The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, June 01, 1864, Image 1
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\ PI.Tjjy (IvMP^y, s. C., -YTEDNESDAY MOEXING, JUXE 1, 1864. [ISTo. 9
l)c Canffkrate,
rs rUULISIIlID AT I'AMDKN, i i
- El ERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, 11
BY : '
J. T. HERSHMAN.
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lars per nnnum- !'
Jt-ir" Hate- of Advertising?TvVO Dol- j
ars, per square of twelve lines. i?r first ;'
^ user! ion. sit., i One Dollar a ad Fifty IJ
I * " Cents toe each subsequent one. ' I
V" ? &?*"Communications calculated in udv.anc j .
tlie interest of our District ami State, j?ub- ! *
r > . , lishc.l free of eliartru.
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"Statistic^ of Rebellion." i<
f fii'c qJ thfi A cm." J '/; /, II orb.I.']
Uat.timouk, April- 28?From conver- j 1
sation with a gentleman directly fjom '
tin* South 1 have obfaiued considerable v
interesting au<l valuable information in . '
reference to the future projects of the ! '
South. 1 give it as" a complete styte- j *
^ mcnt of the tacts upon which the rebels :i
base their hopes of ultimate success. ^
AUK TI1E Itfl'ELS EXHAUSTED ?
I
There arc two questions of paramount
importance to thinking uicn, ami partie- (
ulurlv tot statesmen, at the North at tire ' j
present time. These m;e : What are the x
i .capabilities of the South this year forty
feedino their armies, and to what extent ; ,
have the cotton plantations, and sinjar
plantations, of the South been converted ij ,,
iulo wheat fields and corn fields'{ And,
second, what is the condition of the* slock j j,
of horses in the South, and by what*uieaus : ^
.In tin. K.mtli exncctr to* obtain remotiufs ' -i
* - for their largo cavalry force; and'how
do they expect to keep up the efficiency
of this arui of their service Aware ...f<>r
luoutlis past of the iuiportauce of the {
issues iuvolvcd in these questions, I have .1
spared neither tunc :ior labor in arriving* -j
at the truth coucerntng them, and. the t
results of my investigations, are embodied ; f|
below, -ft will require bflt :i uioment's s
reflection to convince intelligent men r
that the ability of the South to carry on ' J
- % the war, or, in other words, that the du- ;
ration of the war itself, depends upon j
the fact's which will Jac made appearcnt ^
by the investigation of the above ques- t
tious. It is a fact, by no means credita- j.
Lie to the intelligence of the country1,' ^
that the delusion "that the South is starving;
the South is exhausted; that the '
backbone of the lbclion is broken ; that '
the Southern soldiers are discontented ,
trn I mutinous; that the South lias its;
, "^fhqlc available military strength mov in
the field for a last, a final struggle.'"' <:
should he shared, not by t lie iguyiaut !
and uuthiukiug alone, hut by men who N
have ?mic claims tu^nteliigcuce. The \
excuse for the latter is, liowever, fliat
they only believe what has been set ,
down for theui iu the newspaper which ,
they have been accustomed to read and '
HrdirtVf in and :ihn hoenist? surdi lias '
been the constaut tone of every Federal ''
official, from the President and Secretary '
of State down to the bottom of the list. u
For the shaifiel'ul and willful^ decejition
on the people, thus practiced %y these ::
newspapers and these officials, there is no , 1
excuse .and no paliatiou.
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TERRITORIAL AREA OF TIIE SOUTH. ,
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In arriving at the truth in regard to 1
* the above points, it is necessary to take 1 _j
into consideration the vast territorial ex- (
tent of the South ; the comparative ; ,
small number of the Southern people ' L
who have been withdrawn from produe- ,
tivc pursuits during the last three years; ^
aud the temper and feeling of the South- ^
ern people in regard to the war.
The States of Massachustts, Connccti- (|
cut and New Hampshire occupy an area
of quite respectable size on the map. r
Yet these three States together only oecu- t
py an area of 21,754 square miles, while ]
the State of South Carolina alone has an .
area of 24,500 square miles. The great. j
State of Indiana contains 33,800 square
miles. But North Carolina, witu it>
45,000 square miles, is larger in territorial,"
extent thau Indiania and Massachusetts
tiifrntltfo' 1 Tnvr t nonr nnrtnln i?i tl?.?
