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VOLUME XVII1.
ROME. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21 1862.
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Small Pox.
On Tuesday last it was discovered
I ono of the inmates of the Soldier’s
lief Room, a soldier who had arrived
ew days previous, had the small pox.
soon ns the nature of tho disease
fully nseortained, measures were
ipleil to prevent its spreading. Tho
mu was closed, and oommuniontion
reivitli proporly restricted. Cnpt.
Jlswe has most generously voluii-
ral to nurse the poor-sufferer until
disease terminates,
uic of our citizens wero in the Room
ore the nature of tho disease was
ivn^and therefore exposed to it to
extent; and It is tho earnest re
st of the Mayor, and the citizens
orally that all those thus exposed
uld remain within doors for the
-at. This much is due to the com-
niijv Parents urn also requested to
their children off the stroots.
«d what is more important than all
tel every body—-old nud young—
iKScinatcd. This is tho only safo
cWtllfive.
t.cvcry one keep ccol, and do no-
'ino alarmed, ns fear is a powerful
t.in the spread of disease.
if’-Capt. Uooton, Privates Lumpkin,
Is,-Pimento, Ware, Kerr, Harkins,
a number otheis whose names we
kl not learn, from the Cothran Dril
ls, on parole; Lieut. Zubcr, from the
bland Rangers, Licuts. L. T. and J.
Mitohoit/froin The Mitchell Guards,
l-ned within tho past few days.
A Vo publish a Synopsis of Gov.
wn’s Message, for whioh wo have to
ik our cotemporary of the Macon
■graph, as wo liavo neither time nor
nation to fireparo such a document
agree entiroly with our friend Gait
tliat it should be published ns an
rtisemont.
S*How our old friend Buffington,
le Huson House, at Kingston, Gu.,
ages tokcopup us good it table ns
oes, these hard limes, is a mystery
But the foot is plain, he succeeds
admirably, as every one can testi-
iat stops with him.
„"Capt. Wm, llowo liaving volun-
od to nurse the enso of small pox
lie Relief Rqpm, his friends are se
ed to lend him all tho asssistunde
nble in keeping up and perfecting
Company—the Port Infantry.
■Judge A. It. Wright offers the
illing back of tho Choice Hoiise for
Suicide.
ho community was startled on Tuos-
morning by the announcement of
very eudden and melancoly death
ills. Comfort Wyse, wife of Mr. ,Ja
Wyse of this City. The deooased
for some years Keen afflicted with
ost painful and. incurable dis-
To snob an extent. had she suf-
>1 that her mind- was much disor-
d.and she frequently expressod the
1 that she wero dead. On Monday
Jt last she aroso from her bed and
°tly left the house. And taking with
a hank of-woolen thread hung her
to a poach treo in tlqe garden.—
left tlie-room so noiselessly. that
was not arousoii'frbm his slum-
• Whoq. discovered her body was
warm, but life was extinct.—South'
To-.tho Ladies.
While wo all lament the existence
of this horrible war, shall |ve leave our
bravo defenders to suffer nlone f Shall
we not brnyoly miduro our portion of
the toil and danger.
O yos 1 let us not shrink from tho
duty which lies before us, and while
wo make ubo of ovory precaution for
the safety of our families, go steadily
forward trusting in God.
Thankful that we havo only disease
to contend with, and have jbeen spared
the btirbnrous treatment which our
bloody and deceitful enemies havo in'
dieted on other parts of our country.
It sometimes happens that thoso. who
dec on tho Rrst to perish, while God
protects tho faithful. . '
As tho Mayor of tho city lias taken
chnrgo of tho Soldiois’ Relief Room, no
more .appointments will bo made by the
Committee of Ladies, who will now
withdraw until again callod upon by
the gentlomen to perform their duties.
J ” Ladies, Executive Committee.
Contributions to tho Soldiers’ ltolief
Room.
Mrs. R. T. Hargrove, 1 coat and 1
vest.
Mrs. Billus, 2 lbs. butter.
Mr. Camp, 11 “ beef.
By an unknown friond, 1J lbs. butter.
Mrs. M. L. Graros, 2 chickens, and 1
lb. candles.
