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on.plouoiuly iii.ted .1 oxK Doi.ua Mr. hh - Our UcRimonl left
Miiare, fur the flint insertion, ami Furr Cast* ;| Sholbyville yesterday morning mid nr-
tar every iutwruuent insertion. A *-|Unrn in the rived nt this place to-da.V, foot boro and
Enquirer i* cloven lines in fuiaii type, or one excessively tired. Wo are now* capped
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Yankee Account* "1 the Baltic* in Mituift.-ippi--
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. .Special.Correepiimiunee of the Whirl
FttKDKKII.’KHIU. p.(», May *3*.
The following embraces the news ol
interest iu the Philadelphia luquicor ol
• the‘doth inst..
Steamboat Chattahoochee Destroyed - Northern Account of’ \ ullundi»hum’*
Terrible I,oss of l.lfe ! Departure.
Just a* the stonmor Jackson was push- The Northern )>n|>t>rn rive tho atinoxod
i ing out from tho wharf at Chattahoochee. account of Valhttidi^Timn’s "passago
Fla., a courier arrived, with news that through the lilies.”
the boilers of the gunboat Cbat'.ahour bee Mr. Yttilamlighnin arrived at MurlYaes-
had exploded, killing tile pilot, William horn ah.Mit 11 o'clock on Sunday night
TUe Untilr
nd IV,
hundred »
Obituary ueticoe <
advertisements.
' eight line* charged <
trill I,
i within closn proximity of the eqomy, and j The foil-wing- cilicia ...
I in a .hurt While wo oxpeot to butevolllng j
at some of tho miscreant*.—I
• the private emk-bf , Hod grant it may shortly cumA
erliulitidsaj*
'onal ebarartar.
May 28;
Kkar of Vicks
Memphis,
• a long scrip*
oil the ( , hat«nho''oliHo riv
inearly every olliocr .
.lackwon could not remai
, further particulars, they
slnd i
- a pilot M
lion rd. Tin
M. Stanton ;
May 20.
(Irani '
advert icemeots.
The Decline iu Price*.
it give* us pleasure, which wo are sure j
will be shared by h large majority uJPAur
i umnUtakablu dorfSnc j, fcTnH IVoulionTAlhe other Regiment
upporting distance of the 3d Goo
gin Cavalry, and will support them
their attacks upon the enemy, wlienev
necessary. ; on the 10th. Pemberton hud a mo*t
Our Rogkupnt is to bo to-morrow bri- 1 ^Ttnidablc position on the . rest, of a
, , ... .7 .. [ wooded lull, over which tho toad iik»«<n
glided with the- JHh iennosauo, 9th Ala- j longitudinally. lie had about 2\O0U
i .1 moil. The battle begun util o'clock, a.
Mun
disaster.
Since th
cd he
h.v special train. The follow
•lo > describe hi* reception :
ul »an expected by the mili
tary and public, but the time not being
nnHration ol' any kind
great and momentous victory over the ; have received, through the courUH.v ot by
known
■ l"uk place.
He was quietly take
quarters . i Maj<
•a I, who
earriagp to
Miir-kal V,
oiler i
lie
Gift, the following list«'
killed by the explosion ot tho
the < 'liNttuhoochi*', Mav27, viz:
Fagan, 2d A-'i-tmnt Engineer,
•flic
, li
ne
Fro voit
re he was received
J a number of other
he fully eotn-
Ihc expression
Wr
Flu.
At 2 «
I abstained IV
cnlimont*.
hi* Southward jour*
inlaid Kngt-
t., and >
tlH-phc.' .r.iin.v ».li.'!«..r.'o»iu.«. | have no i Iwrn.'.l, \V. B. 8M« «IM
. a id indications that othtr* wilt lr*l«.} -•,.„ nj^. .• »»..r
v in t! o d cemiinr scale " ' ont,nue fts our *? r igfalior. 4 (.’icrnainl’s cofp*. .
Dtir 1 iwjp-ctWLtimu’Tal inform • me tU#t (jrauk^r'A uf c Mi Fber*pn
ill movu-jn a few - days util I fnrihe 11 ‘
Its brunt
id Mm
Atlanta Intel!,
of tlio 30lh j
attacked the hill, and hefd thr
-a!..., nt Aurtiun 0,« rty w rtn fro „t tl ,„ ,,i r „ t . t , on , )f MortVMS. | 2 ’ '' M ' " ''T
ot rice Hour at ijc. porlh., sod* , ... , , .. mg lost lOOO men, ho was .succeeded by
.. Si ; n, ihmr £"l i>cr ewt ^ oro ’ so, our friends may t xpu.t ti lluomer'sand Holmes’brigades, ofCrock-
J ’ hear of our lighting nnv day. ! er’a division, by whom the conflict wa*
c_. iv. gallon, black tea 3»2.*V) 1 • • • - • •
Tho €,>»/• drnir;/ of the *nmo date, in
its mftrkot report, quotes rice at 11 (3,12
cents, syrup $'j, corn whiskey and apple
and peach brandies, $18(oi20 pot gallon ;
ln*of dull of sale, at a considerable de
cline; tlmr in no demand, ami hut little
doing in salt
It says that Hpeo
not buying, bccaune the mar
l-lining, and that there in only
' demand.
The heat Crop.
.•w in the midst of the harvest,
!y 1 -c* the yield sustain the
ii*ni anticipations of the fnr-
hc grain generally is uncom-
and line. A number of spoci-
>con sent u- from various neigh-
hut v. c lilid ulI of them such
1- and plump grains that we
ended on that part of tho field. .
lost 500 men. Lbgan operated
ight, and out off the onoiny's dir
that ho was compelled to
Corporal W. llurress, of our Companyr
arrived hero to-day in charge of boxc
tillc<l with “good things" from homo.— J treat, so mat no wa* compelled to wsenue j
Our friends will please hear in mind to | by liis right flank through tho wootfs. I
send all papers and letters to Wartrace
Tenn., that being our nearest Fost OtHcc
.J. T. G.
(ion. dohnstor
atul Gov. Fettus
Of Johnston m
May 21.
led!
Humphrey M
rrivod here vestorUav.
vemcntf but little is
n-taiitlv «|n the move,
Hogan lost 4(H» killed and wounded,
took about 2000 prisunois.
On the 17th, advancing t<> tno Hig Rhiclc, |
wo fought Femhorton again at the bridge
there, and enpturod prisonois. lie
(ought in rifle pith proloctod by 11 difficult !
bayou full of nhatiib. Lawler's brigade i
of McGlcrnand's Corns charged the rillo
pits magnificently and took more prison- j
ers than tneir own number. Femborton , ...
burned his bridge and retrentod to Vicks- I Virginia, face, hands and foot badly
burg with only three camion out of sixty j scalded
that ho had tali
Miles, with ..
turted down to take him
neer, ol Mary tana. nciow our lim * m Shelh.vville. The
Fred. NV. Aronta, 3d A^istaut Kngi- prisoner was very cheerful, and discussed
near, Richmond, Yu. hi- situation indiHerontly ; but on ap-
Kugono Henderson, Fay iiin-tct J s Clerk, proachiug the nearest rebel picket, coni -
Tiihkogoe, Ala. j mandod b.v Col. Webb, uf tho 8th Alana-
wtfl. R Hilbr •. Pilot, CYdumhit*. (4#^ ' wa. tcmio 8 mile* out, he became peroap-
.Toaopli Hick*, 1st eiiin* Fireman, (is' jT)My alUhflod.
Ktioch (k Lanphor, 2d class 'Fireman, j Cpon Uiking lctivo of his companions,
Columbus, tin. j ho said in substance: "1 am a citizen
Kdwurd Conn, Coal Heaver, Apalachi- of the I'nited Status, and loyal to thum.
cola, Fla. I want y< u to understand* that you have
- brought a prisoner to liio ConlWoratu au-
I Ihoril'o*."
