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TBS INDSTSNDEKCE OF THE SOUTH
V" IMH.UKS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
ATHENS, CLARK COUNTY. GEO. JANUARY 22. 1862.
VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 40.
: SOUTHERN
1'1'IM.ISHKI) WEEKLY,
si.KDdK & |;|-:KSE,
iMI.S A SI.Kn<.R. | ANDERS)))’ W. IU.ESE.
iitlilors and Proprietors.
OF Fit”K l'l’-STA II'S, No. 7 Gkakite Row
TLEUSvIS :
TWO HOLLARS PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE!
1 ■ •’i 1 Kiiitu ' sit) iu mlvanri', !
ro.ii. » will I),- m-iiI.
All, > ritirv tuiLr..: tr> u'.Vf n >l'u e of lii* «lo
t . I.. -ill — ••rij.tii.iiat th>- vxtiirit
t:.• t. •. 1' 111ii:i<-:,.i t\\ ,i■!. i! lias* ln-<-n p.-tiil. will !<<■ j
wi.-Miiuj; lo vunnnui-it. ninl liol.l
linhio wvni ilin.jJv.
i tr'Nu papiM will b(> ilUt-outinueil fox.-opt nt
t •• ..J.l; 1.1 Ot' tl.f i-ilitnrs j until nil ••nt.iia^fs me
It tills <)■' ADVFIITINIMi.
Kor .hum, ir.i • • •: -i»:in/ i>l I welvc lines small
• y pc. .>r sj.acc . p’i\ ah nl. < >ne 1 t.illnr or tlio first
iiseriii.ii, Ati.l a..-. . ■ • lit - Id .a. 1> wccsly coutiiiu-
• for vcarly adver !
ISAAC) SSAYEB.
hit pur Ur of
RHINE WINE,
AlGl»TA,«A.
feoj” - Imported by htinsel: and warranted
Pure, and sold as low as any Northern
House.
t^Orders promptly attended to.
Oct *25 tf
ATHENS STEAM COMPANY
IS. MI KIIUNo.Y, Agent a Sup'r.
\| AX l !• At I I KICKS of (' i r e ii 1 n r Saw
AlilU, Nirniu (Si>Kinrii,,fiirei l ii'iin<l lift
in;; l’l .M l‘S, Sn\) 11\.. iinil .M ai iiini.kv ; Mill
(Its, and nil ..tin r k mi of C KARIN (1. Iiu.n and
lk 'f<('e:iMi iof every ilc.-criptiun. SMITH
INC, Kepairi))^; and Finis!.ino pn .. ptly exocu
ted. Seicci palterni uf Iron Keueiii", .Vc. Terms
cash. May I I ly
A. M. M YXG,
W^IIOLE.SALKana Retail Dealer in Hard*
T ▼ ware, Crm ker. and House Furnishing
Goods,one door helow ti. L. U loo in tie MV Clothing
Store. A then.*, C'5a. Jan.7, 1S:>»
Legislature of Mis-
Lcgislature of South
tisill;
l.e
Am
cil at the UMinlratrs.
utlicu. Five D.dlars,
I)
.Norm:.
:. should ulw IV.- have the desired
II Ic* publl.-liCil lilt
id, and ■ i ■ 1 le ror.l Uip-K .
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
; jTiii'. -*'»ii..h liiid Uusiij^ssjtien^eyn luiW' j
heir i a si .: <-d ui.d.-r :!tis head, for or.o-ypar.
i- tli
II ' s i \ . .
if not Jlon
nits for each uddi-
1 .A .M A li C.’OHli
ATTORNEY AT LAW t
MACON, GEO.
O H ItT i'ii .V ilberry Street, over the store
el A. M. lllaeksliear ,V Co., in ISonrilinTU's
AV.ishinuio.i ltcii i. Wilt praetiee in llibb,
Cruwftod. Hoii'.v. lloii'ton, .!! icon. Twines,
Wot:!:, e.iul Suin'.T. X"V If
1ULL1A*1 im:t.t>ny,
1 t lo.ney ill l.nvv,
Il f " III F.1 -I."""., liver tI,e store .,f r. Nl.
iic ne.,A'i,-' s..;.1. March to—if.
T. M. HAMEL.
A T IOttMA AT I.AAV.—Athens, Georgia,
" i! ; ••• *• « in tin* < ou!:ti»***ot‘Clarke.Walton,
j » ' • n. H rtrt. Klheut, Oglethorpe
AVi'.^. *. W’.tn i*ti, :;it t Untie»V.
. v ■ i.e \i-»• *r u\. !.»r,£.V Drug store
K. J- n T. MG',Lit AX.
■ - \ r i.^; tv Will j ir. if. ,• in rh.
