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GEO. W. ADAIR J. HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1861.
Waifs from the War.
We have before us a most interesting letter
from Wm. R. Montgomery Esq., a member of
the Palmetto Guards, Capt. Cuthbert’s com
pany, Kershaw’s South Carolina regiment,
written from Vienna, Loudoun county Virgin
ia on the 31st July, (from which it appears
that our army is advancing,) Mr. Montgome
ry, though in a South Carolina regiment is a
citizen of Marietta and is extensively known
in this city also.
The letter is lengthy and gives a great many
interesting details of the battles of Bull s Run
and Manassas Plains. We would like to pub
lish it all, but our space will not permit, as
most of the facts mentioned by him have been
anticipated. We make the following extracts:
“ Gn Wednesday morning the 17th instant,
Lincoln’s army advanced on us, numbering
in all, about 55,000 (as was stated by an offi
cer, taken prisoner) and afterwards received
reinforcements. We all struck tents and re»
treated to Bull’s Run immediately, as we had
orders from Gen. Beauregard, several days
previous. It seems we were placed at Fair
fax only as a bait to the Yankees, and they bit
well at it. The Palmetto Guards had the hon
or of being rear guard of 0000 men on the
retreat, which was at one point a somewhat
dangerous position. As we passed German
town the enemy were in sight, and lacked on
ly a few moments of cutting us off. Being
rear guard, we had to go through woods and
fields most of the way.
We arrived at Centreville at 12 o’clock in
the night and rested, and kept the enemy in
check till I o’clock. While at Centreville one
of our company — died from being
overheated. We left Centreville, and arrived
at Bull’s Run about day light, and took our
position in the old trenches. About 12
o’clock we received intelligence that the enemy
were advancing on us. Our company and two
pieces of Artillery were ordered to take posi
tion just beyond the River on the first hill. We
had not been there long till the Yankees sent at
us shot and shell in abundance. They fell all
among us but not one of us was hurt. Our
two pieces then opened on them, and soon
succeeded in silencing them in that quarter.
Soon after 2 o’clock a cannonading com
menced below us on the Run followed by mus
etry which lasted four long hours. Our side
repulsed them three times and took two large
cannon. The Louisiana Artillery played fear
fully upon them, and did much towards win
ning the day.
About dark the Yankees sent in a flag of
truce for leave to bury their dead, which was
granted. Ido not know what their loss was.
Their papers acknowledge a loss of 1500.
We found 72 bodies on the field next morning,
which they had left.”
[Next follows a description of the battle of
Manassas Plains, and many incidents cannec
ted therewith. He states that he was within
a few feet of Bartow when he fell; hethen
says :] (
“We have had no tents since the 17th, but j
have been exposed to all the weather. Sun- <
day night we slept on the field of battle.— '
Monday was spent in burying our dead. It 1
rained very hard Monday night. I spent *
Monday night with the Georgia boys at Man- j
assas on the open field in the rain. We s
had nothing to cat from Saturday evening till j
late Monday evening, except a few crukers t
taken from the Yankees’ haversacks which we <
were obliged to eat or starve.” I
This letter of Mr. Montgomery’s is written I
on I'unkee paper taken from the enemy. One '
sheet has a fine engraving of the U. 8. Capi
tal in it. Another has a grand triumphal arch .
with the words “Constitution and Laws” j
aacriligiously inscribed thereon, surmounted I
by the temple of libertyand crowned with aeon- t
stellation of twenty four stars, while the Yan '
kees are represented below in gre it numbers 1
waving the stars and stripes and saluting the '
emblems with shouts of enthusiasm.
The letter also had inclosed a Yankee envel-
• ope. It has a representation of the camp of j
a Yankee army with the stars and stripes wav- i
ing high, and these words for a motto.— :
“ Traitorous breath shall not taint American '
Air.” The envelope had the address of a '
dead Yankee on it as follows: “Lieut. Jas. 1
N. Fowler, 4th Maine Regiment company I.
ears Col. 11. G. Berry, Washington D. C.,”
and was mailed at Searsport, Maine. ,
• * 1
Letter from Mgj. Cooper.
