THE HATTLK OF CUKlxNTil. ' The Day after the Buttle.—From an interest-
Further aca.unt oj thr iircond Dau’s Fijht. , ing letter written by the army correHpondent ot
V w I * 1 4 fruits the Mobile Register, dated Monterey, six uiiles
ulu,,o pr«v»,.tol as rom f„„, shiloh, April 8lh, we copy the following:
of our br,llant vvctory “I S'f .Vrfther party showed . disposition to retiew
quite dark wheu we cliHsed „,e fiKht thi, .norning: We h.ve not sough* the
burs- kijd.ug, whore he Yankees nor have th?y sought us. After seowl-
h,s sunho,ts ,nd r.ver works Had Beau pirj ; p„gilis„, ,|,h
possessed the }U)wer i>f Josiiu:i to conunam
sun to stand still in tln' lu'avtMis tor the spiice ot
an hour our victory would have Iti'on h-* complete
aa that of tlu* irreut Hobrow w:\rrior.
The ti'dit was renewed next niornint: ut x
bloml-shot eyes and bruised and battered bodies,
they hav« turned away and left the contest still
undecided. The Coutoderutes are 4uietly return-
inp to their lines, and tbe Vankees to theirs ^
The ti'ht was renewed next morninj; at '' ..f, ,
o’clock by the enemy, who had been reinforced h^ve burned a trood many ^
during the ni^ht, and. with iho exception of short brought awaj a *jreat deal of Kn n
ght, and. with iho excepti
brf‘athin>: spells, it rasped with tremendous violence camp property
and fury until ni^ht separated the combatants. F. V.—1 he en«my ven j ^
The apprehensions felt by us last ni-ht were rea- as to send ou a ca.nlr>
II *t • • j 1 ci‘IIIoi'i in iliri'tition oi Our iiii
lizeii Huell came up this luoruiTii^, and \sui\
tured so far this atter-
sliort
distance in the direction oi our ^ne^^ r,en.
Breckinridtre sent the Texas Hungers and borest
and his m.mnted «)en aft«r them who captured
about fifty firisoners and chased the reniainder
back and'throu^h two reiriments ot infantry that
had ci>me along to support them. In the contu
sion that ensued ainonir the Federals, tbey Hred
upon their own cavalry, and killed and wounded
a lari:' number ot them
It would be prenjature at this time to indulge in
epeculaticns upon the results of the two-daj's
I • ..,,(1 hi-j battle out ot which w.-have just em»-rged I may
wing, his attacks growiiiir nioie Mgorou-i. ana m j . i imoti
♦ ^ • -.1 \ ....lln.r iiDVHiiient be permitted to say, however, that t(ie eltett upon
torces increasiiig with e;icii ^ucceeulng mo\emtni. , . f _:*i.
In
lar
fresh troops ana neavy nci.i! u> ii'iuniu j , i '> -n i .i i
liut the Confederates nobly did their duty, and ; ed through the hre, and will be the bttttr prt pared
the attack on the left wing was also repulsed
him came larire reinforcements
The enemy came up to the work with great
spirit and resolution. The attuck was directed
against our ct-ntre; and though vigorous and spirit
ed, and not expected, it was repulsed, and the
enemy driven back \fith great :*Vciugbter H*‘
rallied again, however, and this time ht- inov« d
with an increased force upon our right wing
Here, tL>o, he was repulsed and forced to retire.
His next attempt was directed against >ur left
rces increasing with e;ich succeeiling movemtni. ; j . , . *tn with
.deed, it W.S n..w ,.vi,l, ,,t that he h».l reeeived j the  ..nl.-,l..r«i,.. has bee., to , ,spire Un, w th
rm- aeeessi.ms to his ranks, and lh;.t we had resh eontid. nee and renewed de.ennination. They
esh troot>.s and heavy ndds t.. eonten.l awinst • hf'e f.dt ,.t the^eiie.i.y and have th. inselves pass-
The enemy a;;ain retired, but only for a time; tor
Huell’s iorces now came up, aiul the attack was
renewed all along our liiu'J. on the right, centre
and Ifft SimultantM)us with this, un attempt was
made to turn both our wingx
The battle now raged with indescribable tury.
I have never heard or imagined an\thing like
the roar of the artillerv, and tin* inc‘saiit rattlf
of thr sn.vill arms. Tht' Jeep thunder b:i-;s ot the
one, and the sharp, shrill tenor of the other, inter
mingled with the shrieks of bur>ting shells and
the whizziug of cleaving rilli J caniiipii balls, wns
grand beyond de.scription.
The (’onfederates .od thoir gr-'uud against
the furious onset and for ilu‘ fourth time the eiu--
my was compelled to retire.
It was now one o'clock. Our men wore greatly
exhausted; they had fought eighteen hours, and
withal had slept but little, having been engaged
much of tbe preceding night in searching out
and taking care of the woundel. It was evident,
too, that the enemy had been largely reintorced,
and that each succeeding attack was made by
fresh troops and overwhelming numbers In
view ot these facts, and in order to rest his men.
and to prevent an unnei essary loss of life. General j
Heauregard availed hini«elf of the falling back of
the Federals to withdraw his troops to the enemy's
line of encampment, where we rested la.st night.
This was about a milt and a half from the {>oint
where the fitrht commenced this morni»g.
The enem^r he'>itated for sotne time, but tinally
came up and renewed the conflict, lie was met
with undiminished couraL'e and resolution by the
for a secotid great battle whiuh is to come oil at
or near Corinth.
