American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-24

saddles. harness and army urnIies. provide
! that the chief OF the ersinsnee bafesa, OF
some ordnance officer authorized o. him for
the parpas shall approve al the number u
operatives required in.ssch esta aiishEnenS
al persons emQlosei II the manufaetare 81
arms. or oF.lnAnce OF any kind ~ the several
States or bv Contractors 70 furnish ths-sarne
to the seyeoa State Gosernmen1s, whom The
G sverfor or Secretary Of State thereof msy
Certify 20 he necessary TO the same al per-
sous engage 4 IN tie CONSTRUCTION OF ships.
gaabcats, engines, sails. other articles
neees AIRY he public. defence under the
direclion of the Secretary. OF the Navy = al
Superintendent managers, nseeAknles. and
mf1ers efapioyed n the Production and maj
ufactare 81 salt. to the extent of twenty
bushels per day. and Of lead and iron. and
all persons engaged IN making charcoal for
making pig and bar iron. not 10 embrace
lahosers, messengers, wagoners, AID servants
naless employed Al works eendactea nnder
the aatgorils aud BY the officers or agents q
"a State. or -insvork y npIo yedin tie produe-
tion Of iron for the Confederete STATES
sTocg RAIsERs.
One male eitizensfor every 900 head Of
cattle, fer every 250head OF horses or mules,
Faild one shepherd for every 500 heal o sheep,
Of such PERSONS as are engaged exclusively
Ia raising stock, provided there Is no white
male adult not liable 10 60 mitstsTy duty
engaged with such person in raising stock.
oxEasEERs os RLASrATIoSs.
Is To secure the proper poliee of the country,
one person either as agent, owner or over-
seer on each plantation on which one white
person is required TO be kept by the laws or
eordinances Of any. State, and on which there
tary service, aud IN Suites having 40 such
Law ore person, as ageut owner, or overseer
onseaeh plantation OF twenty negroes, and
on ~ hieh tlaere IS no White male adult R0S
llable to military service and, fGrthsrlnores
oradditional police for every twenty negroes
on two or more plantations within five miles
Of each other, and each having less than
twenty negroes, and on which there is no
white male adult not liable to military duty.
one person, beng the oldest OF the owners
OF eyerseere on such Plantations
SPECIAL ExEMRTIoNs.
Also, q regiment raised under and BY
authority of the State Of Texas for the
frontier defence, now In the service OF said
State. while in such service; and such other
persons as the President ssan be satisfied gu
account of justice, equity, or necessity,
ought to besexempted, are hereby exempted
from military service in the. armies % the
Confederate states provided that the ex-
enIptious herein above eTulnerated Shall only
continue whilst the persons exempted are
actually engaged in<their respective pursuits
oHoccupations.
2 That the. act entitled An act to ex-
empt eer8ain persons from enrolment for
service in the armies of the Confederate
States approved alst April, 1862, is hereby
repealed.
10 A private letter, published in the Mobile
News. dated in Camp. on Mill Creek near
Bardstown. Sept. 25, explains Chalmers at
tack On 'Nomfordsville. 1t says:
While at Cave CITY Gen. Chalmers learned
Of force of 2, 500 Infantry aud artillery ~
Mumfofdsvilie guarding the railroad bridge
thai crosses Green river at that place. lie
was told that the place was only partially
fortified. aud that the force was simply a
camp Of Instruction Of raw recruits. Acting
on This information. he determined to ar
tack them Accordingly, We started at 10
o'clock on the night Of the 18th, and marched
to within two miles Ct the place, where
we halted aud waited fsr daylight. As soon
a. the frsf gray of dawn appeared We We're
again in motion. and Just. before the sun
arose we were in position on a0 csnfBeace I
that commanded the enemy's works, rpon
W hich We opened 2 briss ire from fourpieces-
but unfortunately. The whole valley was enssI I
oped in q dense for. 80 that We could not
see exactly where TO direct our fire. hat had
to be- guided by tle information Of friendly
citizens
After The army had been engaged about 4
half hour. section under. Lieut. Gar
ritv vas vi 5hdrav.n leaving me ia charge
oe the other In short time | was ordered
to another Hill. much nearer the enemy. and .
q better postum. This time | drew the FIRE .
of the enemy which was delivered with an
accuracy which seemed lIttlSstrange tor 4
raw troops | was obliged TO move Of
any pieces twice to get ont eff range. After | /
L
an haur, Lieut.. G sent for me 10 join hffn. "a 4
he could not reach Sthe enemy fora the
position he then occupied. i Hmbered up,
but before reaching him IInet Gen. Chalmers.
who ordered NEE back 10 support charge
which Col. Smith. 81 the 10Th Mississippi, .
was shout 20 make. l went back. at quick
trot ;@but heregiment bad charged aud been
repulsed Ifwould not have made any diff
ference. as the works were too strong. and
it was impossibei for ctr ittle brigade 70
have takensthem i they had been defended
by an equal force, instead OF TWO 10 one. as
was the fact
II he f. ht was over before We had seen the
breastworks. and az soon the fog aud
smoke lifted, We saw thai We bad been de-
ceived a. to their character. As soon the
General saw the impose bilits of taking the
place, he sent 10 dag of truce demanding a
surrender. This was refused. but an agree
ment Was entered lIsto to suspend hostflItIss
and attend to the wounded and the burial Of
the dead, pending which he quietly with
drew his troops beyond the line of IRE. Ii
anst hags e S apparent e lae Yankses that
lieye we could have whipped them any time
after the firing ceased but If they had fol, I
lowed up the repulse At the tias they could Z
have captured the whole brigade.
Our loss was severe, there being not less
than one-Ehird of our force killed and wouna-
al the 10Th Mississippi alone leaving IL
killed on the field and 81 wounded. several Of
whom have since died. The loss = officers
Is very heavy Col. Smith. OF the t"th Is
mortaIIy swoGnded and the Lieut. Colonies
killed the Lieut.. Col. of Blythe's regiment
killed AID several. Captains aud Lieutenants
are among the killed and Wounded
Lieut.. Clarity got within ionJ handlsa
Yards ~ the strongest part of the enesDy's
works "a we'll constructed redoabt mounting
three IL pounders and Que three inch karrol.
gun-but being under cover OF house ano
some tvees he escaped with few casualties
having seven men slightly wounded and Two :
horses killed The wounded are Corporal