We’cheertully lay the following letter be- ;
fore our readers, and thank Maj. Cooper for
his care to inform those concerned of the fate ;
of those most dear to them—though the infor- ]
malion was contained in the letter of Dr.
Humphries, which we published a few days
ago:
Cammi* Bartow, Near Manassas, )
Aug. Sth, 1861. j
AfcMrs. Auditors Wm. C. Humphries. Theo
dore Hammond, Samuel Gavit, James Ker
shaw, L. Reick and Wm. Barker, of the Atlan
ta Grays, who have been reported as missing |
from the battle of Manassas, are prisoners in
Washington City, and doing well so far as we
know. We have received a letter from James
Kershaw —he was well. Please publish this I
for the information of their families and 1
friends In haste, yours truly,
THOS. L. COOPER,
Major Commanding
Bth Reg. Geo. Vol*, j
To Editors of Confederacy, Atlanta, Ga.
Washington Can »■ Shbllbd from Ar- j
ttNGTON —The New York Post's Washington •
correspondent, writing on the Ist inst., says: |
“ The moment Beauregard can plant a batte- i
ry on Arlington Heighis»‘,Washington is doom- I
ed, for he can utterly destroy it from that
point.
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
Our Special Army Correspondence.
our correspondent’s SICKNESS ANDgTHE
CAUSE OF IT FACTS AND REFLECTIONS
—NEVER TIRED OF READING ABOUT MA- '
NASSAS ITS GLORY ABOVE ALL THE
YANKEE SPIRIT BROKEN THE TRYING
PERIOD OF THE BATTLE THE AGONY OF
ONE HOUR OUR CORRESPONDENT IN
ARMS THE VICTORY ACHIEVED THE
BEARING OF OUR BRAVE MEN SEARCH
FOR BARTOW’S BODY SCENES ON THE
BATTLE-FIELD BY MOONLIGHT OUR
WOUNDED TAKEN CARE OF THE ENE-
MV’S LEFT ON THE FIELD OUR CORRES
PONDENT LOST IN THE WOODS HE RE
LIEVES A WOUNDED IRISHMAN ENEMY
A SAD INCIDENT, <fcC., &C.
Richmond, Virginia, August 8,1861.
It is a cause of much regret to me, that any
thing should have occurred to prevent me from
completing, at an earlier day, my account of the
great battle of Manassas. I went out early ia
the morning, after a scant breakfast, did not re
turn until one o’clock that night, had nothing
to eat in the meantime except a cracker, and
altogether must have walked through the hot
sun and heavy dew at least twenty miles. In
addition to this, I went over the battle-held on
Wednesday following, when the effluvia arising
from the enemy’s dead, many of whom still re
mained unburied, and the scores of dead horses
scattered over the field, was most offensive and
sickening; and my surprise is equaled only by
my gratitude, that my attack, though sharp, was
no worse. My physician informs me that he has
been called to see a number of patients who
were present.atjhe battle, and whose illness he
can ascribe no other cause but that of the great
mental and physical excitement under which
they labored during the fight. It was this indi
vidual concern which every man felt in the
mighty struggle, no less than the vast social and
political interests at stake, that rendered every
soldier a hero, inspiring his heart and nerving
his arm to deeds that have no parallel in the
world's previous history. Every man felt that
it was upon his own shoulders the tremendous
issue rested, and that unless he did his part faith
fully, victory would never crown our banners.
