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BY ADAIR & SMITH.
-AJlaiita^' 5 ^G-a., TuVascIafyEvening, May 26, 1S6B.
VOLUME III-- No. 89.
GEO. W. ADAIR J. HENLY SMITH,
E LI 1 o k.i AND PHOrMETOKS.
k 0. SMITH, M. p r . r — .........smoot tee niTifK.
LARGEST OAILY CIRCULATION IN THE STATE
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him Aider, at the entrance of Oneert Boa Beildiug,
o ' the othr-i Fi.""R-e« • ■
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otfers bis j rofeerior.al services lo the citi
zens of Atlanta. Residence end office corner
of Pry t end Line streets.
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ErtSfrllul Tract Society.
The Evangelical Tract Society of Petersburg,
Virginia, In order the more expeditiously end
efficiently to aid in supplying the wants of onr
army 8.tilth and West, bare established depofa
lot their publications at Atlanta, Ga., and Jack-
son, Miss. The Depository at Atlanta is in the
Ftar.ktin Printing House on Alabama street.—
Orders for-Tracts may tic addressed either to
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_ . Liquors. -' A
100 barrels Peach and Apple Brandy, and
Whi-ky, soot* eery fine, on consignment and
foi sale by iSiiA aii n "• . .
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: m»y25 Ct ‘' * Commission Merchants'.
Bawd Iron. I.
12,000 lb- 1J inch Band Iron, to arrive, for
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Notice.
The military body known as the “Mechanic
Fire Company No 2,’’ of the city of Atlanta, is
alill in existence, and baa been since its first
organize!i<*n, June 12, 1861. The members
thereof are hereby notified that the Const itntion
and Laws govarning the corps are now in full
force. You are thelefora requested to meet on
Monday night next, 1st prox., at 8o'dock P. M,
it being company drill night. W J ' ’i ..
Any citizen who may wish to join is request,
ed to call at O. H. Jonca’ or J. E. Williams’
place of business to coroll..
, H C. C. BODES,
mayS6-3t. . ,, Secretary.
To Butchers,
A fine fat Beef for sale. Inquire at this
office. It
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
TUE8DAY EVENING, MAY 26,1863.
City Rioters—Hesponstb’llty of Corpora
tions,
The late riote in some of our cities is well re
membered by all. That in Richmond was more
extentive and more damage done to properly and
robbery committed than by any other. We no
tice in the papers of that city, that they all are
and have been on trial, and that some of them
have gone to the Penitentiary. This is as it
should be.
The question of the liability of a corporation
to pay for ouch damage or robbery by a mob or
riot was raised in the City Council of Richmond
o doubt by some who had suffered from
their depredations making application to be re
imbursed for their losses. This brought out the
very able and learned opinion of the city Attorv
ney which we publish in another column. Iris
a matter of the deepest interest to the people of
every city. * • ~ ~ ' ■’* *■ v j
Knoxville Post Office.
We have ft.letter from an officer at Mon 1 *
ticello, complaining that the Post Master
at Knoxville does not forward their mail
matter-to the soldiers near the Cumberland
as promptly as he should. .'We hear other
complaints of the Knoxville office. We
know not whether they are true or false.
We trust however that the Post ‘Muter
will look to the matter and see if ;any of
his clerks fail to do their whole duty.
We were called upen this morning by
Mrs. Samuel and her daughters, whose arrival
in the South.we noticed a few day's ago. They
were arrested in Nashville on account Of being
‘‘rebels,’’ sent to Camp Chase .and imprisoned
there b.r a,.mu time, and from there to the old
Cipitol 'priaon' in Washington, from whence
they were sent Souih'with a boat load of our
exchanged prisoners. Their sufferings were
great and the outrages perpetrated on them by
the Yankees enough to disgrace forever a sav
age. They are now staving .ip our city.
We are short of our usual matter to-day
—some of our printers being sick. Beg our
readers to excuse us. Hope to be all right to
morrow. v, ,.; * , <-5 KlatiLwffl.otf •
Home Defense,
We hope our citizens will not deem us
importunate on this subject. We are sin
cere, in our estimation of its importance,
and shall insist upon the adoption of mea
sures calculated to insure a perfect policy
of home defense.
At its ltfit meeting Col. A. M. Wallace,
by request, addressed the Council on tbi#
subject, after which he, and L. P. Grant,
Esq., were requested by Council to examine
the surrounding country, and the Chatta-
hooceee river, with the view of construct
ing defensive works, and makearepoit lo
the next meeting of Council. We are as
sured this duty will be promptly perform
ed.
As to the policy of adopting the Chatta
hoochee as a line of defease, we presume
(bat these gentlemen will, after pointing
oat the pmctu -Ability of establishing this
line, leave the matter to the judgment of
our citizens, aud the decision of the pro
per authorities—the Mayor and Councils—
Hence we propose to discuss its impor
tance.
No party can make a raid on Atlanta from
any apprehended quarter without crossing tho
river from 8 to 20 miles of the city, and there
is no point along this portion of the river
which is accessible to the enemy, where we
wonld not have greatly the advantage of ground
in making a defensive stand. With these na
tural advantages afforded by the general to
pography of the country, and the available
force and a good supply of arms and proper
organization,, we can at any time repulse, or
hold ill deck at least, a Iargrbody of men
until reinforcements could be obtained suffi
cient to repel any force which oonld pass the
lines established by onr army.
“Delays are dangerous,” and while delays at
the river would b» dangerous to our enemy,
delay in preparing to meet him is equally
fatal to us.
We all remember how the prompt, but
hasty show of resistance by the citizens of
Borne, frightened back the forward scouts
of Straight, constating of 200 men, and
saved that patriotic and spunky little city
from ashes. A similar good fortune wonld
Burely attend a proper preparation for de
fense by our people.
Now so soon aa these gentlemen qualified
by experience to report on plans of de
fense. Shall intimate the proper places for
erecting batteries, Ac., let our city author
ities appeal to the citizens to furnish tabor-,
ers, and surely they can sparo a few net,
groes to do the necessary work at once,
aud no doubt we shall by such means,
mAke a small sacrifice worth millions to
our city.
The Quartermaster and Commissary De
partments here will doubtless co-operate
in behalf of the Government, with our ef
forts and afford every aid in their power in
an emergency. - •
Yt’e ask the citizens and authorities both,
to consider these suggestions, and be prepar
ed to make ail nee -eaary zecriiee* of private in
terest for the public good.
Ja the a'—a time let every mss enroll his
name with some company now forming
Fellow eitireioa, we mast meet this threat
cd danger like men, or live and die like c
»rd'.y sheep killing logs.
8, Don’t fail to read the article'-from the
New York Herald, telling how the Yankees
are going to captnre Atlanta and the Stale
Road. , . *.■
Oar Correspondence from Hargau’s Com-
auaci i i
014 Crittenden’, Fpeach—The Unprincipled Urrtxna.
tionaof hitaand UarreUDevia—TmaCrlitsndent ught
upwtth a Male Cont rset—Morgan's nebs st MozHceOa
—The cutro-e, sad indecencies ol the Abolition feta.
Spauta, lux., May 20, 1863.