"o' V ??
? North believe that Louisaua exceeds in ;
territorial extent the Kuipire State it>clf, 1
with the -K>,000 square mile? of the latter? ; 1
Yet such is the fact. The State of mis- '
sissippi has 47,000 sq 'are tnilcs, and i*, (
thefefore, larger thau New Yi?rk or 1
Pennsylvania. The State "f Alabama
contains 50,TOO square uulcs , and is '
therefore, larger thau New York and :
Connecticut . together. A person who '
has traveled over the whole length ofthc 11
Y shaped Illinois central li iilr .id, from
Chicago and (jalcnn <01 the north, to
Cairo at the south, lias some idea of the 1
vast extent of that State. Yet (leorsiia '
has 5^,000 square miles, and i<. tlieruforu ' '
larger thau Illinois. And Florida, which 1
the President sent Mr. .John Hay to !
couquer, contains 50,000 square niih-s, i !i
and is therefore, larger then Pciisylvauii:, 1
.Ma saehusefts and Connecticut, altogelh-1 *
er. finally, \ irgima is still larger, "
containing 01,000 square mill's; and even '
wlicn the bogus ''Statu of West Virginia" s
is taken oft" the Old Dominion is still 1
larger than Ohio. I say nothing of Texas '
in this connection, because, although it '
contains the enormous extent of 237,000 l
square miles (and is, therfore, larger
than the sevcu great States of New York," v
Pennsaylvania, Ohio Illinois, Indiana, ;
Massachusetts aud Connecticut, altogeth- |
er),still< it is practically useless to the t
South at present. t
AltlvA fMlf'l! rif.TIVATniV t
So much for the territorial extent of v
eight of the Southern States, whieh, vast t
as it is, is the least important feature in I
v
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lie case. In these eight Status?Yirliuia,
North and Suuth Carolina,Georgia
.Alabama? Florida , Louisiana arid Mis>i>ippi?there
are one hundred and four
millions of acres of laud as vet untouched-by
farmer or planter, (o say nothing
>f twenty millions of acres in the same
eondilion in Texas. In the eight States '
ibove named, not counting West Virginia
there are only forty two millions '
five hundred and ninety thousand .acres
under cultivation; and this includes all
he cotton plantations, sugar plautatious
md rice fields of the eutirc South. These
;t-? ?kl<i r.r,\,liw.tiane n f Mintvn lnnnrm'ril
: ? VWW,..-. ?
:uc ntleii-ioia of tlie South until 1S'J2.
rorrox ai;anih)m;h' iuu ouvix axd
* c vrri.r..
]>uring tlic first vc.tr of tlic war, the
inexpediency of raising any more cot- ;
on. and the necessity of raising more
vheat, corn, be.-f and .pork, than had
ormcrly been done, bectun. evident to
he Southern people. This liocefaiiyJ
iccame more and more apparent in 1S'G2,
indrcaiised numerous public meetings to '
je held all over the South.?These
nee tings or Conventions, for tlu-y worn
isally composed of delegates from
:vcry coui4y in a State, were always
he spontaneou saction of the people,
lut whenever they were held pains
vL'r&$ftken by the Confederate. Governueiit
to lay bVfort' the meetings repesefi- i
ations'hf the prospective needs of toe
riny in tiie matter of provisions, and to
irge that the culture ut'cottou should be
.bandoued, and the culture of wheat and ,
oni, and the raisings of ?attic and lmgs,
.1 . ! 4 . . 4 1 . _ I _ _ . 1 I \
ie suusuiuicu, wriercver * pracJicauie. >
Phis idea was c*ntliu.uustically adopted
iy all these "meetings and conventions,
nd, what is of far greater cousfjucnee,
t has been practically carried out* by
be people of the South, partially in
SG'2 but almost universally in I8G.0
['he statistical bureaus at Richmond are '
iot yet so perfectly organized as to enbio
exact statistics to be furnished,
bowing to what extent corn, wheat and
mtatoes liave superceded the culture
if cotton. Rut the following is an
ipproximatc tabic, belc-ivcd "by the beat
nforuied men in the South to be subautially
correct, and used. Imbed, by ?,
he Confederate War Department, in ma- .
ting estimates for the supplies of the
Confederate army in 1SG1:
;L'MUEtt OF ACKKS DKVOTKD TO THE |_
ItAlSI.Nc: OF W1IK.YT, COltN AND 1'OTATOKS.
