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BY ADAIE & SMITH.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1863.
VOLUME m—NO. 87.
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GEO. W. ADAIR.....J.HENL* SMITH,
EDITORS AND rROPRIETOIL-l
B O l-MITIl. M.
LARGEST0AILV CIRCULATION IN THE STATE
The Southern Confederacy Office
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Reading Matter on 4th Page.
Our olekHalilleri la Usrsptljal*.
To-day W^publi* * moot important act <rf
the lato Congress, in*relation to the furlough
log and diMhargiag of aick and wounded Mi
dlers iu onr hospitals.
Some costmanders of armies had heoome so
tyranical an J Inhuman as (s forbid any sur
geon or surgeons In hospiiulsgiring furloughs
or.disehsitfos to slek soldiers, fe matter wka*
their condition wns. If tho pajsicim k
from th« i.ature of the or wound that
tha aoWler would not get well, in month-, or
■would never get wail, or would eoob die, be
nsverlbelaee was farbid len to' give i either
furlough or discharge; and the poor suffering
soldier woe compelled to remain and suffer in
the hospital, aid even die, while friend* and
kindred who could nurse nnd onto for him
■better were aUsiou*, ns only hltodlog heart*
can feolnaxioty, to hare the sufferer at home.
!k|Mea -whew iheeurgeon knew would eoondie,
■have, in thinjfitf, through ibeae inhuman ordere
■bee* kept in our hospitals liil they *ere deed
and denied the toon of dying at hpme in the
bosem of tiieir famUiee. The set which we
publish to-day corrects this abuse -litis urbitra-,
ry csercise of sn inhuman icguiation.
For this, the country is indebted Iwtbo labor*
Of Dr. V F. Bhrkbum. who has been appointed
by the Legislature of -Mississippi to visit the
army the hospitals at every point, and lo‘ok
alter the interest and welfare of Mtssinmpptans
in the service. His seal and the fidelity with
which he dischargee the duties ot his ‘sacred
mission ere worthy o| all commendation and
deserve the lasting gratitude, not only of the
Legislature and people of Mississippi, but of the
whole cointry. •
Dr. Blackburn iajp most ardent Southern pa
triot, who-.has been in the service ineomecapac-
•ty over linen tho war commenced. For a year
and more he was on the ataff of that gloriou s
old hero and patriot, Sterling Brice, and left that
. high and honored position when called to tbo
.sacred oneio now fills.
The Doctor is now in this city and has been
ifor some days. Wo had! the pleasnrejol meeting
ihim iu otr offioe this morning, which was in
deed a pleasure. Wc have frequently met him
4usiag ibe war, and always found him at roe
gentleman and a laborious encrgitic pair ot.
On. (IraRE and Use Tender Passion.
A cone pondent of tho Mohilo Athca User, writing
from Shelby ville, says:
An officer iu Oen. Bragg's army had obtained a ebert
tosv* of absence to permit him tq go home and at
tend to personal interests demanding his presence.—
Before his timo of ebseni-o etpircd he i.qnesled* fur
ther leave of absence for fomy days. onff promised to
return ahet-er soldier than he had ever been before.
His request was approved by the various officer* in
.eo-mnaud over him. who knew him to be a tried and
foltbful man. end finally by Oen too. Before the
thirty day--’ nine granied had expired, he again lor-
•warded a commomcaUon desiring* still farther leave.
lFlli vthrert were astonished al his impudence and au-
xlaclty. and each one In turn, ihoough whose bands it
^Before «I?commntiie*5»n reached army headquar
ter*, General Bragg was urn recipient cf * letter irom
this officer, who stated that he had mad» application
tor farther leave, nnd gave a* bio reasou that whBe our
armv was ftmher advanced he had become engaged to
a voung ladv from whom he had received a letter,
which he enclosed. This delicate missive contained a
end and touching larewell to the young officer, who
had gained her affections. She explained that since
the enemy had gained her homestead they had de-
atroved her property, taken everything from her, and
well nigh made I ter penniless., When she had engage l
haraeif to her lover she was the possessor of property,
and wait to different circumstances. With this state
of things existing, hard as she felt would be fhe trial
• * > her, she had determined to release tho object of her
utfeetton from an engagement made in her prosperity.
