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The “Ptyglng” Prilgrerame
Anew programme has been suddenly sprung
open our people by the iadef ulgable foe th -t has
eo long and persistently menaced them. Alter a
quaff armistice of tour mootbs, in which entire
miliary operation* ee-s n to bare been generally
suspended by mutual conseM, B,d wbioh has
nerved to lull us into a sense n! fannied imu amty
from disaster and inlse hopes of a speedy ueeca,
we find ourselves at onoe m the mi* *t of military
operations more energetic anJ more comprehen
sive than at any time daring thu Usury of this
war, eieeptlng Only tire eventful winter ol ’til. Ail
along the magic circle of oar iii'au defenses, —
from the delta of the Mississippi to the banks op
the Rappahannock, Die artilieiy ,/i the enemy
■earns to have suddenly opened v> ith a starting
roar. Need we say that the people hare beeu
taken somewhat by surprise .
Sldm the outset of this great campaign, the
enemy hag essayed every expedient to subjugate
og. He hag attempted to crash os by the sheer
force of superior numbers and appliances of war,
to weary ug into submission, to starre us, to
break the ‘'book- bone of the rebeil on,” to “pui
Teriee" an, to enoiicle og in the coils of tbe “ana
eonda," to “goobie" as up, and to an mb fate us
by tbe scorching brea b of Proclamations—hnt
oil without avail. lie bus now adopted tbe ‘ peg
gtng" system of tactics ag the last and most ei
fscttve means of success, and these pegging ope
rations constitute the theme ot ad the telegrams
Just now. Very offtetive they seem to be, too,
and are not to be tr utod oontemp.asmsly They
Indioste u new and sharp pbr.se ot n neraisbip,
and unwonted boldness on tbe part of the cue
my, snob as hie previous course m uld not here
given him credit for. Kuhar gome new muster
spirit has obtained tbe centroid g power, or else j
oar foe has jumped into a gtr»o.. o good luck by j
big very recklessness, just as mi speculation j
may sometimes wiu when wise di-u crameut and
rarest prudenoe fail, li e moTtnu n s in Loin.ti
ona have been attended with a considerable de
gree of success, and tbe running »1 so many of
big gunboats past the batteries at f cksburg bay
give i him no email ajvautazo, while at the name
time it bus worked us much rniseb «f.
Bat it ie not of these noble eat outs that wo and
signed to apeak. They are more the rr tit of a
year’s persigteal pegging, t an o< a eudden bril
liant master-stroke. it .1 the late during and
estansivi raids into Mississippi, Alabama and
Tennessee, are operations of quito a different
character Irom those in which they have hereto
fore engaged. For brilliant dash, celerity of
movement, successful evasion ot pursuit, nm
wholesale destruction ot property} they rival tho
exploits c? Morgan and Smart Toe Yuukoo
cavalry, or rather mounted riflemen —a dope lpti n
Os troops admirably adapted for the otjeota they
have in view—dividing inlo squads of a tew hun
dreds each, have suddenly run through unpro
tected sections of the South, deetroy’ug as they
want co ton factories, female seminaries, hospi
tals, bridges, railroad tracks aud stations, tele
graph lines, growing crops, stores ol augur,
action and molasses, stealing negi .it* aud homes,
and carrying oil' oilmens. They h ive penetrated
the State of Miss saippi almoet within sight of t. e
Gulf of Mexico, with but slight impediment to
their progress by our troops. In Tennessee they
dashed down to the town of Hiilaboro’, passing
almost under the guns of Mane at er, ntid right
auder tbe nose of tbe military. They na»o rav
aged in Northern Alabama, i.od peaetratau nearly
to Borne, iu this State. Very similar h s beet
their movement south of tho Rappahannock,
where they have been enabled to da-h in betwieu
the forces of Les and Stuart, even to tbs defences
el Richmond.
We do noi purpose to speculate upon the object
el these interior ra dr. t’on won opinion, us
well se the boastful assertions of the invading
parties themselves, agree that it looks to more
gigantic and vigorous movements Hgatrst oar
chief strongholds upon the Mississippi riser, in
conjunction with menacing operations against the
foroee of Johnston and Brrgg, boMic, the socih
west. Many ot our eentemporn> ies hare been
disposed to obarve the military authorities with
unpardonable negligeuno, and n lac* of a ->■* uls
trative oepaoity, in not p'evtallug laoso incur
etene, or at least in cot cutting i.l me 'retreat ol
the invaders, and demand h-.uei* of more ability
and energy. It is true that these raids bare been
attended with marked success; but wo must re-
flect that a rapid gallop of troopers through a
country where they were totally act tpeoied, and
those troopers divided up into several commas,
operating simaUaneously and with celerity in vu
rions direcdons, is not easy totprevent. Our mil
itary officers doubtless did all that wa3 within
their power to do, under the circumstances, ard
wears inclined lo award Item credit rather tom I
censure, for burrassing the enemy as much as
they hare done. They Certainly ch oked ibeir
advance at various prints, and succeeded in till
ing and capturing many of them Oar latent tela -
graphic accounts are more favorable,:-:. (.cour
age the hope that the enemy will be punished for
his tear erity.
From all wa can gather, the Irek oi to at sinnal j
success which has so oilec o-owned our efforts •
heretofore iu outwitting and btffiihg the enemy, i
te mainly due to the mistaken pi'-icv wb.ic.i de I
prlved oor partis.n g-nera'so. lode. cadent com- I
mends, and made them subordinate to other . t -
acre. The enemy's mounted infantry ehrald he ,
met by bodies similarly eqa pp -d, as Forrest’s j
Sad Morgans’brigades w,rr, rec to go « uore j
they can scuff out danger, or sea at epp rt.uciiy
to hurt the enemy, ami operating ou t ucd.r gca
eral and not specific orders Under this regime
these chieftains foiruerly accomr a-ed taJ h.
To the opportune release of Forrest fro Van
Horn's authority, we doubtless owe t.» >a"“ty oi i
our towns and property in North-western Od jia,
the defeat of the enemy at various poi is we re
be was pursuing his successful rail .ami the brat
oapture of one of his maraud- 1 g parties, . 00 i
strong. But Morgau—tha UisUing Moii a:.—>. dose
exploits have electrified the country, tu ttrnok
terror into the hearts of the foe—still in the lead
ing strings of W heeler, himssT varrowiy escaped
coptore at MoMtmv He. Cuts Lis hands, .yjd
oooe more at the head of bis brave partisan
rangers, he will do efficient service. A large held
la now open for such men as he.
Am to the late Federal raids, it would have been
;ost »« easy for our forces to hare galloped
tbreugh important and exposed portions of the
j Yankee domain, and with equalsuccess; and it
seems that n similar stroke of policy on our part
woold inure greatly to onr advantage. Let ns
i “peg away * also. Os this plan of operations, we
shall hare more to say enop. It is evident that
! our foe is to be more active than ever daring tbe
i next month or two, and if we have been by any
I means lulled into inactivity and carelessness, K
: behooves ns to be more than ever on the alert,
I and to tend all onr energies to the taak of not on
ly circumventing him, but of inflicling upon him
everywhef; alt the injury in our power. Like the
Irisnm-ia at Donnybrook fair, ‘‘wherever there
is a bead, hit it."
Our hruat opportunity.
We are now upon what may.b9 ,hulled strictly
“ a war looting." The patriotism and self denial
t the people, th 3 Jmrgy or b e Government,
sound statesmor.ship, and jadtSießs financial meas
ures, have combined to give us a strength and po
sition that we have never enjoyed LofoT*. We
now stand upon a basis that will enable us to car
ry on wr.r indefinitely and witi/uu‘ 1 nposiag bor
ders too onerous for Die sliouldei* ot the people.
We are assured of an abundance of food, if the
heavens but smile propitiously. TheOovernment
will be provided wiUi supplies tor tbe army by
tbe receipt of an immense amount of produce
paid .n as taxes. We are rescued irom the siongh
i of a redundant currency by 'he retiring of a
large amount of notes outstanding, and tbe tax
to be paid in money will pay the interest on the
public dent and fill the other ordinary expenses
of the Government. We have, thin, by the solu
tion of those’ important financial problems which
the straits imposed by war havs forced upon us—
diminished our uxpeoaes, curtailed our indebted
ness, provided the means of purchase, cheapened
(we hope) the price of the necessaries of life,
restored contidenee in the currency, exorcised the
fffl demon of starvation, and made our accumu
lating supplies ol provisions avaffabl • for the use
of tbe army. And the secret Ys success is
the practical acknowledgement of those great
fundamental principles which history and all past
exporter oes have made pat’-nt, t amely, that taxes
are indispensable as a baa s for a paper currency;
that depreciation of currency is caused by ite ex
cess ; and that the rate of depreciation is usually
proportionate to the amount of the excess in its
Issue.