I To Col. Webb he made similur ro-
1 mark*. The Ibrtnur received him with a
remark that ho had read his speeches,
Mfiller, IV
John Jolifl’ Seaman,
Lewis (\ Wild, Landsman, Flu.
John S.
William Mom
James Thomas
(’has. Douglas
Landsman, Fla.
), Landsman, Fla
Landsman, Fla.
2d cla-s Fireman,
I hut did Hot like him ; that ho
toeeivo him within the Confederate lim .
hut Would permit him to rimain at his
post until he had ascertained the pleasure
M. Fairololli, Landsman, Flu.
I>,\ xaKitofa 1.v >vovkvkv.
Midshipman (•liarles M. Mallory, of
■1 ins leirtieulnr:
and 1 rejoice t*
t lie enemy emu
Alter building four bridge-, on the liis
1 lllack, Gen. Grant arrived before tho
I town ami now hold- it clo-ely invented.
He had opendl a line .•!' riippli." via
I Chickasaw Bayou, having
Wo tin
of the
j tn-rubk
i appro:
I Tims-*
to th
)»l cxsellont one. | *9“
particular notice
« k-hurg workr
loon r-.ad- and
III..'clock, udvan
i the
the work*, their i
I'lure was sharp lighting through the
lav ve-terday. Stoelo won and now
liol-ls tho enemy'a water tmtteries and
from the ML-i-siiipi
Cornelius Dully, of Apahicbicola, Flit.,
co and hands badly scalded.
RLIUIITLT WOUNDIID.
tod j Hamilton (.older. Muster’s Mate, Ma-
via ' ryland, right arm scalded.
•.vn ; Joseph .‘sin, Apalachicola, face burned.
th« Midshipman \V .1 Craig, Kentucky,
will I foot slightly burned.
J k. ncpli K. Coles, Coal Hi
cd.
i.l sp
which tin
1 thcaht
oplc
their bountiful
supply of bread
a hors, under the blessing of
i secured l'or tho army and
j.ulation. Let them, now,
culutor and hoarder as more
ids than tho rust or the
weevil, and let thorn hurry their surplus
wheat to the mills or to the market, with
all convenient dispatch. They can thus
very materially “reinforce” the Govern -
nietit and sustain tho cmutifon cause at
The Old Confederate Notm.
Lis* 1 where in this paper will bo found
a paragraph announcing that tho ilich-
Mia*ourint.s never tired a rhot. Tl.e
other regitnetilNthen man h< 1 up ajul the
whole assaulting column, forlorn hope
and all, marched within easy mtmkul
id U«
efusi
At tho word ‘
received our fir
ting thoJr rank
loaod up
Forward—Charge," they
\ shuttering and dic'una-
frightfuliy They ra)-
atul -to.' l it for tliiit.v
minute*, when they broke and llod. They
woro rallied to the charge four su.-n—.ive
limes and met with tho Mime storm of
iron hail and louden rain. Tho whole
x ! .r l Tj,if i
they wero still lying on Thin
unhuriod, and witnout any
6 Pls 11 . .
Flu-rson, who hold*, thec.-ntre, ii«st little
a- did McClermmd, who hold* the left.
'Fltd gunhoato kept the enemy on tin
alert during the night and probably th
town will he carried to-dav. Till re nr
| from 15,0(X) to 20,(XH) men in it.
Tho vessel Ims sunk below her di ck*.
Thu wounded were brought tin to tho city
Imsi evening by the steamer William II.
Young.—Tiinm, 31*f.
Vicksburg, ! sanity
A dispatch from Col
A A. (i., dated “In Ito
20l!i,” say* :
Du the JCth wo fought tho bloody and
deciaivo battlo of Baker's Creok, in which
wimin I t !,e e »ll™ Vipk«burK i'or.M-, undir I’um-
, |n jj p horton, was defuated, with
Democratic state Convention of
Meets 11 til June next.
'There will ho no opposition to the i
iimtion of Mr. Yulhuidigliam tor
ernor of Ohio.
Vnlhindigh-j
f the HUlhoritie
The flngof truco party then luft Yallan-
dighiiui and returned. Yallandigham’l
speech was a very ingenious atratagum,
by which he expec ted t>» prevent his
cuption hv the Confederate' authorities,
and secure him-elf the eredi*. ot uuirtyr-
1 a persectitod loyalist,
I doom it moro than probable that in
tho Ihco of tlie antagonism to the South
ho assumed, the enemy wjll refuse to re
ceive him. Ho was given to understand
l\v General Bo*eoriimt that, should he
Nnange to return to our lines in the
way, the I're-ddont'sorders to carry
Dia-nuc
Gently app
ciate .!udg<
Jfl
L:ncidn lias ro-
listriels of his Asso-
f the* Supreme ('ourt of thn
i imeci among wh.un wo notice
the following, aligned to the dietrlc-U
Fourth -Delaware. Maryland,
LkTKkV FltOll VH KSHt ltd.
0K.V. ntMItrUTON'M 8PKK0H.
From the Mobile Tribune
Jackson, May B0—Thorn is
■IT
-RANDOLPH STREET.
NUMBER. 21
•i-u khiw, may wi —morn is no nn\f«
from Vicksburg dneo yesterday, but there aj ...... r r l
Admiral Fm-ter’s Ofllclal Dknatcb
The Capture of llaluca* lliufl, etc.
tl . tw1 . Tho following i* Admiral l’m-tor's of-
n ws | fl c i R i dispatch to th.» S)*crntary of tho
•Navy, from JJftlncV Bluff, Yazoo River,
i* no apjM-oheniiion felt hero an to event* i kv 72»>tli
The MUtdssippinn of this morningnub- ! . ®
lishos A speech mado by Goneral Pnm- ] /I....... # y- ^
after Ihroo ropul.M.-fllic oho,„y. j 0™!i «3ft
ruing of tho 1«»th I came oucr
to bo i eady to co-opera to . with
It is at follow...
"You havo hoard that I was incompp-
tent and a traitor,' ami that it was my in
tention to sell Yickaburg. Follow me
and you will seo thn cost ut which I will .
sell Vicksburg. When tho la«t pound of , _ «
beef, bacon and flour; thn last grain of
corn: the last cokv, and hog, and bnrso, Vhn cannonadlm/
and (lo« .hall have beau cOnaumod, wilt ] J„\. lim ‘! A
tlie last man snail havo porndied m the
trencho.H, then, and only then, will l soil
at Carthago, throe nt Wnrrontoji and
two in the Yazoo, loll me a -mall fence,
.still 1 disposed of thorn to the host iTO-
Vantage.
On tho 18th. at Moridiax, tiring was
xr of Vicksburg, which nssurod
i. Grant was approaching the city;
Vicksburg,
IIP.POT, t-OllS* AND COTTON DKHTKOYKI*.
Jaokron, May iM).—Information roJ
ceivod states that tho onumy’s cavalry
went to Bolton's Depot, twont.y miles
Rom Jftck60u, on the Southern road, and
kept itp furiously
for sot no time, when, by tho aid of glass*
os, I discovered a company of our artil
lery advancing, taking position and driv
ing the rebels before them. I immediate
ly saw that Sherman'u Division had come
on to the loft ot Sn.ydor'p Bluff, that tho
robols at that plaof; hod been cut off from
burnt the depot, a largo lot of corn,'and
Wk) or Wtt hales of cotton, Boddo*
milling other doprudations.
TUVINu TIIK aTAHVINH CltOOKSi
Grnn-nl Grant Entrenching. P0W jivtui im»r. ».u,» uuuu, eu«r
Jackson, May 510.— No fighting at Vicks- nndSteelo, informing me of this vast
burg. ■ cues and asking mo to solid up provial
Tho onotny has quit tho storming pr< * *'
Cess, ......
d->»patched the De.Knlh, Clioctaw.
