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By W. M. JEFFKIISON, & CO.
Tlie Semi- Weekh'
Is issued on Tuesday and Friday mornings at
$2 50 a year Strictly in Advance.
Blanks ! Blanks I Blanks!
BLANKS in any quantity and of every va
riety kept on hand or printed to order, at
the lowest possible price, at this office.
Also—JOß WORK, of every varie
ty and style, executed in the neatest
a, id moat approved style of the art, and at
prices which cannot be “murmured at” by the
•closest-fisted 1 ’ in or out of this section ot the
country. Give ns a trial.
GEORGIA. Milton County.
WHEREAS, John 11. Cook. Executor on (he
Estate of Jeremiah Cock, deceased, ap
plies for Letters of Dismission :
These am therefore to cite and admonish <iu
persons concerned, to be and appear at the
Court of Ordinary of said county, on or before
the first Monday in October next, to show cause
(if any they have) why said letters should not
then be granted.
Given u der my hand nt office in Alpharetta,
Ga., March Kith. 1861.
O. P SKELTON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA. Milton Coixty.—Whereas. John
G. Cantrell, and Sarah Dinsmore applies to
me for letters of Administration on the estate
of William Dinsmore, d'ecensed.
These are therefore to notify all persons con
cerned to be ambappear at my office on or be
fore the first Monday in August next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should
not then be granted the applicants.
Given under my hand at office in Alpharetta,
this June 25th, 1861.
O. P. SKELTON, Ordinary.
/! EORGIA. Milton Coi xty. -Two months after
\J date application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell the
lands belonging to the estate of Walton W.
smith, deceasei],
LUCINDA SMITH. ) , .
EBENEZER F, SMITH, f
Jtihe 12, 1861 'Ubi.
("1 EORGIA, Milton Covni y, Two months as-
T ter date application will be mule to the
Co irt of Ordinary of said county for lea ve to
sell the lands belonging to the estate Eli Mc-
Connell, deceased.
JOSH FA ROBERTS. 1
henry b. McConnell, f r ' xtc 11
Jone 7th, 13.12 m,
(’t EORGIA. Mii.in ; (.'oL'crv. Two months as-
T ter date application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to
sell the lands belou dug to the Estate of Drncil
la Walker, decease I.
June 5 1861. JAS. WALKER Adin'r.
/I EORGIA. Mu i > County. Two months af
*l ter date appli ■ Pion will bo made to tin 1
Court of Ordinary of slid .'oiinty, for leave to
sell the lands belon .■ing to the Estate of Sarah
Spence, deceased.
J A ME-SPENCE. | ,
S \MU!’.L P SPENCE, j A,l,n
June stli. 1861. -w2in.
TWO MONTH:) after (late, application
will lie in ide to th" Com t of Ordinary
Paulding countv. I>r leave t > sell the real es
tate of Wiliam Greer, late of sail comity,
deceased. Julv 1, 18(11. ,
30 ‘ I’. M. BRYANT, m/m/or.
Administratrix's Sale. Postponed.
m a r 11,1, bo Fold, by virtue of nn order from
V V the Court of Ordinal \of Cobb county, on
the Ist Tuesday in September next, before the Court
House door i i the city id’ .1/ irivtt i. Cobb cmtri 'y,
between the legal hours of sale, one lot in the e'ty
of J/iirieltn, on which is a brick house, near the
W. <t A. Railroad, nml opposite (Hovers shoestore
at present sccupied by ,1/rs. Clcr. AL >, one lot in
the city of ,1/arietta, on which is n small framed
dwelling house, near the W. A A. Railroad and
adjoining smith the above lot, sohl’ns the property
of Charles Cler, deceased, fir the benefit of the
heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms made
known on the day of sale, ELIZABETH CLER.
June 17, 1861. tds Adin's
A<l in Inl st rat lie’s Naic.
KY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi
nary of Cobb county, w ill lie sold on the first
Ti ksuay in Srcriwnum m-xt, bafore the. court
house door in (he <-ity of Marietta, between the le
gal hours of sale, Two Negroes, n.imelv. Ester, a
woman about aa years old ; and Caroline, air- I.
about It years old. as the property of Martha Ma
loney, deceased, tor tin 1 henelit ot the lo irs and
creditors of sai l deceas -d. Terms made known
on dav of sale. July a. I i;|.
32 ids. EDWARD MAYEH. Sdm'or.