Tnta noble missive was couched iu such loving and
. geutte.thongh prudent and touching language that, it
might wall have drown tears from the from -warrior_ to
whom it was presented. The officer added that the
misfortunes of his affianced had only the more endear
ed her to him. nnd this manifestation of her disinter-
etsed love nnd spirit had ontv to*P*red a stronger af-
■ faction for no noble e woman. He deal red a sttU for-
. ther holiday that he might go to her and marry her,
Brave sent, direction* to his bureau officer to send
him the communication so soon as it sbauld arrive,
and regardless of the endorsement of “disapproved”
made n officers unaware of tho circumstances, he
marked tl •■granted for thirty days," and endorsed up
on the letter, -‘The lady is worthy of the best and
bravest soldier, and from what I learn you are worthy
of the Lady.- BtaxroxBB*oo. r
The “Valuable Assistance” of the Negroes.
The Washington Chronicle, alluding to
the aid and comfort given by the negroes
to Stoneman’s cavalry in their raid re
marks:
It does not look as though the negro
slaves were any more devoted to the cause
of secetaion than those in South Carolina
aud Mississippi The time will come when
we shall appreciate the valuable assistance
—valuable beyond that of any other class
of people in the South—that we can derive
from the uegro slaves of those masters who
have inaugurated this wicked -ebellion.
Fight it I.etvlsburg.
On Friday night, the 10th inst., a caval
ry force of the enemy, between five and six
.hundred, attempted to surprise and cap
ture the battalion of Lt. Colonel Edger,
300 strong, at Lewisburg, Greenbtter coun
ty. But it happened that the enemy were
toe party surprised, for when they got
witbm about three miles of Lewisburg, at
1 o’clock "in the mornihg they vere greeted
with the fire of the battalion, which inflic
ted a loss upon the enemy about 40 in kill
ed and wounded—ourloss none. The en
emy reueated and diu not have the pleas
ure of capturing the battallion and burning
the town.—Rich. Enq ,2fcL
A Wilt amt Good Law.
Congress, at its lata saHuo, passed the fol
lowing iuportacil, juikious and merciful act:
A* Act, regulating the graatisg of furloughs
and discharges la hospital*.
The'Cuntfrtee .of Ike Confederate States of
America do mart, Thar *ioW. wounded and dis
abled solders in Ilrq.iuU shall be entitled
to furloughs end discharges under the tpMow
ing rule* an j regulation*:
Hkc. 1st, In pltpv.. where tt.-iv are three
or more hospiude. Ihrfce— urgeons in ( barge of
hospital*, or dWteien* m ho*}iUl\ stab con
stitute a lionrd of Examioets for the faivplt-
als to which they belong, whose duty it yhsll
by, tVrioe ia enoh week, to visit said hospital*
and examine applicants for furloughs and ■its-
charges, and in all rases where they shall had
an applicant for furlough unfi-. fur military
■iniy, either from dieeatie or wounds, aud like
ly sate remain for thirty day* or upward*,
they shall grant furlough for such limn as
they shall deem him unfit for duty, not to ex
ceed sixty day. Said Board shall keep a Sec
retary, or ol«rk, nho shall iaen2 all furlough*
by order of the Itier J, and shall specify tbera
in the timo of Xmlcagb, ike place of the rf*i-
deuce of the soldier, his company, n-gim-u*
and brigrde
Bite 2od, he it finthit enneftS, Tint nw
fnrUiar regulatiou *baU be required i.i tn<- m
dier, *v<i no passport required cthsr than h
furlough ,
Bee. -4. Hi it further eaarttd, That the raid
Board may incoN'iiend discharge*, eta'in < the
ground* thereof, which, when approved ty the
Surgeon General, v or the General commanding
tho army or department to which the soldier
belongs, fall emit!© him to a die charge, and
trsnsportatfbatodhe place of bis enlistment
or residence.
