Weekly Columbus Enquirer from Columbus, Georgia • 1

ra' 4 A WtW WImW 'nq wet i i a 'J I I J' J''N i a 1 1 I I 1 rl 4 RANDOLPH' STREET THOMAS RAGLAND Proprietor NUMBER 36 COLUMBUS GEORGIA TUESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 8 1863 VOLUME XXXVI THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER Thursday September 3 1863 men for Georgia brigade miuie ball: doing the right arm do £57 Th? Svnthern Recorder piece 1 can one thirty wr andigoing about whe receiving money shall give the Iu the present struggle Gillmore has at YMtebar A A They li fl ri Spoilt As to shelling the that is the yast as an agency months bombard Deserters Some deserters arrested in Cherokee Co were brought up on the boat from lien last Thursday i Roberts and Dale of Manchester England have 'received a patent for making gunpowder with citrate of soda instead of potash The delinquescing tendency of the citrate of soda are corrected by auly drous sulphate jf soda or magnesia An explosive powder has been made of flour of starch boiled with nitric acid It has been referred at Vienna to Schon bein of gun cotton fame to be examined with reference to its intro faction in the Austrian army aniline fire imv frnin eight or teu inen in the fvrt whilst ganizm this loree or the enemy Dut Hi LUi wore a teen ion on the runs but in a moment alter the exploswrroi tue shell all were at their work again It were imposit le to conceive ofa more industri ous and indefatigable set of beavers than these same abolition "Tools of Gen Gill more Jay and nigh! tlr ugh un hiue and storm have they kept up their un remitting labors approaching little by EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE Or THE "A VANNAH A ii Abolitionist Badly Treated Considering that the lion John BJ1 of Tennessee is an abolitionist we do think he has been treated meaner by hisparty than any abolitionist wasuver treat ed Lefoa They have pursued him like bloud bounds driven him from his home separated him from his family and have taxen his property or nearly twelve months he has been in this place a pil grim an outcast and an exile When we supported him for the Pres idency in I860 we were repeatedly as sured by Democratic friends that he was as much of an abolitionist ns William II Seward aftd many of our cotemporaries published Jong extracts from his letters and speeches to prove it We understand why it is that the abolitionists have indicted so many iniu es and insults upon him while SewardLovejoy eeher and others of the party have not been disturbed Rome Southerner The Evacuation ot Kncxvillc There can no longer remain any doubt as to the evacuation at Knoxville by our forces tb' ugh up to mr latest ne cnurts the enemy had not made his ti pcaranco in the place There is vine doubt ns to whetheror not le will do so until he can see bis" way nnr clearly Its evacuation is regarded by many as analogous to the invitation extended by the spider tothe fly the ncceptance of which might prove fatal rom ail wo can learn such judicious er grade than belongs to the strict depart ment of engineering As to what is tn come the experience of Pulasfti can only give us confidence without determining secific condition being so ditferont tSumter is farther off from Gillmore' batteries than was Pulaski it is stone instead of Erick and is addi tionally protected by tiers of cotton bales On the other hand General Gillmore has much heavier and better ordnance than he had al Pulaski and more batte ries besides having the aid of the iron cifds The balance of the conditions is be ieved not to be against the present undertaking but experience alone can settle the question But General Gill more and his gallant troops as well as the whole loyal public ar sanguine in the conviction that Lis success is only a question of time I is a military axiom that every fortified place can be taken if only the proper means are expended The Government means that there shall be no intbeca Men ordnance and Ciie re quisite material of all kinds will besup plicd in abundance Let the people therefore be in no haste to sec the cra dle of rebellion brought low The work ist gy on scientifically to be successful and bbould not be hurried It was re ported that the grand attack was to be opened last Thursday but we are assu red oi good authority that Gen Gill more wiU not be ready to give the word for action before to day or to Perhaps a day or additional delay may be necessai But the third contest at Charleston this time the battle of the engineers will aoon begin anil will ve arc conndent march steadily on to the complete satisfaction ot ail I and the contusion of traitors rom the Skirmishing in King George Welearn from a gentleman who was at Port Royal yesterday that on Tuesday our infantry had a skirmish with a large force ofThe cavalry between Tort Conway and King George IL which resulted in the repulse of the ederal troops with a los of 12 killed and a num ber wounded Oar loss was one man badly wounded and four or five missing Our informant states that he heard the report of artillery in the direction of PoitKoyal as he left Bowling Green yesterday Port Royal is lo miles from Bowling Green All was reported quiet at redericks burg yesterday when ihetraiu left There was nothing new by the Central train The name of the gentleman killed yesterday by the cars running off the track was Carpenter of South Carolina lllchm Sentinel According to Haller women can Lour hunger better than men according to Plutarch they can resist the eifei is of wine belter according to Unger they srrow old and never bald nccor liiig to rom tho Atlanta Appeal of the 29th East Tennessee We have hr thing additional from C'nat tanobga The train that left there yes terday morning due hero in the evening did not arrive until morning and the train due to day has not yet arrived rom Knoxville we hear stirring news On Thursday it became known that Burnside was advancing on the city i rr such force that it was Joined prudent to make sme removals of stores