Homer, Petrel And Forest lloso, *11
undar command oTVduitt. BrsttO, up tbo
Vaaoo to •« e commm,«in Bust
way with (irant nuu Sherman. This l
succeeded in doing, and in throo hours
rocoived letters from Grant, Sharman
ivhich v
i at onco dono.
ss, and is going to try tho starving. \ Meantime, Limit. Walker, iu tho Do-
From roliahlo authority I learn that ; Kalb, pushed on to Haines' Bluff, which
Grant is ontronohing in parallel linos i tbo onoiny uoinniunced evacuating tho
with out batteries, but out of reach of our day bofore, and a party remained behind
guns, ind kooping un communication in hopes of destroying or taking away a
**ickiiDf ' " ' *
iibovoand below Vicksburg, Uius cutting large amount of ammunition on hand.-
if Vicksburg entirely. ! wHon tlioy saw tho gunboat they runout
Ho is also entroncbir.g at Big Black leaving everything in good order -guns,
bridge, and tho fords above and below. forts, tents and cquipago of all kinds,
Nous vorrons. _ wh>eh full into our hands.
. | A* soon a# tho capture of Hainos* Bluff
An Important i nn j fourteen forts was reported to me, I
j shoved up tho gunboats from bolow to
The John linin'n Hu Id
Dlacloaurc*
Mr. iSumnorwas re-olocted to the Uni- i Vicksburg, to tire at tho bill batteries,
tod States Scnato, the other day, by the j which flro waa kept up two or throe
Legislature of MiiHsachuM'tlH. Mr. iiwnti, hour.*. At midnight tlioy moved up to
a member of the Scnato of that State, the town and opened on it for an hour,
although a Republican, would not, it and continued at intervals during the
scorns, vote for Mr. Sumner, ami gnvo night to annoy tho garrison,
tho following reasons for so refusing : I On the lttlli, l placod six mortar* in
“I come now. Mr. President, to wr.nt is ! position, with orders to tiro night and
known in history io> tho John Brown day hi rapidly an they could,
raid. This expedition was planned and j Tho works at II id ties' lliufl' aro vory
fitted out in Boston, and its expense* do- formidable. There am fourtoon of the
frayed by subscription. Tho day ho hoavio*t kind of mounted eight and ton-
Virginiii, North Carolina ('hid Justice
I Roger B. Tatm,y. l illli South Carolina,
Tgla, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
n»u mb, i
.. field of slaughter,
guish! What cruelty
i and wounded soldi*'
iifl'*-
Hi*
1 •l.tski
defeated the same fureo at
Big Black br.dre, with a loss of 2,0ift
men and 17 pi ecus of artillery. On the
18th, wo invested Vicksburg closely
where lhe\- fell-—the
i.d.-d
wno
en deposit (.'on led crate Trea-ury Kotos
issued prior to Doceniber lust. This an-
nounoemunt struck us as au indirect I bo
mode of discrediting the Confodcrato I
ci^ri'oiyt.v by iiuLultmcnt*. l*p lo the 1st j * l(
of Augtisi next,‘tho notes issued prior t<>
1st December lust ought to he more val
uable than the Itjntos now emitted month
ly, beemno they are fundable in 7 per
cent, bonds, whilo the later issue. 1 * lire
tumhiUe only in <1 per cent? or leu*. The.
refusal h.v tho Government to permit
tho*e note- t-‘ bo funded after tho l«t
ot imply any design to
epudtttlo them ; on tho
to still allowed to circu-
viihlo in payment<>l'duos
i^nt. SU11, holder., will
t advantage of funding
• may ho invested in 7
they
oftho
i*ruel and boa«tlv to pultht*
i In- had seduced frmn tln-ir
«. and undur tho delusion
n.d liberty, or by force inc
i by
'J’o-day. (Juii. Steele curried the rill
pit- north of the city. Tim ngnt of tic
army rosts on til. Mn»i**ippi ah.iw
Vicksburg. I loam further that tln-n
•>i. from lo.UKi to 2u,IM» men in Virk*
l.nrg, and that Fcmberlon lu-
all In* field artillery, mid that
sed about :> o’clock-
rant hurt prohi
Yankee fahricalioli. She wrote
t week to her liurtbund, oxhort-
ng him t<- abate not one whit of the prin«
iples he ha-, enunciated.
•m- j After his sentence by military court, ho
2D whs kept in ch*.»o confinement, and com-
On I municalcd with only by staff ofllcor*.
tho people of the Northwest for the ad-
mi iu.itration of Lincoln, and tho country
i« ripe for revolution.
- . isicsip
Jurttice Jume» M. Wayne. .Sixth
Louisiana, Texas, ArkaiiMi*. Kontuoky,
Tcnne-*ee -Jiisiiee John (.’ntfon, ot Toil
’d that
rangumenl of the wire*, we havo mo
il from u gentleman who ha* Just rein
our city tront Sholbyyillo.l .tf/«r»(«i /
early nil the wagons
> taken up with the trade on
i bonier, t^iiantitic* of flour
i the inturior of Texas cannot
rward to the army for want
>f transportation, which is now employed
in this pernicious trnllic. This trade i«
periiuttml by I lie Yankees lor tho pur*
po*o of procuring our cotton, and returns
tiling but the mortl periahuhln
the Me in
ked
1 goods, which are sold at fabulous price*.
Tool
Mr* \ iiLlaiullgli
the Ufllll.
I lured iw
| .1 FuUe
■ all of tin-
H|»-
xhnr
.lopre
y. tin
i they
i hoi
r that pt
valuable tl:
Hugo tehniimti
April Inst are th(fonly n'tea tliut
'I’li
Since Tuesday, from all 1 cun learn,
the enemy htni content)/) him«c!f with
* oiling, cannon«)lmg and ahai p-le.otmg,
and they occasionally am • .-cd in picking
off some of our men A t 1 firing i at
long range l*embert)»n doe* not r«*plv.
On TuoMla.v nnuning Lieut.
Broun, of the 2*H|i Mi**inippi
infantry, darliud
lured the pin
r«pt"
'i'lm following ib a rtomati
from Wathingt/m, dated 21
At 11 o'cloc k a. in. t..-d:
dent roeelveil the n-1
tttinoui-cement that X
1'I.KVKLAM*, Obi.,
patch troui Mr. Folio
MIS .. 1. ;i ij.l.i.-
* hieh v
Da ni The Fetei elmrg Kt-
'• pree- leiirii from par., c-1 J.lirtol.crrt j UAL
returiH-d Hum thn North, that upwards
i S’lelhv- i ” r ‘bnndreil ui our man, who wore
■ nlaco implicit i ' V'i r "'l "> tin- halt!.-, around Vickrt*
i will, a -l«l" : !'" r *: r.. .■I.llv L, \ III-,..11, ,il,. K i».K»
,, ,,, , a ,j IH )io the Lincoln GoverniHonl, and of
m which have jY<*ur*e were allowed lo lemain under ita
rv'inw \.iili Hint 1 i>rotn.ti"M. II,nm rio.cr —-
I tipmi tho I "
nlor*
• de
pull
ruined that
if any of them wero native horn
Sou*thornc‘r». They were mostly North*
•rn inon piofo.Ming Soiilhorn principliv*
i foreigner*), all of whom had enlisted
dernb,
ul ah.
flfM
Not a gun
untuil | g)>r at Memphi
1 and cap- j hhvb the Stars and s
hundred | Vicksburg, and the
xtv iuici- I Imve helil tlii* m
tirol and ! the confirmation, 1
• led 1 interrupted, ami I
ached me.
.d u
id 1.
rough!
i \» ere j
enter.- |
iHgc, iioping t<>
tin- line hit- I
»\v give it to vo
ruin Mlnncmta—Th ■ luilian Wu
About to Open—‘i.OOO Sioux Dill
flora oil t ii s Itiu r.