Poor old Crittenden! Read his speech to
his constituents, which I send yon, and say
whether he deserves pity or contempt.* Alas,
for the frailty of human nature ! that a man
of Crittenden’s talents, distinguished as a law
yer and statesman, should be so destitute of
principle—should fall so low—distrusted and
despised even by >ho people to whom he seld
his birthright. Like Garrett Davis, heap-
pears dead to ehame, and so far front acknow to
edging his errors of the past, he boasts' or Sts
consistent humility to the abolition fanatics,
and the ingenuity which he has exhibited in
deceiving his people into the same .meekness.
He and Garrett Davis commenced in thig rev
olution by preaching ltd the people of Ken
tucky about the beauties and advantages of
neutrality. That Kentucky would be tho green
spot in the Confederacy, where the paroled
and wounded and discharged soldier could
meet his foe, who might perhaps be a broth
er, andtalk gently over the strife which was
raging in the land. They elaborated this idea
so poetically that many were touched with itb
beauty. Next followed their bold denuncia
tion of any invasion of Kentucky’s sacred bo.I,
and Garrett Davis went so far as to offer res P
lulions to arm the Stale and drive back ti e
“Northern horde” who should dare tost-,
Unapt it. Recently, when lie tried to have
Powell dismissed from the tJ. S. Senate, in
order to curry favor with the abolitionist-,.
Powell stated that he had never uttered any
sentiments half so disloyal as Davis’ resolu
tions, and taunted him with them.- Davis was
obliged lo acknowledge them, but justifie 1
himself by saying that it was necessary.in Ol
der to Hmooth the troubled waters; that Ken
tucky had to be educated' to loyalty, and any
other oouree would,have driven them with the
Southerii Confederacy. —. — - —
tOld Crittenden appears to have transmitted
to his sea Tom (now Maj. General in the Yan
kee armyl’his'moral 'turpitude in a concert-
trrled fprm. ; A short time after the battle of wiuk”jSinoe leaving Mobile. .
Fort Sumter, he professed to be ver
Ltqaftrs. ■
On je»terJay an adrertiaemeat waa hand*>i
in by , gentleman of this city lor a place in oar
editorial column, which aloud the Iioute of
Wthis V k ..an* had »u!J Pefcir. ir.d
Brandy at SJO per g»lfi<n. Me did uc.t i.......
the advrrliemctt bating the constructirtn-of an
editorial it,;,i. until our altenttou was caltrd !o
it thi* ttiot.-.iuy. We ttiuv not bin# ol tbai„ai
km 4o koow .fiat Imuty dollar* in the curr.-r.
loiiafide pi.ee u !u',u.,rs m this market.
From Oar Special Correspondent Chert.-
.Ice*. "l" j ,HJ
Richmond, May 21, 1863.
Wo are depressed this morning in Richmond
-hf the news from the Southwest— all of us, pri-
. . •• ;t* and t.tficcrs. Yet, we feel that
Providence will so order events there, that, not
withstanding oar lack of confidence in those in
immediate command at tho most important
points of attack, all will he right. Sr ! J —• -
Military movements in and around Richmond
have been brisk all day, indicating that the
Government is alive to the crisis which im
pends.
It was Tcrtuiian who said that tho “blood of
the mqrtyrs is the Bced of the chnrch.” The
axiom is cqaally true of governments. The
blood of onr brave men, ensanguining as it has
eVcry bzttle field of the revolution, will rise like
incense to Heaven', to plead onr cause and save
ns from the inhumanity <>i Yankee domination.
If General Johnston can rea'ch there in time, we
Hiii wwwppmh—t—wFsHgd—wwr** ’’ *
Our army on the Rappahannock is being mo
bilized. 1 can write'nothing larther on this
subject. A lew days will develop brilliant re
sults, if the splendor of our arms in the East
suffer no diminution from anticipated reverses
in the Southwest.
Lincoln’s proclamation subjecting to conscrip
tion all aliens in tho United States, who have
declared their intention to become citizens, (a
very proper rule and one which we aught to
have adopted long lines), has thrown quite an
influx of that class of tho Yankee nation into
Richmond. So extensive has been the exodus
that they have largely reinforced their pickets in
the counties ot Maryland bordering on the
Poioiqac. Most of those who have readied
Richmond have gone into the Confederate ser
vice. ...
Tho dockets ot all onr courts are nnusally
heavy, yet, a very careful examination has eats
iafied mo that at least nine-deaths of the crimi
nal cases belong to non-.reaidenia. Louisiana
and Georgia claim preeminence in this gallery
of crime.
Tho Departments in Richmond are, at this
time, worked to the. utmost limits of human
endurance. The only “miserablet" iu the
South, outside of Victor Hugo’s book, are the
clerks in public office. • “Stitch, slitch, r tilch,”
of the English shirt-maker, is but a poetic
representation of unite, write, write, of the
Executive clerk in Richmond. I have been
permitted, through the kindness of a friend
in tho General Post Office Department to illus
trate this truth. Night and day, for weeks,
have the gentlemen iu the Contract Bureau oi
that Department been employed in the work
of arranging the contracts for mail service in
some -four or tire - of the States of the Con
federacy. As a general thing, the bids are
unusually low, some for routes of fifty miles,
once a week, as low as one eighth of a cent,
per annum; others, however, have been ex
travagantly unreasonable- In all cases of the
latter category, the Postmaster General has
declined an acceptance, and ordered a re-ad-
vertisetitent. A bidder from Western Georgia
XI wish I was at liberty to give his name)
proposes to carry the mails for five hundred,
dollars, if paid in gold or silver, or two thous
and dollars if paid in Confederate notes.
Wonder if any hemp gTows in his conntyf
In reference to the routes ordered to be re-
adveriii-ed, the following lalsr has been sent
to tbs Postmasters at tfie' termini of the
rowtes:
“Post Oftios Dxpabtxkkt, V
Contract Boreau. . J
* Upon examination of the Proposals made
under the advertisement uf December 31, '62,
f..r the transportation of the mails in Georgia,
on R. ule No. —, the Postmaster General, in
view of the unreasonable rate of the lowest
offer, has deemed it proper to withhold accept-
ar.t e' and re-advertise for ec-.-rl e.
“Unwilling, however, that any breach in the
carriage of the moils should ensue, he directs
j that yon he authorized to gtipnlate with the
I present holder for a continuance of aervUa, at
the present rate of compensation, from June
30, 1636, until a final award end the com
mencement of service of euc'n contractor
whe-to !e=e objectionable bid may have heen
accepted.
“Voa will n>t fail lo commend to the atten
tion > f tho o iatractor, or those who may be
diip-sed to offer, under the re-advertisement
thV IVeilitles of the late Exemption law, and
part, im r.e.liitely, to this Bnrean, your
acti n uadi? this authority.” *
CHEROKEE.
quency during his absence, bnt pretended to
bo ignorant of it, and',meeting him'on the
street remarked, “Well, Tom; I ajh delighted
lo see yon. I have glorious news fur you from
Virginia. Our army nas beaten the Yankees
terribly. It wonld have done your soul good
to have seen tho scamps ran. I~kne'w you'
J*®!
would be glad to hear it, and I longed: to see'
you and tako 'a julep over it,- £|oif much
good it does me to seo the weak.kneod
dam secosh who;fell off at the first
trouble.” 'Crittenden could stand,
longer, but excusing himself,on the
{Special Oonaapoodaoca of tho Adrartistr A BcgiHar,] "
THE SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI.