Tlie following was sent from the.lu-
dicB of Alabama, by Mrs. Dr Rawles :
Mrs. Price, 1 quilt.
“ M. Pratt, 1 quilt.
“ Dr. Rawles, I quilt.
“ Ilumpton 1 pillow and case.
“ Mury Vinsay, 1 quilt.
“ M. J. Warren, I quilt.
“ Sims Cuninghnin, 1, quilt.
John Pratt, 1 quilt, 1 pillow and
case.
“ Martha McClemire, 1 towel, 1-
pillow caso,
Mrs. R. Cromer, 1 quilt, 1 bundle
rags.
Mr. Standufer, 1 quilt, 1 pyllow, towel
and linen.
Mrs. L. Whitlock, 1 quilt.
“ Sudbery, 1 quilt, I pillow.
“ James McGhee, 2 quilts, 2 towels,
and lir.cn.
Mrs. Wm. McGhee, 1 quilt.
“ Snodgrass, 1 quill, and linen.
“ Phipps, 1 quilt.
Miss Phipps, I quilt.
Cash Contributions :
Mr. Frank Hooper,
$10
oo
Mrs. Frank Hooper,
5
00
Hon. A. R. Wright,
10
00
Dr. Ayer,
20
00
Sale of provisions,
1
75
Popular Delusions.
Among those of tho day, here in our
midst, we may enumerate Foreign In
tervention, and a still later one, the
hopes drawn of an instantaneous peace
from the effects of the recent elections
North. But of tho drst mentioned,
(intervention) tho Richmond Dispatch
says:
"Great Britain acknowledged tho in
dependence of tho South American
States seven years before Spain had
ceased to tnako war upon thorn, and as
for recognition, we do not believe Spain
has over rt cognized them formally to
this day. Great Britain recognized tho
indepcndonco of Greece, when her hr-
mies iiad been reduced to a few pre
datory hands, and Ibrahim Pucha was
as thorough master of tho Morca as
any man is of his own plantation.—
Great Britain recognized the indepen
dence of Belgium while tho Dutch
power was still unexhausted. Even
after that recognition tho Dutch invud-
ed Belgium and thoroughly routed tho
only armj it had. Tho country,-in
deed was thoroughly subdued until the
French marched in and drove out the
Dutch.
"We teil our people for the hundredth
time, to place no dopondenco on for.
oigh aid In any shape whatever, mate
rial or moral.. Would to God our au
thorities had never leaned upon that
reed. Wo should havo -been spared
muoh of the humiliation and suffering
through wliioh wo havo worked our
way, and been much farther, on tho
road to indopcndence. Groat Britain
has detorminod to make ours an excep
tional case. Tho rnlmerston Ministry
is doad against us, and so is tho Queen,
if all accoun ts bo. truo. Tho people are
for us—that is, they sympathize with
us, But assuredly tliey aro satisfied
with the courso of tho rolmorston Min
istry, or it would long slnco liavo boon
overthrown. Lot us think no more
about England, but depend solely upon
our owii exertions."
And yet, notwithstanding tho repeat
ed warnings of tho press, the dattering
unction is pressed to the soul, and the
castles still tremble about tho heads of
the builders. Tho English Secretary of
War may indioato the settled polioy of
Great Britnin, and the North may at
tempt in every conceivable wajfcto dig.
sominnte the Lethean draught of false
hopes and soourity, yet the idea is troas-
urod as tho apple of tho eye.
See what a late Hprthern paper says:
"Gen. Banks, in a few remarks which
ho rnudo from ttio platform of a rail
road oar in Boston, on Saturday night,
tho 1st inst„ said tho approaching win
ter was not to bo lost. The Govern
ment was determined now to put
forth its strength. Numerous expe
ditions wero on foot that could
not, if vigorously pressed, hut bo fatul
to the revolted States."
As to tlio other delusion, help from
Northern conservatism, such quotations
as tho New York Times makes use of
from the speeches of supporters of the
Seymour ticket, seem to bo only phra
ses used for party cdoot, as for instance
one.speakor says:
“I am going to Washington, and
when I reach there I will go to the
President. 1 will toll him without we
liavo a change of measure, so help
mo God, we will iiave a change of
men.”