. ,
ism is. .2 1 sir. isi-,4
,1 lUilu* -? JW:m,aim J.:tn yno 1,.V>U.U"U ].MHI,UUO r
ioriilil lOH.OOU 100.?W 200,000 ' 250,000
tt.imhuh.rt 3.??i.rt0l J.w?i.i?*i .'>,11011.111111
<?li-ian:i imhi .-,110,1111(1 .'MAt.OrtO iOrt.Ortrt 1
1 i--i?il>|>i 1.tMM.<U>l 1 ..'11111.1X10 J.<l?).tlj>i 1 mm 1
'. ?'.'ir>>li:i.i 2.i*m.ii>*> 2."?mi.ikh? . j.nji.d hi ;:.:1o.i.ikiii
. I'iir>>tiu:i l.-'.im.tijui iiiHUMMi
frgiiia ti.WKi.mri ti..V)ii.iiij 4.uuu,ic.hj t.joO.ouu
iV|i'l. i:s.ti.>',eiHj jt.CHMW MI.:>o<KW>J (
I' CO It S S A i'T K N'T PA X1* ON' Til K nnvcr
OF I'lloDGCTlOX.
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The nctu:il productions of the above <
ight State? in 1800 were 24,000,000
inshels of wheat, 100,000,000 busliels
if corn, and 36,000,000 bushels of sweet
nd Irsh potatoes. In 1803 they were '
>3.000,000 bushels of wheat, 3O0.000,100
bushels of corn, and 40,000,000
(Ushels of potatoes. In 1802, ewsug to
he i(.creased atteution that had been
levoted to the cultivation of these artic- |
es, there was raised in the above States
t5,U00.<M)0 bushels of com, and 50,- i
M>0,000 bushels <?! potatoes. The csti- 1
nute yield of the prcssout year, based
ipon the number of acres actually known
o be under cultivation, will be 55,000,I0O,bushels
of wheat, 350,000,0(10 bushIs
oi'corn, and 00,000,000 bushels of
wcet and Iri-h potatoes- The culture
if rice, during all this time which has
lways been a.S ?uthcru staple, and which
brius a large portion and a favorite uricle
cf the find of the Southern people
las received a* propntionate degree of
ittention and the yeld particularly durlivr
the year 1*02 and 1803, has been
[uitc as large as in firmer years.
-TIM'K OF CATTLE AXH SL'I'I'LY OF .MEAT.
In I860 there were in the above eight
Mutw l,(?^7,O0O milch cows, and 510,jtJO
working oxen, besides an euuul
jnmber of steers raised and fattened fur
he shambles. The great demand fur
jecf for food has kept down tin: increase
ifcatte. IJiif l?v the strenuous oxerions
of the plautoVa* in all the above
States, and the attention wliicb t!:ey
iia e bestowed upon the raising of live
tock, the above niunber have been pivt!y
nearly niaintuinad constantly. Thus
ii l S'Jd, the number of milch cows was
1,500,000, and of . .,! steers a
little over a miiiou head. If will be
i iO' I fiiat I say nothing here of the
jeefcattle raised either in Texas or in
Kentucky or Tennessee. Dining the first
wo years of the war, a large properdin
ef the beef used by the Southern
irtnies came from Texas. And although
his will not be the case this year, it may
jc so in 1*05. If the Confederate plans
ueceed ; and the cattle in that State are
ucrcasing at a prodigious rate. Large
aipplies of both cattle and lings are still
Irawn by the South from Tcncssoc and
Ceniucky, and this will 110 doubt con- 1
mue to Ijc tbe case during this year. j
tnUSKs AND ML'LKS IN TIIK .SOUTH.