M el. . . i:.'n in and Hart, "of iiu-
Mr : ! ' V I \VM. T Mil.I.II-AX, j
.!• rS i»:i. | Carnosvi'.te, Cm.
HI LL X IllLLYER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. j
f 1111 F. . !i ivinyasaorialed I iienis'l VOS
1 : sn .lie i'cacin f law. will attend
.a.:.. If. arts is. the Western Cir. nit. and
on e :11.■ >.• d. • ■.cr.-nii.ii ..Iieulinii to til! business
I'KIXC my llhseaee fi.nn Use .State, l)r. W.M.
Kino is my aiithini/.ed .incut.
He ran be toluol »! the Driin fiinre in t!m a ft t-r
‘“'VV K..M. SMITH, M. 1).
Athens, Sept. I.
f. w. mis,
W^KSAI.KandretaUd rinDryOooda,
T V Groeleries, llmdwure, A r..Xo.d lima,I st!
N1 ( '" *^ a - / iJan l-.t.
^ 'R. L. BLOOMFIELD,
U rilOhKSALF. and retail Clolliinjj Store,
lirftad Strreet, Athens, (!a. |Mav 111.
T. BISHOP X SOX,
\yiIOI.KSAI.K and Ketnil dealers in Grocer •
i , 0; '■ Hardware and Staple Dry Goods, Xo.
1 Bl'o.nl St. Athens ha. ' |Mnv l '
-7 BOLTIXGC LOTUS. j
O f'An keeps n full supply of the i
• be.**t Anc hor lirand Clclhs, at ciiv rric a 1
Marc h v.M) J 1
1MII! BANKS
• SCALES. :
^ U ^ all " l:1 ' ,urpr3 1 ,r ‘ r es |
? " T. liISIK)l>.V SOX.
k --ia5 l n*s,' Athens,Dctnl,IT ii 1S.VL
LUMBER! LUMBERUi
rjiwo MFXDKKl) TIIOFSAXI) FKET o {
i Lumber, well seasoned, now on hand at my !
mill, about live miles from Athens. Any order i
can be filled at short notice, Pickets ol all kinds ;
furnished at short iiotcr .- j
The sawyer, Mr. James (lnimels. is one of the j
mo.-i experienced in the eouniiy, and will j»ive ;
u:.re satistac:'..ii,
A!! ordeis I. :; the store of J. K. A W. F. 1
.Matthews, .a Jjaj.dini to J. A. NViliii rspoon. «iil ,
•d to.
oe pi..
J.ur
.'AS |). MAT-fllEWS.
T. II. WILSON X DUOS.,
W IIOLKSAI.K A letail dealers in DryGooits (
Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Ac.,Nos. ft '
and I, College Avenue, Alliens, Go. )
I Ms reh 10 !
1 .1 A VKI.OPES A\l) 1VKITIXK l»A
1*KIt.—These can he still supplied at re
‘.ail at the Bookstore. Get 2ft
““I I PEOPLE'S MILL SOLD,
ii. .ii. pumiix.
\ ‘f'I i il!.VF.\ 'f i. iw .Icflfcrson. .Jackson conn
ty G ■ .v.i’.’. .'..e prompt attention to any bu.
siu," c. vi ici to his i are. .lauunry al —idin
JOHN H. Hl'LL, _
A Tl'iilNi V AC l.f'.V. Augusta, Ga., will
a: - -I .1 .. apilv lo all l.t. iuc.-a entrusted to
hi- . o- ' [.Ian. S. I
II. A. LOW RANGE, i
Resident DENTIST.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
OFFICE - f' si lege Avenue, s\tbens, Ga.
Oct lm
DIG IVM. KING.
! foMCi pul/iir Ph i/sirian,
I' l |.;it** i,i- |,..fc—ion.". I services to tlio fit -
U 7 K would inform our customers that we still
have for sale a lar^e amount of seasoned
lumber of various kinds. Also, Pickets, Laths,
and common fencin';, at the Mill stand, and at the
Lumber yard in town. For particulars, empiiie
of \V. 1*. TALMAGK, Aoent.
Nov. 2ft, 1801.
CASH! '
\ FTKIf the first of January, 1802. the under- !
sinned will sell exclusively tor CASH 1 |
Athens,.Jan. I, lSfi.2. 'it. M. SMITH.
o
til.I •
Kf*>itlc n< t* ;:I Mi*. CiaMoii (.Mlicc*, c-nrnc r c»f
(Jlnvton and 1 hfiii.i- * i t . May-h—ly.
