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ijjt;pitte Cournr.
HOML, t*A.
V, DWINELL, Editor.
Tuesday Morning, Aligns. 19.
Editorial Correspondence.
ttegimout in Rome nnd vicinity, that
the expectation of an immediate fight,
on this sido of the river, has passed
a'vay, and all has been quiet cn our
lines since last Thursday. It is now
very evident that the enemy re-surren
dered Malvern Hill on that day without
a fight, because they feared to contend
with the force they saw approaching-
An old regro at their headquarters said
ho heard one of their oilicors say that
it would be useless for thorn to contend
against three such columns coming
So
Thursday Morkino, Aug. 7,1862.
Dear Courier: Since closing my let
ter last night, I have learned that our from as many different directions,
Uavmlry engaged in the skirmish of, we re-took the Hill without firing a
Tuesday morning was oompnse of parts: gun--the foe recoding as our forces sp
ot three companies, vis s Georgia Troop-, pronchcd.
•rs, Fulton Dragoons and Co. B, of The popular idea, in tho army, of
Richmond Ga. Hussars. Gabriel Jonoi Gen. Toombs’ qualities ns a fighting
of the Miller Riflos has been missing commander, may bo inferred from the
tinea that time, and it is feared that ho general talk throughout our Brigndo on
was taken prisoner in the retreat. Inst Thursday morning. Tho almost uni-
night about nine o’clock a disoharge of versal expression was, that "there is
muske ry was heard in the diieotion of no danger of a fight to day, tot-Toombs'
Malvern Hill battle field. It sounded Brigade is ahead.’’ Of course a man
like a volley from n regiment shooting, who talks us strong and loud ns ho
and was followed by a scattering fire does, has mado strenuous efforts, for
for a foiv minutes. Nothing lius been himself and command, "to have a place
heard from it up to this time—eight
o’clock.
ti was exceeding hot during the mid
dle of the day yesterday, nnd there is
every prospect of its being so again to
day. I have heard no firing yot this
morning. It is thought by some that
the enemy's demonstration down here,
in the vioinity of Malvern Hill, some
12or 14 miles from Richmond, is for
the purposo of trying to draw the at
tontion of the majority of our forces to
this place, and then rush up with their
gunboats nnd heavy infantry forces on
transports, as nenr as they can with
safety to Drury’s Dlvff; laud behind us.
nod rush on to Richmond.
Two o’clock, P. M.
Toombs' Brigade nnd our own aro
now on Malvern Hill again—at the
very place where the great battle of
July 1st was fought. Tiie enemy evac
uated lust -night. Tiie field is conside
rably changed -in appearance since the
writer lastsftw it. The ground then
charged over seemed entirely, naked,
hut now it is covered with a very tole
rable growth of corn. The enemy’s
advance here was probably only a feint
to cover some other movement, but
whal it is has not yet transpired. Your
correspondent joined the Regiment
again this morning.
The firing last night was by some of
Ccbb’s Legion, firing upon some Yan
kee cavalry scouts, who had dismount
ed nnd were skulking through tho
woods. Two of the vandals, wounded,
were found on the ground this morn
ing. Borne ten or or twelve Yankees
wore taken prisoners “hereabout#” last
night.
FaiDAr Morning, 8th.
Btforo our Brigade left, we made a
thorough reconnoisance of Malverr.
Hill. The high table land extends
South, towards tho l-iver, about a mile
beyond the battle ground. Our troops
were carried to an extreme bluff. As
the Brigade in ndvanoe approached
this verge of the highland, thoy saw
the Yonks drawn up in lino of battle
to tho left, and less than a half mile
distant, but they skedaddled immedi
ately.
We were told by negroes on the hill
that the vile Hessians left their camp
in the middle of the night. These
same unfortunates say there was 20,000
of them—some say it was Gen. Sum
ner’s Division. Wo are now satisfied
that our retreat on Tuesday morning,
was not only prudent but timely, and
skillfully managed.
The Brigade left Malvern Hill at 4
.o'clock P. M. yestetday, and arrived in
camp at about sundown. Wo have
done three days-of very hard duty, but
nobody has fired a gun, except some
half dozen who were on pioket post
Tuesday afternoon.
