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The Maryland ExpeditionThe
Richmond Examiner gives the < '
annexed particulars of the raid of our (
.army into Maryland: - '*!
Au official despatch received at the >
War Office Monday morning announces t
that the Coufedeiato forces that appear- ]
ed iu front of Washington on last Tues- '
day, recrossed the Potomac on Thursday 1
the 4th instaut, bringing off every thin.' ?
safely and ifl good order. The despatch ,
also states that our loss, during the expe- ]
dition, was slight. i '
THE BATTLE AT MOXOCACY?ROUT OF '
TIIE ENEMY.
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From Captain Pearcc, who commanded ,
the Twenty sixth Georgia in the fight, 1,
we received some particulars of the battle (
at. Monocacy Rridge. The bridge is four j
miles from Frederick city. The river !
runs due north aud south. The railroad I,
and national road cross the river at very i
nearly the same point. As our troops 1 ,
# advanced towards the river from Freder- ]
ick it became apparent that some forces ; |
of the enemy, supposed "at the time to be ,
cavalry, were holding the east bank. A ^ j
couple of cur batteries opened on them ' ,
from the front, while our cavalry were |
ordered to go up the stream and cross ,
above the bridge. A-t the same time a ,
considerable force of our Infantry moved ;
down the stream aod crossing south of;
,, the bridge, formed in a piece of woods i
on the higb ground. It was still believed
tliat the enemy had nothing but eaval"
ry on the ground, but our infantry being
ordered forward, emerged into on open
field and discovered the enemy's infantry ,
drawn up in line of battle aloog the rail- ;
road at the farther end of the field. The j
railroad being several feet lower than the
'field, the crrcmy had all the advantages 1
'' an entrenched position. Evan's brigaue
cliarged across that field under a
heavy fire (ft musketry. wittriu
fifty yards of the enemy's position auoth- i
er body of the enemy emerged from the
woods on ouu right and attacked the bri- !
gade in flank and rendered its posit on
critical, but other of our forces coming
up tbeenemy's flank movement was couu- J
leracted. A" simultaneous charce was ,
? ?T _ u. -
then made Dy our wnoie xirre, wucu euu :
enemy broke aud fled, leaving between a
thousand and twelve hundred dead and
wounded aud seven huudred prisoners
in our hands. The enemy left tire rail- 1
road and National pike, and fled north
* . in the direction of Gettysbvrg.
In this action, which lasted about two .
hours from the time of firing the first
shot, we lost in killed and wouuded be- I
tween five and six hundred men and some i
valuable officers. Most of our casualties
occurred during the flank attack of the
enemy. The following named officers
A were killed in this action : Colonel Lamar
and Lieutenant Colonel Van Volkeuburg,
both of the sixty-first Georgia;
Major Humphrey, of twelfth Georgia
Battalion, aud Captaiu Lowther, of the
Twenty sixth Georgia.
WHAT OUR TROOPS ACCOMPLISHED..
Our forces did not follow the en/my
* i fsMtrn\Vn?lliT1 (f- i
due proceeuuu uuctnj ......^?_ .
ton and Baltimore, making rapid marcli- '
es, but collecting cattle and horses along
the route. It is not believed to be ex- i
pedicnt at thhs time to speak with particularity
of our operations before Baltimore
and Washington.
On Thursday night, our forces, which
had been much scattered driving cattle,
^ having bceu got together, we began our
retrograde movement toward Virginia.
This was the most quiet and'leisurely
march of the expedition. Our troops
moved slowly, driving the cattle and
horses in front. The enemy's cavalry,
followed in our track, but at a very safe
t. distance behind. If any of our men
were picked up by tho enemy it was because,
in violation of orders, they had
wandered off from the main column iu
on?r/.li nf ntnmlpr
OV(?i VU Vi
Thursday moririag our infantry, baggage
and spoils got safely over the river; 1
o'ur cavalry, which had been covering'
the retreat, were still at Poolesville, MaryAf'
land, Thursday -morning, when the ene|p
my attacked them; a sharp fight ensued;
ipj our cavalry routed the enemy, and chasI
* # erf them six miles towards Washington. ;
Our army brought south of the Poto- j
mac five thousand horses and twenty-five
. hundred splendid beef cattle; beside our ;
Pj cavalry and artillery are allsupplicd *ith
1| the success of their expedition. They
r?, represent the time they spent in Maryft,
land as "glorious."