G. L. IlcC LESKEY, II. 1).,
I I A VI It, permanently located iu Athens,wit
1 continue ill • pr:u-t ice oYMedicim* and Surgery.
rV'Kesiileiic!*, that recently occupied by Mr.
A!bon Vhu-e. utlic.-at home, where he may be
found. March Sih, 1800.
w . X II. R.J.L0XG,
HOLESALE and retail Druggists, Athens
| Jan. ft
GOODS SOLD ONLY
Jan 1. I8fi2. Gil)
wv;
THUBMONO^NORTHt
^Vutorneys at Law,
U T | ],L practice in . 0 partnership in the eoun-
imsof rtnrk. IFalton. .Im ksoii. Gwinnett,
Dad. Knbuti. While, Franklin, Banks, llaber-
«h:i:n it the Western Circuit; and Hart and Mad*
is .11,d 'he .Northern Circuit ; and will (five their
ndi, idual and joint attention to all business en-
.rusted to them. The collect inn of debts will fe
ci ivo pro np! a.id ear,-tut attention.
I, P.TlirKMoNl), | JOHN It. XOItTII,
1,1'ics Dttio s ore, | Jefferson, Jackson eo
(la. Oeil8 tf
SAM
Over
Atlioi
JH KSOX X JH TUIIXS,
V TTDBNIA SAT LAW.—Will practice
in the 1 otintii -ot Gwinnett, Walton, Jack
in,n. ind 1 tall,of the Western,and the county of
For.Vtl! of the Blue if idjfe Circuit.
AMES JACKSON, I X. L. IUTTCIIINS, Jr..
Athens, Ga. | Lawrenceville, Ga
|». S." Hurino M r. Jackson’s absence Iron, Gcor-
ria, business letters should be addressed to the
firm at Lawreneeviilo. Sept ftfl- tf
Du. 11. M. SMITH,
Wholesale and Relail Dealer in
iJUFGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY,
JUl/.XTS, OILS, DYE S TUFFS,
MtDICl.NAL ttUANDV AND WINK, &C., &C., &C.
’■ S NON\ r receiving anil opening a large stock o!
X goods, selected in the Northern Markets by bun
soil L .m;., care,and which hecoutidemly recom-
tuendsKil.e public ns being pure
Athens, tune ft. lSoft.
J. F. O’KELLY,
PllOTOGUMU! AX') AMBROTYPE
R
i ST.
OOtlN on Broad ai d tip, ing ..1 reels, over the
Mflfo of Jotlc K. iWaitlu vrs, Alliens, Gu.
_J-'.iell2!> 1.1)
DK * l 1, ^LlELAXD, dentist,
-1X S \ I Lljj Ga, respect fully solicit st he
,. 1 patr.uage of the rounding country.—
\ H Y'.r°''“ n ' Vl *' be given in their profession.
_ D R* c. D. LOMBARD.
D tuE wTi ,I 5 NS i GEOROrA ‘ Rooi " a iD
•«e Avp'i ;s £ h «L«1Fost GiKee.G.d-
20 HUBS. SUGAR
P Olf sale cheap for cash, Nos 11 and 12 Frank
lin House Building. J. 1. COLT.
Jan 1, 18fi2.
TO HIRE.
I HAVE several negro women and boys to litre.
1 would prefer to hire them in the country.
Dee. 18, 1801. s. 1*. TllUliMOXl).
A FTER Ne«v Year’s Day 110 accounts at the
Book Store will lie continued, fs'nles will lie
made only for cash. Those having accounts hith
erto will oblige by an early settlement of ilie same.
Dec 25 WM. X. WHITE.
CLOTHING.
A l.nrge lot of clothing can be found nt K. L.
Bloomfield's, at very reasonable pi ices
ALSO,
A large lot of boys'and children’s Clothing to
be sold cheap.
ALSO,
Fax thread an ! Military Buttons.
Dec. 4.
GARDEN SKED.
I AM paying cash for the following garden seed
when I am satisfied they are fresh and pure,
until I get the supply I need. Those displayed
are most desired .-
Hunch Henna, Bnllrr Henna, Pole
Hen in,, Cucumber, Egg I’lant, Ouion, On
ion Uuilona,Carrot, l'aisnip. K nglisl) Pena,
Scarlet Radish, Turnip Radish, Sijtiash. Early
Cabbage, North Carolina do.. Beets. Mixed seeds
are of ltouse to me. W.M. X. WHITE.
October 'Jilt, ISiJI.
GOODS
JUST RECEIVED AXD FOR SALE.