A grand demonstration by tho enemy
is expoctod soon. It.new teems proba
ble that it will be on the other side
ol the river. Everything is quiet this
morning.
Col. Towers and Billy McKay, having
been exohanged,.roturnod to this victn
ity last Tuesday. They are now in
Richmond, and *ro expected in camp
to-day. It is a very clear and hot morn
ing.
In Cauf, 5 o’clock P. M
The Regiment has been quiet to-day,
except fifty men have been throwing up
breastworks. It is rumored this even
ing that tho enemy are agaiu advancing
towards Malvern Hill. What all these
movements and counter movements
will amount to wo cannot divine. Geo.
Morton and Gabriel Jones have neither
been heard from yet. It has been ex
ceedingly hot to-day and is ‘becoming
quite dusty. M. D.
in tho picture near the flashing of the
guns,” But the misfortune to Aim is,
common men cannot aomprehend the
reasons for some of his actions -if ho ib
really so very anxious to fight.
Last night two wagon loads of tho
contents of Car No. 6 arrived in camp.
These arrivals of good things from
home produced tho happiest omotions
the sol iiors ever experienced in camp.
If the loved ones at home could know
but liulf the pleasure thoy thus produce
in so sweetening the hard fare of army
rations they would, l am suro, feel
more than compensated f6r the troublo
and expense incurred. Ten thournnd
thanks to all those who have so kindly
and generously clicerotl the hearts of
tho hardy soldier boys. Some oi us
who huye noitlier "kith nor kin” from
whom suoh affectionate remembrances
might be expected, feel particularly
grateful for tho generous supplies re
ceived. Two wagon loads of tiie boxes
arrived in oamp last night, and were
soon opened with eager hands. So
fur ns examined, nearly everything
came through in perfect order* and the
oontonts of tho boxos was precisely
sueh tilings as are most acceptable.
Mossrs. Davis, Rogers and Barber de
serve creJit for having, with untiring
energy and carefulness, secured the
early and safe arrival of tho Car.
This morning at 2 o’clock the Bri
gado was ordered to strike tents, pack
up and be ready to maroh by day
light. This was unexpected, and par
ticularly unpleasant to the Floyd coun
ty boys, as, with the move, would pro
bably come tho loss of all the good
things from homo. As usual no inti
mation was given as to where we were
going. The column was put in motion
towards Richmond at GJ o’clock, and
at 10 we arrived here at our old camp,
three miles :rom tho city. The boxes
left behind have all been brought up,
and we now hnvo another prospect of
enjoying their contents. Unless there
is another move ordered, the balunce
still in the city will probably be brought
out to-morrow. These are very preca
rious times, and we are liablo to move
almost any hour.
Mr. Kaufman had a severe attack
of sun stroke last Friday—hoped to be
better. There are no other cases of
severe illness among the Floyd boys
(bat l have heard of. M. D.
hang one of our citizens nr commit
any of their inhuman threats, it is to
bo hoped that their officers may swing
at least two for one. To-day has boen
perhaps the hottest day or the season.
Tuesday morning 6 o’clock.—No or
ders to march received yet. M. D.
SSTSoe New Advertisements.
Heg-Maj. J. G. Yoiser paid a flying
visit to his family on Snturduy last.
RQf-Messrs Rogers and Barber re-
turntd from Richmond on Sunday last.
They left Richmond on Wednesday,
and report that the 8lh Regiment was
under marching orders, and it was sup
posed tney would proceed to tho Val
ley. 1 ho boys will not got to enjoy the
contents of the last car.
ccvtry doubtful. Ur. Pinson after bat.
tling manfully- with a chronic oamp
Curtis is reported to have
bilge portion ot lus army on tliis ''. 1
News.
from Knoxville,
motion iVom Cumberland
contrast, vary and relieve tho scenery,
and in themselves contribute much to ,, - — r _ . . .
the native beauty of tho landscape, by. 4 dysontary for many long months hns ° 1 Lpophif tirLho -|
their alternating forost and farm doited boon obliged toga home. Ilo sftinds ■ - • - ' ■ li<;
here nnd there with the rural cottages high in his regiment and will be much
of the rude mountaineers. Along tho missed by all. 15.
hillsides gush out springs oi pure nnd
healthful water, feeding tiie merry rip
pling brooks and moro protending
creeks which wind their way along
down the valley towards tiie larger
Stile
lGlh aays'’ ttu &
i-nborlnnd (inn
that Morgan (Federal) was i-p,.
with his forces, leaving only tl 1Q "r' n *
Tennessee regiments. lor y
McCook’s body has arrived at t .
villa. —Seventeen guerillas liiiVk i ^
hung by McCook’s forces. llgtL, l 0611
ftSjpThe Shower on Friday night last,
has produced a very considerable change
in the weather—making it much more
pleasant and sbrceable.