The only regret connected with the
expedition.is the necessity we were under
of leaving at Monocacy bridge such of
our wounded as could not sit on their j
t horses. - I
? 1 Cnoonli rtf |
jtjrowiuuwin new jLuin..??
"Old Smut the Parson,"
Delivered in New York city, at a (
meeting for the relief of sick and wound[
' ed soldiers: ' * '
Parson Brownlow who was tho last (
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"?_%* / . ..? \ i
peaker, said that lie was recovering from
llness. Oj^ loy return to Kno.xville
otuc six months ago I found the jail
n which the Hehels were kind enough
o lodge me for three months, filled to
iverflowing with another elas* of beings.
Among thorn I found a portion of the
cading, active, villainous Kebels, who
verc concerned in my incarceration,
:uaided by Union-sddiers. They were
o be sent across the mountains to Camp
Jhase, and curiosity induced mc see how
hey would look going through the operation
I bad gone through. I looked
>u with a sort of maiignaOt pleasure, ntv
nind occupied with ouly one reflection,
'Kvcry dog has his day."
I *
l/jugnier. j
Standing (in the corner of Jay and
Cumberland streets, less than five weeks
igr>, in-Knoxville. while an artillery resilient
of colored gentleman came in that
own, a prominent rebel, a gentleman
personally friendly to me, tapped me on
he shoulder and said, "Rrownlow, 1
vnow; you are a Southern inuii. How
Iocs that thing look in your eyes V
' Sir," said J, "a little more than two
fears ago when 1 lay through the cold
winter in this jail which towers above
>ur heads, denied the blessings of fire,
3i dcloth' S or any comforts, frequently
Marched in and out by blacks in Rebel
juifortn with muskets' taking the place
jf their young masters who were smoking
sigars and drinking liquor at the hotel of
Knoxvillc.
As I marched to prison the guards
would say, "step a little quicker you d?d
Liucolnite or 1 will put this bayonet intj
you." "fc'ir," said I, "that looked
very bad to mc : this looks a good deal
better." "Rut," lie continued, "in all
ober carnesness, Rrownlow, are you in
favor of arming negroes to tight white
V"
1111*11 .
"Yes, sir?ec."
And if I hud the power, Sir, I would
ami and uniform in-the Fed< rol habiliments,
every wolf, and panther, and catamount,
and tiger, and bear, in the
mountains of America ; every crocodile
in the swamps of Florida and South
Carolina ; every negro in the Southern
Confederacy, and every devil in hell aod
pandemonium.
This war, I s iy to you, mm-t he prosecuted
with a vim and a vengeance, until
the rebellion is put down, if it exterminates
from the lace of Cod Almiglry's
gn en earth every man, woman am! child
South ?f Masou and Dixon's line.
? Cheers. ] Those who have preceded
me have spoken of the South.
I hear testimony of my own knowledge
to the influence of, and the indomitable
courage of the ladies of the Southern
Confederacy. 'The most wealthy, the
best educated, the most refined among
them have planted themselves in their
doors and piazzas and have fun their husbands,
sous, nephews, uiic)c?atid brothel's
out in the army.
"Go, volunteer and fight, or 1 will
disown you forever;" and when tin Yankees
met them and they fell, the Southern
women complacently folded their
arms and thanked God that they died
in a good and glorious cause, lighting
for the iudependcuce of the South.
But when the Yankees has stolen one
'of their negroes they would howl as il
" -1 M'l.,
tlie devil iroui nen was aner muni, me
only way to reach the fender sensibilities
of a Southern woman is to get after
her negroes., Kill her husband and she
thanks God mat he died in a gn.od cause;
but steal one of her negroes, -she will
howl aud whine as if the devil himself
were after her.,
lu the New Tcstiment an occasion
similar to this is spoken of, only it wa.a
feast. Ladies and geutlemeii were invited
to attend. Various were' the excuses
sent: one had bought a farm ; another
says, I have bought a yoke of oxen
; I must prove my steers. A fourth
says, I ought to go, but it is utterly impossible?1
have-married a wife?1 cannot
go. ?