Having thus created and strengthened tbe sin
ews of war, nothing remains but to strike vigor
ously and opportunely ; and tbie, we conceive, is
the duty of tbe Governmant at the present time—
tbe more so, beoause our enemy was never so vul
nerable as now. It is true, that be has never, in
the history of the oampaign, manifested more bold
ness or energy ol purpose than be has done the
pant week throughout ilia entire Held of his Booth-
Western operations; but bis efforts are like the
tremendous blowß of the pngilist, “ striking wild”
on his last round. Balked and baffled, and per
plexed, by the complications that surround him
at home, in the camp, end at the theatre of war,
he has now, by his own confession, gathare-f op Bis
thews for one desperate attempt to retrieve the
lorses of the past, nrd work oot new material
will! which lo prop tbe falling hopes of his die
appelated minions. If be fail, the wbole fabric
falla with a crush. And if he succeed ever so
well, his victories and advantages will be suddenly
cut short by .the advent of auuurar beat, with its
concomitants of fever, disability, and low watariu
the Hit earns uow navigable, even though handre Is
of thousands of volunteers were then to rjdo in
upon ilia lop wave of suocess to till up the ranks
d-pie tea by the expiring termv ol enlistment.—
Bat we do not assume any such possible contin
gency. We expect soon to hear that tho enemy,
which ban so successfully penetrated tbo heart of
our country, has been punished for hia timerity ;
that he will find his lines of retreat unexpectedly
cut off ; and that the fert le bottoms of Mississippi
will prove a irap from which he will never wrig
gle out.
We were forewarned of these military move
ments Hi—t are now so seriously engaging publio
attention, and if we were n ,t forearmed, we ought
to have been. We expected and predicted jnat
such active military movements esare now trans
piring, to occur in tbe short interim between this
and July ; but we know that a defensive policy
must necessarily be adopted by the North for
some months thereafter. We know that a very
large body of troops are to be soon freed from
duty; that their place a, if Bile l at all, must be
supplied by conscription, to which there is strong
opposition ; that the conscripts must be drilled
for some months bifore they can bo brought into
the Held- We know that the Federal Govern
ment is distracted by diaaeusions at home, and
mystified by tbe movements ot the Confederate
generals; that it is disheartened by multiplied
! failures and defeats, and tearful of more terrible
; calamities yet to come ; that it is oppressed by its
I financial difficulties, and feartol of foreign com-
I plications. For the first tuna siuee the war began,
| it is willing to admit that more than ninety days
! are necessary to crush the rebellion. Its situa
tion is not happy.
Wo have said that we have passed our own
crisis; that of tha North is to come. Bappose
that the Federal* resolve still to “sustain tlie
Government.” Bappose, also, that the Adminis -
tration adhere to its purpose to adopt a stand
still polioy until the autumn. Are we therefore
to be idle! Are wo to wait patiently until his
arm-es are lull, h* enemies at home prostrate at
his feet, and his power everywhere consolidated ♦
We trow not. It is not altogether with the ene
my to say whether or not great battles are to be
fought this summer, or wbeie or how. Now is
cur great opportunity. We should strike vigor
ously while the enemy is yet staggering under oft
repeated and effective blows, nor desist irom our
assault as long as ho occupies any portion of our
territory. We o.ui thns ,-horleu the war aaii hsa‘en
ihe day of our deliverance , but if we permit him
to recuperate his wasted strength and multiply
his resources, we snow not how long the war
may be prutr icted.
MasAtsov tbs h kdssal Omosus. —Some of
the Northern papers have not a very exalted
opinion ot the morals of the officers of the Fed
eral army. It is quite evident from the accounts
we receive that many oi Lincoln’s gold-lace of-
Petals a<% devoid ot all sense ol honor and shame,
as well as humanity. A correspondent of the
Chicago Tunes speaks ti ns coccsming the ac
tions of officers in the Federal army at Murfrees
boro :
The commission of atrocious crimes and all
sons o diegracelol ctl.-ccrs by officers, high and
low, from cbioael to lieutenant, is ol daily occur
rence. One officer has been guilty of theft,
mother oi drunkenness, a ihird has proven him
self a cow aid, a fourth has had a fistic encounter
wi b a soldier, a .t* h was caught in the company
oi negro wenciies, and so ou ad irtfinitum. A
lieutenant was recently toned in a miserable log
hut, long alter tattoo had been sounded, in a con
dition of drunken bestialiiy. A few cedar logs
were heaped together m the tire-place, and tne
ore leaped cta-eri!> up the ebitnuey. la tbecen
| tre of me roam a barrel served as a table, and
; around t er» sat the leutonaat in the fall nui
1 term o; a United States officer, playing cards
‘ with three b.u oer-sippe-d, greasy negro wroches.
i c-turt ms Lad was cuuvtSed, and the offender
was charged with vioiai-.’U ot one of the articles
1 oi war, or iu oioer words, with conduct unbecom
; eg an officer. To tns cnarge thera was a single
s-- c ficatioa, selling forefi the ume, r are, and
I circumstances of the alleged offence. Tne court
c ai iu doe form. Tbe charge was read, and the
accused plead not gouty. The spec.ficauon was
i men ree ted. and lor this th. accused naively
plead guilty ‘ Here men, was the height of abo
i iuion extiaragsace Guiity of keeping compeny
j With negresses, but not guilty of conduct nnbe-
I coming so offiosr t
“Tit ron Tat.”—We are pieased to see that onr
forces m Western Virginia are giving the Yan
kees a little re.aliatorv taste of raid-making, and
we only hope that they will follow it up until they
have got square with them on the late South
western account. Morgantown, Unionlown and
Fairmoant are all on tha Pennsylvania border,
near that portion of Virginia known as the Pan
j handle. Tbts is carrying the war born* to the
I tnesny’s door.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 12. 1863.
Gag. Bhaoo’s Kxpobv or the Battli of T’seei.
villi.—We present our readers the following re
port of the battle of Perryviile, whiob we believe
bag bot recently been published. It throws much
light on the Kentncky campaign, and will doubt
less remove many erroneous impressions that
have prevailed in reference to that movement:
liXADgtJARTfiRS, Dkpahtjunt No. 2,)
Bryantsvilie, Ky., Get. 12th. J
Sir—By a great pressure of active engagements
I have been unable to comrannicate since my last
dGpatoh until now. My rapid tour of insptetion
was suddenly terminated at Frankfort, jus; at the
olose of the ceremony of installing the provisional
Governor into otliae. A heavy advance of tbe en
emy on that point rendering it necessary for me to
oenceutrale my forces. Gen. Polk was at tbe same
time heavily pressed at Bardstown, and he, in ac
cordance with previous orders, felt back towards
Harrodsburg.
Not having succeeded in getting mr supplies
from Lexington to my new depot near Bryants
vilie, it was necessary to hold as large a portion
of Gen. Smith’s forces in that direction.
Finding the enemy pressing heavily in his
rear near Perryviile, Maj Gen. Hardee, of Polk’s
command, was obliged to bait and check h m at
that roint. Having arrived at Harrodfit.org trom
Frankfort, I determined U give h ; w bettie there,
and accordingly concern,ated three tLv'nioya of
my old command, the army of the Mis-issippi,
now under iltj Geo. Polk —Cheatham's, Buck
ner's and Anderson’s, and directed Gen. Polk to
take tbe command on the Tib, andr itaok the
enemy the next morning.
Wilber's division bad gone the car before to
support Smith. Hearing on the night of the
seventh that the lorce in trout of Smith h»,t rap
idly retreated. 1 moved early next morning to be
present at the opera.urns of Polk’s forces The
two armies were found cocttontiog raoh other
on opposite sides of toe low not Perryviile. Af
ter consulting with the General, recounoitermg
the ground, and examining bis dispositions. 1 de
dined to assume the command, but suggested
some changes end modifications ot bis arrange
mente which he promptly adopted.
The action opened at 12>$ P. M., between the
ekirmtehers and artillery on both sides. Finding
the enemy indisposed to advance upon os, and
knowing be was reserving heavy reinforcements,
( deemed it best to aosail btm vigorously, and so
directed.
The engagement became general soon thcreaf
ter 4 and erntinued vigorously from that time un
til dark, our troops never failing and never fal
tering in their efforts. From the time engaged it
was the severest and mom desperately contested
engagements within my knowledge. Fearfully
outnumbered, our troops did not hesitate to en
gage at any odds, and though checked at times,
they eventually carried every pos lion, and drove
the enemy about two miles. But for the inter
vention of night we would have ounpleted the
work. We bad captured 15 pieces o! artillery,
by the most daring chargis, killed aud wounded
two Brigadier Gtnerals, and a very large number
of inferior officers aud men, estimated at no less
tban 4,000 and captured 400 prisoners, inoinding
tbree staff officers with servants, carriage and
baggage of Maj. Gen. McCook. The ground was
literallv oovered with his dead and wounded.
