Daily Richmond Whig. [volume], May 08, 1862, Image 2

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The War atoodj Work oa the Prulosula.
T •* city **' excited, yesterday forenoon, by the re
port t''V. a severe battle had taken place, near Wil
liam.' i-", on Monday, resulting in the repairs of the
anesy, and tse c<D«ure of several hundred prisoner*—
T ';s rooort was tn«*d to a soldier who arrived in tbe
m>rn nr from below, and ifi tnsd that a letter from
Gen H.-Liwa to Gen. Ocbb was read in hia hearing
enamv. Seating the above information.
A u: 1 o’cbck i dispatch was received by the Secreta
ry o War f orn Go; era! Magruder, via Petersburg, in
w o ho t i'-d ’.ha; he bad heard that the low of tbe
eowuiy w-j wti, including 9'K) prisoner*, alto ten
p . ol»t ikry. Our lost in killed and wounded was re
pvr- 1 -o bo Svc hundred. Tbo dispatch says the enemy
were ,.,dn pw-.g forward. Gen. Magrnder, we learn
was .ici, sad had embarked on the steamer Shalt a, for
thia city. He probably rece.ved the above newt before
a-rivi *: CS'.y Point, and deemed it suificteotiy reliable
to bo transmitted by telegraph to the Secretary of War.
Abe : s o'clock, P. M , a courier arrived with a report
to tier. Lis from Gen. Johnston. The letter says that a
“baads03.*al-.r,,k>ck pUcsaC Williamsburg on Monday.
were dri-e i ►> u to the wood* about a mile.” The troops
p oi l* .-ac..doe our aide ware tnase commanded
: by s. Lju.-.-..-oc: and S'tiart.
A.o'.er .nuri.-r arrived atioct 7 o'clock, P. M., tnl
re,. r:.-i ;.ia: a tcoody battle bad oe«a fouga:, yesterday,
in the ti -inile at Birr.ameville, betweeu a portion of
ocr a'my, and a !a\;a foroe of Yankees who bad at
UBiji'fJtittk utcrcotol from the Yolk River. The
enemy wen r-t vised three or four times with great
cLughtar. The lues on our side was very heavy. We
tv: beir to give the various reports current on the streets,
Met night, preferring to await fuller and more authentic
aceouvdi, tics :u r..g, We mads cwry effort last eve
ait-g to ootcia some c Hiatal state men'-a of the battle, but
ware unsuccessful.
Cooraae and 1’ouatnnry.
Yhvt j a » r ate.-.red and tn be maintained by publio
op :. on. Itis n .-afore of the ntmost importance that
nothing be duao to J-soouragc that public sentiment.
Wo are pvtfec ty siacero in our conviction that with
the nhango of policy we are invincible. We will bare
co 'ten amphibious combats. We shall contend on the
In . 1—along tiie rivets—incite moon tains. We shall
it ve aivanUg.s of pis Lou and local knowledge.
Every one a.-: i. his sphere should do what he can to
sti nulate resistance, and encourage the timid and feebler
cl.ssea.
We cannot -upper** our detestation of those who,
app fantiy fit for the army,are yet l.ngwring in the walks
of privita life, e nsuring every military movement, and
am .-miing o eooisn and cht iren upon the prospects
before the®.
There li no number of society w* o cannot do sotne
v’ ar for the cats-; if he uumot r are. or figa: he ran
attend a hoeni ah If he is he l-rid Jen, be can tell the
w.i.ven and el i tlren who love Mm, to be of good ccur.
**«*, and show the® hom sieved and profane history,
ti.>: our rvvalu'isn has elements of strength and eccon
a-; ui T #»>».•: iar to most of those in which a people have
bs.u-d for their liberties.
H a tutu h-.s neither irengfh to work or knowledge to
te«e\ rv:ti*r than contribute to circulate the absurd
p el. .' ov -..prtad the Ivnd, 1st him keep bis mou h
b- : . T=.> is comparatively easy to do, and U a great
gain over ooaifl-lut and taf.liog.
/Joasn.a:y i< ot k estimable value to oor caues. II a
<vtu y i- overt . 1, why should tne people eubm t ? why
d-'-ale tnemtwlves with the idea that the oath of all a
gttreo ia or-ropu <#r» ' An path administered und« r
t a..- of -t. 2 to the captured, may bo void in law
ani oort-V, *>- be voluntary adoption of mother aile.
£i» c-» to sire r'cp-rty, moat bear a different construe
tio . L . tu..- , .1.m my to their conuiorors -Y-u
<.re taoro powoifal th-u we. Da onto us as you wilL—
We »»• f • --<• of the tSnrSera Confederacy by choice,
w. will d-> oxui’p inconsistent with oor chosen aile
g - '. Puii-h. if you choose, we can endure. Strip
us t , ,-:r worldly pwwwioM and w# wU! rely upon au
•-ce : 4 ewao! be taken away. Command us
to ' ■‘' ■•'i > id w wii' m»et death iteell with fortitoie,
t>u. »■* will never sunm-t to your accursed rule, nor wi.1
w err [fewlet from our opposition to it.
S-ei. ett1 t »j.j and cocstanoy will do more to foil the
«-V2sy that ar-nice. It will compel them to distribute
• • opr. I’ will prolong this contest. It will extort
f. : m e-isa, haa*J upon the impossibility of our
a* a r- the bonds which their wickedness and
aa.ii-.-wn bare torn a-nuder.
Treuwporuttlon of Stnpollro.
T rr it, ■ ■: ioub’ed'v, within the jjrisdeiloo of tho
Oo* ie 'e: -t ■ Gov-, tint n‘, a sufficient eupply of provi-ion
it ' I oor ar t-i- - tut it can be only mads available by
as *«! ■• -n- orra-i'xttiPt for its dolirerv at each poiota
as it may bo r»<)uir«d.
C .• trvi Ltd under considers ion a bill for osfsb’isli
■'*a’ * -J -‘cu-it'e adwrir i?-ra ion of the rail roads, but no
d i. .u-tion wta :ak*.n upon the subject.
T ■ ro*Js shou d be so regulated ns to give the
ti . v. ,..:i it cf e.rmy supplies a pr-ifertcce over the
r -of troops, u. lose the latter are required for an
•owrg.ircy.
•' the rr lliu; slock of the roadr is not la
a- y.; io*d . ,.s n gbt be dirircd, but still a judicious
■ c -a ... -a n of r- road uuutgers might make it aviil
an a' ..r .11 nee.miry purposed.
iu.rj h_v. b on e oriea iu circulation of Jtatsenso
s e itoj cf at. r-s mads uponoccasiou of our retreats.
Such f. tips could no: happen without negligence on
t'.c part of ctfiu-ale, and w* trust all tuuh allegation 1 will
be enquired utf; bat if the Admmialrauoa will commit
tbe manage or ant of tho roads and tho delivery of sup
plies to men of honesty and energy, there can ba no
q i*s Ion but that an abundant supply of provisiou* for
the supper; of the army can bu commanded.
I'lilii sf Uvberl K. Scat , E»<|.
Wo fear tho reucrud death of this most eminent ten
Of Y'rgitia is true, ale has fallen ia eudeavorieg to pro
Wet bis fcllow-ciuscnti from marauding parlies of lbs
sue try.
,f Wu p.uac with emotion at this shock! g consequence
.’} Of th is infamous invasion.
