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Vol. Ill] CAMDEN, S. C? WEDNESDAY MOByiNG, AXJG-UST1' 3, 1864. LNoT ?Q . 4
c-?I From EuroD&i fe. AsJol
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BY |
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The Maryland Haid.
Tlie Kiclimonct J^uvmincr conruius ;i >
letter from an officer, giving a sketch of j
the operations of the cavalry during the
recent invasion of Maryland and the I
District of Columbia. We give below ,
all of the letter that is necessary to the i
interest of the narrative; a pait we con- j
sidcr it proper to wit hold :
"White's Ford on the Potomac, Ju- !
ly 15, 1SG4.?We are back o\er the
river, af'er a ten days' sojourn in Mary- j
land. What-all the results of our expo- :
. dilion are I do not yet sec, but suspect .
they are * * * In many respects the
raid is certainly a success. * * ;
We left Staunton about the 27th of:
June, the infantry passing down the '
Valley pike, the cavalry aloug a road i
parallel and to the West of the pike.
We (the cavalry) reached Winchester
on the 3d and on the 4th attached Gen.
Seigel at Lectown, from which, after a 1
severe struggle, lie retired At tmon we ;
struck the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and telegraph, and immediately pressed ;
on towards Mart-nshurg.
Ou the 4lb, our infantry tool: 8heppardstown
from which the Yankees were 1
driven with loss. We here took a flag !
from the 1st Now York Cavalry.
On the 5th, we crossed the Potomac ,
and proceeded t<l SJiarpsburg, and theucc j
marched to Boonesboro and Middletown, '
skirmishing a little with t-h^Yankees at i
the latter phce.
On the 8th, we drove thctn to the i
suburbs of Frc^^^?, hnt our orders L
would not pcrmit^r to take the town ; j
consequently we saw no'one there.
On the 9th, we started on our raid. ,
The army fnarchcd on Monocacy June- :
tion, while we-struck to the Fast fur the
railroads. Marching rapidly and cban- ,
ging horses as fast as: they were broken '
j down, we passed over the State. At
"daylight on the 10tlr, we were at Reistertovrn,
twelve miles from Baltimore ;
and at 9 o'clock a^un., were at Cockcysville,
on the~NonjflPjyn Central Railroad.
' tke 24 and p?rt
of the 1st M^rylana Cavalry, pushed on,
while we burnt the bridges ^it Cockeys
vUlc. Aext day, Maj. (jilifT* destroyed ;
all the bridges on the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Railroad, captured a train and
Maj. len. Franklin, and rejoined the
command at Poolcsville on the 18th.
From Cockeysvillc, Johnson's brigade ,
swept around Baltimore appearing al- ;
most simultaneously on so many different
roads, at intervals of from six to ten '
wiles "apart that piany different columns
were reported to be advancing at once
on Baltimore?
" " On the 11th, we struck the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Woodstock, and ;
011 the 1*2tii, the Washington and Baltimore
Road at Bchsville. A-t the latter
place, we fell in with the Yankee cavalry,
which we routed in thirty minutes.
By this time, Mr. Abraham Lincoln did
not know whether the United States bad
seceded or not. Wo had cut all communication
between Washington and the
North : After routing the Yankee cavalry,
we caught a passenger train of nine
cars and a commissary truiu laden with
sugar and coffee. Several citizens told 7
us that Lincoln had gone over the road
in a burthen train a short time before
our arrival. We remained at this place
( Beltsville ) until ordered to rejoin the
army.
A r<nrtr sonf. tiv Hen. .Tnhnsnn burnt !
Gov. Bradford's horns, with evcrythit;g
. in it except the ladies clothing and the i
piano. Gen Johnson ordered this to be
done as a retaliation for the burning of
Gov.^Letcher's house by (Jen. Hunter.
It was a harsh mca'sure, as far as it affected
the ladies of the family, hut .just
vengeance can take no.iccouut of persons.
The manner of the burning was, however,
very different from that at Lexington.
The young men engaged iu it
treated the family with the greatest respeet
"; assisted them in removing their
clothing and eSrricd their piano out for j
.them. A quantity of gold found in the j
bonse was given to one of the young la^
dies on her assurauce that it was her I
property.