I am not informed as to the extent of the rein
forcemcnti which tbe enemy ha received, or of
his ability to undertake an t arly forward move
ment He has been badly crippled ;ind cut up.
and ha^; lo't much valuable property and many
of In'; best field pitces. Moreover, tbe road> are
in a shot'king coiiditioL. It rained very hard lust
iiiuht, aud again to-day. and there is a prt-'speot
for mori' rain to-night. All these things will tend
to ilelay further active ojierations by either party
KKDKRAI, .V'Ti-L NT OK THK H.VTXLK orSHlLOlI
Fruiu the Times
.\hi:ost Ht 'iriwii .'^hctin:»n ' pii-ki'is wt-re drivt-n in. h
very litil*- Utor t’r»‘nii»rj weio. .-inil the eiu>iuy were
in(a the f!iiu['S aiinosi ;is .>10011 .is wi»ro tl;« jiickeis theoi-
seho?-
Ilcro liocues which U“t us h. pf. will have tio
j jrtrHllcI in our reniriiniog a ualh of the war. M;iny.
! f articulHrly aoioog our vfTieeri'. wt-re not yet out of betf
, Other;* were ilre-siiig, otherd wasliing. others cooking, a
! few ofttinkT iheir breakfast-. Many gutis were iinload-
' e>l, H I'liutrfmeiii-i lying j'ell inell. ammunition wsh ill
I bui'j'lie'i—lu shurt, the c.imps were C"inpleiely surpriseil
j —lii^-grHCft'u'ly, might be adJed, unless «ome one c:iu
j heri iifter give some yet untliscovered reasun to the con-
. tniry — auii were taken at alniout every possible di«ad-
The tirf wild cries frum the pickets rushing in. suJ
the few soatteritig “hut.-* that preceded their arrival.
arousfJ the leginienis ’u a ---nse nf ttu-ir peril, »ii in
stant afterw irds rattling »■ iley-^ i.f muski'ity p >ur d
throMgli !he i^'iits. wLi'.e, bet're theri w»- •iiiio * r
tln'ught or prt-paraiiou, tliere fune ru-^liing thr^'Ugh li>e
w ijd.-t. with line;. b.-iitle >;wpeping the wbi.'le tr^nt-
vf the divi«i"n L’ainp. hii 1 t. nJi;i;j i wii 'ii eitlier tl ink,
the tiru'. ihf}iiiig, C"iiipiu-t cohiinn> ./f tlie enemy
lilt I theju-' ar. u*-ed i-inip: thronge i tiie ri-i.»-l reg;-
Con fed crates, who displayed the greatest possible 1 uieuis, ilnng sharp v^.lley-^ as ;hey I'-ime. imd “piinging
gallantry. The battle tritred on. and night alone . forward upon >tir ligi/at.is with the bay-'net; loi nwhile
their artillery, 'ihe^dy in porilifU. w-i« tu.ssiiig -iiell'
t‘ the I:;i':ar ."ivle ■ I thr* euc'i!iipiiit-nt“. .-.(•(ire- were
■"hot li-wr; lis thev were running, without weipoti-',
iiatlihS, coal!--", tvwitd the rivet The - ■»- i,-.: j ! u'.
let(i f.iund ufiier p ;..r utifiTtun'it-f in iheir teiCs, '.ni l
there, uii uiihee liug U' w, they stili sPiiulieM’ I. while
the uii^i'fti I. e lUbtied ..ti, Utiiers f.-ll u-» Mn-y w. ie
1! seuiaiigiiijg thfin-' ivHs tiuiiithe d»pa!Ljiit f riii the
Ts to iheir iiher- a«i they were Lucriiiiig >11
ILe’.r at'f jUtremeiit.', jilier- us they Wi:r‘- vainlv tr .i'ig
to imprt'ss mu the ^rueily ex-'.taut etieuiy tLe;r tt»J ue-s
r^un eii ier.
t itTii'ei - weri b>»yotH'ted in ’ heir Led> ^ind lei; ; .r lead,
wiio, through tlie whi>le !W j d.iy» reiirful ^:|■ugg'.e, Uy
'I.ere gasping in tiieir Hg .uy. and uu Muuuay evening
were f mud iu their gur»j ;u!,i ie their letit-, an'i riill able
tel! the liile.
v'^uch were the foar.'ui di^a'tera th at peui;d (he rebel
• jiiHet (>:i the liue.“ of liucklanJ’- bug’idr, in .■sherii) in's
Jivi-i.iii Similar, though perhMp.s les- terrible in sume
of the 'ieiails, were thy f.-ttes of rrentisc's entire front.
.Meantitne, w^'.'it they coiil i our shattered ri-gitnents
Kaliing rapiJly b.it
geparuted the eombataiit-;. A? b ngth the enemy
fell back, and so did the »’■'nteiieratcs, both side-
badly worsted and severely puni>hcd.
'I'he great, grand battle i-^ yet to be foUi;ht,
which will come ofi' in the eour.se ot one, two, or
three weeks. Perhaps not 1. ss than liOU.'it'U men
will be engaged iu the deadly conflict. The Ftd-
erals will have liuti.nou, and we 15'J.i (>U. or nit>re.
It will be a terrible and bliwdy battle
Frotij private letter'^, written by participants in
the battle, we group tt>gether the tollowinjr in
teresting extracts;
The battle of Shiloh was fought on Saturday,
Sunday and Monday, the 5th, tJth and 7th in
stant, in McNairy county, 'I’ennes-^ee. It was
fought on a space of ground about eii:ht n:i!e.-
in extent, along or near the bank of the Tenues
see river The ncare>t part .of the battle ;.round
to Corinth, Missi.ssippi, was twelve miles, and the rapidly b.it.k through the heavy w^. ls
„ "i ^-L ■ 1 : itiev g.i’n»-'i » pr .tectmg ridge, tinn/ as they ran,
, . 5 ^ *•’ runs neu: ly > ri--i-’'ince men thu-i .situated might,
Uue north Irom Lorinth, wich is in the northeast Sherman's men succeeded in partially checking the rush
corner of Mis.^i.'isipjii, and near the line 'if Ten- 'jf 1“' eueniv long eiiough ;o torm ttieir ha-:y line of
nessee, and immediately on th»* Meuiphis and
Charleston railroad I l>'ick.and s brig.ide find been compelie'l t'^ abaiidun
We drove the Fedenils from hill tt. hill ^s''•ugg!e. f the reg:meut.«,
.• ■ , T ^ It 13 even -'i.d. itin without hring a gun.  olonel Aii-
from ravine to ravine ad day long. I could not con- : pier's Fil:y third Ijhio is Imdly c.mpUined of on iht^
■ ceive, before witnessing it, the desjterate bravery score, and others are meu:-oned It is cerinin that,
of our men. We exhausted our cartridges time ut regiments, both here and iu ituer divi-i :.s, '
and again, and continued -m with the bav .net I’'»n di-grrtvefully.
