AN ENGLISH VISIT TO THE FLORIDA
A corr#ipoudent of the London Tiniits writea a
highly interesting account of a visit to the 0. S.
■teamer Florida, now lying at Brest, France.
We make lome extracts:
I had no difficulty in makin" out this_now celo-
brated vessel, as she lay at anchor among sonie of
the gianta of the French navy--a long, low, black,
dun’s niills, n ili«irHiiee nl between T and lO niilos,
over a ru^ri^nK I'lirron oointt^y ot hill and dalf^
liotwcen '' ::n 1 !' o'clofk. V. M„ the battle open
ed on lur ri;,ht In tbo course of an hour tiie
finnir b.-^>-:im' h-uvv and rapid. tlu batt.Tios of |
i-L)rr»’Sf s iinii W aUiier s division.-, and the reserve, !
(’apt Kuiii- len’s batter}’, in ctmimand of Major ;
Pahii«r, (,'iuot oi Ariillery ke«pifi>; up a pertect
rnar 01 tire, wliich was lally returned 5>y the cne- :
niy 1 lie line* -il both armi. ^ niuV( d to and tro
like *lij a lviticinsc and recedui^ vvavos f>! tlit. .-ea
* heatbHui i divi>iiin suou hec:iinc under tire, with j
its artiil' Tv ;i!Ui- '■ ooiiiiiiand ol Maj Meinnftioii ^
Smith. riii- \v;.s up with varird sue- |
oo's. wluD ihe --liiuit division ol (Jen. 'Meburne j
oliar^ed th? erie.ay alVer.dark. t-v ujui>nli.;ht, and 1
dr>ivr th-'iii i: miles Ironi ^heiv livst line ul batti* ^
and in Irmit c.i Aloxaiid.'r’> brid-e. h.,wai here ■
the brnve lira IV' -.-t-n Sn.iilr tell. Aifcr this
vi«-;!!>-inU' -i d l.iilli..:.r mdiievcment
fd iiti tht ir f.>r tl
liUV
u tbt ‘.r .'iruis for the ni^ht 1'urine
a,- 'ai - 3 battery was c^tptured. ail
toi'k flit; eii:-
gurs, and 1
riio ti.;bt
uf tiie
riL'ht i.'I L(
as thi
army
till ti
the hur«os b in- killrd. and all the artilleri.^t* he
in^ either kilied r wounded Tliis batt*;ry was
atii-rwards r' tuken by (i-;.n. Smith's brigade, and
also one or twj >t]ur pieces which had been
abtuidon.-d. t’ e h.ivs.'i boinj: trilled Thu d:i\
iiy ? ’f-L-* raf.ed Loomis battery -t l>
)t;ii'• -.i! .. -S. >111.? l.lilM- pri'mer5
.''arurdny ei)n;nit'no d on this ^iide
riiuancr.i nv r. tixtendin_^' frum the
i lit ,,'i: (i. rd>)ns mills to what is known
new br.di^e across that stream, a distance
ol abdut 5 miles, with a tlankini; I’orce well out on
either wini.'. In the evcninc theyankces retreat
ed acri'ss that stream, hnrnini: the new bridge be
hind them, tbo river dividing the two armies for
the nigkt. I hat ni^rht the >ankees were hard at
work di;:ging entrcnehmont.s, and threw up three
lines of works towar.ls the Missionary Ridge.
Sunday morning the -Jutli. b-loro day, the banks
wore dug di'wn on oaoli side ol the stream, just
below tiie point whore tlie bridge had been burned,
and our loroo? forded the stream and drew up iu
line of battle about ^ o'clock.
Ten. Polk, who commanded the right, had a
hot day's r- .rk before him. but he folt'coi.Sdent
ot sUi'02ss. 1 he battle-iield was an undulating or
rolling open wuud, i?o mueh so that artillery had
room and ran^e en.puirh fur full pky. The at
tack w;is c.mmeneod by our lorcos shortly alter
nine o clock A. Our line ot battle was tour
mile west of (’hickamauga, and half a mile ea.st
of the main road leading from Lafayette to (’hat-
tanooira. c j.ressed the enemy sorely from the
start, whu, though stroiiLrly contestini; the irround
inch b\ inch, graduudy fell backl)efore our braves.
barire alter charge w»s made on the enemy, we
turning their left on their centre, and driving
buck his right at the same time, in the after
noon the enemy attempted to throw reinforce
ments from the left to the right across an open
held and the ’hattauooga road. Maj. Williams’-^
battery was concentrated on this road, and cutoff
the enemy, the forest being completely mowed
down with grape, canister, shrapnel and shell; it
wa-^ at this time we took several thousand prison-
ers It was after dark that Geu. i'olk carried
, ^‘'ioiuy’s ontrcnchmcnus, when
a ttirilling yell of triumph rang out on th.} air.
which told of our glorious victory.
The enemy was completely routed, and in full
ry reui..^ fren. l'reckinnd:.re s division, and Gen
' .v>tons uf iiuekn..r'^ curp., nhu b.^re a most
gallant part in the chirgin- ;!’ the enernv's en
trenchment,, who were driven three miie's back
to Missionary flid-e, and whidi the en, my
were driven to within tiv = miu^ ui' Cbattauou-J.
jen. iirazi; was oa the lield with liie troops. ni‘Mit
and day, and in ridin- down the line, iu front'of
Gen. Breckinridire .- division, on the ni-ht of vie-
tory he wi, m.,.,i e!ithuMa.-,tically cheered by
Brock,„r„l.ea„a Kon.aukj. L.uisi.,,^,
Alabama and Monda troopv
, We have captured ov-r 40 stand of colors 45
pieces of artillerv, at,d fikeii „ver HM.t.t
UliU'
;o: tilt
II i.
Our ’
and :i
froni 1' •
Tl., ;
the cai li
far exi;.-:
freest T(
roar of anillery m^v
ing of our men ■>;,
the eneiiiy 'r. e-.r
and terr'Li
and iron with tl
summer’.'? rain. Th.-
th
c
cry ar>iie ai.' ivc i;
and arliii.-ry. wh
back
I IT'-
'|OI( t,.
cuijli ,!
prisoners.