A cit tin of Virginia diet!"c.ehed for bis genius, Ms
le ii uii.-g and his virtues—a pubic servant matured in his
i e pitity for as. .' . a statesman conservative in bis
1 idea .Lit tbe U-iou might be preferred, end perilling
bit pnpU.fi.y to preserve it, yet proving wbeu the
treac ery of the North was apparent, that ho was in S2U|
and rptrit with las causa of .his country mac—has boon
n—■—-< by marauding tmsroeuariee in sight of hie
home.
Countrymen! Do you need more to nerro yoor deter
mination to resist the oppressor? Tour friendi tteeieg
before their amiee—their property ravaged and carried
away—your beet men dragged like Jannoy and Conrad
to the guard-boose, or slain like Eeott on a mission of
protection—yoor States commit'ed to the foul traitor*
who dhbonor them, to be governed as the satrapies of
the conqueror!
Let ail unite in uncompromising resistance. Do you
murmur that more has not been effected by our Gene
rals • Do you fear lest our supplies may bo d< ficieut
for our armies? Do you feel that youreelvea or your
friends have been treated with injustice or ueglreif—
Bury your grievances. Forget every real or imagined
wrong. Deepise every thought of fear or submission.—
Dismiss every hope of forgiveness, compromise or justice
at the hands of your enemits. They cannot spare you
if they would, abolition vengeance hounds them on
alien ignorance and rapacity demand spoil and blood.—
Your enemies cannot arrest the avalanche of ruin they
have started. It would overwhelm them if they m»de
the eff.rt. You alone cut preserve yourselves from des
truction. You have the ability, by united and determined
resistance, to do so.
Let the memory of this cold blooded murder of your
good and houorud men inspire you with a determination
to avenge it. Let it teach you that your enemy comes
to destroy the best and bravest among you, and that
nothing in sals or sound from his infamous purpose*.
AUitwde of England Towards ll»e South.
In the debate .n the House ol Lards, ot March 10th,
on the Southern blockade, Lord Campbell, the son and
successor of the late distinguished Lord Chancellor,
stated the question so fa'tly and so strongly, that we
quote the followicg passage from his speech
“ About July or Augu*t last we appealed to the Gov
er meat at Rchmond to induce them to accede to the
principles ot publio law which were laid down by the
Great Powers at Paris, in the year Ibid. The negotia
lion was conducted by a gentleman ot couth Carolina,
who hsd the co. fidenc > of our Consul at Charleston, and
of Lori Lyona; and although the Richmond government
miget have declined u> receive the proposition on the
gouuad that they cuuld not hear a negotiation from a
Power which refused to recogaiia the placo they claim
tdia the society of nations, they did not act upon
that feeling; but ou the lath August, the Congress Of
the Sonheru Sta're resolved to embrace the principles
laid down io tbo Treaty of Paris, with the eiceplion of
that relating to privateering, which we had not aeked
them to adopt When ihe President communicated th s
decision to the negotiator, he pointed cut that it bad
been adopted in the sanguine expectation that we should
adhere strictly to the article ef the Treaty which laid
. . .. L. J.. a> La WUill ohniiM h.< . tTr ll-A
Tha despatch of the 15th of February, which was not
called far by snv quest.un or emergency, sanctioned on
th. part of Her ii-j.i«tj's Government, the block ,Je as
it had been carried on at Wilmington and Charleston,
when it was no’otioua that :t had been lees strict ti an
ou any other par ion oi the seaboard from the north oi
Virginia to the extremity oi Texas. Thu* the attitude
which we had adopted towards one of the bell's'rente
hid been to induce them to muko a generous cocceeaicu
on an understanding from which we teemed to bare de
parted.”
Conscript* and liaueer*.
We arc requested to » ate that Par.isau Sanger C-orr*
may be recruited from that portion of our population
(labia to Conscript service. The Ranger service it autho
r xud by act of Congress, and thus occupies the Bane legal
ground with any portion of the army—with thia d.!far
ecce, however, that the Partisan Ranger act was parsed
«s4»ivw<Ht to the Conscription act, and in all respect* in
which the two oor flic: the R inger prevail*.
The Chicago Tribune puhiiefcce a list of Federal Gent
r»U killed and wounded it the bsttlo oi Shiloh K lied—
General.’ Wm. U. L Wsl’ac.*, Pcgrsm, Peabody, Kiiih
ai d B..<*. Wounded—Generals Sherman, draft, Kirk,
U'cka, Sullivan, Harsh, Saccncy, and S.uarL
CapU W H. Polk, nephtw of the ex Piesident, wjb
eeverelv wcunde . in the leg in the last ba'llc. On the
wj.y down ihe river the Federal surgeon considered am
putation eeoetetry, and the operation was performed.
A goatlemi’n called o.i the Saarrtary of the Treasury,
a few uxfV li «', and h tided him a bag of gold, cor.
tunica J1.000, as a dora’ion t> the G-jy.i -.meet, upon
•! e ex” :- #* cocdi.lor. that hJ namu should be kuown tc
no one hut the S -ceetsvy.
A difficulty occurred between a squad of the Confed
erate pc toners and their guard. a few days sine?, at In
dtu.apo.is. The former were h td upon, and two se
verely and two el’ghtly wounded.
Among the private* oi Captain Jennings’ company at
Op lika, Ala, is an old Cattwba Indian, who has tin
eoua also .n the ccn.p-.ry. lie is a Mrltoiut preacher
A we fern editer having published a long leader or
«. k n-i-ee in tr.a state viiianu upbraids him
(jc oit.ruiliog hi* faur'y matters upon the public.
DIBS.
\« h'» la *uc. ootu'x. on to.- M!t> !a*t in', la the S5Ui
,,jot ».*»<-. JAMS* H CASTS*, cf Caoiraar
tC't'ui'u ef Virji.la ▼elJileirt
\ tlC'l *ul affe-iioaa'e husbani.a waiting fv »• orcu
m Rer, ui tiVaiM>and a "* n.' Mth m tu th* primer
r, a?cD c lied ft--lueait , and not p milled to upcrlao,- IM
t mdr.ga wbic > he Ua 1 ft pri lh# of hU country • • *«•<
h. i in r* for h'ra. HU clrtaAau .t o g»ett tweet coot# u*4oa H
ft mat* or ( - dt %oi p lull out a tt 'ni"|U to b
£■11 w«<l bj b t Tour Uttie chd*r*n, the* screlj artlla.ed aad hr
(paved.
i.tMt 237*', Oirol ns coun'y, n lh© bid year < f his at*, ou
Xi ;.. ul ,n>. IJSSj Vdll 11 ;£IR. of Ia»:» toaaty, Vugitla,
af t ea&th Reg’meat **f Vi»gv i i Volunteers
Through an' •-*■ h •sums'* v aU . c f li*i,4S fhrlsi!eO,cil.*M>, hiv ar !,
. . •
l i udu ft ru . a* Aft *•:*.•»* of tils ie*o Ion !o th* caa.e cf k i
coun re, I- y elltd r suJri g» . 4 deatn. and • a« g at U aH
h* fklvtfal com An! r n tboi# aright aiQtiirt prepkied foi
•tae part la heirl *• __ w*
OUIT1AKV.
Met from effect* of Utoal'e, at Ca- p Winder, Riehaonl. »l
kju , . »ok, Monday mo u a/, a >r I *4ti( Mr A 'FT. A. Bo WuEei,
jft gcctlogi am ccuniy. lo tor k*<l yea ■ of hit age.