In such a conff ot, our own loss was necessarily
more —probably not less than 2,500, wounded nod
missing. Included in the wounded are Brigadier
Generals Claiborne, Wood, and Brown, gallant
and nobler soldiers, whose loss will be severely
felt by their command <•
To Maj. General Polk, commanding the forces,
Msjor General Hardee, commanding left wing,
two divisions, and Maj. Gens, Cheatham, Buck
ner and Anderson, commanding divisions, is
mainly due the brilliant achievements on tbs mem
orable field. Nobler troops were never tn re gal
lantly led. The country owes them t debt of
gratitude which I am sun? will be acknowledged.
Aseertaning that the enemy was heavily iti -
forced during tbe bight, I withdrew my lorce
early the next morning to Harroilsburg and tkence
to his point. Maj. Gen. Smith arrived at llar
rodsbnrg with most of his forces and Wither’*
Division the next, day 10'h„> I
withdrew the whole to this point, the enemy fol
lowing slowly but not pressing ns. My future
movements cannot be indicated, as they will de
pend in a great measure on those of the enemy.
The campaign here was predicated on a belief,
and ihe most positive a eurances, that the people
of this country would rise «n mass* to assert their
Independence. No people ever had so favorable
an opportunity, but I am distressed to add, there
is little or no disposition to avail themselves or it.
Willing, perhaps, to assert their independence,
-hey are mither disposed nor willing to risk their
lives or tbeir property in is achievement. With
ample means to arm 20,000 men, and a tores with
that, fuily to redeem the State, we have uot yet
issued had the arms lyi’t us by casualties incident
to the campaign.
1 am, very reepectfully, your obedient serv 1,
Braxton' Bhaog,
General Commanding.
To Adjutant Gsnera', Richmond, Ya,
Jest from tub Nouth. —The editor of the
Richmond Examiner had had a conversation with
a gentleman just from tbe North, who has been in
Washington several months. From the scecunis
he gave of matters and things ia generai we
gather the fallowing news.
There is great talk in Washington of the pros
pect of a war with England ; it is believed that tbe
last dispatches sent oat to that c luntry, supposed
to relate to the recent position taken by tbe fing
lish government in tbe matter of privateering, and
tbe seizures at sea by Federal cruisers, are of a
threatening eharaoter, the official organs have
warlike articles giving a semi-official exposition
of the views ot the Federal Cabinet; it is stated
that Stanton and several other members are ia
favor of a war with England at once; they con
tend that the N, rth is iu reality fighting England
now; Seward thinks a war with England very
undesirable at pressnt, unless absolutely una
voidable, and Lincoln thinks hie position the
best.
The authorities at Washington are very sore
over the Charleston defeat; they were so certain
of success lhat they had already, previous to the
tight, sent dispatehes to England, giving errone
ous impressions. Lincoln siys he still intends
“to have Char.eston re occupied by Baited
States forces.”
Secret Abolition leagues are b iug formed
throughout the North, sanctioned by tha Federal
authorities ; political tracts and speeches are be
ing circulated extensively by the Abolitionists;
the ofcjeci is to infiaenee the army, and counter
act any peace sentiments; g.eai dem natrations
are to be gotten up by these league* in the large
cities in iavor of the “ war and government.’'
Washington is sa’d to ba very gay, notwith
standing tha depression existing in other sections
of the North. Nothing appears to dampen the
debauchery ot the Federal oapitol.
Mr. Lincoln looks badly, his connleasaee is
haggard and care-worn, and in his whole appear
anee he sh ws a trouble and unhappiness of mind;
his health has seriously declined; be intends soon
to take a trip through the North for his health.
Mrs. Lincoln has got to be a very fast woman ;
she never appears in publio but in tha most sp! n
did and osteuaLious manner; she drives cat in
splendid liveried equipages, and fcerdreEf93 lit
erally daatoe the eye, her whole person bedecked
with tinsel-like ornaments and gaudy aCjrnels,
put on in no taste; in fact her while toiLtti
shows the vulgarity ot tho Western boosier. Great
court is paid to her, and her vanity has been flat
tered and fed until she affects all the ettiquette
and exclusiveness of royalty.
The gentleman winds up r,i statement by say
ing that Washington has become, from the beatr
ful oily it once was, the most complete and
thorough-going Yankee town of all Yankesdom.
“Thx Horsjblk” toeNoetsees Ccxscxrpviox—
The Northern papers are continually serving up
to their credulous readers some horrid tale of
Southern cruelty. They do this to excite more
intense feelings of hatred against the South if
possible. The Lincoln official organ, the Wash
ington Chronicle, has just published a Munchau
sen tale of the “horrid" order. It reads thus :
A party of thirty refugees have reached Nash
ville from East Tennessee and Cherokee eonnty,
North Carolina. The Onion savs th»v reiaie
many revolting cruelties practiced by trie rebel
fiends iu that fearfully oppressed region upon
loyal cittoans. They stave two companies’ of
Cherokee Indians are acting as provost guard in
Knoxville. These savages act in the most horrid
manner. The rebe. cavalry scour ihe country in
squads, one Indian accompanying each party, in
search of the Onion conscripts, who are endea
voring to ilee the country. The rebel provost
marshal has offered the Indians five dollars for
every Onion man they kill A short time before
the refugees fled, they saw n party of Indians
coming in with a string ot fourteen ears, which
they had out from the dead bodies oi Onion men,
this being the mode adopted to eount their vie
urns, for each ear they received five dollars
from tbe rebel commander.
Tbe Exemption Act.
The following is a copy oi the act amendatory
of the “ Exemption Act” of last session, as passed
by Congress :
An Act to repeal certain clauses of an act rntit’ed
*■ an act to exempt certain persons from nnlu-a
ry service, so, approved 11th October, 1362 :
1. The Congress et the Confed-'rat ° ites of
America do enact, That so much of tt.d uet ap
proved October 11th, 1862, es exempts Dorn mili
tary service “one person, either as rg»nt, owner,
Or overseer, ou each plantation on which one
white person is required to be kept by tie laws or
ordinances of any State, and on which tier is no
white male adult not liable to military s rv.ee,
and in States haring no such low, onr p r-on, ae
agent, owner, or overseer, on each p votaiion of
twenty negroes, and on wbioh there no wh'te
male adult not liable to military service,’' i al
so (be following clauses of said act, tore? “and,
furthermore, ttlditioual police for every tiy no
groes.'on two, or moie plantations,within fir milts
of each other, and each having lers thaaVwebtv
negroes, uni oa which there is no wh. • male
adult nut liable to military duty, one person, be
ing tbe oldest of the owners or overseers on fiach
plantations,” bwand are hereby repealed.
a. For the police and management of si ;»es
there sba'l be exempted one per. on on each 'arm
or plantation, the sole property of a minor, a poi -
son of unsound aiiad, a Jems sole, or person no
sed from home in the military or naval ssrvice
of the Confederacy, on which there are twenty
or more slaves; provided, enoh person was
eaiployed and acting as an overseer previous to
the lfith of April, 1862, and there is no white male
adult on raid farm or plantation who is not liable
to military duty, which fact shall be verified by
tbe affidavits of said person, and two respectable
citizens, and shall be filed with the enrobing offi
cer; end provided the owner ot said farm or
plantation, bis agt nt or legal representative, shall
make utli javit and deliver the same to the enrol
ling officer, that af'er diligent tilort, no overseer
con be procured lor sach larm or plantation not
liable to military duly ; provided further, that
this dense shall not extsnd to any farm or plants,
t.on cn which the negroes have been placed by
division from anv other farm or plantation, since
the ll'h day of October, 3862 ; provided furthi r,
that for every peison exempted as aforesci I, and
during the pjfciod of such exemption, there shall
be paid imnimUy into the public treasury by the
owners of such slaves, the sum of five hundred
dollars.
2. Such other persons shall be exempted as tbe
President shall he satisfied ought to ba exempt
ed, in districts of country deprived of wh te or
slave labor indispensable to tbe production of
grain or provisions, necersarv for the support of
the population remaining at home, and uUa, on
account of justice, equity, and necessity.
4. In addi’ion to the State officers exempted by
the act of October 11th, 1862, there shall, alsi
be exempted a'l B»ata officers whom the Govern
or of any State may claim to have exempt*, ifo '
the duo administratim of the government and
laws thereof; but this exemption shall not con
tinue in any 8t >te after the a< jonrament of the
next regular setaion of its Legislature, unless
suoh Legislature shall by law exempt them from
militaiy duty in the Provisional Army of ti e
Confederate States.