Hkc. 4th. Be it further enact, J, That in
plaoes where there are but two hospitals, two
surgeons in charge of « hospital or division
shall constitute a Board for (be purpose afore
said.* And in places where there ia but one,
the surgeon in charge and two assistant sur
geons, if there be two, and if not, then one,
aboil oonttitals a. Board for the purpose afore
said, and may furlough and reoomraeud dis
charges as aforesaid; provided, that no fur
lough shall be granted. under the provitiora
of this act, if, in the opinion of the Board,
the life or convalescence of the. patient w mid
be endangered thereby.
Sco. Gtb. The House Surgeon in nil hoipitals
sht.ll see each patient under Jbia charge onoe
everyday.
Approved May 1st, lg6jj.
A true copy. •
James M. Mattueve,
Law. CTk Dep’ty Jos
Written Biprti«ly for the Confedera-j,.
POEMS t».\ the: TVAH.
KCMBER ELEVEN
' - ■’ - '—
Bt A. 1! WATSON
THE B?MTLE-PTEU>. . | ' * '
.Financial and Cqmmerelal
. It Aione of the habits of the Commercial
heart tc throb with the heart of the people.
BY TELEGRAPH.
On the Rialto, the Bourse, the,’Change, the]
fluctuations of the financial pul-e are guide! |
by the ebb And flow rf tho crimson tide that
The Abolition “Black Hole” In Ohio.
Tbe Richmond Exminer chronicles the fol
lowing sh&meful facts, which are well authen
ticated:
Camp Chaco has taken rank, with the Black
Hole in Calcutta. The number of victims
who have died there from brutal cruelty has
exceeded those smothered iu the Black Hole
five times over. The reputation of the prison,
which was already unenviable, is incrcuinv
in the last few months The prisoners taken at
Arkansas Post, who havo been confined there
for*four inGBU^, ttttd Who haVo just returned,
have suffered even more than their predeoas-
Bors in misery. They wore captured in the
early part of tht» winter. They were, when
taker,, welt clad, and provided with every
comfo't for the «.ild season. Hurh was the
destitution to which they were reduced while
prisoners of war, that a»er a thousand died,
and nearly as many more were maimed nr dis
eased for life iu consequence cf the hardships
to which they were subjected. When cap
lured, they were unmercifully plundered of
everything they had, except the garments
which happened to be upon their persons.—
They were crowded into small boats so close
ly, that less than two square feet of the floor
was allowed each man ; and they were inter
mingled intentionally with cases of small pox
sent up from the Yankee army to their hospi
tals above. Several hundred oases of this dis
ease thus occurred among the prisoners, re
sulting in almost as many deaths.
On arriving at Memphis, a large number of
the prisoner* found friends in .■itiznns ofi the
town, who generously supplied them with
money, blankets and ether neoessaries of com
fort. These were brutally torn from th era to a
man, and they wereoompelled, in this destitu
tion, i<> make the journey, at the coldest sea
son of the yeer, up tbe river to Cinoinnati
Luring ihie-joumev, and up to the time of their de
nture from the prison, they were eneeea’iveiy rob
'd of every article of tho .least valne about their
persons, and finally of every particle of clothing not
necessary to conceal nakedness. It for instance, they
laid on a shirt and an undershirt, they were forced to
divest themselves of the former, atd to wear the otb-
erthe whole remaining period of their captivity, with
out a change. Every overcoat, every blanket, every
sai pins piece cf clothing of any description were taken
away from them bv their keepers on the boats, or in
the prison. Tbe horrors of cold which they suffered,
thus naked, durin* a severe winter in a frosty climate,
cannot be described in language. All were more or
less frost bitten, many of them to tbe cost of their
lives, and many more to an extent requiring ■ he ampu
tation of hands and feet.
Home of the tact* df the subject have been submit
ted by our officers to the Washington authorities, and
enquiry made wheteer they were authorised by that
government. The a newer has been in the last degree
insulting to the South. It is denied that these cruel
ties have been inflicted by oTder, but lt is not denied
that the government was informed of them. On the
contrary. It impiiciUy admits its recognizance of them,
and jnstffies them on the ground that they were prac
ticed in retaliaUon for entities alleged to he suffered
by its on prisoners in the prisons of Richmond; and
this pretended retaliation, though declared to be unau
thorised. is admitted to be winked at by the Washing
ton authorities.