Web st- seldom sn.wn any-lent ea*t a deeper g’o jrn over
community. than n^a the d-ath if this tnre I* u; you g man,
lire tas kVghb>r ool i i w&iehks r s** . f>r seldom lucced, h.i
•
Aff- trmo ie large a eWr e .? fiends Aid aetjua naaect All
•to kc«« him, o» d h'la, loved baUe a br »* •, «*v«* l Mu> f i
Hi man/ elrtata, fo. hit amUll1-* sn l a c* mmod»t.ng >11.> si l-n
f »r Ms Mgfcm tided. K-ntlaxaBly «1 • o t. er for t..| strict *ti I
hotor^b eeiucntt* la th- • iacbkrge of rl tU^ ii»v*a i‘e*o .»ng
yi o, h Cl, *o-riX klnlce * and ajTolio ito Hil.iiuU; in a wtrJ,
t* *y 1 ved h cj he • ius» be it*, dotd sa h'gh a *Un tarJ. and *»h
bt-ijo »i an;l I o.* all ha. h noh* in min Ha* be is g »nr.
I« the morning of df , to Hum %U»p, carsn te, w ih a g.o^ r *-t^**:1
0f nr liip* y ycarjspenl In aiiivi saefj* .eus, hi .*.*• Ocen iuai
B:a el to the wo* d tplrl a His ten, wit cn premised to ui-g
an I *«• «>. 4.11 i a day, ra tel b* ore nx»u. ti rl*- co tore, on
ti.- tr.:ji‘ y • ‘r-Artof t.Vt a'Id. We near tOrlljJorv lo ibe
WurM o' our fritod, ai be appeared be'ore lh world. It U nV.U
r*I. U Is r « .t, t^a i'4-enU%3l b.o’h rj and s nter*1, tbou M we.v
o*e; the esriy d a I. cf a ion cr a broil er, bn; In t. s ln*Uuce we
tr st thst l •*» .'*31 «■1 fintly pnuru n » % those who Rare no
h J.; T • «!*•- UA ill >t In me it tubrntodoa lo the w 1. of Him
w oral s'*.erlb . denlnietol oali'.ns atdo* e ,unir b.fal»j
,u ar■ •- * '* * sr i iril s.cncw orerf yt r I »• la his gilo,
that iu tg j a va on enlstt here, uot .oaa to be C.'id, >*t w •
Hu t latr-ln:d cf i»t lira -l amid tae «bi in : r ns or .mu
!«i.n and *er aphlm, tne h*ppy toul afoar doparted fr end wJU ali
tu if*, in tiietm -s of ft‘s a\
'•tieatftaviuads I sal try, withejlig arrs,
an i K-.tt.tl sbi.I miuir ;
0, wh it .*** now f.ite lUugcharoia,
H h'ch |» oate 1 cur «ye» h« f >ro.”
The Rell&l »ws Ileal 1 w U pi.a # c py. A V n
te'^hTO Tllfi VOTKltH or HAflO
VER - l Am a cmdi JaU» fer t*:e ofllcc «»f CMTRK «>/
I' T ! K O-jI'HIY COI ill of Mtu;ov r, ma « vacaii by the deal i ef
th- rato W:o. O Wi st>n.
tsar ug acted as cpn v t'l rg ( r n o« y- ai a.’ feel comp< lent to
dlscharg-iaU t! « dotict o»* the Old :r, au I If cl-Had. wll (into
pr«»xp*ly su • ♦ la'Ir.
I h.es tUa s d Hay
mal— < 11 10. 0. DO^Wr.LL.
LAND FOH NALL
IOF^KR f*r ta’e my farm, on the Ap oma*to« Rlr-r, In the
c;mnty of 1 tin e Idward^ii miles a^eo FarmfRla and with
in oc-a* d a hslf m .it of the t*oa'h «de Rsll oal It contilr.t
TV rcr*#, but It can be male tm iller to ac-roam^dAte pur hts-rs.
The ImprofemtnU cnoslttof atwo t'ory dwelling re enUr built,
an ui9--, and every necea*ary nutbslldl tg, In io.d repair. Il It .s
u*toeen **» and ll)0 acrct of creek an l r.v»r i*l land; a soKl.Wn
cy of w_>od and tiiater, mud a g.oi portion of tbe opeu land la
lady ie! In clove-.
For furl er Informal on In regard to H, I raVr to my fries da,
John A »*lby and Obariet A Mortor, FarmvIUe.
My adiress U Torkt.wn, rar« of Capt John I. Thornton,
apt- - --a® JNO. II RNiaHT
.nSKIINU OF MTOCKHOL1IKKN.
TH» An- oal Meeilagof the dtorkholder* of Ih j R|chmo*d, Frid
• l-ft borg and Potomac gad.oa 1 Company will beheld at the
cS'« «f ibe 0>mpauf la tb« OUy of Richmond, on Wedoeida/,
lUth Way, 156A, ai lli o’clock, M.
ap«d -tiw4w___0. W MACMrRDO Trrs. re .
OFFICE RICHMOND A FKTVR860RG R. R. 00.. I
Rkcwwwnn. Va^ May 1st, 1^«J. f
NOTICE.
11HI tcard of nrteto-* hare de-lar*d a dividend of foar per
cent on the Oap t lilt ck of tMe Ompanv, payable ot and
af er I'• 5 h lr st , to al *h> *e e Rloekbo'd n ou tne lattnr.,
,1 divide jd t» be Uk lieu of l lat uiual.y d«blared on U e 1st of
jute
1 h* tranafer b«,oki Will be closed from tht i J to the Mb lust, in
I ClUpIJ»L*w A V. YAtllSQTOH, TtmaV.
FROM LINCOLN DOS.
W« subjoin a few extra*!* from journal* published In
Lincolndom. _
VROM HXW YORK.
A letter from New York dated Xi.h alt., *ayi.
Tbe Bremen steamer, which arrived at this port to-day
brought R latter from General Garibaldi to a warm per
sonal friend in this city, describing the enthusiasm with
which the Italian people ere welcoming him. He says
the dream of a Uui.td Italy 1* now not all a dream, and
that the day is d awing nigb when Venice will Dot only
be emancipated from the Auatrian yoke, but that home
too will be frea. He refra'na from detaiie, but adrnon
bbc* bis friends In America to be of “good cheer," and
w jo.n with bim in the hope that another year will not
pars away before the Aujtrian despotism in Italy is de
stroyed. He also expresses ths wish that the civil war
in America should be closed up as speedily as possible, so
that the many gallaot Ku tpsac* now in the anniee of
the North raav have as opportunity to return home to
strike for liberty in tbe Old world.
There is, 1 fear, but little of the spirit of tbe primi
tiee a-u,sties animating their professed follower* In thaee
degeneratedavs, or else the Sectary of the Booiety for
the Increase of the Ministry of the Protestant Episcopal
Oh arch would never be compelled, as be is, to make pub
lic tbe fact that there ere now no fewer than five hun
dred pAiiehta, in tbe Northern States alone, which are
vaoart at prefect, the largest proportion of which were
ia country plaoe* aud unable to pay large ariaries to tne
r*ctor: and this, too, when there are many ministers
s’uidi'ig idle in the matket place, unwilling to acc pt
aid labor in anv of these parishes, but waiting tor par
Lbra in the oiiy, or in the Urge towns of the W.a4_—
Thifii flavors more of itlacbni*nt to tbs kingdom of this
world than devotion to the Kingdom of God.
Rare birds our city fathers. During a diacussion last
night, In special version, upon making »n appropriation
o defray the expense of celebrating Washing ion’s birth
diy, Alderman Davtoa called Aider man Genet a aympt
thii’er with Beau'regird, Dasia and Tcomba. Gcuet
thereupon intimated to the party of the first part that if
ha repeated that allegation he would knock him down.—
Other blackguardism, of a like characteristic description,
followed, and tbe Chamber, lor a whil-, more resembled
a dog ki-cnel than a dtlibera'ivo assembly.