etc The report was his advance was only eight mi les distant The telegraph and post offices were closed and moved to ward Dalton and the express company moved its office eastward A fight was expectoi without much delay Ve learn nothing of the probable force of the enemy or by which route hi advance was made To meet the movements ofthe ederal commanders wo are aware some move ments are going on and we earnestly hope they will be pushed expeditiously so that we shall not be called upon io record the announcement foq late themountain fastnesses are lost Some venrs a parrot longing to a gentleman in VV'in cm rier Tenn was usel to flying Aruundandi'goin about wheraver" it pleased: One rtay while it was perched upon a Ji hfip i tr rrt huwt lc vue along bore itaw iy 'Pas iugl o' er 'sown ir ider in whicii a boy was I nt work ho had fea ie parrot many a lima and wlmiu it knew much better i bn itv I lZk I I 1 1 Secretary Memminger of the Treasury Department has gl en the following publie notice inregard to the payment of 'n federate taxes in advance Anv tax payer may pay into the hands of the Treasurer or any Assistant Trea surer depository any saia of money not les than Lae hundred dollar in and the om er so The Legislature Adjourned ihe extra session of the Alabama Leg islature wss adjourned last night nlwt a ses ion of two weeks Before adjourn ment spveral bills of im porta nee were ad opted: among them bill for the reorg iniz of the mi'ita which embraces ov i body between' sixteen and sixty hosuCrom sixteen to seventeen and from forty five to sixty to be included in one class as county reserve and those from seventeen to forty five to compose un oim class for the def nee of any part of Le stale Three 'listrieis in North Al abama were exempted from the operation ot the inw as to the first class State and Cunt dilate officers anil other classes deemed necessary tothecommuity aici cluded in the first Montgomery Adv Otimarv iier over eirht lines clarxed as adreni emenu All CommnnicatiuDS ot a erroEal char oriutcnuul rrenwe the private end ot School or Imlividoah will be sharped a advertisement Tfiy per annum payable inaaria ADVERTISEMENTS Cnpi ectaly inertd a Two Dont! 3 per rqnartn the first insertion aul Oxa i las for every subsciuem insertion A square in the Bummer is eleven lice in std vame of partv paying the HUM certificate that he i entitled 15 credit for the amount on aee uni of his taxe paid with interest thereon at five per ceaL aim of the enemy is to pick off our gun ner whenever they show themselves at the embrasures tnl thus prevent the serrirgof guni It was by gaining a similar proximity to our defences at Vicksburg that they were enabled to silence many of our gtinr Tt ii unnecessary to irticnlarizC the many advantage which the gaining of this proximity for their sbarpsbxters will give to the Yankee in their opern tlnr fur the reduction of Atagnef Tnc gaining tli'n point by the enemy will foil il'o fn i nil the en emy to lay his clinches upon the Sw itzer land of the Confederacy East TennesseeNeither Cumbcrtaiid nor Wheeler's gap we understand have been evacuated and it may the ruli of our Generali to draw lii ederal into the country in uid' the more effectually to conquer anu overcome them Wncunnot persuade ourselves hat Knoxville would be so rv 'di irm up iodes tome ulterior pur po of this ort an? had in view In the ai ny wpb botn officers and num we bve the satisfaction knowing that all is hop' arm confidence ns to the result whenever the pending struggle siiall take plce Oursoidii rs win go in to the battle win ihe determination to win the victory and if possible make it decisive They nr ttn vtetm ie half won an ddrnwr battles and will make a clean job of it next time if they are given ii ch inco With wh spirit and anything like irtf ad vatit ihev will prove irvincble Meniphi' Apjeal Mimumiffi When Gen Johnson fell back from Jackson it will be remember ed that there weire alarming reports of wholesale desertions from the Mississippi regiments A General officer belonging to tint army and to whose command most of the Mississippi regiments belong ed the writer three days ago that these absentees were all back at their posts and that his command was strong er now than itwas when he joined Gen Joh naloti to aid in th of Vicksburg It is gratifying to know that this is the rule of action throughout our armies Men are returning to their colors at their scall Is it any wonder with honor and partiotism before them and disg race and perhaps the dejith of a des erter behind Mobile Adv and Reg: It appear from tlm United Niat Naval Register that the vessel cap tor by the Lcut Wood were nue as follows: Reliance screw steamer of IK) tons and one gun (she had two gun when captured) Satellite side wheel steamer 217 tms and two guns Cuiri tuck screw ste imer 194 tons and fivi guns They all belonged to the Poto mac flotilla Lieut Wood who commanded the expedition which has proved so success ful is a grand sun of Gen Zachary Tay lor Richm Sentinel 2o A large ironc Under culled a ithb is so arranged th it it i pushed lorwird the work progresses affording almost perfect protection to t'm force of diggers who thr 'v up the'earth high enough for tliusc who come behind to cnlargo and strengthen the line to tie' extent desired with httlo orno risk from cannon balls and sharp shooters in front A shell 1 rupped into the trenches some times creates havoc a mong thy workers but nutting it there is a nice' xvoik not very easily acconiplishi On the afternoon in question the ene my opened a tremendous fire Buttery ope the severest of the siege tmm all their land baltafies lt was evident that they interfiled to follow it with an assault? first upon our rifle pits and then on tlio mam work Col ri on wnfehed their every movement otten from the parapet which pool tion of imminent peril and formed Ills relief picket guard for the night on the pnradn of the fort in the rrtidat of a most bnmn viva ot it 'iiii' nsirv the fact ttait he Jost The Approncn lo