Opinions op a Federal Soldier. —lt ia vcry
evident that some oi the Federal soldiery are get
t ! ng very sick of Lincoln’s nigger wrtr. The let
ters sent by them to their friends are very des
ponding, and the tone of them shows that their
writers look for any thing but success. One of
them writes thus from tbe Vicksburg army :
Coming down and since we have been here, I
hove seen enough of abolitionism to astonish rr.l
and sgus l any man with a heart. Since we left
Helena, I have seen no less than tea negroes be
out in.the ooen air, or on the deck of a boat, with
scarcely a rag on. 1 h.ve seen those niggers lay
within sight of twenty thousand men, tmt scum
that I knew were the b ackest kind of ab< -title
islr, and die without a mouthful m e&te . ■ >n".
wan, of a draugh of water. An ' those very rasa
who feel so for the blacks in bondage cos. id sea
those negroes die like dogs. Old Captain 0. ia
one of them. 1 knew it; go I stole on. of his
blankets and gave it so a poor darfcie to die ia.
What I have observed and experienced sum
med up, amounts to just this : Flint, 1 have sever
Bren a regular African that e.,uld take care off
himjelf. Secondly, it is for a planter’s interest to
fault, clotbo and us-i his slaves’w-11. They ive r.s
comfortabiy and an wi ll a onr hard-working mm
in the North, and one white man will astuufiy do
more work than four n?gu>w>. We are hiking
them from soft beds and plenty of f ood, to live
on nothing and sleep on. brick ravements \te
are hare living on a littie ot nothing, Bleeping in
the mud, and export lg om-selvjs to a thousand
difierent dangers to bring about this result
About Lincoln’s emarc r pa*ion proclamation.—
Our officers had the companies vota whether they
would support old Abe in it. Our company and
all the rest voted it down —would not support it;
but the officers sett it in j rst as they liked it
themselves, not as we voted.
Let those men who sit at the fireside of lhoir
comfortatde houses ord say,“ Ffghtit out,boys,”
go and try it a couple oi years aud ihey will not
bo quite so fast.
Yankee Testisjont. — Willingly or unwillingly
the Yankees are giving expressive and signifi
cant testimony against their own schemes and
pretensions, aid in itUor of the South.
The following account of tbe horrible condi
tion ct tho slaves iu Nashville is from the charge
to tbe Grand Jury by Judge Bricu on theael for
the punishment of slaves :
We ts the city of Nashville are absolutely cur
sed with the presence of a negro population - hieb
we find it imposible to control. Nashville is
made tbe general rend.zvous for oil the runa
way neg oefl in tbii and loins of the adjoining
States. They thrust themßelvea into the houses
of our citizens and dely the owners to oust them.
They pilfer, they stqal.thiy rcruple at nothing,
they respect nobody ; they regard no law, human
or divine. Bcnio ot them are engaged in hospi
tals but they are so numerous thv this is per
haps only a fractional par.. They promenade
our streets; they crow' our aMewalk-; they
thread alleys; they fill our houses, ceil-rs, gar
rets. They are too lazy to work; too lgcorf.nt
to distinguish between liberty amt license; too
shamekss to respect common decency, and too
degraded to observe the ordinary rules of mor
ality. Tbs men are thieves and burglars, the wo
men prostituies and vagrants. Thera is sc«ree-y
u stable, a bog pen, ot a hen roost that does r.o;
boar the impress ot a iong heel aud bol.owln s
nstep. There negrees ares curso to the army,
a cancer to society, h biight upon honesty, mcr -
aiity and decency, and a .ee*.h upon the Govern
ment.
Cou. Wilkes and the English Goveussikkt.—- |
The Loudon correspondent o' tho New 101 k
Herald, in speaking of the difficulties between
Wilkts and the English Government, v/riies thus
under date of Match US i
I have heard from « private source, which 1
consider perfectly reliable, that Her Majesty s
Gov rnment has ordered a large portion it the
West Inoia and North American gqnadrr-n to
some point of rendezvous on the coast ot the
United States, and that probably direct orders
have been sent out to Admiral Milne to capture
the ves el that Commodore Wilkes (the \ ander
htlt) has and bring the ship, commander, nr.d all
hands, into on English port. The special ground
now is the’ captnre of tbePettrtaitl. You are
aware that this Govern n>. has hid a m.m yin
d c Go feehrg towards Com. Vr i;k a ever Fit li
the Trent affair. Thee, too, he '.oap'i.ia .V’li.es,
discovered eu Antarctic coniinsut lhc»y .t>.r t,::
lUi-8 fa-l-d todiscover. Ho there ia auo>d gi edge.
The English appro- to think it *.ry nufiiendiy, t
not a hoatil - ac', on the part of the United H.alss
in giving Wilkes ft command within a thousand
miles of the West Indies.
Another cause of irrita ion now is the law au
thorizing letters of marque and reprisal which the
English think is aimed directly at them. This
Government will unquestionably soil as near the
war point as it is possible to do in these troubles
that are now lowerirg so gloomily over us.
Tho same correspondent writes as follows con
cerning the Confederate fleet now building in
England i
Two of the new war vessels bntit for the Con
federates, 1 bare positive information from on un
doubted source, ta’led last ws k on their voyage
to U'Xie. A gentleman connected with the Ad
miralty told me thm. the Government knew that
such was the fact. Two more, 1 understood, ate
to sail aex? week.
Old Beowslow.— ln tbe course of his recep
tion speech in New York, this contemptible oid
renegade made use of the following language ;
Whenever the Fed-ral army shall find its wsy
into East Tennessee, we will shoot toe rebe,s ,:»e
dogs, and hang them on every .limb welcome wo.
i Applause.) They have had their time o, barging
and shooting, and our time comes next, aya i
hope to God it will not be long. lam watcau g
in the papers the movement of the aruiy,anu
whenever I hear that my country is captured, 1
intend to return post haste and point oat the re
bels (Cbeere i I have no ambition on eartn but
to resurrect the Knoxville Whig, and get it in iuu
blast with one nundred thousand sabotrioerj
i Cheers.) And, then, as the negroes say down
Bouth “i’ll ’spress my opinion of some of them.
(Great laughter., If I have any talent in God s
tarth, it isthataient to pile up epithets, one upon
another, (Laughter and cheers
■■‘in’ Correspondence of Chronicle <f* Sentinel.
Federal Kald In North Georgia.
Their repulse nt Home--Amount of Damage done
ly them—Prompt, tearing of Troops for the
Scene ot Action—'The carious humors afloat
'1 he piobable design* of the Federn'e—Lessons to
our Generals—Vigilance necessary — Knemies at
Home—lheerttre treated too kindly, ific., etc.
Atlanta, May 4,1868.
Our city was yesterday thrown into unusual
oomniotimi by the receipt ot a telegraphic die
ps’.cb o derisii the entire Provost Guard to take
ihe cire fir Noitbern Georgia as promptly as
possible, lu a'very short t.mo a strong force,
Well provided with artillery, provisions and ra
tions, left the city on the nu train of the State
Road. In the meantime the ciiy was rife with a
thousand rumors. Oue report brought by u pas
i • ii>;. r (reliable, of course.) was, that Rome had
been captured by a body ol two thousand Yankee
cavalry, who had surprised tbe town that day.
Another rumor declared that the railroad bridge
at Eiovah had been dealroyed and the track torn
tip ter ‘ otne miles. Yet ai other informed oa that
8.-.'-ar Town (m Folk courtly,) und Dave Bpriug
had undoubtedly beau occupied by ihe eoerny.
Yon ip nervous people began to think that Atlanta
would be attacked by the Yankees within twenty
four hours, and that it would bs prudeut to seek
forthwith a place of safely. Though the tele
graph, at tbe time of this writing, ia profoundly
re'icrnt, we have ini. rotation trom other Bouroes
bapp iv relieving us of the unpleasant appr'ehen
shins of yesterday. Rome is not captured, though
it wr.a seriously threatened; the Etowah bridge
is not burned, an j has not been in any danger;
ard the railroad ia unmolested. The best proof
of the latter fact ia that the trains are performing
their vlsua! trips without inteiropiion.
Thtra is no doubt, however, that there has been
an actna! invasion ol Floyd county by the enemy,
items fittneu hundred of the enemy were cut oft"
by Forrest, and driven (it w»uld seem) In this di
rection. Burs ed by our man they determined
to indemnity themselves bv doing as much dam
age and spreading as much c tnsleruation as pos
sible through the country. As they advanced to
wards North-western Georgia they neat rut a
scouting party ot some two hundred uien. 'X’heee
proceeded towards Rome, with a view no doubt
to capture or destroy it. Prov dentially, how
ever, one of our friends aware of their approach
pr-ceded them and gave the alarm. VYlisn they
reached the premises of Mr. Stilwell, to their
great amazement they found themselves confront
ed by a force which had been rapidly extempo
r r.r j a'. Rome. Tins was trie lirat suspicion
wbioh they spool to have had that their arrival in
Georgia was knowu to any one. Alter a brief en
gagementthey fall back, and it is supposed joined
w main body of their confreres li is reported
that five hundred of the whole force have base
Captured, and that there is reason to believe that
the whole number will lie bagged by our cavalry
who are said to be in hot pursuit. Should they
by any means elude their pursuers, and venture
“n another raid into our State, I have good rea
son to know that they will encounter a force in
front quite as formidable as that wbioh wag pres
sing them iu the rear. The only damage of which
I have learned is the burning of a foundry in
Flryd country.