I never want to .see such a si-ht a^^ain- it I'nakes 'k t"'' . the overwhelming enemy
11 J 11 ’ "■ I-ieree;y pushed in fr..ni, with a wail of bayonets clos-
y blo^ run cold to think ab:‘Ut it; the d* ;id i ing in >n either si>le, like the contracting imn . hamber .
were piled up on every field by the hundreds, ' 01 the Imjui-iii.m, wiiai could tiiey do tnit wh.ti ihev ■
with the mijst ghastly luoking wounds you ever' Speedily their re.->istance beoame less oi'siiuate;
looked at. Most of the Yankee.^ that I saw dead
were shot through ^h« head, and their brains had ; e^rthli'^iidvl'nlage'j
oozed out on the _--roUiid. and tbe -roan, of the | I'.rig, :;en. I'renti*.^ and mre. regiment^ with h.mde- ^
wounded are awful to hear ; layed ir retreat too long .\!aiu?t before they were
A little before .«unset (ien. Jackson's briLrade. danger, the tlanking forces rushed in
havingfired away its ammunition. Was tiriven back either side behind them, -ind they Ktood, perhaps
and was in great danger of falling into confusion 1,1“ ‘^«ir uum-
when the friinpral un/1 L-tnff 11 1 • , ’ : ^ They threw down their arrn‘, and the rebels I'ig-
trallope.l int.. the 1 naliied their f.r-t attack by mirci.ing three Lincolnite
midst of them, directed th.. Pfandard-bearer> to legimeDt.-^, wi h a division Oeneral, as pri.souets, to
hoi.st their flags, and c:,!!inj- ,,n their men not to
let Alabama 'hoy wen a^i Alabamians except 't by thi.-, frt.h d.^aster, wuhout a (ieu 1
one regiment. he ash^uned .f theui they rallied 'hotter and hotter fire to
immediately and>ban',>d with the bivo-u>t TIi 1' wTi division.
♦ ^ I • I j 1 at a time, eavc w-iv m di'or‘i«r. tor
threw tho enemy into and, the rjivalry
dashing in upon them, entir.- ’v cut off thoir re
treat. A whole brigp.le , (Jen. r'rentis.sV : surrend-
erodj including the "eneral. Sunday ni;_dit we
slept in Yankee tent.-, n a Yankee camp, and fed
on Yankee luxuric.-. Su.-h a >plendidly r.ro-
vipioned^ army 1 nor.'r heard of—pickled
sweetmeats of all kind.-
From the Philadelphia In-
^ rn
juirer of the l>th, we gather the following
ters, pig’s feet, lemon
.iooiri'.'"'' “t-l-nin..y pieees ..feannm,.
bags of cffee. ,i.;ilt. a ^rpcat number of small
arms, neveral boxe. of n- .v rifles, which were ne-
ver opened until we op .ne,! them. We i^ot pos-
Bo.^sion of all their store,. We f,„,„] "hrandy,
candy, s^wectmeat.s, elothin- almost all things ne-
CesS'"'-  . - ''
not
tired
thei
then )irt M-il mto servitre everything in tbe couii-
r} arount ,n tho shape of a vehicle—ox and
or.'jf' cartK, bugL'if'ts and carriag^e.s—and
hauled off all he could.
Gen. 1 rentiss i.s the same notorious Liii-
colnite who (dfered ?.>(.(» hist fall, in St. Louis
‘•1*^ ? /* ' orinth he said to Uis Bieii:
a^, own your artijN and submit cheerfully, as
your e.ider is doing; these people (the South)
cannot be subjugated—cannot >>e conquered^ the
sooner peace is made the better.”
The New Orleans J'icayune of the Hth instant
contains the following dispatt h from Gen. IJeau-
rf*gard to his wife
Battle Field, April 7.
. * ' • ■'/iiK Jitiirpi/nrif:—Thanks be to G^od,
We have gainotl a most complete victory.
G. T. HKAriiEGARI)
he following dispatch, received from General
1)1 published by the New Orleans
 ORINTH, April 8.—We had another severe
and have returned to this place,
H] irY ^ "asily. The army is in good
stilK^ ^’■oops b«haved well. I um
still Untouched.
G. T. BEAUREGARD,
gave w.iy
>1 .'■Ii' rt time a fpw niain:,iineif a confuscd defence, re-
irtHting, hiiting, tiring, ir jurtitig death by remaining in
i.'.l:.:ed jiju l-i ,r c-.unpanies, 10 resist a little longer
the overpowering a.lvaucf; but bef.Te ten o’clock tbe
whole .tivi:-iii!n w48 in rappl retreat. Some regiments
fiime ;.lf the Behl lu a degree of order; ibe most in sa I
c(»nfu«ion.
Anf thu* by ten o'clock one entire .livisii.n of our
Hriny wa.x hirr combat. A deep gap in our front line
was made, the rebels had nearly pierccd through, auil
Were only iield buck by .McArthur's brigade, anti the
rest of W. H. L. Wttliiice's divison which hurried over
to its assistance.
For the present let uh leave them there.
Victory 'i
Yankee J)oodle once more defeated.
General Prentiss and Jirigade (!aptured.
Noble Beauregard, xod bles.s him, still uninjured.
Cheer up, friends of the noble cause and return
thanki to Almighty God for our victory over the
ba.se hordes of Yankee invaders, and never, never
despair. A Skcksh
A dispatch is said to Lave been received by
(Jen. Buell’s wife from him, stating that ho was
not injured in the late battle at IMttsburg.