Hear another prominont Seymour
ite;
"If wo elect Seymour, wo intend to
have this cursed war stopped instantly,
whether Lincoln agrees to it or not.
And if wo carry tho next House of
Representatives wo will have it together
on tho 4th of Maroli next at Washing
ton, whether the President calls il to.
getfior or not. This infamous war on
our Southern brethren shall come to an
end.”
Who has been fighting against us but
these same men of the Butler, Sprague
Dickinson and like school.
The Now York Heruld says in regard
to tho recent elections:
‘These ustounding manifestations do
not mean that the war shall bo ended
in an ignominous peace, involving a
division of tho Union into two Confede
racies, but that the war shall be prose
cuted for the maintenance of the Union
and nothing else. As the Congressmen
elected will not tnko their seats until
tho first session after the 4th of March
next, tho lleiald recommends that an
informal mooting of tho Representa
lives elect, he held in New York city,
to declare their general polioy."
figyLeech & Rigdon, of Columbus,
Miss., are making navy revolvers at
the rate of thirty a week, at $75 re
tail, or $G5, for companies of forty or
raoro.
SSy Early yesterday morning a gentlo-
man called at our desk and handed us
ninety dollais—tho contributions of
eighteen negroes, who ore employed
as bixtehors in our market, for the re
lief of our soldiers in Virginia. Thoy
desire that the amount be appropriated
in clothing or other necessaries for
their comfort, and immediately for
warded .—Savannah Republican lltA.
The MoDEnx Pharaoh.—The free ne
groes of the District of Columbia have
addressed Lincoln inquiring why ho
does not send them to Central Ameri
ca, as promised. Tliey soy they havo
sold everything and made every other
preparation for starting, and now that'
it is said in the newspapers that ho does
not intend to permit them to depart.—
When ovory body, Nerch nnd South
wnnts thoni to go, and when they them
selves want to go, why* docs Pharaoh
hardendiis lioart ? Perhaps he is afraid
that tho “290”, will catch'his pets ; hut
if she should ho will have got rid of
them, and that is his first object.
-Novel Surgical Operation.
. Tho Richmond Enquirer says: Wo
w.ero permitted to examine, a day or
two since,, tho subject of quite a novel
surgical. operation performed, a few
days after the battles around Richmond
by Dr. J. C. Clarke, Surgeon in charge
Of tho 3d Alabama Hospital,,in this city.
J. W. Waeastor; a member of the
First N. C. Cavalry, received a severo
gunshot wound through the ankle.—
By an ingenious andiskillfully perform
ed operation, tho foot was romovod,
leaving tho lieel with liolf its hone,
which was drawn.around and- applied
to the end of tho leg bones, previously
sawed off. Tho heel has now beoome
firmly attachod in its new position, thus
making the limb almost as long as the
opposito one and avoiding tho necessity
of eRher crutch or artificial log. We
aro informod that this operation was
first devised by an eminent Russian
Surgeon namgi Pizogoff, »
Speculation ami Extortion.
Wo obsorvo says the Savannah Nows:
that ninny of our cotemporarieB nro ur
ging upon the Legislature to adopt
scino effective measures for the suppres
sion of the spirit of speculation nnd
extortion whioh has become so preva
lent throughout tho Confederacy, and
which is working so muoh evil. The
Macon Telegraph says, truly, that “spec
ulation nnd extortion aro the great en
emies of the Confederate cause. Tho
rago to run up prices is going to ruin
us if unything does. It is imposssbe
to overrato the degree of uncertainty,
insecurity nnd alarm felt by tho masses
of the people from this cause alone
The fact that everything, cron, fodder
and nows papers excepted, liavo within
tho past year run up from three to
twenty and thirty ^prices, opens tho
gloomiest prospect for tho futuro.—
Where is this thing to end ? If it has
traveled thus faif.wlmt is to hinder its
going twice, three times, five times, or
twenty timosas far in tho next year?
