Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-07
From the South--The FIRST Badge of
Honor COnferred.

HOnOr conferred.
The Atlanta Confederacy states that while
Beauregard was falling back from Corinth, Col.
Hills 55th Tennessee regiment was in the rear;
that three regiments of the enemy came up and
attacked the gallant 55th, whose Colonel and
men fought this heavy odds with courage, despe-
ration and terrible effect, seldom equalled and
never excelled by any; that the enemy, whose
onset was furious, soon began to waver; they
fell back, then retreated rapidly, and pursued by
the intrepid 55th, were put to a disgraceful rout
and scatteraton.
The conduct of Col. Hill and his brave men
was so meritorious, and so mich pleased Gen.
Beauregard, that he conferred upon him, for him
self and his men, the first badge of honor that
has yet been awarded by the General for merto-
rious and distinguished services.-Grenadd Ap-
peal, 18th.
The New Orleans correspondence of a seces-
sionist journal in Mississippi gives us the Confed-
crate view of matters in that city:
ALLEGED TIMIDITY OF GEN. BUTLER.
He visits the Custom House once a day under
guard of one hundred men. At present he has
increased his army around the st. Charles to one
thousand men. Occasionally he takes a pleas
ure trip to Dan. Hitchcock 8 hotel at the Lake,
out on the magnificent shell road. He is so bad
ly scared at the results recently taken place in
the city that he will not permit Com Farragut to
extremely anxious to visit Red river and other
important points on the way while the river is
high; and a strong communication has recently
passed between them on the subject. General
Butler demanded Com. Farragut to remain, be-
cause the navy took the city and his services were
required there. Com. Farragut replied that the
army was in possession of the city and should
hold it. He did not think his services were re
quired, and that he should be permitted to pro-
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to see them pitch into each other, If Com. Far
ragut will go up the river, doubt if Butler will
hold the city fortyeight hours, judging from the
present state of things.
HINTS OF AN UPRISING.
The Confederate regiment which disbanded
have their arms slowed away securely, and about
three thousand of our best Louisiana boys have
returned to the city and Joined the "getting up, "
which will give US eight thousand men to do
what don't think | ought to tell you ut present
Gen. Butler has recently stationed at Dan. Hitch
cocks hotel five hundred men, to protect him at
that place, while he enjoys other peoples luxu-
ries. On last Tuesday two United States army
officers and one United States navy officer hired
a carriage and visited this hotel; the driver was
boy about eighteen years of age, and faithful
to the cause of the South, he picked up friend
of his on the carriage box. The carriage re-
turned to the city between twelve and one o'clock
at night, but nothing has been heard of the off,
GERS since.
MORTALITY OF SOLDIERS.
At present the sickness among Gen. Buffers
troops is very bad. The iux, typhoid fever, and
small pox is doing good work among them
Nineteen of his men deserted within the last two
weeks; and as desertion has commenced, we ex-
pect to hear of more. 1t is impossible for them
to stand the heat. A United States surgeon re-
ports that from six to ten die daily from sun
stroke.
NORTHERN CONTRIBUTIONS TO STARVING SOUTH
ERNERs.
The Appeal comments on the liberal subscrip-
tions made in Northern cities for the relief of the
starving in Mississippi
at betrays singular instance of sympathy
and hypocrisy, combined with theft and robbery.
The contributions elected from the St. Louis peo-
pie are no doubt asked for and made as resti-
tuition for the robberies committed upon defense
less inhabitants by Lincoln's army. Their pro-
pensty for chicken and hog g-stealing is well
known in every section of the country through
which they have passed, and even now, if we are
correctly informed, the army about Grand juno
ton and Lagrange, Tennessee, is engaged in
burning and laying waste the rpened wheat in
the shock in that section of country. 1t is their
policy to devastate and impoverish the country,
bring the people to want and destitution, and
tnen, ov way Oh sympathy anu InagnanlHltY, Tue
starving population is supplied from the overflow
ing surplus of the North. Such conduct is, in
deed, most generous and humanel
"This policy of theft and plunder, ana the de-
structon of the growing crops, transcends in enor
nifty the most barbarous practices of the savage.
In all civilized countries, in all ages, there have
always been many things held sacred and exempt
from the ravages of the soldiers. Among these
are agricultural implements, fruit trees, and
growing crops; but it has remained for the puri-
tancal hypocrites of the North to teach the world
a new lesson in war as we'll as in religion and
morals"
WHAT PRIZE WE MISSED.
From the Petersburg Express, June "a.
W., rhr, has