W bile the appropriation of thirty millions to
pay the two and three years volunteers was being
discussed on Thursday, Mr. \'allandigham said it
was not a d#ficiency to be met, but a defalcation
in the War l>epartment to be provided for.
Ibe Federal accounts from Yorktown claim
that their^ gunboats have advanced within two
niiles of lorktown, and that in bombarding the
place they had silenced three of our guns.
Since the naval fight in Hampton Roads some
1,600 diflFerent schemes for sinking or otherwise
disposing of the Merrimac, have been offered to the
U. S. Navy Department by Yankee inventors.
According to the Indianapolis State Sentinel, the
Hon. Henry S. Lane and the Hon. C. B. Smith
have written to their friends iu lodiaua, pre
dicting tbftt tbo ww will bd t^^rtQiQatQd in too wovks.
FIGHT NEAR SOUTH MILLS, N. C.
We learn, says the Norfolk Day Book, 21st,)
that the enemy landed in a force supposed to be
from five to eight thousand, at Richardson s Land
ing some three or four miles the other side of
South Mills, on Saturday la.st. Col. Wright, with
a ’lortion of the Jid Georgia Regiment, and Capt.
McComas’s company of artillery, in all about 500
men, met them at this poir.t, while on their march,
and the artillery suddenly emerged from their
concealed position when the enemy livero within
400 yards of them, and opened a deadly tire upon
tlu'in, with grape and canister. This was about
11 o’clock on Saturday, and from this time until
5 o’clock P M., the battle raged, our .small force
repofitedly falling back, until they got behind
their entrenchmentK, wliere tfiey made a stand,
and sent of^‘ tor reinforcements.
It is said the resistance by our troops was of
the most determined nature, and kept tlie enemy
back much longer than it was thought possible to
do, in view of liis overpowering numbers
We lost If) killed and about f*0 wounded
Among tbe killed is Capt. Mc( omus, ot the ar
tillery company, and Lieut Harris, of the 3d
Georgia
Col ^Vright’s forces bad fallen back to tbe
‘‘Half Way House,” this side of tbe South Mills,
where they are being rapidly reinforcel.
The enemy made three assaults on our troops
aii'l were in each iiistance beaten back with j'reat
shiugbter It is said that two of their most pro
minent officers and about five hundred of their
troops have been killed and wounded. J>o great
was the slauirht**r among them, that notwith
standing their overpowering numbers, they did
not attempt fttrtber to prevent t*ur small force
from retirintr in good order and bringing ofl all
our killed and wounded
'J’he killed il’O,) and wounded (31,} arrived
here yeiJterday afternoon. :ind tbe latter were
taken iuimediately to tbe Ho.^pital.
It itf said thkt S(i rapid were the di.scharges
(roin our artillery »»ieces, that they found their
ammunition about to give out much sooner than
was at fir»t :inticipated, and in coti»etjuem‘e our
troops lost advantages of importance, one of which
was tbe chance of charging on an almost panic
stricken foe. With what ammunition they did
have though, it appears they accomplished won
ders: liaving kept at bay eight regiments of the
enemy, believed ?o consist of at least five thou
sand men, or ten to one
Furth>r from tht Fujht.—The steamer Arrow
arrived here last night, bringing a couple of our
wounded, and two Yankee prisoners, members of
the ^Oth N. Y. Hegiiuent. She aWo brought
1100 pounds of ammunition and .some ter; or
twelve boxes of 12 lb. howitzer shot, captured b}’
our forces.
We gathered the following particulars fV"tn
several aboard the boat, wlut were engaged in the
fight;
The action bei;an at 12 o’clock at a point two
miles north of South 'lills, whither our torces
had proceeded for the purpose ot attacking the
enemy (>ur force consisted ot ■‘ix c»mpanies 'd
the L!d Ga Hi i:iiucnt and McComas’ Artillery
Th*» e.itupanies were not full and the whole num
ber of iu'“n on our side may be set down at tr.'tn
three to five hundred
The ' i! my''- f 'TCe, by their own u.lmis.-;i..ii,
throu :h the pri.soner* captured by us, con-.isted
td’ five n .'inieiit.', n iuiely: the Hth .New \ ork
Z'.umves. Sil'th New York, C 1 lIawkMi>, Itb
Penii'-vhatiia, Ulst V]n^sachusert-. and a New
Hamp'hire Reiruijent, in command of Bru' Gen
lUno
'I'he battle last- d until i>i i>''lock P .'1 wbon
uur forees were ordereii to tall back on their eii-
trenchmeiit? at .'foutb .^IiIls, which they did in
good ord-r Thi- enemy eneampetl on the L'round,
but duriut: the ninht became panic strieken and
ba.^tilv di'Campe'l 'l’he\ made a reL’ular stam
pede. and so feart’ul were tliey. that, as tkcy fled,
they burned the brilgeH after them to prevent a
succe—tul pur-uit
The c;i.''UaItie3 on our »ide are few, consistini:
of .-^ix kii'.ej, and ab.ut twenty-five wounded
The enemy’s l.ms is very great, but cannot be ar-
riv-.d at with certainty (>n tbe tield were a nurn
ber of Lrraves. an J ;iuiong them t.iic with a bead-
st .11^* marked ••Adjutant
'I'here i' reason to believe from the -fatetiR-nti
of the pri' -ner- that tb*jy lo.st many of their offi
cers; and fr.^ui a'l we luivt' been abl‘ t.> gather, it
i(> probible that the statement we gtive ye-terday
of th' ir lo,-i, t.amely, eiirht or nine hundred, will
prove correct.
We Were fearful that in our ycf^terday's issue
we wi'uld lay ourselves liiible to luiving L'iven a
highly Cfilored account of tbe l»attle at .''.>uth
Mills, but from thi! accuints which have since
reached U' we find a contirmation .>f nearly every
thing wo there narrated, and it :inytbing, we
have rather failed to represent tbe daring deeds
of that little ban*] of bcroe-^ in anything like the
glowing colors they nbould be portniyed in.