Bottle of the fctagiuec rs Thu Boston'' lournal thinks that trie now going on at be tween two of the' best if nofhbsolutely the two bet engineers in their respective armies is extremely interesting in every poirt of view besides that which con 1 corns itself with the national bearings Of the result It ays: It is universally admitted that if Beau regard is good for any thing in I ho way of generalship it is as an engineer And he probably is verv accomplished and ingenious in that Branch of service His actual exploits thus farnre not proofs of great originality as perhrps the oc casions did not call for it but they show no di fectA in ids claim to be a first class engineer Jut General Gilmore in his reduction of or! Pulaski demonstrated highly original aid brilliant What lie accomplished in that case is wall known it the following statement bribe Philadelphia North American of ih itnmenee barriers of routine opinion which be bad the boldnes nitack and demolish at ti same time Lest shows what stufllhe man is made of: It is stated that General for three years chief oT the Engineer bureau at AVashingU after a careful survey pronounced positively against the prac ticability of ar aitaek on Pulaski stating that there wns not iron enough in Amer ica to capture thatfort General Totten long the head of the Engineer corps is reported to have said that you might gs well undertake to" bombard the Rocky mountains from Tybee as ort Pulaski Gen Robert Lee gave rebel testimony to the same pxint The enemy may till vour fort with shot and shell but tbev cannot breach its But the incredulous Gilmore insisted on an oppor tunity to drag some cannon miles across floating mars les to a little firm Jarfd on which he proposed to plant them for a breaching battery and by some strange ouuneehe was permitted le do so The world knows its effect on ort Pulaski and are now liaformed that its Conse quence with the branch of the service to which he was attached was to make Gen eral Gilmore the best hated officer in GftN The following appears in the New York Herald of the 22 i in stnrit: To thk Editor Herald j'hedeath of General Holmes ot Arkan sas as reported in the Herald by drink ing intoxicating liquors is raise I was present tit his death It was caused by pneumonia Your obedient servant ROBERT RAINEY of Napoleon Arkansas A 1 U'mpNUJ TL1 ewiipmiy 1 9h AVni 'b Il rctoSc tnc at hi Eject inane hi aarkf but in this instance whilst the heavy firing on th bntfpry was progress ii ig and before suidowu a large body of troops suddenly turned the point of their works on our ngnt and fell upon the pickets with fury In less than five minutes along their entire line of works a large body numbering not le than fifteen hundred men ovfcE 1 aped the trenches and forming imme diately into line ot battle charged across the narrow space upon onr uf0 pits Our men had blit a moment to lire but did the best they umrd under tue cir ruinstane They of vour were ox er powered but fought bravely lotlie last seventy nmo out of the eighty six being either killed or imtured in die pita I take especial pleasure iff fceoiding their firmness ns they all eloiigel to toe blrt North Carolina which biulNUshO'li iim upon itself by the bad euiidtieL of some of its men on fl former occasion Whilst tins moreinenl was successful not unresisted end wi'hont i Such wus the lire from the bat teries and sharpshooters upon the fort that it wa impossible to Loop the num at the guns fr a moment: some fi rm huw eervas done in spits ot it In addi tion Col Harrison planted two howitzers on the inch and vvitli grape and shrap nel inowal down large numbers of the enemy but our small force was eventu ally compelled tn tire The Colonel immediately telegraphed for reinforce ments saving that he would retake the rifle juts provided they should urrivejn time A small party upwjv ds of two hundreJ'Lelouging to the th NirthCar olina arrived about ten atnighl and about four hundred of Col Keill's 2dth 8outh Carohna him abmit a half hour iM'fon ilry the dehiv being occasioned by defective ttarisuc rtaton and the difficulty of reaching the bland with steamers He had then including Rumors from the Toiit During the pastthree days uncording to the sage tyings of Aladam Rumor the em my Lave crossed tue Tennessee river three or four timd in force from 20000 IOUO at Bridgeport Shell Mound and two or three other places have advanced various distances this way and might be expected at any un expected time almost 11115 where most iuconvenient for our comfort and safety The la wo heard they were in the of ibree ways for towards tVills alley Chatt mooga and Jtome Now we are not disposed to tnukelight ofituy reasonable apprehension of dan ger but would caution our good people against becoiniug frightened on account of vague uncertain and as it generally turn out false rumor There is no doubt but that very important military movements are going on i the vicinity of Chattanooga Ttnt place has been evacuated Lj" non and a great portion of the goods and chattels have been removed No passing up the State road beyond Halton is allowed ex opt tor trofp1 Telegraphic communi cation to the press from Chattanooga is prohibited Bragg has been largely re inforcod Ilia last few days General Jolinston is on the ground and Roseerniis is likely to get a good thrash ing whenever be makes the Rome Courier 30th ort Gregg often mentioned in the accounts from Charleston is the work which was known at the capture of ort 1 niter two years ago a the oint err dr is upon the same site The Prospect of a Yankee War with nglaiid The Philadelphia Inquirer ha the fol lowing paragraph about the rumor in tho Washington Republican of a war with England: Tim extraordinary article from tho Washington Republican anticipa! ing ft war with England to which we ule bref reference iy appears to have been based upon a private letter from London dated the 21st of ill The let ter in question states that preliminary notice find been served upon the Govern ment of Great Britain