Toe Republican and Uaiou ac dress, put forth by the
membeis of the Bute Legislature before adjourning,
appears in print today. The address is patriotic
in tone, oo c littory in language, aud ov.hol o iu
spirit. Upon the great poiut, the “Union for the
sake of tbe Union," it gtvss no unc rutin round.—
K-publioaus, Uuioo Democrats, and all other loyal men
who support tbe Administration and asssat to the priuci
• las aud purpose of the addrrss, are Invited to waive all
questions of mere form and usage in political action,
aud to elect delegates from each Aeeembly distriotof the
State, to meet in dtate Convention lor the nomination of
State’cflicerH. The addre*', it m*y be added, s.euu to
ei*o si-.islaction toall, save only and except the‘'ex
tremes."
A correspondent of the Pailqdelphia Inquirer give*
his tiaveling • Iperleuce on the Peninsula. Hi ■»;«:
Of the last nine days, sevtu only tare been clear.—
The road*—well, it's no use trying to da them juatics in
any d.ecription; how wc get any trau-pi'rtat.on over
them is a wouder. We weul down to Ship Point jester
Jtj to mail one litter, and we were only two hours mak
ing four miles on the hack of as trutty a “ niuel'' as ever
climbed the Andie or waded through the swamps of—
we will say this Peninsula. Gen. Brooks, wno was
through the K.erida war, siys it ia the worst place he
ever raw. Cuming back, we left the msin road and its
plunking of logs, because our animal would occasionally
aetaleg faat, and, tryi»g it across a ti Id, we gat along
Sudy for a few hundred yards, when our " nine!” sank
down to such a depth that we were taken par ly under
-round with him. This was much for our temper, and,
as rata desert a sinking shir, so we Itf. that “ rr u*l." Off
his back once, be eoou commenced to tleunJsr, and iu
hif an hour ha had got out; but what orj on we both
were! A walk of half au hour took us to the river, ard
t plentiful um of water enabled us to wash the dirt iff;
wo then found a cirep fire by which we elood until our
•doilies were dry. We consider our escape very lortu
a tie. Giseral Park Spring ssys be saw a coldier urowntd
in the road, along which ha was running a telegraph
line, not lar Irons here. We have often seen men in the
m id up to their kwepsacks, which have been the meana
of saving many a life, by acting as a kind of buoy or
! fe-presrrvcr. To b-'c army wrgons sink till the body
rs-ted npou the ground is a mutter of daily occurrence
L b winter we u.ed to speak of had roads m iking it tm
p.,-ub!t for the army to march upon Oeutreviilo. Way,
.no road:' there, in their worst diys, were fit for a race
course in coiapirison with these now ; and w~ have spent
liber eccurh, if it had been counted, to have built tm
rail o'da from Washington to Uan&asas. But us the sun
dries them up vtry fast, when it shines with i-s usual
witmth, we hope it will eoou again favor us with a few
nys, for we need them now if we ever did.
KMBALMIHIt Till PEAD.
A Washington corresuond-nt gives the following ac
oo tut of the prcce s cf entilmlng adopted there:
The body is placed on an inclined platform; the
month, ears, nose, etc., aro (topped with cotton; il
wounded, cotton is put in the wound, anu a plaster is
put on ; an incision is msde in the wrisf, the attachment
is made from an air pump, and fl lid ejected into tho ar
» TK» wnmirl il !h#fl I'tfs-tl Ilf) and fhe* bf.'dv hoi*’.
e<l up to dry. To rave tie eye* Irena ticking in, wax it
put under the eyelid*. The hair I I''end to cotae cut
r-.ry cesy, but after the embalming it ccuid nos be re
moved. The bodies take on an avenge about seven
quarts, but Gen. Lander took seventeen quart* There
were same eight bodies on baud ; come had been there
thirty days. Trie operators tay iu lour months the body
will become solid tied like ma-bte, bat no chai.ce has
yet boon had to ptova it. Col. B'ker’s body, on arriving
at fan k'.ancisco, was in ao mlvai.o d state of d. cornp.
eition. D:. Holmes, late of Williamsburg, Larg i-'aud,
'M the eldest iu the business here, and I am informed be
t.a> made thirty thousand dollars.
M-rrs Brown and Alt tender are trying to get a bill
through Congress for the exclusive right to tribal n bo
.lies, a d to have Cougr-’a authorial a u.rps of ectb.t'ui
or* for eaeh diviaiou. Th- charges are $5" for an clfieer
s d$J* for s private, and 1 must tay the bodies look a
lift.*! ke as if they were a.-K-ep.
a i ruts from c t. coRCotutt,
The fo’.'ow'tig extract of a letter from Col. Corcoran,
written to a friend in New Totk, In Febtuiry last, has
never hewn puhiishei and will show ih> cb .'.Cal view of
th ins whiih this officer taken, notwithstanding bis loig
irapris. muent.
Conrunta JaiL, S. C., Fee. IS, |8ti4.
My Dtar Fritnd- • • * Yon remark that when
I war so ill last spring, I rxsresstd a desire to rpetv'a
few mouths in the South in urdrr to recruit my health
Will, I have got my wish. I am hero iu company with
a iarg< number of my friends, rn 1 they and I have been
the special guest* of several Sutler, and celtairly wo
hsv? bran r.ceivtd and entertained in a most unexpect
ed insurer. V/e ban- travoil-d in special trains, which
were expressly provided tor our acoemmodatioo,
and bav.i bec-n always attended by a miliary
escort. Lugs end very enthuriasti; crowds assent
bird at various place* en our rou e, and similar ciOWas
w.te invariably ia readiness to receive us at tho eoyeral
places, at which cur entertainers intended we should re
main for a lew weeks Thu largtst end most capaeioua
b-iiWIrgs were'brown open for our acc'>:nnio ia ion at
Richmond, Va. Wee:joyed a residence of ten weeks in
a rae-.loon the son shore. 1 war created KJght of the
Tower at Chail sten, and upon the ay preach ot old
weithor were removed for 'bo purpose of eijoyirg tho
balmy sir of the loteiior. What more could any—even
t' c mo*' figlidio'U and distinguished foreign visitors < x
peel? When we return—if evrr we do—we inns' cer
tainly go home d-icply grateful, a:id fully impre»*e.t with
the ccutlc-tiOD, that wo owe a large debt of gratitude to
the Southern people for their heap-tali y lo ua.
Your sincere friend, Micu’t CoEt-oRas,
Col 69;b Regiment N. Y. S If.
ihx cORFtnxRavs ram nirh aT ctticaoo.
F.-rm the ChiargoTribuco, of the 1? h ult, wo learn
that the i»tal of deaths among the Confederate ptison'
cr* cunfjued at Chicago, up to that date, was one hun
dred and ninety-nine. Tbo Tribune thinks that tbo ad
veut of warm weather It havlDg a chpeyitg ifTect upon
the m o, and stys that they ei joy every opportunity of
• even sunning theinsdves upon a board" 1 is also
stated that a prisoner named Riley, of the 10.h Tenues
see, was abot on the 14th by a sentinel, while attempting
to run the guard, ns was challenged twice, upon wbiob
he started to im, when the sentinel Bred, the ball strik
ing him in the back, parsing through tbo left lung and
oit a- the brexat. He died in abeut ten minute* The
Tribune adds:
Some little excitement was created cn Tuiaday by tho
arrival at the csmp of Hon. Cave Jotnson, from T. nnes
s.e, who oatoe with a pass from Msjor General Uallerk,
which, of course, ga ned him admittance His object,
principally, In coming was to viait his eon, though he
orougbt with him many letters and a coMhb ruble
amount of m Jnev, in email sum*, for other prisoners —
Hit son, who was amorg the Fort Donelson esptivea, Is
a fine looking young man, about e'ghteen years of rge,
evidently quite Intelligent, and but little oast down by
hi* present portion. Indeed, he talk* ntiri* “
strongly now ** hs over did.