Mr. Ynllandlgham come.* upon
ilrtion, atul again it hi* consent. t<
uifodurate line*: and \- roecivod
:i/en of Olii)i ami of tho Unitud Sim.-, . • ,
i u\ile, hanish.'d from Ilia country for no i H1 •■m’li nn-n a- \\r can verv readily
r,.„,, , l..vu „f imtiun,I I.“I”'™;. " ,|J ' vlli he< ho lioltorort l.y,-wtUnx
' ■ ■ II,. IInv. 1 i" 1 "• il"
11 in Hi,.
i among 1
orty and the true principh
ernmeat, outraged hi tho do9poli*m of
tl:c Lincoln Adminirttration.
Having been I’orcihly denied proteP-
tion in tho Hinted Stati**, ho i- ohltgol to
*e)-kit from tho font ud critic Stati *
Whilst, a* an oxile, hi* i* confident of
kind treatment and consKleiHlion tiom k
j generous and hospitable pimple, he '
i tho
ell while gallantly defending tho
Mis-i--ippi, wa* of an am iout and
able Maryland family, long dihtin-
■il in the military annals of the
ind i
>r that purp
allauiUgitin
Vicksburg i* ohoi-ring. ai
wuaring a more hopeful
face, d’he l cdoral- hn\
denperato a-.-aults upon oi
, have bee
Alla
rill be
Again.
mkeu accounts say that sliuuld
ghnin return 4«- thoHnilcdStates,
ml sunt, nee of the court martial
executed; which sentence- was
t ho he qopiiuod until the end of tho
ron (ho Dry 'J’ortugas.
'lie general expression of tho pro** of
■ Confodormy i*. that ho should not
permitted to remain horc—most of the
>i;rs urging that he bo sent out of the
intry by sonic -vosse! running the
'.tkade. Wo havo exprc**ed the opin-
, to which' wo ndliore, that this would
icting him to loo great danger of
again into Lincoln’s dutches*
tenty though ho avows himaolf to
:ona{der him entitled to a refuge
country (on good bolmvmr, of
simply on tho ground of hu unn*
com inon hospitality. 11 ad ho
r hitt.-r and bloodthirsty enemy,
he a mah whom we might ju-.ll>
t rpy among u?, hii cheracler ami
Dnts might deprive him of any
oveii thomorcy and tolornncedue
to all men in miiTortune. But no one
look* upon him
equal
slaught
that it has no
Federal officer
united to thoir men
been captured by Hod
remaining stronghold
Viek.-hurg, J.i-t
drawn up
warrmr-
ti 7110 lodgi** ol Simix !
uinped on tho James riv
numbering between I,.
L-ato avoid all public
non»trati«»n, ifnd to li
• I place, a* a private ge
laid 5° ha.o ,
Hint Hi,li,II1011,1 Inn!
t in the Shayenno tho Imlians have had
a difficulty umong thenisulves, a portion
tavor of peace and tho remain-
which limy were 1 iJcvU'nl.ukii.
fcnUI* iifrnj , utiil tliill l.y i)n- | Hi»lni|i T«ch» lit
termination anil bold tie** in Ilnur charge , t|,j recent murders
u j Fomme de To
falling
might take the plac"
•mi the war. The troop*
iveru commanded; their
l only stubborn but
did
hen
j i wns predicted l»v onoof the Imlia
the immense hills «»f >*<nlni- deud that j turcu up tho Mum la Nall*'
now cover the face of the earth, awaiting j ,j mc af ,„ -that about tin- first of .>
Hopulturc, afld poi.soniiig tlie atuio'pheri.- ' . RV (,gcs instead ui'wailing lo c-n*
by tho horrid stench "I tluur thou*andfl <»l ( |, 0 | ur go army wliich fur a long t
carcns-iM. Dur oflicer* ehtimale tho •*«- | Loan preparing fi
erny'rt loss from ton to twenty-live thou* f rolll a point on tl
sand in killed and wounded. A North | wo uld break
•linft Federal deserte
night h
ills tho same story, r
that Grant * Iohh is estimateil in
from 10 to BO.OOUincn.
The widened of the margin it
mate will give 3
[lunishmcnt thm
my Jit
westward march
the upper Minnesota,
would break into iniium rahle -1 n 1111
"' l I parlies, and thus tnoru eflo t
ll .Y h | our forces, and imisencn-
' Hl sulllers. The fow fnmiliu"
. | around here are flocking inf
“t'* J Hile, and Sergeant Brunsoi
nomine with a Ibri
ul ly liarai
1 tlei
ruiiiaining
vo)
th< ft) mi
of Mr. V.
burg, and the lie
tki
i.liiiK
scnvihlo that,
rcxidenco in the (’onlbdenicy i
the gnnerouti consent of tin- Gi
ami people, till lie can return
hi* home.
He is confident that hi* ch
well enough knowi w* *-iti*l.
that he i» lliCM|»ahlc ••: :;i. v. u
either hen- or on hi* return t-»
consistent with the rolm
thus hiihlainst<
ully I
him#i-lf 1 uinmarui,.,! Ki
t tli» time ii ww* taken by tho
Another gallant otll*
liiind and hi* l:iee t
rarda
Dili*., tit* iiegro w
wliildi he i 1 lie atroi
This is proper i
\ itllandighaii),
- , 5 hat In* enter
tains tho opinion that ho doc*,..and will
govern himself accordingly.
the opinion
days ago, t hat the h
the United State.*, or
point heyou‘1 thoConfodo
all circumstance
some other
, thehettet,
onsideiuii.— Atlanta
S*l ni
loin liiillutin, Tviilii''ncn, we get the
t deplorable account* of the terrors of
Yankee rule there. The officers
;o a nmctico of giving hull* to which
re invited. They walk
n nml arm with negro
11--. mm commit such indecencies in
uhlie street that, the ladies of the
are obliged to koop their windows
I all the lime to avoid wilnoflhing
Mow long! oh Lord, how long! —
1 lt>'ii.
started for HarpeFa' Ferry, on his'deed
of murder, lie dined in room No. 1,
Farker House, in company with some ol’
tho most ardent and zealous supporters
of Mr. Sumner, and for this reason I allude
to it. Tho Republican party now dls-
the act; they cull him u monomani-
. in insane man ; but. when tho tele*
graphic wires, with lightning speed,
brought the news of hi* death’ to’New
.England, so depraved at tbo time was
the public sentiment hero, that tho village
church bolls tolled out his Amoral knqjl,
and tho luinlsturs of God, with a few
honorable exceptions, prayed in thoir
pulpits that tho spirit oftho “dopartod
saint'' might ro:*l in peace, This act, Mr
inoh rifled gun*, with ammunition enough
to latiu long siege. As tho gun-carriages
might again lull into tho hand* uf the
enemy, I hail them burned. Mew up the
magazine, and destroyed the works gen
erally. I nine burned up tho encamp-
mont’s, which wans permanent and re
markably well ronmruciod, looking
bof« intended to star for somu time.
These works and encampments covered
many acre® of ground, and the fortifica
tions and rifle pits pruperof Haines' Bluff
extend a mile ami a auartur. Such a net
work of dofoncea l never saw. The
rube!* worn a year In constructing thorn,
and nil woro rendered useless in an hour.
I got through with the do;
Strange b’elo De **r.
On Friday, oaya tho Washington
Chronicle nf May JGtU, at Mttiropolitaii
Hotel, Now York, Mr. Kdmon^Bflrnn, c
trilh a surgical instrument Called ft catling
in his hand, with which ho had inflicted a
ffttdl wound in the region of tlie -heart. A
nrrrlout UMtirceitful attempt at eulclda
had boeu made with morphino. Mr.