So you see, according to t he Scriptures,
one woniau can out-pull ten steers. I
am glad to find the woman pulling in this
glorious cau-q. l'ull on; and prosecute
the war. Let us carry it on. We will
get through with it after a while. Wc
have been fouling with the inat'cr at the
North. The South is terribly in earnest,
and always has been.
Y<>u have not felt the eliects of the
war iu the loyal States,'-JWtt you are going
to now. I know that little man
Grant?he is the right tnuu iu the right
place. I am willing to see Richmoud
captured by him; but. if 1 had my way,
I should choose that Richmond and Charleston
should be taken alone by . negro
troops, commanded by Butler the Beast.
Sherman has got the finest army in
all the world?not less than 150,000 all
told, lie is gradually advanciug into
the heart of the Southern States He
will take that country. .Grant will take
Richmond. And we will crowd them into
the Gulf of Mexico, and drown the
entire race as the- devil did the hogs iu
the Sea of GaMlleoWhen
ive come out of the war we will
come out with 500,000 or GOO,000 of the
best of soldiers, who have got their hand
iu aud would as soon have theifband in
a little longer a.s not. Then I am in favor
of giviug Old Englaud a turn.
[ Cheers. ]
We can whip the Southern Confederacy
wc can take in France and England,
the whole civilized world, and I want to
;arry it on until we whip out all God's
sreatii
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I J. T- HERSHMAN-Editor.
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Camden, Wednesday, July 27.
i ;
Dlt LaIJoRDE will despatch cars for
Lee's an 1 Beauregard's armies on Friday
the '20th inst; for Hood's army on the
29th, and for Charleston and the coast
on the 29th. "
Bufroz, a wine m -rchant, of New Ort
? Ifi e.in tr? the
leans, uu ?/uuc n , .?..o - ?
Tortugas during the war. His offence
was registering himself as an enemy and
not leaving the lines.
DeclinationWe
are requested to say that Lieut.
Joel A. Schrock declines being a candidate
for the office of Clerk of the Court
of Cmfimon Pleas and General Sessions ;
j and tenders his thanks to those friends
| wb) would have conferred the houor.
Mr. Dayton, the American Minster,
has been feasting ths captain and other
officers <>f the Kcarsage. A letter in the
Independence llelge says that two days
after tlie defeat of the Alabama, an ironplated
vessel built at Dordeaux, left there
with a view of succeeding the Alabama
and revenging her destruction.
n c*
A financial rumor was the on dlt du|
ring Friday aud Saturday lust in llich'
mond. It wa.s said that the distinguished
' gentleman who has recently been eleva:
ted to the Secretaryship of the Con fedI
crate Treasury, with his coadjutors, has
j a grand scheme on foot for the purchase
i nit tlir> Government cotton and tobacco
in the Confederate States, throwing upon
the market as its equivalent upwards of
eight million pounds sterling, or forty
millions in gold. ^J'lie stupendous wealth
of the parties said to be interested
makes the suggestion p issible, if not altogether
probable.
Tleferring to the Alabama the H7\ '?j
says the Yankees are jubilant over their
; victory, as well they may be. Mcrehan's
and shipowners will re.?t more easily at
nights, and the she p of Yankee skippers
will uoi^for-a time at least, he disturbed
by visions of the ledoubtable Seiimics
' 11"is singular that fur this as well as for
other naval exploits, they have to thank
a Southerner. It was ;? Loui.-iaiiian who
bombarded the fort on the Mississppi, a
Teiiuossccan who took New Orleans, a
a Oclawarian who ventured into the
deadly lire of the Charleston defences,
and now a North Carolinian who destroys
the Alabama.
!
The Exploits of the Florida.
No so.mer is the Alabama at the hot:
| Voin of the ocean than the Florida com <
?* i . ...iii,
j indices to nil uic lauiicc mum ?ui.