Some of the incidents of our ride were j
amysiDg. We fell in with Painter's c< lc- j
brated traveling ice cream .-aloon with a
large quanity of ice cream ab aid. We j
had no rations, and vanilla, lemon and
other ices were jgsued to the whole command,
who ate uqipl they could eat no
more.- This was the first tunc a whole ,
cavalry brigade ever fed on ice cream.!
Uoo fmiti'flift time we left the .'irmv 1
VUI JU.-Oj liva. vwv J .
at Frederick jintil we rejoined it at I 1
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Blair'3 house, was one officer, I>ieut.
_ Euelin,.. Company B, First . Maryland
cavalry, killed or wounded, and two men 1
captured. We started on Saturday, the '
8th, and rejoined the army on Wednes- !
day, the 13th, baving-becn out of the
saddle only twice during that time, aDd
marched eighty miles at a stretch. <
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Incidents of the Invasion of Mars
land.
A correspondent of tlic New Yor
Herald gives an interesting account i
his trip to the seat of war in Marylum
from which we gather the following;
We reached the Gunpowder river a
safe, and immediately after passing tl
long trestle bridge speed was increase*
The train was in charge of Asber Panoo.engiucer,
and T. Prison, conductor.About
two miles from the bridge, i
Magnolia station, two or three pistol alio
wore hoard,- when the fiain sudden!
stopped, and a cry was raised: "the rebe
in
are on us:
But a few seconds elapsed before the
entered the cars, carrying pistols in the
bands. The first question asked w:i
"Arc there any ladies in this <??**" G
being answered in the affirmative, the
ordered every lady to sit down. Th
was immediately followed by auothi
order to "Clear out." it was wlii
leaving the cars rhat purses and watch
were taken from the passengers. Tl
request to hand thorn over was enforce
by a cocked pistol held at the heads
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I ilU >IUUUIIACU j/..w
rrs were then placed utidCra strong guar
and the ears set on tire, after the baggaj
and express ears had been cmptied.Steani
was tlien got up, the engine rover
cd, and the train of blazing cars ri
down to Gunpowder bridge. "A eolutt
of dense biack smoke was soon seen ri
ing in the direction yf the bridge, at
when the rebels, who had been in char;
of the train, returned, they said tl
bridge was burning finely, and would I
totally consumed. The. first train w
burniug when we were stopped, and it
a somewhat singular circumstance t!i
neither the engineer nor the conductor
charge of the express train could sec tl
smoke in time to stop and reverse tl
train. It appears to have been a piece
gross carelessness on their part, knowin
as they must have done, that the re be
were scattered all over the country.
Many of t he passengers diu n->t. hesifa
to accuse them yf something even mo
heinous than carelessness.
Maj. General Franklin wns^i passe
gor on board the trrtin.^IIe was drcsst
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iii citizens clonics, aim wucn me n.-ut i
entered tlfc cars and asked him who 1
was? he replied: "Nobody of any ace- mn'
The guard passed on a few yrirds, win
a Baltimore lady (of whom there w(|uite.
a nunlber on board) told him tl
General'?"/'tink and. name. The gu n
returned and demanded his papcis, wliii
were of course, handed over, and t!
General was taken from the car.
The rebef"!\>rco consisted of. about tv
liundri iJ and fifty men. ? Tli-.y were uud
the command of .Major Ilariv Gilme
and consisted of twenty -ivo meti b.dongi:
to the First Regiment .Maryland cavalr
and the balance be 1 ng to the Fccoi
Maryland, Major Gilmer's own regimen
They were fine, hearty looking men, ui
the majority had evidently In en i:i i!
service a considerable length of time.About
a score of time were dressed
citizens' clothing, and judging from the
fair complexions, had but recently joint
the command. Fmui their cunvcrsatii
1 learned that the majority were re.dents
of Maryland. Major Gilmer,
was informed, lived about live miles fro
Magnolia. The men were all fine
mounted, and said they had had thrt
remounts within the last. week. The
were armed with pistols, carbines a*v
sabers. They conversed very freel
about their prospect, saying they wci
"i'^ a tight place" and had but little hof
of getting Ait but intended to make
dash on Baltimore and Washington b
fore many hours. They stated that Go;
Bradley .Johnson had a force of ten thoi
sand men encamped about seven mill
away, and pointed in a northwester!
direction.
The-lady prisoners were rcmarkab
well treated by the rebels, and it w;
somewhat amusing when 'he train w;
stopped to see the rcble horsemen rii
up to the car windows, where they wci
greeted somewhat as : "Why, Tom,
that you "How arc y??u, Harry ?