HOTS It MOS3TEB OCE CAST.
Ths Pittsburgh Dispatch state* that another 15-lnch
Bodmao gun haa been eaat at the Fort Pitt Worka:
“We hare already fiaru the details of easting these
huge pieces of ordnanoe, and need not here repeat the*.
t2T rough casting in the pitt weigh* about 78,000
pounds and nearly forty ton of metal wae mailed for the
purpose in three ftirnsoea. The farnaoe* were fired abont
five o’clock, and at eight mlnutee past ten the first for
nice was “tapped.” A line of troughs, or “runners,
had been laid from the furthest furnace, some eighty
feet, the second furnace, about midway, joining in, and
the two streams emptying, with that from the first lur
naoe. into a Urge caold.on at the edge of the pit, from
which two streams diverged, and, passing around ths
pit. emptied into tbe gon on opposite sidrs of tbs oorn
barrel. The furnsces were tapped in succession, and
nearly all tbe metal allowed to run out b iforo the next
in order was opened. At twenty-four minutes past ten
tbe modi was filled in just sixteen minutes from ibe
opening of the first furnace, showing that the motal must
bare poured into it at tbe rate of nearly two and a half
ton* per minute. .
This Is tbe third successful cse'mg made of 15 fi oh
Cus, and the work will soon he regarded as sn ev. ry
y performance, each successive cas ing having been
made with less trouble than th* preceding one. Thr
gun will be furnished with all possibh expedition, and
like tbo others, eent to Washington for Its christening.
EOT VEST HCMVtJL.
Ths Louisville Jmrntl of a late date is somewhat de
spoudent. It thinks the “lecoiwtruction of the Union”
a “most delicate aud difflenll undertaking." R ad tbs
following:
It ie imposiible to say what kind of Union the irro
ais’ible power of arms might establish and for a brief
period maintain, but any supposition that ths thirty f*ur
States which constitute, or have consliuted, this repub
lic can lx* bouad p»rm.\aen:ly tocether as a republic
upon the principles and on the conditions insisted on by
suoh politicians as tbs Senators io Congress from Ma—
sschusetts, is an absurdity that only fools and fauatioa
could pces bly cherish.
Then follows this frank confession :
If every Southern rebel were dUaimid to-morrow, tbe
reconstruction of tie Union would baa most delicate
and difficult uodcrUkirg Dffrer.oJ of views even
among conservative men would be enough to render it
so. And probably, at this very moment even greater
dancer m nsec* the restoration policy from the action
of tn# rAniCAb than from too armed legions oi reoouuo.
IV Jjurual thinks “the worst trails are yet In store for"
Abraham Lincoln.
MI'CELLAIilOUS.
A Washington letter oontaine the following miscella
neous items:
Tho Secretary of War has given orders to shoot every
person caught cutting telegraph wires. Oae such was
shot last week.
Two soldiers, having straggled from the ranks, were
fcuud near Catlett’s with their throats cut.
Charges bare been preferred against Bienker’s Divi
sion of witnton atrocities to private property and per
sons at Manassas.
Col Ootoorsn writes that if ho can serve his country
in j til beat he will gladly etay there.
R'prceentative Trowbridge yes-erday charged that the
Arjtrant General hal ehifted the eichaugt) of Col. Wil
oc-x for Col. Pt-gram to another man.
Guerrilla parties made up of farmers roam the conn
try behind our Huts at Eiinburg, and are killing Union
ists and stray soldiers.
Letters from Yorktown svy Gan. Msgrudei’s reason
for l-aving the outworks was h-caoee the roads were
too bad for tho transportation of supplies, and to get
our troops away from the protection of their gunboats.
Baltimore men say there never was a period whan so
many fugitive slaves were abroad in that city and State
as at the present lime. They arc generally tent to j til
until aurroudered to their owners.
PROM NEW ORLEANS.
The New Oilcans pipers of the 26 h nit., furnish seme
addit onal particulars of the fall of that great city. The
Dslta says, editorially ;
Ftr&xtknsRiD! —The Pitt os New Chleaei; Sorrel'
nxRcn to the Esekv!—Tcere is something so revolting
to us in these words, 'hat we shrink from their utterance
Humiliation—the lowest, most terrible depths of humilia
tion are involvod in this brtur, bitter confession. More
gjllirg to the spiri, than the heaviest chains to the body,
it cuts cs to the very soul.
But it is virtuvl.y coneumm-tcd! Tho Federal flag
will again wsvo over our city, cot, as fotmeriy, as the
symbol of States' Rights ai d Civil Liberty, bnt as the
signal of our subjection—the crushing to the earth of
tho one and the n'.ter destruction of the other.
It rn.kes us sick at heart to comment on this event —
The more we nfleet upon it—the more we scrotra'ss it
from every point of view—the darker, tho more revolt
ing, the more hideous it appear.).
It is relieved by only one ray of sunshine. The bright
ness of the gallant defence of Fart Jackson and Fart 8‘.
Phi'ip, glove through the rack of the battle ttoim wp.b
a lurid glory—a sun burst that vanishes in the gloom
when we think o! the loss of our friends and Mlow citi
sens who may have fallen In that terrible on. 8 c:.
But we have dut'e • u defeat, ss we would have bad
duties in triumph. Tho brave man struggling with ad
v-rsi y presents one of this nobles: of moral <p:c teles.
Why? BeCIuse his courage glows r.s brightly in misfor
tune as bis in'rrpiuily on the bailie field. It is this
cou age which should now dLtinguish ns which should
relieve surrender ftotn dishonor and involuntary eob
t3is >:on from s! ame.
We trust that our Mlow cltixens—at least those who
hive bj-n urabl • to fly to the side of B'»ur«gard—we
trust that all who are compelled by physical disability,
a^o or olhrr caus-s, to remain in the city, will meet the
painful rerponeibilities imposed upon them with tie
coolness, oeti rmir.auon aua s.i:-jac nee mat circutn
• antes may require. Whatever be ihs co tduet of tno
victors, let magnanimity mirk the conduct ot the van
quished. Whoever way have erred ur have been nufm'th
. ut, let ns, at least, be true to our country and t yreelves
Wh -hill then, thmij-h subjugated, prraervo our honor,
ard «h n tic dty ot rcdcioptioa arrive*, bo prepared
to redeem the past.
from rni forts.
We havo received some additional particular* of the
cot tl.ct at the fora, nbieh cot firms cur previous im
pr.ssoti* of .heir comparatively •uecesful repulse of
t.‘,o grratur part oft o eac toy’s diet. Our informant,
Ctp'. gdwards, was acting mestor of tho gunboat Stone
wall Jackson, ka mice that thr e large vi-ssels, no
coabi those at a choc opposite tboci'y, passed the forts
b fore H ey wero discovered, at shortly »lt r • o'otack
A. M. The firing was comm need by tho forts at about
hilf past S or 4 o'clock, and the 8,’ht continued wi;n on
abated lin y for aboir. two bouts and a boll', or natil ti
or 14 o’clock, when these vessels wtich had succeeded
i i pa-sing kept up the river, while tho remainder of
tbe ti <et fell b>c t. In the mean time our nino gun
boats, wh'oh were fought dc perately, had been so dis
abled that their officers mok or barut thorn to pre
sent their falling into the bands of the enemy.—
0.i the other r!de several vesstls bad been enrk, itc’.od
ing a large three-misted propeller, which was fleet disa
bled by the Morgan, and then tun into iiv the Jackson.