This atTair, though apparently trivial, we con
ceive to have l»eeii r’le of the most successful ef
forts on the i>art of our troops to repel the invad
ers, that has taken plsce during the war. Here
we see a small force of about ;'»00 determined men
attacking and driving ofl an enemy of about .■),(»)(J.
All honor to the .‘bl (ieorgia. 'I'his is twice
that they have set an example to our rulers, of
tbe truM policy of conducting this war to a suc-
ce.«sful termination, and accordiiii^ to the wishes
and desires of the army and the people. Their
attack and chase after the Indiana Regiment on
('hickamacomac beach some time since, gave this
gallant regiment a reputation for d;ish and cour
age, that cau.sed the Vankees to attempt their
capture at South Mills by coming after them in
overpowering number.x. But it appears our ral-
lant leader. Col. Wright, bad no iilea of giving
them an opportunity to carry out their design.
Xorjolk Day Jiook, '12d.
The Fi'jht at South MiUs.—We understand
from a gentleman who obtained his information
from an eye witness, that the repulse of the over
whelming Y’ankee force at South Mills, Saturday,
by Col. Wright’s Georgia Regiment and (^apt.
Ferebee’s Militia company, assisted by a battery of
Henningsen’s .\rtillery, was one of the most gal
lant achievements of the war. The enemy finally
fled precipitately to Elizabeth City, where they
sought protection under the cover of their gun
boats. The Southampton Cavalry were ordered
to reinforce (3ol. Wright, but, taking the wrong
road, came up in rear of the enemy, and were un
willing to engage such fearful odds. Their ap
pearance, however, gave additional impetus to
the movements of the Yankees, and causcd the
latter to make a naore circuitous route to Eliza
beth City than they intended. Had the cavalry
taken the right road and pursued tho enemy as
soon as their panic commenced, it is certain that
many of them would have been captured.
The cowardly invaders, on reaching Elizabeth
City, betook themselves to their transports, ^id,
having got entirely out of danger, the gunboats
opened on the town, pouring into it a shower of
shell, and destroying, it is said, nearly all the re
maining buildings.
It is not believed that the Yankees intended
more by this movement than a general raid into
the country for the purposes of reconnoissance and
plunder.—Petcrsburj Express, 22d.
PoRTSMOt'Tn, April 21.—I have just seen an
intelligent member of Col. Wright’s 3d Georgia
regiment, who was wounded in the battle at South
Millfl, and I will give you a hurri«cl Kk^cb of bii
statemeut concerning the fight. Thre§ militia] From the Feninsulu.—It ia reported that the | ^jy^day, without any result. Five gunboats anj
men deserted to the Yankees and gave informa- enemy have cut a canal between the waters of the I engaged in theseige. The
tion of our numbers, situation, «Stc. They landed York and Warwick rivers, which gives him 2* j Faderals have landed a heavy force at Forked
Friday night a large force ftnd commenced the ■ water front across the whole stretch of country, j X)eer river, above the Fort,
march. Col. Wright failed to get information of' and nau.st contribute very much to the strength of Memphis Appeal, of the ItJtb inat., cou-
the advance until Saturday morning. He then . his ]X)sition. tains Sterling Price’s resignation as commanded
hurried forwaid with three companies of infantry, We learn that on Saturday last sharp skirmish- ,jf the Mi.ssouri State troops,
an artillery company, and one cavalry company, ing continued during the entire day on a portion
,Reachinga very large old field, skirted by woods, j of our lines. During the night our men lay on
he .sent forward some men and burnt the houses, | their arms, expecting to renew the skirmishing
ne .sent rorwaru some men d m out... .... . uieir arms, ...... ^ dispatch dated Mobile, 17th inst , which
Je^'ro.veJ li.e 'enee.,, 4e. 'I he enemy, variously .mJ »l.»rp.shootM,pn the n.orn.n^^ lij that ill w«3 ..uiet »t cljrinth. Th^ ejm
e.stima'ted at from 5,000 to 8,000, soon approached day it was found that the enemy had been at work
UMConscious of the force awaiting them. 1 all night, and had tflirown up a line ot entrench-
As soon as they came within long range, the 1 ments and mounted guns within one thousand
artillery opened with terrible effect upon them, j yards of our position.
and after silencing their battery our guns ceased j The indications of the intentions of the enemy
firing, that we might induce them to charge. , are very uncertain; and it is thought not impro-
Thinking that our battery was disabled, they made bable that be may be drawing off some of bis
a furious charge, not knowing that there were in-j forces for a demonstrati.jn in the direction ot
fantrymen waiting to receive them. When about j Fredericksburg
-fiU yards from us, our men were ordered to fire, | 'I be report that (leti Jackson has ab:indoned
and after firin^ about fifteen rounds, loading on the up{.er portion of the Valley appears to be fully
tbe ground and rising on the knee to tire, the
enemy tiled off on tlie right and broke for the woods
Col Wright, fearing a fiank movement, and
not having his wagon containing the ammunition,
retired in good order to our entrenchments \\ e
bear that the enemy have now retreated to their
yuriboats Keinforcenients have been sent to Col
Latest from Corinth—all quiet.—Auiusi\
April 21.—The Columbus (G-eorgian ) Tiuie.s haJ
enemy aie
confirmed He is said to be occupying Staunton
Rich. F.i (J7HI iier, '12,41
Sfics of the FtfTtimula.—Of an officer from
i Yorktown. we learn that the eflorts of tbe enemy
i are directed against the centre of our lints, which
ruhir
they expect to force by siej^e guns and reg
approaciies If they succeed, our army will be i v^.ounds under date otMaifh
(juiet
going down the Tennessee river.
Drsertnrs.—A report has reached this city
which says that five persons, consisting of fom
men and a boy, came ashoro in a boat fruui the
Lincoln blockade on Saturday night, and landej
on Sullivan’s Island, where they are now held a-
prisoners.
The Yankee invaders at Port Royal, atuurlust
accounts, were suffering from tickness, even in
March As the season advances, we will h,-;.-
further reports of their sufferings.
