Confederate Conscription Act.
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Trophioi.
> We have bcec kindly furnished, by a lady
friend, with a number of Yankee trophies, in
ahape of correspondence, and captured by a
yenng volunteer from our District, in the battle
of the Seven Pines. We would be pleased
to extract from them* but are too much crowded
for room in this issue. '
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Patriotic Families.
We have been credibly informed, that on
Lynch's Creek there are living two gcutle,
men named Phillips and Hklton, who have
furnished seventeen sons to the Confederate
service?tbe "first ten and the latter seven.
What two citizens of the Confederacy can
beat that number?
Our Cause.
Pew of the most far-seeing amongst us had
any idea of the tremendous struggle we were
about to enter, when the Southern States, one
after another, asserted their sovereignty, and
withdrew from the Union. Time has shown
the wisdom of the course they pursued. The
spirit of the Northern hordes have satisfactorily
developed their true character; they have
trampled upon the Constitution, and callod to
tlieir aid the higher law, whenever that instrument
stood in their way, by every method that
can mark a.tyranny, regardless of the principles
that actuated the Colonies in throwing oft
the yoke of Great Britain. Without a particle
of the claim to enforce the authority which
George the III had?have they endeavored to
coerce and compel the Southern people to bow
to their rule?to be ruled by such miserable
demagogues as Lincoln and Seward.
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our abhorrence of all connection with such
people; and much as we have suffered, there
is no true Southern man who entertain any
other idea than to continue to battlo for our
rights, when we have so much at stake?and
for the great purposes of establishing a government
based upon a constitution wita proper
checks and balancos. For this our brave soldiers
will contend, and never lay down their
arms until their purpose is accomplished.. And
as .we believe God rules, so surely do we trust
the day is not far distant when our purpose
will be accomplished?when we shall be permitted
to manage our affairs in our owu way,
and to worship God under our own vine and
fig tree, and none to molest or deter us from
our duty. We should all labor to obtain the
great boon?whether in the tented field or attending
to useful avocations at home?that
these trials may be overruled for our good, that
we may come out of them a better and a happier
people.
The New York Seventh Regiment has again
declined to be mustered into service in Washington.
On their arrival there it was proposed
by their Colonel before them in line. All who
refused to be mustered in were requested to
step to the rear, and be considered as cowards,
whereopon the whole regiment stepped back.
News from Richmond.
, Richmond, Jane 17.?The Fortress Monroe
correspondent of the New York Tribune says
that he has been assured, by a gentleman con.
nected with the medical department of Mc.
Clellan's army, that the Yankee loss in the battles
of the Seven Pines was not less than ten
thousand?killed, wounded and mitwinrr Ho
also writes: MI have the names of gentlemen*
whose veracity cannot be disputed, who declare
that Gen. McClellan said that his loss in the
action of the two days would not fall short of
ten thousand."
Thero was some heavy skirmishing on the
right of oar lines to-day. The city continues
perfectly quiet. There is no news of special
importance.
Gen. Stonewall Jacksoh having been heavily
reinforeed, will again take op his line of march
towards the Potomac in a few days. Fremont
hasundoubtedly abandoned the Valley of the
Shenandoah ^?Mercury.
WftjP', l(frw '*)f*&&bif, the "ftfcgiom Character
W tif Ribeffipn. 3 The folk>#Ug extract from
44* Uffll W4?t#^h>g to ote Southern ClergyBOO!
UA more unmitigated, God-forsaken set of
scoundrels do. pot livg, than jthe preachers of
the Gospel down South. * Of course, yoil most
understand that I make honorable exceptions
in every denomination. As a general thing?
I say it in sorrow and not in anger?the ' most
unmitigated set of vil liana they have in the
South are the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian
and Episcopalian preachers. We have a single
exception in the town in which I live?the
Rev. Thomas W. Hume, Rector of the Episcopal
Church?a Union man, born aud raised
in the town of Knoxville, a graduate of the
East Tennessee University;?A slaveholder and
a man of property?A very liberal and reliable
man. Bishop Odie fhrnisbcd him some months
ago with a new prayer The old prayer would
not answer, because it required him to pray for
the President of tho United States, and to do
that was to pray in effect for old Abe Lincoln.
That was worse, Bishop Odie thought, than to
pray for the devii; and he, therefore, furnished
him with another prayer, substituting the President
of the Confederate States of America, and
the Confederate Government where the United
States Government was named or alluded to.
Mr. Hume, frankly and promptly, like a man,
said be wonld not abandon his prayer book and
the regular form; that he did not believe in the
Confederate Government or in Jeff Davis. I
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repeat, 10 you u/ai uic cnurcncs are an uiicriy
ruined at the South; wo are all going to destruction.
The ministers, class-leaders, deacons
and cxhorters, arc all talking secession, lying
secession, drinking mean liquor, and advocating
the cause of Jeff Davis and the Devil.