Baruti had also thought of shooting him-
*o4f, but had do*i*ted, out*of regard for
tho feelings of those occupying the next
room. The cauxo of tho n« ( was proba-
b>y dopreisleu of «|>iritJ, brought
t>OM.aaeoil groat wda 1th, but had been re
duced to a comparativelyblonder income.
Tlie most remarkable r-ature uf tho
Clwc, perhaps, i* a will left by deecoaed,
bw;u*- itliing bis body to Dr
with the request that the skeleton should
bo nlfcoly set and placed somewhere iu
bi« office. Theduoutnent mniFfts follow*:
1 boreby bequoath my body to my talent
ed, and Home duy )>r other illustrious.
Dr. Wefign, of No. 5J0, West FitWnth
street, New York, requesting him to set.
up my skeleton nicely and to place it
•unv-wF-^f ir /v nfllen The heit mean*
to effect it probably aretha following : to
take Urn 1le*h otV tbs* bones with a knifa
aa much an possible; to cut out a small
jjioco oftho jkull with .1 trepan, and ^ull
brain out; toplcrcG holes in tho shaft
ofotory long bone with a small gimlet,
so m to let tno marrow out, which will
groutly improve the whiteness; to let it
macerate in water a long while, and let it
perfectly dry; then soak it in a solution
of magnesia, (or n lait de rAanx) and
when dry to rub it well and p:dnt it all
with silicate of potash, and ulti-
w»ll
matoly to set it up with
consider the fulfillment of tho. nbo.
quest as a special favor. It will bo ho
nico to seoono's old dwelling place kept
ho clean and in good order, instead of
rotting away in some dirty place.—
H«»w handy too, when wo are all sum
moned to the Volley of Johosuphat, to
hones already together,
find
stead of having to struggle among the
crowd, and pick them up ono bj- one iu
•onto charnel house. Should my learned
friond fail to comply with my request, 1
will certninly coma hack and pull his
hair out by tho roots, provided that they
grant me a furlough. And, now with rny
, good-bye. (Ju plutot—
love to K~
F.umonii Rarok.
tho'death blow to the truotion of the magazine* and other
peace of tho Union. Without, it Virgin- works, I started Lieut, Wulkor up tho
in would not havo seooded, and God grant Yazoo river with sufficient force to des-
that wo may yet recover from it. 1 j troy all tho nnomy's properly in that
know tho name* of the persons who were • direotion, w:th orders to return with all
engaged in this transaction, anil shall j despatch, and only to procood ne far hh
leave a record of them for history. Yazoo City, whero the rebel* hnvo a
Another ileed of murder, Mr. J > resi- ! navy yard and store houses,
dent, and I will notdotain you longer. In the meantime General Grant has
When Anthony Burns, the fugitive slavo I dosoly investeil Yickrburg, and has
was confined iii the Court Houso in this posm-ion el thu bed commanding poiuts.
city, a mooting was hold at Fan cull Hall, In u vry ►hert time a general assault
tocomddorthe subject. Theodora Farker ! will take place, whop I hope to announce
and tho Kov. Tlrnmna W. lligginson ! that Vicksburg ha-, lallcn, after n sorle
Mr. Furkpr, in concluding of tin
un eloquent speech, alluded to th
that h slave was roniinod in the Court
lluuuo, amt oxclaimod in substance
“Why HLand wo hero idle/ To the
rescue I” A Tush was made for the
Court House, nn>t nt the door stood a
poor laboring man, a Mr. Batchelor, a
night watch. Ilia wifo and two children
wore sleeping at home, possibly dreaming
ofhlinnH he was tolling for their daily
. brilliant sit
attended an arm}-.
that t
• ng tin
Who killed him.
.u natrd nn the gm
the world never ki
Frcrident, wero tho confidential frioruh,
and supporters of M r. Sumner, nml fur
this reason 1 have alluded to tho subjoc.l.”
A Ci.kvkh Takk OlThn Fhiladel-
phia Inquirer contains a letter, purport-
to havo been written homo by ono of our
Jnpancao yiaitors, in the style of
war where the rebels ha\
cesvl'dlly beaten at all points, and the
patience nml endurance of our army and
navy for many months arc about to bo
rewarded. It is a mere question of n few
hours, and then, with tho exception of
A Fight at Florence.
TffBcrMOix, May 20.—The Abolition
raid in the Tennesson Valley i* coming ti>
grief. The nnomy number 2000 mounted
infantry, with four piece* of artillery.
They crossed the river nt Florence.
Hannon drove them from Florence last
evening, with loss. To-day. Roddy
croBHea below them, cut them oil from
their bunts, and is driving them b/tck to
Florence. Major Jenkins and (.'nptaln
Locko, of Hannon's odd Alabama Regi
ment, wero killed in the Florence fight.
A battery, without an oaopil, going to
Hannon's assistance, encountered tho
nnomy, gnd •>«•» reported cuntu rod, but it
opened on them, and escaped successfully
to Athens. No doubt those marauder*
will encounter the same fate ns Straight’.}
prow’lere.—Huntsville Confederate.
port that on the 7th of Anril a sea light
look place at Fodso Bluff, between a
large war Ptonmor, strikingly like the
Alabama, and threo other vosSeb, which
wero soon pouring broadside* into each
other, from the shore. No particulars
1 known.
Uoon'n DivLM'ix.—'Tbi, 1
siou Is formed 01 urn lEiluw
Rubinpon's, Law’*, Anderv
ning's. Four To;
I 1 * and Ben
in Arkansas
the fourth.
Fort ifudson, whieii will follow Vicks
burg, the Mississippi will bo open il
entire length.
Grand Fncampment, 1.0. o. F«
Tliia body hold il* annual notion
thin city yesterday The following
theofiicerl* olpctouand iuslallud for the
year ensuing
Lottros Ferrfienne.*,'' and Goldrttnith's
“Citizen of the World.” Tho following
i* a snnoimim : /*
“We find it very difficult to comply
with the domandrt of our sovereign, for
bidding us to touch the women of this
country—not from any disposition on our
part to disobey, hut Irotn thoir desire to
suize us by our hands. They are anpa-
l.ater (rom Furopc.
The Btoamor Alift hn« arrived at N<
York t'mm Liverpool. She bring* tl
latest Kuropoun dates ;
The Polish Inhtirrection oonlin'ic*
increase. In «»ne )listric.t it ha* :t**um»
an entirely rcligi / - a-fw < I i'b • poop
are strictly Gatin
'I’lie eiti/ons (.1 Atlanta Iimvo jmrcliHiod
thesplemlid war charger Highlander from
Gel. Ben. G Yancey, of Athens, Or., ut
4)2,000, to he presonled to (ion. Forrest.
Highbinder i- a dark chestnut sorrel,
•LI, well trained, has spleri
j did action, and is thought to l>o tho haud-
! somett chargor in the Gonfoduracy.
count}
jtl cnlrcuchiiti
lull, haf)l|y
hut
right lo
el ief
~ • <-li 1 Ul ron. It is dev
il may not be luu In
v 'f r -V j It is tho upiniun «
breeds and other*, who pro
h)‘ imped have l>r
fed by
The hero in on
Mackiowi)/., who fell
(lank witli a company •
fi g h
VII* Fulfil
, the H IS ia
ylhcmoii un
_ , f Roweim,
11 tlml StHt) 1 , )luring a period of thr'
■cm.-, -even mouth* hii,I nineteen days,
nvr liirlii t<> twelve children, all of
/horn are alive ami kicking.
Mr*. Mugeu iiiiik)-.") an excellent ro-
ruiting officer fur thu infantry.