(An the who : e, I think this raid will prove of
great benefit to us. We hare had very little ap
prehension h.retofore that the enemy would uo
dorttka an expedition so tar from the base of bis
operations, over such u broken country, and sur
rounded by persons who had no sympathy with
his cbjeois. lie has now given us to understand
what we may expect, and 1 do not think that Gen.
Jobns'on will prove such a dull scholar as not to
profit by the lesson. If he returns upon another
ex •• and tern of a similar nature, we promise him
snob a reception as Tom Uorwin hoped the Mexi
cen-: would give our soldiers when they invaded
tbeir country.
Wa cannot be too vigilant at ail points. Only a
saw nigbiH ago an attempt was made to fire an
o jhl si.mrri in ‘.his city, and had it bsa» aucoees
nd, it would have embarrassed the transportation
ol one c.i our most important railroads lo an ex
l.i. t "vb'oh, a- the present time, would have been
irreperablo. Though the incendiary was thwarted
in this'ionmtice, the attempt aliens that there are
.•n.-w.-es Im tire among us more dangerous than
t li« iv'..: viint'-.fd ion it occurs lo ma that the
poiicv oi creep mg deserters irom tbs enemy and
turning thrui loess utter taking tie oath, needs
revision. 1 think that ail such cuididat6a for
cilia-in;!.ip iu the Confederacy should be sub
jeeied to a most rigid and protrackd quarantine—
and that ia a situation where they would be too
ieenlatrii to do nay mischief. X.
Korresi’r Great Buccess.
S from thi CoMmowetnlth, Afay.6th J
Wo here >..i,t had an interview with Mr. J.
Noble, J;\, who came down on the train this
morning, from Horne; who says that on Sunday,
about - o'clock, the riuiguard o! the enemy, about
two hundred in number, reached the plantation of
Mr Shorter, where th -y were met and forced back
by the oii'z-us and some soldiers at Rome, who
b id ui-iiea. and oils to meet them, in accordance
wr.ii instructions sent by General Forrest by a
comer, up'U tbe fruoe approaching under Gen.
Fo treat, when, finding themselves in a trap, they
sttfivudered uu- lailu o- ally. Previously, tbe
main body, mourned infant y, between thirteen
an.l fourteen hundred in nu.noer, surrendered to
General Fern “t, üb"ut twenty miles west of Home;
whose entire comma) <1 numbered but little over
tux hundred. We barn that tbe capture was ef
la-itecl by causing the enemy Vo believe that he
was danced on both sides, as well as pressed by
a superior lorce in tbe rear. Tbs officers were
pern-alt dto retain their side aims. The prison
ers woe wry iadiguant when ihey discovered
ili - , Lad sin rendered to an interior force. The
sniy about the contrub uds pioved untrue, es
only seventeen were captured.
Tbe captured forces comprised the Third Ohio,
tho L gateen'-h Illinois, and the Fifty First and
Beventv Third Indiana, together with three coui
oatiies of North Alabamians. The I'Uerwill be
sat to Ricbni > .d—the former will ba paroled.—
Mr Neb e Sr.w them ail m the public fquaie at
Home, and saye till’, the coaqaerors and conquer
cc, as Well 03 i.eu horses loused veryfli-tcii ja
ded. The prisoners were very defiant and tm
certinent.
Y'e Lrdav was a gala day in Rome, and the
Civ? vV us ciowdid by people—young and old, men
and women, and negroes, too—from tbe surround
ng comtry, to g-it a glimpso ot the ruthless
prisoners. Wnen General Forrest entered tie
c iv L:s pathway was fairly paved with iiowers by
the fail women of the retcucd city.
; he enemy laid waste tbo country they passed
over but excepting the dvstrucuou of tbe Round
M .nr,tarn Iron Wolks.no s-.rioos damage was
,iou •>. Tbe burning ot Gudcdsn is Dot ccnfiraied.
tic report of the , estrucLou of tbe Mtssrs No
b t iron Worxs, we are gratified to learn, was
erroneous. .
The v m ions miners abroad this meriting in re
f iiiice i tae tail upon the State ltoad and the
damage done it, proved to be almost groundless—
hating origiaa til with tha courier seut from Cal
houn, who seeing ft large number of herses ia a
whea’iliald, (probably some of lhone captured by
Forrest.) without making a careful enough snr. ey,
returned imd reported the enemy as approaching.
Considerable alarm prevailed-mes:-*ugeis were
scot to Dalton, the Iroops which were on the point
of rsluruhig to this place were detained, the
inline here and there stopped, and oil commani
crt. oo out off, uotilthe truth was ascertaiaed. —
The feverish exAement of the public m od has
now* entirely subsided, aad the timid breathe
more freely.
humibt Atlanta Co*t*deraey , Jf-ig «f.
A fiance at the- map is enough to show that it is
one id Die most extraordinary teats ol the war.
U k :i on the : of April that he tought
en j . , 1 id« yiml ila at (Jour land, on the M.
A 0 R. if ,la L-ierenee c. junty, Alia From this
nj;Lf to Lome wc sliouid judge to be not less
;i in K-u miles; an.t ironi Ocartland to Uaylet
v De, where Furrest overtook and fought them,
not iVis than Ilr> or 120 milts. He then traveled
this distance in but little orer two days. He
overtook, Sought, whipped and captured them ia
the early part of tha third day. We learn that
they confess that they were ordered to make the
,rrand circuit of ou: army in Tennessee, destroy
fr.g a 1 the iron rniils, foundries, and workshops
ol all kinds, and dping as much damage as possi
ble to tne reads by destroying bridges and iresiies,
and tearing up the track, and that when this was
and ns, Hssecrans was to make a grand attack on
our army at Tnllaiioma, es hy that time he would
b iniaHiretd by the arrival of Burnside’s army.
IJiOIOtHTS.
We lrarn from everybody that has returned
iron, thA expedition that went up the road, that
the people from far and near, flocked- to the ex
pected scene o! ihe conflict with their old equir
r i rifl J , t adyta do all they coaid, by thousands.
Ir, sejera! pieces horse companies were raised for
the occasion.
An officer connected with the foroe3 sent from
here, lnfoiiiijua that everywhere on the route
they wtie greeted most enthusiastically by the
negroes. It was Hnnday, and they were collected
at every .<L.t'on. Tl e dasky dames waved their
handkerc ieis, and the lusty fellows their hats,
and ail hurrahed and bid them God-epetd, heap
ing i x orations on the heads of the vile invaderß
of cur soih ,
Seen otter the surrender of the Yankees, tne
good people o‘. Home learned the tact, that For
rest’s half famished soldiers would soon be in the
city with thoir caplivea. They at once deixed in
to the bottom of their cellars and pantries, and
hauled out their good things. Large delic.OL
boiled hsmf, roast duck and turkey, baked ehiCR
eD, sirawbsrries and cream, cakes, the most ex
pensive and inviting, with everything is the i*a»
i of goodies, were brought out most elegantly pre
i pared and lavishly dealt out to the hungry, weaiy
VOL. LXXVII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIL. NO. 19.
patriots, whose heroic deeds in the groat chase
will adorn the pages of history for all t : me to
come. Peopl from ail the surrounding country
came in. with wapons groaning, and horses west
ing under tbs' weigh' of the good things of the
land. They were feasted to their hearts’ content.
I>. Redmond, hhq., the editor oi the Southern
Cultivator, wv.s at Rome, when the courier ar
med *o inform them the Ynnkees were at Gads
den. Finding out the uature of the errand he
hurried out and assisted a Railroad Engineer to
tire up and run the engine and teuder down to
Rome as last as s'eam could curry her.
We have no doubt that near 2.0C0 horses are
now at Romo, in Gen. Forrest's possession, want
ing rebel riders. Who’ll go ?
Tbe Conlediratc uaiu iu West Virginia.
The rectal inclusion into Western Virginia cre
ated great alarm among the Yankees. We make
the Billowing summary of their operations : The
principal force was said to be cuonnumded by
Den. Jenkins, and variously estimated at from
from four to eight 'thousand cuvalry. Scattered
parties were also reported ai ditlei ent points in
the angle formed by the Monongahela and Cheat
rivers. ,
Among these places may be mentioned Mor
A'MitowD, Sudd- li rid, Murion comity, Va., and
Kmgawood, Preston county, Va.
A Harrisburg,(l'a ) dispa'ch, dated April 23th,
says: The Balniujre ued 0 r.o railroad is de
stroyed between Cumberland and Grafton.
The Oonfedeia'e trig was floating from the
Court-house at Morgan'owu, ApM 2”, at four
o’clock. Mea, women, and children are flying in
all directions.
FiLsburg ia thought to bs in danger, though
-he Cheat river being uufordabie it will probably
prevent the Rebels trom coming much farther
North.