«iSr“lt can’t rain, it must pour,’’
nnd so it seems with our correspon
dents, ns they all mnnrged to get their
loiters hero ut once, wh'icli is too much
of a good thing” ns they are nil very
interesting.
water courses.
The country scats r.nd
farm
Editorial Correspondence.
■ Cant or 8tb Ga. Rest.,
August 11th, 1862,
Dear Courier: -It may be -a vl
olation of n strict construction of tho
third commandment tu address a few
line* to you, yet l feel it to be a sort of
religious duty *o improve this earliest
opportunity—Sabbath—though it be
to inform tbn numerous friends of this
Cami* of 8th Ga. Reoiment, 1
August 12, 1862. )
Dear Courier:—This morning throe
days’ rations wero issued with orders to
cook them, and bo in readiness
march at the shortest possible notice
This was very unwelcome tidings
the Floyd county boys. They had just
got a full view and a slight taste of tho
good things from home, by Car No. 6,
and the idea of'having to leave them
all was provoking indeed. It is now
late in the- afternoon, and no further
orders have come yet. It is thought,
provable, that we may go to reinforce
Stonewall Juakson, but some think wo
are bound for East Tennessee, Tho
good news from Jackson is cheering.
A gentleman lias just told me that ho
aw 29 Yankee officers in "hand cuffs"
who had been taken last Saturday by
Jackson’s men. One of them com
plained nnd demanded that he should
be carried to the commander of the
post to be relieved of his arms. He
was carried to old Gen Winder, whom
he asked if he was not to be treated as
a j risoner of war. Ihe brief reply
was that he was no prisoner of war, but
a vile plunderer and murderer—and
the gurrd was ordered to take the
aforesaid Yankee away immediately,
the General refusing to hold any con
tinued conversation with him.
These officers are said to have told
their.guard that they had never heard
of -President Davis’ Proclamation pro
viding measures of retaliation for their
thioving send plundering in tho Valley
under the orders of Gen. Pope. The
general impression in our army 4s, that
these retaliatory measures will work
admirably. Tho rumor is 'that Yan
k«e officers have already attempted to
disguise tbemsolvesns privates. If they
From the I9lli Georgia Regiment,
Near Gordonsvh.le, Virginia,
August, (ih, 1862.
Dear Courier : After a long period,
during wich I have been wholly cut off
from newspapers, except such as wo
have been nble to purchase from news
boys, your weleomo sheet now regular
ly visits my rustic bivouac, and cheors
my evening hours. In tokon of my
thankfulness for this new ordor of
things, I write you “these few lines.”
We aro recently hero, under orders,
from tho swamps of tho now malarious
Chicknhominy, to brcntl.o tho invigora
ting ail* of this mountain region, and
lend what aid wo can in strengthening
the backbone of glorious old Stonowail
Having rested and cleaned up from
our journey, wo aro engaged in cooking
up the same bid “threo days rations,”
which wo have so often cooked, anil ns
often eaten sometimes on the battle
field, sometimes on tho tnnrch—more
frequently by the camp fire where the
cooking had boen done.
Wc have been expecting orders to
march since night before last, and are
making busy preparation for active
work. Stonewall .Tuckson has the
namo of being a hard marcher and
quick determined fighter, he will prob
ably give us some houvy fighting ere
long and perhaps heavy marching too.
The best information we enn got, seems
to indicate that out- force hero will bo
sufficient to cope successfully with the
enemy, and drive him before us. There
is also an opinion prevailing, that tvo
aro to go into Maryland, and givo them
a ttste of war thero. I know not how
tliis may bo, but trust it may bo true
For one, I should delight in the ability
to push the war home upon tho Yan
kees themselves, and particularly would
like to bo a participant in the delivc
ry of our sister State from her present
thraldom. •
The barbarous rigor with which Gen.