I'^.'/Uii. killed
•" le?s than
-• Mur-
'■ ‘ he c ;ii.'t iiit u'. l terr>ti._-
'■_r w... excee-ied 'I'lie fi-ht-
. und »v evetijn-- jjj carrying
\rx> :n.I ti ceil r. iriai.d.
i hey i.i,. :,i the Wiiirlwind >jt le..d
■ iiii-;ss iind coiupLoure ji u
,1 , • , . iiU': ehurge alter ohar'^'e
th'. fn-h.lui ;/aps m our lines beinj immediately
;Ioscd up. and wirh tb- yell of d ... , ■ /
. _ . . 'J^mms our battle
r >>r and era-h of mu.sketry
■ ihe terror-stricken f.je fell
' ■ ' m-i'inted arid e,irrl>;il
' ‘ ‘ ":i- iino, over t iic (J m i
J ■•> ■, ll J U-il i J i:-- : . , .;j
• • for th,:u,.-,..-!v.'. '
■ ^ by m ^uiili^ht -the
-1!!^ on the gha.sfjy fac-s ul
1 •'Cp.-Ov jH I'pijid „vjui,.|,
■ ■; '. witii iic.-i,.-. -ji
■ J'u i--.arf«-re«i ;>niis .strowu
■; -1. >y i-,irr, (,„■ ■
up r;,..r, ^l a
vas lerrn.i,.
corps wai. skill and
“be last Ci.,-atl,uu. carru-.L
brows MoV.:." 1 '•c-'Jry crowning their
John ’ r ^ brigade, attached to Bushrod
Jo n.on . division was on the left of (Jeu O Tl
"«11 ^corps, and charged the entrenchrll^^ts Sui!
their . n
care...;;,
the pi .
0,,.
glitters ^ ,
the d a J
of their t ir;,:
Wound, d and
every-- - ,.J
di'aif i,..r» ;
blooi. -
etermiiiation and nerve even airainst superior
immbors wert> victorious, and about 4 o’clock
11 i.^ecranz’.s cenfer wavered, and, tramblini; under
the weight id' uur determined columns, gave way,
fullin>r back soinefhintr near 4 mile.--, between that
time and i) o'clock, at which hour uiy informant
lef't tl.e field.
Los\ i !,t Ojrh er*—A Major ie?jeral and sev
eral Brigadier Generals are numbered aiiu>ng tlw;
nohlti (lead i-f «tur sid*"( The veteran tenth 'I'en-
r: ssee lost 'JiS out ot oO, ami th« eighteenth Ten-
ne-si'C is now Ud by a lituteuant, every officer
above that trrade being either killed or wounded.
Tlif ser> i\d Kpnl'icky, wiih a !«iualj prcportiou of
t ftieers, l^'^t L*n
hi/ri,f iitui ‘"ha ihlfi uj Ottf •'.V/Vi.—
A corresp‘iidont >1 the \ppcal writes from the
buttle field:
“A gentleman, whom I have every reason to
I belivp, tells me tliHt late on Sunday evening ho
lu ard a conversation between several ;renerai i fh-
lors. c-incfrning the air-ount of v.ur loss in the
; buttle, aiid it seemed to be the general opinion
that, in killed und woundt'd, it would nut full be-
: low or go hiirlier than 1 2,U0U Of these
! ir i.' tlnmght that tj out of T are wounded, and
a very large proportion only slightly. The num-
* ber of slightly wounded is said to be unprecedent
ed ly large."
Spoils.—The prisoners, up to Monday morn
ing, will rcach at least T.OUU, and some report,*»
*ay 12,0U0. The artillery taken up to Monday
morning is now stated to bo 6'' pieces; and in
small arms 1 am assured that enough has been
collected from the field to fill the dspot at this
place In the item of blankets, knapsjicks, can
teens, etc , a very lar»e accession ha.s been made
to our quartermaster's storeij from the spoils of
the field.
Blit 'ltd to I)c'i*h -About tour o’(*lock on •''un-
day the shelling of the enemy set the woods on
tire on our lett, and the fire is said to have extend
ed over a lar*fo portion of the ground that had
been traveled by the contending armies, and large
numbers of the enemy’s wouf>ded who w’ere la.st
to bti removed from the field suffered the tortures
ot that element which they have u^ed with such
devajitating efiect against us
J he Situtt t i(»it tn Trnnessfe.—It is tjuite cer
tain that iiosecranz canno't continue loiiif in pc.-*
session of Chattanooga if the telegram is true that
Lonirstrert holds the railroad and the rivor be
tween him and Burnside. Whatever may be the
strength ©t tiic works at ('hattanooga, the enetny
is too far from his base of supplier to make a pro
longed defence there, and will either be starved
or whippe«l out in bhort order.
The military geography of the iituation is now
clearer than th^t indicated in former dispatches.
Ihe disposition of a portion of our forces at I.,ook-
out Mountain is tuo important incident of the
rccent news Thii position commands both the
river and railroad: it cannot be flanked; it aflorda
the only pobsible route by which Burnside can
reach ( hattanooga It is said to bt one of the
most defensible po>itious oa the continent. The
railroad here i> built on a shelf of the mountain,
so difficult is the pa-ss through it; and its rugged
and precipitous sidt^ also command the water
avenue ol the Jennessee. It iii not possible that
such a position !an be forced by cither llosecranz
or Burnside, and it is said to have been alrealy
s'lccts^fuhy defended against two attempts »f the
tormer.
But really too much importance is »iven in the
public mind to the probability of Burnside's junc
tion with the remnant of the enemy at Chatunoo-
g». W e are assured by the autUoritie.s which are
bsst informed of military mattfr,^ in, the West,
that the force ot that commander will not exceed
-O.Odo cff. etive men. Thin reinforcement would
not even repair the yankee fA-i in the buttl
-hi-kioiau_M; u would be matched
'y LwM_- r.T-r'.