It remains to be seen what action our • government
will take to put an end to this conrse of conduct; and
it must also form th* subject of a verdict from the civ
ilized world and ftom future history.
in command of a section of thv batiory. aud, conspic
uous for his skill nnd courge, assigned him to a sepa
rate position in the assault on the city. With charac
teristic valor and impetuosity, h/t,boldly assailed the
■ fire, to the subsequent capture of the Capital. His sig
nal services were duly chronicled in the official report
or CapLMagruder and the formal and full report of
Gen. Scott, a* the records of the United States Gov
ernment wit) show. I he motivff of his ardent desire |
tojoin Magrtider’s battery waistated by him to a friend
at the close of the war, and it characteristic He said:
T wanted to see active service. I wished to be near
■the enemy, nnd in the fight; and when I heard John
Magruderhad got his battery, I bent all mv energies to
ll^ with him. for I knew if there was any fighting to he
done, Magruder would be on hand."
Lt Gen. Pehsbrtow.—The public were nev
er able to account for the saltant promotion by
which Col. Pemberton, C. S. A. (ex-Liem O. S.
A.) became, without trial or experience and
without the posacaaion ot unnaual abilities that
were ever heard of, a Lieutenant > eneral, com
manding the Department ot the Mississippi.- -
His managemement ot affairs in that quarter,
and especially the failure to keep tbe enemy out
ot the Capital of Mississippi, has not elucidated
the mystery. When the pir.ch came, another
General, of tried and known ability, was sent
there, but it was K«> late. It Pemberton was
not competent for tbe dnties assigned him why
was he se.it there, and why so tong retained—
and if it was intended to relieve him when the
crisis came, why was the relief withheld until it
could not avail t The telegraph tells us that the
plundering and destruction at Jackson amounted
to from five to ten millions of dollars Was it
worth so much to any body that Gen Pemberton
should have been promoted over ao many officers
of experience and ability I . “The Government”
may feel very easy on tbe subject, but the is*
norant public must be allowed to have its
Ottbts.—Bichnond Whig, 20j*.
A gloomy dreadHkogn h*a«y to tho air,
The heart gross slavish with s weary wondor
When the fierce 11TO3, that tie a-smouldet there,
Shari letf ip living tbunder.
with the swelling ef a mighty storm
The cloud droopt low. and tt* deep-hearings mutter
Bolings that fill (he spirit tfitb a form ,
Of dread no words can utter.
Fa-e t* free two mighty nations stand,
All panting eager for tbe coming battle,
Waiting the trumpet Uaro that thrills the land,'
And Wakes the cannon’s rattle
Some fix their eye upon the gilded dome
Where Honor tel'* the tVc:id ber flamiog story:
And some there are who battle for a home
And some whoss aim is glory.
Tic n comes the mighty clash, the heaving throe
Kmdfsg the earth with its 'remeifdou* gushing;
?. ah Wind by tameless fury, Mend and foe
To the same death ora rushing.
fio. longer leashed, the war-ilogs howl their rags,
The Hvid flames leap forth ib streams volcanic, *
Destruction, Fury, Horror, all engage
In one terrific panic.
'Tis dofee; exhausted fury slinks away,
Silent has grown the armor's raging rattle,
And heap* on heaps the wreck* of valor lay
Red trophies of the battle.
Oh, why is Bonce’s pinions cifoiaed to earth!
Why pants tin- eager soul to be Immortal
When harlot Fame so often slldks her birth, *
And glory baraher portal i
There Be her bastards; Glory’s airaleas sons, ‘
Their.wreaths are fresh, but ah, their hoe Is gory I
In piles they rot-j-Ambifon’s chidden one*—
With none to tefl their afory.
Anisia, May SI, ltt£. • A
* • a)ouewali In Mexico.