There are some additional facts and reflections,
of a personal as well as of a general character,
connected with the battle, which, even at this
late day, may not be without interest to your
readers. I proceed upon the presumption, that
the day has not yet come, and will never come
whilst you and I live upon the earth, when any
thing relating to the great battle of Manassas
will not be read with pride and avidity by the
sons and daughters of the South. As Marathon
is to the Greek, and the field of Waterloo to the
exultant Briton, so will the Plains of Manassas
be to us and the unborn generations who shall
come after us. And long after the last one of
the heroes who fought the good fight shall have
been caught up to Heaven, and the angel-women
who nursed the wounded and sick shall have
been called back to the skies, and the swelling
hearts and tearful eyes at home that have read
of the valorous deeds of their brothers on the
field shall have been stilled and closed forever
in death—long after all these things shall have
come to pass, the poet, the orator, and the his
torian shall find in Manassas their most attrac
tive themes, and the philosopher and divine
their choicest illustrations; while to the great
uncorrupted heart of the People, it will be a
perennial source of chastened pride and never
ending thanksgiving. We may fight as gallant
ly upon other fields, and the numbers engaged
and slain may be as great or even greater; and
yet Manassas and its heroes will stand alone and
supreme in our history, like your own Stone
Mountain lifting its gray shaft of everlasting
granite far above the surrounding hills and
plains. It was there that we conquered the inva
der. It was there that our independence was
won; and it was there that its stable foundations
were laid in cement made of the blood and bones
of the bravest of earth’s heroes.
The enemy may meet us again, and in more
imposing numbers, but never with the same
gallantry. His spirit has been broken and his
pride subdued. He may fill up his broken ranks
and re-collect his scattered columns; he may ,
even bring them upon the field, under a momen
tary feeling of firmness brought about by some
galvanic process ; but with promptness and en
ergy on our part, the contest is virtually deci- '
dcd.
I shall never forget my own feelings from 3 to
4 o’clock on the day of battle. As you are al
ready aware, the enemy, by a well conducted 1
feint upon our extreme left, at Stone Bridge, '
succeeded in throwing the main body of his for
ces across Bull’s Run, two and a half miles fur- '
ther up, at Sudley’s Ford, and was moving down '
upon our rear when his movement was discov
ered. This compelled us to fight him, not upon
our original line, which runs nearlj- East and
West along Bull's Run, but upon a new line of I
the enemy’s own choosing, and nearly at right
angles to the first, running almost North and
South. So weak was our force upon the extreme ,
left, and so heavy .the enemy’s,.that the Confed
erates gradually fell back, though disputing ev
ery inch of ground, until 3 o’clock, when they
ceased their retrograde movement and stood,
from one end of the line to the other, like a
wall of rock, against which the enemy beat and
struggled in vain. There* were no masked bat
teries or field works on either side, and the field
was as new to our men, most of whom had but
recently arrived and never saw it before, as it
was to the adversary. The. battle had been ra
ging from 11 o'clock, and now extended along a
line of two miles, and over an undulating coun
try interspersed with grain fields, thickets and
patches of woods.
We all felt that the decisive hour had arrived.
We knew, too, that an empire trembled in the
balances, and that the lives, the fortunes and the >
liberties of ourselves and of generations yet un- !
born, were the mighty stake for which the bloody !
handed combatants were playing. Would a just ’
and righteous God, who loves the right and •
hates the wrong, give the day against us ? Who j
shall say that no prayer went up that day from '
the field of battle • That one hour, full of ago- i
nyand doubt, seems even now almost a lifetime. ‘
If the question had been whether the spectator
should be torn by wild beasts, or made the hap- ■
picst being in the universe, his suspense could i
not have been more painful and agonizing.
Half past 3 o’clock arrives, and still the com
bat rages; and still the wounded come pouring
back, some on litters and some hobbling by the
side of friends ; and still (which is better than :
! all) our' men stand as firm as the Blue Ridge ’
! whose lofty summits loom up in the blue dis
j lance. An aid-de-camp comes dashing by, and
| I Inquire of him, what of the day * “ God only I
I knows,” is his whispered reply; and, adding |
[ that the General desired every man, whether •
wounded or not, who could bear an arm to fall
into lines, he galloped on to another part of the
field. Some of us turned to and rallied the
slightly wounded, and those who had been sep
arated from their commands and fought out,
and such spectators as were in reach. We were
soon equipped with the arms of those who had
been disabled, and felt grateful for an opportu
nity to strike one blow for the holiest of causes,
and if need be, to go down in one common
wreck with our brothers. It was evident that
the commanding Generals felt that the day was
still in doubt, or that they desired a general ral
ly and a bold dash along the whole length of our
lines. At the time I thought it was the former.