!l. ;^T
Tf' “
8” tab TENN188EE VICTORT. | this great ))attl« Oen. Bragg ha» exhibited a mili*
QlieAfUnta h**‘he following le«er from | tary sagacity far over-reaching llustoranz, and by
its corretii«nil*nf wifh arwy. written on the { his masterly manceuvres has handled his army
2’l. two .l»y* afK-r butl^.— ! with a skill and judgment that only could have
The p’-cliniiT'nr, tiirht comraanccd, it may be ■ secured to us such a glorious victory.
.'id. on Friday, the l>th ms* , at Alexander’s! Ilurti Fiyhting.—A letter in the Atlanta Ap-
bnd''?. 5 miles we^t of llinggold. Walthall's : peal say* of the “pinch” in Sunday’s battle:—
bri:_Tde was prin(^p»lly engaged and suffered most, I “Both wings of the enemy gradually gave way
o:ie retriuient lositij To killed and wounded. Gen. j before the impetuous valor of our forces; but the rakish looking craft, not over ajiart in appearance,
Biishro 1 .fohnjoii's brio;.de moved up at the time I center maintained a steady position. With a view 1 yet usetal every inch of her—a pigmy among
from Kinirgold. crossing the ('hickamauga above i to break the centre if posiible our fi.rees were j these mo»sters, and yet a formidable pigmy, even
at Fieed's bridge, the enemy tall’ni: back' before I concentrated about 2 o’clock, and a terrible charge j to the unpractised eye, the palmetto flag flyinjf
IIS and marshalling their f(>rces in line ot bnttle. j ait»de upon that portion ef the enemy’e lines On j j)r(*utlly from ber mizen. When we landed at the
->« Saturday, the 10th, the two contending i this portion of the line, at this time, the battle ' Cale in the harbor the crowd which Usually aa-
avinics confrontrd each other in battle array. Our i ig said to liave raged with unprecented tieroeness. 1 semblcs to welcome or pester new comers wa» full
bne extended fn>Tn Heed s bridge to Lee Ac (lor- i Many ot Hood’s division, Longstreet s corps, who | ot “l^a Kloride” und her doings
arrived here wounded this morning say they never ' t ♦ it WjP aent our cards to Capt. Maffit,
saw .*11011 fishting in all their V irginia campaigns, j and were immediately admitted on board. Di-
It was absolutely, in many places, a hand-to hand I rectly Capt Maflit understood that we were Brit-
engaircment in itb literal sense, in which superior ;gh subjeets he invited us below into his little
determination and nerve even airainst superior cabin, t^nd when I told him that there were many
people in England who regarded hia career with
j great interest, he entered very freely into a rcoital
j of kis adventures.
j Of the Captain'himself I may say that he is a
j.alight, middle-siied, well knit man. a merry look
j ing Mtn, witk a ready, determined air, full of life
j and business—apparently the sort of man who i»
j e(|Bally ready for a fifht or a jollitioa ion, and
whi>«e prefer«nec for the latter would by no.iHoatu
interfere with bis creditable conduct of the tormer.
llis plainly.furnished little state-room looked
busintiiss like as a merchant’s office. The round
table in the centre was strewn with books and in
numerable uianuscripta, a;^l on the ihelres were
formidable K.oking rows of account book.^i, clwrti,
iVc. 1 m iy observe of the cabin, vt ot every pari
id the Florida, that none ot it appears to have
been buiU- for ornament—all for use
(’apt Miitfit forthwith boean an animated recit
al of hiS career and adventures. He is 42 years
old, and ia th« oldest officer on board All tbt
officers were born in the ('onfederato StJites, anc
mtkst of them were officers in the L . Nivy be
fore the outbreak of the war. The oldest of th»i
officers is not m >re than lio. The men are more
mixed There are 100 able seamen on board the
Florida, and about 18 officers Capt. Maffit shtu
that he has hardly ever taken a prize but wtat
some of the crew of the prize have come t«rw»rd
to say, “Should like to aerve with you, air.”
Generally upeaking, he has to refuse; but if he
sees a very likely felfow he take him on.
Capt. Miffit was a Ijieulcnant of the U. S.Na
vy before the outbreak, and in that capaeitv dis
tinguished hima«*lf greatly. In 1^5' he cota-
iiianded the brig I'olphin, when ke capturtd the
slaver Echo with 400 slave* en board, and took
her into Charleston. For this leat hib health was
drunk at a public Jinner at Liverpool; anJ it is a
curious tacf, tor those who maintain tliat the civil
war in America is founded upon the slave tj«es-
tion, that the couuuander of this impor'int Con-
iederate cruiser should be the very man whw has
distinguished himself actively a»ainst th« slave
trade In l''5‘J Capt. Maffit commanded the 1.
S. Hteamer (,’rusader, and capturod four slavers.
The Captain had a great deal to say about his
successtiil teat at Mobile, In his opinion it ha*
been the greatest naval feat of iModern time*
lie dwelt long and warmly upon the incidents of
the af!'air, and p»jinted proudly to the marks of
slirapnel, which are numerous enough, upon the
mastu and smokestacks. Th* Florida was struck
with three heavy shot.'? on that occasion, and ose
can easily perceive in the side of the ship where
the mischief caused by the 11-inch shell ha.s been
repaired. The Florida made no endeavor 11 re
ply to the tire which she received, the run
ning too high to admit of steady aim, and her
small crew being too much occupied in t ,e mau-
agement of the ship.
The only broadside which the Florida h»*> fired
in anger wa.s airainst the Kricsson, an aruied iner-
chantuiaii, which shw encountorcd some forty uii'«h
from New \ ork. The Kricsson, a very li^rjie ves
sel, did n it reply, but made the best of her way
off, and succeeded io escaping. When they ven
tured within forty miles of New York thty did
not know that the arrival et the Tacony (one ot
their “outfit,”) had put the New Yorkers on
their guard, and th»y soon found that there were
about seventy aruied vessels out searching tor
them, and t>o were glad to retreat. “ We never
seek a figkt,” aaid Capt. .Maffit, “and we dort't
avoid on« You nee, we’ve only two ve.'^eln
against l;>)ii, so we should stand a po >r chance.