"Oh, come inside." Small white ham
were grasped by toe brown, hard ones
the troopers and warmly slinked. Mar
of thcui dismounted, and, on enterit
the car, were very affectionately kisst
by their lady friends. It. appeared to I
quite a joyful meeting.
The other prisoners were treated vej
well, with the exception of being oblige
to give up whatever any of their canto
fancied he would like to possess. Oi
gentleman, a doctor, 1 believe, was eon
pi lled to draw off his bonis and exchanr
them for a pair of dusty, cowhide ridin
boots, or rather leggings, as they wci
minus the soles. A rebel fancied tn
hat, and took it, with the remark ,"IIen
I want that, hat," at the same time gi'
ing me hi- tobacco stained- arid rust
innkiiig ft it in exchange. My liaversac
followed next. It contained, among otl
cr things, a number of despatches and
long list of casualties. l*hc blanket f<?
lowed shortly afterwards, and soon \
together with the majority of the prisoi
ers, had no article ?[* value left. Th
man who appn priatod the liaversac
very k.ndly allowed me to retain tw
photographs and a tooth brush. Like
ncsses were, in every instance, returnc
to the owners, as wore also any othe
small articles of no value to the rebel*
As far as lay in their power, every thin
was done to make our situation pleasant
Fresfi water was brought up in abuu
iaDce. The rebels had recently bee
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r- : through several stores an?i sutlers, wag|
ous, and were well supplied witii sugar
' and tobacco, which they dispensed very
'liberally among the prisoners. Those
i who were hungry were supplied with as
^3 j much hard tack as they could eat, and a
j?ni:tl! supply of good brandy and whiskey
jl was equally shared, and tended to pto!
mote a feeling of good fellowship,
j During the four hours we remained in
t' : their custody, the rebels several times as
' j sorted that their only object in o-uitinui
ing the war was t ? win tlieir "liberty
( and independence, and only wanted to
be let alone." Arming the negroes was
j*. | a subject of much complaint. They said
' it was all "Old Abe's doing, and if ever
j they cought him they intended tying hi tu
j | to u tree and making liiin kiss a nigger."
^ ; General McClellno was spoken of with
(ij j much respect, and they said "he was the
, . ; only Uuion general worthy of the posi;
tion."
, j About two o'clock Major Gilmer sent
I i word for all the citizens and non-com
^ missioned officers and privates to be sent
l up to his headquarters, which had been
j j established in a farmhouse in the vicini0f
'y* Ou arriving thorn we found that one
ri of the prisoners; George G. Thomson, a
j sailor, who had just been discharged
' i fr-on the Tinted States steamer Agawam,
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j had met an old shipmate acting as a cor
j poral in the rebel cavalry. Mike was a
: genuine sailor, and promised to do all in
his power to get as many of us off as
1 possible. He told us to keep close to
'j i getlicr, and bo would sec the Major in
i relation to our release. After the lapst
~ i of about ten minutes, Mike came oui
I with a beaming face, and said it was all
; right. The Major had given him order;
v. ! to escort us for about one mile up tlx
' track and then leave us to find our way tc
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. i Havre de Grace,
in mm
ie , The New Commander of the Army
le% of Tennessee.
(irii Hood was horn in Uafli'County
Kentucky, on tlin 29tli of June, 1 Si*i
^ ami is consoqm ntly only a little over
; years of ago. He graduated at Wesi
fl Point in tin' class of 1803, and was as
r" J sii'm'ti tj? datv in 'he 4th infantry, in
California, wiicre he s-rved twmity-tw<
n" months. In July, 1855, lie .was trans
ferrcl to the 2-1 cavalry, commatiden b;,
155 the late (jcncrnl ( then (Joloucl ) A1 b>*r
Sidney Jnh'jstoii, and of wlifeli (dun K
I") Lee was Lieutenant Coh'tiel In tin
n , winter of IS'i.j-'oG, lie filtered the fron
lf> tier service in Western Texas, where, in
tiie Ju'y full '\vi.!i.r, ! <' was wounded ffi ;
y spirated engagement with the liidans
lie continued in the service of the 1 ni
'' fed States, and ? short time previous (.