At the beginning of the war, there ,
rcre in the eight States named above,
>30.000- head of horses, and 573,000
toad of mules, besides a million head
d horses in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kenuclcy
and Texas. A large proportion of
he horses in the four States last named
re re made available for the purposes of
be Confederacy in the years 1-SG1 and
802. The loss and destruction of bor.
ses at the South duiiug the war Las no
been sit great as is generally supposed
as will be seen when I come to speak o
of the cavalry of the .Southern armies
(ircat attention, too, has beeu paid t<
the rasing of cults; and those that havt
growu up since l^GO have nearly sup
plied the losses sustained by the casual
ties of war. The estimates of the Con
federate War Department are that then
arc now in the eight States abovcnainci
about 700,000 Head of horses and 000,
OOO boad of mules. This>includes tlios<
that arc now in the military service
Hut. the C mfedoralc loaders do not de
pciid upon these alone to supply the lossc;
which tiiey have and must still sustain
They (lop ml partly upon Tennessee an
Kentucky, .mi partly also u|>ou tli
North, as will be seen when f-iapne- it.
spe-k of their plans 'of cWupfligu l'"j
tli:.- year, which 1 wili do in my uoxi
letter. 1)ULJD.
Kelson # Battalion, SL C V.
List of ca>ualties in the 7th South
Carolina Hnttaiiou (Ilagood's J?ri?r;i?liC
commanded by Lieut. C d. 1'. 1!. Nelson
iu the hat le of Hrewry's Hlu(T, May 16
1> (?4:
Field and Stair?Wounded: Mnj Rimi.
slightly?still on duty.
Company A?Commanded by cap!
1>S Lu';a>?Killed: C-npl \V 11 Athin
son, Jesse L) llush.
Mnftflly wounded: J D Uodgcrs, J W
Har, M T Hlaekwell, W J Stokes, .1
Mixou. Seriously wouuded: Scrgt M .1
thitlaw, J M Tiller, Satnl Webb. J 1!
MeCaskill, J It CI}burn, L C Lodgers.
Jas WatSou. Slightly wounded: Seriri
M iiough.
Company i>?i innnirmijcu uy capt ) ;
Kennedy?Killed J A l'utnt, das S Lee
A S Jiinic, John S Harrison, J A Rose,
Allan Trap, K J IJlizzard.
Mortally wounded : D.iril lleid, T 11
Chi ismas. Sovorly wounded : S (J l'erry,
Allan Perry, 'A* Rrowu, JO J llaynes,
II il Phillips. Slightly wounded : (J (J
Williamson,. 11 Daw kins.
M i i u'g? 1 iuw re n ee 1 Wcrs.
Company C?Commanded l?y ('apt. A
Wallace^ Pearson?Slightly wounded :
C?<rpl Thornton, J 0 Usher.
Company ])? -Commanded by ('apt
P P Gillard?Killed J W Proton.
Severely wounded : Sorgt (J M Atkin
son, R C Prow.i, .J 1> Haley. Slightly
wounded : A Scott, Jas Catoc.
Company 1;?Commanded by Cap)
Dov Segars?Killed?li JO West, Jus
Hall.
Mortally Wounded?George King
James Hcrron. Severely Wounded?
l : . ^ \u. t? r? . /-i ii i" f
lii' iii n ui ru cowan, ooilt <? i iviiisr, v
W McCaskill, W 0 Itadcliffe, J WileySoweil,
E X Yarboro. Slightly Wouu
tiO'i?]j C llou^li, (J J Phillips, (J Pale
I) Haley, J M llu'/.zarJ, X W Jones,,
Jesse E Watkins, C Kobertson.
Company C?Commanded by* Lielil
L L (Myburn ? Killed?J.din C Holland,
C L Carducr, John J Perry, John Kirby
TC Sutton, 1 Wuiry McXeil,C WCaskius:
.1 X Clyburn, lleutly Out] i?v, W L J>ag
ley, Jos West.