Our objsct is merely to destroy their commerce, so
as to bring about a peace. We have takrn alto
gether seventy-two prizes, and estimate tke value
at 815,OUO,OOU. Tho Jacob Bell alone was worth
iS2.l0lt,0t».0.”
The Captaia exhibited a bo«k in which all the
prises were reguUrly entered an 1 all pitrtir-uiar-.
relating therete. lie explained that their mode
W*R NK'VS
/ —Atlantu dates to
encouraging as to Bragg’s
th.
mean account of what he called “the outfits” »f IV MKMORP-M. j
the Florida These have been three in number. j.qh obhkkvkr I From
The Clarence was captured off Pernambuco on the fitting tribute to' the* memory of the | inst. are
5th of May^ and Ijt. Heed was pu-t on bortrd with dead caa be p^iid, than that which is dft'in ■**x- i Gen. \\ heeler had ’riveu tl
twenty men and one gun. These were afterwards pressed, the silance of a tear, amid the fcad 1 out Mountain, now held by Lon^str-H t, j,
changed to the Tacony, a better vessel, which was I solemn sc?nes of burial. ! commanding the river and railroad bd'iw ('}. ?'
captured shortly after, and (to borrow (>aptain I Kulogies may be written, words of kindnes.s i nofga. The position is a very imporfant
Maffit's expression) “she captured right and left.”
inkers iroiii I i
Finally, she took the revenue cutter off Portland
harbor. The other “lit out” w.'s the Lapwing,
on board of which i.ieut. Avrett was putto«Tuiso
may be spoken, the talent^*, the excellencies, the j miles from t'battanor'ga It was no* t! , n -ht\.
virtues of a man may be reb*arsed, int tbSt tri- j Bragg would assault, “as we eomtii;.i) l i|,f ^
bute, which the heart in its silent sadness pays i tion and need not saerififo lives" 'I h.T,.
over the grave, is of itfjelf an eulogium without i rutnors ol liiirnside’s approHch wi*h 4(i i ,,
on the Lquator. He made several captures and i flattery, unbiassed by caprice, selfishness or osten- i but it was not thought that 4i- liu.|
bas now returned to his ship
The Florida mounts only eight guns—six forty-
eight pounders of the Blakeley pattern, made at
Low Moor, and stern and bow chaser>i.
On takingour seats 1 askod Capt. Maffit whether
he expected to be interrupted on lenving Bi;est,
pointing at the same time to the (Joulet—tlie nat-
rt'w piassage which affords the only ingrei^s and
ogress to and from the Bade. “Well,” replied
he, “I expect there will be seven or eight of them
out there before lon;»; but I’m not afraid. I’ve
run eight blockades already, and it ’11 go hard, but
I’ll rur. the ninth.”
tation. So that, in many eases, where the irood,
the pure and virtuouu, di«—their best eulogies
are written in the hearts of moiirning friends
Blit beside this tribute thus paid by swine one,
or by many, to all who die, there is in the dt ath
of an «fficial personage, a-deinand made by pub
lic opinion for a more extended tribute t-o his
memory—a record ol bis life, as well as an obit
uary.
'i’he late Colonel James A. J. Bradionl was
boru iu 'i'ennessee, some time in the year 1H03,
and so®n thereafter removed to the State of Ken
tucky wifh hi« father’s fariiiiy (Jf bi.s early
year> but little is kno.wn, but that they must have
been well employed, -^ntl bis education well at
tended to, his after life and attAinmenf.s fully at
test. His father wa.i an intimate personal friend
of General Andrew' Jackson, and the Christian
names of bis father liini that uf President Jack
son are conjoined in the Christian name of Janu s
Andrew .laekson i^radf>rd.
Amongst the private jiapers of t’nc late Co!
Bradford the oriL'inal id the folluwin> letter ha
n. r. t}.
20,0U0, and a heavy •'onfederatt- vci- wj, i
tween him and Rosecranz (Jur ln>
and wounded was sitid to be I JJJUO
for
THK .SCiJKK TffOUUIir
We Continue 'o receive information of reaction
ary movements, in flume parts of the State where
^(^nlo of th(; ptople have beeti led to believe that
by holding the so-called peacc meetings, the war
I'ould be brought to a close, and the halcyon day?*
of tranijuility and prosperity be at once restored
to them, '[’hey »re beginnin^r to see the delusion,
Hiid to b'urn that the only road fo peacc is a de
t^rtniued and persisrent resistance to the vile ene
miy who eomes to seek our ruin, and will certainly i found, and is here
visit it upon us if we fall itUo hi.'» powi.-r, whether ■ through the kindnr.ssof
it be by subjugation while nobly fighting for our
rights, or by a base and cowardly submission to
hitf fiendish designs.
We conversed with a gentleman from Knndolph
county, a few days sinco, who assured us of a re-
HOtionary ttioveineut of this kind iu that county.
He alsw gives us an account of the most deplorable
s*^4ite of affairs there, brought about by de.serters
from the army aud men of conscript age who were
skulking frcm duty Our informant stated that
they were going throujrh the country day and
night, robbing, stealing and committini:; all laao-
ner ot depredations.. He uientioned the name of
Allred Brower, Ksij., who has often represented
the county in the Legislature, whose house was
visited and he was forced to surrender all his fire
arms On the next day a s|uad ol the same gang
retarned to his hou^e and literally sacked it—
taking' almost every particle ot wearing apparel ! J®”'’ GoTernment
aud bed clothing, and 4*arryiug off a lartre quan- j ‘Aery r*8p**cifully, your ob’t scrT’t,
tity of provisions And they a^'e roaming all | J.\CK^ON.
through the country visiting like outrages upon i . catered \\ est I'oint as a Cadet in
all within their reach. j >?’‘‘‘duated with distinction as Second Lieutenant
.'5uch a state of things has arou^ed the people ! Artillery in and was made Captuiu of
to a state of .self defence, aud they are turning ; 1S82. He tilled many iuipottant
out io large bodies to arrest tlie thieving scoun- | P'^sitioiis, and aided materially the construction
drels and turn them over to the conscript officers, j Arsenal.s. He was for years Command
ki: ...
loss ill killeil, wounded anJ prisoners, '>! (
Northern papers at Mobile say it was ou.ijoo
Surcesnful tJippthtimi — Cap»ai[, [;
who left Ilichrnond a few days sinets for t},, , *
pose of leading a naval expedition in ojhu b, •!
on the Chesnpeako Bay, has returned lotlie.'sfT
after having achieved a brilliant sueee^^s [j
succeeded in sinking seven \arikee vessels • '
taking considerable property ()ue ve.>sel he . '
ashore in Virginia, and saved iroin her a lar"*-'
quantify ol cheese, &c. He captured sevtnt,.,'
prisoners, who are now on their way to IlieLni )i,j"
Incidents of this kind show that the nav? is
entirely a dead lettw, and that a body of
rained men, headed by brave officers, niav (j.
cee 1 in inflic'ing considerable damage upon
enemy —ItichnionJ Kjuininer.