HIGHLY IHTKBE3UNQ PABTICULiRV.
BATTLM OT RAYMOND’ARD BAKER’S CHEEK.
. . . Jackson, May 19..
_ I set down to write you relative to the «tir-
ring events of the last ten days, bnt without
any knowledge of how or when I will he en
abled to forward my letter, but Iruat to good
luck.
1 fit 'A H MOM MOBILE TO JACKSON.
Leaving Mobile od the 15th instant I arriv
ed at Meridian “on lime,” and the next morn-
ing obtained passage on a transport train for
F.urest, where our troops 'were being massed
under Gen. Gist. The country was wild with
excitement, and Madam Rumor was busy with
her thousand tongues. At Lake we were de
tained until dark on accbnnt of returning
trains. Here we learned' that Jackson had
been evacuated. I arrived at Forrest about 8
o’clook p. ml, aud luckily met Mr. Flannery,
the General Superintendent of the Southwest
ern Telegraph Company, who took me on his
train to Brandon. From Brandon we were to
proceed cautiously and reconnoitre. We ar
rived at Brandon at sunrise Sunday, and
walked a mile for breakfast and then returned
to tho train and started West.
The first evidence we had of the Fedcrals
was about eight' miles from Jackson, where
we found the rails prized up and bent. This
was repaired in ten minutes. We then pro
ceeded to the 48 mile post from Vicksburg,
aud some 2 1-2 to :! miles of Jackson; here
the wires were cut iu two places and torn
down to the eity. Mr. Flannery had them up
and in working order by night. The Southern
road we found torn up badly. All of. the
bridges, large and small, were burned. The
oroos-tiss were torn np, piled up, and the iron
thrown aoross them and burned. This was
done in places amounting to about one mile of
track destroyed in all to the bridge over Pearl
river, which was also burned, but not Berions-
ly. About one o’clock I crossed tho ferry and
arrived at the Owen- House,.very much ex
hausted, black’ and dirty, not having “slept a
IACK80N.
Upon enterirfg the city I Jaw what I pray God I mar
WMrawkiiA«ratiNi«<ia>laii4 woalt
**S»riU eceaeof aesaUtion.presented itself. T%
MM Utefiouthera Boad, ton Peart Hirer through
. .erv strongly
Southern, and obtained the vole of (jeb. Mor
gan’s. company to securo his election in the-
State Guard, and on fib'vf very occasion re
marked to Gen. Morgan, “There’s mi father
going to_Marioni:ouhiy to make a Deptrality
speech, instead of calling on the pt oplti to arm
and drive baok these Northern vandals who are
threatening to overwkokS,'!U*’'V That olir/it
ther however knew his calibre, and secured
him a mule contract, which turned him in a
day. A brother of Gen. Morgan, who was in
Richmond, Yaj^nUUhudiine of the battle of _
Manassas, returned to Kentncky with thei»» r .rfS»se<i toenteruta ftem P»e»§ 1 i"Mdte , ~pi£S
news. He.had hoard of Crittenden’s! delin-
ano' her portion were firing the buildings. The excuse
given for ao doing was that Mr. Edwards, the proprie-
business, glided off, and ever after avoi
old friends. Those who witnessed thi
view, described Crittenden’s chagrin
solnlcly pitiable. ■ -.--.j - t
You Save no doubt heard before this of our
late Kentucky trip, and of tho brisk race and
fight which our command had at “HorSo 8h
Bend” on the Cumberland river. Gen. Morp
received orders on the 4th of this month, to
take his command and drive back the Yank
who were reported a? having crossed (So , nil - eri . (
in largo force, and moving down on Esf" it
neesee. Oar men were greatly UnpoZribg&
the prospect of once more operating iu-\ v aieBa^ererjr^
dently. You can hardly imagine tho (-.pin
which it appeared to infuse through the whol<
oomtuand. The rivers were much swollen,
much so that we were obliged lo swim thoni,
but they offered no impediment to men who
felt like birds uncaged. By rapid and severe
marches, for -four days, during most of the
time getting nothing to eat either for horses or
men; we overtook tho enemy near Monlieollo.
Onr advanoe came up with them just as they
were about to imprison in a smoke house a
number of citizens, whose wives and families
were imploring their release. We succeeded
in capturing this party, consisting of a Lieu
tenant and fifteen men and pushed on after the
enemy. They were aware of our approach
and had ohosen a very strong position in a
bend of the river and wero awaiting our ap
proach. By 2 o'clock on Sunday the 10th, a
portion of five of onr regiments had arrived
and were immediately formed in line of battle.
Before ammunition could be distributed their
artillery opened on us. This fur a moment
caused a thrill to pass along the entire line,
but not a man fiinohed. The order was at
once given to charge and determinedly and
steadily our men moved np. After receiving
the enemy’s fire onr men raised a yell and
rushed on faster. Soon the enemy showed
signs of giving way and after a little while
broke and fled. We.pushed on until the rag
ged and precipitous nature of the ground and
the approaching darkness prevented farther
pursuit.
This is about the whole history of the
fight. It was quickly won, the enemy be
ing driven across the river, leaving their
dead and wounded in onr hands. We bu
ried 26 of their men. Our own los3 was 15
killed and 37 wounded.
The Yankees were so sure of whipping
us that they had the impertinence to at
tempt a charge,- crying out as they ap
proached, “Where are your Mogan-horae-
theives ? Where is your brave John H.?”
blanket factory Eaai of -the Confederate Hottae, the
depot hospital, small pox hoapital, the bniHings bn
the West, North and South were destroyed.
On «aio mqfct ffie tefte Not» of brlch btuldinlW
F where the medical stores had been stored, except the
3outhwcst.corner.was destroyed. In this Uncle waa
Green’s banking house, which was robbed or *800,000.
MHWtssnBMsrttJs;
of tho Misciasipman was gutted, the tjpes thrown into
the stfeet, and the presses broken to pieces and ererr-
thing injured possible. Every «tore ir. the city, irith-
•ut a single exception, was gutted, the contents given
away to those who would take them-or destroyed.
visited by them, the Federal flag hoisted on it, and »he
formture lastly Injured The Governor’s mansion
came In for a share of their wrath. The furniture was
smashed and piled up fn tho floor for burning, but
through the thterfcrcnce of some parties was not
The Catholic Church wa* fired and burned to the
ground, an a matter of course. ,
Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hails
were
the jewels, which were saved. The tmilding was
llirough the intercession of the Master of the
rfl^Bffimfohey won!
i Van Dorn did the:
W< foot disclo:
ot vandalism ih o
Holly
* viz:
Bore Cenapastas FerKtag.
re informed by Col. Lee that lie
iu this piacc have forraod
I mtiuaty company, and arc read,
bita for seme* m JeienJinw the r,iy
Br it is ay b« deemed r,e« te.ary.