Pope is now devastating private proper
ty, and trao’pling upon private rights
in this portion of country is exasperat -
ing tho people to the last degreo, and
can have no other effect hut to drive
old nnd young into an armed resistance
and eventually to work the downfall
and ruin of the miserablo cause ho
aims by sucli disreputablo means to
bolster up. This spirit ot utter disre
gard to tho rules and laws of ’ civilized
warfare, is rapidly growing at the
Nc' th, and it is to be feared we are as
rapidly drifting towards the period
when wo shall see the hoisting of the
blnck flag among us, with its fearful
train of wholesale butcheries and name-
lets barbarities. Upon all tho roads
through tl:iu region, may be seen farm
ers with their long trains of moveables,
negroes nnd live stock, fleeing from the
enemy, and hiding their property away
in the distant mountain fastnesses,
where the foe will not easily ferrit it
out for confiscation.
This is a most charming country for
residencos, beautifully undulating in
its valleys, covered nt this season with
luxuriant swards of olover, timothy and
hcrdsgrnss, with hero and thero circum.
scribod patches of gracefully waving
corn, now in its most picturesque stage
of growth. More to are sproud out be.
fore us broad meadows of indiginou g
grasses, affording sustenance to large
herds of cuttle, which give to us cheer
ful prospects of abundant milk, with
golden butter and tooth-some beef
steaks. Here too graze numerous
flocks of sheep, clothed in the soft sil.
ken fleece indicative of selection and
careful breeding. Old pastures abound
in wild berries which feast the appetites
of our soldiers, and while gratifying the
the tasfo contribute also to the substan
tial health of the men by removing the
scorbutic tendencies engendered by
their long subsistence upon bread and
soldier meat.
Upon our western boundary runs a
large range of mountains, whioh, by
houses
of this section, present a sombkincu of
caro and taste in their erection, which
greatty exceeds that of our own region.
Much of this differenco is duo to the
urgent necessity for better wintor shel
ter front tho rigor of the climate. Thero
is, however, another came of tills differ
ence, to be found in the laot that tho
country is much older, tiie facilities for
huilding more abundant, and tho means
of the builders more ample. Thou too,
in these old settled countries thero is
an inducement to build durable and
substantial structures, which wo have
not ns yet in that, the laud is more per
manently fixed in value, there are few
er changes in the uses to which tho
land is appropriated, tower changes in
tho owners nnd tillers of the soil. Here
a father builds for hitnsolf, his children
mayhap for his grand children also,
lienee thero is encouragement for
him to expend his money freely to
lay deeply and • broadly his founda*
lion.
In sight of my quarters ns I writo is
the residence of a physician and farmer,
who has two rustic daughters of comoly
form and feature, fond of horse
back exercise, and of the invigorating
free air of heaven. The residence Is
ample in dimensions, comely in its arch
itecture, of wood freshly paintod and
covered with a durnblo slato roof,
which bids fair to resist the ravages of
time, and destined in all probability to
shelter itis offspring for generations to
come. Upon tho lawn before the man
sion, shaded by an overhanging tree,
gushes out from the bowels of the earth
a pure limpid spring, with abundant
stores of healthful water; a well culti
vated kitchen garden supplies tho table
with vegetnhlus in their season ; a well
kept front yard and flower garden, the
never failing index of a warm nnd ge
nial heart in the bosom of tho owner,
affords oxerciso nnd recreation to tho
females oi the household. As the
shades of evening gather around the
horizon, unbroker, save by tho slowly
and roluctantly fading tints of the now
departed sun, the lowing herds enmo
sauntering homeward, their sleek sides
well padded out with the accumulation
of tho day's grazing, ponderous udders
filled to everflowing, spirit forth upon
the slightest jostle, delicate streams of
creamy milk; dairy maids, armed with
their capacious tin pails, soon reap tho
day’s harvest of richly frothed nnd
foaming nectar—such indeed is milk
now to our longing appetites, sharpen
ed ns they have boen, by long depriva
tion. Soon tho ovening meal is spread
and .tiie happy household galhcr
nround the family board, to spend the
hour in social chat, relating over and
discussing the events of the day, as
they partake of the abundance of sub
stantinlitics and delicacies spread beforo
them.