A Fxdd Ffuf —Thirty-nine deserters iron,
Virginia regiment in Bra»;’g Army,
^ tran«cribed tiJ show that j through this place last Sunday week, alhuoanted
♦ Jcn’l Jackson Tol. Brad- ! and armed, with the Mississippn rifle Thtry rp.
his educntioi? -it Lexintr | presented themselves as belnngine to William,'
ford was indebted
ton
W'est Point
“To r(»dft James A J Suaufobo,
‘ Lexington, Keutucir^-:
“UKRjtffT^on. .^pril 14:fe, 1>*‘J3.
Sir; I r^o''1 aiuil Tourlptffr of l»t iiiptiint
and 8>nil y*u with jrrrate.st tht? incto«Kl
letiar fo th.eTjuperini^nde'it o’' ib« Miliinry iJchool
‘•1 &IK sorry that you ihMiild b»v^ tf)oug;ht ^Qy upolo-
gj necfssitrj-, or Wf *uy dfiicacy ie tire •.'plrcili' rj on
the »uhject
•‘I urn » Tpry plain man—»nd "otbiiijr (rraiifi''f ihp
TBorc Iban Ihe oppcrtuiiity of renJerinj' rvy frirnds eve
ry service within mjr power, end cjp^ciaily the repre
sentative of one such a-* your ftiher. with wbona I bud
* IsDg ecquAin'«nce, and to whi.j.- metuory 1 recur wifh
th* warmest fevlintrs of aen«it,ility an>i r.»spect
•‘I hof*e that with your edu^'n'ion at W*gt point, you
ni»y le»rn to be tb« d»f»-.i»r . f your pouw.r;. > right-,
and yeurself worthy tuf -^trc and the hopcB of
'a.- ,-e.i
a iy cifi- im':af:C’jn,
vi.t.,ry. — A’,
e of
on our side
p'; and it c -ul 1 bare,
but little effect to turn
■/t L.oi I/i I >ier
wa'
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)
»'*n B.
•'ii'-'vain.i'i'^ I. Was
abi'
itv,
'••• a (id I
- ...I r
l^'ok. ii*u,
aiol wifli
1.1 hi
ing
eTi.
,j„. -.1 ^ «.i‘e ouircr,!
^ *n Monday the ’ i.’
thecncmy, eapturin-a !’ Pursued
yankec cav’alry, ana\e. T
pl^-e, the enemy r.treat iu^L 1
\\ heeler had al.so captureu^u lar-^e
burning a large portion, and se” urin ?
prisoners. To-night, ^ Tuesdav • 1 ' '"T ’
letter, which I «end by privatl-ipr-
just in reports that txpr^,, ;i courier
stores at Chattanoo-a i-iid mZin-
When if ; » 1 • ' Oossing the riv. r
1.: '-iust, over a wild,
barren, broken
subsistence, and our mt’n
going forced marc hes and t;;rib"!
out a murmur, and th^r. ^ ‘‘'Huf,
countrjj^^ ’'^'thout affording any
ter
roism on the field, which has
half rations, undei--
fhoir ht
glorious a victory, it cannot be*Xiiit
battle’, /avor.1
II n«lfn, wha
!■ iiijhis fii- n
on to vi,i„r^. h.- f...l r.i,rr:dly wo-ind-d in
he ab om-L. by a mirae bail 11... t ke„ back
to the ho-pital, .SIX miles above Kirj- 'old wh*rf
be expire.] durin- th' nicht. He wa.-* a -rand-
sonof Ben Hardin, the celebrated Kentu”kian.
le entere.l the .'^ourhcrn army wifli.jut a com
mission, r>ut from tho rank of privat.. he was
'Mm mad.; t.olonel, and oornmanded the Nt K.-n
f!M-ky cavalry in th- Confed.;rate ^ervlc« He
w.i-j ma le B-ja li.^r i^ieii-ra! in Mar-h, l-,-;j
'O k ecii iiaiid of a Kentucky briL't^.le at v’i.-»s
U.i. summer. liis wife is a bnlf -i„ter of
I Li.icoln, and a SI ter of Alex Todd, who
kill-dar Baton Rou_'.r It will also b- re
iir^:nb.Te,l that Lieut To.ld, who w.s kiiie.i at
>'11 .,h, V...S nis brother.in-law. iiefbrjtJen Helm
i, .tw chap..iin conversed and prayed with him
wl, resignatioa to hi.s ihte,
wlueh he met in the .same cheerful spirit that h
•>U6 SO -wetI sorve.l his country. 'I'liu..* without
tnurmor pa.ssed away another of tho numerous
ii^rty of truth, justice and
in Helm’s 1st Kentucky brigade l,7Ga
wont into action—4.‘j2 only camc out of it.
"J BatUc.-Jthe Federals
lu e a lolly W.J ol throwing down their guns
j...a rushing to tlie rear ol our troops when they
haio enough ot our ..uaVctry, While General
^yttle was not tar from our line his men suddenly
rushed forward, and when ho w,w for a m.ment
amazed at the brilliant charge made without or-
ders and then when he saw tJiat th.dr muskets
had been thrown away, he sought himself to es
cape with hia .staff. He turnetl his horse to fly
was k.l ed. He was shot through the head, the
ball entering ju,st above the ntick and coming out
above his nose.—Atlanta I*
eilerii-y.
havu eost ihr
lived w:ie the
' m (iut beauti-
d of
uj}t r.