But I will not prolong the account. Just at
this time Gen. Smith rushed in with his splen
did brigade; Gens. Beauregard and Johnston
made a bold dash at the centre, and Gen. Evans
with two fresh regiments from South Carolina
did the same on the right. The earth fairly
trembled beneath the mighty shock. The ene
my reeled and staggered like a stunned giant,
and began to retire and flounder among the
thickets and hills, when Heaven smote him with
a panic that sent him wailing and gnashing his
teeth along the road and through the woods and
fields towards Washington -a broken, ruined
and terrified rabble.
There were not then, nor has there been since,
any noisy rejoicings or unseemly demonstra
tions among our troops. They bore themselves
with a modesty 7 characteristic of the brave, and
chastened by the reflection that the victory had
cost us many of the noblest spirits in all the
land. This was especially observable in the 7th
and Bth Georgia Regiments, whose manly grief
at the loss of their chivalric commander and
many of their brave comrades was truly touch
ing-
Having procured Dr. Miller’s ambulance, a
party of us started to look for the body of Col.
Bartow. It was a melancholy search, and ex
tended far into the night. The moon was shi
ning, however, and afforded sufficient light for
our purpose. But who can describe the awful
sights its pale beams disclosed to us during that
night’s rambles among the hills ? The mangled
forms, the ghastly wounds and gleaming faces
of the dead ; the beseeching cries of the woun
ded ; the torments and contortions of the dying
—who can depict them! The first man I en
countered was a youth of twenty summers who
had been killed by a minnie ball, which entered
the temple just in front of the ear and passed
out on the other side. It was a monster ball,
and made a-liole through which we could almost
see. We uext came upon a great heap of the
enemy’s dead, and among them some wounded
who were still alive. It was here-that the gal
lant 4th Alabama Regiment had covered them
selves with glory. An appeal was made to us
by a wounded man from New York for water.—
An Alabamian, also wounded, interposed and
begged that we would give the New Yorker wa
ter ; for, he added, “ when I was shot down, a
member of a New York Regiment went to the
hollow, and filled my canteen with water, aud
brought it to me.” Os course we did what we
could to render the poor fellow as comfortabe
as possible.
But on we move among the dead, turning
over first one man and then another, to tee
whether he be not the one for whom we are
searching. As this one is turned over we dis
cover that all the lower part of his face has
been carried away by a shell. This one has
an arm torn away, that one a leg. and the one
further on has lost his entire head. At one
place we find a leg, and nothing else; at an
other, the scattered fragments of a body. By
this branch, we find a poor fellow who, hav
ing crawled to the water’s edge, drank his fill,
and died. We could see, by the bloody track,
that another had vainly tried to reach the wa
ter, but died before he got to it. Near the stream
stood a horse, one of whose forelegs had been
carried away by a cannon ball. He groaned
most piteously.
Meanwhile, we learn that Col. Bartow’s body
had been found and carried in by another party.
So, we fill our ambulance with the wounded,
and send them in to the hospital. By 10 o’-
clock, all our wounded had been cared for,
and we turn our footsteps back to the hospital.
Three of us who started on foot finally got lost.
Again we traverse the battle field, and again
are our ears saluted by the cries and groans
of the wounded and dying. At length, my
companions, having encountered friends who
were uncertain whether they would return to
the hospital that night, I struck out alone into
the road leading to Manassas, (seven miles
distant) and along which the battle had raged
furiously during the latter part of the day. I
soon came upon heaps of the enemy, where the
dead and wounded, and torn and mangled
horses lay one upon another. A wounded I
rishman, from Minnesota, saw ma by the moon
light, and begged, “ for the love of the holy
St. Patrick,” that I would give him “ so much
as one mouthful of water.” It was a great tri
al. I had been out since early morning with
out anything to eat but one cracker, and it was
four or five hundred yards back to the branch ;
but I remembered what the wounded Alabam
ian had said, and went and got It for him.—
Nay, I should have gone any way. Having
taken off the coat of a dead soldier, and fold
ed it, and made a pillow for him, and placed
the canteen of water within his reach, I bad*
the poor fellow to be of good cheer, and left
him among his dead companions. You may
be sure he never ceased to ask the blessing of
the holy Virgin upon me as long as I could
hear him.