C ’1 AMTIS.K MOAP, aline article t Uicurb
J Soda; .Salt-l’ctre; Black Popper- Cvpetas
Snuff t Blue Stone; Madden Indigo, Ac. Ac. at
K. M. SMITH S Drug Store,
Dec. 11 No. id Broad St.
O N iiinl after thefirsl of January, ISfil.nll bills
bought of Us will be due on delivery of the
good,.. All persons indebted to us, either by note
or account, are requested to pay up as ently as
possible'
NVe still have a good stock, and will sell very
cheap. We hope our friends will give us a call.
Jan 1. 18fi3 WHITE * BITCH.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
(hrouological Reconl of Events Since
Hie 6th of November, 1S60.
November (i. Abialiam Lincoln
elected President of the United States
by ?. sectional vote—receiving no vote
in a Southern State, and every North
ern vote save three, in New Jersey.
November IS. Georgia Legislature
appropriated one million of dollars to
atm the State.
November 19. A detachment of
State troops ordered to guard the ar
senal at Charleston, South Carolina.
November 23. North Carolina Leg
islature authorized the suspension of
specie payment by the banks of that
State.
November 2G.
sissippi met.
November 27.
Carolina met.
December 1. The Legislature of
Georgia authorized the banks of that
State to suspend specie payment, am!
passed the Retaliatory bill.
December S. Hon. Howell Cobb,
Secretary of the Treasury iu iluchan-
an’s Cabinet, resigned.
December 10, Legi^ature^fL^uis-
iana met. * / -7
December 14. Cass, Secretary of
State, resigned, because President
Buchanan refused to reinforce Fort
Sumter. *
December 17. Attorney General
Black appointed Secretary of State.—
South Carolina Convention met at Co
lumbia, and owing to the prevalence of
the sinall-pox, adjourned to Charleston.
Governor of South Carolina sent a con
fidential agent to the President of the
United States, demanding possession
of Port Sumter.
December IS. Senate of North Car
olina passed a bill to arm the State.
December 19. E. M. Stanton ap-1
pointed Attorney General. South j
Carolina Convention re-assembled at!
Charleston.
December 20. President of the Uni-1
ted States sent Caleb Cushing to South
Carolina on confidential mission. South
Carolina Con-ention passed the ordi
nance of secession.
December 2li. Major Anderson mov
ed all his forces from Fort Moultrie to
Fort Sumter, with ins munitions of war,
tiller first spiking the guns, cutting
down the Rag statf, and burning the
gun carriages. All this was done iu
the night.
December 27. South Carolina State
troops took possession of Fort Moultrie
and Castle Pinckney.
December 29. Gov. Floyd, Secreta
ry ot War, resigned because Presidert
Buchanan sustained Anderson’s occu
pation of Foil Sumter, after pledges
that the previous status should be pre
served.
1861.
January 2. The President ol the
United States replied to South Carolina
Commissioners, refusing to recognize
them in an official capacity, and refus
ing to withdraw Anderson from Foit
Sumter.
January 3. South Carolina Commis
sioners left Washington. Fort Pulaski,
Savannah, taken possession of and
garrisoned by State troops, in anticipa
tion of its occupation by Federal troops.
Mount X ernou Arsenai, Alabama, oc
cupied in like manner. Revenue Cut
ter Dolphin taken possession of, but
returned by Governor Brown, of Geor
gia. Florida Convention met.
January 4. Fort Morgan, Mobile,
taken possession ot and garrisoned by
Mobile troops.
January 5. South Carolina Conven
tion adjourned. Steamer Star of the
West left New York for Charleston
with troops to reinforce Fort Sumter.
January 7. Virginia Legislature met.
Alabama Convention met. Mississip
pi Convention met.
January 8. President Buchanan sent
in a special message to Congress, on
the condition of the country. Jacob
Thompson, Secretary of the Interior,
resigned, because the Star of the West
had been sent to Fort Sumter, and with
out the promised notification to himself.
Forts Johnson and Caswel, at Wil
mington, N. C., taken possession of
and garrisoned by Smitbfield Guard.
January 9. Mississippi Convention
passed the ordinance of secession.—
Steamer Marion seized at Charleston
by State authoiities.
January 10. U. S. steamer Joseph
Whiting left Boston with troops for
Pensacola. Steamer Star of the West,
entered the harbor of Charleston—was
fired on and put back to sea, Florida
Convention passed an ordinance ot se
cession.
January 11. Alabama Convention
passed an ordinance ot secession.—
Philip Francis Thomas, Secretary of
the United Stales Treasury, resigned
on account oi President Buchanan’s
course towards the seceding States.—
John A. Dix, appointed Secretary of
the Treasury. Forts and Arsenals in
Louisiana taken by State troops.