Who, then, can live ? who can do bus'
iness, unless lie happens to bo among
tho infamous crew of harpies who
boast of making their thousands out of
tho universal scarcity and distress?—
What then is bofore ub if things-go on
only for six months, in tho future, as
thoy havo gone for six or eight montjis
past? Plainly ruin 1 wo see little ohanco
of escape from this conclusion, nnd
thero is'somo comfort in tho thought
tliat the money makors who will have
brought on the catnstropho will at least
perish witli tho rest. Tliey liavo been
carefully investing their unholy gains
in real estate, stock, «fcc., hut tho Lin-
coinites will find thorn- out, and uni-
fei-sal confiscation will probably re-
duco every body to tho same lovel o
penury.
“Tho kogisluturo of Alabama, we
see, is trying to devise some statutory
remedies for this ruinouB abuse, -but wo
frankly confess a belief ’that the evil
is beyond tho reach alike of law and
publio opinion. Tho unholy thirst for
money making soems to render men
deaf alike to the voice of publio opin
ion—tho calls of patriotism and a re
gard even for their own preservation
and safety against the common foe.—
Every thing has been said or dono, so
fur, to prevent or to remedy tho mis-
oliief, seems only to aggravate it.—
Every passing day nnd hour add to
prices, nnd incroaso tho difficulties of
living.
"11 is plain that this, nnd not the
Yankee armies, is the real problem of
Southern independence, liberty nnd
security. If, as but seems too probable,
our people prefer heaping up gains in
Treasury notes, to their own self-pre-
servution from a cruel, licentious, repn-
oious and temorseloss foe, tho grent
God himself will and must say to sueli
a people, ‘Thy money perish with thee!'
God is not going to work miracles in
our behalf; and if wo choose to prey
upon each otiier, instead of standing
by, assisting, and encouraging each
other to withstand the common enemy
wo must abide tho awful consequences’.
Then shall repentance come—but too
iato. Lot us be subjugated in this
struggle and we may envy the vietirns
of Asiatic despotism, for we and our;
children must forever endure their op
pression, without even their measure-
of security; Heaven pity us, unless we
wake up to some sense, reason and duty
upon this subject 1”
Tlie Grand Lodge of Georgia of F.
A. M.
The following are tho officers of tho
Grand Lodge of F. A. M. of Gar. for tho
ensuing year, rocontly, elected at Ma
con ; *
David E. Butler, Grand Master.
Deputy GrAnd Mostors—Wm. A.
Love, 1st Dis.; John Harris, 2d Dis.;
James Milner, 3d DiB.j Wm. S. Rock
well, 4th Dis.
0 F. Lewis, Sen. G. Warden, D. H.
Walker, Jun. G. Warden.
J. E. Wells, Grand Treasurer.
S. Roso, Grand Secretary.
Lewis Lawsho, G. Sen. Deacon, Thos.
A. Word, G. J. Deacon.
J. T. Kimbrough, Grand Marshal.
B. H. Mitchell, Grand Pursuivant.
N. Athon, Grand Chaplain. .
Grand Stewards—1st, Stephen A.
Borders; 2d, David Mayer; 3d, Louis
Bruner.
James V. Greer, Grand Tyler.
tes m The Legislature of Alabama has
passed a bill appropriating $100,000 for
tho defenses of Mobile.
tfcS'kt the latest reports the supply
of nitre from the operations of the
bureau established by tho Government
was 50,000 poupds a month, with .good
prospocts for steady increase. In sev
eral places nitre beds have been ostab-
lishod with reference to permanent op
erations.
Detailed Account of tlio Operations
of Col. Morrison’s 1st Go. Cavalry.
Camp IIav.yie, Te.yu., Nov. 11,1802.
Editor Rome Courier :—Thinking
that it-would bo gratifying to tho friends
of tho First Regiment Georgia Cavalry,
as well as tho members of tho Regi
ment, I havo concluded to give in de
tail the achievements, the hardships
and the exposures of that gallant band,
achievements for the time, tho grand
est of tho struggle, for Southern inde
pcndcnco, hardships unprecedented,
exposures unknown to, and unfelt, by
n|l, save tho gallant men Iwrito of.—
Then, Georgians, after lffeaving my
simple story, bo proud of tho First Reg
iment of Cavalry. Send them words
of encouragement—beckon them on
to newer and brighter deeds of obival-
ry, nnd their bright blades will lay open
the quivering flesh of the vandals and
leave exposed the ghostly blackness of
tho heart within. Cheer them up-
praise them for their gallantry nnd
endurance, nnd ere long tho scabbard,
with a cliok, will receive tho glLtoning
bladp r or a century, and the tramp of
rushing squadrons will bo hushed for
a long time.