Such is the view of rural life ill Vir
ginia Valley, as it appears to a care
worn soldier. From this feebly sketch
ed framework, Courier, fill up in your
magit.nlion the full picture ns it pre
sents itself before me now, and tell mo
if it bo not a near approximation to ihe
fruition of earthly enjoyment, as a quiet
and rational cronturo ought to enjoy
the little measure of bliss allotted
him here.
ThoboyBare all doing pretty w.ell
considering. Capt. Hamilton, and Ad
jutant .Perkins are at home with you
recruiting their health, the former from
disease, the latter from his wound,
ceived at his post of duly battling no
bly for our rights. Jim is at homo,
clever fellow, carries a genial smile oh
his humorous phiz nnd cracks a good
joke, but in the field he is every inch
soldier, nnd in battle does his full share
in skedaddling the Yankees out of
their fortifications. While engaged in
this commendable work, he was shot
down, it was feared mortally wounded
but time has shown not beyoDd his
rallying powers. Tom Attaway has
lost much of his former portliness and
rotundity of face, but enjoys pretty
good health nevertheless. Capt. John
Hooper has gone home siolc. Serg
Hooper is the same Cicero, chews moro
tobacco than anybody, and complains
dreadfully that he can’t get sick in
this service, and therefore stands no
chance to-go home. Major Hutchings
is well and now in command of the
19th. Capt. Beull, of Paulding, who
was severely wounded in the bnttle pf
June 26th, was doing pretty well when
last heard from. Orderly Seg’t Stith
of the 19th, has been '■ very low with
camp diarrhoea since tho battles; he
at-Richmond very much -worn down
and itis recovery very uncertain. Serg,
Adams, of -Gordon county, is also quite
low with ; lhe same disease, and his re 1
on tho 7th inst., in command nf threo ; that advices mini Memphis stnto il,,!
companies of Confederate scouts, ho ■ on authority ot orders from Wnshin
attuc<od a Federal Ibrco near Decatur, ; ton, Ocu. Grant tins issued nn out,
charging them into the town, capturing , staling that every possible facility win
128 prisoners, one of them on officer, be afforded for getting cotton to'm,,
besides killing nnd wounding a cousid- ket.
to
erubln number. Confederate loss, one
killed and threo wounded. He brought
otT fifty-six stand nf nrms.
On tho succeeding day ho ohnsod a
scouting party of Yankees, burned tho
trestle work on the railroad and cut the
telegraph wires. The enemy, are forti
fied against cavalry at five positions be
tween Tuscumbia and Decatur, but can
be driven out by artillery.
Tho Yankees are destroying tho aban
doned crops it) tho vicinity of Decatur.
Rosenoruns is m Corinth.
A dispatch from Jackson 14th, says
it is reported that the Yankees are
about evucuuting Baton Rouge.
Capt. Dnigen last week ’ captured, on
tho coast, three schooners loaded with
sugar for New Orleans. Tho Yunkoo
crews will bo enrried to oamp Moore.
The town of Donaldson ville, La., 1ms
been destroyed by the Yankees. Plan
ters tire being arrested for sympathizing
with the rebels and held ns hostages to
repress tho movement of our gurillns.
Tiie Federals uro plundering generally.
Thoy have two negro regiments iti New
Orleans.
A special to the Tribune from Grena
da 14th says a dispatch to the Cincin
nati Commercial, dated 8th, Buys: Fif
teen hundred Confederate infantry aro
at tiie head of the Cumberland river,
moving into Kentucky with two hun
dred cavalry, and are said to have two
hundred more at Livingston en route
for Kentucky.
Major-General McCook, .of Buell’s
army, was killed by Confederate par
tisans near Salem, Term., on the 6th
inst. It is said bis soldiers have seven
teen pari hum rangers, upon whom to
uvonga his death.
Chattanoooa, Aug. 16.—The Rebel
learns that throe discharged Confeder
ate soldiers were shot by Gen. Bull
Nelson, at MoMinnvilln, ns a ntaliation
bushwnckers.” Ouo was a woun
ded Georgian.