by the proper officers of thu American to the effect that if Englund permit the two iron clad ranis now building there for the rebels to be turned over to our enemies to depredate on American com merce the Government of the United States will aecejit the net ns a declaration of war Thi is certainly very impor tant and startling if true and of the truth of the allegation the editor of th Repub lican not only expresses no doubt but enforces it by stating that the ry lias been followed by a pe remptory notice and further asserts that the latter fict will be officially promul gated at a very early day If the Re publican is accepted ns authority our relations with England are certainly threatening Yankee The Richmond Sentinel lias positive inform ition from the most sources that tin Yankee conscripts are deserting very fast and that the drafted men declare they will not fight and that the present rmy in Virginia is ths lest one Lincoln will get EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN CttAItLESTON August 27 ISfio A tier stormy and bloody night al most unbroken silence bus reigned throughout the dav So has it been that one could almost imagine that hud parsed away si nd jwnce sweet ja ace onee morn spread her golden wings over these devoted shor'1 Heaven vouchsafe its for to it alone ve cunAiow angry passions rule the day and from him we have nothing to hope Nor is this a mere idle desire Throughout tho dark night that has so long blooded over our unliRppy and struggling coitn trv I have ever fell a consoling faith that the of Events after chas tising both sides to the measure of th( ir desert for the part each has borne in the sin that led to the bloody strife He vvtlJ: in his own good time and 111 a way wo dream not of miso the veil and open up tho way to a long and glorious peace Perhaps we may have to trend the thorny path of war for months if not years to come it bait let us not be discour aged but by nerving our arms and pu rifying our hearts seek to stay Ilia wrath and hasten on the auspicious day rom S' me reason not explained we are yet without particulars ot hist tight A'l that ha been ascertained is that rifle pits which are some four bundled yards in front of ort Wagner were eipiired by an overw hi Iminy lyrce and that up to dark this evenin we bad been unablto retake them be enemy also during thenight advanced hi lines to within two hundred yards of our work thu showing a degree of energy that is of imitation by we were unable to retake tho rille pit after the arrival of tho reiniorccments asked fornobody can explain butill are con fident th it a good reason exists and that nil ws lone by gallant commander that was practicable under the circum stances His ustructiois are to assault their lines again to night should 11 be d' emed advisable but up to a tale hour there tire no indications of a movement iring at long intervals has been going on since ton but it is understood to proceed 'from our James Island but teries to annoy the enemy while they are at work Iteis said that our los hist night was from twenty to twenty five kil led and wounded and some forty: taken pii MAiwit It i conceded by many sagacious per sons that the whole island must eventu ally fall into the hands of the enemy rom their great superiority in al! the appliances of guns nmmunltmn working utensils transportation ships and men to itc Jt i believed that we cannot permanently hold the position without it sacrifice of troops we are una lileto spare and for whose loss with other items of cost the retention oj the island would he no adequate coinpenss bin It looks reasonable to suppose that the means which Lave brought them thu tar in spite of all our eflorbs are competent to secure to them the remain ing ground immediately in dispute Morris Island in their hands and ort Sum er a wreck for under the firing of a new three hundred pounder Parrott gun hr eastern or sen wall has liven se riously damaged within the few what then Must Charleston fall? Such a result IS by no means ne indeed (irmly believe that she will be standing proudly defiant for six months to come though 'rdal fire have passed over her Sumter though ioctto us can never be occupied by the ejiamy so long Aiotiltriu anti ihii teiy Bee shall stand this ha been satisfactorily proven alrealy Theerm onitoi even were they double their present strength can nevet enter the harbor of Charleston and go oiu again Oftlrn correctness of Uii propo sition I have notn particle of doubt and the publ'0 will bs convinced should tho rvi riiniH! ritv from Island sheerest delusion at least as an agency for reducing it Asix months bombard ment nt that distance would not effect one fourth the damage of the late fire much The correspindent of the Richmond Enquirer writing from the Army of Northern says It is I humblv submit the most agree able Dews that I can communicate to the home folks that the Army of Northern ATrsrini i bring supplied cap a pie with new outfits and 1 hazard nothing in saying that in looks and in spirit our troops are to day in nothing behind the condition ot the army when it entered Pennsylvania: and yet so silently lias this metamorphosing process been con 'ductcd and so quietly is each department discharging its duty that you can searc ly realiz" how so great a change has been wrought tn so short a period I heard it from a courteous member ot Gen Lee's st df who has recently in spected the army that its fighting condi tion never was bettar and that its com fort is duly cared fur and it health all that could be desired I myself can bear to the tnithfnlness of all th it an be said of the morale and spirit of this army ju 1 now Gen Roger A has resigned his position as a Brig (Jeneral and is now serving ns a private in the 13th Virginia Cavalry in this army I am told that the General gives a a reason for this that be applied repeatedly for orders as an officer but ref rivim none and that be ing determined to see active ser vice be resigned and took the true pot of honor the private