This
Week with
section ha5 been visited during the pa,t
been destV ’i«h bittr corn has
if ft K f vegetation generally looks a,
sa.l «»Jergone the “stewing” process A
whi/ **'" present conditio-n of the country
oh Jrgcut demand —.lsAet;t'/^c News.
out^ oT”(Tpn^Tr^ Arraj^.—It is said that
17 000 mp • anginal army, there are
would have been Thought “I
war first began.
big army when the
of procedure wa.-> to b'lru and destroy tiie prop«r-
ty ot the Northeru States wherrver they fuund it.
1 a-kcd if they took gold and preciou* articles,
“I'retty tjuiek, when w/* grt
them " The j.aprr^t of thf/burnrd priz«*s ar. ^11
, kept arid a val la ion i« m-d r h, IV the irfcitu...
tioii A ihc v.-)!>eli, in the ••xp e;^.•ioIl tli4t vt1i*ii
peaec is restored th« (’..nCcdorate J *.vrFiiii,. nt will
make an approjiriation ol money »-'juivalciit to the
elaim-i ot the captors In consequi n'-e of this ar
rangement there i.s very little actual trrA.Mirc on
board the L lorida, and the officers and crew aru
working mainly on the faith of the future
|>cndence and stlveney of the C»nled
•‘.\nyway,” said (’apt .Muffit, “we
'i (vernment very iittle, tor We’ve
enemy. Oii, ye.'?, we’ve served th
fully.”
In reply to some question as to the mefki
ciipturc the captain .said, ‘ We only make war
with tho L. S. Government, and we respect little
property. We tieat prisoners of war with tho
greatest respect. Moat of those whoui we h&ve
captured have sjioken well of us I’o be suro wo
have met with noiue ungrateful raseals, but you
meet with thunc uU tho woihl >vor. Tbo taml
prize we took wa.s tho Anglo-Saxon, which wc
took in the English Channel, about sixty miles
from Cork. She had coal on board, and we burnt
her. The Pilot was a saucy fellow, and main-
t&iued that he was on his piloting ground. He
insisted on being landed in an English port, but
wecould not do that. I brought him and twenty-
four men iicre to Brest, and sent them to the En
glish Consul. If the pilot has any j ust claim upon
us it will be settled by the Confederate Govern
ment. That’s not my business. My busine.ss i^
to take care of tho ship.”
W’heu the Florida camo into Brest she had
been at sea for eight months without spendin*'
more than four entire days iu port. Before
entering the port of Brest she had not been
more than twenty-four hours in any one port,
although she visited Nassau, Bermuda Per
nambuco, aad Sterra (Brazil.) “i'es, indeed
sir,” said the captain, “two hundred and forty-five
days upon solid junk, without repairs or provisions.’'
During all this time they had only lost fifteen
men, iiicluding those who were killed and wounded
lit M obile, the payma.ster (who died of consumption)
ntul one officer (who was accidently drowned)
'I’tiey have come into Brest to repair the eugines
which are some whatout of order, the ^haft being
quite out of line. The Emperor has given orders
thfct the l^lorida is to be admitted into the port
for all necu^ary repairs, and is to be supplied
v?ith everything she may require except muni-
ticms of war.
In the coarse of conversation Capt. Maffit gave
Several havu been shot, two or three killed, and
a good many arrested.
'1 he people are beginning to understand this
state of thiuirs as one of fhe fruits of those meet
ings that refused obeilience to the laws of the
country, induced soldiers to leave the army and
give up the contest, aud encouraged men of tho
conscript a^e to take to the wt>ods rather than go
into the ranks ot their couutry And the indus
trial and fragal cla^s of citizens who have homes
and provisiofii for their families, now see that
these men must be arrested, and the sentiment
and feeling which brought about this state of
thiiipH must be put down, and the.se lawless mcr-
cen'iries disper.sed, or their property will be taken
from them, their homes be desolated, and the
wlitde Country be ransacked and ruined. No
wonder there is a reaction there
And as it is in iiHndolph so it will and must
be in other counties, where deserters and skulk-
itji: conscripts are allowed to remain unmolested.
They are compelled to remain in the woods, and
consequently cannot earn a living by honest in-
du.'try; hence they are forced to steal and plunder,
and those who refuse or decline to arrest them
are the suflerers—their houses and beds are ->Hrip-
ped of clothing, thoir .moke houses and cribtf
robbed, and their families exposed to their ravages
ai all times. The safety ot every man's home,
family and propert\». now calls upon him to arrest
these-fellows and rid the country of their danger
ous and thieving presence.
Spirit uf the Aye.
F'^YIilTEVIl.LE
We have watched with much interest since the
war began, thv development of the apiri; of be
nevolence which has been evoked by the demands
of the times, aud while in nothing bus North’Cu-
rolina been bekind her si>ter States in affording
material aid to the government in carrying on th«
war, y t in the uianifestatit_n of individual libe
rality from aini.jst her entire population, she has
oiit.'tripped herself, if .she ha.*( not gv)iie beyond
Ikt sisters In speculation, extortion, money-
niakiiig, her pc pie have not. pcrliajis, boei» be
hind Hu; rest, yet Bueir unwonted aeal iu givinj
to be!p on the cause has been wonderful. Nor
has fills b-en eontiiied to any jiaiiieular commu-
'*'0—all have done well.
1 he [)eoplc of f‘ayettcvillo, however, have per-
liaps in their munificence and large-souled libe
rality exceeded them all. “.^Iany daughters have
doiK! virtuously, but thou excellest them all.”
ibis sjjirit has been shown from the beginning,
as Well in tho judicious manner it h.is been ap-
idie.d iih the extent of their munificence. Con
versing with a friend somo time ago on tJ>is sub
ject, who resides in this city, the conclusion was
that since the beginning of the war, the iudivid
iial contributions of the citizens of that pla.^e, tor
tho various objects of benevolence in aid of the
cause, had exceeded ?o00,000.