. Yd
I my going
j y.rci wu l"
j gunbo
* light. On the J „„„£ f uur j„
rtirury, helms always gonu as fur ns | cietiLly oh-.tr
y Northern man dared go in uplio
; tlie rights of Lite .South in the Uuio
d sinco its dissolution* he has all the I ft 0il *^ etarted
10 bcc:i an opponent of tbo war os
iged against u». Induud, tho ott’once
: which ho i» banished is liis opposition
the war policy of tho Federal Admin-
ration, and bis advocacy of peaceful
••rture.-, instead of hostilities, a- h
The Wheat Crop Again.
From an old and highly respectable
citizen of Atlanta, Mr. Joel Kelsey, who
has just returned from u trip into Bouth
dilion, when .
cume Mlaimcd and bu
Nothing but misfortune bu:
our naval effurU i.
am glad that they
Wo
cut Mr. Yulian ligh
• inhumanity. He
ymj.athiz.
fight h
ccoMsidoritlion*
at we shall not
with indignity
leader of and j ^^Kifled
it |mrty at thu
V •, ,,,, | ,. Smith, »y . a. Civana. ouvmuijr »»mu- i •» «.««; k» - -r-™- 1 r,>u-onabl)'
•North, llicrc is no good policy in either | ( i c d--Roth well FrLm. Sergeant Allen, | we think will he the caso when the abun- ! j nn j t WL . u
bnt little 1 dru <
“•my w)int up the river I whereof they speak, that the savages who I turned the h*a»ln of victory
< it.v. end committed a j perpetratod tho outrages above moiition- tho iuHiirreetion 1moralises tho greater out-
,h>' ("Mi. Brown 1 d were Siottx, tlniugi) others entertain rages urn committed by the Russians,
in th« 1 . r, winch sufli* differ cut vinws, Hnd believe that it was the I All clas*cs are infuriated at thoir savage
J ' l • p • "it the cuo- j ,)j„|>oln al w..rk oftlm Chippuwah. The : brutality. ehoorinc nows oi 1110 wneai crop in at
l'artiu . up 1 navy j n . t tlmt tbo catllu ami ui uih of tlio two The London Times, uf Mnv l J.li, nayn that prolific portion of tho State. Mr. K
L X« •>> • ■ • > ■ • siciiin* rninaiu untouched by the blood 1 “Hoiksides, in thi- extr.fi.ity, look l * ui says that tho like was never known to
t'iwi, but a :• w Ii.derul tit i raty wretches nll'urd, grounds for argil- 1 and nor-o a ouarrel with u», r ll»cy do j tho “oldcs 1 . inhabitant there, biulds
n, ••..-. unnoit'U mu expo- , „ 1C iit'with some that it wr* tlm work of thi- while each draw, troui t.- flu* mean- . upon Holds that formerly yielded cotton,
"0- 11,4 OhipiMw,. Hlrniit ufbi-iiiK “I riirrylliK «.« ««r. Tb« North i now riiWurJ the Wrinor, wlO. Mlonbhln*
aught with an v of draws from us men and all the umteruil of J yields of tho great cereal that will give
war—yot it a*Mir< -u* that »•• soon a* throo 1 bread to our puoplo tho next year, and
months of do i i i iuoa»ur> » has nut un , especially bread to our army. From a
end tu thi-rebellion, it v ill immediately field of 40 acres, sown by Mr. Wm. B.
hurl it- urniament ngaiiiHt Knglanu, Stallings, in NVofister county, wo have n
again-i. our hold upon Ireland, ngain-t saniplo of the finest wheat w« have over
out dominion in America, hgaiiiot our soon--one of thu hands of which contain)*
commerce nil over tho world. ! one hundred and fifteen grains, and
• \VL"b< ) we interfere or nut this k 1 lair sample «»f tho whole. Wo invite
the fnv; in i-l<»ro for u-, and lueanwhib
to < \ pn— thu wiirinuHt h<
-s Of flu: Fedora 1 aril)
•will tlicr*s * •in*—, in bo
}*
Waddell Artillery.
1,1 ” ' : tlm Uliippawi-
n U, V E detected if they ^...
uUcnueu , i) 1(J i r property in their p<»*n^
that quarter, and I '
I’edonu with. h heat Speculation 5
Several of our oxchangcs notico flic
fact, that pertou* havo boon ofluring ttm
dollars pur biuhel for tho growing cr<>p
of wtioHl, with tho design of knoping up
the price of fl'ur to nr«*v
large Htocks which lmv<
from market ift tho hop)
prices. It i» stated thu
10t» barrel- which cost
If tbo pfiC*i I* brought d
• I. 1808.
eported to
Severely
11 withheld
still higher ! “
10 firm ha '
ner barrel
$20, which
liable
x as pc rating thum ugninst us or aiding \ Gunner Walden, Jim W^iggins, Bon dant crop now ready for harvesting hliull : t j if>
iitr in I Page,'John i'. Smith, A. D. FulL" 1 ^ 1
tho l
... j bo thrown upon tbo market, the lot , ,
CaiVt. Wftddoll unhurt, so fur as I cun | that single lot will bo $60,000 To obtain | thuL jt
I learn. Gr.o. H. Wadukll. a monopoly, -* - * ■ 1 “■ -
control prices
1 defeating his party
the approaching elections. If Mr. Val*
landigham is sent to thu Dry Tortugas,
iiow can he ever reach Oliio to assume
the Executive chair, in « use tbo ......... ^ #itv| ^ ^ u o •
elect him Guvornui ' 1* it our policy to j Gen. Hampton = negroes, from Missiaaipj* j whatever with such ouerators, whoso I JJuulonts'we'are nat'indinod'u)apply.”
Rid in nutting him iu a position from pi. tbeir way to Columhi -. About \ God is Mnmmon, and whoso country i* “ — —
whirl, {.will ho imim—i bln for him to n,i,e “ Augusta, tho two last cara In ! t bolr owo narrow boarts. They are ut- i A Yankeo soldior writes to the Natli-
men it will t>o uupo.-iDio tor mniv the train became detached, and/cmamed 11 t«*rly proof ngainst all other influence*. v j|i« (Abolition) U“' -
1ako a look
u*. inSuintiT county, uml Fr
W.I.-t* 1 county, Mr. K. lulls
vitand heaviust wheat that ho over
ns ready for harvesting, and somo
plaint. Fruuo/and Eng- | «>f it had been, in that nml other aectionu
told, huve only k» racognizo of .South-westorn Georgia. Tho corn
l.-i,. • uf thu .South, and tho crop, too, he reports as vory premising,
L- | tli)
! heretofore, thene hcartlossspoculatorn and
■I IU ..a a1 ii#•,, 1 - extortioners aro willing to ri»k u good
Itailrusd Accident. jn or( j tfr 6& , ve thomselvod if possi-
A train left this city on Saturday with | y 8t The people can havo no sympathy
HP... Would indeed .. . . ..
1 that wo could per- Cherok eGoorgiu had no rival for Wheat.
Miado tho North t«» suvo tho wreck of its 1 Now it must look to its honors, for the
fortunes. But no recognition or media- j “Finey Wood*” has shown that wheat as
tion would have tbo stuuilest weight uu- j well ■■ cotton cap bo grown there with
We’call up -H our agricultural friends j
every wb< :uto refuso nil such offer - with :
patriotic scorn.