At cr (he destruo inn of the Jackson, Oap'.ain E wards
t ,ok to the swamps, but d.d not start for the city until
about oue o'clock, or nearly seven hours after tbe tor
mitatiou of the fight, <chtn iht ConftdtraU]i ig isiu itill
rl alino cn thr fvrti. Captain Edwards is of opinion
that fifteen vessels pasted up, and as ODly eleven arrived
hue, that the remaining four suik, or were abandoned
on th-ir way. He did not see tbe Louisiana actively en
gaged. Ho thinks the mortar boats are ail below tbe
fort-, and that their ammuti'tion is nearly exhausted. He
dcsciibes the fire as lerritic, and infets that the oaeusl
tips reyst have been heavy on both eid<s. It is evident,
from thestatem sta of Captain Edwards, that General
Human and bis brave garriaou rft^'e a -plendid defence,
and havo covered themselves with glory.
Tbe Yankee fl g placei over the Ml it vas torn down
on Saturday evening, 2« h ult., by tome spirited citizen a
Toe Crerccnt says:
Ti e ran engaged in this gallant enterprise we learn,
were V ncant HrfLrnsn, W. B. Mumtord, N. Holmes,
John Burns snd James R‘od. They tore tho fi ,g into
threds, and each with a piece in his hand marched up
tosn in triomph.
The atom (1 cd by the Federal veesel came very near
d mt! sbing oescral houses in ihe neighborhood of the
Mint, and a b!i»1I lodged In tbo roof of the dwelling of
Mr J. A. Lacuur, oaraer of Victory and J'rer.cbpien
g reets; but luckily, not exploding, irlictcdno serious
d:iu#ge. Mr. Laoour got the shell from his roof and
biougnt It up town. We could not have believed that
a c villa'd people could have so far forgotten their d g•
n iy as to have p rmitled tnemeelves to have endangered
the lives of unoffending worn n and cbildten, in tbca
wantonly fl ing into a oity, but tho fact is patent—the
de-d was done.
Under tho caption of “Talk on’Jhanga, aho Crete .at
ssjs:
Tuere were no gathering! on the flags Caroadel t
strut. Ia snd about the City Hall, »nd on Camp street,
lie firargs of citix'ns were immense. We wire astoua
d-d at the large numbers of womkn and children that
’ proimeuaded the aeveral streets, having their terming
lions oo Canal street. Of course, there wee nothing of a
badness nature thought of, the chief attractions was in
and about the City Hall. The proceedings ol the Git?
Oouocil will be fsood elsewhere. A cumuer of tbe Fed
eral t< asels proceeded up tbe river ou Saturday avtniag,
but returned yesterday foreooon.
Tbe tags of tbe d.ff rent Oonsulatee, or tbe repreesn
tativee of European Govern msnts, are all displayed from
their respective cffloes, excepting in two or three lu
stiness. The Consolote of Bremen has no II ig, end two
or three other rations have no representatives here.—
Several private cilisens, foreign suhj-ets, have hoisted
their country’s emblem over tbeir residences.
The destruction tf property has been immense; much
more so than necessary. True, all the cotton was ex
p;gied to have been burnt; but why the sugar and ao
lasses on tbe levee was sacrificed in the manner it was,
that is, carried eff by pilferers and the rabble, wo cannot
say. A part of a cargo of provision!, just landed from
Red River, wee also stolen. If the agrarians had made
an equal division, it might have been of more benefit,
but some parties, not ratified with baskets and bag* ol
sugar, rolled away hogsheads, ether* barrels of sugar ;
in foot, never was such a soece of pilfering heard of be
fore, nor such scenes as ocourred last Friday in this
heretofore peaceable city. Measures, it will be observed,
have been taken by the authorities to put a atop to thee*
disgraceful doings.
The telegraph has informed us that th* enemy fired
upon a crowd of women and children. We find tie
following account ol tbe di-graosful affair in the CVrs*
e»<:
0: Sitnrday, about noon, a party of men,who have’-c
oe t‘y relumed from Beauregard's ar in y went down on tl e
1-v. e with a baud of music and a Confederate lig,
to cive vent to their feeling in the fa oe of the Feds'al .
The levoe was d-ue<ly crowded with peopl-*, among
•hum were a great number ol women and chillrr ; bit
this dii not deter the t-harp shooters on board ihe ves
sel newest the shore from opmiog fire upon the m n e -
ga.din the harmless exhibition of pa'rio li-m, »b . h
risuliei In the death of an innocent bystander snd tie
wounding of two others. We do not commend the ac
t (n of tbe young meu who provoked the uoforua'e if
f-ii, but we cannot refrain from condemning the cruel y
o! tbs parties who could level their guas at a crowd for
tbe fault of two or three.
We take tho following from the Charleston Courier of
Monday:
The Sjhtiog between our gunboats and those of tbe
eueny is reprevemtd as 'erribly severe. The McRu,
commanded by Incut. T. B. Huger, of our city, made a
gallant fight The commander was wounded in the
tb'gh, it is suppuced mortally The Jf. /C-w was badly
damaged In the encounter. Tola boat bruu.-bt up to tbe
ci'y, under fltg of truce. Lieut. Huger and several of
the wounded, bath from tLe fort and the enemy’s fleet.
By tbe arrangement made, she wrs to bo a'lowed to re
turn to the forts the next day, but upon starting out,
tbe it juries she had sustained caused her to fill ard
sink. This was opposite Jackson Square, at the bead ol
the river.
The ram .Ifimuiai was commanded by Lieut Warley,
also, of this city. The ram bad also a revere struggle,
runk one of the eurroy’- g-.nbra's, and was afterwards
sutk, with the ouefederste flag flrieg ml all her crew
oo board waiving their bats. L eut. Warley was saved
by a boat’s crew from tbo Iouiiivm. He aftorwards
worked one of the guus aboard tbe latter boat.
Commander McIntosh, of the Louisiana, bad bis arm
iAUU «Cg OUWfc VIU 1U »u Cl gagcuitiik—uvb uiuwu *u, *w^
reported.
The ford were prcr's'.or.cd for two months, and it was
the iD'er.tica of Gen Duncan to fight to the last. The
enemy'* transport* with troops ooiild not pus the forts.
The forts were manned by about twelve hundred men,
and one regiment, Cel Skymamki's Chilmette, was sta
tioned at Quarantine. There are all bclioved to have
been taken prisoner*, and rel’as-d on parole.
Toe European Brigade, Qen. Paul luge Fils, command.
Ing, ar d composed cf the Brlti-.b Guard, British Fusiieers,
French L g on, and several ba'falliens and compai i< s of
foreign residents, were, at the request ol the Mayor,
sacra in as an extra police and maintained order in the
J• _
FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA.
Tho M icon (Ga ) Telegraph pu jlishet the following
account of "The 8'smpeda" at Bridgeport:
Mr. Cowles, who returned to Macon from Chattanoo
go, yeeterday, gives a deplorable account of the Con
federate stampede at Bridgeport, by which a most im
por.an’- gateway to Georgia was opened to tho enemy,
and the possession of all our rich mineral deposits of
coil, iron and saltpetre placed in imminent danger.