.* dread. The New York papers are full
, of accounts of bor exploits. 'J ho barks
j (neeiibind, General Berry, Golconda,
' Zelinda, and the schooner Margaret
;' Davi*, have been burned by her since
| the Oth. The schooner Howard was boil',
ded. The officers of the Florida are dcs!
eribed as very gentlemanly in making
' tlieir captures, but very saucy,?one of
i tlietn having sent his hive to Abe Lincoln
by one of the captured crow. The cap;
tore which has created most sensation is
| that of the Electric Spark?an 800 ton
steamer?running between New York
and New Orleans, with an assorted cargo
! with 8000,000. She left New Orleans
t Saturday, and was caught by the Florida
| the next day about 1 o'clock. It is sup'
| posed she has been taken to Nassau.
The Currency.
! Our new Secretary of the Treasury has
' commenced his administration by the
j adoptiou of a measure which, we think,
' : will improve our currency. He has auj
thorized the Depositories to receive curI
reucy on deposit on call at-1 per ceut.
i interest. It has been suggested that our
, ! Banks should uow loan all their surplus
! funds to Government, and utterly refu.-e
1 to discount for speculators, aud we shall
soon sec a fall iu prices; or, at all events,
a check to any further advance in the
necessaries of life. i
If Congress will amend the Tax Act
; at its next session, so that the tax should
| attach to the coupons of the eigHt, seven
! and six per cent, bouds, instead of to the
bonds themselves, as the law now .provides,
the Treasury will receive a much
larger revenue from this source. We
believe a large amount of the bonds are
: leuviug daily for Europe, and nothing
but taxing the coupons will ever enable
the Government to realize t^e tax on the
bonds. England, when she pays tne
- public creditor or holder of her bonds,
keeps back the amount of the Income
. Tax. We might advantageously follow
i her example in this matter.
j The Enemy Mining at Petersburg- ot
The Examiner has it upon the best ! T
authority that Grant is at work atj
tempting to mine our position in front j (e
| of Petersburg The infantry that the C{
"Petersburg editors uiiss from our cenI
j tre arc no doubt busy under ground: A
i i_?- ?
j D Gwin, late Senator from California, 111
is reported to have been appointed
Governor General of Lower California, t|
and created Duke of Sonora, by Maxi- tr
tuilian. " P1
It is spoktn as a sol tun fact that notwithstanding
the Yankees have five hun- ^
? . u
dred vessels of all classes iu commission
?' '
m their navy, they are incessantly beg- j?
gins Great Uritian not to allow the Confederates
to fit out one or two men-of- ^
tl
, war. *
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i [ From (he R.i<ynvmd Srntiwil ]
Abe Lincoln's Midnight Medita- j ?
tions. *
. ' 1.
Scene in the White House. Abe in a sit- fj
i ting posture, his elbows on his knees, his p
I bands supporting his chin, and stupidly h
gazing into vacancy. tl
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BY LEANDEK KBR, CtrAPI.AIN. C
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> Abe sat in his chair, the type of despair, tJ
j And blue devils around hint were grinning 0
; And muttering, lie said, as he hung down his | ^
head, * | c
'.'1 atn limiting pOW progress ill It Iiiiiixg.
c
And lie thought on tlie time when lie, in his
prime,
On the Illinois river was boating,
I In his flalboat so smart, the fond pride of his
heart, j
As lie down the current went floating.
| Then he said : "They were fools, unlearned t
in the schools, 1
j Who placed ;ne where I sni now sitting ; i
Far better for nir. I were chopping a tree,
And engaged m the work of rail-splitting, j 3
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| Those rebels annoy tnc : I fear they'll de- |
stray uie;
Who would think they could give me such
trouble ? ! 4
They are so uncivil, and tight like the devil, '
' And scatter my Yankees like stubble.
Ilu ' Seward and Chase, come attend to my
*"rase";*
And. Sianiou. pray, what are you doing ?
Your lying won't do! they're not worth an ; J
old shoe;
Oh, what trouble around me is brewing ! |
.My speeches and letters, my handcuffs and !