Mortally Wounded Sorgt J (I Mayrant
W M Wilson, T Kirby, .J X Williams
S W Augustine, J) llornsby. Severely
Wounded?Sorgt SCI 'lyburti, T J Stnyr
Wm Cask ins, Jas C'ordor, 1) T llradly
(' B Cay, W it Gardner, J Hill, Wn
1'eacli, C Sutton. Corp'i It T Spears, J A
Smitli, d J5 Williams. Slightly Wound
ed,?1- 0 Jones. Slightly, wounded am
in bands of the enemy?Corp'i W .1
Coopej, II Carducr, j' Martin, E '1
lirown, J i \ illtpigite, IvK'lianl Uutlaw
Company I!?Commanded by Capt )
II Hrooks?Killed?Sergt K J; Motley
Sorjit .1 II (hit/., (Color Hearer,") Corp'
.1 15 Robertson. (Color t 'orj.'oral, jC >rp
I' HniisUeker, Jos Addison, Johu Haley"
A1 ford Cheat!):uii, Fly Hmolass, Henry.*
1 >u>t. Fletcher ICIkius, Robert llirris
J no Harris, Win lloliowny, Aden keiiue
dv, Win A Rush, Jasper Rodgers, Wn
Taylor John M alt >n, J M \oun;. Mur
tally Wounded?Cup'l John IIregory
M Kllenburg, .1 llaudey, John Cotton
Jlush McLaughlin. Severely Wotinhi
?Capt J II L'rooks, Lieut RJ Ilainlell
Sergt A I' Irb\, Sergt K P Walker
"orp'l Rush, Corp*I Rrahly, II T Addi
son, Rnndcli Johnston, Jains WJ !in
s ni, George MeCatits, It Minor. II Strut
Slightly Wounded?Lieut Win W'estou
J S lirooks, JI M L'ogtoirn, W X Frank
liu, JgjC Gillibau, J C Iletnhrson, I
l ,ll?!.'v .7:, Mi il-.l- I.. Mi I
Kobens, .Sam'I Sherlcy S Slricklati 1, \\
S Ttdocrt, W Ty?nn. .T '5 Vamliver, I
15 Wright.
Mi?iug'?W I! Bell, Asa Hammond
W in Jones, ]>an'l Junes, S Milcrs, Wn
Roberts, 1> Stuluucker, Uich'd Stalnaek
cr, Uich'd Sturgeon, Thos Sturgeon, 1
1> Tinkler, J T Walton, E J} Wright
L Wyrick.
It KOA I'ITU LAT1UN
Killed, -1:
Mortally Wounded,. . . .'Ji
Severed Wounded, . . .41
Slightly Wounded' . . . . Ji
Missing, . . . . '21
Total 161
S. W.mtttkx Nf.i.sox, Adjutant.
I.ist of casualties in Companies D and
F, TlliS. C. Battalion (llngood's Brigade
commanded l?y Lieut. Col. Nelson, in a
skirmish in front of works near Ihcwry'.BluflF,
on May 15, ISO I:
Company J)?Commanded .by Capt J 1
Jones?Slightly wounded : Lieut 11 W
\'
1 Ollllg.
Coin pan r F?Com ma ruled by Capt F
Scgar.?? Severely wounded : C A J ami
t, suu> Slightly wounded : Tim Scott, S ! ]
, ' L Gardner, 11 J Loll, G Canuingtou.
f ! 1
: CASUAtTIKS IN CAPT. WIINS COMI'ANY?
' : 15X11 IlKGIMKNT.
Company 1>, Lieut Steeu commanding :
?Killed : John Spradluy, S W llornsby.
; Wounded : Sergeant J W Iluckabec, |
! shoulder severe; A Kirby, contusion arm
, slight; J C Outlaw, arm tlesli severe. j
i J. T. HERSHMAN?Editor.
Cijiiidcii, Wednesday, June 1 j
Change of Schedule1
The passenger train of the Camden ;
i' Urauch d the South Carolina llailroad
. will leave every morning (Sunday's ex)
eepted,) at 3:1 u until further uolicc. .c
f | - ? . - ?- y
I The Mcdiccl Kx-tminirig Board will (
1 hold tneir next meeting iu Camden on j
u.o 2id in .taut. ... ^ i .
Our re ides w ill iihd iu another col- ! 0
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I uinti an interesting reference?under the i 1
beau 'of -Statistics of JtcbeUiou''?to!
k ,
tin; l'ntilrprospects of the South. 'I here | I
::r many things contained thereir .? I r
cjn-er u]i the despondent as to our rcsour- j '
res f??rIcouduetitig a war of huge dimen- ! ^
' .-ions, and with ultimate success to our \1
' j caliMj. k jc
! Destructive Hail Storm.