Major ruuaioghsnt alao his fcroud i c.imps-
*w chiefly of gGYCiaathru (Biptayeee it
U aartrrmxK-rBani Oanmiaxry depa**™'*
Every «■!»-*» of ?ha loyal ritixeoe of all the
Soothers citite ora raforaxinif home Aetonse.
Wttk a ui.t'e*deteruH«setioe aa th* pevt of ail
the people. it mil he isepoeaihto for Y«tkea to
make mid* nuo Gcacgia.
« God vUl 1
mutte by “ A
ity J. J RicherfbJ
got It-
t Light WL and
PHeer&a.
* . _ r-7-;
The Hbv Rffi — Tie young
men of New Orleans, who are now reaching
our u'y in Ur^e number., will, we are happy
he informed, enter at oare into th
Sfr'th uof tit; Ooaff Jrro-y. It tr-uU b? ad-
TtAkbie for them to be orzaaire.l a this point
xaShcrthAd go sway touaitewnli :tfco-r crps.
By ao doing rhey c»a have the advantage of
valwiit ’rv aaae.-iatinna, electing their own of
liners, ctuth.ng bnoeiy uf $ A,-., ito.
in seel.il.g f.,r Mho, corps tho difficulties of
tour travel tsay be eocosttiero 1 Kiln »*»y
JiMfp .inttnf>r;:s.
A catap „i m-ttu. iion has been opened by
Ufcjur jj. oBM, uu.lcT th? authority of Major
Grunin!KMry, wV»r»th* p.rrieo ruav at ouoe
U'pur; ihoativ!.--
iyour I
Our men soon showed them where they
were, and J don’t think they will take such
pains to call for ua again.
Crops ate very fine iu all porta of the
country that I have visited. I never saw
finer Wheat or more of it. The bug-bear
of etavation is passed. There is wheat
enough in the part of Tennessee that we
now hold to fed our enlire army. It is
headed out in many places.
We have news this morning from Louis
ville.' The miserable abolition dictator
who is military Governor of the State,
Jere Boyle, ordered four hundred citizens
including women and children;.over the
Ohio river on Wednesday last, on account
of t|teir smiling at tho news from Virginia.
From iGallatin, Tennessee, we get the most
deplorable accounts of the terrors of their
rule there. Tho Yankee officers make a
practice of giving balls at which negro wo
men are invited. They walk the streets
arm and arm with negro wenches, and
commit such indecenciea in the public
streets that the ladies of the place are
obliged to keep their windows closed all
the'time to avoid p iineprfBg them. How
long! oh Lord, how longL
^ Semi—Occasional.
«VV. illl pshliffi th* wwk IXBXWV.-&*. Cvsttu
• i iu the Builuncr* Anteri
48 Ih.u he ...Jedeaurri. In fal‘»4g«fc camef a
hfitori ft&J fsuv3na3a,iH e very eluqueMi
ai..l ■■ -i ... : -rnl.n, b.-.i * ill) ... .1 ih - -1 .efiU-t
ref^reuro to . .ii l.:. i-Siuj* ubdseffiriag , .r,utry
XWffiNjSffiraetffiie’lk* Fnpeil Beecher
ay or destroyed,
ederals had .plenty of counterfeit money,
dit on all who were simple enough to take
oral gloom. prevails here and people are des-
that he wants capaeity. Bitter, bitter,'indeed is the
feeling against him. lean but hope that he will ehow
himself unworthy of these aspersions. I could write
yon a column of what the people say, but it would do
no good. - •
A good deal of distress and suffering ex'sts in con
sequence of the dsmqgrs done.
FEDERAL ELECTIONEERING.
The Federate hurled any number of curses .at the
“speculators,” the “d-d Dutch" and “d—d Jewe,"
and were very, particular that their feelings in this re
spect should be known. THeir curses may be true,
but they are owr speculators, our. Dutch and o«r Jews,
and so long as we tolerate them such littleness avails
them nothing to crente local prejudices, and were bnt
cowardly excuses to cover most shameful and wanton
acts.
NEGROES, HORSES, AC.
From the beBt information that I can obtain, the
Federals hare carried off about 3,000 negroes from this
nber of horses and
5 already left them
BATTLE. OR .RAYMOND.,
But little is known of this battle or the losses shs-
I > with less thad 4,-
some time, say 4S
hours, bat baring no artillery, and the enemy being
constantly reinforced, he was compelled to fall back
on Jackson for reinforcements, where there was but
few to give him. The Federals advanced on the city,
and after a short bnt spirited engagement captured JL
Onr lass altogether in killed wounded ond prisoners
will foot up about 800. Of the Federal loss, we only
know of aomo 230-wonnded in the Jackson hospitals,
and over 900 in the neighborhood of Raymond..
VICKSBURG.
I Ever since the enemy occupied Clinton, all
communication with Vicksburg has been ent
off. W« receive some news from couriers in
stflaHriralk. Nothing later thaii the lSUi from
the city. The military let out bnt little, and
for a while it is best they should be reticent.
GEN. JOHNSTON.
The rebuilding r.I >»e Tre.lvgar.Shope into
bAea’actively eouim-twei »nJ * foro* of fifty
tnr iiixlj wofkn.ei, wr,.-enfiagoJ youtsrJay »
the repair; W.-rk has hoen r*soo.*J m sever*!
ef its Lspar!rctais Already, and raw weeks
Kill re irazferea to elapse before th* works
wiiFt* in foil Ur-«i ngi.a.
. J&thncn-i £xS<r*r, fr.day.
AFTwenty-four resident:- ct Si. I : ' r,
aaai’ , hvd >m .i,?ir l,.irr., r oud fc.;. ! j
the i" ?- Frorojl Ma; -ha! T!.r . !.-■■f. -
lllrwr i I.. Ui aw.lf. :r,-n3XiO0dlC m.... ,
r IJC and iht r sr.-.e «i! ii.-> ' ‘ !*
ji^vThers is in Lyncbburij. Vs., ou th-’
premUea „i F- B- Deane, F-. . awiiiow i^rowo
from a riip tiiat s.i brongLi iYoi-* the t*.c.h oi
Napaioou, at Si. iicUita, ap i ir iu teat wiil.’W
Mis DtiAbe sit it a wreal'i ait.l »J. rn. t it * ' !i
fiuspers to lay ou the bier of the fomented
JtcksoB bhcu 5“r*e 'hruffch t a j-
B0»A despatch iu a New Y■■it f»p«r fr. “>
f.za i-’raacisco. dated May 12, says that the
ioe* ul ike Freneh army at Futbfo up to A
12th ofth Cv April anscaatftJ to 4t/H> kille ! ar, i
W0UB<3e,fi A F:rr, 'u ic,ui'j’-cemeut of '• 'A)
tats haj arrive! from Finn:? Fuet iv
Walker’s brigades to Calhoun on the railroad
to Canton. He has succeeded in coUectiug a
fine column of 10,000 or 12,000 men, which
he this morning safely threw over the Big
Black.to (he Vicksburg side. This fact has
given great satisfaction to all, and a general
feeling of relief is experienced, and it has
gone far towards restoring pnblic confidence.