GEORGIA, Paulding county.
"WW 711 ERE AS. John Will y of said county,
v ▼ applies to me for !<• tors of adtnim 'ra on.
on the estate of William Wiglev, Lite of said coun
ty, deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and require all per
sons concerned, to be and appear at my office, on
the first Monday in September next, to -how ■ io
why said letters should not be granted the appli
cant.
Civen under niv hand and official signature.
MII.ES EDWARDS. Ordinary.
July 15, 1861. ' 5t 32
GEORGIA. Paulding county.
"WYLTHERExS, Jims M. Lak’’. guar.Lan of .1.
▼ V H. Lester, applies to me tor lett< i-of di
yiission from said guardianship.
These are therefore, to cite and require all per
sons concerned, to he and appear at mv office on
the first Monday in September next, to show an«e
why said letters of dismission should not b - arant
cd the ■'PR- icant.
Witnes- mv hand and offi -ial signature.
MILES EDWARDS. Ordinary.
Julv I •. 1881.
GEORGIA. Paulding county.
is hereby ipven to all perms* ■ d ra
e 1. that II sky Mil ufj.l. late of said cmin
tv, departed this lite intestate. and no person has
applied for Administration on the estate of -aid.
Henry Mitchell, and that in terms of the law ad
ministration will be vested in the Clerk of t ie su
perior Court, or some other til nml proper person,
thirty- days after the publication of this citation,
unlc)s .some valid objection is made to his appoint
ment.
Given under mv hand and official -ignature. July
15. |SH. ’ MILES EDM A RDS, Ordinary.
NO I ICK.
Twoaion nis •it ■ n i
tna*' (-• the C< .:' .<t ti• i f C -'■’> . >-•
tv, far le yve to -ell the I. \X’l» md NEGROES, b
longing to the estate of M v>.y 11 y*to y . late of sa-J
conntv. deceased, for the benefit of th ' heirs an 1
creditors of said de i«ed. June I; 1.
A M NORTHCFFT. > , - ...
U , NSI KY. ' ' ''
EORG! I-
"W J -eph Al Conned, a Imo ■ .»t <r
e-ta’enf Wm. Reavers, .Je.-ras. t, M'p t s to me
fur diamvasiem from a id plministr.'ion.
These are therefore to rite aw a-Imm : h all ver
sor.s that th v fie their <»lj c’ions, if atv they
hive, within the time prwwri wd by law sii i
letters of dism s-ion shaul i hot be granted the ap
plicant J AMES JORDAN 0i y.
AjMil IL 18»1.
The Mariella Semi-Weeklj Admte
B BJS ff ?¥EBS CA Si
Churches in Marietta.
AL E. Church,Rev. Alex. Graham, Pastor.
Presbyterianßev. E. P. Palmer. Pastor
Episcopai fSt. James) Rev. S. Beneihct. Rector
Baptist,. :filled 2nd and Ith Sabbath
in each month by the Rev. Mr. Rambau.
Two Churches lor the Blacks, Methodist and
Baptist.
”~a? \v7simpson
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Marietta Georgia.
October 6. ly.
A. J. HANSELL,
Attorney at Law & Solicitor in Chancery.
Marietta Georgia.
October 6, ly.
JOHN 0. GARTRELL, ~
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Marietta Georgia.
July 29. .yl
” C. D. PHILLIPS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Marietta Georgia.
june 151 y
G. Y. LESTEB.
ATTORNEY A r F LAW
Marietta, Georgia,
WILT, practice in the Bine Ridge Circuit
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
District Court at Mrrietta.
I ’ebrnary 29, 1861ly.
CICERO WINN,
ATORNEY AT LAW
Marietta Georgia.
Will attend promptly to all claims entrusted
to his care.
Oct. 12 ly.
JAMES M. BISHOP,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Dawsonville Georgi \.
WILL give prompt attention to any business
confided to his care in the Blue Ridge
circuit. Sept. 21, 1860 ly.
J’_ C*A A
Attorney arid Counsellor at Law.
Acwoktii, Chub Coi xty. Geo.
TTTill practice in Cobb. Cass, Cherokee, Mil- 1
♦ v ton. Paulding and J’u’ton.
Htferenct’s. Hon. J. W. l.mvis. linn. L. J.