Union troops are in motion to intercept them.
Artillery will be sent from here immediately.
The Adams’ Kipress messeoger reports having
brought tna specie trout the Wheeling banks to
Pittsburg lor sa ety.
It is staled positively Dial the Confederates are
engaged in burning the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road bridges near Manningtoa. Another report
is that the Confederate force has entered Wash
ington, l’a , only twenty-five miles from Wheel
ing, but this is not credited. It is supposed mat
tt e Uibel force -is in three detachments of 1500
each.
A BaUimrre dispatch says: Information, be
lieved to be trustworthy, states thatsoie guerilla
cav lry pen trated to Rowlesburg and Altamont,
Western Virginia, bat were driven off' and no
danago was done to the road or Government
property.
A disputch, dated lla'pcr’s F<rry, April 21st,
states that Confederate Gens. Jon sand luiboden,
w.lh some foroe, it is not sunt how great, are ot
Moorfield, probably on their way to Now Creek.
Wbeeiicg was believed tc be iu danger of an
attack, and Pierpont telegraphed to Pennsylvania
for troops and artillery.
A letter (root Fuyetta county to tuePhiladelphia
Enquirer inuicates that ihe militia there did not
respond with great alacrity. It says: At one
time, when the Court House bell hud been rung,
and nearly three hundred hud assembled, a stir
ring address was made by Col. Oliphant, tho re
sult of which was that tour only came forward.
Tbe latest wcounts report the txcitemen abatiagt:
that the dama’es it: Dieted oa the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad were being repaired, and that tbe
road might be regarded as entirely safe. The in
vading lorce was alro reduced to 800 men.
I,aie federal Haiti lu Virginal.
On Saturday morning, about three o’otock, a
force of soma twelve huudroi of the enemy’s cav
alry, hatiug orossed the Rappahannock above
Fredericksburg during the previous night, made
a descent upon Louisa Court House, and forth
with proceeded to tear awev on the railroad track.
Proceeding down the tr: ck tdey broke it up in
several placet a? well as they could, and at three
o’olcek inthe afternoon reached Frederick’s llall,
twelve miles irom the Court House. At the time
ot their arrival at Louisa, another large party
made a raid uoon Treviliian’s Station, five miles
above. W* fia t «n» force whatever to oppose
them, but fortunately we had nothing at any of
the places visited, besides the (rack, which it
would pay them particularly to drsiroy.
During Saturday the enemy continued down
the road, and have been reported at Beaver Dam,
ten miles from Frederick’s Hall and thirteen tbe
other side oi liar,over Junction, still tearing up
the railroad here and these in their progress.
Monday morning it was discovered that this
comparative handful of wandering troops were
then hovering around Richmond, and at no great
distance. They appeared ul first on the Fredericks
burg aud Brook Avenue road", but subsequently
a portion moved around the Meadow Bridge road.
Oa a ihe approach of our military, they moved off
across the Ohickahominy by Meadow Bridge,
which they burned alter tliein, and passed out off
sight. The number seen nt this point was per
fispa four hundred.
They reached Ashland at about throe o’clock,
and staid until six. The if number was 274, by
actual eooat. They were frem Illinois, and were
commanded bv Col. Davis. Their conduct was
very gentlemanly. They respected private prop
erty. it Isa mialuke Hiatlhe villaga or any por
tion of it was burned by them. It is a mistake
even, ibat they burned the ambulance train,
(which consisted of six oars,) or removed or mo
lested its two hundred sick aud wounded soldiers,
whom, however, they paroled. They left them
in the cars No oue on the train, or among tbe
enemy, was killed or wounded in the capture,
though aa oral stints were tired.
The enemy seem-d very much agitated and
alarmed while ot Ashland. They cid nothing with
deliberation, and nothing elloclually. They at
tempted to destroy the two locomotives which
they cap nred, but really injured them very little.
The tenders, however, lured worse. They seized
and carried off tea negroes, Six Government
mules and four horses. Whan they left, they
took tbe direction of Hanover C. H., where, it is
understood, they burnt the Government commis
sary stores. They passed by Ellis’s mill, where
it is said, they burnt bis icr-house.
These raid.n operated in detachments. The
commanders studiously avoided fight with any of
our Roldiore, disappearing on any show of force
on our part, and thi one occas ou being driven
from their course by a picket fire. They seeined
desirous to do as much barm as they could with
out iightieg, We give this expedition credit for
the activiiy and address which it exhibited, and
for the good behavior which marked its proceed
ings. it is so seldom that Yankee soldiers act as
civilized men, that we take pleasure iu noting the
exceptions. Their deportment towards non-com
batants and their property was in the main very
creditable to them.
From (‘olnmbia, on the canal, at the month
the K vannu, official intelligence has arrived that
the Yankee expedition agaiost that point for the
purpose cf breaching the canal, failed in their at
tempt, and suffered a disaster instead. Gea W.
B F Le-, by a forced march, got there before the
enemy did, aud lalliug upon them, repulsed them,
taking forty prisoners, and causing the rest to fly.
The worn down condition of Gen. Lee’s horses,
consequent ou their rapid march, prevented a
pursuit.
The Enquirer says that the Y'ank°es engaged in
these raids expected to be captured for their te
merity, and that m ,ny of them openly expressed
a wis'i o be. Thoir entire force was twenty
regiments, under General Htoneman —a force of
at least 5 000 men. Several who w're captured
neai- the cny by citizens said they did not regret
it; that they would be paroled and go home,
which was considerably better than tearing over
the country without food or sleep.
The Examiner says that some ot them came
within two miles of the corporate limits of the
city, wtieh is nearer than Y'ankee ever qame
before. .
FaKNCfi Sol oi rks in si.AHCiiiNd UiiDEB.-The pre
caalioDS taken to prevent our catching cold, and
to insure our comfort and health, 1 thought then,
aad know now, excetsive. In iiie first place, if
the weather were chilly, we were obliged to march
in close order for warmth. As the day grew
warmer, the ranks wire opened, so that we should
not be inejminoded by Utuit and perspiration.
As soon as we began to perspire, delirious ser
geants, captains and lieutenants {.rotted about our
colnums shouting to the m a to button up their
coats if they open them, and diminishing the
quickness oi our step as we approached the halt;
and when we did arriTe at the halt, woe to
the parched soldier who dare touch water until he
receiv ed orders to do so, “ Eat bread l Eat a
few mouthfuls of bread before you drink.—
Rinsa your mouth well out before you swabow a
mouthful of water!” “Sit on your packs, and not
on the ground t" “You, sir, two daysi sails de po
lice for lying down in the shade. Ho you thmk
we can drag fever ana rheumatism about vwthmL
Up with you. And you there, exposingyoar chest
to the cold a r You’l, be writlnog like a
screw presently.” When we arrived at ou, dert-na
tion the bustle end hurry-scurry ,tj ce f a seem
First duties over aod soup ® at ®“> f? and °^ he slg ht of
possessed; they stormed a h o e- they caused
a particle ol dust or muo up see tbsa there were
tfcetrowsers to be tixvxsetl ap „ tt ; nEg a ;ter
no damp feet; doctor* U h ce , 6Q d
sore beela ; captains g %ren B b oo ting
threatened prisons, do g pieces, in their anxi
and cutting “i and comfortable.-
ety to tlf Cheffier it & bivouac or village,
use rtgiment was as quiet as a chnreh. Next
frrmice everybody awoke refreshed, and rather
,>HinedYar another march than otherwise.
iDCimea in. ao J}icNns , AU tU T(ar
The Federals have lately made a raid in the
Virginia Valley. Their outrages were infamous.
On Cedar Creek they came upon a funeral pro
cession, fired a volley into it, wounding three per
sons, one of them mortally. A soldier, named
Orndoff, who had died at Harrisonburg, was taken
home to Cedar Creek ; the corpse wa* lying in his
fatber’e house when the Y’ankeee came up. The
father was first shot; then carried off. The house
was fired and burned to tbe ground.
From Mississippi.
The Jackson Alississippian gives the locnlity of
ihe principal fortified points that protect Vicks
burg, as follows: To commence on oue northern
river line ol operations, Snyder’s Bind is on Ihe
Ynzoo river, ebout thirteen miles i bv land) north
oast cf Vicksburg. Chickasaw Bayou is but seven
miles from Vicksborg, on the road to Snyder’s
Bluff. Wavrentouis n fortified position on the
Mississippi riv r, eleven miles south of Vicks
burg. Grand Gulf is about twenty-two miles
south of VV'arrenton, nt tbe mouth of Big Black
river. The mouth of Bnyou Pier-e is about ten
miles from Grand Gulf. The enemy’s working
force on the Mississippi river, in the ‘‘on to Vicks
burg” arrangement, extends from Snyder’s Bluff,
on the north flank, to Bavon Pierre, on the
south.