the l-ghiing of the present iv-ir jo?s or
1 ' duvd to rojiort fur duty at West 1'uin
2 ; as instructor of cavalry. At'his own re
! quest., however, lie allowed to rcturr
't-' to duty in Texas. being desirous of cast
' ing his destinies witli that portion of tlx
country to which he was most dcvotcdl)
' j attached, (la the llitli of April, 18C1
he resigned his cm mission ami tender, c
,L Lis services to the Confederacy. Ill:
? j name was eutere I upon the roll with tin
rank uf first lieiiteiiant, and lie was or
I dered to report to H.-n Lee in Virginia
; He served with dislielion on the 1'e.nin
'.n sola, and so rapid was his promo'ion
that oil the. yCTtli of September he received
! tile commission of colonel of infantry
: ami was placed in coininnnd of the 4th
- ; regiment of Texas volunteers, then in
c camp near Richmond. Subsequent-!*
the 4tli and 5th Texas regiments wen
, organized into a brigade, and on the 3d
'v ! f IQllO <\.l,.n,.l U..n,l ? ,.? f, r?.
~ | ' I .'ian.il, hju-j * ?.-?"wv.i ?.jr
10 pointed to the command. Thus witbir
,L 1 the brief space of '.en* months and seven
:i teen days he rose from the rank of first
u" lieutenant, to that of brigadier. At the
battle of Chickumaugn, as in eyery othet
d' battle in which lie was engaged, General
:" Hood bore a prominent part, and was sr
i severely wounded in tlie right leg as tc
render amputation necessary. For si?g^
i nal courage displayed" ou that hard fought
1> field, he was made licutonaut general.
As soon as he had sufficiently recovered,
lL he resumed his acitve duties in the army
r.L of Tennessee, of which lie has now the
,VT command.
Is : Mrs. Abo Lincolu "at Homo."
of: A wri'cr in the Mobile Register reiy
marks that before the advent of Mr*,
ig Lincoln, the White House was the scene
;d i only of these simple, republican forms
->e j ?>f reception observed in the stately yet
plain style of Mrs. Madison, the agrees y
: lile soirees of Mrs. Taylor,whe unostcntad
tioris levee of Mrs. Folk, and the chaste
rs , elegance that adorned the little reunions
ic of Miss Lane. Rut the present mistress
). proceeds on a dffercnt plan, and gorges
;e her guests not so much with cultivated
g hospitality as with the grosser luxuric-s
e of the larder and wine cellar,
y i Mrs Liccnln has learned something
1 froni her lir>t lesson. Soon after she
r-I i .ic lady of the executive many
i^^BRe went, to Gautier and asked iiim
k if Vcould furnish a" dinner for thirty
i-1 persons, wine \jwlpded, for three dollars
a apiece ? The oi^^MLFi'cnchman npen1
| cil his eve. "Fanfr-C^;Aym," said lie,
[, ' "but seven dollar ze pfifte, &ft diust pay
i- j me for de lect.le trouble I should do
c myself the honor to take for you."?
k ; Madame reasoned, and M. Gauticr apoloo
, gized, and the upshot" was, that she re>
j tired in disgust and cooked her own
d j dinner. Rut the story was too good to
r | be lost. It first crept into gossip, then
i. into the newspapers, until the good wog
man was so mortified that she has pur>.
sued' the opposite extreme ever siuce,
i-. loading her tattles, in a manner to rival
u those of Caligula or Mark AnothoDy.
J. T. fJERSHM AN?JuauorI'amdcn,
Wednesday, August
i ^
The transportation train of the arr
of the Potomac would make a line
I wagons sixty-two and a half mile
lenght.
The F/oriil i is commanded by Cti
C. Manigault Morris, of South Cat
lina. ller crew is stated at one lit
dred ami fifty-five men, who arc said
be greatly attached to their command
?!'ei.low Fever among the Yanks
Great excitcmcut has been caused
; Portsmouth, New Hampshire,'by the :
pearance of th<? Yellow Fever. It V
! taken there by the De Soto and tbirte
I
I fatal cases have occurred.
; ! A writer says that fo mark entin
i beautiful women, it would be necessa
i to take the licad from Greece, the bi
. from Austria, the feet from Hindoost;
r i
I : the shoulders frotn Italy, the walk fri
, ; Spain, and the complexion from Englai
L ? 7
i I Four hifndred factory girls, worki
in the cotton factory at Foswell, G
! were ?irested by order of Sherman, I
i unfeeling beast, and sent North of
! | Ohio river, penniless and friendless,
j scc-k a livelihood among a strange a
hostile people.