BATTLE OF BAKER’S CREEK.
On-Saturday, ri4th, the r ederals having
been menacing big Black bridge by way at
Edwards’ Depot, Gen. Pemberton advanced a
heavy force OTer on this sido of the river,
»!» lit »ix miles, and engaged the ei.t my on
Baker’s Creek. Here a very heavy battle was
fought, very few particulars of which are
known. It is known that Pemberton had the
advantage of the ground—that he ‘was suc
cessful until Grant roaefied the field with re-
’inforceuionta front Jackson. Pemberton did
not, fight halt his forces. Gan. Loyd Tilgh-
man’s division was known to have been en
gaged Ha was killed. Tilghm vn command-
el at Fort Henry, and tad the alternative of
escaping »»d losing hiff army, or saving his
army and being captured hitnaelf. He chose
the tail cr^iiaffiMtijve. A few days after, Buck
ner, at Diaelson, had the alternative of escap
ing and losing bis army, or of sharing its fate
in captivity. He shared it-fate. Both were
heroic and noble examples of Kentucky chiT-
alry. Loting, who commanded our left wing
did not engage until into, when he found him
self snrrouitJttl by the enemy in heavy f .roe
*» Ha charted and cat his way thro’ thoir liars,
find man a. I ou t i'rs'al Springs, "A ZAiMn
-. nth of Jack on. After getting out, it i- ^.4
h- tpo uni." —! » ;'.p;.lj train . f dim: . of
t * .. • wiichhe.ieslruyt-il. It i-ufo, re
J . ..;d that he i&st Alt hiS attjll^xy, winch he
c .'•'■.helled I . jlmnduB, l.'u* iSit fof Wo«.
Oqr i s, ^ esi;r«Aie,l hj G-n Petoherton, is
s -.itto 'i.V r.hVitJ. and th,- et,eta> j at lt.r. «
.Im.-i th»t r Knowing thfrgrouqd,
«li»r.ro'■■ i u of the lu® t ! u‘ t Au>':
<[uitv a leascwol'le ««ti>‘.if we lu»<
:u -M. Pm.! erlutt whip( "d:Uc lu<Ot» he w:i
t.gbitng, end. when >;ra«n i-p re’s
Utad hth etdrcoehru-Wt*t.’ -eipetf**.
the liattleol Bzker’a Creek was 6,000 killed
and wounded, and that they supposed our loss
to be as great. They claim to hive captured
sixteen pieces of artillery. This may be, if
true, that ofjLoring’g- They say Pemberton
fell back torthe Big Black, crosBcd the river,
aud -burnt tho bridge. They claim to have
taken 700 prisoners. We have Ho newB of
lighting to day. 1 have endeavored to detail
such facts as I have been Able to obtain. Af
fairs are beginning to look bettor, and I sin'
oerely hope the worst has passed. The storm
has been a iong time' gathering, and our en
trenchments have not yet been attacked; ail
ha.’ been so far oat-post fighting. Vicksburg
has not yet'heeuriJrAkea. Grant’s army above
and below is estimated at 120,000 men ; and
now, to make due allowances for casualties, I
think I hat he can bardiy bring mr.ro, than 80,-
000 men into the field. CLINT.'
The Yankee Programme ol Malting Raldl
en Atlanta end the State Road Boldly
Avmrrd.
From the lone of- a leading editorial in- the
Richmond Euquir'er of Friday, which we pub-
lished yesterday—equally prophetic and de
sponding as it is—it is manifest that our oav-
alry raids aro os asueb, if not more, feared by
the enemy, than heavy battles, in which whole
armies are engaged. Tho effects of these ex
peditions, S3 there admitted, are telling fear
fully upon tho rebel strength. “They (the
Union troops) can canse much sorrow, and
heart-break our people by expeditions through
thinly populated districts destitute of troops.’.’
"TLny can rob and demoralize us within our
own borders.” “The more of our mills, ma
chine shops and railroads they will have de-
stroye'd, the more of our national resources
they will have ruined and wasted, and the
better chance they will have for an irresista-
ble advance at last.” This is the description
of the coil which is winding around the rebel
lion, given by a leading rebel journal.
In addition to our special account of Col.
Grierson’s expedition, we publish further ex
tracts to-day from Southern papers comment
ing on the iate raids in Georgia, Mississippi
and Virginia, showing how disastrous they
have been to rebel interests, by the immense
destruction of private property, crops, mills,
iron works, railroads, bridges and army
stores, which has marked the track of our cav-
’ thesufltufes, axjhfiy iwept along
like a whirlwind from point to point. Even in
thennsqcoessfnl attempt to. reach Atlanta,
made by Col. Straight, in whioh bis whole
f»ee was captured, it is acknowledged that
the result of his movements, as far as ho had
gone, were terrible. - The destruction of prop-
erty'was enormous. - He left nothing but ruin
and desolation and a terrified population be;
bind him. An Atlanta paper speaks, with evi
dent fear, of another raid now contemplated
into Georgia, the supposed object being to do-'
stray the Georgia State road- Everywhere
that our cavalry have penetrated the people
have exhibited every syrntom of alarm and
’terror.
Thus this once slighted arm of the service
proves itself most efficient, and will soon bo
more formidable than. that of the South,
where cavalry service is almost a natural ele
ment in tho character of the, people, where
almost every man is a trained rider from his
youth. Before long the names of Stoneman,
Kilpatrick, Buford,Grierson, Averill and other
oavalry. officers of the Union army will be
come as famous in the South as those of
Stonewall Jackson, Stuart, Morgan and For-
•rest have been for some time in the North, for
deeds of daring and brillianoy. ■ And yet at
the- beginning of ttie war there , was decided
objection on the part of the Government to in
crease or encourage our cavalry force. It
was.ropresented that the immense expense
necessary, would not be remumerated by tho
value of (his branch of tho army. It wat
ly'the constant pressure of opinion by.expo-
rienced officers, and the startling examples
iff " '«ir* nf It- unolgy ixUoh AeuMm-
. .military quthorifizsaAgfay atten
tion Mil," . . v
We now see how invaluable our oavalry arm
is in crashing out the rebellion, and we hope
that its interepta will.notbn overlooked, but
that its organization will be still further push
ed forward until the United States can boast
of as fine a cavalry force as any country in
the world.
Gov, Seyznenr’s Letter to tbe Veil, ridlg-
limu Meeting, V;
The New York Tribune publishes the sub
joined letter, addressed by Gov. Seymour to'tho
“Valiandigham .Sympathy Meeting," held in
Albany, on Saturday evening last:
Executive Department, ) I;
May 16, 1863. j
I cannot attend the meoting at tbe capitol this
evening', but I.wish to state my opinions in re
gard to the arrest of Mr. Valiandigham. . It is
an act which hns brought dishonor upon our
country.... It is full of danger to our persona and
our homes. It .bears upon us front a conscious
violation of law and Justice. Acting upon the
evidence of detailed informers; shrinking Irom
the light of day in the. Jut km sa of night, armed
men violated the hotise of an American citizen,
and furtively ..took him away to military trial,
conducted without Ihoac safeguards known in
the proceedings of oar judicial .tribunal. The
tranaaclion involved ! series of offences against
our most sacred rights. It interfered.with the
freedom of speech ;. it pronounced sentence
without trial, save one-which waa a mockery,
which insulted js well as wronged. The perpe
trators now srek to’ impose punishment, not
for an offenae against law; bnt tor the diare-
gard of an invalid order,' pat forth in tho ut
ter disregard of the principles of civil liber*
■ty.