The newspaper sketches of Stonewall Jackson’s ear
ly professional life are necossarily megre as yet, and in
some respects inaccurate. Likr most artillery officers
In the Mexican war, he was very de.irous to be trans
ferred to tbe light artillery, which alone came into play
in that war. A correspondent of the Richmond IPUg
narrates the following: *'
After the battle of Cerro Gordo, his old comrade)
General, then fapiain J. Bankhead Magruder, wus
placed In command ofa battery of six light pieces. Capt
Magruder, 1st Artillery, had led the storming party un
der Gen» Harney np the heights of Cerro (fordo. He
was die first artillery officer who entered the enemy’s
work*, sword in hauil—had ^raptured the guns and
turned them on tbe retreating foe. Gen Scott rode in
to the works aud addressing Cap-. Si, said: • Captain,
you have won these guns: they afe yours; your »rd«nt
wish for a light battery can lie gratified. Take these
gun* and mount them. They shall henceforth be Ma-
gruder’s battery." When the army advanced beyond
Coutreras towards the city of.SleXico, Lieutenant
Jackson reported to Captain Magruder for duty in this
having obtained at last the desired trausfer to
[FBEpS AS30CIA.TIOH DI3PATCHKSJ
’ Tke Situation tn ffftasiaalppl.
rushes to and fro through the veins aud arw L . Mr . Wagner, lato Agent of the Press Asso*
rieR of the masses, flat the popular pul6oUon :,,„ r _
is dependent itself upon the still higher paw- I ® 16t,on at -'»«»tson, as now in tfats city. To-
bVttery,
the light artillery.
Magruder plab-d Ida immediately
TaH Baak—Attention Farmers.—The sea
son for pealing tan bark hae arrived, and is rap
idly passing. You will doubtlees confer a favor
upon planters by stating in the columns ot yonr
valuable paper that goop oak bark, of the sever
al desirable varieties so well known to tanners,
now command* twenty dollars per cord at any
railway station in Georgia, or twenty-five dollars
if delivered in this city.
Bark peelers will find*a ready market,here and
elsewhere, daring the next twelve months, far
considerbly more than ran be stripped and
cured.
The coat of getting tan bark this season, esti
mating one cord per day to the day hand includ
ing the value of the lands upon which it may be
gathered, will not exceed two dollars per cord.—
This tac can • e very easily verified. Let our
interested country friends and all enrious in
quirers make a note of it. This enormous mir-
giu of profit, in the perspective of the tan bark
business, would delight the vision of the extor
tioner and invite capital of the shrewd merchant
were it discoverable in any other field of trade
or speculation'.
PRO BONO PUBLICO
[Conetitutionaliet, 2id.
SiAtct or Jacisox —The Richmond Sentinel learns
that arrangements are on toot to procure at once a foil
s'te bronze statue of Gen Jackson, with the design to
place it, when completed, on the^plateau in front of
the snnth portico or the Capitol. There are ample ma
terials from which a perfect likeness of the General
can be had, and no unnecessary delay will occur in
sending these materials to the same foundry tn Munich
at which the equestrian >statue of Washington was
cart, after the necessary funds shall have been ob
tained. The estimated cost of the statue in Confede
rate funds is sixty to eighty thousand dollars. Our
brethren of the press wi I gladly assist in making the
appeal known; and we are persuaded that nothing
more will be necessary to secure the amount requir
ed. Col. 3. Bassett French, Aid-de-camp to the Gov
ernor of Virginia, and a member of General Jackson’*
staff during the campaign of last summer, has been ap
pointed to receive all contributions to the testimonial
of a nation’s love, and has agreed to acL All commu
nications should, therefore, be addressed to him at
Richmond.
(AC, T
8. J
Hooker’s Kxtravegent Expectations.
Camp Twentieth N. C. T , \
May 9,18B3. J
Editor Richmond Examiner :
Enclosed please find this copy of a General
Order found on the battlefield near Chancel-
loraville. Respectfully, * !
c. McDonald,
Capt. and A. C. S. 20th N. C. T.
Healq'rs Aa>rr of bhr Potomac,
Near Falmouth. Ya
April 30, 1868
General Order So .47.
It is with heartfelt satisfaction tho com
manding General announces to tho army, that
the operations of the last three days has de
termined that the enemy mast either icglori-
nusly fly, or come ont of his defences, and
give ns battle on cur own ground, where cer
tain destruction awaits him * The operations
or the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps
have been a. succession of splendid achieve
ments. By Order
> Major Gen HOOEEB.