, i IIeinforckments for Gf.nfp
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Hor>n.?Wc learn (says the Savani
r j Xcics) that General S. I). Lee, w
from eight to ten thousand troops, I
joined Goner* 1 Hood. Withiu a 1
)
. days we may. now look for news of s
? rinir events in the neighborhood of :
' i lanta.
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1 ; Goon ?Gen. Hood 4s effectually :
i radically changing the condition of tlii
in liic horse department. lie dismo
t | trd the command that, sacked A flat
some nights ago, and is executing
stringent orders to dismount every hoi
! man and muli inaii who is found al^
i from his command.
T/st of carnalities in Kersh.'rtv's
1 vision front the a'h of May to the -
, June, 1801, have been received at
. Army Intelligence Office in .Rich;;:;.'
i Kershaw's division compulses the
^ lowing brigades : Wnfford's Geor'
Bryan'* Georgia, Humphrey's Mis
sijipi, and K< rsltaw's 5???nth Oarolina.
I I
Kerstown, tlie scene of the late vie
ry? if General Marly over Crook, is
Frederick county, Va., four miles fr
Winchester It was on this spot tl;
on Sunday, tlie '23d of April. 1*6:2,
I immortal Stonewall Jackson, witlra fo
, of not exceeding 3,500 men, wcarcd i
1 by forced marclies for weeks, attael
' 20,000 fro.*h troops, dcruised tlirui
, poatedly, and so crippled tlieni that tli
[ were uuablc to follow him in his ret re
The enemy, -notwithstanding the gr
L disparity of forces, could claim nothi
more than a drawn battle. lie will ha
, 1 ly, with his habitual mendacity, cla
even that now.
1 Six' Per Cent Bonds1
We are pleased to sec that the Secre
ryof the Treasury has gi ven orders that I
coupons of the non-taxable six per cc
, bonds due January, 1^65, should be
; ceived now in payment of public du
; By this step, which is, of course, a dec
; ration that the Government is disposed
j anticipate its indebtedness, the value
these bonds must be at once greatly <
| : hanced. Here begiuncth the first ch;
i j tor of that sound ami upright "poli
; which wc may expect to eminatc fri
the large and honest brain of our pr
cot fiuancial head.
i Prisoners at Fort Delawafe lai
Washington.
! By letters received during the p
j week, we learn that Mr. E B CunF.T
j and SAMUEL II. Bovkin, are yetbastil
j in Fort Delaware, where they have be
; confined for more than twelve niODths
j they arc reported to. be enjoying gr
health and in buoyant spiii's Lieut*. 1
E. Johnson, jr., and U P. Bonne
also T. L. Bovkin and Lynch H. Da
j are reported imprisoned at Washing!
j ?the latter having been wouuded sevei
i tyMr^the thigh, though improving?
of whofoy We learn, were well when h
I heard from,- '?
Any of our frienck receiving letters
: flag of truce, would confer a favor by
lowing us to extract such information
would be of interest to the friends a
relatives of our soldiers who may ha
fallen into the bauds of the enemy.
Ol^UUlVttUV
? Tlic New York News, of the 13th
inst., speaking of the effect of invasion*
? upon the currency, says: "It is a matter
of surprise with some that gold should
have fallen yesterday in the face of the
bewildcrjng condition of affairs in Maryland.
We think, however, that there is
ipt little cause for wonder. The fact that,
ro- after three years of hostilities, taxing
in- the utmost resources of the Federal
to Government, the Confederates are able
er. to invade the North and threaten the
Federal capital, has impressed our money
? *"^dealcr| with thc conviction that the war
in is a failure, that the appeal to arms must
P" be wjinquished, and that peace is at hand
?as It is this prospect of an approaching
^ peace that has favorably influenced the
price of greenbacks, despite of the startling
intelligence from Maryland."
ry What Should be Done.
What are the poor to do for corn ? Will
those who have it sell it.? Tn a horn J
*n, j Hut seriously what are the poor to do ?
? ! Who'll erivc. or sell, or lend ? Will yoll or you?
jiii ?
\ ou will not sec them suffer, will you :
jd- .Nay. an* y on do, the widow's God will kill you !
j tor though your corn is locked within your
cribs,
j The heart, steel-clad, that beats beneath your
a., i ribs,
llJC I You cannot 'sdape the lighting, nor the blast,
j That willccnsumcyourcribs and you at last,^
the The gnawing* the Worm that never dics-H
i The pains and aghoics Remorse supply?