The prevalent disea.ses, according to the bill; t
mortality published in the New York Herftld •
the 2d inst , were congestive fever, typhoid tV-vr-r
remittent fever, cboleramorbus and variola There
are also reports of pneumonia. Three deaths art
Wrii.'bt He and his men foUi’ht with the most eonipelled to retire, and may not be able to «lo so j fj.t. Leirer Greenfell. lately a Lieut-Colorid
in the British army, has arrived in thia city, ,u
his way to Kichmotid, ilesiring to etiter into
federate earvice.— Vharltston Courier
determined courage Un our sid
from eight to twelve kill**d, and
tbe loss was
about thirty
without some
no idea that
confusi»ti
the enemy
But this officer
would succeed in
b ad
th.
w.ninded. 'I'he enemy's lo.ss is estimated at from j ^jt^^rnjit and report*; that tbe impre.ssion that we
800 to oOO All our wounded were brought otJ
tbt‘ field but Lieut. Wilson. 1 H.
i.tttrr tu tht hrnonil Dupatdi
From South .Mi/h—We learn that on yester-
da\ tbe h'ederals sent a fiag of truce to South
Mills for the purpo'^e of recovering their dead,
when, behold! nobody was fouiid there save an
old neoro man.
would whip him was universal with our soldiers
Rich moritl £' t a m in* r,
Mcnemettts of thr Fuerny—It was stated yes
terday in (,’ongress that Presi.lent Uavis bad re
ceived inforntation of tbe landing i»f a large body
of Federal troops at Ac(|uia Creek, which would
make their force at this time in and about Fred
ericksburg about 35,000. The Kupjiosition is that
^-ertre.)rj;
We furth**r learn that when the fact became (fiey came from WashinL'ton City, and-that they
known to the Feds that tbe foe they so mud
dreaded was not at South Mills, tbey very sud
denly took it into their beads to take po«se.s,«ion of
tlu' place. 'I'bey accordingly started out, but it
appear? that the move was anticipated by our
forces, who reached South Mills before tbe Yan
kee.', and now defy theui to taku tbe pla«‘e.
Norfolk Day Honk, 22(1.
Cooii Shot:(.—The Atlanta Commonwealth of
April 10th, says:
A gentleman from the W«at informs us that
be saw and conversed with a federal officer^ a
prisoner, who stated that in the recent battle at
(’orinth the Confederates shot at their enemies
intend to make a flank movement upon thi^ city
Should the report prove to be correct, we have
no doubt but tbe inten.led grand Hank movement
ha.s been fully considered, and caused the evacua
tion of .^Iana.ssas by (ren. .McClellan and bis trip
t» tbe P.‘ninsula more as a decoy than for tbe pur
pose of meeting our forces at that point.
By a gentleman from tbe vicinity of Frede
ricksburg by yesterday afternoon’s cars, w(. learn
that our troops are still near Fredericksburg, be
ing about six or eight niiles distant, and picket | regard to her is kept secret by those on board
Arriial >f YaiL^.t-e Prinoatr-i.—
ing, of Gen. Jackson’s Brigad**, l.r.jUu'ht r,
this city, on Monday evening, eleven Vatik.e-
including ten soldiers captured near W inche-^t. r
and one Lieut. William Luce, of tbe 'l. pi.^T-;
phieal Engineers, a memberof Gen. Btiriks'' tiff
captured near Berryville, on the 24th of .Marc);
We dill not bear, but j-resame tbe ten Vai,ktcs
ab n e -jpok.ni of were apprehended whil. in th. act
of robbing tbe beti rest of som« lanuei- , »;;r
Winchester. — Richm -nJ Diijjatch.
Thr Steamship rrmudn.—The Huinu'iii,
Bermuda, correspondent of th« New Vork Ib-
rald.’’ under date of March 21st write-a> fol' .w,.;
T he steamer Bermuda arrived yesterday at >t
Georges, from Liverpool, England, IriiiL'iij^.
dates the 1st instant. The report i.s that ahe 1:;:^
on board fifty tons gunpowder. Everythint: in
and scout ptill further in that direction.
Rich ’/ F.rti rti in t r.
22d.
From Fnnleri^kibury.—The Yankees had not
She has brought some passengers, and it was ru
mored last evening that Mr. Slidell wai one of
them. She will, I presume, leave again as souu
as if beeves, hitting nearly every tiiue in the occupied Fredericksburg at 7 o’clock yesterday 1 *’he obtains a supply of coal
bead He noticed in passing over the battle field
that nearly all their wounded had balls planted
in their foreheu'l*'.
T'be »:ame gentlettian informs U' that he .-aw
and examined a breast-platp that had been taken
from a dead Yawkee It was made of very tine
wire. Woven closely together, and Could restxt a
ball from the most powerful rifle Although his
breast was protected by this novel contrivance,
In.- bead was left exposed, and in its very centre
he bad received tbe fatal ball. T'liree oth' r
brea'-t-plates were found upon the bodies of the
dead.
Htnr (he \Wmtt n M>ike Fuu dtr —\V
portion of a letter addre.s.s«»d to Lieut McC.'lung,
at Knox\ille, by a lady iu Sullivan county, East j
mnrnint;, tboutrb they were in force on the oppo- j
site side of the river, and it was expected the\’ 1
would advance into tbe town sometime during I
the day.
It is stated that the authorities of Frederieks-
burir held an interview on Saturday with the
Federal commander, under a flag of truce, and
that be promised the citizens •"pruteviiun.” It
will doubtless be such protection as Burnside’s
miscreants are giving to the people of North Caro
lina
The officer in command of tbe enemy is a Gen.
Earger or Year^tr Tb.e terms of surrender,
! which have not yet transpired, were writteti at
^ 1 Couimon Council, and present-
' d by a committee, of wiiorn one Peleg (’larke. a
lern man by birth, was chairman. It ii
. ennes.''C-e.