Gen. Tilghman arrived here Inst night
e/i route to Vicksburg, nnd-. Gen. Buck-
will be here to night.
Richmond, Aug. 15.—A detachment
of Capt. Baylor's Cavalry, twonty-eight
in number, nuido a dash into Frbnt
Royal, Warren county,' Vn., on Tues
day, and captured the Yunkee Piovost
Murshul, tho Provost Guard, and elev
en horses. A large fotco of Yankees
were in tho vicinity nt the time.
Mcdii.e, August 16.—A special to the
Advertiser (6 Register Irom Knoxville,
says a gentleman Irom Wytheville this
morning stuti-B that Mr. Moore, a mem
ber of tiie Confederate Congress from
Kentucky, had received a dispatch (hut
Gen. Jackson had gained the position
winch ho sought boyond the Rapidun
River; also that he ban been reinforced
by Gcnoral Lee, and fighting wus pro
gressing yestoiduy.
Slight skirmishing occurred yasterdny
by Gen. Stevenson’s forces six miles
from Cumberland Gap. Ten l risoiiurs
were taken. A rumor prevailed thut
the enemy were ovucuating tho Gap.
Jackson, Miss., August 15.—Tho Con
federate prisoners camped in Wostern
prisoners Hro daily expected nt Vioks-
bure. General Van Dorn orders all
the prisoners of this department to rc
port nt Jackson forthwith.
A correspondent of the Mississippian
says thut at tho lute bnttlo nt- Baton
Rouge, 300 negroes wore stationed in
front of tho Yankee lines, and 150
were killed.
A special to tho Tribune from Grena
da the 151li. states that General Logan's
command, about 5,000 strong, has fal
len hack te tho Hatchie river, on the
other side of Bolivur, Tennessee.
3,000 Fcderuls lnivo been sent from
Brownsville to Fort Pillow. 100 Yan
kees occupy Hickman, and 1,200 Col
umbus.
Tiro commands at Memphis iiave cor.
tnlnfy been weakened by sending rein
forcements up the river, probably for
Buell,
Mobile, August 17.—A special to the
'Tribune from Grtnada 16th, says North
ern dates of tho 11th and 12th have
been received. Yankee accounts of
tho fight at Culpepper C. H., sny about
10,000 men under Gen. Banks were at
tacked by over 20,000 rebels.—Gen
Pope was not present.
They acknowledge a loss of from two
to thic.o thousand, umong them Gener
als Auger and Geary wounded, and
Gen. Prince missing; also three Colo
nels, three Lieutenant-Colonels, four
Majors, and a largo number of compa
ny officers wounded nnd killed. They
sny their forces retired from tho field
when overpowered by numbers. 'Their
infantry were badly cut up. Culpej
is one vast Hospital. Gen. Gcifry’s
gado, 2.000 strong, lost 1,600 in charg
ing a Confederate battery. Tho 6th
Ohio were nearly annihiliated. The
63d Wisconsin stampeded irom tho bat
tle field.
Tho reception of the news in New
York caused gold to go up and' stocks
to decline. ■
Tho Chicago Tribune says Jackson ev
idently outgeneraled and
Pope.
The Memphis correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune has been arrested for
disloyalty.
The difficulty on tho negro question
between an IllinuU and an Indiana,
and two Ohio Regiments, at Memphis,
is reported to have resulted in an issuo
of arms with ft loss ot fifteen men.
A number of deserters from Sherman’s
army arrived here (Grenada) this even
ing and report that gten,t dissatisfaction
6 xlst» in that army.
mit.
It is reported that Gen. Alcorn 1,..
been seized us a hostage for th 0
Powel. Tiie enemy continue tbli!
course of devastation wherever Bn J
poftuhity often. f -
Evidences of Patriotism. -\y e 8ta , .
a few weeks ago, that a certain liberal
minded gentleman, of. Lancaster Dfo
tiot-, was selling his crop 0 |' wheat
flour, at the moderate pvteo of jg
barrel. This is not an isolated instnU
of genuinb patriotism in thut District
Another Christian planter has beta
supplying tho families of soldiers wiij
bacon at 20 cout per pound. Another
gentlemen in another quarter of tin,
District, made a largo crop of wheat o(
a superior kind, much sought after for
seed. T his wheat, which would coat,
maud, according to tho prices ostabish.
cd by speculators, four or five dollars
per bushel, ho is selling nt two dollars
per bushol.