A guard of abent knO men had been pho’d by Q:c*
ersl L a ^better oa the Western end of the bridges at
Bridgeport. These bridge* ere two in number, resting
for tueir termini upon an island in the mid dle of tho
ri -er, aud distant about thirty miles from Chattanooga
On Tuesday last word was brought to General Lind
better at Onat'anooga, tbit the enemy was advancing
and bad driven in the pickets of the guard stationed at
br dges. Accordingly, Gen. L started lor the eocue of
actioo with a special train, taking with him reinforce
ments to the number of KuO men.
Bom after his arrival the enemy approached, to the
number, as was supposed, of ton to fifteen hundred, and
o. cned fire upon oar men. An instant stampede follow
ed, in which General Leadbetler le i better than anybody
else, according to the account we have received. He
took to the cars he had brought uo with him, put out
aid never stepped tilt ho reacted Chattanooga. All the
c-Cicers, with one exception, so fir *3 we have learned,
d.i the same. Tho man followed in double quick, throw,
ing away thi-'r arms and accoutrements ce1 they ran.—
Bu a tUp-ain Cain remained behind, approached the
eastern bridge aid crept under it to ibeiter himself from
the in- my’s fi-o, at d .here wfci lling sbayinga from fbt
timber, kindled afire with som: matches he happened
to fare in bis pocket, and cover Itft his position ull the
cruci arc was too far in fjirnea to be saved.
Meantime, when Gen. L adbettor b*d arrived in Chat
tanooga, a Gin. R-.-ynoils and a Maj r from Virginia
(name not rtcoilecltd) took the train and ran back tc
Bridgeport, meeting many stragglers on the way, and
gathered the arms end ateoatre i cote which had beet
thrown ariie. Tuey coll- cted soma four or fUe hondre 1
mn k-*ts, and a corresponding number of knapsack’, car
t idgo Poxes, blank;’ s A:., aud li iding tho bridge tu nt
the Confederate fores all dispersed, and no immed i>
likelihood of the cm-my’d crotsing, returned to Chatu
n^ogi with wbx:thcy hai| saved.
The only ipas of Ufo in tnir "brilliant sffur” wag said
to have b on occasioned by a novel rxperi uent in gun
nery. Boms of our ecu had rigged two pieces of artil
lery up>a a band car, and in the lot of letting it down
t :e grade towards the biidg--, the coooeru became or.,
manag.-able, ran off the track, killed two Confedera'4
soldiers, and sov.roly wounded two more.
Tne str'gglcrs were dei y coming in, and say they rsn
because tho tfhects all ran, aud le.t nobody to take com
mand.
G >n. Reynolds wts by laat accounts trying to get uf
a volunteer force to d- fond the f.. uch ihii side of the
bridge, winch, i» is said, could be 'easily defended by a
smali farce. Mayor Smith, of Chattanooga, bad been
tviegrapliiog about in the vain hope of arou-dng the si
te tion of the Cou'ederate cflieora in that region 10 the
importance of defending It.
We tell tbi« a oiy m It «*a iom to u», oy one wno naa
the amplest oppcriunita of getting a' iho tiutb. It i« a
record of aharae, ua'css our intormant wa altogether
misloi In the facta. We 1 arced by a priaato te1 gram
yea'erday ihat ihe enemy have to» posaeasion of both
aid at f the ri»rr at BridfeporL
■jr^i^UAXai lO.i rnilLIii -W.-ahalcoc
tl: a* tie eu’.e of Me sfi'hr*d.h 4 Fox’# j ock, tt;<
mo n u At 10 o'clock
T • Whit- Goo J*, »*pring, Ciubrellu, with oeny othtf.* f»ij
dt* rAtoli* gOa d*. %re J'X QUjli
n e aLaI ai o oF ?r da- in < toe iaI %
So bale# it uwnShening.
■AS-11 __KENT, niNF 4 00 , Auctfc
A CALLED ftfFETING cf the * ladle* SoMtcr'i Aid Soclctr'
A Wtil bo hold At the usual p a *#, - n Thun Uy anr t*ng, At 1!
o'co:L Th* menbors tr< rt-pi »UJ In AU*ul pacctatiyt
n.»k? a rengements for *• tending to the ftiefc ftoMlars la Aad Aroani
the cite.
csy 7-S._IUOT ?. BMITH Bee ry B. A. 8.
DIVIDEND.
MkkCANT.H INSURANCE 00., I
lictcu *s. toth May, IMS. \
r|VIE Dlrretori o* thlj Octt^i^y bars this dAy declared a d:e1
1. dc u ir«»xrrp rcett pxytbie to the Stock*. > de. o err Am
A tK the I5.h loot, ■ itil wLlib dAte rhoifAnorer B~ok fill in
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■/•-v4w JAMES ELLFTT, Okife.
GIN. MAGRUDER AMD HIS VETERANS.
Hd'qes Dxr'r Fmnru. amd Ribbt Wise )
or rai Aut at Lai's Farm, April 18, 1881. (
To Ou Editor of tk, Whif:
I have the honor to enclose yon the address of Mijor
General J. B. Magruder to the old Army of the Penin
sula. If yon think proper, you can publish it In the ^
oolumne of the Whig. It will, no doubt, be received
generally with a* much pleasure if by the offleers a-.d
soldieis who hare to long bad the good lortune to tare
eo gallant and glorious a leader.
I am, sir, very truly, A:,
Quota.
Hiado u Dett Noitiih Viaoiau, I
April 18:b, 1861 J
GnriAL Oioiaa, 1
No. 1. f
I. Hrj. leoeral J: B. Magruder la assigned to the
ectomar.d of the right of the position, commencing at
Dam No. 1, and extending to the river.
IL Major General D. H. Hill is assigned to the com
mand o( Yorktown, Including the Redouble Nos 4
and 5.
III. Major General Longetreet la aatigned to the ccm
mend of the centre.
IV. Mijor General G. W. Smith is assigned to the
command of the reenve.
By command of General Johnston.
Titos G. Rsxtt, A. A. G.
HxaDvii Ainas Risht Who Aaxr or PuiaarLA, 1
Lee's Firm, April 19, 186A j
In miking known to the Right Wing of the Army of
the l’eninral*, the foregoing order of the Gene al Coc *
mending, M jor Grnrrai Magruder de- ma 1. a duty that
bs owes to tne soldier! of lbs Army ot tbs Peninsula,
to express publicly the approval with which their uni
form good conduct has in>pired him.
Duty haa exacted many sacr fleet of them, and they
hive been cheerfully mad*. Tne spade and (be axe haia
been no lees lamiliar to their hardy hand* than the mus
ket and the eword.
Placed by the determination of our Government nprn
a narrow tongue of land, we-bed ou three side* by na
vigable water*, and even menaced In front by the frown
ing K jrtre* a of Monroe, the Soldiers of the old Army cf
the Peninsula have ever kept faithful ward and vigil
over that avenue to the heart of the Confederacy en
tras'ed to their watchful earn.
By their labor, skill, and courage the broad waters of m
York and James river* have been lock-d to the prograta *
of the invaders by iron gate*, which hie enaryy and fer
tility of resources have yet bt*i unable to unlock ; and
when prised back by ove r*helming number*, from mat
advanced hie of defence, which with a fourth of lb* ar
mv nnm nrtaanf nnri#P OOP Hur Haul ! I'Afi* bML ifRDrti**
r.ableiven to the rut burden of tbe eocmy, tbe Lute ar
my of the Peninsula fell back, with its Iroot to tbe march
n< enemy, until it reached the Warwick river, (lot g
«.deb it* skid and energy had constructed a lice cl de
fence suHi’eut to temporarily stay tbe ewailiug ad
vance of invasion.