They have abandoned God aDd his holy reli.
gion."
From nioiiiplila.
We are in receipt of the Memphis Avalanche
of the 11th inst The Avalanche seems to be
gently easing down into Abraham's bosoin.?
As to the state of the city it says:.
There have been no Union demonstrations,
such* as our present rulers perhaps expected?
and as some of our ultra and uncompromising
sccc^ion friends feared and predicted. Our
people have thus far demeaned themselves
with propriety and dignity. We hav$ heard
of concessions from a few, who occupied the 1
front ranks of OHr earliest and original scccs- 1
sionists. From the suspected and harrassed '
Union men, we have yet to learn any disparag- J
ing conduct and bearing, cither towards the
Federals or their ncighl>ors, wh* to some ex- 1
tent, had reviled and annoyed them in the past. 1
The city is quiet and orderly, and, all things '
considered, we are doing far better than was
apprehended. Onr population sepnis, so far as *
we can judge, to fear no undue or harsh op- '
pression at the hands of present rulers.
We repeat, we offer these statements for the
benefit of our country friends, and from no de- J
sire to offer praise or to sing pseons to our
Federal opponents now in our midst. They
have invaded our State and taken forcible pos- 1
session of our city, and we, with others, feel
humbled and downcast; for we, as one man, '
had offered resistance to their success, and
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have been foiled in our attempts to stop their
march, and all alike must partake of a national
humiliation?feel their pride wounded, and our
future in gloom and embarrassment. Let us
bear with manly fortitude what we are unable
to avoid. This is true philosphy ? a philosophy
suited to our condition.
Provisions.?We learn that already there is
a fleet of flat boats coming down the river with
provisions, and that by Thursday we shall have
the Piatt Valley here on her return trip. The i
prospect, therefore, is good for an abundance
of provisions. ,
The Federal army is increasing, and will
soon reach a large and commanding force?so
we hear stated. We suppose the fact to be 1
what we have indicated. Rumor savs Confederate
cavalry hangs around the skirts*of our
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bers in citizens' clothes. We do not credit
this rumor.
. We notice, in the advertising columns, many
offers to take Confederate money at par for I
property. The Federal commandant declares
he will not interfere with the monetery concerns
of the city, and the banks and people are
left free to take whatever they please as money. I
The city is not under martial law.
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MMP^^t^JpC|DMi#WTtl|r lUff
thrown into a state of feverish excitement by
thejraga* tidings (hat there h?d been bloody
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vorjt n owcBBJonviue, od Mow island.
From the fast, the news was of an encouraging
character, inasmuch as we were assured that a
mere handful of our brave troops had repulseda
heavy column of the enemy, thrown forward
to assault the battery at Becessionville, manned
by a portion Colonel Lamar's Regiment of Artillery,
S. C. V. From th<f various accounts
which we have received, we have collated the
following facts in relatiou to the battle:
THB ADVANCE OF THE ENKMV.
About dawn yesterday morning our pickets
in front of Lamar's battery were driven in, and
almost simultaneously, the enemy's column
was seen four hundred yards off, advancing
with the bayonet, at double quick, to the assault.
Our troops, within the battery, had
been bard at work the evening before in throwing
up another battery, and were almost worn
out with fatigue. The first round that was
fired at the Yankees was by Col. T. G. Lamar
himself. His men hastened with alacrity to
their piece*, and were soon pouring grape and
canister against the rapidly approaching enemy.
At each discharge great gaps were visible in
the Yankee ranks, but still they came on,
without firing a single volley. It was afterwards
ascertained that their muskets were empty,
and that they had actually hoped to carry
the battery with the bayonet alone. But the
rapid and fearful cannonade and fusilade
against them was too severe for their nerves,
and when close to our entrenchments they
wavered, reeled and finally fled in disorder.
8ECOND AND THIRD CHARGES.
But a very short time elapsed before the
enemy,s column, rcinfprced by infantry and
artillery, re-formed and again came forward.
This time they did not disdain the use of cartriges,
but poured heavy volleys against our
battery as they advanced. But again the terrible
discharges of grape and canister mowed
down tho approaching line, and notwithstanding
the remonstrances of their officers, again
the Yankees broke and retreated, pell-mell,
from the field.?A third time the enemy formed
his line and advanced in a last desperate effort
to gain the battery, but again in vain. The
assailants had reached tho ditch, and some of
them succeeded in mounting tho embankment*
but they paid for their rashness with their
lives, ana tneir comrades behind, taking warning
from their fate, fled once more, this time
not to be rallied to a direct charge. Our men
ill bear witness to the obstinate bravery of the
iinemy on this occasion.
Between the charges which proved so disastrous
to the Yankees, a galling fire Was kept
up against our battery from three gunboats in
the creek, about 1700 yards cast of our position.