!! The most destructive hail storm known
( in this section for many years, occurred :
on Thursday last in the vicinity of .Mid- j ^
dlcton deuot. and extending aloiiir the '
? v ; y
line of railroad through the swamp to
' near Kiugville, stripping the larger'
, portion of I he foliage ami smaller limbs (
off ail the trees, iu its destructive eoursc, i ^
and beating down and injuring material- [
' I)- the corn crop iu that neighborhood. |g
j The stones are represented as being' j
, many of them, the size of a turkey egg,
i leaving indentations on the cross ties of-' j
The road.. s
To Contributors- . 1
; "The Iri<h l'ieket" lias been received,- r
. and decline publishing- It is a rule, in 1 )
I all newspapers establishments to refuse r I
publicity to any and all productions, not c
accompanied by the authors name, or the . 1
name of the person making such con- h
tributions, also stating whether the com h
position be original or selected V.'c will
gladly publish any interesting comiuuui- [ a
. cations?prose or poetry?where our rule j a
in tliisi'espcct may he complied with. ! f
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; Latest Casualties Received.
' * l-'rnm a private dispatch received on ! 1
yesterday, we have been furnished with ! v
j the following casualties in Sliinglcr's rog- ! J
iment?lloh-ombe L.'eion--w hich we be- ! 0
| . licvc have been unpublished as yet: J. ;
i 15. Curetoii, jr., killed; John Lee, slight- ^
, ly wounded in the hand ; Win. Whitaker, I
1 slightly in the head; Henry C. Salmoml,
I slightly in the hand; .J. M. DeSaassurc, '
slightly in foot ; :T. II. Clark, in thigh. !
i The regiment su-taind a heavy loss in !
it
l officers, but none from Camden. .
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I The Mr miry says: hor the iufor- li
inatioii of all non-combatants desiring a
to go to Virginia, whether to visit sick ;
i and wounded relatives and friends, or
for any purpose other than government : I
business, that peremptory instructions t
' have been received at Department Head- i
' fjuarters from the War Department \
prohibiting the granting of passports to s
. them. These instructions are iriven with t
I
i great reluctance by the War Depart- ; \
inent, and 111 v under the pressiuj; emer- t
is
' i goiicy demanding that none but com- i
j hstant- .-ball at present go to the scene i
, of war. 1' may save unnecessary trouble c
> ami disappointment if newspapers genor- 1
. ii.. : .i M !*. i\ .?
jjuy, in ?iii> . i 1 i11i:ry I'epartment will l
publish this notice. t
i! he iMohilc 'Jiibuucs;i\s: Among the ^
* killci hi (Lie recent buttle of tlie A\*ilderm
-s. V i.iinia, was l/iout. C?d. Frank
(iailiurd, of the Smith Carolina Volun-!
5 teers. It was t!io twenty.fifth battle in . 1
which ho had been engaged during the \ 1
| war. lie was a young man of large 1 ^
literary attainments, and was not less
j cnupieuous for his valor. He had nuuic* ^
i roiis relatives and acquaintances in this
State, an 1 was belove d by all who knew
. '
> Culling for the Figures. i I
.Mr. Luilt'in, oi Alabama, has intro- I
(1 need a resolution, requesting the l'res-; 1
identufthc Confederate States to fur- s
nish tlic House, as soou as may be prac- t
tieable, with an alphabetical list of all e
the olficcrs of the Government, Quarter- v
masters, Commissaries and disbursing of- r
fleers generally, now in arrears in their p
accounts with the Govern incut, the w
i amount i?f their several arrearages, when i n
said arrearage com menced, and the date 'a
) of t ho appointment of.-uch o flic era Ailop- 1;
. : to J. ' gi
LATEST ARMY NEWS,
Che News from Johnston's Army.
'rogrkss of the campaign?fioiiting
renewed in north georgia
?a night attack ul'on our lines
?cleijurne repulses tiie enemy
with great slaughter?move
MEN'S IN VIRGINIA?UKANT CROSSES
THE PAMUNKEY?FURIIKR ADVICES'
'FROM THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEl'ARTMENT?INTELLIGENCE
FROM THE
NOHtII?GOLD IN NEW YORK ON THE
25'TI IxSTAjfT ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHT-SIX, iCf., &CXkw
Hope, Ga., via Marietta,
'aturdav, Ma/28.?'The enemy's forces
,vo massed iu onr front on the souih side
if J'umpkin ii?e Creek. There was
mavy artillery and musketry skirmishing
estonlay-from sunrise unrildark, diicfly
m the right wing. At dark it ceased,
jut was renewed abont midnightWo
captured between 200 and 800
irisiiiiers amohg them Lt. Cob TambLi.;s
if the 50th Ohio, Adjt. Ilcltcr and three
.lieutenants. Our forces arc inspirited
viiJi (he greatest confidence iu their Coiftnander
and in their ability to defeat the
nomy. Kvcry man is anxious1' for the
jeneral engagement. It will probably
.ike place to day.?Skirmishing is now
joint; on along our right and light contra.
lit. Col. Fambliss reports that the
L*anUcc General "WallacI; was severely
vounded at the battle of lleseca.