A gentleman, who for a number of
years has helped to supply Lancaster,
ville with fresh meats, continues to do
so with a small ndvanoe over old prices
nnd at considerably less than others are
demanding for the same article.—CW,
Cour.
Tho Atlanta Intelligencer reports
that tho large sum of 8250.000 was paid
into the State Treasury at Milledgoville
on tho 7lh jnst. by Col. Whitaker,
Commissary General of the State of
Georgia. It was received from (lie (ha-
federate government in payment for
army stores turned over by Gov. Bi-oitu
when the State troops wete transferred
last spring.
Tho London Times, in commentiaj
on the confiscation bill, says : ITnppily
it is certain that no lifter will dare lo
put in foiee this scandalous law. It
will only remain a monument of infamy
to those who passed it, and bo ranked
herefoter with tiie attemped destruc
tion of Charleston hnvbor and the tar-
age vagaries of Gen. Butler.”
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SHOES WANTED.
W ANTED to purchase for the army
large lot of shoes. I will contrast fc
tho manufacture of large or email lots. True
portation will bo furnished fur Hides, an
all other material used in manufacturis
shoos.
Those wishing to sell or contract forth
mo-king of Shoes, will call on or addreum
at Dalton, WhitGcld co., Ga.
vr. K AYER,
Maior and t). M. Put,
Dalton, Ga.—auMI-lm
GEORGIA, Polk County.
To all whom it may concern—
.TTHEltEAS Alexander Montfort harin|
fy applied to me in regular form for bi
ters of adininia ( .r.;tiuu on the estate of O.-tu
B. Montfort, lute of suid county, deceased,
These arc, therefore, to citu and ndinonlii
all persons interested in said estate, to sliow
cause, if any they have, within the time pre-
scribed by hut, why letters should noth
granted to said applicant on or Monday is
October next.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, this 18th day of Augnst, 1802.
aug21-30d S. A. BORDERS, Ord.
augltl-lu
Mrs, LEE’S
SCHOOL will ho re-opened
Monday, A\ig. 25th.
Cohen’s Mills.
Thesa Mills nrn now in an-
ceisntl operation, and auib*
is respectfully solicited. ,,
Tho road to tho Mills ha
, nnd is in good traveling «>•
J. J. COHEX-
VIRGINIA
Clover
W E'have 50 or 00 bushols clean ■Virgin®
Clover Heed to dispoBo t
* co.
Clover Heed to diBposo uf. Apply
Ij or you may miee tho opportunity otw
curing th.oin W,
auglO
NOTICE.
0. 8. ENGINEER’S OFFICE,
Snvaunah, Aug. lQ5»’i
Dr. T. A. Parsons, Agent, Ac.:.
Sin—As some misconception appear*
exiBt among the planters of somo counties^
rcferonco to a telegram said to have been
ceived from tho Hecrotary of War by
planters of Lee county, nnd which has o
erroneously conitruea to release the P'*
tors from contributing labor f--r the fort 1 ”,
tious of Savannah, tho Brigadiof “ffS
commanding instructs mo to stulo use
has received no order from tho War ucp -
moot to deiist from tho impressment or
That impressment was begun SBJWIMJ
stress »f a military necessity, and only ^
othor means of procuring labor,haa 1 *
It will bo continued s» long a* the
noocsslty exists. «ot
You aro hereby instructed to earrj
strictly and promptly, your -orders ^
enoe to tho improssmont of labor. anW'T.A
port progress, ns heretofore, to this o r
m
By order Brig. Geh. Meroor, Corod g-
ENGINEER'D DEPARTMENT-
SurKnlNTEKDENT 8 OFF
Savannah, Aug- 1
To my Assistant Agents. ■ ,ioR
I hereby direct you tp.enfp/o«i o
once. Should ihoro ho any vi* Ifl
1-t thorn immediately RBOXft
angtS-Bt Gcn'l Superintend 111 '