If this proceeding ia approved by the Govern
ment and sanctioned\by the people, it is not
merely a step towards revolution ; it is revolu
tion pit will not only lead to, military despot
ism—it establishes military despotism. In this
respect it must be accepted, or in this respect
rejected. II it is npheld, our liberties ire over
thrown, the safety of our persona, security ol
Gen. Johnston marched with Gregg’s and out property, will hereafter depend upon (he ar*
bitrary will of snch military rulers aa may be
placed over ns, while our constitutional guaran
tees will be broken down. Even now .the Gov
ernors and conns’of some oi the great western
States have sunk into insignificance heir,re the
despotic powers claimed and exercised by mili
tary men wbo have been sent into their bor
ders. It is a tearful thing, to increase the dan
ger which now overhangs ua by treating tbe
law, the judiciary, and the State authorities
with contempt. The people of this country
a.,„• waii with deepest anxiety (lie .ieciataap *f-
the administration upon these acts. Having
given it a generous support in tho war. we
paase to see what kind of government it is for
which we are asked to pour out our blood and
our treasures. The action of the administra
tion will determine io the minds oi more than
one-halt ol the p'-'v'e 01 IPf' toytt' StfcffflC
whether this w ar is ■ xgefl-'ra p*T iftsrjjiafrit-:
lion at the 8ontb-«? destroy free institutions at
the North. We look for its decision with sol
emn solicitude.
HORATJO SEYMOUR.
fSf*It is said that Gen. Banka refused
to issue the order expelling the New Or
leans people. He said that he did not in
tend to turn recruiting officer for Jeff Da
vit. The brutal work was left'for Gen.
Bowen, who seenu to have had no distaste
for it. The prol ability is that it will not
be unmixed evil—for, we r-uspect, it will
add a few regfroent3 of first rata soldier to
the Confederate armies.
In Council of the City of Rii huond, 1
May IS, 1863. f
R- T. Danii 1, Lsq.,City Attorney, having sub
mitted to the Council his opinion, as to the Ua-
hilty of the city for value ol property destroyed
by rioters, and.the right of the Council, in the
absence of such lii^tjlity, to assume and pay
claims for such property: On motion, it was
orderqd that the same be published for the infor
mation of the citizens, in all tbe daily papers cf
the city. A. W. MORTON.
- . . 1 '' Clerk Council.
OriMON.
I am asked'to advise the Council “whether
the city is liable for properly destroyed by riot-
ers,and if litere is no such liability, whether, in
my opinion, the Council has the right, under the
charter of the citv, to assume and pay claims
for such property V ’
It ia not assumed in the terms of the question
that there has been any neglect of duty ou the
part ol the officers of the city in preventing or
suppressing the riot, which occasioned the loss
complained of; but the naked inquiry is, in ef
fect, whether, as insurer of alt tbe property
within its territorial limits, agaioBt injuries by
violence committed by mobs and rioters, the
city ib responsible for such injuries recently done
here; and fo und’-raianding it, I have no hesi
tation in giving an answer in the negative,—
There is nothing,’certainly, in thecharacter and
oi.ject of a municipal corporation (which this
citv ia) to create such a liability. It is a public
body, in which is vested a portion oi the civil
power of the State to be exercised for the pur
poses oi local government through in several
branches, legislative,|executive and judicial—a
kind of imperinm in imperio—reflecting in min-
iatnre in its relations with the local constituent
body, the government of tbe Stale ilsell in its
relations with the great body oi the people. Its
business is to institute and enforce all proper
measures, according to the prescriptions and
limitations of ils charter, for the good govern
ment of the city; and when that is done with
the best judgement its members can bring to the
task, their iunctions are appropriately discharged
and at end. For its proper performance they
are, like-the members of the State government,
amenable to popular censure at the polls, and in
cases of wilful and corrupt misconduct, to crim
inal prosecution. Among the numeioua provis-.
iona of the charter, I find nothing express or
implied to warrant the idea that such liability
exists, nor have I met with any reported case or
text-writer which recognizes any snclt incident
as pertaining to corporate municipal bodies.—
Thus, in the case of Prather vs. the city of Lex
ington, (13th B, Monroe 559,) in which it was
sought to make (he city liable to injuries to
property within its limits committed by a law
less mob, the court says: “We know of no
priOL-ijilc of law that subjects a municipal corpo
ration to a responsibility lor the safety ol the
property within ils territorial limits, nor had
any rase been cited in which s toll a principle
has been recognized or established. II such a
liability exists, what is its nature and extent f—
Does it afford protection against the acts ot the
incendiary and the mid-night depredator, or only
against the violence of a lawless mob? It
against the latter only, whence arises the dis
tinction I All the acts may be alike injurious,
and if tho corporation must secure the property
of its members in alt events, against all unlaw-
lawful violence, thero is no room for disci imina-
tion, but a similar liability would exist in each
,of the cases mentioned. There is nothing in
the nature or design of a municipal corporation
that imposes such a duty upon it. Tho chief
purpoae of such an institution is the adoption of
such measures ol police as will promote the
comfort, convenience and general w elfare of the
inhabitants-within the city, and by local laws
adapted to the condition of a dense population,
to impart efficiency to the local government.’’
Against the necessity which was felt in Engs
land ior special legislation, on this subject, and
by which such liability has been imposed on lo
cal communitiea as hundreds, towne and cities,
shows that by common law (which in this in
stance is ours) it waa not incidental to mutiici-
l .bodies, jaa such. From an early period in
e English laws, the hundreds i2*o which the
counties were divided were by Gktutes made
liable to persons robbed wit^iKthcir limits,
under certain circumstances, in damages equiv
alent, to the loss sustained; these enactments
have been greatly extended in these modern
tins riot act, the Mac* act,. a*a it is called.
for purposes very alien to the objects of thelT
institutions, and they have passed unchal
lenged, because they accorded with the feel
ings and sentimenU of the tax paying commu
nity; but, when brought to the 'est or judic ial
inquiry, they hare been condemned. Thus,
it has been deaided (bat a town corporatior
c.-uld not appropriate money to defray the’; ~
penras of a fourth of July celebration,
where a city undertook to pay the cost* 0,
litigation in whioh it was no party, and c
legally liable, although it waa supposed to iu
votve the feelings and wishes of its oitizens,
.la drafts for the amount of tbe oost* ware
held to be void. Hoiatead vs. tbe Mayor, Ac.,
of Now York, 5th, Barb. 218, affirmed on ap
peal, as regards this city, se interesting a
measure aa bringing water into tho city by
water works, waa deemed to require an ex-
presr legislative grant; so the subscription by
the oity to the improvement of James rivet,
by which a complete line of water transpona
tion from the Ohio to tho oity was designed,
though so vitally concerning its interests, was
held to require a similar communication of
power to tho corporate body. In fine, 1 can
perceive no ground of liability existing on the
part of the city in the case submitted, nor
power to assume it; and I answer the whole
inquiry in the negative.