(seco.yi) despatch.) *
IJattlb Field, IS milks mom Matlltta,
May 2S? Heavy skirmishing
logau at daylight yesterday morning on
mr left, and continued without interimsion.until
about live o'clock.p. in., when
, desperate assault was made upon Stcdifnson's
division, which was repulsed
lantUomely, with heavy loss to the asailautSi.
-This is-tjje fourth assault that
ia3 \/-an made upon this point, each time '
esnlihig iu heavy loss to the enemy. A
fankee battery was run up within two \
uindred yards of Stuart's line and opiti-1
d a terrific fire* Our sharpshooters,'
mwevQr, soon killed every gunner and
lorsc, aud the battery thus fell into our
lands.
Last night at twelve o'clock the enemy
dvanccd ou our extreme light, aud were
. i .. i i i ... ni i . i: . i. -
muusiieu u) v-ieunrnc s umaiun, who
ollowcd np their fire with a charge which
outed the cucuiy completely. All the
ticmy'sj dead and wounded, together
riili 149 prisoners, including a Drigdier
General, fell into our hands. The
1
neiuy's loss was between live and six
liousaud. Our loss about six hundred,
'he conduct of (.Iranberry's brigade is .
uglily commended. Con. Granberry
eceived a slight wound but is still in
ho field.
Frisk skirmishing began agaiu this j
norning and still continues ou our ex- |
rcme left. The enemy is massing
lis forces on "his left. Heavy artillery i
iriug has JJeontinucd up to this hour?11
.. 111. :
(Third Despatch.)
New Hope, via Marietta, May '2*.
?General Cleburne's Division engaged
ho Fourth (Yankee) Army Corps, tinier
Howard, about ouc o'clock this
norning, aud, after a desperate contest,
ignally repulsed them with a loss of he?i*.
nn ii'itn olid L?ni'nn t inMicotii) ninti
?. V U 11 ? III1U lllVUOtlllU 111* 11.
1V0 captured from 150 to 200 prisoners,
xelusive ol the wounded, and an imuense
ouantify of arms and accoutre
noiits. (leneral Cleburne says that the
neinv's dead were piled thicker than
ic hud ever seen them on any former
Kittleiield. Between 500 and 1000 of
heir dead were left close up to his
rout.
The enemy's line of breastworks in
rout of Loring's command has been
handoncd. Our loss will probably
lumber four or live hundred.?Skirmshing
is still going on. The enemy's
oft is gradually giving way.
[The Latest.]
.\ i:\v hope, u.i, .uay,uu.?ifranterry's
brigade was placed ir. action at'
ive p. in., yesterday to resist the entity's
attempt to turn our right flank.
i\'e had no defence except a few stones
Kistcly collected by our cavalry, which
icld position as skirmishers before the
trigadc came up. The cngagt'incDt;
oon became furious and raged with
mbated violence until eight p. m. The !
ncmy's lines several times advanced j
rithin Ave pieces of ours; but they were [
epulsod at all points. Having no suport
to hold their postion, our brigade
ras not allowed to charge untill midight,
when Walthall's brigade having
dvanccd and taken position immediate
y iu I i ran berry's rear, the charge was [
mii'leil and (Jranbcrr^'s brigaJc charge
through the woods, breaking three of
die cuemy's lines of battle without firiug
a'guu and capturiug many prisoners.