; The bitter taunts and sneers and hate of those
Hid ; Who, in the fierce encounter, met their foes?
| Wounded and rnaimcd go halting all their life,
| The sad mementoes of the deadly strife?
, These and theirciiildrcn suffering for bread,
tAL I Their withering glances follow whcrcyou trend
| And index fingers point you out in -corti
la 1 Asone who could, but would not, sell them corn,
it!) What arc the poor to do for bread thong times ?
las I ",CY en"111?' l'vC on a'1" (nf)r we on hyme)
i So let us all agree to do our best
r.'vc I cn,v,,r ftioi'i and God will do the rest.
it- LATEST ARMY NEWS
From the Georgia Front.
in(j ; ACO <, July 29.?The latest advices
from Atlanta was by the train and tcleun
graph yesterday evening. We learn by
, ? the train which left at nightfall that the
I .1 , c
[,js | enemy attacked our left extending from
r%e. the city inward* the Chattahopchieycsferfht
:ind were repulsed and driven about
' a mile. Ti tle last evening orders'were
I .
; received by telegraph to send ears to
di- : bring the wounded to the rear. A tele
ith graph dated yesterday, from Atlanta,
the from a high officer, to Gen. Johnson,
ud. ' received here sajs fighting is now going
fid | on. We have diiven l!>em, but details
da, not known. Stewart, Loriotr and Walth'
' SJ
sis- , all are reported wouuded. A private
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! telegram from tiriltin report.'? \> uectcr
also wounded. A cavalry force of the
do- , enemy, strength unknown, struck the
in , Macon and Western Railroad below
mil Jonesboro this liiorning, and arc reportiat,
cd tearing up the railroad in this dinethe
tion. The other cavalrv force of the
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rce enemy, to-day reported near Atlanta, are
3,,t moving toward this place.
re-' Hunter's Terrible Defeat?The
iev ; Truth at Last;i*
j The 12th Ohio, veteran regiment,
? t , came down from the .Kanawha country
n? | on the Allen Collier yesterday. They
nj : are about to be mustered out of service.
jm | This regiment was with Gen. Hunter in
! his late Lynchburg expedition. The
j rebels pursued Hunter in his retreat, and
a series of engagements were fought, in
fa- which our loss was at least 8,000 in
die i killed, wounded and missing. On the
nt. | ictreat, it is charged that Gen. Hunter
re- i fiiled the ambulances with negroes, to
cs. ! tlio neglect of the wounded white solla
; dicrs. IIis conduct is bitterly dcnouncto
ed by all the soldiers.*
of ; It is also said that Gen. Crook has
en- \ preferred charges against Gen. Hunter
ip- ; for incapacity and cruel treatment of bis
icy , men As an instance, it is charged
am i (we hope entirely untrue, for it i6 almost
es- incredible,) that Gen. Hunter cow-hidcd
i a man personally for jirdcriqg a negro to
get off a horse to give place to a woundQc*
cd soldier.
At Councllton, the head of the navilist
gation-on th? Kanawha, 3,000 wounded
?* were placed on barncs and .towed down
| the river. The sufferings on the retreat
C" |,werc terrible, and half dozen soldiers
^ died per hour during the last two days
from starvation, fatigue and exposure.
' The retreat was long, horrible and disas;y
' trous in the extreme.? Cincinnati EnEK
quircr.
re- From the North.
all Richmond, July 20. ?The New York |
ist Herald of the 27th has been received.
Tho nncmv are arrain threatening !
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by Pennsylvania and Maryland, and there j
al* was considerable excitement at Baltimoro '
ty< yesterday in consequence. The intelli- j
nd geRge from this invasion is scattered and j
vc unsatisfactory, fcbut sufficient to cause 1
uneasiness iD Washington. '
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Richmond, July 29.?European advice!
of tlie 16th nre at hand. A deputationfor
obtaiuing a cessation of hostilities iaAmerica
waited Upon Lord PuIin^rstbB .JS
on the 15th and urged the Government
to meditate .or a rcstortation of peace beI
ween the belligerents. JThey nrgaaJ
that the iudependencc of the ConfedUfacjf-'^^',^
was virtually accomplished, and any prd- 'fyTj
longation of the war would only result in i ">?Js
mutual slaughter. Palmcrston, in reply^.