January 12. Fort Barancas and the
Navy Yard at Pensacola taken by Flor
ida troops. Legislature of Tennessee
passed a bill calling a State Conven
tion.
January 10. Georgia Convention
met.
January 17. Virginia Legislature
passed resolutions inviting a Peace
Conference.
January 19. Georgia Convention
passed an ordinance of secession.
January 23. Louisiana Convention
met.
January 25. Louisiana Convention
passed an ordinance of secession.
January 2S. President of the United
States sent special message, including
resolutions passed by the X irginia Leg
islature on the 17th of January. 'Tex
as Convention met.
January 31. Mint and Custom House
at New Orleans taken by the State
troops.
February 1. Texas Convention pass
ed an ordinance of secession.
February 4. The -1th of February
will be a somewhat memorable day in
the history of the country. On that
day the Confederate Congress met at
Montgomery, the Peace Convention
assembled at Washington—several of
the Northern States refusing te be rep
resented ; and the Virginia election was
held for members to a State Conven
tion.
February S. The Provisional Consti
tution of the Confederate States adop
ted. They-States of South Carolina,
Gta&ia,, Florida, Alabama, Mississip
pi, and Louisiana represented.
February S. Little Rock Arsenal,
with 9,000 stand of arms, and a large
quantity of ammunition, surrendered
to the Arkansas troops.
February 9. Jefferson Davis and
Alexander II. Stephens unanimously
elected President and Vice President of
the Confederate States.
February 12. Lincoln commences
his journey to Washington. Spoke at
Cincinnati.
February 13. Virginia State Con
vention assembled.
February 15. Jefferson Davis ar
rives at Montgomery.
February IS. Jefferson Davis inau
gurated President of the Confederate
States.
February 22. Lincoln raises a flag
of thirty-four stars in Independence
Square, Philadelphia, and “put his foot
down firmly” for “universal freedom
and equality.”
February 23. People of Texas rati
fied ordinance of secession.
February 27. The Peace Conven
tion adjourned, submitting sundry
recommendations to the approval of
Congress. *
March 2. Revenue cutter Dodge
seized by the Texas authorities. Texas
was admitted among the Confederate
States.
March 4. Lincoln inaugurated Pres
ident oftiie United States.
March o. Texas ratified the Provis
ional Constitution.
March 11. Permanent Constitution
of Confederate States adopted.
March 12. Fort Brown, Texas, sur
rendered to Texas authorities.
March 23. Texas ratified Permanent
Constitution.
March 25. Texas Convention ad
journed sine die.
April 3. South Carolina ratified Per
manent Constitution of the Confederate
States.
April 8. South Carolina ratified Pro
visional Constitution.
April 12-13. Bombardment of Fort
Sumter.
April 14. Anderson evacuated Fort
Sumter, by permission of Beauregard.
Lincoln issued a proclamation calling
for 75,000 troops.
April 15. Fort Bliss (near El Paso)
surrendered to Texas Commissioners.
April 1G. North Carolina forts and
the Fayetteville Arsenal seized by State
troops.
April 17. Virginia Convention in
secret session, passed Ordinance of
secession, subject to ratification by the
people.
April 19. Citizens of Baltimore at
tack Northern troops passing through
the city to Washington.
April 20. Federal army at Indianola,
Texas, captured by State troops.—
Evacuation and attempted destruction
of the navy yard at Norlolk, Virginia,
by Fedeial authorities. Occupied by
the Virginia troops. Federal forces,
learning the approach of Virginia
troops, evacuated Harper’s Ferry, set
ting fire to the armory.
April 25. Virginia Convention rati
fied Provisional Constitution of the
Confederate States.
April 28. Arkansas troops took pos
session ol Fort Smith.
May 6. Arkansas passed ordinance
of secession. Ratified the Confederate
Constitution.
May 7. Virginia admitted into the
Confederate Government.
May 10. A large body of Federal
troops occupy Baltimore. Riot in St.
Louis and massacre of the citizens by
the Federal troops, instigated by F. P.
Blair.
May 17. Act passed providing for
the admission of North Carolina and
Tennessee, on certain conditions.
May 20. North Carolina Convention
assembled, and unanimously passed
ordinance of secession on same day.
May 21. Act passed removing scat
of Confederate Government to Rich
mond.
May 23. People of Virginia ratify
the ordinance of secession by more
than 100,000 majority.
