The Free South, 1863-05-23

I - I Congratulatory Order of flic General to Hi* Arms'. One. -w eek ago Gen. Hooker issued a general order (which has just got into print) congratulating his army upon the achievements of the preceding seven days. The reasons for the recrossing of the river were of a character not to be foreseen or prevented hy human sagacity or resources; and the withdrawal without a general battle was an evidence of the implicit confidence of the army in itself, and of fidelity to the principles it represents. The Army of the Potomac will b^the guardian of its own history?by its recent movements it has added new laurels to its fonner renown; it has made long marches, crossed rivers, surprised the enemy in his intreuchments, and inflicted heavier blows than it ha< re ccived. It Las taken five thonsind prisoners, fifteen colors, seven pM*fs of artillery, disabled eighteen thousand of the enemy, destroyed his dejwts, stores, communications, captured prisoners within his capital, and tilled hie country with consternation; and the officers and soldiers have no other regret than for the loss of their brave companions, wflo have fallen in the best cause ever submitted fc> arbitrament of battle. New* from Hooker?* Army. " "YV'ashixotov, May 17, 1803. It is ascertained from gentlftnen returning from the Kappahar.noek that General Hooker seems higlify gratified with his recent visit to the President. The river front of the enemy lias been reconnoitred raid the discovery made that fining the tiiorbt nf tlip lXth iiiflmrit the eneinr threw un

; lOUl IIIM. It luilluill- nil >v?nn>i.e . , i regarding Grant's successes:? Mojiii.e, Mar 14, 18(53. j J Jackson, Mississippi, is oeenpied by the ene! raj. We lbught them all day, hist could not | hold the city. Ruiimom>, May 1 .*?, 186.3. j j The segregate number of wounded brought j ! hero since rite battle of Fredericksburg, is 7,000. i j The finishing shops of the Tredegar Iron ! Works, and the Crenshaw Woollen Factory I were destroyed by fir* tliis morning. Loss i henry. | There are rumors in camp and at Nashville '< that Gancral Kosecr&ns is to take command of j the Potomac army, General Hooker retiriag. ( It is not known what truth there Is in this rei nor: -. but it is stated it grows out of some ini, ' v 1 ^ I | port ant correspondence between Governor .Johnson^id Secretary Stanton. Nothing is known of it at General Ko?ecrans' headquarters, j Breckinridge, in his official rejwrt of the batI tie of Stones river, admits the loss of seventeen ; hundred in four brigades, one brigade not rci ported in Friday's three hours' fight. : Bragg has changed his line somewhat. We j j Iroer of liii left at Williams),ort. Their movcj nientn to our left look suspicious. It has been 1 l?ccii suspected for some time tl^it if he attacked ' 1 it would be on our right wing. J General Palmer with his escort attacked a , party of Georgia cavalry three miles from camp j to-day, and succeeded in capturing eighteen of t ; the rebels, among themjL'aptain Kdwards. ? From New Orlruua.

eg the absolute extirpation ot slavery in that quarter in a short time. The slaves, not only of the bonier counties, but of counties low down on the. river, are swarming across ihe line in droves,staking whatever movable property they can seize, and making their way, without molestation. >-sw_ On Friday night of last week, tifty rnn away in a gang from Lafayette County. carrying oil' six wagons, eighteen horses. and one carriage. Nine of these belonged to Mr. Packard of the City Hotel, nine to H. Wallace, three to Gen. Vaughnn, two to J. H. Graves, and two to Joseph Moreland. The Ts. i?>iton I'dhm states tlfht during the last three weeks not less than thrte hundred slaves have escaped from Lafa^" ette County. These slaves all go to Kansas. f .. _+ The Kansas City t/ourn>d of Cminwro* " reports that a procession of six wagons, five horsemen and ten footmen passed through that place last week, for Kansas. Each wagon contained from ten to twelve persons?the whole numbering from eighty-rive to ninety self-emancipated 4'chat-# tels," on their way to a hind of liberty. Each family had a heterogenous collection of household furniture, uitlcs, shot-guns, clothing, etc., in their wagons, and all appeared well supplied with the necessities # of life. Such things are of almost daily occurrence in this part of the state ; aiuL the papers report that a similar exodus is. going 011 iu other quarters.