Gartrell. Atlanta, N. A. G. S. Avery. Acworth.
yfJ~Any information as to responsibility of
parties, promptly given. Feb. 29-’(H
wm. I’HiLLira. j. t. nr turn alter
PHILLIPS & BURKHALTER,
at Z-nn-wV,,
IXIm-idln, f-J-eoi-jgin..
Will practice in Fulton. Paulding and all the
counties of the Blue Ridge Circuit , in the Su
preme court, and District court,
April 5, ’6O ... .-ly.
DAVIII IRWIN. (IREEXLEE BVTLER.
IRWIN & BUTLER,
AT/O/fX/'jyS ,17 /:,4TI<
JvTai-ietta., ca-a.
Bi’SINFSS confiJed to their professional
m tn igement in the following counties will
be transacted, viz ;(’ampbell. Paulding. Polk. |
<’ohli. <’her<>kee. Forsvtli. Lumpkin. Fulton and :
Milton. Also, in tin' District Court at Marieita,
and -it the Sutircm" Gouri at Atlanta.
;wr-Tlio District (Yuri si.s :■ ■ Mariett ion the ■
second Monday in March an 1 Sentcm'ier. Re
turn 20 days before (,’onrt. feb29-'6l-l v.
W. T. DAY. te J. W, HEATH.
TTcnti?.,
. 7/orp»’i/’.s at Laa\
A rsi’Et:. Pk'kens (’oi xty. ,Georgi\.
TTTH .1. pr.ietiee in the counties of I’i ’ n .
' > Gilmer. I‘innin. Lum 'kin. D iw-o’i. Mi|.
ton. <’horoke.». Mtirrrv an! Whitfield.
Thi* utmost vigilance giv<-n to colie Minus, and I
moneys promptly paid over.
<• >;■ l D’l V.'
\tt(irncv mid ('mmsidlnr nt T,;vW.
Marietta, Cobh count v G-a.
Wil! practice and give prompt r.ttenti. n t ■
all business confided to his professional care, in
the District Court of the F. S * Marictbi. The
Supreme t’ourt of Georgia, at Allan: i, and the
Superior and Infe’ior Courts of the Blue Ridge ■
f’ireuit, ami tlm counties adjoining Cobb of oth- :
es (*’reiuf s.
Ispeeial attention L> the cnllerL n o{
debts,-uid thi> securing of all tnanner o’ claim-:.
Prompt and ‘ffi. ielii attention will be given to
all manner of business in the (ourt- of Ord’na
ry in the county of Cobband a.lj 'itiing m rnties.
Feb. 10 w one x
WILLIA MSNMrLE AV.
Manul.u-turers and Peelers in all kinds es
FURNITURE.
MOSS AND HAIR MATTRESSES
LOOKINCQLASS . PLATES/
Pecch-Trse Street \tlanta, Ga.
GI tfilGi:.]. GABU-’.
I»HO’n»GR Xl’ll ARTIST.
All the various Sizes and Styles
; pjcTFRIIS MADE AND WARRANTED :
S A T I S*F A C T O R Y. :
A..
fc.yC.is t -s ! Prat. sJi -G at variety,
always on ' x
Rooms Ur-: -ide • f Pu’d ■ -$ l ire. Marietta.
Georgia. ’ Ipril I - .• -M. .
JV/TAR.IETTA, CS-JA., TTT.TZPSID.AAAy JTJT_.AT 30. 1861.
N, HE AILMKR
R E S I D E N T DENTIST.
GRATEFUL to the citizens of Marietta and
vicinity for a liberal -patronage during the
past ten years, is still prepared to perform all
operations either for preserving the natural, or
nserting artifiicial teeth in the most approved
manner.
He solicits calls from those yvho have verybad
lettk, as he is using a preparation for filling the
most delicate teeth, no matter how badly de
cayed, if not otherwise diseased —and rendering
them serviceable for years. It is about the
same color as the teeth and will never chang
or discolor the teeth.
y-fC* Refers to citizens of Marietta for whom
Le lias operated during the past ten years.
Terms. — Cash, unless by special contract.
Office south side of public square, over the Post
Office...Oct sth 1860.
MOORE,
FA SHIONA B L E TAIL 08,
Mai:ietta . Georg ia.
WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of
Marietta and vicinity that be is permanent
ly located in the city where he intends carrying
on the Tailoring Business, in all its departments
in the latest and most improved style of the art,
and earnestly solicits a continuation of that pat
ronage heretofore extended to him. Satisfac
tion warranted.
yA?'* Rooms up-stairs over AVade AVhite’s
Grocery store—North side of public square.