Mischief is intended to
1 a lHJsition - - rv -- ----- - - . , v.^-
f„r him to nu,e “ below Augusta, thu two luatcars in ; their
,-tbio lor mm to 1 tbe tril j n j, ecttUK . detached, andjremamed
roach Ohio in tho event of his election t j on the track until the pan engor train
On the contrary, should ho ho elocted, | from Augusta caino along, and ran into
mi f bt it not bo « advantago tor .. to . li
bold tho power of rctaioiug or letting CODt i dcr< yi ul fault in this matter, but it
him go, as good policy may thon dictate? would soeui that there mu*t havo hoen
We do net lik.J to uinko .ugimtimi. oi ' Jerieus neglect of duty nonnwhere. ! biglio.t price., nnd it
U," Wind publicly. ..ut .. .boy ,e.,u to ! ^ 2d. ; £ ..^.on^ defe.t
’* ° VJ,r,oolt « J by fc,Jluc llir press, we u J(iU i» U j C e yon a I'hellss Animal. ; ■** ♦ *»" ~"
1 this instance a reticence that. Amongst various article- of roal and; “Tin Bebklh IlfrouTlKO r o<jD rnoM
light dictate. 1 personal property exported to sale at pub- KtTHopa." — Under this heading a xVash-
-<«♦«» — fie vendue, on Monday, ut Halifax Court 1 ington dispatch, dated May ID, say
*4**G..\\ Harris, Gen. Ghoatham, Hon. j Hou»h was a billy goat, rai od at South | lteliahlo
G. A. Honry,*and sevc * ‘ ** ‘
lVnneificeans have ju*
» State Convention, to
Chester on the 1 Ttb inat.
»’* to agree upon a Corigressiotial tic!
profitable lo
Chorokoo.—.
Atlanta lnte.lt.
, married or bingle, is fastened in a
cage of bamboo, or floxiklo steel, extend
ing from tho waist to thu feet. This
saoms to bo ho a nan go f “as to give them
no uneasiness, but tlioy are much Ashamed
of if, and conceal it bonoath so many
coverings, that if rondor* thoir appearance
quito ludicrous. Thoy urn Unrostrictod
ns to tho upper part of thoir persons,
which they aro poriuittcd to oxp< so as
much a* tlioy wish. This they seem to
avail thomaolvcs of, and on all occasion*
of high ceromony wear vory low dresses.”
Fntrinrcb W II Barnes, M W G F.
John W Burke, M K H I*.
“ F K Saunders, It W (* ti W.
Geo It Dodge, R'W li J W.
“ K (' Ginnnii->, U W (1 T’.
“ Geo It Baker, U W G S.
(•rand Lodge I* O. D. F.
This Grand Ijodge met in annual
communication at Odd Follows’ Hull,
this morning nt 9 o’clock, anti after dis
posing of tlie usual business very har
moniously, elected tho following officers
for tho year just commenced;
I’d John WBurke, M W Grand Master.
“ “ .Tamos R llaupt, F W DG M.
“ “-K. A Burch, " “ G NV.
“ “ Goo It Barker, “ “ G Secretary.
“ “ K C Granniss, “ “ Grand Trous.
The (Land Muster made the following
appointments :
F G T T Christian, W G Chaplain,
“ “ 1C C Sherwood, “ “ Marshal.
“ “ 11 T Bonnot, “ “ Guardian.
“ " John J Forsyth, “ " If era M.
Resolutions ot respect for tlie memory
of F (J .1 11 Dye, a member oftliL Grand
body, dccoahed, since its last meeting,
were passed.—Macon (Jan fed., tbi.
rogimonts form Robinson's .
fltVeontb, twenty olghtb, and •
Alabama rogiuionfs form Laws; tno
sovonth, Oightli, ninth, eleventh and fifty-
ninth Georgia regiments form Tiger An
derson's; ami tin* second, fifteenth, seven
teenth and twentieth Georgia roglmontf.
form Booning's brigade.
F.x -Guv. Hunt.
Ex-Gov. Washington Hunt, of Now
York, conclude* a late letter to a VhIIrii-
digham sympathizing moating ns follows ;
While wo are willing to submit to the
greatest sacrifice* in n patriotic •;>irii
for tho prasorvation of tho Constitution
and thn Union, it may ns wnll he under
stood that wo will not consent to he bo
reft of any of our constitutional rights.
Wo havo lost nono of those right* In con
sequence of thn .Southern rebellion.
The administration ought to comprohond
that it is amenable to public opinion, and
that its conduct and policy aro a legiti
mate subject of public discussion and
criticism; It is for the perpetuation of
froe constitutional government, and for
this only, that tho country has boon ro
willing to exhaust its best blood, and
place itn vast resources ut tho disposal
oftho national authority. God forbid
that the American people should , allow
tho strength thus imparted to be turned
against thcmsolvos, and a military des
potism erected on the ruins of public
liborly! Ho far Ra Now York is concern
ed, Ut it be proclaimed from the hvusi
tops (hat no’ man within her border*
“ahall be. deprived of lift, liberty nr prop
erty without due protean of law ”
of tho' Now Oi leans Era from Baton
Rouge giving an account ol a jdofeat by
tho Yankee Goneral Augurs of General
Gardner. We learn on good authority
• hiit * bat statement is falflu in all osseu-
u i 1 respects. Tluiru was a battle, but
; he victory remained with us. Tho Yan
kees fled to Hitton Rouge with as much
speed a* their legs coubi supply.
Tho rumor that Fort Hudson has boon
evacuated, wo learn on the same authori
ty, is also false.- Mobile Tribune, !M)th.
A Chanol Hill correspondent of tho
Huntsville Confederate, says:
John Boll Bruwnlow has a brigade of
cavalry immediately in our front, bnt no
temptation can induce him to leave, even
for a mile, tho infantry at Triune, hack
to which his pickets fly at every appear-
anco of our men. I am satisfied tlmt tbo
pooplo of North Alabama need fear
invasion, again, from Tuntiodsoo ; for tho
cnomy soemfl to have an uncontrollable
horror of over advancing another foot on
Southern soil.
Court Houhp. Saleh.—There wa*, on
Mterday, a few sales made at tho Court
No Real Estate of value was of- j
From tho Now York Nows.
Our Loasea at Chancelloravllle.
Washington, May 17.—It is Ascertain
ed tlmt our losses m tho recent halt I ns of
Chancellorsvillo foot up ovor 80,000 in
killed, wounded and miming. Tho Con
federates enpturod fully 10,000 prisoners.
During tho week immenso quantities of
From Florence.
Private dispatch from tiie Huntsville Confed.
Wu ntc indebted to tho Hon. L. F
Walker for tho following dispatch U
Tuhc.'L'MMA. May 30.—Tho last hoard
of tho onotny lio was at Gravelly Springs,
in this (Lauderdale) county, retreating,
Co?. Roddy pursuing. They burnt all uf
Maruti, Weakley & Co.'e factories, Ma
sonic Hall, and uomo other buildings, in
Florence. John M. Powers.
(Gravelly Springs is about 17 mile* bo
low Floronce, or. the road to Waterloo,
on the Tcnnossco river. Tho factories
burned consume annually, in manufac
turing, but 4,000 bnlos of cotton, wo un-
derntnnd.]
fored. Tho negroes sold were inforior.—
Tbo following are the particulars;
Mr. Geo. W. Wylly -old stock of the
First Mortgage Bond.* of Atlantic A Gulf
Railroad, at $197$. Georgia Steamboat
Company’s Stock, $200 per share. South-
woatorn Railroad Stock $100 paid In, at
$206. Improvement* on lot No. 20, in
Crawford Ward, for $300. 10 Lots of
Land, containing ton ucro.* each, sitnaluu
two iuil«» /rom the city, fronting on the
White Bluff road, and extetidiuj; hack l>
•Wen
the Middle Ground roaJ, at $l0o to $1G0
puracro.
Mr. Thomas J. Walsh sold one woman
and two chUlrou, house servants, for
$2,700; ouo nogro boy, warrauUd, a god
They »
According ini) t o report ofGolono) Ould,
out ('oniinLsi ear t'-r ll»o oxoliftiigo of
prisoners, the whole number of prisoner*
late hat tie* about
(jliat.co lor*vil le 11> >kor and exchang
ed is 2,100. Hooker «laiins, in his Into
order congratulating Iii* uruty on their
miraculous escape fmro total destruction
Uy our over-bravo an ' glorious army,
have captured 6,000of
remains a subject of legilimuto inquiry,
whether Col. Dtihl is not bound
who gavo in his investment at $60 ami
his income for the year at $1,600, l>oing
3,000 per cent, upon liis investment, waa
quietly informed by tho Receiver that
undor the .Income tax Inw oftheSuito, ho
wan due $2,226. “But mein Gott. L no
got him. I fivo you all de monish [
_ Vary well,
ce vor, 1 will hnvo to take your m
and security for tho balance.