station Maj Gen Wilcox recently jiromoted nssEich is been assigned to the com mon I of Ponder's old division con posed 1 of and Seales' North Carolina UrtiXhutfc South Carolina anu 1 nomas Division will doubtless achieve ns reata lame as has been made by the gallant brigade of Alabamians which boars hi name Brig 'Gen Humphries recently pro moted as such will have command of Bar ksdale's old brigade He is a West Riiiiit man having bcn there with the President He is a most capital officertnd a Tt successor to the worthy and amenttd Barksdale atal Avfray Killing of Dr James Carrie of Kentucky by Mr George Rossford of Georgia A fatal affair oc curred on Wednesday evening last at Mr about one mile from this city between Dr Jas Currie a clerk in the War Department from Kentucky and Air George Bassford clerk in the irt Office from Georgia which resulted in the death of the former by a stab with a knife A in quest was held yesterday on the and a verdict wilful murder rendered in the case Richm Sentinel Disappearance The Augusta Chronicle luentsous the fact that two or three ditch' patriots of that city who wore large cockades in 78'10ana held themselves in readiness to insult whomsoever dared to talik of co opera tion or refused as they have done last drop? Recently convert ed their all into specie and sterling ex chaoae and havo disappeared with their famiiies hMTegone no one knows whither perhapsyio plant a colony of somewhere in New Provi Knoxville evacuated A gentlemen just from Loudon informs that Knoxville was evacuated on Thursday last All the stores were brought away and all the Confederate troops Battalion of Cavalry excvpted areon this sideot the Tennessee He reports that the panic among the people is said to be great every body is removing from Knoxville and vicinity and crossing the river The last train from Knoxville arriv ed starduy "When it left Ch was reported to be skirmishing with th enemy As was necessary after the evacuation of Knoxville Cumberland Gup Jiao also been evacuated Jtis believed that our forces will be able to defeat Raseiicranz whenever he gives battle Jfncon Conf Sl who was shot by Gaorga BatibaMw onTbiirtirUy ni ht noticed in our ven edition has since Atta QreitrvnBt A STRICT CONSTRUCTION THE AN HONEST AND ECONOMIC IL ADMINISTRATION THE GOVERNMENT rom Vicksbubo A Northern dis patch says: Sickness in Vicksburg i greatly on the inci ease The disease is the malignant congestive fever of the typhoid type The suraeons in the ederal army find it a very difficult fever to manage Cases of the ehrdnic diarrhoea are not so fre anenk Maj Hase I ton late in charge of pay dniartment nt Vicksburg died at Memphis on the fid inst from dieenee coatrated ia the service It is Mid that regard in on 3 that iiq in getting his foothold on Morris Island If he had been kept out of and he might have be could 'have made no pro gress but th st braving been secured and held be has fitir field and need stek ao favors At the very starting point Gan Gilmore evia sed a geaenlslup of a high ord Tknn Aug 27 18io kslitor Enquirer or the last five days we have been inarching and shift ing cr mps for the purpose of foiling the attempts of the enemy to cross the river Our division is picketing tho river from the fl' mat of Chickamunga creek to ord We have a merry time skirmishing with the enemy's pick ets on thu opposite side Yesterday the 57th Ala formerly tho 9th Abu Battalion was under fire from day light until trie Col Hush Jones posi tively forbade his men exposirg them aelve unnecessarily to the fire of the Clemy but some of tie men in' their engern to get a good shot and to dis play their intrepidity paid for their recklessness liy being' severely wounded Six of the enemy's shajp tsheotar daring tho dsy were seen to lumbleover the bluffs into lhe blue a ters of the To day al! is quiet 1 along our lines At erd and Chattanooga heavy cannonading is going on at this hour particularly at the fofm er place 1 Rosecrans is evidently upon us with hi whole available force with a fixed det iriiiinatioii to cross this river and lo give Gen Bragg battle at all hazards Ilis probably not necessary for me to say that our'army numerically is inferior to that of RojecrHiis yet I firmly believe that Gen Bragg will tight him iiotwith standibg the great di parity in numbers Your readers must pardon a short let ter No man can write in a happy vein or stvle while mil nie balls are Hy ing uncomfortably close to his head Th rumors from Tennessee Laid ih4 expe mo important news from that region soon If Burnside has tnueed made bis appearance in large force in the vicinity of Lis coming has bran lira most and leart her alded any advance of a large army that La Occurred during the' war Pro bably only ad vance or reconnoitering cavalrv fcrer nf his army had cnri Hlc far into Et Tennessee Rut very iniiCH'ion trllsm that the contest tar that inortail region is at band and wv are glad to 'ne ir report that reinforcements Luryjg forward to aid in driving Lack the foe Stirring news from thst quarb nmy bo expected daily Tlio Yankee succhm in advancing their rifle vi within two hundred yards of Battery Wagnr exposes that fortification rct oforexo he oicmly defended to an ort Sumter to be Held We learn from a creditable source that since the damage sustained by ort Sum ter General Beauregard sent a commis sion composed of Engineers to examine its condition and report whether it was capable of defence They proceeded to the ort and after a thorough examina tion (the ort being under fire at the time) reported that it was susceptible of defence tor an indefinite period Gene ral Beauregard then called for volunteer to defend that fortification To this call there was an immediate response from more than was necessary It is impossi ble to estimate too highly and to attach too warm a panegyric to this offer of vol untary service for a so perilous It will be a shining mark among the numer ous transactions of galinntry emblazoned' by this war Atlanta Confederacy The Yankees