- Col. Morrison left. Car tom file on the
1st of May, with b!x companies of his
ltogiment, leaving Major Harper with
tho remaining four companies, for tho
purpose of arming and equipping thorn
fer service. Chnttanoogit* was at this
tlrno threatened by a portion of Buell’s
army, Col. Morrison, ivitli his six com
pnnies, moved ns rapidly as possible to
the defense of that place. Tho move
ments of tho enemy proving 1 o ho a
mere feint, tho Colonel moved on to
Kingston, Tenn., tlienco to Big Creek
Cup in tho Cumberland Mountains.—
He was then placed in command.of a
brigndo of cavalry, consisting of his
own and Col. Ashby’s Regiments, for
tho purpose of crossing the Mountain
to Aicher’B, where tho army was in con
siderable force;, thoy, hearing of his
approach, “skedaddled,” with the ex
ception of about fifty, ivko wore left
for tho purpose of carrying off their
Commissary stores. Col. Morrison took
a portion of his oommond and oharged
the fifty that remained, taking many
of them prisoners, a lew escaped, leav
ing behind thorn all their Commissary,
stores, together with about fivo hun
dred bushels of corn, with whioh we
ted our horses, they having had noth
ing to eat for four days- provious, and
during tlio four'days they wero without
food, wore crossing threo or four ran
ges of mountains, whero tlio roads wero
all blockaded, and tho men had to dis
mount and load their horses over tho
rugged mountain paths, barefooted and
hungry, being ono of tho most arduous
expeditions of tho present campaign-
Col. Morrison was now highly com
plimented in being ordered back to
Kingston to tako command of that
post, and the cavalry thero oncampel
consisting of Col. McLinn’s and other
cavalry forces. Expecting an attack
’ there, tho pickets and scouting duty
was very heavy on nil Rides.
Major Harpo^ after remaining a
week at Cartersvillo after Col. Morri
son’s departure, was ordored also to
Chattanooga; after remaining two
weeks or moro at that plocb .and wit
nessing the foint attack made on the
city by a portion of Gen. Mitchell’s
army then quartered ut Huntsville,
Ala., he was ordered about the 12th or
13th of June to Kingston, Tenn. After
arriving at Kingston ho was ordorod
by Gen. Kirby Smith te move on with
the four companies under his command
to Maynardville, Tenn. Here the scout
ing was very heavy, and a charge was
made into Powell’s Valley with eighty
men, capturing tents, &c., but found
no enemy. On tho 28th of Juno get
ting information that a foraging party
of tho enemy was scouring tho country
for forago, Major Harper mustered ono
hundred and twonly-fivo men nnd
started in hot pursuit. Ho found thorn
resting on tho opposite sido of Powoll’s
river and Leaoh’s, ho determined to
attack them so soon as thoy should havo
taken up tho lino of marok; tho charge
was made and gallantly was it lead, but
tho Major soon found that 900 infantry
stood before him—their bayonets glis
tening in tho morning sun liko sheen
of silvor. Had’oven 900-grim. visagod
warriors been in battle-lino in an open
country, our gallant little .Major, with
his devoted mon, would have shav
ed tho beard of tho last fee oloan with
their sabres, but he saw that it was im
possible to chargo them successfully,
on account of tho precipitous hills on
one side and tho river on tho otiier,
nevertheless, ho ordorod his men to
chargo and tiro both barrels of their
guns, which they did, a«d. always
promptly will do, right into tho enemy’s
face, Hlling.oloven nnd capturing fivo.
A retreat was then ordered across a
river almoit swimming, with tho ene
my, 900 strong, in his rear, .while he
had none killed and only two or tliroo
wounded and ono taken prisoner. This
rotreat was so handsomely executed
that Gen. Kirby Smith thought proper
to present Mqjor Harper with a highly
complimentary note. Shortly after-
ivards.Mnjor Harper, ivitli his command,
was ordored to join Col. Morrison' at
Kingston.