[Mucon Telegraph
Tho manner in which the Yankeo Gov
ernment ha* determined to pay its nogro
soldiors is worthy it- financial fame.
Banks’ order at New Orleans recites that
they arc to ho paid “according to tho
uluo of their services 1 '! This puts tho
whole thing in tho hands of tlie \ ankers,
as tlie negroes aro very sure to render no
service that wilt moro than cover thoir
rations.
Tho Louisvillo Democrat nays : “Tho
military authorities are sending a num
ber of men daily ovor the river, who, if
they return until the war is over, will bo
put to death. The Ohio uiay bo callod
the river of death, for it is death to them
if they cross it.
^ relatives <
Mrs. Jackson, at Charlotte. N. C.
voyod by railroad to tlio
Fuom tue Glehk oy the Wkaturu.
Sovon apd o»a-tenth inches of rain foil
whother Col. Dahl is not hound, oral
leawt authorized by tho cartel a greed Upon,
to require of tho authorities at Washing
ton to return tho remaining 2,900, who,
according Hooker’s congratulatory or-
tier, are *1111 withheld.—Ilichm. Whig.
^u-t
JMHi . _.pHP ... uogro noj
itting in tho shad* read- | ^titly^boen iuUjrceptod and sent ti>Jbe | sixteen ynarr, mr $1,700; one negro
lug tlio Union to «trongthcn*our faith— I War Department, (ien. Fitz Lsa.
, _ - . digging a littlo to rttronglhon our work-— intercepted tbo letter, teconiiueuds that .
the groat body of consumer* when tlio*o an d waiting thoir coming, that wu may Mr. Bottibo not permitted to remain so |
; extravagant prices are proposed. Couv- atrongthui, th«- < ontidc-noo of tho people J near tbo “
*' tbo valor of the “out caste," nt 1 - 1
bo aged twenty-seven, unsound, for $1,660
‘ 1 negro man agod thirty, for $1,400. j '»« ”> »■ punicio 01 grease, wuin.
to tho host article of thu kind
Mi*. Wm. N. Wyatt Iim sent us a
sample of soil soap, mado without the
>f a particle of grease, wliich ia equal
army.
Ho had better cat a little more bleleu
pig meat to strengthen his leg», by tho
Bragg got-! ready to tpovoup! Tbo
prudonco might dictate.
^al know* he will bu
!«n. CUOMtliam. IIor. I Hou«. wm u billy (jo.t, ni,M .t souin i n.n.b.o infurm.tion bu >>«” "‘•Jjg I „
vcral huudrod other ' Bolton, by Mr. bamuel Kdtnondaon. > here that the ateamar Gladjitor fcatledj.v
Uat irtued a call for { The bidding for this comparatively use- j from Liverpool on tho 26tb uli., lor Nan- t*i
to asseiublo at Wiu-! let.* animal wn* apirited, and at last it Uau, but ultimately to run tho blockade Ri
irt. It* cbiof object ' reached tho extraordinary figure of $1000, if'possiblo. Hor cargo consist*.of 1,600 hv
• lie
f the district plan, on account of l Rovanuo. Money, judging
'ng saveral oftho above, must be plentiful *n th
cried off to j bbls. of bread, and 400 bbl*. of bacon
sionor of tho . the bread ahd bacon for the rebel army
from the } Tbialact is regarded us un evidence of thi
that region. great destitution of the Hoilth,
■*d Jjup. Ll -
A dispatch w’hs received iu this city
ilerday, by,Samuel G. Jones, Sunorin-
•ndoot of tho Alabama and Florida
Railroad, stating that no live* were lost
bv tlie precipitatior* of the car* into the
, Ferdldorlvpr on Sunday. The telegraph
operator at Tensas hnd a leg brok
.u a rim r, v»oiiw»y, ivcj«u
member of Cunfimi* from Kaoeas,
wall known, at the late torsion came out
tor peace on the basis oi' separation b«*
t woen the North and South. Thereupon
be received resolution* pa-*ed by the
Legislature of that State, strongly con-
damnatory of hi* eourno in the llouae.—
Mr. Couway returned the resolutions to
thoir next election
several negroes woro quito aevorely bruin-J to «ay whetlioa I am a traitor or not,
nd tho 1 ed, but beyond this there were ie* furthai arid in the meantime 1 spit upon the |.ea-
atrait to which they are reduced- caiualtie*.—Montgomery Ad»erti&*r, 4d. oluliou*.
the Secretary of State, with tho expres
sion of his “most profound contempt,"
and closed hi* letter by saying ; “I shall
no k iug urvaun, »*■•» **k tl
quite Mjvorely bruift- ' to soy
Fttoxt THgCoxar.
► | aaw ; and a9 tho procow of making it is
-Theeiiomy'rtscouts simple and tbo ingredients within tho
to bo guttiug a little more active ! it known that tlio public may bo bene-
and boldor within tho past few days.— I fitted thoroby.
Early Sunday moruing, rapid and heavy Take corn shuck), romoyo tho linrd, or
tiring was heard in tbo direction of Lo- shnr.k cud, *lrip tbono up tine, and place
gare'* place, on Jaiuo*' Islaud, and also : them In a pot or Uottlo of strong bollitic
iu iheairectiou of Battery Island. It was 1 Icy, stir until all tho particles of shuck
rumored that a party ot the enemy had j aro consumed; add a tea-cup lull orpine
advanced and cut off some lew of our | gum or l'Oiin. to nil ordinary pot
pickets. The report was without founda- ! und you Will havo 09 good soap os
tion. Homo fow Yankeo pickets, wo could wish. v\ n presume that tho soap
learn, havo lately shown themselves, hut could ho hardened in tlio ordinary way,
itutantly divupp)'ar«-d at sight of our mom | if desirable.—Marion (' munoiuvealth.
The firing heard in tho rity Suhday mom-
ing and in Iho afternoon was )lout)tle:*« The Columbia South Carolinian of
fr«)in the Yankee gunboat* in Little FoL Saturday say* flour was .old in that city
ly Rivet pradioing.—C’Aa>. Cou/iei. ien Friday at$lUa sack.
Thin
i* the' heaviest fall of rain in *110 dHy
known of late year.-), or Indeed Rinco the
wet time* ol Noah.—JfucoH Tot.
Flour is selling at Rock Hill, S. C.» at
per hundred. At Lauronlville $10
DT hundred In Fairfield district nt $1(J
A Fuse Citizen or African ’Scent
8tanpino Guabp.—A gentleman at
Charleston told an amusing incident that
occurrod, some timo since, at Hilton Head
Island. Private Gibbs, of C.’barlc'iton,
was captured and eont to Hilton Iluad,
and a nogro, in uniform and armed, was
placed «» gu)»rd over liJm. A mischiev
ous idea oncurred to Gibbs to test the nr*-
ro'fc sense of “(Voedoia and equality with
ui( unguarde>l -
him in au authorilativo tone; ’ Whom
do you belong to?" Taken by surprise
. the uegro answered, . ubmissivoly.
diuary pot full, J Jo state of Goddh, on de .uain”—ivean-
ing hii oitale on tho nminland—then re
collecting his changed condition, lit*
„ angrily at Gibb* and said;
Look ero 1 atari «>fl’ deni. Didn’t you
know 1 J>ul bore to guard you? t I b'loog
V
to Mr. (5an. Hunter and inysolf,
and he struttt»t forward and baok wRU
pwtupoiR di^atiy.
warn
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