A. cross fire was also steadily maintained against
us from two land batteries which the enemy
bad erected?one on the edgo of the wood in
which the fight with the 47th Georgia Regiment
occurred last week, and another between
bhat point and the position occupied by the
gunboats. Sherman's famous field battery also
took part in the engagement, being divided in
to two sections, which played upon different
parts of our works.
THE FLANK MOVEMENTS.
It had now become evident to the enemy
that the men who held our battery had no idea
of yielding it, and the plan of attack from the
front was given up.
Flanking bodies were thrown forward to assault
our works from the direction of the
marshes which skirted our battery on either
side. On the east side of the battery the
movement was speedily frustrated, and the few
bold men who ventured close enough to pour
their fire into the post, soon fell. No less than
seventeen were killed, just outside the ditch, and
one, who had mounted the parapet, fell on the
top, pierced by eight balls.
NINTH (HIGHLANDERS.)
On the west side of the battery the attack
was more serious. The famous New York
Seventy-ninth Regiment took up a position so
as to enfilade our guns, and kept up a constant
and effective fire of musketry to drive off our
gunners. They wero met by the Charleston
Battalion and the Eutaw Regiment. For a
titne, forced back with grlat sUngkter, and the
dar wm ?nn.
I will farther state that the place baa been
held for the past two weeks by the Charleston
Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Gaillard, and
Smith's Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel A* D.
Smith, assisted by a deUchroeat of Colonel Lamar's
Artillery. The entire force was at the
entrenchments erecting batteries, aft least five
hundred yards from their quarters, when the
news came that the enemy was advancing*
three thousand strong. Before the two battalions,
numbering not more than three huudred
and fifty effective men, could rush to their
quarters and return with their arms, the euemy
bad mounted the parapet and wore scaling the
embankment. Nothing but the bravery and
deadly aim of the two small battalions saved
the day. Two much credit cannot be awarded
to Col. Lamar's Artillery for keeping the enemy
in check until wo came up. Three" times were*
the enemy repulsed, but as often returned tothe
fight. At last the Louisiana Battalion
coming up, were hastily placed in position by
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major^xiuason, under a Heavy tire from theenemy.
Tbo Louisianans behaved nobly, and*
again put the vandals to flight. The field isours,
with a large number of killed, wounded
and prisoners, on the part of the enemy, together
with guns and equipments captured.?
Our troops behaved gallantly?nobly and forcibly,
illustrating the truth that "the battle is not
to the strong alone." B. F. Miller,
Ad'jt Smith's Batalion.
THE RELATIVE L088E8.
Our total loss, as nearly as we can ascertain,
was about 40 killed and 100 wounded. Tho
enemy's losses was far heavier. We buried,
yesterday, one hundred and forty dead Yankees
left upon the field We say Yankees, using
the designation as one common to the whole
army of the invaders; but, in truth, tho men
who did the fighting against us yesterday
morning were nearly all Europeans, and, in the
lineaments of the dead, the Scottish type was
markedly predominant. We captured seventy
prisoners. As for the number of the enemy
wounded, no correct estimate can be made.?
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Glad to get rid of the unwelcome task of caring
for maimed vandals, our men suffered the enemy's
ambulances to come within point blank
range of their guns and to carry off the wounded,
who must have numbered three hundred, at
least.
THE LATE8T FROM JAMES' ISLAND FURTHER
PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE OF 8KCEB8I0NV1LLE.
The lowering aspect of tho sky on Monday
was succeeded about midnight by a light misty
drizzle, which, on Tuesday morning, had become
a settled rain, transforming James* Island
into one vast expanse of mud, and, of course,
effectually checking all active military operations.
The task of burying the dead and cleaning
away the debri.9 of the fight consumed the greater
part of the forenoon. During the day Gen.
Pempcrton, accompanied by Adjutant Gen.
Cooper and Commodore Ingrabam, visited the
scene of the late action, and, after inspecting
the positions and lines of attack, expressed
themselves as highly pleased with the manner
in which the defence had been conducted.
The full official accounts of the casualties in
the the battle have not yet been handed in, and
we will not anticipate them by further conjecfnro
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ful investigation, we are satisfied that the approximate
estimate given in our issue of Tuesday
is, as near as may be, correct the number
of prisoners was larger than at first reported,
numbering 107 in all. Of these 40 are wounded.
Several were brought to the city yesterday.
The prisoners say that their first party
in advance, the 8th Michigan, was nearly annihilated.
They estimate their force on Jamc's
Island at about nine thousand, all under the
command of Gen. Stevens, formerly stationed
at Beaufort. They state that the five regiments
engaged on their side were the 8th
Michigan, 47th New York, 79th Highlander,
3d Rhode Island, 28th Massachusetts, and a
detachment of the 47th Pensylvania. One of
their officers who rode a cream colored horse
during the action, and who was prominent, by
reason of his constant efforts to rally bis ^ar