand upon the whole, *
the i ai\1tee*.Beem an*1ons tSat Jhe
IpUoe should again be under the
[ charge of tlie 8tatc.# Negotiation*
I aro now pending between Gen. W.
| and -the Yankee oomnrnnder coneerniug
tii% .A?wluw,~aiul orders
| have been issued to Use pickets on
both aide* not to fire on each other.
? ] Richmond DupMck, 2&L
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?.A oO*????J>roNn**r qf tljo Richmond
Sentinel op h jofine Uetj in Wiwtl*le,
Vs., went to Miirny to get a ps?mit
to buv fcrr hw feiWl eow
? when the bwrel bk?l; 4.,'
1 11 Are '.i T*, ' v
IJlFiVee^^be i'blicd. * -
' He bsh*n lo write the permit.
" To the United State* or the Copfederate
State* P!
" To the (JooWmifr, of conree," ah*
waliwl>
Then T shall gic* ynu no peymit.?
Tills InfnmotM rebellion luual he crush
d." '
u Well* said she, 14 if rotj can crush
it bv starring John Arnold's old cow,
jo it and l?e Jrot io yon."
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raq Aw?r,r"A .g'jod sVwy i* told of
President (fl.merat) Lincoln. A personal
frir-ttJ raid to bbn :
" Mr. Pre?id?'Ht/d<J yon redly expect
to ettd tlilt war during your *d minist"
...... ii ??. - ? >;c
The Pre* ?de{tt.Tn reply??4 .Can't ??yt
ean'l **y. sir.*' %
The Qutri?t?"Put. Mr.# Lincoln,
what do yon turnn tu'itat"
The1 Pr?.<frf*nr?-n Pefc -aartry, air;
peg away. K ep "
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; Tut ,f.,l'io?iag 'j gok? ** i* told **f an
army rnrgaon. who got on a llftt#
"lender whfo ,H> CTftfcirtatnl wiu
i?a?Mn(* through MoWeT V ? "%.?
.Su?genn who dreading-* wound at
:h? fcatde of Mnrt'icexloro., .-fioldi*'r
came bv on ? "i i?i>kce'? U?ck, actual!*'
riding him to th^ rear. *'
"4 Doctor.4' ?.! d ilio' lucky Conf. d
rata, ff.m hi* noVel parch, M If I h*''
*.hent *|>?r? ton wanblo f?ad in,- at V,. hilw.
I'd j*v t tfcia fellow Hail Cujun.i*
?pr.t ujj Ken, von wh>> -'?Oed, Y hi. k *-?
ton ><f a gun," nn?t h# drove hi*
ii??o the ride* of hi* jaded *nnim?1."
and pu-hed on, ainid the roam of lacgii
tor from (be urjje'Mj and UU oorp- . !
afMManlr. * - "
I A ?rL?KDID (IMKIU 1'li.? TT)<* -f
itor of iw? Oy<*lot??i?e .(L* ) Rnnuer. b\
! commenting on the new miiiter* lew r "
| LmiUienn, nliich compel* ndnrly tli
| whole niele population to go into tl..?
nriny, w very severe on LouieUo* legi*
let IOD . He * )?.v,-?
u In tinm like there it i? difter*' !<>
tell whelher it ii? the greetier m!?fortun>i
to be rich or .poor, to be en old innu ot
in Ik* 1? ?
up* man of wnniftiit ru
American or a Ttirk, If ft Aim er?v-'
*ur? of ItMvrn, thin would lit* *
SpUrtldld time to (If*-.**
i Tur S'ate Aitlin'a of New Yo k v
oo?qiu?I)?ms about the 1st of > \.
in?n the f??rt? on the Near Yori <?*.
Flroae detailed will serve th Star*
Government nnwroon^h. sobjo o t
;h? role* and^ordinances obs d ?
the United States trOops.
A negro bring caught si ng fr^m
ft hen i<<o?i fci-juaed himssl' ?saying,
' bat hv iftlj came dar t-? *? if ?!rchicken*
rletv w'd dftr eyes open."'
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Gauipami i? app.alina :o !. r
pie ??l K?, ro|*ein U-uafi of lb? Itfo.'Unoa
??* VoUml.