' Tlicy who in quarrels interpose, ' JH
Will oft wipe a bloody nose." . Jfl A\
lie wns not afraid of a bloody nose. buk"Jg
feared mediatory proposals would be
premature.
News from the continent idicates a
peaceful settlement of the Danish Government
question. '-Hi
The Confederate loan has futher advanced
and Was buoyant.
. From Georgia.
? Raiders on* the Macon and Western ??a5
rnad were attacked and driven back by
our cavalry yesterday. They destroyed - * J
about 4 miles of the road and telegraph - ,'^S
lines. Injury not material. *,
^GiOffi.n, July 31.?Private intelligeijMtorrived
here late last night from >3
Atlanta. Our troops fought gallantly? ' ^
carrying thgjlinc of the^enemy's entrench- -4
mcnts, but now hold their original posl- '
It is reported that Wheeler's leg was . J
shot off. Loring hud a ball pass around
toe ribs but did not euter.
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From Virginia.
Petersburg, July 31.?Fifteen bat- x* .1
! tie Gags were captured yesterday, and
1 over two thousaud stand of apm*. Our
loss in killed, wounded and missing about f
eight liuudred. Prisoners say the Yan- ,->ijj
kee General Griffin wn killed ye-terday.
The enemy's los- is fully three thousand
five hundred. Yesterday was the first
i tinv the anny of Northern Virginia has
j f. ught negroes. Our troops today -arc . . 1
| busy burying dead left'iu . - Jj
! our lines. ..AfnSpRt to day. About . i|fl
! two o'closd a flag of truce was sent into .
j our lines. Object unknown. Supposed
! for the purpose of 'jetting time to bury
i the Yankee dead betwee t)ie .lines. *
i?icfiMO.wn7^VrigusFX-^Thc Yankee1!: 7"s^1
| on the north side of James river, at deep *
I Bottom, have rccrossed to the south side,
j reuniting with the main body of Oram's
, army. 1-4
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J MC iUliUWiug nag n,Vviisy?t/j
0. Caldwell, which lie authrized me to' .
! send to ihe press:?Opkrator.
Macon, August, 1, lS64j?0/Cw/</j
icll: The Yankee raiders with their
comiuamlar have been eapttfred.
A. WRDSONG.
From the Trans Mississippi.
Mr. Warren Adams, who reached-ibe
city this mornjng frotu Houston, Texasv
which place he left on the 4th of the
present month, reports all quiet in that v
quarter. lie is uDdcr the impression
there is not a Y"a nkce in the State of J
: Texas; if it he true, as was reported and
j believed, that, they had evacuated ^
I Brownsville. There are no Yankees in
I Arkansas, banks' forces have nearly alj
j left New Orleans?it was supposed 'for
j Fortress Monroe.
Tt.o iimns?in Texas esneeiallv?are
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I uiaguificent, the oldest aettlcrs not remcro
' hering a more prolific yield of everything.
The people and the trans-Mississippi
army are is the finest spirits.
lie also brings us the gratifying news
that on the 2d inst., a large steamer load' * <
: ed with medicine and powder, reached a
Confederate port not often visited by y 1
blockadtrs.? Richmond Whig. 26th. ^
Interesting Inoident.
The Atlanta Appeal, of Tuesday, says
that when the order of the President relieving
Gen. Johnson; and placiug Gen.
Good in command of the army became
known, the three Lieutenant-Generals, *i
Ilardee, Ilood, Stewart, uuited in send- ?
ing a telegram to the Presideut, rcpro,
senting the unpropitious effect that mirdp ^ 1
Te produced by a change of commanders-'
at this critical moment, and respectfully
urging a reconsideration of the order.
| The President declined to do so, and the
["Generals having given expression to their
' convictions, then accorded to tbi
commander their prompt support, tfiatTv
the army might be ajunit before the ene- 1 \ I
my. N
One hundred ^of the Yankee deserters
held at the Castie in Richmond wcrelate-.>
ly transferred to the Libby, and their status
changed from deserters to tha? of pris- * *
oners of war. It is at last the deliberate
conviction ofthe Confederate Government i
that deserters can never become of any '
servioe to us, either in the army or the ?
workshop, and that it is better to get man
for man by an exchange of tbem under
tbo cartel, . .. ?
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