. fetters, G
Have failed nie to bring to submission
The Southern pride, that in triumph will ride 7
1 In this new locomotive. Secession,
1
! ircxm* are. defeated, in v generals retreat- I
j * cd. ' 8
And slaughter is followed by slaughter; (j
Willi naught but disgraces and Hull Hun ra- j
ees,
(i. give me some brandy and water!
[ Drinks deeply and feels comforted. ] ]
; "Each fight is a Dull Run. and nothing is well
j done :
j And the slaughter ! there never was such;
| These rebels are furious ; their fighting is cQ- ^
viotts;
How (hey smash Yankees, Negroes and .
Dutch!
"I gave Dahlgren full powers to make Richmond
ours, jj
Aud to btrrn that proud city and riter: j
'
I Rut Dahlgren is dead and my Yankees are j f(
fled. ' " I t
And Richmond is holder than ever. I n
i P
And, Grant, you're a humbug, or you would I u
have dug | ^
? Yourself into Richmond by this time;
If spades arc your trumps, you should dig out ?
the stumps,
And the capture of Richmond be pastime.
"Oh, \vhat shall I do ? Things look terribly s
blue, v
And I feel very bad in my liver, (con- e
science '! ) 1
Oh, that 1 were afloat, in my jolly flatboat, "
Once again on the Illinois river.
f Drinks more deeply to drown his sorrow
* " II
and relieve his liver ; but sees strange sights. ] j
What strange things surround me; dread o
borrows confound me ; p
Ah, the rebels around me arc swnrruing ; It
I'll go seek my bed, and rest my poor head, a
And sleep, it' I can, till the morning. ti
[ Keels off to bed and concludes with, ] fi
"I believe I'm a fool, and the dirtiest tool
Of the black abolitionist party ;
Seward, you and the devil have caused a}l
this*evil;
In my soul I could curse you most hearty." 1
[ Exit Lincoln into the land of fright/u tl
dreams. ]
Camt Winder, July, 1864.
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A Gloomy Picture. 1c
A writer in the Indianapolis Sentinel is
sums up some of the results of Republi- h
can rule for the past three years: si
1. We have lost, by death ?nd per- di
manent disability, more than a million oC fc
men from violence and disease in tbis st
war. Ov6r two millions have enlisted m
altogether. There are not much over ta
half a million in the field now. Where ct
are the balance? * * w
2. We t-ave created a debt of over a]
three thousand millions of dollars. The H
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\
facial report ot tfae Secretary 01 me
reasury does not show over half the aclal
debt; it docs not lake into account
ie floating debt created by quarterinasrs
and other officers, for which receipts,
irtificate.s and vouchers are outstanding.
3. By the abolition and confiscation
.cts every vestige of Union feeling in
ie South has been blotted out, as Dunlore's
policy united the colonies.
4. The nation's wealth is about twelve
lousand millions of dollars. Three
lousand millions of that has been des oyed
and wasted. So we are that much \
oorer. Its place is supplied by irreeemablc
paper.
5. The whole country is one vast pest-1
ouse of sickness and disease, consequent
pon congregating men iu large bod'res,
nd then scattering them throughout the
tnd.
6. In every direction we may turn,
e hear the voice of mourning, aud see
lie weeds of affliction. Well might the
ise men say: "When the righteous are
l authority, the people rejoice; but when
lie wicked bearcth rule, tbe people
lourn."
7. Demoralization is spreading," like a
jprous sore, through all the ramifica- !
ions of society. Look at tbe police re- !
orts; there is no longer much regard for
utiiun life. Look arouud you aud see
lie "dissolution of the framework of soiefy."
Hut the other day two Republi in
nnn/irc u'l'in d isc.n?i n tr the OUestiOD
" ? o ? - 1
whether, at the headpuarters of Aboliion
officials, there were fifteen thousand
r only ten thousand lewd women.?
lascality aid public plunder, as in the
uses of Cameron and Fremont, are regardd
and rewarded as special virtues in offiials.
Grant's Fourth of July Dinner in
Richmond.
The following toasts were to have
?cen drunk at a Fourth of July dinner.