S. S. WiLuams, A. A. G
• iSr of f motion, and this 11 aent source is gov-
• eroed itself too often by tbe designing rapae-
• ity of a leading few, who, in all commanitics,
assume the control cf supply and demand.—
Thanks to the war, the power of this potent
few, in this community, is limited; and in
stead of the current of trade being guided, it
guidee itself mere completely than ever.—
Gold and silver are the established basis of the
world’s wsalth; they form' the media of tho
world’s international intercourse, and'are, in
fact, the only means through which any com-
mcroial transaction may be consummated.—
The condition of the Confederate currency is
mo-t truly to be deplored, but that condition
is but natural in a time like the present.—
Gold possesses a present but unobangublo val
ne; paper is prospective, subject to the viois-
eirades of a changeable responsibility, and
now, when the very -moke we breathe* is
charged with the smoke of war, that respon
sibility is exceeding great. Gold Is indestruo-
tible. Paper may be consumed in a breath.—
This is tho seoret of the “inflation of the
currency, as commercial men are pleased to
call it; while id fact there is no inflation at
all since every dollar issued by the treasury is
represented by a known value; presenter pros
pective. The great difference lies ia the de-
struotibility of the one and tho 'ndestruota-
biitty of the other. Gold acknowledges no
obango; paper is a prey to any Aud while
in this struggle every man has base! hie fu
ture hopes upon the euacess of the oaase, ac
cepts the currenoy as hi* own, suffers priva 1
tions to preserve its generality, invest in it,
hoards it, believes in it, and fights for It, the
all potent gold still surpasses it in glory, and
makes it hut a hand-maidsu to ila own su
premaoy. > r- ' j _
Sinoe our last regular report the city has
been excited wiih great events. During the
interim the markets have remained dull and
inoonstanL Ou yesterday, rnuoh to our grr.t
ifioation, wo found Confederats bonds holding
thsir own as before, but through some finan
cial break, gold and silver had advanced and
was quoted at $4 50 premium for the former,
and $3 61) premium tor the la'ter.
■ In the provision market the changes also were
noticable. Flour hud advanced tn iho following
rates: Super fine $32;. Extra $35; no Firmly
brand in the market.’’ Tbe tendency, however,
was downward in all grades. Bacon had gone
up toft 35 to 1 40, for the heg round. Pota
toes were down to $8 per bushel. -Molasses was
selling at $10 50ti>ll. Sugar browp, went up
tn$l 35 to 1 40. and clarified to $3.- Theqg are
the leading articles, and will sonw the unsettled
sia'e ol the provision market.
In the Leather market we find*the following
quotations. The market is dull; thereisno de
mand. Sole leather is quoted at $3 50 to 4 per
lb; upper* $4 50 if* 5 Harness. $4 '25; rough
skirting, $3 25 to 5; hides, dry, $1 50 :o $2;
green, salted, 90c. to $1. No calf skins in the
market.
mmmmmut _
The retail prices being more interesiiog than the
wholesale to our readers, in ihiif line, we give
tho quotations furnished by Mr. P.' K. White,
one ot our leading merchants: Ladies’ gaiters
$25 30; children’s gaiters, $12 18? ladies' mi-
pocco,calf-skin- and bslinorals,$25 30 Gentle
men's gaiters $25 40; calf shoes do. The sup
ply in the market is light. Hut few misses shin a
'to be found. Boots $10 70—cavalry style. No
dress hoots worth mentioning in the- market.