Further on, I encountered a small party, one
of whom was an old man, whose white locks
gleamed in the moonlight, and another was a
young woman, who leant upon bis arm. What
could they be looking for at this late hour, in
this dread place? Was it for a son who had
fallen in battle, or for the husband of this
young wife ? As I reached the top of the hill,
and turned to take a last look at the field, I
heard a woman’s scream far down the road,
which told too plainly for whom they were
searching. She had found Aim, but whether
dead or wounded, I could not tell. God have
mercy upon the young wife, and upon the
stricken hearts, throughout our land, whose
loved ones now sleep the sleep of death.
I had desired to give yon some account of
my visit to the field on Wednesday following
the battle, and of what I there saw, but must
forbear, lest you and your readers become
weary. If, in this letter, I have had to deal a
good deal with what I saw and felt myself,
you, and such of your readers as know me,
will not ascribe it to egotism, but to a desire to
present them, as faithfully as possible, the
great battle of Manassas, in all its lights and
shades. a
Special Correspondence from the Geor«> I
gla Volunteers.
IN VIRGINIA WRATH AGAINST THE FOE
CLEANING UP OLD RIFLES—THE BATTAL
ION AT LYNCHBURG—THAT ACCIDENT
COL. BOYD’S REGIMENT AT LYNCHBURG—
coI. wofford’s to manassas—greet
ings TO THE GEORGIA BOYS THEY FALL
IN LOVE WITH THE VIRGINIA GIRLS
THE ROAD TO LYNCHBURG AN EXCI
TING RACE THE CITY LINCOLN’S LAST
MESSAGE, <fcC., AC.
Gamp Davis, Lynchburg, Va , 1
Aug. 13th, 1861. j
Dear Confederacy: Here we are, nearly in
the centre of glorious Old Virginia—the land
of Washington—and it is a pleasant reflection
that we have come to defend his grave, and
the soil rendered sacred by the ashes of other
illustrious dead. Every one of us have nerves
of the lion now, and as each day ushers in
new and startling depredations upon our un
offending citizens by a ruthless foe, we in
wardly pray God to strengthen our arms,
nerve our spirits, and assist us to drive the
invader forth.
If you were here in this city, you could
hear malediction upon malediction uttered by
i these loyal citizens, and curses loud and deep,
that have slumbered for years, heaped upon
our enemies. Great God I what a foe we have
to contend against, that neither respects our
women nor the houses rendered dear by the
presence of aged parents !
This excitement is general, I learn, through
out the State, and those who have stood aloof
in this contest from age or otherwise, are clean
ing up the old rifle and are buckling on their
armor.
Our Artillery Battalion arrived here safe on
yesterday, the 11th inst., and we are now en
camped in a large, beautiful grove to the north
west of Lynchburg, and in all, I believe, more
desirable than Camp McDonald, as we have
more room and more shade. We raised tents
as soon as we arrived, and had a dress parade
the same evening; and by this you may know
that we are ready for any emergency.
I am happy to state that the informant to
me of the death of Mr. Treble of the G. Vs.,
was mistaken—it was one of Captain Bell’s
Company ; yet, some of the boys were badly
hurt.
The 2d Regiment is encamped on our left,
and a Mississippi Regiment on our right. The
Ist Regiment, Col. Wofford, did not stop here,
but were ordered forthwith to Manassas. We
envy them, but are looking every day for our
orders to go to the same place, and when I say
that the next fight will be near Washington,
I but speak the sentiments of all the Virgin
ians here. They even pray for it, and the
preachers preach it, women hope for it, little
boys crow for it, and tke darkies want to go
and help us. What a spirit animates all the
people here! They even shed tears on our
arrival, cheered us all the way; and when
they heard we were from Georgia, all along
the line of railroads at every station the peo
ple flocked and gave us the best their stento
rian lungs could afford. Every house had a
flag ; everybody had a flag, and the ladies
had their dresses made like flags, with the red
and the blue predominant. I began to think
that secession flags was one of the products of
the soil, or of spontaneous growth. The girls
would talk to the boys, and the boys would
talk to the girls, and with no parlor reserve
either; but they would utter sentiments of the
heart, and coming, as they did, from pretty,
pouting lips, and beautiful women to say
them, no wonder the boys (some of them) lost
their hearts, and will leave them with the
Virginia lassies, instead of those of dear old
Georgia. Well, no matter, our women and
children are all we are fighting for in this war,
and if future generations will reap the benefit
and thank us for it, ’tis all we claim.
