, 1861-09-16

The agents VINO are eoFeltl tlhlus e4teuAfeAJ.soo
email arms are needed at home L,bored
arguments are made to show that there ia no
necessity for such feaIs-thRt the slaves are
faithful "Hase they not always proyed so?'
axis one bombastic article. The de-
is proye1bisl throughout the country"
with thtm in thia idea. "The slaves," 1t says,
fully understand and appreciate the import
apce to them Of this great STRUGGLE and the
writer in the next sentence talks Of this
The nau, North OF South, who tmsgiDes that
the e)aves do lot fully comprehend the state
OF aff,irs in this nation is most egregiouslY
dt cetstd, and I think he who persists in
doubling it is attemp Ing to deceive himself
The mississippi river defeIc<s are also at
leafs, and particularly the. Memphis papers,
Loudly demand this TIE Crescent, Of Nav
Orleans, is nrgirg forward the dzfencss Of the
delta snd the Miteisfsppi Sound Islands. Tae
Mississippi Military Buard is urged to pur-
chase several boats lying At the New Orleans
wbsrf, and mske guu-boa1s Of them The
V1tRshurg Wh:g crees tie erection Of batter-
it for the dele1ee Of the river approaches to
The city, arguing that gun boats might pass
the Mt1nphis batterits: In short, along The
whole river cons terration exists, and between
the YN keee snd the negroes, the gun bo.ts
ard the ltVeeR--.he fearful levses which origi-
naliy VI re Intended for the defencs Of the az
ricultural class are now its terror, and cast
euch shsdow over the whole Southern laud-
they orr having nice, interesting time Tae
hope of the people along the Mississippi river
eetEs to he ceutertd III Gen. A 8. Johnson,
the trsitorCus late COMMANDER Of the Federal
tO1cea In Altoona
accounts in full Of the defeat of Col. Tyler st
C1css Lsnes. An account in the I5ilcubur5
Rtpublicon, pu1poFting 10 be written oy its CO.
iror 4ho Is with Floya's Biga1e, gives bet
ter account Of fthe affair, which aceoun: op-
pend, having taken the privilege Of condens,
lrg 1t somewhat.
HEADQUARTERS. FLorD's BRIGADE, Aug 81
reachsd here la.t evening just In lime psr1ic-
pate this morning In our first engagement with the
eutmJ.
Nh: n I arrived yesterday at r. II. found tho
brigade drawn up IL beautiful line Of battle, and
General Floyd aud his staff upon the field, in mo-
menta13 expectation Of an att1cE from Col Tyler'e
c4nmaId which had driven In our pickets, and
WEB in mile u our lines. Our artillery WISE 'st-
I'd OF The brow Of the hill, which We occap7, COM
MAJ ding thu main roAd willie to the right and left
battily thrown up rail breastxorks. The enemy
d,o Lot attack us, however, And at nfght-fall our
n.tn We're ordered to etard upon their arms al
Light y h,le ouE hvrses stood auder their sad1es,
aLu thefI sidtrt slept In their boots and spurs.
Duliig the night our tcouts brought us accurate
iI1o1ma1i. as u the pveitiou Of The enemy, and
IA q sne y. liz brigade was in notion and
tie clear ring Of ihr Generals steptorlaa voics
heard along the lines IL he fresh NOR Ing air like
| tht blast u 11unpet. We were I'll Iun autly tc
our a11us ana to saddles, and adyaactd rapidly
a. dtuble quick "A heavy fug hung tyer u: hill.
| and along the valleys, and We approached I'll Lost
| upo4. 1Ae eltmy's pickets before they Us
They fred snd tAn, DISTINCTLY In our view, and moi
1una1ed yards u ou5 1h aayanee Our men gsve
| I'd IN with Accelerated speed In a few mi aute
We discovered the blne coats Of The enomy, tneJ
SbIe to aar and bebina 9cs 1T psood aaoe
x column Of LIE enemy As soon as Col Hetu'
regiment emerged frum the woods iato the ope
field whtCh commanded the church, they opsne
fire, and after a lew TolLds, th+ enemy hastily X
trt 60 across corn field and To the brow uf
pretlpltate and commanding hill. In the. m.as
lime. Col Re.uolds'a regimen. had opened on III
ensmy upon the right, and they to3 were soa
n.ade to beat preeipltate Retreat, as shout o
ehont Of our oen rent the air. n. Floyd the
| gave the command to throw down the fence o. tn
| right OF the 1oud, AID charge the enemy on tn
hill. In an ins; att, and almost At siusle struk
en- BY our gallant CcloIel {ae h), dashed aero:
the cor deld aud charged up to the top OF the nil
diving the enemy 10 sEili highEr emlncnce, c.n
f Lar. of The COZ lict occn1red w The The enemy M w m.i
1a4ntd their pnellion with considerable obetiIac!
wouEoisg several Of our men and killing some.