May 24. Federal troops occupy
Alexandria, Virginia. The heroic Jack-
son shot Col. FJIswortb, of the Fire
Zouaves. The verdict of the coroner’s September 12. Enemy routed and
inquest over Jackson was “murdered almost all killed or captured by Lieut,
while defending his property in his ! Col. Clarkson, in the skirmish of To-
own house
May 3i. Fight at Fairfax Court
house—the first encounter of the cam
paign after the fall ofSumter. Federal
cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant
Tompkins, attacked the Virginia troops
and were repulsed, with heavy loss, by
the Warrenton rifles, commanded by
Captain Marr. Captain Marr was kill-
ny’s Creek, near Coal river.
September 17. The Southern Rights
members of the Maryland Legislature
were seized, while in session at Fred
erick City, by order of Lincoln; the
Legislature thereby broken up,, and
the prisoners conveyed to Fort La-
Fayette.
. r ~ r — - September 20.' Col. Mulligan, with . .
ed in the beginning of the action. Ex-; 3,500 Federal troops, capitulated to “ ie y a ' |0 w no occasion to pass in
Gov. Smith and Colonel Ewell sue- Gen. Price at Lexington Missouri, af- " hich to gratify this propensity; hence,
enssfiil 1 v lr><! tlio Vinrini-i tmr.no ntin. inr „ c 1 i— a party of the “ blue jackets,” led by
a lieutenant, seized a boat, and cross
Caught by (he Dlississippiaus.
The LeesUurg correspondent of the
Memphis Appeal writes as fe llows, un
der date of the 25th of December:
Since last writing, there has been a
few skirmishes with the enemy, along
the border, resulting disastrously to the
Federal thieves, who had the audacity
to cross the river. As I have frequent
ly written, the main business of the
Yankees seems to be plunder, and
they allow no occasion to pass in
cessfully led the Virginia troops after
Marr’s fall.
June 1. Cannonade at Acquia Creek
between United States steamer and the
Virginia batteries.
June 3. Fight at Phillippa, and re
treat of Virginia troops under Colonel
Porterfield.
June 10. Battle of Great Bethel,
Virginia. Federal troops commanded
by Gen. Pierce, attacked the Confed-
' erate troops, greatly inferior in num
bers, commanded by Gen. Magrudcr,
and were repulsed with heavy loss.—
Only one Confederate soldier was
killed.
June 12. Proclamation issued by
Governor Jackson, of Missouri, calling
the people of the State to arms.
June 13. Day of prayer in the Con
federate States, on recommendation of
President Davis.
June 15. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
of the Confederate army, evacuated
Harper’s Ferry.
June 16. Skirmish at Vienna, Vir
ginia—a train beating Federal troops
commanded by Gen. Schenek, was
fired upon by Capt. Kemper’s Alexan
dria Artillery,supported by Col.Gregg’s
South Carolina regiment-—the enemy
tied with heavy loss.
June 24. The horse thief and cut
throat Jim Lane, issued a proclamation
calling Kansas to arms.
June 25. The people of Tennessee
vote, under an act of their legislature,
and declare themselves out of the
Federal Union, by a large majority.
ter a seige of several days.
September 26. Battle of Mesilla, in
Arizona, and repulse of the enemy-
under Colonel Lynde.
Sept. 27. Col. Lynde, with 700 U.
S. regular troops, surrendered to four
companies ot Texas volunteers.
^ October 1. Capture of the steamer
U anny by the 3d Georgia Regiment
and two Confederate boats.
October 5 Attack on the camp of
the Indianans at Ci.ickomocomico by
3d Georgia Regiment, aud rout of the
enemy.
October 8. Battle of Greenbrier Riv
er. The enemy, under Gen. Reynolds
attacked a very inferior force of Con
federates under Gen. II R Jackson,
and were repulsed with heavy loss.
October 9. Battle of Santa Rosa
Island.
October 14. Commodore Hollins at
tacks the enemy’s blockading fleet,
below New Oilcans and drives it from
the Mississippi.
October 17. Heavy skirmish at
YVoodsonville, Kentucky. Enemy dis
astrously repulsed by Gen. Hardee.
October 21. Battle of Leesburg. A
brilliant victory gained by the Confed
erates, under Gen. Evans, over the
enemy, commanded by Col. Baker.—
Baker was slain ami nearly all his
command killed or captured.
October 27. The great Federal ar
mada sailed from Fortress Monroe on
i:s Southern expedition under the
command of Commodore Dupont.
November 1. A heavy storm wrecks
June 27. Fight at Kelly’s Island be- * a considerable number cf the enemy’s
tween a portion of Col. Turner Ash- J transports.
by s A irginia cavalry and the enemy I November G. Presidential election,
under Capt. McCook. The enemy ' Davis and Stephens re-elected without
were brilliantly repulsed—Capt. Rich-! opposition.
ard Ashby mortally wounded. j November 7. After a heavy bom-
June 29. St. Nicholas steamer cap- 1 bardment by the fleet, the forts at Port
tured on passage from Baltimore to j Royal entrance were evacuated by the
Washington, by Col. Thomas (Zarvo j Confederates and taken possession of
na,) and together with three prizes
subsequently taken, carried into the
Rappahannock.