Col. Morrison was now ordored to
move with his whole Regiment to Ma-
Minuvillo, from thero to act in conjunc
tion with Col. (now Brig. Gen.) Forrest,
againsu Murfreesboro. On tho 13th day
of July, tho city, by the Confederate
fore- i. was nttnokcd .and taken. Col.
Morrison, with a portion of his com
mand, about, sixty men including offi
cers, was ordeved to ohargo' tho Court
House, wliioh was filled with Yqnkco
soldiery. Their tiro was murderous,
but our hpys knew their leader, and"
undaunted, prr «ed eagerly after him!
tlio house of justico now garrisonod
witli • tho, perpetrators of crime, was
surrounded and tho game bagged.
Here fell the bravo and chivalric Cap
tains Crabb nnd Scawright; hero also
was severely wounded Adjutant Per
kins, Lieuts. Hutchings olid Trammell
and Capt. Kerr. Of tho sixty men that
mado the oharge, nine (9) fell dead
and twenty-ono wounded; of tho officers,
only only escape d unscathed, viz: our
brave, noble, kind-hearted' and gener
ous Colonel, and tho white lmired hero,
Capt. Ilaynie.
Major Harpor wn s ordered to oharge
tho Minnesota camp, which he did in
gallant stylo, capturing the moh. thoir
oamp and oolors. While I have soon
many glowing accounts of the part ta-
kon by differont troops in the action
at MurWeesboro’, I have hover soon
any praise awarded to the 1st Regiment.
It may be, perhaps, it had no cham
pion of the quill; if that is so, henco>
forth I will assume a pugilistio attitude
and battle with it against the enemy’
and afterwards scribble for our share
of the honors.
Col. Morrison • now, with the rest of
the Confederate forco, fell haok to
McMinnville, whero tliey remained,
probably, ton days.
About this tinm Gen. Fcrrost made
a movo toward Nashville, for tho-pnr-
poso of tearing up tho track and burn
ing tho bridges on tho Nashville t
Chattanooga Railroad. His command
consisted of a portion of tlio 1st Ga.
Cavalry, and the Kentucky Squadron,
under Col. Morrison, the Texas Ran
gers, and tlio 2d Ga. Cavalry., After
arriving at tho Murfreesboro’ pike in
about four miles of Nashville, Col. M.
was ordered with iiis Regiment and the
Kentucky Squadron, to hold the piko;
wliilo the Texas Rangers and tho 2d
Ga. Cavalry wore sent round to burn
bridges, &c., and prevent their being
out off by tho enomy. Col. M. liore
throw out a strong picket (as he inva
riably does do if only intending to re
main an hour at a placo), very soon
after his picket was driven in by the
advance of-tho enemy. Co 1. M. boo-
ing this, ordorod a oharge, at tho same
time placing himself at the head of the
Ky..Squadron, whioh was soon in the
advanoe,. they having proceeded, how
ever, but. a shojpt distance,.when, from
some misunderstanding of the com
mands, they halted, leaving Col. M.,
Serg’t Picket (now Lieut. Pioket) nnd
Private Diok Lyons, in full pursuit of
the whole Yankee force. Col.'M.
killed two and captured two, and run
the others into tho very gates of Nash
ville. This, I think, is ono of tho most
daring, personal exploits of tho war.—
After this Col. M. was. ordered again
to take command of th'o jnS^t at King
ston, where ho remained but n few
days, until ho was ordered'to move-in
conjunction with OoL Scott in the advance
into Kentucky. . ■ —' .
We left Kingston on the 13th of
August," and-marched to London, Ky.,
170 miles in 60 hours, 30 Of the miles
being made in five hourg,’"over tho
roughest kind pf mouutain road, with
not an average of one Ration per day
for our horses ami nn oxtfome scarcity
of water; tlio men also were on very
sliort -allowwhci’. o. heard, on" ap
proaching London, tliat five hundred
infantry,-under Col. Ilouck, wero quar
tered thero - find MnUslidOtt to give iis
fight, On'the morning; of tlio'17th, a
wliilo after Min up, Col.-Morrison, at
tlio head of IdSy Regiment, made ft
gallant charge-on the right flank of
tho town, Wliilo Col. Scott’s Regiment
cioi-ed in on i lit- left. Wo wero, how
ever, a' ft tile too hue lor the cowardly