R. T. DaaICT.,
City Attorney.
pej-.The present week, says >ae > 0. Pi ia-
y., . >,t ibe ' h U'*t, v,x- wil..c,aed the ‘‘ e -
patiiwc from their old homes of maiay whose
fa tb to <bp Confederacy eould not be shaken
by'ti.e power or softened by the clemency or
the oat Gavernatat Others will go tbl^
week Painful eqc^rarToBr Five taken j.Ure.
social and fatally ties Lav been r*ju se
nder. Men who formerly IniOTlalad is
w -i»ith have 'ifparted ia poverty taaage
are the chin-;,.' tFrribi'' tho
produced by cvr - jr
■ .id, I
:ijrh: 1 l;nv
■ r-esz * m Ji ass asur r* i
made. Ur.ag . very higuit extbitod lor bra I I Vil ^j ,, r . K1 rep.,,,- that M
Hpcle »•■(! (Tfaet’s **•.?,IDiaffi u smtreb
sources of th- N,!e hsw'firfrn atarofft df n
lively, C:-anted Ujtib ■>**.„':;» CAplaltt
had diacoWred u.e ADmangu rmr, the
1 tsUrday even
, iice L.r his principal;
sat} tcbi is. a fiaj
. and
others similar, there ia .scarcely any injury to
property committed in a violent and tumultuous
manner, that may not be redressed in that coun
try by action against the hundred. To these
may bs added the 57lh Ueo. Ill, ch. 19,.see. S8,
against injuries by tumultuous assemblies, ma-'
king thccity or toten liable, if not within a hun
dred. But wo hare no such legislation here.”
I do not know that it is claimed by , those who are
asking redress by the city for losses inflicted by the
late riot, that thoso losses have arisen from the failnre
of the Council to toko proper measures, or of tho offi
cers of the city properly and faithfully to exert them
selves, to prevent and suppress the riot; but in neither
aspect of the case do I consider tho city liable. The
Council, it is true, by the charter, imist ■•adopt meas
ures to suppress riots, gaming and tippling houset,”
Ac. They have the power to impose finer, within a
certain limit, and they have the.appointmentof officers
and police—(not the Mayor, however, nor the Captain
of the night watch-the principal officers,-.whu are
elected by tho people,) and they may define and pre
scribe tho duties ot these officers—but these aro public
duties of a legislative.nature, for which the madders
are responsible only in their political, representative
character. In lids, they aro to be distinguished in
their action froth members ot a private corporation,
for “private cort orations, exercising the corporate
functions for the benefit of the members, are liable to in
dividuals for an omission or malfeasance of those func
tions-otherwise of public corporations, instituted for
purposes of government, unless an actiou be given
delinquency of duty on the part of the police, in pre
venting or suppressing the riot, occaslootng the less
complained of, render the city liable; for these officers,
although appointed by the Council-and a portion—the
Mayor and captain of the night Watch, who are not so
appointed—do not bear lo ihe eity the relation of
K ents to a principal who is liable for their acts. “The
leers < f a city are ma: i civil officers of tiie Govern
ment, although appointed by the corporation. They
are personally liable for their malfeasance or nonfeas
ance ia office, but for neither is the corporation liable.
Omissions of a duty imposed upon them by law, pro
ductive of injury to another individual, are not a cor
porate injury.” “The corporation appoints them to
office, but does not, in that act, sanction their official
miscondnct.” Prather v\City of LexlDgton, tot sup.
“Because the corporation is, as to the passages of or
dinances and the appointment of officers, a Qroertmat
exercising political power, it is irresponsible for official
misconduct of its officers, upon the same principle
which generally protects Governments and public
officers from liability for the misfeasances and mal
feasances of persons necessarily employed under
jltc service. Municipal corporat or,.,
upon the same foundation with public
—e-, lownsliips, and other q-.ni corpo-
^.d with Fi.uie public duty, or Invested
with route part of the autt...iity of Government, where
employment of officers is necessary and lawful ’’ Dar-
gan t-j, Mayor of MobOe, 81st Ala. R. [_\. BJ 4C(t. “A
city is no general warranter against the acts of Indi*
police may t,- apjpealed to, ior the pat
enting injuries, but if such police erv in
, if injuries occur because they are meifi-
di-. barge of the duti.s with which they
ore invested, th, city at large cannot be held respou-j-
blc for acts of tlnrd perrons, which, under a more
sagacious and efficient police, might por.-il.ly have been
prevented.—Howe u New Orlc.ua, 13th Lou.-An. K.
*82.' .
As to the second branch of enquiry, if ths
position be well founded—“ that tbe eity is
not responsible for property destroyed by ri
oters”—it follows logically that the council
has no “ right to atta-ne and pay claim for
such property, uafew the power be claimed
for it to donate tbe corporate fond lo objects
which cay excite the sympathy and compas
sion for its meraheiir. But a municipal char
ter, being in derogation of common right, is a
syolem of strictly delegated powers. The
power of caking by-lavvs is unquestionably
&n incident to the very existence of a corpor
ation, though it is rarely left to implication,
bat is usually conferred by the express terms
of the charter, aud when the charter enables
a coiporaiion to make by laws in certain ca
ses snd for certain purposes, its power t 1c
gfelqliC-U it limited lo the eases ami objects
sprained, »ii others being excluded by irupi-j
cation, fo ro,-e and appropriate mcney i,
ncoug ik<; powers to be thus ex.r.ised, but
thio Must be done merely la etfectiutie the ob-
j -rt ..pti .tied in tue tuarler. In our chartc,
I thes.' .d j-Us av,- all ,1.-fined—among which is
■ no cure ut the p..or—but os a class, defined
''ltd regulated by lew, and not embracing in-
divtdusJe whoee^m'iana may have been more
or less affected by the vicissuadesof lifo. To
be sure, in a teesnt amebded charter of the
oily, the enumeration of tee granted powers
is acrcmponicdky some very KAnrral language,
.us- ziptive of the council’? authority to pass
'•> laws “ whi.-h they thaii deem nzeeacary
.. . thejpzace, comfort, cjn»«aie»ca good or
der, .o. J morale health or safety of sai l aity,
or of the people or property theiem.;'' bat
eTarqucotc®^ thru ty % welt a;tablifhed rule of uenetruu-
tioc, these general expression*
aimed with reitresee to the r<
of rwuunsert awl«
Murder of Southern Prisoners by Order of
Burr side.
A dispatoh dated Sandusky, Ohio, May 15th
says: Two prisoners, T. P. MoUraw and Wm.
tjorhin, sentenced to suffer death by a conn
martial at Cincinnati, were executed on John
son’s Island, near Sandusky,at 1.40 this after
noon, They were both killed at the first fire,
and died without a struggle. Their bodies
were delivered to their firiendsfrom Kentncky,
by order of Gen. Burnside.