Jl, b’ U General Patterson, with the
federal Army, crossed the Potomac
into Virginia at Williamsport.
July 2. Battle of Hainesville—Pat
terson’s advance guard met by a regi
ment of Col. Thos. J. Jackson’s com
mand, and checked with heavy loss.
July 3. Patterson occupied Martins-
burg. Traitcr Government organized
at Wheeling under Pierpont.
July 4. United States Congress as
sembled in session.
July 12. Battle of Rich Mountain,
\ irginia—a body of Virginia troops,
under command of Col. Pegram, at
tacked by an overwhelming force of
the enemy, commanded by General
McClellan. After a heroic struggle,
and the loss of many killed an J woun
ded, they were forced to fly, and many
of them were captured.
^ July 13. General Garnett slain at
Garrick’s Ford, while covering the re
treat ot his command from the pursuit
of McClellan.
July IS Skirmish at New Creek De
pot, near Richmond, Virginia—enemy-
driven ofT and railroad bridge burnt by
Col. J. C. Vaughan.
July 18. Battle of Scarey Creek—a
brilliant victory of a portion of Gen
Wise’s command, over a vastly supe
rior force of the enemy.
July 18. Battle of Bull Run—the
enemy having followed the retreat of
the Confederate troops from Fairfax
Courthouse, attacked their lines at
Blackburn’s Fork, and were severely
chastised and repulsed, with a loss of
many hundreds.
July 20. Confederate Congress as
sembled in Richmond.
July 21. Grand battle of Manassas!
July 22. The routed enemy, in al
most total disorganization and wild
with terror, continue their flight thro’
Alexandria and otherwise, to Wash
ington.
July 28. Day of praise and thanks
giving in the Confederate States, by
unanimous invitation of the Confeder
ate Congress, in gratitude for the vic
tory of Manassas.
August 10. Battle of Oak Hill or
Springfield Missouri. The enemy un
der General Lyon routed with great
slaughter by the Confederates under
Gen. McCulloch. Our loss severe.
August 20. Act passed providing
for the admission of Missouri.
August 26. Battle of Cross Lanes
Enemy commanded by Col. Tyler sur
prised and routed by Gen. Floyd.
August 27. Bombardment of forts
at Ilatleras Inlet.
August 29. The forts capitulated
and the garrisons made prisoners of
war.
September 2. Enemy heavily repuls
ed at Big Creek by Gen. Wise.
September 10. Battle of Carnifax
Ferry. Jen Floyd repulsed the ene
my with heavy loss, commanded by
Gen. Rosencranz.
by the enemy. The battie of Belmont
—the Confederates under Gens. Polk
and Pillow, alter a bloody contest,
gained a signal victory over the enemy
under Gens. Grant and McClernand,
routing them with heavy loss.
November 8. Mason and Slidell,
Confederate Commissioners to England
and France, seized on board British
mail steamer Trent, by Capt. Wilkes,
and conveyed to Fort Warren by order
of the WaHiington Government.
November 9. Numerous railroad
bridges burned in East Tennessee by
an organized conspiracy.
November 10. Federal forces in
Guyandotte surprised and defeated,
with many slain and taken prisoners,
and the rest dispersed, by the cavahy
of Cols. Clarkson and Jenkins.
November 14. Guyandotte burned
by the enemy.
November 15th. Day of Prayer and
Fasting throughout the Confederate
States, by invitation of President Davis. 1
November 22 and 23. Bombard
ment at Pensacola, between Fort Pick
ens and General Bragg’s Batteries.
November 25. Missouri admitted
into the Confederacy.
November 30. Provisional govern
ment formed in Kentucky.
Dec. G. Virginia Convention ad
journed sine die.
Dec. 13. Battle of Alleghany Moun
tain. Enemy repulsed with great
slaughter by the Confederate troops,
under Gen. Johnson. Kentucky ad
mitted into the Confederacy.
Dec. 14. Great conflagration in
Charleston.
December 20. Battle of Dranes-
ille—a fight between heavy foraging
parties, the Confederates under Gen.
Stuart, the enemy under Gen. Mc
Call. General Stuart, though vastly
outnumbered, kept up the fight until
his wagon train was saved, and then
retreated. Soon after which the ene
my fell back also, yielding the posi
tion. Loss on both sides very consid
erable.