• I -aw some weeks ago in tbe Register an ar
ticle on the MiKiking of saljietre,’ and that the
earth under old houses contained more or less
nitre I also learned that the Government was
in great need of saltpetre, in t>rder to make pow
der for uur brave boys now in the field Well, sir,
1 felt, though I am a woman, that it was my duty
to ilo what 1 could tor my country; so. having an
old bouse with dry dirt under it, 1 determined
t.i make a trial. ''I threw out tl:e ashes in my ash
hofipyr, and bad two others built I tlien had the
dirt under the bouse dug up and put into the
hoppers I then run water through one of the
hopper.', and then passed the water through the
o.lu r t».. .\fter whieh I ..1.1,.J ley 10 the waiter .
until the curdling oeased 1 then boiled it until
it was thick, when tbe j.ot w.-is set off tbe fire. In
a ti w hours the saltpetre bad formed into beauti
ful crv>t.ils 1 p.iured water three times through
eaeb hopper, and then boiled it down. Tbe re
sult is'ju^t orie hundred pounds ot beautiful salt- , The Fiifht on the Fr nirisulu—We learn that
petre, according to my husband s weighing. It ' the fight on the Peninsula W ednesduy, particu
lars of «hicb we have already given, proved much
more di.sastrous to tbe Yankee invaders than was
at first ,‘-uppo>ed Our soldier* buried l(K'ot the
Vandals who fell on this side of W.arwick river.
JJuntsviU( and Decatur.—The army corrc..
pondent of the Savannah Republican telegraph-
i irom (’orinth that ‘‘the towns of Huntsville and
I Decatur, in Alabama, have been occupied by tho
I enemy. T'his was tx].ected by our general;, and
should cau.=e no alarm. When ibe Federal* canie
; to the bridge at Decatur the draw was raised bv
the officer in command, to prevent them croJising;
whereupon the enemy threatened to shell the
town if it was not let down The citizens, desi
rous of avoiding the fire of the enemy, prevailed
on tfie officer to put it down.”
TorreHpon iencp of the New V .rk Kxf ress.
THINGS I.N TKNNES6EE—THK FRE[,l.\.l THEKB
N.\5HVILLE, T'inn , March 14—The time
will .soon come when the North, alarmed bv
stated that the Federal officer replied that be bad | 1},^. enormous expenses of the war, will be claui'T-
no power to treat with the citizens; that bis order» 1 }’^,r peace. The army, almost to a man,
although prepared to ’0 their duty faithfully, and
j Were siiuply to take possession of the hills oppo-
' site tbe town and hold them. The notorious
Sickles is on hand with his brigade, and when
' these ruffians are turned loose upon the inhabi-
fant.s of Fredericksburg there s-ili be no respect
for firivate property or individual rights. Five
; Yankee gunboats were some miles below the town,
j where certain obstructions in the river cau'»ed
j their detention. From ail appearances it seems to
I be tfie design of the enemy to concentrate a large
! force at or near Fredericksburg, and from that
: p'jint to operate against Richmond
to remain in the field until the supremacy of the
Constitution is established, are anxious for peace
and desirous of returning to their homes—particu
iarly it; view of the hot weather, which will sooii
be upon us, with its Southern diseases, which
must prove fatal to thou.sands. Republican.s
a.«; Well as Democrats unite in this sentim..nt,aDd
tbe blackest among them would readily yield tj
the Dougla..^ platform, could the war be brousjbt
to a speedy close by such a compromise. This,
politicians at home, subjected to no per?on;d di»-
i he surrender ot the town without a show of comfort or privation, do not understand; in iact,
many are faring better than they ever have dont
before, by means of Government contract‘d and
, was very little trouble to me.
' ‘‘Now, sir, I see you are the agent of the Gov-
, ernuient. 1 want to hand it over to you to be
made itito powder and sent to our army, to be used
’ in defending our country.”
'I'he Knoxville Register adds that a citizen of
Jctler.son county, I’enn., made fiom the dust be
neath a single old bouse, two hundred and eight
pounds of saltpetre, which, with the charcoal and
sulf.bur added, was converted into two hundred
; and fifty pounds of powder. Everybody can do
j something to help on the cause.
1 .1 Beautiful Jtu'ident.—We learn from the
I News, that as .some of the Confederate troops
! were marching through Fredericksburg, with
I bristling bayonets and rumbling artillery, a fair
j lady appeared on the steps of a uark brown man-
I sion. her arms filled with Testamentfl, which with
; gracious kindness and gentle courtesy, she dis-
I tributed to tbe pa.ssing soldiers. The eagerness
with which they were received, the pressing
i throng, the outstretched bands, the earnest thanks,
' the unspoken blessings upou the giver, thus dis-
j pensing the word of Life to the armed multitude
to whom death might come at any moment—all
made up a picture as beautiful as any that ever
shone out amid the dark lealities of war. As a
rough Texan said, “If it was not for tho ladies,
God bless them, there would be no use fighting.”
Interr$(\ug Incident.—We have been in
formed of an incident, of recent occurrence, which
affords a pleasing illustration of the steadiness
and nerve of our men under the most enibarras.s-
iug ciretimstances. The day before the enemy
0[iened fire on Island No. 10, one of our men
died. The interment was ordered for the next
day, and his company was detailed to perform the
last melancholy duties towards their departed
comrade. While engaged in this duty the ene
my opened fire on the party, although by the
usages of war they should, at such a moment, have
been exempted from attack. Nevertheless, the
Federals threw a number of shells among the
burial party, but without di.spersing them or even
disturbing the conaunimation of the solemn cere
mony. Not a man moved, although thirteen
shells were thrown, many of which burst in dan
gerous proximity to the little party standing
around the dead soldier’s grave. The ceremonies
were brought to a conclusion without unseemly
haste, and the company then returned to their
?uartera, fortunately without having suffered
rom the enemy’s fire. This incident, as we have
remarked, reflectu great credit on the steadiness
and courage of our men.—New Orleant Delta.
No ('otton.—The Legislature ot Arkansas has
passed an act prohibiting, under a heavy penalty,
the planting of more than two acres of cotton to
the hand.