Last year a number of her citizens raised 810,-
OUU for the purchase of corn to bu disposed of to
the poor at cost. Recently, we learn from the
OhHervor. u„ iis.sociati%n has been formed to raise
a lund lor the purchase ol the nccoa»«rics ol life
to be sold to the indigent at cost and charges.
Already a fund of upwards of 342,000 had been
subscribed. Since that several gentlemen have
united in the purchase of 500 cords of wood to
be supjdied to tho needy, and the liberal con
tractor has agreed to furnish the wood at cost.
Here then is an example worthy of imitation
in every community in the State. Will it not be
imitated by all?
But these ‘manifestations of liberality are not
spasui^odic exhibitions of benevolence to be talked
of. VVe know that people, and spent three of
the most pleasant years of our life with them, and
we kiKiw these manifestations to be characteristic
of her citizens. A more high-souled, unselfish
liberal-minded people do not live any where this
side of Heaven. But it may be said that they
have been making large profits since the war be
gan. borne of them may, and so have some peo
ple all over the State. And we are glad of it
They are the right kind of people to make, who
gve HO liberally hence God blesses them May
He reward them a thousand-fold more. ’ '
Raleigh Christian Advocate.
Kentucky, and for position a-i a Cadot at j Virginia Cavalry, and on their way to iLat eym.
mand, and thu^ succeeded in pa.ssing through this
place. On Monday, however, suspicion was h.
roused that ail was not right, aud Maj. John W
Woodfin with 25 men put off on the track
deserters it seems went to Alexander it Burnett's
ten miles below here and on the direct rosd to
Tennessee, when, from aome caus*, they chani'cd
their route and struck across the country, thiou^li
Yancy county. This fact Maj Woodfin learned
before staftinr, and shaped his course acconiino-
ly He presa«d after them with his handful ot
men, riding two entire days and nitjhti without
i-rtRting, and at daylight on Thursday mornin?
overtook them encamped on Watauga* river, in
Watauga county, some eighty miles from thi.s
place. Some of his men had fallen behind, their
horses having broke down under the lene and
rapid march, so that when became up with them
he bad but 18 men. He surrounded tbeir cartip
almost before they were aware of his presence,
and demanded a surrender, which, after seine par
ley. wss complied with. He captured iitj, two
makiniir their escape and one being absent from
the camp st the time When they found thev
hnd surrendered to just one half their own duil
ber, their mortilication was extreme.
Maj. Woodfin returned to this place on Fri(j»y
evening, when his prisoners were properly cared
for. aud are. ere t+iis, safely lodged at Camp
Vance, near Morganton.
Some of the prisoneriJ admitted that all of the
horses except three were stolen.
Maj Woodfin and the gallant men under Li-
command deserve the thanks of every good citi-
zeu for this daring achievement. They have re
turned -it) soMiers to dtity and rid the eountrj of
a dangerous band of free dealers in horse fler>h
—AxheuilU yf’ies, 'lAth.
ant of Fort Columbus and Governor’s I.sland, and
aUo id' Fort Warren, wbt re, after the fall of llat-
teras, he was confined as u j>risoner. An auto
graph manuscript by his comrade prisoners is to
found amongst his papers, a curious and interest
ing record of his captivity. His personal friend
ships wert few, but his attachments were lasting
and sincere. T he friendship between himself
and President l>avis f>egan in early life at Wc.«f
Point, and is thought to have con-'inucd mutual
and heartfelt to the day of his death.
In person, Col. lirailford wa^ a truly handsome
man. In manner, nnd conversarion he was an ac-
cooiplished gentleman
.,4 Darimy Act.—On Wednesday, three scuut.^
K1 f ® white and
one black regiment in and around Newborn lik^-
and a battery of field
artillery There was at Bachelor’s Creek one
regiment of infantry and one of cavalry, ill
lankees had an iron clad raUroad battery of six
guns, which thej haul with
Those who knew him best, esteemed him a.s
well for his pener-*sity, his kindness atid his pru-Black Horse Cavalry, Founb
dence, as they admired his finelv cultivated mind, ^ irginia regiment, made a dash upon the yaijkee
and pleasant converse.
The Confederacy owes to him a debt of grati
tude. Aiding as he did in laying the corner
stene of the Arsenal, ever active through difficul
ties and the changes of Administration in pushing
forward to completion its construction, he had the
satisfaction ot knowing', that to his energy aud
zeal the State of North Carolina ami the Confed
eracy were indebted for a work of improvement,
an ornament useful as it is beautiful, and which
i,s now uurivallcd throui;hout the South.
He loved the twwn of F-yetteville. Who that
has stood amidst the iilent record? of the dead in
our own quiet (irave \ ard on Cross Creek, but
romemberb how much of beauty the place has de
rived from the tasteful suggestions of the late Col.
Bradford. If the sleeping dead who jteople it.s
sacred shades could speak, they would tell how
often there together walked Winslow and Brad-
fbrd, planning some little thing iu memory of
those who sleep the sleep that knows no waking.
That quiet city of the dead, that lovely resting-
place beside the ijuiet flow ot Cross Creek, was to
both of them in years gone by an hallowed spot,
and often have they both been heard to wonder
wh\ had not art been ma'le to lend a helping hand
to deeorate .'ind beautify a place .so eminently fit
ted for the last rtposc of manj why did not the
whole peojile of 1 ayetti villo ..^pend s •mething of
their time and nit aiis .to adorn a place to which
scarct' a .single one i> not bound b}' ties sacred and
heartfelt.
Col Brarlfbrd was identified with the Town.
Here the larger portion ol his life was passed;
here what little of this world’.*i goods he had, ho
had received and generously distributed; here wa.s
to him a home when living-—and here, as he will
ed it, he fell asleep in death. No kindred hand
closed liis dying eyes, no mother’s voice gently
lulled his sou! to rest, but hearts full ot that love
which friendship long and lasting feels, beat in
fiolemn *adncss at hisdvath, und ministering hands
of love decked with rose.'' his honored grave. In
the Araeiial Grove, bentath the trees of the forest
he had trimmed, he sleeps in silence, l^eace to
his aches.