are going to have a at Gettysburg in which will be interred the bodiesof all who fell in that battle ourteen acres of land have already been purchased for Ike purpose' SIH Ise IIIIIR Escape if JPrisiaierM Iron Ifurt hci i tiOtur ce CiHfswlo ala Brunks and uUci Vih Geoma: nrinn ta lHh Mi and Jn" Dor SmtiTr 11 rse Arti lerv ar rived here from url UoLwaro having made thqr racspo iroin ort Delaware on thu nightaffthe 12th inst Tho nnrm live vf ih irkH i i interesting Hav ing formed plan to es iip they 1111 provi od Lf' preservers by tying taur eai tvii wuil eirkiil around tlmlmlv of caelt tiiai and on the night of the J2h inst proceededito Icavotne Bland The night being ilniltjhey gut into the water and wam off Irwin tho back of the island tar be shore I hruO of them wn in four nuir's and bi uded li ii Wo lies Dclnwiue City the other two being swept down tho river dow sIa wi miles and landed at Christine Creek Another soldier (a Pmbtd it 11 them but wits drowned a Sti 'rt di lam Irmu tho shoro H' mil lie was tiit coming back to the Goiifoderiic but wa going to Philadelphia to had eight canteens around his touy but was not uu expert sv imnier The three who Ian led near Delawarety lay in a cornfield all nKht and tho next evening nbmt dark started on their South niter firat luiving mud known their n'liion to a farmer who gave them go jfl supper Tnw travelled timl night twelve mtli through Ki' co Uci tfib next day lay vi'iivoaled in a genilemcn'c tiarii 1'roni there they went lu Kent eomity MJ where tho citizens gave then: new clothes ami mo ney After this their detection" was less 'probable they'had been Wealing Mieir uuifvims iuu two days previous "I liev took the cars on the flifadelphia ami Baltimore Railroad nt Townsend and rode lo Dover the ipital of Delaware Sit ting nuur tlieui in lhe car Were a Yan kee Colonel uin1 Captain and tlmpi oat guard passed through frequently They wro nut dheiii end however though to Oeapu detection Kminnd almost impossi ble They got off tin train at Delmivir and wont by way of Barern Crock Springs and Quantico MJ to the Nanticoke rier and got into a canal Huie they parted company with five others who escaped from ort Dela ware Miniu days previous a the canon would not holt ten of them In thoemioo tlivy went to Sound and cross ing the Chesapciike landed in Northuni berlan 1 county betaw Point Lookout a pomt nt which the Yankees are building fort tor the cofin ot prisoners They mat with great kindne troin citi zen lioalli ville who contributed 1 20 to aid them mi their route Tney soon met with our pckcU and Came to thia city vii the York River Rm Trofnl These caped prisoners express iu tho liteliest tel in their gratitude to be people of a ryl ind arid Delaware who did everything lliev could to aid them There was no difficulty experienced iu either Stalo in finding genet 01 is people of Soutiir rii sym pathies who would give them both mo noy and cfntfiing and put tlivm tive lo nuv trouble iu help them on their jour iHi se gentlemen stata that a largo number of our prisoners at ort Dela ware have Iran the oath mid enlisted in the Yiiiikeu service 'J lie Yankee have Hiro dy trom prisoners who taken tne oath enlisted 270 man iu tho i Mary end cinlry tail tm in a battalion Iieavv artillery and in an m'nntry regiment 'Io et tbe en lutiuenta they' cireulalo ell sorts of lie ntnong tlm pruunc rs The chief lies are tbneffect iliit Gen 1 co hits res igm qta thttl ort Carolina has withdrawn from the Uon teueraey and sent commissioner from i i trtata on to A ashingioir to make nu ms lor rc cnteritig the Uii ii! mid that Virgimais only watting lor Leo's army to budrtven from her border to tier connection with 1 he Yiki nation 1 uuy tell the men if tiiev will nlist will be sent eat V'oct tr thu Indians rind will evc be sent South where there would i any danger of their capture prison nrrres to cnlirt ins name is put down tn a fax and he is iiHri iie from the 111:1111 body of the prisoners to anigtie' part ot ttie i laioJ to jum his eompa mons 1 shamewl Ive in tents there in vcr comes back among bis tlrl tor fear one of our informant remarked should cut Lis throat" fhey ere jeered and hooted by their late compan ion vn pa out irnm tiiein ar ih Yank flit prisoner Tort ware at th 3 rate of twelve a div rations are six crackers a day and beef Richm Jjsp the Ip hJ of its editorial column lhe naw of Major arlow of Sumter county ns its candidate for Governor and truly recommends Major urlow as one the most liberal patriotic and safe men the State But it does not say whether he is willing to te announced as a crradldy' 3b RTAXTTT is KW We copy the following paragraph from the New York Times of the lllh inst The tanrftil number of nine hundred smtirnw deaths were reported yester day be tre Gdy Inspector as haying occurred daring the pa week This i an increase oyer I it of tiro SuirirM nni arty right and over the wne period 1st 1 year of four ho mired ami tuni The de'1'h wie by ui cirrarive hwt rom Ciraitnooga To lbs Associated oertn Dispatches from btuvonson Alnbuma report tlnt Gen Ibaeucr un opened firn on thu rebel works on riday Inst Tho enemy replied ineffectually whilst our lhe th abb 1 evmy ldtery they opr nod 'v rk gtang the river Hie ery itrvr rfTririr' apih sdej re veils mid anoltior uU'ntlv An attempt to destroy tneir nrm rar bouts moored on their wlo of the river was prevented by their shtirp hootc: 6 We however captured forty prisoners a train ol wagon and a number mules An expedition under Cui Wilder cros sed the Tennessee river and burned a railroad bridge thus eutlr the com municatioG between the rebel right and left Desert era who have comeirto ourlines ruport thut Geii Johnston had arrived with troops and kUjfCi aeded Bragg in command A A young lady was engaged to be married to a soldier in the army The soldier suddenly returned home "Why have you left the army sh inquired of him have found a he replied sir I can your example axj find sub stitute too Good And she left him 'he middle of the room a dis