An editor describing the effects of a squall upon
a canal boat, says; “When the gale was at its
highe.st, tbe unfortunate craft keeled to larboard,
and the captain and another cask of whiskey roll-
td overboard/'
a considerable force in
j the immediate neighborhood, excites some indig
nant remark, but it seems to have been the urgent commissi jns. A bitterness of feeling, how. ver,
desire of tbe civil authorities that no defence prevails in camp against the polificans, who the}
should be made.—Rirhmoud Jhspateh, 21 at. consider are using them as tools with which tu
wreak their revenge on the South. They do njt
wish to be considered bravos, and will not be
i used a." such. Much dissatisfaction prevails at
{ the recent proclamation of the President lu re-
I ference to emancipation, for the reason that it.>
j.tendency is to embitter the South nnd repre.is the
, , , , , . ! good feeling which was slowly manifesting it.self
! and many are known to have been drowned, wnile ■ • 1 r * ^ « ,1:
I , ^ I -.I 1 I • , , ^ , since the arrival of our troops. But more di>-
1 others were killed on the opposite bank of the
, stream. Reliable persons engaged in the fight
I estimate the Yankee loss in killed and wounded
1 • L ■ 1 I officers say that this is a virtual repeal gf the
On 1 bursday night the enemy again attempted 4p
to cross at Dam No. 2, Warwick River, but were
repulsed Two efforts were made—one at mid
night, and another at three o’clock Frida}- morn
ing. Both attetnpts signally failed. This is thoujjht
to be probably the weakest point in our line of
defences on the Peninsula, and the shrewd Yan
kees, with their accustomed cuteness, 11.170 a.scer-
tained the fast. Since these unsuccessful at
tempts, following so closely upon the disastrous
effort of Wednesday, the invaders have remained
(juiet, so far as our information extends. Such
content exists with reganl to the proposition K>
prohibit officers of the army from delivering yp
fugitive slaves. I have heard intelligent general
is the laconic report over the wires.
Fetershnrg Express.
New Orleant.—Official despatches are said to
to have been received at Richmond, that the mor
tar fleet of the enemy is bombarding the works
just below the city of New Orleans. The bom
bardment has continued for three days. Friday,,
however, the fire w.^s general and raged terribly
during the entire day.
At Forts Jackson and Phillip, Gen. J. M.
Duncan is in command He is said to be tho
most accomplished artillerist in the service, (Gen.
Bragg alone excepted,) and strong hopes are en
tertained of the repulse of the enemy.
If the forts should be reduced, the iron-clad
boat, the Louisiana, which is said to be superior
to the Virginia, is expected to contribute to the
defence of the city. Capt. Robert B. Pegram
has charge of the Louisiana. Capt P. is known
to be one of the most experienced and gallant
officers in the Confederate Naval service. Our
cause will never suffer in his hands, and when he
gets to work in earnest, the Y ankees may expect
a foe that will inflict terrible injuries upon them.
Fetershury Exprest.
From New Orleant.—N«W Orlian.s, April
21.—A Dispatch to the Delta, dated Fort Jack
son, April 20th, 8:30 P. M , says that the ene
my’s tire has very much slackened. They have
fired 370,000 pounds of powder, and over 1000
tons of Ir»n. Never before has been heard such
a bombardment, and no such is recorded in his
tory. Our loss is five killed and ten wounded.
The firing is now very slow. The mortar ves
sels are out of sight behind a point of woods
We sunk two on yesterday and disabled a steam
er. [These forts are about 100 miles below the
city, and are but the first of a series of defences
to that city.]
Federal Attack on Fort Pillow.—Auousta,
April 22.—-The Savannah Republican has a dis
patch from Memphis, which says that the enemy
commoDced an attack on Fort Pillow [above Meu-
phii] OQ Saod^, 13tb iott, an4 rtnawtd it on
Slave Law, and that they will pay it no
attention, because they recognize the Constituti.,>n
before all law.s of Congress, or acts of the Ad
ministration. Let me make a prediction, and
“I speak of what I do know.” when I s.ay, that it
Congress and the Administration a.»k the army to
carry out unconstitutional or illegal mea.sures, or
to attempt to use them for the purposes of ven
geance, and to gratify the private spite of politi
cians, too cowardly to risk their own persons in
the tield, the officers will resign their comniis-
sions and the men disband. Military as.sociati'.'os
are much stronger than political ones, and a unitv
of sentiment is much more readily brought al 'U^
in the army than iu civil life; and let an army
of six hundred thousand men act in harmony, it
will be difficult for politicans to control them, f ar-
ticularly when the army has the Constituti'D
on its .«side The soldiers now believe that N >rth-
ern and Southern demagogues have brought on
the war, for their own selfish purpo.ses, by dtdu-
ding and working upon the passions of tlie p'
of both scction.s. Tpon their return home th'*}
will let their sentiments be known, and hurl tlifje
men from their places.
7Vte “ Uar 7'ax” in thf North.—T he ‘
^ Tax'* bill meets with intense opposition in the
North. The Washingtjn correspondent of
Cincinnati Commercial writes of it:
The tax bill is an awful affair. It will raist'
an enormous amount of money or destroy a va.'t
amount of business—one or the other. It wili
pa.ss (’ongre.ss. The public debt by first of Juiv
will be §1,500,000,000. That is the calculation
of the chief auditor of the Treasury. I think it
is short of the reality. The public really
little of what is tbe true condition of the finan
ces. They will find it out hereafter, when they
are called upon to pay the interest of the public
debt. The principal no person expects to be paid-
The Secretary of War says that the increa.«ed
transportation required by .the advance in tt®
enemy's territory has increased the war expenses,
to five millions per day—more than the printing
machine has the power to supply.
The N. Y. Herald says that Rueseil, the Lon
don Times correspondent, is going home in tne
next steamer, bocuuec Secretary Stanton will not
allow him to go along with the Union army whil^
writing tu his journal.
Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennes
see, has suspended tbe Mayor and the Alderm 'n
and Councilmen of Nashville—who refused to take
the oath of allegiance—by filling their places
loyal appointe«6,