804; iu the city of Richmond, to which
Jeuf. Gen Grant was "solemly called,
?ut came not j"
st?The Day we Desecrate.
Id?The Star Spangled Banner?"Let
her rip."
Id?Our /.'//invited Guest?
(Drank standing and in silence?a
malicious reporter says that the j
subject (if the .sentiment was drunk, [
///?// qihI vnrorious )
th?The "Peculiar Institution
'A rose by any other name would smell :
as sweet."
Music bv a C"Untry Baud.
Alu?''(M? I General Hooker,
Can't you help dis uiggcr !"
tL?Loo-Xatk-k Ass-Hums.
' Each Lucy diutcrvai of thought
fuo.lls the woes of Nature's chatter."
And he who lives as idiot's' might
But dies as idiots' have what matter."
th?The Yankee Nation?"Long may
...99
u race.
th?The " Onion" ?( Uniou )?"It ;
must and shall be preserved"?or
th?Abe Lincoln and-die Devil*?Parnubile
J'riitrnm.
th?Our Raiders.
Lnt?,*In the days when we wcnt"typsA
r-liort time ago."
Oilr?Richmond. If there be six in I
the field, they are "Sic Semper-"
1th?"The Impetuous Nancy." alias
the Rapid Ann?Grant's Rubicou
?over the left.
2th?The State of Virginia?Xoio in
statu quo."
3 th?Galls; Rich.Whitj.
An Incident of the LineAn
amusiug incident occurred on the
ncs in front of battery No. 22, on the
fternoon of 4th of July. A large Newjundland
dog was seen to conic out from
lie enemy's line of battle in front of that
oiut, and run up and down in a playful
nan tier between the two hostile line6.?
'icket firing having ceased by mutual
onseut, the men on both sides flocked
ut to witness the spectacle, and as the
og would approach near our lines or re
urn towards the Yankees he was greeted
,-ith loud cheering. In this manner the
pirits of tlie Confederates and lanuees
rere exbilerafed to a high degree, and
ventually the bands began to perforin,
'he band of our battery struck up
Dixie," aud was responded to with
Yankee Doodle," from the Yankee
ines. All this time the dog was huntiig
up and down the lines in full sight,
le was whistled to at -last by some of
ur troops, and a-flghge tin canteen apended
to his tail. H& was then turned
jose amid loud hurrahs*?.and laughter,
nd sent on his way at 2.40 speed back
a the companionship of his Yankee
riends, who celebrated his arrival with
qoal gusto. The incident is said to
ave afforded a-*ery amusing diversion.
A Liberal Landlord.
It. S. Bowles, proprietor of tho Collins
louse, Grenada, Miss., in a card to the
-avclling public, published in the Atlaai
Appeal, says:
As much as. Mississippi has been
bused, most of our hearts overflow with
tve and kindness for the soldier who
giving his life for our liberty- and
omes. And to prove it, if yog should
,op.at the Collins House, I charge two
ullars a .meal, and eight dollars a day
ir board. It has been' my custom, and
ill is, if you have "ho money, my bill is
othing, and if you have no money to
ike you home, I always lend, and you i
in pay when you are able. Soldiers'
ivos and mothers without money have
ways been welcome at the Collins
ouse.
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Li AT JUST A1VIVA I nih W S3The
Great Battle Before Atlanta.
Atlanta", July 22?The great atrug,- .
glc'for Atlanta commenced to-day, immediately
surroundiug the city on the
North side, in form of a semi circle, and
opened with artillery, which continued
until about 2 o'clock. Hardee and
Wheeler were detatched the uight before
by Gen. Hood, and by this time struck - ' * $1
the euemy's left, making a flank movement,
when Hood's old corps, under
Cheatham, advanced from breastworks, *
aud Jrowe the eucray's- liues over their
breastworks more than a mile. caDturin^
a largo number of guns, flag? aud prisou?rs.
The battle is uot yet concluded?
Hardee still pressing on Federal flank,
having captured 1ft guus and about 2,
500 prisoners. The total number of
guns on hand from 22 to 24; prisoners,
nearly 4,000. ; :
The Federal Gen. McPherson is reported
killed, also several brigadiers.