graced soldier era Brig Gen A 11 ttajairr is now in cmman 1 of our forces on Mor ris Island Liberal and Timely The Charleston Courier acknowledges tba receipt 01 the handsome sum of S2 from the Eagle Manufacturing Company of this city which it was ru thorizd to appropriate in uch thnyr a ir might think best for tb benefit of ih Cbarfeston One thou ni dollars of the amount 'v: rp wropriat 'd for the comfort of the Georgia trovpx tha balance distributed in araonlancAvith the object of the dona tion We n'io observe in a Richmond paper an advertisement by Air Jtou proposing to sell to the fan Hies nt sol diers and the poor 4700 yard of cotton cloths donated for this purpose by the xugu ta actory st To cents per yard: lhe selling price of uch good in Rich mond lieing $225 per yard ChakiEsJox Aug 2rh lB Tin npturc of mir tilL pits belore Battery Wagner irtn auy eicning last and ur to retake them may riquiic word of ex phi mu tan 1 hav an reason for Laving it uu tooJ in tho b(ri that lira operation on the island tlirtmieiv werour dor ttielire tivii of our gmlaBt and ii yiral eauntvnian GcorgO1 liar risin ofriienai The rifle mis aro ilustad in front of the battcry iind bfetwi 1 bree and lour hundred distant from They b'SutiMive snm'a hundred yards from tbebeimli on tLel ft anffrun in a sou th i westerly direct tan no right being further frem tho batt iv fhim 1 1 6 Ct "across lhe island Whimi i very narrow jut thereto a dal boi during vn tlii marsh Theybcontaino room tor cightv ix men The Him ef tbc em iny's work's al least tho oirtirCst approach also extended acros and umi binod with our lino formed tho letter their tart an 1 our right coming witbin thirty steps of each other It will thus we semi that their sapping operations have been conducted with ibo greatest skilf and efficiency f'ln ir zig works like nn iii im rise worm fence stretch for ft mile or more up the island ana they continued burrowing until actually brought theirork al niot up our own lili uurmlitary reader ill better imdamand sucL ope ation i 11 tho luce ol Hit 1 iiviny Av ln Le fill wound in right shoubjer isen Co 51 rgia slight flesh wound between the eo about to return to duty 1 Akins 23J Georgia right foot badly cut by glass CITADEL SUUAKB HOSPITAL A Winkler Co I 23d Georgia left arm amputated at elbow second operation and suffering considerably Ellis Co 51th Georgia se vere! wounded in right hand several fingers blown off There is quite a number of side gen erally7 of intermittent fever and diarrhtca butall are doing well and will probably recover I have omitted to state in previous letters that the captured negroes who were turned over to the State by tho military authorities a few weeks ago were brought up lor trial under the laws of South Carolina on Monday )ti mo tion of counsel on either sides the case were postponed until next Tueybiy week Able counsel have been usJgned the prisoner anti other ept taken to secure them a fair and impartial trial Public sentiment here is against a' rigid execu tion of the law and I shall not be sur prised if a plea in defence that they were acting not of their free will but under compulsion should avail in securing a verdict of acquittal 8 reduce it to the abolition Whence then is their Ona site 'll: is narrowed down in our judg ment at least to a successful landing upon and occupation of James Island Here is their task and I am greatly mis taken it they do not find it more than a match for their wits 1 have spi nt the whole afternoon in a round among the hospitals which have been removed far up town filore especially for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of those Georgians who were wounded in the late battles on Mor Island I jolted down the foilowing notes for the information of their distant friends: 1S GEORGIA HOSPITAL CaptA of the 51th Geor gia who was frightfully wounded in the engagement of Tuesday niglit dicxl at an early hour this morning His remains will'be forwarded to his friends in Scriy en county by to train for vunmih Wiley Carter Co o4th Georgia both eyes shot out really a sad case the ball entering the left eye from the side paed under the nose through the right eve and out of the temple Sight i of course extinct though the brain is believed to be uninjured and his recov ery considered probable Thoma Moore Co 54th Georgia lelt leg crushed by a shell and amputated above the knee doing totar ibly well Lamb Co 54rth Georgia right thigh broken Dy a well Win Greiner Co flesh wound througu little for Tiles until they are now right under our noes Their lines to dajare within two indredyardsiifour Lattery The shelling of the city lias not been I resumed? Gilimore ha either repented ot tnc iniquity tt a 1 uiiKee viuiiwonis: can repent or hi bribery is hirs da cm bat mort prob ibly the latter 7 It is iid tbit Mui fii Gilt er after a thorough inspection of ort Sum ter holds that it is teii'i ble even nrTuins the vigorous uwans tawing 1 A 7 141 i LU HUiU A UIllLUHl CDUl' LrUti re '4 1 i fe There i' much talk in the citvtaf an rr leged can tic' letter imm tcH ire a'er Bcaurcgard clu mgDp lhe tale nrea kt jl that be dreed Why not oudnsned a kurry and eoug it a nea! with lljti rdst I cuiiiiot hatevtr may have been its character Bcaure i gard has evidently committed a blunder The Yankee General fibinnmi ays if inwituboiding it It will appear ccr Gilmore in igking (Jim i ihi to tainly in the Yankee papers and its sup i lay tne citv in asbue Lu io rrtad pression here has very much the appear 1 by his roups and ri Mitu auce that somebody is atraid of it 8 ta rn people deinai tu un er 'tet te non ofUnaiiesun nsy on rniai There are three Reuben Da I or every Southern city your minions vis Chas C1aK and We eaiuidateo I deatruy wc WUl destroy two die for tht Governorship of Mississippi jK rior facilitlea fur quickly eOnccHtra ting and sipjHrting a largo force tuere rather then any reinissnea lack precaution bad conduct on ourpnrl Ths rifle pit were held chiefly by the CUI North Carolina regiment who were