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obtained on Friday over the enemy at Shepherdstown. Jackson suffered a brigade to come over the river on Friday night and remain until Saturday morning, when Gen. A. P. Hill attacked them and killed and wounded every man except about one hundred, who made their escape over the river. Hill lost about one hundred killed and woundedHill lost about one hundred killed and wounded. The Yankee brigade, they say, outnumbered Hill's division. Our forces poured the graps and canister into them as they crossed the Potomac, and the slaughter was terrible. The river was black with them. If our forces are sustained by new recruits, we may expect to hear of victory after victory. The conscripts must beHill's division. Our forces poured the graps and canister into them as they crossed the Potomac, and the slaughter was terrible. The river was black with them. If our forces are sustained by new recruits, we may expect to hear of victory after victory. The conscripts must be sent forward, or we may expect reverses. Candor compels me to say that the straggling and desertion from our army far surpasses anything I had ever supposed possible. Not less than five thousand stragglers are in this town and vicinity. This is not confined to the soldiers, but from colonel down to corporals are behaving i
Confederate Congress. Thursday, Sept. 25th 1862. Senate.--The Senate met at 11 o'clock A. M., the President, Mr. Stephens, in the Chair. Mr. Semmes, from the Finance Committee, reported a bill for the relief of the Eastern Texas Railroad. Passed. Mr. Hill, from Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill to amend an act to divide the State of Texas into two judicial Districts, to provide for the appointment of Judges and officers in the same.--Passed. Mr. O'dham, from Committee on Post-Offices and Post Roads, reported back a House bill to provide for the payment of sums due citizens of the Confederate States by the Postmaster General. Passed. On motion of Mr. Simms. of Ky., the hospital bill was taken up. Mr. Maxwell moved to strike out the passage requiring railroad and canal agents to expedite the transportation of supplies for the hospitals. Mr. Semmes moved to insert the word "request," in lieu of "require." Rejected. Mr. Yancey favored