Gen. W. II. Walker and Col. Maury . , ^
were killed ; Gens. Gist, Giles A. Smith,
Colquitt and Staples- wounded; Col.
Pressly, of the 19th South Carolina, shot,
though not dungei'ously j Lieut. Jolly
and C. Habersham, of Savannah, killed.
There was much hand to hand fightiug.
The enemy is crippled both in morale
and losses, while our troops are in
f^pleadid spirits, and expect to renew the
battle every moment.
The Georgia militia, under Geo. Gustavus
W. Smith, won golden opinions.
They were as steady as veterans.
Wheeler's cavalry greatly distinguished
themselves, carrying a line of formidable
hrfnstwnrlr* :inrl rjinfnrinrr thfi irarrison.
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equipments ami many prisoners.
Growing Civil and Civilized. ?
On the first advance of the Yankee army
from Memphis, says the Mobile Adv*rfiner
of the 12th, it is. said that Gen,
Forrest scut a flag of truce to ask upon
what plan the war was to be vagcri?if
the black flag was meant tf> be raised and
the Yankee battle cry was to be "F<>rt
l'illow" and Quarter," he had no
objection to meet the Yankee General on
suob-iw-wna, bnthe tk>s?rod *<*., k?v?\r
bof.u-eh'a jd.
Tlie repiv ..?# that the federal General
had given" strict orders to respect . ' >
private property on the match, and that ' ?
lie preferred to conduct the campaign ont lie *.
humane and civilized principles of modern
warfare- lie only rdqtlicod that his
negro soldiers, if should be
treated as prisonqfeti^TOT.
Thus Gen. Forntfttffias taught one Yankee
General the language of moderation
apd humanity. He has done it by forcible
deeds and the terror of his name.
Deaths in the Confederate Army.
The number of deaths in the Confederate
army reported to the Second Auditor's
office at Kichiuond, up to the 31st
December, 13(53, is 57,895, distributed . "
among the Slates as follows:
Georgia, 9,5(J4; Alabama, 8,987;
North Carolina, 8,201; South Carolina,
4,511; Louisiana, 3,030; Arkansas, '
1,948; Florida, 1,116. ' i
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Among the rumors on the streets -yesterday
were that Atlanta was being
moved to Macon; that Early had captured'
Bangor, Maine; that a inan: bad
crossed the Mississippi who told the
truth; that Gen Johnston had been superceded
by Gen. Sherman, and that a
speculator bad professed religion.
[ Macon Confederate,
From Arkansas. t
The Layfactte Journal uotice9 the,
return of Captaio Hiue to that city from
Arkansas, wbere be has been for three
months. His description of the condition
of things is gloomy. No preparations
have been .made for raising a crop
this year, and to all the other horrors of
war absolute famine is to be added.
Crowds of raggcul and woe-begone people,
whole families, men, women and children besiege
every steamboat for passage,
willing to go in aoj direction to escape
tbe desolation and misery of tbeir bomes.
Many leave tbeir families, cattle and
household goods, to be appropriated by
tbe first comer, anxious ouly to escape
with life. Tbe country is over-run by
predatory bancs of guerril^s, who plunder,
rob, and kill, burn, sack and raaage,
without reference to age, sex or opin- -dflj
ions.
From the deck of the passing steamer
tho traveller sees, blackened timbers,
ash hoaps and smoking r ruins,
where once stood happy homes. '
Fences, shade rees, barns.andbchards aVe
gone. Every streamer is fired into from
tnc shore by bauds that roam up' and
down in quest ff plunder. Altogether,
uOG picture 10 iiJUdb oau auu giuvuij. ^ ?
Lawlessuess'ba# taken the place of law.
There is little protection for life or tfjaper- i
ty. Might rules with undisputed sway,
Society is disorganized aid lapses iuto
parbansm. Gangs of slaves wander helpless
over the land, while their masters
scour the country on evil deeds intent
Arkansas never was a very inviting ooun- ? j. .
try, if half that had been wfjA. is true. *\ j
Now it.has reaehedyjjie tbqlc of '
anttrcby an4 iqisei^^ jpJ
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