overwhelmed by three regiments of the enemy and sutuj sixty of them taken prioneral The Courier mya is ap pears from those who participated that our advanced picket force of eighty menccupyiig the riil 1 pits were flanked tind surrounded by an oterwhulming force 01 thft enemy! who had been masking till das for tho purpose About twenty only ina le Uxeir escape The Yankees nd van wiil rogi inputs Oar men fought" gallantly but werc overjxjwered by superior numbers Thu however suffered Our howitz yr kept up a lealv tire ra king the enemy's column wth grape shot and doing much execution A severe musketry Are also occtirroil One of men who escaped after being taken prisoner reported the enemy im mediately on taking po'sessioa of the ride pita commenced to throw up more sand for strengthening their posi th Rsbfi Ie XB Th vi reliable sheet the New 1 ork Herald of the 22d iisb has the follow in interesting news: Refn rra fnin Richmond' wlm arrived a taw days ago report that tli CsonfMAraie is sadly fnhtevi rJ'udl th pwble fate of Clarta ton the capture which they regr1 ss the winding tip of the rebel lion They a' slate that a guard is kept about 'be residence of Jeff Dayi night and uylo prevent him running Gads den last Thursday and were sent for ward under guard that evening to their regin ents mostly in Bragg's army They were arrested by caval ry We are credibly informed that there are from 20 to 50 deserters and conscripts in thu vicinity of Terrapin Creek near the line? Cannot an adequate force be sent out that will compell them to como in and act more like patriotic Rom Courier Exchange of Prisoners 'Wn Irairii thm the Commissioners exchange of prisoners camo to no concl us ion'in the conference Sev eral propositions were submitted by Com missioner Ouid but the United iStates Commissioner asked fur time to apply for instructions from his Government Rich Sent Exolish Taverx The Lon don correspondent of the Borton Com munweaith in his walks about that great city 'notices a great many curious things 'He says: Here are anachronisms in brick and stone which are quaint and striking Here are old names and words which are broil and historical The old inns especially are of this character Over the door of one of these wo see a large bull carved and below it a Ifirgy mouth stretched from ear to ear This is the sign of the and tavern who would believe that under that is bidden almost lort its original name of the Another haf the sign of a large bag of nails which is a corruption of the Bacchanals who in their day doubtless were as orrupt as the present version of their title' And here IS the picture of a goat with a pair of mn underneath I his is the Goat a ml Compasses originally was i rehgmu tavern known Ly tho nhra nc told not tnoie men than tLe enemy had in the rifle pits alone nndrtho lattor iin i immediately gone to work wit li spades and greatly stranrthored their" extending our pits entirely to the la ach on the Thcy 1i id gained point tar which they had striving for weeks a inlet important one for their future op erations against the and it was not to be supposed that so srgaeiou a commander ao Gillmore with an abund ance of troops tit his bidding bad failed to secure it by posting ample reinforce ments at a eonvenieut distanec in the rear Beside dor rea ons which the enemy will find out when ho attempts the inarch but which it would be im proper here specify could nut deploy a column across the island in front of the tort for the purpose of storming the rifle pits and consequently would have to enl he men forward by' a dank march along the bench until the enemy should be reached tlmsexposing them to a raking tire along the whole line All these considerations having en maturely weighed Co! Harrison wisely determined not to make tne iitiaek how ever anxious be migltbeto recover tue lost ground Yritli rill hi force engag ed and that agai'i odds and to every disadvantage' a repulse would have surely resulted in the fall of thu bartery which he was determined to hold A more rnh and ambition comm inder would have made the attempt and in doing so probably lot Under the circumstances Col II deemed it ns clearly an issue where irutlence was the better part of Valor and iris" sa gacity end good management ere warm ly applauded by his superior officers There is sometimes more in saving an army or position ilian in gaining a yic torya it was so in this Col Hnrrion is entitled to mure credit for liis generalship in fiot tigbtingattbe time tnsm be woul have bren hiiabe ateuch jo mtneisl risk assaiutcil the' enemy and retaken the rille pit Everything La br en cornpiratively quirt to day MjmltriP by way of rax periment joined the Island? brt urivs and open cd with Ler long niniieguiih upon tlie wording i iit In front of ifteiy Wsgrirr it is iui wumrnucii HO The Legislature adjourned sine die last night after a session of two weeks The most important acts passed were The Militia Bill The Exemption Bill The bill appropriating an additional million of dollars for the relief of in digent families of all soldiers from this State except substitutes Thebili authorising iobale Judges to impress provisions for tho benefit of indi gent families of soldiers wuere provis ions cannot be bought for them on satis factory terms Thebili to provide salt for the indigent families of soldiers The bill to punish those who feed or harbor stragglers or deserters The Exemption Bill includes ministers ofthe Gospel who are in regular discharge of their duties doctors of seven years standing teachers of three years standing nnd who have twenty five scholar over seers who are exempt by lhe law of on 11 5 a 1 1 it! Hiret there is to negro blacksmith rail road employees sucn as engineers cuuuuciurs tnacniDists kc The deliberations of the General Assem bly were characterized by ability har mony and Montg Mail 30th stake in a neighboringg irden mid bore it away 1 nt wvnqi)i had fea i parrot many a 1 1 1 a 2 ih11 it irarw th huge bird that had it I ft I a 1 I 1 1 1 I I I 'sW 1 I I.