France and the United The New
Orleans Bee, of the i>th instant, (it was in other
papers also,) gives the particulars of a treaty of
peace and comuierce between Hon. John Slidell,
on the part of the Confederacy, and the Emperor
Napoleon, and that one of (JurCommissionera was
to accompany Maximilian from France to Mexico,
with a fleet of French and Austrian vessels—all
to sail on first of October.
Phi? news, it is stated, completely changed the
programme of the enemy respecting the attack on
^ obile. Thirty-five thousand men are now on
tnTL supposed
to the Mexican frontier. It is represented further
that there are now about five thousand men in
he difent barrack., around New Orleans, and
that all the steamers in the rivers, schooners and
other crafts in the lakes, have been seized by the
Cxovernnient, and all proyisioned, with wood, water
cVc., ready to sail at a moment’
A State with
s warning.
Three. Governors.—Tennessee
presents the e^ctraordinary attitude of having three
Governors, neither of whom may be said to hold
his office by a very fixed or certain tenure. Hon
Kobert Caruthers has recently been elected by a
very large majority of the voters of the Sutc, but
Ge^erTl in the presence of the
General Assembly, he cannot take his seat, 4nd
Gov. Harris retains his position until his success-
now in Geor
Ifl rlf’Te „eTe’''lV,r*’“
Tennessee. In the meantime, Andv
lohnson ciercisea the fuuctions of military «ov j
erDor, onclw the proteotioa of Lincoltt S„aete
and m TioUtion of the popular will. ’ ■
Pay your Ceiiiederate Taxes.
Will aitenii at ofBeo of A. M. Campbell, in the
1 to^fu of Ftyett«‘Till(», with the At'sesaors f*r this Du-
friol. t»r th« purpose of ooHpctiag the listed Taxes ob
Tliurpd*;. Friday, S-iturdaj and Monday, the 1st. '2d,
8d and b h of OCTOBER, 186^.
At David McNsiil’s on Tuesday the 6th,
At Uary’tf Garden oa Wednesday the 7tb,
At Maloom ,.MeMilIan’B oa Thursday the 6tli,
At B. Culbret.h’s on Friday the 9th,
At II. McNeiU*k oa 8aturiay the 10th,
At Dutacan Skaw*’* on .Moadajr {fae 12th,
At Petar Monroe'* om Taesrfay the 18th,
At Daniel MoKiaaen’s on Thursday the’l6th.
Ai the Bame times and places. I will reoeiva the T'lx
es due from AuotioBAars, Apetbeoaries, Botebers. Ba
kers, Geraoiiakion Merohanti3, Cattlt Broken, DiBtillers,
Pedlarp. Photographers, Retail^ Dealtrs,-Retail Dealers
in Liquors, WhoUsale X^alera, Wholesala Djalarri in
Liquors. ^
All penions iatarested &rt herebv notiSed that (be
above Taxes muat be paid within the time limited by
law, otherwise the heavy panalties imposei will he en
forced without regard to persons or property.
K. W. H.ARDIK,
Diet. Collector for Cumberland.
The Assessors for Cumberland Countv will attend it
the above nt*med places, with tha District Collector, for
the purpose of assessiojr the Tax in kind on Wheat, Oats,
Iriph Potatoes. «*ured Hay and Fodder, Wool, &o.
Persons interested are requested to meet as aS above,
witl^ statements of their matured crops, amouats pro
duced, &o. 8, X. HAWLEY,
A. M CAMPBELL,
_ Assedsors for Cnaiberland.
Septal 6,;18C8. «4tt
Just receiFel and for sale,
BBLS light hrown SUQ.\R, by the bbl.
10 “ i)»,oking Soda.
10 “ Engli.ah Copperas.
6 “ N O Syrap.
160 don*n Ma cti’s Blacking.
For by H. MoMILL.VN
8-pt. 21. 1863 . 65 4 ipJ
Avorv E. HA LI.,
F«rw«rdiag & CoamiFsion Mcrehaoi.
V Vy IIjI' Rive quick Jeq.'atch to goods coi signed la Mff
T f ParticulM'stteuiioa given to all pr>dnoe seat
for 0al«. Coowguc^eatg of Navai for ci
I WikuB2t«i. Jggfj 19,18^ gsti.
i*'
brigade headquarters, near Meade’s, captured i
larj,'e C. S. fla^, and brought it in eately to Gcd
Stuart. The scout.s who performed this darin:;
act are private.s Smith, Smoot and Lewis. The
flag was deposited at the War Department ls.t
niirht by private Pat Channing Smith, who wit> a
prominent actor in the afi'air, together with a
highly complimentary letter t^rom Gen. Stuart
A handsomer flag ot the gridiron style we have
never seen. It is made of rich, heavy silk, and
appears to have %een but little service. The eajrle
which surmounted the staffjs a fine piece of carv
ing, and handsomely gilded.—Ru-h. Examiitf.r.
rn Ijouiaiaita.—The Atlanta Coirfederac}
6tate> on authority of a gentleman recently from
Texas that Western Louir'iana, about the*Atcha-
talaya and Old rivers, is an uninterruptodsolitude
This portion of Louisiana may be called the garden
spot of the world On some of the plantation?
the sugar houses alone*cost their owners from 5tJ,-
000 to §LS0,000 The dwellings are palaces
with every luxury and embellishment that fancy
could contrive or wealth procure. The neirro
quarters are equal to the houses of respectable
families in easy circumstances. As far as the eye
can reach, the waving lines of sugar cane and In-
aian corn extend as straight as if the plough had
been directed with niatiiematical accuracy. The
palace and the negro quarter are desecrated, the
fences are down, and the luxuriant fields are ri
pening undisturbed—n»t a horse or a cow, or a
four-footed beast of any kind, being left to di?
turb the melancholy silence. Here and there an
old white man, or a stealthy negro man, issues
from some door at -the unusual sound of the tra
veller’s vehicle, but his perturbation shows that
he has not yet recovered from the last visitation
of the ruthlesi^ yankees.
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