The eaemy has paid his respects to Snyder’s
Bluff', end Grand Gulf, and been handsomely re
pulsed. The latter point has been attacked re
peatedly. Os the engagement of April 29th, the
Misßissippiati says: “Gen. Bowen’s forces hold
the field of action, having succeeded by a dering
charge in capturing Wade’s Va. battey (which had
been previously taken by the foe.) This morning,
it is reported from the same source of information
that our loss is heavy, including two Captains snd
one Ist Lieutenant, of Missouri batteries. Tbe
guns were retaken, but at heavy cost cf life. Re
inforcements have been hurried forward tc Gen.
Bowen from different points. It has been a Bloody
engagement, es usual with a smalt force on our
side opposed to overwhelming numbers of the
enemy.
The people throughout Mississippi are now
rapidly erganiaing cavalry and guerilla compa
nies.
A highly respectable and intelligent gentleman
who has arrived in Jaofesnn from Memphis states
that it was reported and believed there when he
left that a Federal force of twenty thousand men
had re; ched Pittsburg landing on the Tennessee
river. This has, we believe, been corroborated
by inteiligenoa received direct from Corinth.
A Vicksburg letter to the Appeal says that the
causes of the inefficient firing of our batteries
when the enemy’s gunboats passed down two
weeks ago, wa3 Ihe detective friction tuber fur
nished by the ordnanco department. One of the
officers stated that he had used thirty-eight, and
only fired fourteen shots; another, that he used
about sixty forihe same numberi
One of the Federal generals, named Smith, who
was with the iate Federal raiding expedition, says
that it was the intention of tbe Federal com
manders in the West to concentrate all their
forces, and move in a body upon Meridian, from
which point they would move upon Mobile By
this movement, he expects to neceeritale 'he
evacuation of Vicksburg without blood died. This
information may be relied upon as correct.
Woodvi'le, Mies., which ia reported to be threat
ened by advancing Yankee forcre frem above and
below, is in Wilkinson county, 15 miles east ot the
Mississippi river and 35 milts south of N»t
ebez. It has a railroad connection with St. Fran
cisville on. the Mississippi river about 30 miles
south of it. There is a ootto* factory at Wood
ville, and it is a considerable and prosperous in
land own.
The Federate iu various sections of Mississippi,
in their possession, havejdesocrated private grave
yards, opened the graves, and ecaitered tbe re
mains of the dead. They assert that they are iu
search of hidden trees,ire. Can a parallel fir
such conduct be found in the annate of history of
any nation that claims to be civilized ?
Tho Fedora s are now trying to got into the Ya
zoo by anew route. They are now said to be
e'earing the way through fioshpucauna Bayou
into Big Sunflower, and will try to como on down
the latter stream and enter the Yazoo about fifty
miles below Yazoo City, 'i he Hushpucaunn is
an affluent of Big Sunflower, and is fed partially
by the Mississippi at Sunflower Landing, near
Napoleon.
Advicta from Fort Pemberton announce that
the Yankees are still lying three or tour miles
out of range of our guns. The fleet at present te
composed of forty (transports and Reven gr>>'
boats. Eight ai oar Bin,! eurpotitets, who were
felling timber in that vicinity, were captured the
other day by the Yankees and taken te the licet.
They had only recently come from Savannah.—
Gen. I.oriag is taking advantage of the idleness
of the Yankees and m a v.ry short time it will
be utterly impossible for any force tbut may ba
thrown down to prove successful in removing the
rebel butteries and obstructions.
From Tennessee.
It is now thought by some letter writers that
Rosencranz intends to attack Bragg iu his present
position. Although be has advanced in various
sections, none of our outposts have as yet been
driven in.
A portion of Grant’s Memphis army has rein
foroed Rosonoranz. Gen. Dodge- irom Corinth,
with 0,000 men and eighteen pieces of artillery
has lately arrived in north Alabama.
Borne letter writers think Kosoncranz’s object is
to ouUlank Bragg, and compel bitn either to ud -
vance or retire.
Woodward’s command has done, and is doing
much good service in sinking Federal transports.
The I'euerals in their raid 'are appropriating all
the horsC3 and mules they can lay hands on.
There will be immense crors of wheat in Ten
nessee, if Ihe Federals can be prevented from de
vastating tbe country.
Tbe dash of tbe enemy upon McMinnville was
quite an important affan , and n stroke of much
more boldness than ia usual for Yankees to at
tempt. Wheeler with his force was at the time
ia the roar of Nashville, operating upon tbe ene
my’s base, find only a guard of lOd men had been
lett in the place. McMinnville is a point of some
little importance to us. The advent of the Yan
kees into the place was a complete surprise. On
Tuesday, at about 2 o’clock, P. M., they seat in a
heavy cavalry force to the town, destroyed all
the buildings containing government stores, the
railroad depot, and are believed to have carried
off Mr. Russell, Gen. Breckinridge’s telegrapher,
who was on doty at the time. Another body,
numbering 500 or 700, penetrated fifteen miles
below McMinnville, on the McMinnville and Man
chester Railroad, and succeeded in burning all
the trestles and bridges, and capturing tue down
train at Morrison wiifi three ears and an ebgine.
About 15,000 pounds of government bacon a.that
depot fell into their hands, and is ?
destroyed; and it is reported that $300,000 in
govercmsnt funds was taken up by them, the
burning of the railroad bridges was the most im
portant and damaging feature of tbe raid.
Capt. Eisworth recently took a scouting party
in the vicinity of Nashville, and was surrounded
by 51)0 Indiana cavalry. The greater portion of
bis men escaped ; but in escaping himEeif, his
horse unfortunately became uncontrollable and
dashed him against a tree, shattering his leg very
severely. He expects to be in the saddle again
and “operating” on the Yankee “lines’'ere
long.
Tne number of killed and wounded in the Into
fight at Spring Hill is fifty six kilhdand two hun
dred and eighty-nine wounded.
Gen. Forrest has been again assigned to an in
dependent brigade, and he will now no longer re
port to Van Dorn.
It is reported by a genUenan just from Hunts
ville that Forres*, captured 1,000 Yankees cn the
Ist of May, and tnat 600 more were, captured on
the followi eg day.
We learn irom parties who have recently come
through the lines, that the railroad from Nash
ville to Louisville is in full and successful opera
tion. Both at Lou’evifie and Nashville the frame
work and material of every bridge and tres le
upon that road is in readiness, in an 1 icipation ot
their destruction by our forces. Each bridge and
trestle is numbered, and so soon as one is des
troyed, the material for reconstruction is in instant
readiness and instantly sent out.
From Keutucky.
A correspondent of tbe Knoxville R'gist*l
- ti e latest news we havcSfrom Kentucky,
ffeutenant Coionel H. G. Gillespie, of Colonel
Ashby’s regiment, paitielly Co , Db ™“ r F C ed e ®fi
pondent’s statements in legard to tbei Federal
nretiaraiions for the invasion of East leune.-eee,
ft,ci P Burnside’s whole force- at not more
bl!l Ihnmaad; The infantry are all be-ng
than thir y gteck can be procured for the
mounted M fart « understand somewhat
purpose. This * enemy. While Grant wat
tbe design flank joheston from the West, it ia
nrobably intended that Burnside’s mounted tnfan
?rv shafimake a dash through one or more of our
mountain pnsses-ano.her Carter expedition on a
larger "cale, to destroy our ra iroad, and perhaps
, Uernot the destruction of onr Government prop
erty at this and other points.
A correspondent of the Knoxville Register eayg:
Burnside has forty thousand troops at his dis
posal to consummate the mission asugned Lim—
tbe occupation of East Tennessee. Heavy trains
and wagons and army stores are continually Drov
ing from Louisville and Lexington. Burnside is
protecting his movements by cross ng tho troops,
protecting his extreme' right over the Cumber
land river. At Hi a gall’s Ferry and Itoena heavy
forces have crossed. Other foroes are making
preparations to crosss at Geiina—whilst consid
erable infantry and cavalry forces are at Colum
bia and Lebanon. Chenault and Cluke have fallen
back from Monticello.
Lane, of Kansas, has been making a cburact "'
iet’c SDeech before a Union League at Washing
ton from which we cull the oflOwnJg gem: « I
would like to live long enough to see every white
man in Month Carofina now in hell, and the ne
groes inhabiting their territory.
A Confederate officer, who was a prisoner in
Federaldom a short time since, and who saw Ihe
Federal official report of the killed and wounded
of the battle of Marfreesboro’, amounting to
19 S4O. Over 18,000 men left and ran towards
Nashville, in Wednesday’s battle.
Bill for tUe Assessment and Collection
ot Taxes.