?:?: ; Sleep.?Tho most vi:)lcntifc>assi'oas and excitement of mind cannot preserve even ^ powerful ntfnds from sleep : thus Alexander the Great sler.t 011 the lield of Arpela, and Napoleon upon that of Austerlitz. . ' Even stripes and torture cannot keep oft* sleep, as criminals have been known to sleep en the rack. Noises which at first serve to drive away sleep, soon become 4 indespensible to its existence; thus a stage stopping to change horses wakes fell the passengers. The proprietor of an iron forge, who slept close to the din of ham- t mers, fqpges and blast furnaces, would 9 wake if there was nnj inteiruption t<? . them during the night, and a si#k m?ller, i who had his mill sto- ped on that account. passed sleepless nights until the mill resunned its usual V rise. Homer, *in his. % Ileau, elemuitly re] esents .sleep as over- v ^ cornmg all men, a "id even the gods, except # Jupiter alone. ^ * conundrum by our cockney contributor, and fully equal to Punch, i$ the following :?"In case of dissension among the players at a game of whist, what is , the best thing to be done V pour Eoyle

' the death of Stonewall Jackson en Stutdav af' I ' , ternoon from the effects of his reeent umyiita. ; tioti and pneumonia. His burial was hxc^ for i to-day. , , , !i The military I %iul in Frederick?l?urg have "yhvcn performing dirg& '-lie greater portion of rhl ; i afternoon. + , , . The Medical Director of the Army ct" the I'o; tomac reports that all our wounded in the field, ' , about one thousand two hundred in number, are * . comfortable, and are expected forthwith to l>e ; brought to cmnp. ' ' A large train of ambulances proceeded to-day i toward Cnitcd States Ford, for tne remaind* ot , J our wounded within the enemy's lines. ! 1 We learn from the army of the Potomac that [ : the estimates of our loss in the late battles are . i greatly reduced. It is thought the aggregate will , ! not reach 11,0(H). From Tenneswe. ? Nxahvilli, May IK, 1?GU. t j Seveuty-aine rebel prisoner*, including on< s I colonel and one captain were sent North to-di#lh j Dr. Cheatham and family also left for Altoa, to

Nrw Orleans, May 0, I Admiral Farrngnt arrived from the United States ship Ilartford, coming by way of the Keel ^and Atchafalaya rivers. Hv this arrival we have the important intelligence of the capture of ; Alexandria by the squadron of Admiral 1). I). , j Porter on*he morning of the f>th inst. The adraneed guard of General Hanks' iuuir reached i *therethe evening of the same day, bnt found the | city iflready in possession of our flaral forces. . ; Tlie enemy hnvf retreated in the direction of ^ Shrevepert, but are completely used np and deijpor^i/.ed. Their gunboats, the Webb included, ; are ^t>ore the falls o^Ked river, where our squad- j .* ton catm* follow. ! U I I Fbanr^k, Tenii., May 10, 1863. ( A flag of truce from Spring Hill to-day ; , ' repots Van Horn's death confirmed. He ; ^ shott>y Dr. Peters, not Maj. C'heary. . i w* lipd long been tin undue intimacy ; , jjotv^cn Mrs. Peters aiut^ien. Vtui Dorn. | JLft. Peters escaped to Nushvlue. Maj.-^ W. H.0 vTnckson, Jormerly of the ' ufcirA dkAm v Nmi i mmi i !

now anil extensive earthworks along the ridfe ol hills in the rear anil to the left of Fredericksburg. It is reported to-ilay that every available soldier now on detached serviea in and around Washington, Baltimore, and 99 the railroads in Virginia and Maryland, will be t'orvarded^to Hooker's command, and their jtbees supplied ly Pennsylvania militia, which, it is sai^, #hav<; been tenifcrcd by Governor Curt in. 1 A Richmond paper says that Stonewall Jackson not only had his loft arm shattered, hut got a bullet through his right hand, and both shots, i 1 "through a cruel mistake," were iired by his ( own men. Richmond pajcrs of t^ 12th say | that Jaakson died 011 Mondiy from the effects oi his wound. * liaaiMt AK-xaus a Ay ok t At Potomac. "> Tuesday, Mav 2. 1 <0::. f The Ricl#toftd papers ol vesterdav announce

upon the troubled waters. ' ? The Coin to do Paris has painted n large * picture of the battle of (hfino's Mill. 4 * > t *V which ? miiify poi-fr.^fs, umvtig wiiich that of Gen. AicCielhui *s not to be found. The picture has been photographj ed. 4 , A Yankee poet describes the excess of his devotion to his true love : # "I sincr fcrr prai*"' in poetry: For i:er at morn ami rrr I rrie? whole pints of miter O'ur*. Ami v/*p?s them in my sleeve." Is your master up ?" said au early visi- * tor of a nobleman* valet. "Yes, sir," re rejoined - joined rejoined the valet, with great innoeeence ; ; " the butler and I carried him up about 3 o'clock." . > ' 4 Flavel said that if men should rise from the dead, and read their cpitajifes. sonic of them would think they had got into the