We had a slow time from Bristol to this
place. It is 204 miles, and this is one of the
railroads “you’ve hearn tell on.” Down grade,
then up grade; over little mountains first,
then big mountains last; over one here, under
one there—in short, I have seen nothing but
mountains and a few valleys on the whole
road. We stalled a dozen times, and would
creep up these long mountains like a snail;
but when we began to descend, the rapidity
with which we went I have never experienced.
We had got to the top of the Blue Ridge, and be
gan to descend, when it was discovered that
the bumper to one of the cars had pulled out.
I was in the last car, and the one above me
was the one disabled. The Engineer could
not stop the engine for us down such a de
scent, and the cry was what we should do. In
the meantime, the Engineer, fearful that we
would run into him, put on more steam, and
after him came our two cars. We began to
gain on him, and he gave her more steam.—
We went like lightning, as it were. “The
breaks ! the breaks!” was the cry. We put
them on, but they apparently had no effect.
The men cheered, hallooed; how they could
at such a time, I could not then understand ;
but afterwards the race became exciting, and
I was found hallooing, too, and even wanted
our cars to catch him. On we flew down the
mountain, which was three miles from the
plain to the top! Faster ran the cars—the
Engineer dare not check his speed. We be
came so excited that we took off the breaks,
and some were heard making bets that we
would catch him. It was useless—the Engin
eer beat us to the extent of two car lengths,
and when, on coming around to know the
i damage, some one quietly remarked in the
j language of old Abe, “Nobody hurt!” Thus
I ended our truly wonderful adventure down 1
| the Blue Ridge.
This city I have had no time to visit much,
: consequently cannot in this give you any item (
concerning it. Suffice it, it is on the James .
j River, and the most ol iton a high hill; the
j streets laid off regularly, and paved with rocks
J from the bottom of the stream. A canal, also '
. a railroad, connects it with Richmond. It
j must have a population of 25 or 30,000, and
I apparently has been long settled. It took its
i name from a man named Lynch, who was of
; the family from which sprung the celebrated
Lynch Law. The inhabitants are a mixed
population, and has, as every large city, its ,
share of Jews, who do a thriving business and, ’
■as fighting ia against their creed, you know, ‘
i they have a jolly good time of it. (“Don’t (
j we, Shylock “ Yah.”) The little boys here
have got Lincoln’s last Message to Congress,
on little placards, which they display in the
streets to all passers by. I give you a facsim
ile of it:
LINCOLN’S LAST MESSAGE.
‘ ‘ Fellow- Citizens of the Senale and
House of Representatives.
“Somebody’s hurt.
“A. LINCOLN."
But I have detained you long enough. All
who wish to write to their friends here must
direct to the care of Col. M. A. Stovall, of
Artillery Battalion G. V. We are looking
each day for some papers. A gentleman pass
ing from Richmond says that 60 prisoners
from Federate have just been captured near
Washington. We are getting tired of feeding
t hese fellows. TD. W.
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and Miss S. C. Means.
For Catalogues, giving full particulars, ap
ply to the Principal. aug. 14-d4t.
India Rubber Goods?
THE undersigned has a good supply of India
Rubber Coats and Blankets on hand.
Atlanta, Aug. 14-d3t. D. MAYER.
Notice.
CW. HUNNICUTT, Esq., at Hunnicutt, Tay-
• lot A Jones’ Drug Store, is my legally
authorized agent to transact all my business
during my absence from the State. My broth
er, John ft. Whaley, and Mr. Wm. James are
fully competent, and will contract for any kind
of brickwork in my name.
aug. 14—d&wtf. C. A. WHALEY.