A bill under the above title has passed ■“h
Houses of Congress. It is designed to give e “ ci
te the tax .aw, by providing the necessary m-i
chinery for its execution. The bill is very h r.\
thirty-five pages. Below we give a synopsis
Sec. I—Creates an office in the Treasury De
partment to be called the office of the Coni .
sioner of Taxes ; the salary of th • Commissi’ • i
$3,000. He prepares, under direction of the S-o
--retary, the instructions, regulations, directions,
forms, blanks, Ac ; distributes them, and toper
intends the execution of the tax law generally.
Sec. 2—Declares each State a Tax Division ; to
eaoh is appointed a State Collector, who bub; b
a resident freeholder of the State; his salary to
be one-tenth of one per cent, on amount of tax
collected in the State, provided it be not Irsa tbau
tvn tKo«wa»A uu. f " .'••• ■ ■ * J "*
lars; State Collector to give bond with sui: .
sureties, and superintend the tax collection iu b n
division.
Sec. B—Each State colLctcr to divide hi' ffinte
into convenient collection districts following, ns
as near as may be, the counties or tax districin :
Government State collector to appoint for each
oollection district a district collector, who shril
be a resident freeholder, and shall assess, lev y
and collect the taxes of bis district.
Sec. 4—Requires collectors to give bond and
security.
Sec. 6—Authorizes a district collector to sub
divide his district and appoint as many assistants
as he may desire, they being responsible to him.
and he to the Government. The State collector
shall also appoint for each collection distri :t . no
Or more assessors, residents therein, who s ail
take an oath without favor or parUniity to execute
their office.
Sec. 6—Requires all persons orasscciationi lia
ble to tax. to make return under oath or affirm a
tion, and at the times and according to tbe forms
which may be prescribed, of ail propertv, income,
&0., on which tax is ordered to be levied.
Sec. 7—Enjoins a dilligent discharge of duty on
the part of the collectors and assessors.
Sec. B—Requires the assessor to make taxable
list, when property--older fails to make return.
Sec. 9—lmposes a penalty of five hundred “ ff
lars and cost, on any person making a lraud-i u.l
return, and requires the assessors to make n new
valuation.
Sec. 10—When property-holders refuse o.- neg
lect to return property lists, the assessor to enter
upon tbe property, and value for himself, and’ *
add twenty-five percent, to the valunticnusu
penalty.
Sec. 11—Requires assessor to value proper v
where owner is a non-resident, and of weich -u)
lists arc returned.
Sec. IS—Allows non-residents property-hei.Krs
to make returns of properly to the •ssegsor of
the district where they reside, to besot warded by
said assessor to the assessor in whose district the
property lies, for his approval and return.
Sec. 13— 1 ’rescribes tho manner in which the
assessor shall make up his property lists, arid re
turn them to tbe district collector. Imposes two
hundred dollars fine for tardiness.
Hec. 14—Requires district collectors to give no
tice through the press, or otherwise, of the time
and placa when assessments may be inspected,
and appeals reoqised and i stemmed by the col
lector...
Sec. 15—Requires district collectors to forward
property lists to the State collectors.
Sec, 16.-Requires district collectors to give
public notice when the taxes are cue. and tbe
times and places of payment. Persons neglect
ing so to pay, liable to be charged an odditiou of
ten per cent. Authorises collectors to diet ram
tbe propertv of delinquents.
Sec. 17—Regulates sales under distraint ia r r
taiu caseß.
Sec. 18—Declares assessed taxes a preferred
lien on property.
Sec. 19—Provides for selling real estate lor
taxes when there is not sufficient personalty.
Sec. 20 and 21 —Prescribes the times for coll.v
ing. torwardine taxes bv tVi” distr <-• e-di.-m
a'so their acoodntabi illy.
Sec. 22 and 23—Prescribes penalties for un
faithful, delinquent or corrupt collectors.
Sec. 24—Requires assessments to bo estimated
in Confederate Treasury Notes.
Sec. 25—Authorizes collector or assessor to en
ter any house, except dwelling, in the day time,
in discharge of their duties.
Sec. 26 and 27—Provides for tke cases oi sick
ness or death of a collector.
Sec. 28—Authorizes collectors to prosecute,
where necessary, to recover taxes Authorises
tax-payers owning property in two or more oi;
triots to pay the whole to the collector of the om
trict in which he resides, or to the Slute ootlector.
Sec 29—Authorizes collectors and assessors to
administer oaths.
Bee. 30-S5 —Vsnouß matters ot detail.
Sec 3t>—Compensation ol district collector:;
five per cent on the first twenty thousand dollars
paid over, and two and a ball per cent on all be
yond, with two thousaud dollars salary ns th e
maximum. Compunsation ci -the asßcgson, iivw
dollars per day for each day employed, and live
dollars lor evefiv hundred taxable person, with
one thousand dollars as the maximum c mpeus
1 Bee. 37—Tax lien to follow proper y every-
W 33— Authorises a dishursory c.erkforcom
missioner of taxes, salary $1,750. lio examines
and settles accounts for sulanes, commissions,
&Q.. &C.
•Sec. 39— No person capable of appointment uu
der this act if under forty years, unless and cimed
unfit lor military duty or discharged theieiiom
for disability received in service.
Bee 40 —Secretary of Treasury may receive
taxes in advance, aud allow live per cent, interest.
Bee 41 43— President may appoint otiicei.- du
ring recess of Senate; credits on which the bold
er endorses bis willingness to receive Confederate
notes in payment not to be valued at a higher
rate.
To Cotton Yarn Sr in.nses of Georgia.- We invite
tbe attention of the cotton yarn spinners oi Georgia
to the following appeal to them to attend a moet
in Atlanta on the 15th inst., for the purpose there
in detignated. This is aD important matter, iue
destitute and needy soldiers’ families ol the State
mußt be clothed,and if arrangements ccnbemade,
they ought to be made at ouoe, to supply t.-em
liberally with yarns. The Legislature has im
posed upon the State Quartermasters tue t xeruaou
ol this important duty, and he will not neg.cet it-
If cotton yarn spinners will oniy assemble aeio,
and adopt measures to that end, m cu tionb.u
will be avoided, and the soldiers' families wui be
supplied ;
Atlanta, Ga., April 30,15t»8.
I have just had an interview with the Quarter
master General of the Stale of Georgia. Wo hove
been talking about an effort to supply the needy
families of Georgia with cotton yarns. By a
legislative resolution, it has been made the duty
of the Quartermaster General to secure a large
quantity of yarns, to be divided Ja. ici tarty
among tho needy families of onr soldiers. X pro
pose a convention of all cotton yarn spinners in
the State, to be held in Atlanta, on the 15-h of
Mav. to arrange a united efiert on the par. of
lactones to see what we can do to mee. the »r «-
icg demand upon our productions. Let us meet
and arrange a generous plan to provide for this
call upon us.
Yours, respectfully, £
p si Paners friendly to the soldier will pro
aa soon aß.poßßiDie. _
« —Federal accounts report stronpr
Co G nfeTrate 0 at Orjnd Gulf Miss., and
we have from our own side a report of a repulse
of the Yankee vessels in tha - locality.
Grand Gulf iB just below the mouth of the B g
Black river%n the eastern berk of the Mississip
ni The Big Black is a ravigable stream that n
k»k to the northern part of Mise'osippl, »r,d runs
narallcd with tfca Yazoo as fir south as the nuqh
borhcod cf Vicksburg, leavm-; the city » tew
m ii PS to the west of it aod emptying into the .'•**-
sisßiDPi some thirty or forty miies be'ow. Ibe
Yazoo empties into tha Missiksippi twelve in.les
above Vicksburg.
The Big Black has long been one of the routes
spoken of by the Yankees as a way of reaching
the rear of Vicksburg. They have never until
quite recently, however, had vessels enough be
tween Vicksburg and Port Hudson to assure them
of any success in attempting to pass up Big ■■ »
and their first ea ay in that direction appears to
have encountered obstac.es so gre -a
them for tbe present at \e*et. We have!but fit
tie doubt that the new J to
against Vicksburg con j, £cjc rcute> unless
get in his reM’ by - forimdabie; and we
the that the Gonieder
ate Te authorit°es" haVe long contemplated a contiu
nenev of this kmd and have well prepared tor it.
The river is not a wide one and the Y amcee vee
sels must come within good ramge of any Lon
federate batteries that may be planted ou its oanke
We expect to hear of a more determined efl-irt.
to pass the batteries above Grand Gus and get
their gunboats into the Big Black, but we are aa
isfied that tbe way ot reaching Vicksburg will be
found by the Yankees as “hard a road to ir- 'ei
as the Y'uzoo route, though a greotdeai shorter.
j Columbus JinfUlrtr.
There have been extravagant rnmo s o' heavy
access ons to the Yankee army on our co-si, out
we think a few thousand wull cover their >■ uole
number in this State. 1: they advance we are
content we can whip them.— Raleigh, troy ms, iw
A private letter to the Lynchburg Virginian,
from the Valley, states that Gen. Jones has suc
ceeded in blowing up a tunnel on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and destroying a poruou ot
trestle-work, in Hampshire county.