Our frs becoming too hot again for the enen
| they 1et1red to au adjoining wood. Akaia Of
men dashed On TO tue cnargo, asc ndins The bro
Ct the second hill, and shooting as they went 1
10 the fIsnt, It came dashing through tue IL
: and to the brow Of the hull, and letting fly ts
) rounds the enemy disappeared through the wood
The M at1d M sn s.eeased an sdjotnins h TT but
) | in time to give the enemy few OF hi. grape. II
J Hess1ans were now in fall retrsat on III hard
and rs they deece4ded from the hull to the rAvi
+ aud read upon he otber lido, Col McCausl
pitch. IL to .ht N with ht. force, when the who
broke and took to the woods, every man for hi
). men, he would douttlees have been captured
! this part Of our t0rce-
t Pursuit. vas Immediately determined upon
Il our General On onr gallant men rushed in mo
than double quick time. and Continued the pursr
for scme eight or til miles, but with no other
= suit than the capture OF a humber Of prisoner
= guns Al d ether articles.
q hare rot learned the 10 ss Of the enemy. All
!, them were Ohioans, and We learned from the pr
:. ore1a that Col Tyler. his Lieut.. Colonel, Surge
and preacher, all ran soon after the engageme
! opened. They cursed them eoundly fof ths
cowasd1y eonduet In deaerting their men 60 ca
6 train 80 wagoD.) some Is miles to the rcar, or
ahould have captured the Whole OF them.
We hold posilton hsre fso@ Which foa1 tim
At any favorable moment to make rapid ady.n
movement.
: Among the enemy killed Is Capt Dyer, OF Obi
8 who ion gst through the Mexican war in mu
+ better cauee He was gallant officer and II
/. killed II fatal effort to rally III men. On yest.
i 1s5 } IN 1um6er, commanded By Col. jenkizs. "
amhushed By large party Of the enemy, suppos
to be lot lees than 10, ard pretty badly worete
+ bo5y Of the enems'e cavalry ID 3 distant del
, While doing this. the enemy's inf.nsE got fn t
rear; retfeat vas ordered. but too l4re TO
Sep seVaa ~ ae Eeapded as % one I'd Red ~
"A several horscs shot The occurrence took pla
q shout ti1 miles below Gen wise,s camp, and \
+ to attaek then- but they retired The Nelso
d Emyth, and TazeweI companies were in the fig.
0 The Richmond HAig Of the 5th last. CO
!, tains strong sensation letter from Frank
Il Minor, Esq, Of Albemarle county, csnsuri
Il tary of War, l. P. Walker, on account of t
Z severe privatioas Of the troops Of the c.
Il federacy in the field, who arc represented
y almsst in stats OF starvation. The NJ
: has been, By the by. sadly curtailed Of its Il
= proportions, because it cannot procu
:; paper.
II TheRchn ond Examiner Of the eame date tax
Le the P. II. General Reagan seriously to task
,, the general disorder Or the malls. They ha
y no postage stamps down in that ben1ght
- y region.
II Some crazy fool was arrested IN the Sou
~ for cQunterfeiting the Treasury notes Of t
OF Conf derscy, the other Gay. Verify, veri
D. strange things will happen and laaghable
q, cidents occur in time Of war.
" " The Memphis Appeal is authorized to sts
IL that the Bank Of Memphis will pay the q
y pons for interest on the bonds Of the Conf
~ erate States.
~ ~ The Richmond Enquirer Of Sept 2, is
- eured, trcm a pers on who has had the opp
AZ tunity Of psrBoBl observation, that the
t. moralzation Of the Northern army continu
a.. ~ and that the men aIe revolving at the wict
n wcrk into which they have been deceived, 1
~. are deeertlng IN large numbets.
Mt The Richmond correspondent of the Char
III ten At7eurv writes to his paper Of the Pat
ok Office at Richmond In this style:
ng The new Patent Office OF the Confederate st.
de begins to attract attention Since It organ:
sat in May last, iwo hunered and eight appltc.d
Tor patent ri2ht1 hare been fled aud sixty caye
Il NeIeerity Is the mother Of tnvettIon, saye the
~ tAw. The pressure Ct circumstances witt deve
- the inventive faculties Of people. We h.ve b
"a. ae1onithed to observe how readily the South
mt mind has sprung ito activity since we have
he ycred our connection with Yankee Doodied
.!s- The Impetus thus given By the severance Of
* Union 10 Invention = IL rapidly develop the m
~ ufaciu1frg interests OF the new Confeaeracy.
~ - 1t nay be as well to state that the old Uni
"a States pate s5e not t. FeGognzed By our Gov
een enter irto the manufacture Of ali those great
ant ducts OF foreign invention, such a. mRanftcti
h. of Irdia rubber, reaptnR machines, te1egra1
Esr- implements, sewing machines, patent hre~al
- psIent locks, carriages, dre engfnea. and the Il
enI FARO arc one smaller ufcknacks Of the day, u
-ps which have made immense fortunes for No.t,
&l men Many millions Of dol,Ts have been
!. yearly BY the South u tribute to Northern .
Ill opoliete- Hereafter the Southern people may
~ tier o1deEb and theit caeh to Charlestuu aoa
~ I uond, instead Of New York &nd Boston.
leJ HeIe let me remark a. 3a1n what fortunes ar
are store for tho+e Of our enterorlzing Tonno
rcd Who ffzt undsztAkn The mannfsctnre OF att
tuY ! NberA1eG under our new patcnt laws, There