Five prisoners who have been sentenoe'd 'lo
death, and are ordered io b© executed ou the
29th inst., arrived hers this evening.
The two Confederate prisoners murdered at
Sandusky by ordor of the whipped Yankee
bully Burnside were a oaptoin and lieutenant,
who were oharged with recruiting men for -tho
Confederate scrvicein Federal territory—Ker.
tucky and Tennessee. Aa the entire Southern
States is claimed by the Abolition despotism
as federal teryitory, tho murdered otlicars wove
as guiltless of offence as any Confederate off.
oer in the service, and their execution ny
Burnside can be regarded in no-other light,
than os a cold blooded murder. We are grati
fied to learn that it is so regarded by our gov
ernment, and that measures of retaliation have
been determined ou. The Richmond Dispatch
says:
Two of the Yankee officers »ow in the Lib-'
by prison are shortly to be hanged, in retalia
tion forthe murder by order ofBurnside of ore-
cruiting Confederate Captain and I.ieutenunt,
arrested by his order in J'enneasoe and Ignomiu.
ously murdered under his recent ‘Death Order.’
The Yankee officers of the grade of Captain
aud Lieutenant are to draw lots for the pur
pose of determining who shall suffer in their
stead. Thic news, which mast prove disagree
able to the officers of the grades mentioned,
has been communloated to them.
8@L.Bon. J. J, Crittenden has advanced a
step towards the subjugation of tbe South —
He has declared against an armistice and for
tbe prosecution ot tbe war.
fit®”Last Sunday week, the Palmar cotton
mill, at Palmer, Mass., was destroyed by flra.
Loss $269, 000. Three hundred persons were
deprived of work by it.
fltdT’The receipts of grain last Sunday and
Monday weok at Buffalo, N. Y , amounted to
iris ■< -(■■■■ llmfd 1 . 1.00 “00 b»lo
Sinoclar A--mission.—The London Times
remarks that In one of the latest American
ministerial dispatches the opinion is expressed
that the officers of the Federal Navy are in
ferior to Southern commanders.
Personal.—Gen. Beauregard and Staff ar
rived in Savannah on Friday, and are staying
at the Pulaski Bouse.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS^
Negroes to Hire.
Q WOMEN Mil J B fs Thsy or* alt cholvs kvaw »cr-
rt»U. npfij tv W D BURTON,
at R B Robson A Co'*
• 10 REW ARO
W ILL baptij lor th* ram-very of my OOW, itrsyad
ir.m u.y premUa* on Mcftowmxh stmt. She is
ratli-r Muail, ll t st i«d, parity white on nits, erat face,
tuiell Lola,, ai.J tail slightly .-lippaA,
* N SPILL Bit,
Pistol Works, Atlanta, Os
nny?6 3.*
$100
M NAWAY.au
REWARD,
R AN A WAT, or SH Stolen ft. m toy plantation In Osttr.-
b -tt couuty.ua, on the nUbt of the 6th a vea r *
Women namej Ssrati, and rhi.t Tbs woman .>* ai' *ai 20
jeaie old, very tell, dark copf cr rotor, with a ace- i . bat
rfeht atm, between ihe elbow and it voider, and on. tooth
oot of the left u,.|i»r Jaw The child u a bright mu vita
ab< ul 4 mouths old- The woman save ah, was relreq In’
Appling county Qa. hy lease Moraiy. The eobacriKc
purchased her iron. Henry Minahart A Brea, Savannah.
Oa. Nov 4th, 18o3 I Will give the above reward for her
delivery in any safe Inti where 1 onn aet her
L A DANFOBTH,
Salt Pprirgs, damp boll Co, Os
may! 6 rim*
E. M. EDWARDY,
AUCTION
AN D
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 13, ‘Whitehall 6tr«et
JOHN S. HUTCHINSON, Amctioaear
re
V OTIOE U Lort-Lj giawn that all Iiautiog and Yithiag
a.1 a ill U prohibited on the pteini*** of tfe« Dptfai-
ilgDtod. ulUvh lj •(«.itkl pe’mixsico, aaid praiaiMa l§ all
QistKr t< w». toad ia* iloe* distinctly marked.
Persic o1 l jyt, that axe penult ted to rus at large
alU i-ako tot'.LO «j « *»e daienulOAd u» aot»rce the
WILU1 fl. JOMKS,
a .
nsffij I'&'lOi*
0. A JOJfRg.
SITUATION WASTJKU.
A Profeee^r of an accompli iked
tererfcl infltmoicnU, wlUif § ac
Profw.eor oi k. iplUh, M a hem at ice. LkUn, Gretk^d
L , Pmfaawc PROelNuiaLXiSls >“
WOLES OR STRAY KO.
r'E.'M my pTcrutaes cn WhUetaall Street, on Wr Jnss
I. day DswhL lt»u. a reddieh biown mare
Milje on tMji ihcuHir,
n*are tanle* blach
and a little hip-ehoi, ace abonc
ard will be paid tor itc delivery
• fcl. EDWAM»X t
WUtehaUfSiitet
AUCTION.
R. M. PARKS & CU,
WED’S »AY,'WtkV ST/, at VO O’cloik. a. m ‘ *
Ou i bhoa Sfkiotd.
‘rt i bi q ?mrAiug T. L-ffioc..-.
co»vt? Kwiiickiaick
26 k*|9 >>id MdcumKkjli
I Wiwe
emu* -Saj-orior French Brand7
&& ACO eei r*n« Solves ruD r
2-> 4ci Pc*cka« En<vaa
I lH£n^ar!..r Walter*
SO h x*9 Flse 34 Tobacoo
dOdot Confederate BiAckic^
Unparlor Snsumtr C’.'thing
4 ad a food many ether article*.
for -»Le abrva eoliciled, and aii
baofhi in ctu Tneaday kefom tale da>.
^ B. M. PARKS k C4*,
tfieyao 2t Whitt hull au*et.
J
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left U|
Fru
. cSergs of tbs ferfcj*! wuntritvJ —.
enemy we leata t 'ii ttcif loss in
irjjeju, woo hod o»t4«At# i.rau.ih t: the Ajlw. it
SafeD’iag 12 rniu N, iatbeVt
li, a tike 4t.-e^i ct-.-l by C iptai:
fogs Of pBUiS VOTJIOM.tSA#, Of **ptaiit«M S msqfSttt*
GROKS RAN A WAV.
VJANAWAY from the sabemifor two negvoea Selinws
tt M««n «h »t tt yean oW, dwrk eompiejion, nbcut
6 fewt ( at H iaeb<u> high, wfffeha aboat 140 or 146 nnunds,
in 6}jnn coeaty, G>, kj Frwants Eearieot.—
3S yean n14, Mack complexion, sheet 6 Uni
wvtfks akect 13S toosM*. was rsUed
.. Qo .has lived in Sovoaaah,On Stor
yen he lived ia Ectasia, Aim. aalaeid tc
m and Tanned, ana out read asd write.—
auum^t tip* te flavanaak or to tSw fotua
nmrt wiil ha paid for their delivery K/Tr.i
***• Campbei'iton, OampbiU?uBtj, rls