Nov. 9th, ly
O, Z_
(AT J. H. MCCLINTOCK’S OLD STAND.
Has now on hand a large and well selected
astortment of
FAMILY SUPPLIES
i o which he invites the al tention of the citizens
of Marietta and the oounty.
The one price system will be strictly adhered to.
His Hu-ins are cash, or equivolent, tint is.
country pr oduce at cash pr cos. or short time,
to prompt paying customers. Bills due on pre
sentat.ron.
His de ,or innation is to sell good articles it
low prices, and will expect prompt payments.
' (P tc'
Hamilton, Markley & Joyner,
l:vsit :i, O-corgia,.
A X D
Hamilton, Markley & Joyner,
zf < 11 lc/ !< t, .e.at'-a •
.July Ist, 1861
DR. JOHN L. HAMILTt)N, of Atlanta, and
T. C. Markley and R.-AY. Joyner, of Ma
rietta, hereby give notice to the public that
they will carry on the
1) U U G B US I A ESS
In all its branches in Atlanta and Marietta.
N. B.- Boole Store in Afarietta continued.
WM. A FRAZER,
HAS A SPLENDID STO C K OF
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
JEWELRY OF ALL KINDS,
Silver and Plated U are,
Which he offers at prices to suit the times.
FG2I < ASIKONGY,
At his store or.e door above ( onnell’s
Ila’l.
June Ist. 1861tf,
JARMON & GO’S
Excelsior Mills,
MAUIETLA, GA.
r IMHS French Barf Stone .Mill, lately put. up in
I AL'Eifre-h’s Building, near the railroad, runs
every
Wvdnt'Mlay and Saturday,
and makes the f:ie-t q;i lity of Meal and Grits.
CORN MEAL AND HOMINY
grouad r.t this mill, is nckmiwldged to .be su
; erior to th :t which is pri par • I by the oal
style mill-.
For -i! ■by the Groem-y and i’nrvision deal
ers in Marietta. April 12.
Pickles and Preserves,
Fres.wvod Ginger.
Fine Apples.
Cherric-s.
Ik-i.-hes,
I’lambs.
Quine s,
J.dlev ; -orb- I.
For sib' bv
WM. ROOT & SON.
FLATSL) Y-AT.-YLLTD.
ZA »\>iS|-|NG of Tea-.-tts, < as- . <_ Forks
\ Spoons. Holders. • ’up-. < 'ake in I i’i- 1 K lives
A.-.. Ac., p! .’.'l on the very be-t White Metal
with full weight of silver at .
FRAZER S.
T 3. Wnllaoe,
HOUSE AND SIGN FAINTER
•in.l
Imitator of Wood and Marble’ 1 .
-! -pin the E.U IL-eim nt of Marietta II tel
on Decatur street.
I’leas,. leave orders in Ah --rs. Marklev
A- Joyner’s st :e. K A
’VH'T-S \ ’ • \i: • Wslnuts.
p
N v. . R< 'YES A Bl’ i’NER.
I g; ?) FOR Mlijcii < <)W>.
PE A MEAL.
k SUPPLY of IV . :•■al -f. • !■<■< fi- i in
VY market k• t-r c-,'y on ’it.n l. it 81
PARD.
Corn Sliellers.
/ \N ’■ -.n.1. a lei of th' F- -t <Vin Shellers.
V >Nv .. :. w. L. WAD-WORTH
FMJiLY STORE.
GROVES-& BUTNER,
AVE opened in the Post Office Building a
VAIETY F-AMILY STORE,
in which will lie found EVERY ARTICLE in the
GROCERY LINE.
Liquors excepted—besides a great variety of
other articles.
All bills payable on presentation.
If you want good
COFFEE, TEA. SUGAR,
RICE, SALT, MOLASSES.
LARD. FISIT, SYRUP. YARN,
CORN, MEAL. GRIST. FLOUR, Ac.
or anything in that line, give us a call, and we
warrant satisfaction.
We will also keep Foolscap Letter Pa
per Fens, Ink, other articles of sta
tionery.
Country Produce
of all kinds, taken in barter on liberal terms.
ALSO, ON HAND
Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Soaps,
Indigo. Powder, Shot, Lead.
Candles, Oranges, Lemons, Candies,
Starch, Nails, &c. Arc.
jyarielta, Georgia. Oct., 27th, 1860-ts.