Our School
WILL be reopened on the FIRST MONDAY
IN SEPTEMBER next (1861)in the base
ment room of Central Presbyterian Church.
With many thanks to our former patrons
and friends for support and confidence, we be
speak their continued efforts in behalf of our
enterprise. Misses A. E. HAMILTON,
aug. 10-dlm. M. L. BROWN.
SOUTHERN MASONIC FEMALE
COLLEGE,
(Under the control of the Grand Lodge of Ga.)
Rev. C. P. COOPER, A. M., President.
WILL resume exercises on the 25th of Sep
tember next.
An efficient corps of seven ladies
gentlemen will comprise the
Faculty, representing, as far as
TjjfeMy practicable, every Protestant de
nomination of Christians.
This Institution appeals to the patriotism
and benevolence, as well as interest, of the
Southern public for its support.
The proceeds, beyond current expenses, for
the next Collegiate year, will be tendered by
the President to the Treasury of the Confeder
ate States.
Orphans of deceased, and daughters of indi
gent Masons, will, as heretofore, continue to
receive gratuitous tuition.
Cheapness to patrons, and thoroughness to
pupils, are aimed at in the system proposed to
be pursued.
No pains or expense will be spared to secure
the best talent for the various Departments, to
be exclusively selected from among Southern
ers.
A Preparatory Department is attached to
the College, where particular attention will be
given to laying well the foundations of educa
tion, as absolutely necessary to further suc
cessful advancement.
The useful, the practical, and the ornament
al, will be sought to be blended and develop
ed throughout the whole regime of the Insti
tution. The moral and religious culture of
pupils will be scrupulously kept in view.
French and Spanish will be taught by a la
day perfectly conversant with both of these
languages.
The Musical Department will be conducted
by a gentleman, assisted by an accomplished
lady, both possessing experience and genius to
an eminent degree, and occupying fine social
positions.
The late President resigning, to attend to pri
vate affairs, unites with the retired Vice-Pres
ident and the Trustees in commending the In
stitution, under its present direction, to the
public confidence.
The President is honored with most co rapli
me alary credentials from Bishop G. F. Pierce,
Hons. Joseph H. Lumpkin, T. IL R. Cobb, and
Col. Wm. H. Jackson, President of the Board
of Trustees of Mercer University.
Covington, the location of the College, is
pleasant and healthy. Board can be obtained
from >l4 to >ls per month. >l2 to >l4 in or
dinary times.
By order of the Presidential Board.
JOHN H ARRIS, D. G. M.
President of the Board.
W. W. Clakki, Secretary. auglO-ltn.
HAVING secured the services of Dr. H.
Warmouth, a graduate of several French
and German schools of Pharmacy, our Prescrip
tion and Chemical Departments will be under
his entire control.
Pharmaceutical Chemicals and preparations
can be furnished at short notice.
july 3»-tf MASSEY A LANBDELL.
ARE YOU INSURED I
SOUTHERN
INSURANCE AGENCY!
FIRE, LIFE AND MARINE
INSURANCE!
The subscriber represents the following first
class INSURANCE COMPANIES, with strong
Capitals and large Surplus :
ALABAMA
INSURANCE COMPANY,
MONTGOMERY.
CAPITAL >300,000.
VIRGINIA•
FIRE AKO MARIK-E
INSURANCE COMPANY,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
CAPITAL 49T0.000.
MERCHANTS’
INSURANCE COMPANY,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
CAPITAL, >311,000.
Capital Authorized >500,000
OLD DOMINION
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Capital, .... $500,000.
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF THE
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
WINCHESTER, VA.
Cash Capital >355,000.
These Companies insure Buildings, Mer
chandize, Household Furniture, and Personal
Property in city, town or country on the most
favorable terms, consistent with prudence and
safety.
Marine risks, on river and the sea—Life
risks on white persons of both sexes—also on
the life of Negroes.
All loMes honorably adjusted and promptly
paid.
SAMUEL SMITH,
GENERAL AGENT,
Office, corner of Whitehall A Alabama streets,
over Salmons A Simmons’ Dry Goods store.