Southern affairs.
Our Southern exchanges contain but little interest.
Below will be found a brief summery.
More of the Piketon (Ky.) fight.
The Louisville
Courier, of the 23d publishes interesting account about the late fight at
Piketon, Ky., obtained from the lips of a gentleman who participated in the affair.
We extract the following:
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The scene in the ‘"Narrows"’ during the fight represent as having been awful.
The ed men filled the road in heaps, and the wounded screamed terrifically.
The enemy was repulsed and fairly driven back twice only when the flanking movement was attempted that
Capt. May withdrew his command.
The blood of the killed and surrounded ran in streams into the river, and in the panic and fright many of the Hessians there crowded on the perpendicular bank and fell into the water.
Gen. Bull Nelson intended to surround and
Col. Williams, as he dispatched he had but his plans missed.
He divided his force into two columns, one of which was to match on Pineton by way of the
Sandy, and by up
John's Creek.
The fight took place at G y Bridge over
Ivy Creek.
Capt. May had with him, all told, only 260 men who were taken from the several com es of
Col. Williams command.
The force of the Hessians, it was supposed amounted to with one battery of artillery.
Messrs. Richards and
Grines assure us that there could not have been less than 400 to 500 of the
Yankees killed and 150 wounded in the . The Kentucky boys were in ambush in the hill overhanging the narrow pass which the
Yankees fined, and when they opened fire they were not distant from the enemy more than from seventy five to one hundred and fifty yards. Every man took good and deliberate aim and every shot told.
The was kept up for nearly an hour, and so and determined were our men, that was exceedingly difficult to cause them to obey the order of retreat, although they knew the
Yankees were attempting to cut them off by a flank movement.
’
All — the Career of the Speculators short
It would seem from the subjoined, which we issue from the Raleigh (N. C.)
standard, the people in that State are determined to rid themselves of that intolerable, unpatriotic nuisance, the salt speculator.
Cannot our own citizens take some such measures to see themselves from the oppressions of those vampires, who not only will not enlist in de nce of the cause of the
South, but actually the advantage of the times to extort from the families of those who have enlisted the most outrageous prices for all the necessaries of life.
Let there be some action; and that speedily.
The
Standard says:
‘
We learn that
Maj. Russ, of this county, who has already made one trip to the salt works of
Virginia for the purpose of purchasing salt for his neighbors, left again on Tuesday morning for the purpose of obtaining a still further supply.--These works are at
Saltville,
Washington county, Va. and are owned by
Messrs. Stewart,
Buchanan &Co., who are doing all in their power to relieve the wants of the people.
Maj. R. has already before them a proposition for $4,000 worth of salt, with a stipulation that he will forfeit $1,000 if he shall sell a single sack for a cent above what it costs him.
We learn that
Thomas Jenkins, of this city, has authorized
Maj. Russ to draw on him for , to be expended for salt to be sold to the people of this community at cost; and that
Messrs. W. H. &
R. S. Tucker, also of this city, have authorized Maj. R. to draw on them for $ ,000 to be expended for salt, to be dis of here on the same terms.
We learn also that
Thos. Campbell,
Esq.,
President of the South Side Railroad, has authorized Maj. R. to draw on him for $1,000, to be paid for to be sold in this State, at cost.
Such examples of liberality in this crisis are worthy of all commendation.
’
Seizure of Yankee Provisions in Kentucky.
The Louisville (
Bowling Green)
Courier, of the 23d November, says.
‘
A few day since
Col. Forrest, of the
Forrest Rangers, a splendid regiment, stationed at Prineston,
Caldwell county, happened very conveniently to arrive with a portion of his command at Ford's Ferry, on the
Ohio, a short distance below
Caseyville, while a steamboat was discharging some $4,000 worth of flour, bacon, &c., belonging to the
Federal Government, and intended for the use of the
Yankee troops in that vicinity.
Col. Forrest very kindly offered to take charge of the shipment, and had it forthwith loaded into wagons which he brought with him to
Princeton.
Just as the wagons had disappeared over the hill, a Yankee gun-boat appeared at the landing, but too late to do themselves any good of the rebels any damage.
Not a pound of freight on the boat belonging to private individuals was interfered with.
’
The Louisville
Courier, of the 23d, says:
‘
We are exceedingly pained to hear that
Hon. Henry M. Rust, of
Greenup county, State
Senator from that district, who was engaged in the brilliant achievement of our little army at
Gauley, near
Piketon, on the 8th inst., fell pierced by seven balls and is supposed to be mortally wounded.
His brave and impetuous spirit made him render his person too conspicuous a mark for the enemy.
He was rescued by his comrades, who, after carrying him two miles, found he was too seriously injured to be conveyed further, when he was left at a farm- house in the neighborhood.
Subsequently he was taken prisoner by the Lincolnites, who placed a guard over the house where he was lying.--We sincerely trust his valuable life may be spared although we know he would infinitely prefer death, than to be a prisoner in the hands of the Hessians.
’
Gen. Lloyd Tilghman having been transferred to
Columbus, the command of the volunteers at
Hopkinsville, Ky., has devolved upon
Gen. Charles Clarke, of
Bolivar county,
Miss, a gallant gentleman and a true soldier.
Few men enjoy so high a degree of popularity as
General Clarke, says the Louisville
Courier, and the brave
Mississippians, who comprise a large proportion of the troops stationed at
Hopkinsville, will under his command in a measure forget the loss they sustained when their worthy commander,
Gen. Alcora, whom they almost idolized, was transferred to another locality.
The supply of Powder.
The
Confederate States will not be without sources of supply of this indispensable article as the war progresses.
The Government Powder Mills, at
Augusta, have not yet been completed, but temporary works have been erected, which are now turning out three hundred pounds daily.
There are several other mills in the
Confederacy, which are working to the full extent of their capacity.
The sale of Spirituous Liquors Interdicted at Suffolk.
The
Suffolk correspondent of the Petersburg
Express says that
Col. Gragg, commanding the Confederate forces at that place, and the liquor dealers, are still at loggerheads.
The following order was issued last week:
Headq'rs 1st Reg't S. C. V., Camp Huger, Nov. 17, 1861.
Orders No. 57--The orders heretofore issued to prohibit the sale of liquor to soldiers having been evaded, and abuses having taken place.
The following additional order is issued.
As Commissioned officers will, upon no account whatever, send any orders for liquor by either soldier or servants; and no paper purporting to be such order are to be considered as genuine.
Any person in or about
Suffolk offending against this Regulation, may expect to be dealt with in a summary manner.
By order of
Col. Gregg.
A. C.
Haskell.
Adj't.
[To be delivered to the
Mayor of
Suffolk, who is requested to give it all necessary publication.]
Since this Order was issued, one or two persons here have continued to sell liquor to the soldiers, and their liquor has been seized and poured out, and one man was arrested today, charged with violating the order a second time.
The heroes of great Bethen.
The
Raleigh (N. C.) Register says:
‘
Its term of enlistment--six months--having expired, the glorious 1st regiment of N. C. volunteers was mustered out of service, at
Weldon, on Thursday last.
The companies from the
Eastern part of the
State sought their homes by the way of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, and those from the Centre and West, four in number, arrived here on Wednesday morning. Considering what they have gone through, the men looked remarkably well.
It is said that on parting with the regiment,
Gen. Magruder shed tears copiously. --it is believed that a large majority of the men will re-enlist.
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