Beckham's regiment, of Green's brigade,
was detached at 5,30 p. m. aud sent to .
the right of Cranberry, who had been
out flanked. It came up in good time,
aud drove the enemy back* 'Backhaul's
loss was' 28 killed and 65 wounded;
Granberry's 3G killed, 120 wounded and
5 uiL-siug" The enemy left 288 dead '/
with a Ijrgo number of wounded on the " :
field in front of Beckham's reHmcpt
while in front of Cranberry's unwi,. the
Yankee loss was not less than 300 killed * /
'
aud between 1200* and 1300 wounded ? *2
I Many prisoners4were taken.. They re- . V;,??
port Maj. Gens. Howard and Johnston
; and Brig. Con* King, (all Yankees)
w -ii. 1.
king *?L;* ^ uu
fail ' ;|
. .<
The Ncv/s from Lee's Army, .
! BirirsiOM?J* May, 20.?'J'hc enemy
crossed tlit l'*i:nunkejr river yesterday
i tit Hanover Town and .Old Church. IIuu-,
! cocks, Wright's, and Btruside's corps,
r have certainly erased. Warren's corps
'is not accounted for. Up to this morn;
ing our army had formed uo line of batj
~
i tie, but were- awaiting the eucmy's #
; movement:; and disposition?.
I There was a considerable cavalry fight
| at llall.s Shop yesterday between Fitz
; Bee's and Hampton's cavalry a yd. a large
| force of Yankee cavalry. Our cavalry
| at lirst forced the enemy back, but it is
, now supposed that the enemy gave back
in order to draw us in. Late in the
! evi-liitl ' Oil I* f:il':ilrv flr..iu f.tv ~
, _ - ?II?J waving
! lost 3U killed sin J 7 "> to 100 wounded.
Sonic of the latter fell into the enemy's
hands. '
The News from the United States.
Richmond, May 28.?The New York
//? / <'/?/ i>f the 25th iust. lias been received
here.
The X V. \Y>.rld and the Journal oj
Coniimnr. have been su -ponded for pubishiug
a bogus proclamation from Lincoln,
calling for 400.000 additional
troops aud appointing a day of fasting
and prayer. T'ne editors offer a large
Ac ward for the detect Km of the pcrpctra- #
tors of the hoax.
The London correspondent of the NcW
York Xacs .sfj$.that the Mersey Rams
will be Sold to Maximilian, who is collecting
a powerful fleet,
News from the Trans-Misssissippi
Department.
Houston, Tex, Mav 13 via Summit
May 20 ?Cilice April 8th we have whip,
pod two Yankee armies?one in Lou.
isiana, the other in Arkansas?driving *
the latter to Little K<>ck, and surround*
jug the firmer, in Alexandria, capturing
in all, thirty-four pieces of artillery, eight;
thousand stands of arms, six thousaud
prisoner-; twelve hundred wagons,two
gunboats and four transports; siuking
four new gunboats and five transport and
killing and wounding fully eight thousaud
Yankees. Our total loss, in killed,
I woun ced and musing, is about four
thou-aud.
I At present Steele is at Little Rock
! witii the wreck of fifteen thousand troops,
i threatened by Price. The Yankee Gen|
cral Taylor is killed.
Hanks army is 20,000 strong, in Alexandria.
Porter's fleet is detained above
j Alexandria by low water. We have
i possession ' of Read River, above and
j below, uud heavy forces on each side.
! Col. Griffin, witlua force of two hundred
sharpshooters, and a battery of artillery,
| surprised two gunboats, one of which was
| the Granite City, at Calisia 011 the Gth.
j We captured both. The Yankees had
: to scud their b' .ts ashore to surrender,
j as wo. had none. Their loss was one
; hundred and .sixty, prisoners captured, * "jSjfij
i sixteen tine cannon and no end for stores:.On
the Oth a Yankee mail boat was
| captured at Seven gunboats and ten
transports have been captured ou lted ) - r
River. The whole number of Yaukee
prisoners, thus far, taken by us in Louisiana
and Arkansas is 10 000. On tlih
17th instant two gunboats aud tinea,,
transports wore captured irl Southwest'
Louisiana by Col. Alexander. All the *; >3j
property from Natchitoches to Simsport^
has been entirely destroyed by the enemy.
They burned indiscriminately houses, "
cotton gins, warehouses, corn cribs,
everything else. Many families arc thus
left destitute both of food and clothing.
The two most precious things this side j
of the grave, are our reputation and our - f
life, lint it is to be lamented that the I
most contemptible whisper may deprive - ~ [?
us of the one, and weakest weapons of ^ J9
the other. . ?5*3
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