Iu the Dry Goods line we find woolens espe
cially, very scarce, and, since the burning of the
Crenshaw Mills, without any price at all. Cals
icoes are in the usual demand, Bilks are fiat. In
dress goods everything is scarce in large houses,
and bursting out with plethora in the junk shopk
and email dealing houses on' those avenues
where such classes flourish. The small dealers
seem to have been struck with a passion for
speculation before the bells of the late fire ceas
ed to toll. They will probably find themselvep
in thfe vocative. ,
In the department of business most inteieet-
ing to the (adies, we make the following whole
sale quotations, with tbe preface fhat’ tbe arti
cles being scarce, there is an opening for the
Nassau traders: Spool cotton 50 to 75 cents per
spool; coarse needles 50 cents per paper; ladies’
hosiery $16 36 per dozen; linen tapes $2 16 per
dozen yards: colored silk findings $3 per dozen
yards; vest and coat buttons, lasting, $8 20 per
gross; silk do. $24 per gross; belt ribbons 6
yards $5 apiece; linen cambric handebiefs $24 50
per dozen; ladies’ pocket books aud portmonite
$36 to 150 per doztn ; pins $8 to, 15 per dozen
papers J India rubber tuck combs $9 20 per duza
en; hair pine $10 per dozen papers.'
We make no quotations in the great staple of
cotton and tobacco, for the reason- that, al pres
ent, the former is not in increased demand, and
that the latter ia at present, apparently, in a dis-
S nte with itself as to whether it will go up or
own or both togethor—an anachronism in trade
not impossible in times ol hot competition. It
is suffifcieni to know that there is an immense
quantity of each staple in the city.
Richmond Enquirer, 19th.
BgL. The Richmond dispatoh says the yan-
kte letters piokt-d np on tbe battle field are
characterised by the usual neatness of pen
manship and coarseness of expression It has
a letter from a wife to her husband, whioh
though well writteu and expressed, would'
have disgrace! iu Its coarseness any negro
woman on a Southern plantation.
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Atlanta, May 22!, 1868.
At * meeting of the Atlanta Typographical Union, the
following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whsoeos, ithaa pleased Almighty God iu His wise
Providence to remove from onr midst oar beloved broth
er, CaxDioraxa C. Sirriii, an honest and competent
workman, * noble and generous companion a faithful
ond'devoted friend, one who has endeared himself to
ns aUbyhrs genial kindntss and courtesy. Beit
therefore resolved—
1st That in the death of Christopher C. 8ewelL out
Union has sustained an irreparable lor* of a worthy
brother, the city a noble citizen and bright ornament.
2 That this Union deeply sympathize with the frml
lv and friends of deceased, yet in bowing submissively
to tho Will of Goa, we must remember that He dorth
all thugs well, and that all things work together foj
good to them that love Him.
8. That each member of the Union wear the usual
badge <5f mourning for thirty days, and that w* attend
in a body taeTunernl of the deceased to-morrow morn
ing al 9 o’clock.
i. That a copy of these realutioas be seat to the
funny of th* deceased, and to tne city papers for pub-
day, he transmitted Ike following interestieg
dirpTlcli to-:he Pre**: -- I ' ju
Ueu. Gr.vut entered the State of Mississippi,
crossing the river five miles below Grand Quli\
from 60,000 to 100,000 Btrong, with a heavy
force of cavalry. He has received.no reit-
forceincrb from Louisiana, bufreceives them,
constantly from tho West bank of the riTer.
His transportation is all on the riTer, and he
must cling to the river bank.
NVe evacuted Grand Gull, falling back and
fighting, towards Jackson, followed by the enes
my who entered Jackson 50 000 strong on the
14th. Gen Johnston reached Jackson the 13thand
fell back towards Canton (23 miles noth of Jack-
son.) The Yankees were alarmrd at. finding
Johnston there. They committed the greatest
excesses lor two days, • urning churches and
mfivato houses, tearing jewelry from the person
tff citizens and giming residence*, and fled to
wards Vicksburg on the 16th, followed by
Johnston, who is constantly receiving reinforce
ments.
Vicksburg has five months supplies of every
kind, and can be taken only by hunger.
‘The Yankee report of the capture of Alex-
dna, La., is not credited.
Camp eetwxesi Livingston- and 1
Brownsville, May 18, 1863. j
General S. Cooper r*
Lieut. Gen. Pemberton was attacked by
the enemy on fhe morning of the 15 inBt.,
near Edward's depot, and, after nine hours
fighting, was compelled to fall hack behind
the Big Black. j
JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON,
’ i • 1 * T- General Commanding.
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