1000 rOIXDS CHOICE
Sugar Cured Hams,
A LOS,
P r i m c S m o k e d Beef
For sale by
’ WM. ROOT & SON.
ZET'iskfcx,
Mackoral in Kitts and Half Barrels,
SBA© & SABmniBS
For sale by Wm. ROOT & SON.
TTROM and after the first day of January 1861,
I mv business will change from an everlasting
credit, to a strictly Cash business. I prefer the
cash if the profits are not so good. I have
bought goods on time and sold them on time,
an I the consequence is. I cant collect enough to
meet ray liabilities.
I am Very thankful to my old friends and cus
tomers for‘past patronage. and hope they will
continue to call at the same old stand with the
ready cash, where they will always find a com
- !e'< q.irk of Gkooi bies and I’mivisioxs. I will
-el! goods lower than any house in the city who
sell on time. Respectfully.
Marietta. Dec. 27 ’6O. M• L. GAI LT.
Tin Roofing & Gutters.
I AM now ready to do ROOFING and put up
GUTTERS, and to do all kinds of repairing
in Tin Work, and painting of Tin or Felt Roofs.
Dec. 20 1860-1 f. J. M. WILSON.
For Salo.
THE undersigned being desirous of going
■West, offers for sale, his sto k of Horses,
Carriages. Buggies, and everything appertaining
to the keeping of a first rate Livery Stable. He
will. also, sell on accommodating terms, his
large and well con.-'nicfed stables, located in
thebity of Marietta. Cobb county. Georgia, on
the great W. &A. Railroad. The income from
the above property is some S 9 or SIO,OOO per
vear. AFo. for s ile. a Line of Hacks, from here
‘to Cumming, in the county of Forsyth. The
above line leaves Marietta at 8 o’clock, in the
morning, on Monday. M ednesday and hriday,
regularly. Passengers going up should leave
Mhntiin the night train, or at 6 o'clock in
the morning. I- N. IIEGGIE.
Jan. 27. IS)9.—ly.
Bed Cards, &c.
( kOPE ASSORTED,
Bed-Cords. I Well Ropes.
Plow Lines. | Well Buckets.
Various sizes, ! M heei .
For sale by
WM. ROOT & SObi
aromatio
DYSENTERY cordial.
OP
(’ompoiiml Elixer of Rhubarb.
\PLEA>'.INT. safe, and effectual remedy
for Dysentery. Cholera Marbns. 7’a’n <r
>':< Loess at the stomach, and for all Bow 11 aj
f,-< tloi's, 7’repare 1 and sold by
HAMMETT A GROVES.
Fell. 17, ’6O ts.
J (’ST RI .< JEIVING !!
G-Toceries
LNCLUDING Sugars. Molasses. Syrups. ( <>f-
- Flour. Corn. Bacon, Ac., Ac., ana
f. ,• -ale'at the low.- Ca-h ].,).-• bv.
1.. .MfLI-LL %N I),
F.-bruary 26th I"- !.
XZoxiTiesa-w LZovise,
ATTHE FAsSF.N- r * E n BITOT.
Marietta. Georgia.
THIS Ilouse. well arrang - l and eonrenmnt-
I Jv I" ate I. has recently passel into the
h.irV- of the under-igned. and is open for the
a ■•■•••min • 1 iCon of permanent and transient
T - <•-.- at- 1 to spare no pains or at-
to make their guc-ts c >raf ■rtab’e. Por
ters nlwavs in attendance at t'm- trims.
—pt. ?8 -ts. DOBBS A HUDSON.
WEAL AND HOMINY.
Meal Hominy. <»f excellent quality,
from whit" cm. fresh grmin l at Jarrnno
a Co’s Ex elsii-rmill. J. SiIEi’ARD.
7 i A- s dav. and 1 f dav Clock*, eh" <p
•)U - ’ ■ FRAZER’S
< . McL.EL.aSi
ll' .-/ Corner Puddle Square
MARIETTA GA.
Grocer and Commission Merchant.
UiH devote hi* attention to the purchase o
sort on.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
Tuesday Morning July 30, ISGI.
, ■ / ———
Gen. Beauregard at Manassas—Description
of Manassas.