Dec. 21. Alfred Ely, M. C. irom
New York, exchanged tor C. J Faulk
ner, of Virginia.
December 29. A running fight near
Newport News between Capt. Lynch
of the C. S. N. and several gunboa's of
the enemy. Capt. L. escaped with a
prize, without damage, to the shelter
of the Sewell’s Point batteries.
December 26tfi may be added to
the list as the day on which the Lin
coln government surrendered Mason
and Slidell on the demand of the Brit
ish government, and surrendered all
claim to the respect of the world.
When a worthless soldier is drummed
out of the Confederate camps now a
days it is done to the tune of Yankee
Doodle, instead of the Rogue’s march
as formerly.
Self-love exaggerates our faults as
well as our virtues.—Goethe.
ed near Fayetteville, congratulating
themselves upon their intended havoc
among the poultry and what not of
that disaffected neighborhood. Ac
companied as they were by some few
Union traitors, the boat was left in
charge of a guard, and the main body
made off to an adjacent larm. The
squealing of a pig and a general up
roar among the poultry, told plainly
enough that “the enemy were en
gaged,’’ and perfectly oblivious of till
danger. Bi t while the guard nt the
boat were in high jubilation at the
prospect of fine Christmas and New
Year’s dinners, a party of the 21st
Mississippi (Green’s and Gibson’s com
panies) noiselessly surrounded them,
and matched them off to a thicket
near by.
This accomplished, the Mississippi
boys laid further plans for capturing
the remainder, and were chuckling nt
their easy conquest. Presently a stray
Yankee would come down to the boat
and throw in a bundle ofhalf a dozen
chickens, and return for more ; anoth
er would come with a suck ng pig,
with its legs tied and do likewise.—
Thus these industrious thieve* were
working for an hour or more, but at
last the whole party returned to the
boat, laden with all sorts of plunder,
not forgetting two very fine cults,
which they intended to land on the
other side of Jordan, but before they
had time to congratulate each other
upon this, their successful raid, the
whole party were compelled tosurre n-
der. Seizing their rifles they made
hostile demonstrations, and despite the
promises of the Mississippian who had
been deputed to negotiate the surren
der, began firing wildly in all direc
tions, and pushed toward the boat in n
body. Finding it more than patience
could bear, the pickets fired and slew
six at the first volley, subsequently
wounding others. All the “fight”
having oozed out of their boots, the
capture was a complete one and sci
entifically accomplished.
As this is the first time the “ 21st’’
have been close to the enemy, the
complete surprise and capture of this
band ot robbers, augurs well for their
future history. 'I he whole gang were
brought to headquarters here, and
among them were ibund some Union
fanatics, who have been known to pi
lot Lincoln’s heroes in their depreda
tions on the border. Perhaps con
finement in a tobacco warehouse at
Richmond may prove beneficial to
their nerves, and where they can chew
the cud of chagrin at their leisure.
Georgia Legislature.
HOUSE.
Friday, December 13, 1861.
The special order—the “Woman’s
Bill’’—was taken up. Mr. Adams of
fered a substitute, providing that the
property of every man in the State shall
vest in his wife.
Mr. Lester moved to anu.td so that
the substitute apply to Clark countv
only. Mr. Adams declined to accep't
the amendment and proceeded to ar^uc
against the bill. To him the most ex
pressive word in the English language
was humbug, and in his opinion this
bill was the very embodiment of it.—
The effect would be to build up in this
country a priviledged aristocratic class.
It would thrust woman into a position
never intended for her by God—giving
her control over the affairs of her bus
band and thus engender domestic
difficulty.
The bill contained the words per
sterpes—he was no latin scholar, but
thought the word should be stirrups as
it certainly placed the woman in that
position. He objected to acting on
the bill when a third of the State was
not represented on the floor.
Messrs. Mallard and Smith of Brooks
thought it was no time to act on so
grave a question.
Mr. Trammell moved to lay the bill
on the table. The ayes and nays were
called and were ayes, 65, nays 48.
Make a Beginning.—Remember in
all things that if you do not begin vou
will never come to an end. The first
weed pulled up in the garden, the first
seed set in the ground, the first shilling
put in the savings bank, and the first
mile traveled in a journey, are all im
portant things—they make a begin
ning, and thereby a hope, n promise, a
pledge, an assurance, that you are in
earnest with what you have undertaken.
How many a poor, idle, erring, hesitat
ing outcast is now creeping and craw
ling bis way through the world who
might have held up his bead andpros-
pered, if, instead of putting off bis
resolutions of amendment anaindustiy,
I he bad only mads a beginning.