Tue It jar General, late commanding this little army,
cannot retrain from declaring ni* gratification at Ibe
conduct ol tbe troops, when on Siturday tbe 3 h of (bis
mooib, tbe immenoe Irgiuus of the enemy made their
first demonstrations along our line, cmbiaoing a f out of
ten miles, and defended by a force, exclusive of ih t fix
ed gariisoLS ot Yoiktown and Mulberry l*l*ni, ol *circe
hail at many thousand men as there were miles to de
feud. Wherever along this lice tbe enemy venturi q to
approach be was met by the roar of your artillery aui}
tb - uuwavering ranks ct your soldiery.
To accomplish this almost incredible result, whin an
army of twenty times your number wav checked and
held at bay along a front cf leu mil-.s, you hesitated at
no marebts, or vtgile, by night or by day, and you shri nk
from no encounter, however uuequtl, which ycur Gene
ral asked at ycur hands.
And uow, wusu you have fulfilled your whole mission
_wheu you have checked tbe advance of an exuiULt
entmr, until a breathing spell, of counll.ts value to
your country, could be obtained, during wired adequate
prepare ions have been mad* to ntcet our loe upon any
hdd be may chooee, you can, with pride, turn over to
o :r gallant and patriot comrades tbe position which yen
hive dimly held and protected against such terrible
olds, and gladly share with them tbe duty of guard ; g
thi-rcad to the Capital of tbe Confederacy, the arduous
labor* of wrieu had become too great tor tbe unaided
effort* of cue little band.
Everything looks bright—wc have a gallant Army, led
by a General whose courage and tkiil approve him wor
thy of the universal confidence in which he is held, and
the M-jor General 1st* Commanding feels every art-p
rince tbai in the great dram* about to be enacted cu
this Peninsula, the Soldiers of Uiqt little Army, which
he so long had the honor to commind, will prove them
selves worthy comrades of those gallant warriors, who
have mado the names of Manats** and Leesburg illus
trious in Southern History.
By (be new arrangement* which tbe exigencies cf tbe -m
service require, the late Major General Commanding finds j[
bimseit separated from a portion of the old army of tbo
Peninsula. How painful this separation is to him he will
not veuture to express, but he begs to assure them that
bis heart will follow them in the perils o! the corning
cord cf, though it be not bis fortune to lead them ; and
that he fecla confident that their courage and gallantry
will w la the esteem and affection of their new tioneral,
a, i: iu* already done thet ol tbrir old Commander.
To those of bia wnoienccomradcs who still remain un
der his command he o*u ouiy »xpre s the hope ilia! the
future, like the pa*t, wiil only strengthen those kimly
ties which unite soldiers in atm* lor tbe service ol their
country.
Comrades ! the boar of tbe deoision of oar liberties
is approaching and during its eventful minutes let no man
rest sathfied with the perlormanoo of bi* duty, for our
country demands of each one if us that be do moro,
J. BavKBian MaoacniB.
Mrjor General Commanding Right Wing.
Chir'xii PaxacaiMi.— It was sta-ed in Sunday’s ta
ttle ol tbe B gisier ib»t there would be religious rrrrioe
ou that day at 3 P- M., at the B«p.iat Church cn Bay
street, by Unagu kie, tba Cuipain of the Chon k-e bet
(aliiou, now in C-iup Occoao-toa, near thus city. At
the appointed tin- tba bi'Ulliou formed in double b e,
and marched und r an elegant (Jo..fed rate fl g, under
aommaud of M»jor Q. W. Morgan. Enreritg lhedir
lit tbe e«t»t end of X tin street to its iaiererction »! K
Gay, tbe uoope attired in tbeir new dress, continued the
match, and entered tba Church iu an ord-rly and u iiet
manmr. It ru at ouce see# that public expect.tic*
was eo high as Io bare drawn out a larger crowd ti t«
the building could accommodate. Aaiff.r wm made if
the f.rst Presbyterian Crutch, and the meeting »u ad
journed to that Urge and ccumod.cua budding.—
l’be pews on tie sou b side of tbe aisle, oq the
ri-ot side, were aMigat-d to and at oio* occu
pied by the Cherokee br*rea Tne Reverend W.
A H trrleoi. paito.- of tbe c u-cb. in rod a red to the
audiet^e “our briliier Jnsg.ikie, JhapiJn of tbe yptr
r.-hec i a*ta •on," and trie services commerced by reed
ing and ringing (in tbe standing pos.ur.) a I yarn in tbeir
o*ad:Vect. Tne typ^e resemble a Ijttie tbe H brew, »
t u’. are read from tbe ifl't s.de, as ogr common language.
Prayer followed, the chaplain and bis braves ail k eibtg.
Another hymn was sung, usd lha text xuuounced, is
found in Lukt, 8 cbep : 43d v.-rro. Tne sermon waa
like tbe entir* sere ce, delivered in tbe original Chero
kee language, but was addressed alike to all hie aaditcrl,
wherev r s a'.ed or of wb tever complexion. A short
address to hts own people, and tbo usual tened cticn
clo cd the er-rric-e Tnsy were probably two hours lung, ft
and in every part t,l then. s-u-rcu tbs Ui-.d attc-tioa
Of a very Urge auditory! Evety part if the Church 1
was filled, and yet not a word wrs understood by any
one in Iront, or to tbe ri»bt of It* pr.»:her.
C a;u-kte is ti e grandson of a U er- k*e Cbleftsln,
long known as a diuinguisbed warrior o! bis tnbs, and
as tbe most liouu-nso; bit dry. Hj bat tutuy ol the
attributes of a naTrta! orator. Ij ptrsou be ie about eix
feet hkb_tall, slender at d erre; has airx client nice,
greceful and rubor empbt'ir grnicula ion w.th lilUe ol
th- mannerism of tb« modern pulpit. Ha eermon
. t.-rmed io bn percussive rather than denucc.atory, sdti
sory end parental rather than condeutia ory and
authoritative. Bis prayer hid tbe appearance of de-p
devorion and humMe etruestreas and siucerily. Ti e
mus'c of tbe occiaion was cbarscerist-d by melody more
thio batmooy—more p.imiijve and 'em a-iisiio than
•nat we often bur in religious service. O.' h-s t* oio.
gv, of course nothing can bo known oertalnly. Adora
tion, veneration a-id supplioatijn could easily be imag
ined frem bis in inner to be prominent cbarac’.eririee of
bis wots: ip, acd his imagery, if be had any, iceford to
be draws from tbe m-t trial rather than the ideal and
sentimental—the moun’.an torrent, the forked lightning
acd rolling thunder—thj vtrdureand beauty of the lot
set, the "v.>io-i of mtuy waterj,” ail the u.t -raooee of
the atorm.—K'noit’U: RtgitUr.
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TO TH* VOlBiiX OP HALIFAX COUNT*.
IS rrsporsa to the oil cf o»af M-n’« from of It <r. at *p:rt o i
at th: c iia-.r, I ht-sbr prs-ni u/ul' ei a Cab rtdais tar I s
i m.-t at ih-rlW.it sal - eon •«;, at ibe satolny skctlra, io be b.U
oa Thuis.'a/ tbe in day of May L sta.t, tee!
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BLBCTIO.T N’OTICK.
OFF.ut Va., F. AMD MAR HI IM 00 . (
Ru.yao.-o May 31, It4/. j
A REGULAR a-aial eUc'.loa ot Cereotaea tl.-*«tan. 'or tr Is
laMim I n *1.1 be hsl 1 at tbe 0 mpaa/'i oBc«, He. If i Me a
street, oa Huaday, vb* lttb tot, at II o'etoex, M.
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