The folio A’ingfrotn the correspondence
of the New Oilcans Picayune, will be
read with special interest at this time,
when the place and man form the theme
•with every tongue :
This place still continues the head
quarters of the army of the Potomac. —
By nature the position is one of the
strongest that could have been found in
the whole Sta c. About half way be
tween the Eastern spur of the Bine
Ridge and the Potomac, below Alexan
dria, it commands lhe whole country be
tween so porfecily that there is scarce ly
a possibility of its being turned. The
right wing stretches off towards the
headquarters of the Occoquan, through
a wooded country which is easily made
impassable by the falling of ’ rees 'lite
left is a rolling table land, easily com
manded from the successive elevations,
till you reach a countiw so rough and
so rugged that it is a defence lo itself.
The key to the whole position, in fact,
is precisely that point which Gen. Beau
regard chose for his centre, and which
he has fortified so strongly that, in the
opinion of military men, 5,000 men could
there hold 20,000 at buy.
The position, in fact, is fortified, in
part, by nature herself. It is a success
ion of hills, nearly cqni-distant from each
other, in front of which is a ravine so
deco and so thickly wooded that it is
impassoble except at two points, and
those through gorges which fifty men
can defend against a whole army. It
was at one of these p -ints that the
Washington Artillery were at first en
camped, and though only half the bat
talion was then there, and we had only
one company of infantry to support us,
we slept as soundly under the pro'ecti- n
of our guns as if we had been in a fort
of the amplest dimensions.
Os the fortifications snperadded here
by Gen. Beauregard to those ot nature,
it is, of course, not proper for me to
speak. The general reader, in fact,
will have a sufficiently precise idea of
them by conceiving a line of forts some
two miles in extent, zigzag in form, with
angles, salients, bastions, caseinates,
and everything that properly belong 1 to
works of this kind.
The strength and advantages of ibis
position at Manassas are very much in
creased by the fact that fourteen miles
further on is a position of similar forma
tion, while the country between is ad
mirably adapted to the subsistence and
intrenchment of troops in numbers as
large as they can be easily manoeuvred
on the real battle-field. Water is g’ood
and abundant ; forage as is every where
found in the rich farming districts of
Virginia, and the communication with
all parts of the country easy.
Here, overlooking an extensive plain,
watered by mountain streams which ul
timately find their way to the Potomac,
and divided into verdant fields of wheat,
and oats, and corn, pasture and meadow,
tire the headquarters of the advanced
forces of the army of the Potomac.—
.They are South Carolinians, Louisian
ians, Alabamians, Mississippians and
Virginians, for lhe most part. Never
have I seen a liner body of men men
who were more obedient to tlisc'pline,
or breathed a more self-sacrilieing pat
riotism.
As might be expected fftiiu the skill
with which he has choten Dis position
and the system with which he encamps
his men, Gen. Beau regalias very popu
lar here. I doubt if N-apoleon himself
had more the undivfffed confidence of
his army. By nature, as also fr.nrt a
wise policy, he his very reticent. Not
an individual here knows his plans ora
single move of a regiment , before it is
made, and tlum only the Colonel and his
men know where it goes to. There is
not a man here who give anything
like a satisfactory answer how many
men he has or where his exact lines arc
For the distance -ot fourteen miles
around you see tents everywhere, and
from them you can make aTough esti
mate of his men, but how many moie
are encamped on the by-roads and in
the forests, none can tell. The new
c nner, from what he secs al first g lance,
puts down lhe number at about 30,000
men ; those who have been here longest
estimate his forces at 40,000, 50,000,
and some even at GO,OOO strong. And
there is the same discrepancy as to the
quantity of his artillery. >o close does
Hie General keep his affairs to himself,
his left bund hardly knows what his
right hm i doeth ; and so jealous is he
of this prerogative of a commanding of
ficer, that I verily believe, if he suspec
ted itis coat of any acquaintance with
lhe p ans revolving witlfin him, he
would cast it frem him.
The General’s headquarters is a lit-.
tie farm house about, fifteen feet by
twenty, fronting on one of the roads
that lead to Alexandria. The ground
floor is divided into two rooms, lhe
f'oiit one is filled with desks, at which
clerks sit writing, or engaged in Imsi
nes of a varied character. The back
one appears to e used as a storp room
and kitchen. Above, ‘lre same division
No. 1
continues, is tiw
General’s apartment. It*is about fifteen
feet long by ten wide, and hung with
maps of the Sta c nd country .around.
