Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-13
GOD SAW IHE RrpuBLlc.
Corre.pond.ne. Of Ms Iftmphi, As,,al,

N"Tespotuhee OF tB AfWpNts dpptdf.
COL WIN. Q. Faulkner, Of the Second Mississippi seg
ment, and oil the brave men Of bis command i'm
mortal honor. The colonel, who was ever in the van
OF the battle, received . slight would in the face,
and had two horses killed under him. When the fe.
cond horse fell under him, be was thrown violently
against stump and for some moments lay serssess.
Recovering he again mounted and vent forward to
gage tho foe. Gen. Beauregsrd, Who had been obsrV.
Ing bis gallant conduc. shouting to him be went go
ahead, you hero with the black plume; history shall
never forget you r. Lieut. Col Boone, OF tho same re.
Ement il is believed taken prisoner as he has not
been seen siuce the battle
Parson Rippetoe, Methodist preacher aud Captain Of
Virginia company, performed prodgies Of 'aof at the
first taking Of Sac m,hs battery Cor it TAKEN then
lost and then taken again He cot the tbroais Of the
hsrses, and then engaged Lieut. Sherman 10 ahsnd to-
hsad cor tct with ssbres. After ten minutes fgh
both bring accomplished swotdsmen, ss severed Sisr.
mons head from his body at one biowl
The leth Mississippi Regiment, BY unlucky railroad
accident vas prevented from being In the fight
nine other regiments by the same accident however,
was accidentally enabled 70 reach the Id about eleven
o'clock was under FIRE an hour and ball! pas singu.
aIy enough taken prisoner saw the grand stampede Of
the enemy What towards he grea msiorty Of their
forces are made up off was ensbld by that stampede 10
make good my escape and iha. night ssi.,y re.ched
the South Carolina camp. Bot OF this and many oker
incden aud epifodes Of the day will write more fu.y
N my next. Yours truly, J.P.P.
FAVORABLE NEWS FROM TIE INDIAN NATIONS.
We ssrn from the Fort Smith T,,.,, of the lst In.
slant, received BY yesterdays mail that the Creek Ir.
disns have held grand council of their tribe With
was ate ded BY six hundred delegates ID unsbimouy
ratified the treay eltsred into some weeks s;ree BY
Caps Albert PIKE on the part Of The Confederate sta
and the various Indian nations of the frontiers.
will be remembered that this treaty was entered il.
70 by The Indian tribes with the execution of the
Creski and On rokees the latter Of whom have sought
70 mno'n neutral position but will 10 all probability
soon come 10 terms With the South as the Kansas ma
rauders have recently been harsssine them amos, be-
yond endurance. There Il no doubt Of the fact from
al weesn i.arn that steady reaction has been progress
ing among them In our favor for several weeks pas Ii
10 fated oy some OF our Arkansas exchanges that Mr.
Ross their chisf has announced his intention TO call
sesson Oh hs executive council, which will dcciie uTon
me question OF converting the national council, With
tue veW OF taking some more definite position in The
present cr'sss The Cherokee wsthink will undoubt
say- ionow IN the footsteps Of their contemporary
tibss.-ksmphi appeal.
THoss GuHS-xsyor John FORSYTH, writing to bis pa.
per OF the So!h, from Richmond, says:
opsskiag o. guns reminds me Of gun incident at
aanassss Before the ws.broks out Il may be remen-
oered Gov Moore dispatched Captain Reuben Thow, of
,os Guy 70 the North 10 purchase Anna Among Others
ne ordered hx bras pieces 70 be cast at James factory
20 4ay5ehasetts oaly two vese dsivessd be:oss'tts
ensu mfvened, ard the other four seized by the
son OF tbs captain These four turned to an
artillery company from Connecticut which was informed
OF the history OF the pieces and with the Injunction 20
carry them TO Alabama and 70 deliver their contents to
thoss for whom they were originally destined. TIE
Connecticut company undertook the Job and rot ths
iscea - fas - taSaasss vhers hsy fel ia,o kesurs.
gssds Aaa2A W prize II battle,