In the centre is a plain pine tabic,-on
which lie, neatly folded up, what the
visitor would naturally take to be plans,
specifications, surveys, geometrical
drawings, &c., and by their side mili
tary reports. Everything has the air of
neatness, coolness and ma.thern itical
calculation. Os course there is nothing
in the room but what pertains to the of
fice, and to most eyes it would appear
somewhat bare ; but what there is,’is
arranged with so much taste, that the
general impression is by no.means*un
pleasing.
The General is in his room the great
er part of the day, apparently occupied
wi It his plans and reports. 'I hen hour
after hour he sits alone by his neat lit
tle pine table, m ips, plans, and specifi
cations before him, and large open win
dows open be'.und and around him—at
first sight, the cold, c tlculating, unsym
pathizing mathematician. Every now
and then an tiid enters with a report or
a message, which is delivered in mili
tary style, eliberately examined in si’
leitc 1 , the corresponding order prcmptly
written out, or delivered in as few words
as possible, and our mathenatical■ ice
berg is alone again. When a \isitor
comes in, however, ata leisure moment,
the formality of the officer toad ly gives
way to that easy interchange of civili ■
ties which characteriz s our people at
home, but nothing more. Even at the
table, when the General is daily sur
rounded by the most distinguished gen
tlemen of the country, there appears to
be a distance which, I suppose, is nat
ural to his posi'ion, but which is rarely
found elsewhere.
'Hie leading characteristic of General
Beauregard’s mind is clearness of per
ccpiion. Superadded to this is a stricty
mathematical education. This you see
in word ami look, even in the expression
of his face. Sines, cosines and tangents
stick out everywhere. In peison, he is
slendei, but compact!}’ built, and ex
tremely neat. Add to this a precision
of manner, slightly modified by the ease
which characterizes the well bred men
of the world, and you have a correct
idea of the man whose word is law and
gospel throughout one of the largest,
most intelligent and best appointed ar
mies ever assembled-on the American
Com inent.
In Ims personal staff, the General has
been peculiarly fortunate. They arc
principally from South Carolina—the
same lie itad with him at the siege of
Fot t Sumter - till of them accomplished,
discreet gentlemen, of the most pleasing
manners.
The General’s mess is very much in
keeping with his character, and simple
enough for Napoleon himself. It is
served on a long pine table, set in an
open piazza of the farm house, all his
friends are hospitably welcomed to it
three times a day. lhe General sits
nearly in lhe middle, his aids immedi
ately on one side, and his latest guests
on the other ; the rest of the company
as they may choose or chance to seat
themselves ; the viands are such as the
country around affords, only the rice was
“imported,” and with it, I suspect, a
South Carolina cook, for every kerne)
was as independent as the State from
which it came. •
The British Mrlns, 4 and th*
Blockade
A let'or in the New York Expreirt,
from Fort Pickens, says that the Brit
ish Admiral, Milne, who has been vis
iting the coast to .sec that the rights of
English commerce are proteted, has
furnished to his .subordinate comman
ders a definition of what is to be consid
ered as an effective blockade in the fol
owing articles :
1 No port is blockaded efficiently if
any vessel can enter or depart from it
unknown to, or in spite of the guardian
men-of war.
2. An efficient blockade necessitates
the complete cutting ofl’of all maratime
ingress or egress except in regartj to
harbor island having no outlet to the.
sea, save under the guns of tliefl et.
3. l he escape of the third vessel from (
the blockading squadron signalizes the
invalidity of the blockade.
'1 he phrase of secon I article with re-,
“spect to island harbors” is important,
and seems to give no little uneasiness
to the Northern construe' ion-ists.of the,,
blockade, wh >co|npain ( tlqit there arc,
such harbors as those (*N -rapted in Ad
miral Milnes’ definition at several <»£
the Southern ports, which could keep
the Confederates in. provisions for
mon hs.
Nearly one-half of the planters, of
Brazoria county, Texas,, have signed""
an agreement to loan one-half of thcuri
coming cotton crop to the Confederate,
Government.
llox. L. Q. C Eajiar.—We. regret to,
sec announced, that this gallnnt native’
of Georgia has been lately stricken with
paralysis at Richmond, while on a vis
it connected with the public.service.
It is the practice in the Bfitis.b army
throughout the world for each,soldier t<>
frank his oyvi letter, merely pulting on
the corner of the envelop,“Soldier’s let
ter.” This is respected by all the Brit
ish Post Offipcs and mails throughout
the world as a free frank.