Newspaper Page Text
fee fsieUigexcet
JA3V.D 1. WHITAKER,
PBOfBIlTOB.
IOHN H. STEELE.
BDITOB.
A. E. MABSHALL.
UIOOUTB BDITOB AiromOBTM
ATLANTA, G-EORGTA.
Friday Mornin#,
October 9, IBM
MAJOR LIB’S BXPBBITIOW IHTO NORTH
* GEORGIA.
From Lt. It F. Holmes wo have ascer
tained the following interesting particulars
of Major Lee’s expedition into North Geor
gia:
Mai. G. W. Lee having received orders to
go with sufficient force into the section of
the State adjoining North Carolina and Ten
nessee for the purpose of arresting deserters'
and putting down tories, left this city with
his battalion, numbering about five hundred
men, (a portion of them mounted,) on the
12th of September last, and arrived at Dah-
lonega on the 15tli. Here he divided his
battalion placing one part under the com
mand of Capt. J. C. Hendricks, and retain
ing that ot the other himself.
From Dahlonega as a Starling paint, the
two portions of the battalion were carried
Into the country West, passing through the
towns of Morgantown, Ellijay, Blairsville,
up into North Carolina. The people in the
villages were generally friendly to the mis
sion of Maj. Lee, and rendered him every as
sistance in their power in his good work;
but in the country there were found many
persons diss jtisfied with the war, and to some
extent with tho Government.
Major Lee learned that Bryson, a person
of notoriously bad character, having been a
horse thief, and the murderer of two or
three persons, bad under his command au
organized band of seven or eight hundred,
under authority, as it is reported, froiff the
Yankees, after they had come in possession
ot East Tennessee. This Bryson hearing oi
the advance of Major Lee with his command,
left the country for more congenial society
amongst Lis Yankee associates, IcaviDg most
of his partners in iniquily, behind. Some
40 or GO of the desperadoes w«fre captured
While about fourteen miles distant fromMor-
gantown, in Fannin county, Major Lee and
Lieut. Holems undertook an adventure that
came near resulting in serious consequences
to both. Thinking that they oould obtain
important information by leaving their com
mand for a short time and making a tour of
observation incog, they laid aside their uni
forms, and rode out in plain dress. They
had not gono far before they met up with a
party of tories about a hundred in number,
all well armed, under the leadership of'two
Yaukoe recruiting officers. With this party
they held a short parley without heing sus
pected. These tories, however, were too
intent on escaping the clutches of the torce
wbieh they had heard were iu pursuit of
them, and went on their way as rapidly as
possible.
As soon as they were left alone, Major Lee
and Lieut Holmes returned to their com
mand, and with it went immediately in pur
suit They soon came up with them, when
a regular battle ensued. Four ol the tories
were killed and a number grounded, (Col.
Lee losing none,) and capturing thirty or
forty, amongst whom was one Yankee re
cruiting officer well armed with a brace of
pistols and an Enfield rifle. The rest of the
tories were armed with common country
rifles. Among these men was a preacher
Who acted os Chaplain to the tories. The
moat of the captured have been brought to
this city aud lodged in the barracks; others
of them were confined at Dahlonega aud
Morgantown. <
But the lruils or this expedition were not
alone confined to the dispersion and arrest
of the tories. As a consequence of the pres
ence of un armed force in their midst, a large
number of deserters from the army returned
to their respective commands.
Nor is the result of the expedition yet
over. Col Lee left a large portion of his
oommand in the country to operate against
these disaffected and open violaters of the
laws, he having been ordered to duly in an
other part of the State.
It cannot but be gratifying to all iu our
State except the veiy small number who are
themselves unfaithful to their country, to
learn that Col. Lee’s effort to rid the country
of tories and traitors has been crowned
thus far with such complete success.
The presenoe of tho enemy in East Ten-
neseeo in near proximity to these traitors
stimulated them to do their utmost
to organize into armed bands, and to spread
dissatisfaction with the Government wherev
er they had opportunity. In addition to
this, the Yankee recruiting officers gave
these tories encouragement, and taught them
how to use their power so as to give the
most troublo to the country. For this high
handed crime the one that has been captur
ed will doubtless be made to suffer.
That portion of our country affected by
the presence of these tories, whose main ob
ject was plunder, is now comparatively tran
quil. It is not to be inferred that that por
tion of our State is, to any great extent, Un
ion in feeling. It must be remembered that
there tbere&re still large nutnbers 4 of the pop
ulation remaining at home loyal to our gov
ernment, while the largest portion of the
male population is manifesting their loy
alty by services in the army.
Adjutant Holmes, it will be remembered
by our readers, was the very efficient assis
tant, or aid of Major Lee, when the latter
officer was acting as Provost Marshal and
commandant of this post. - He is the son of
the Rev. A, T. Holmes, of Decatur, in this
State, and bids fair to win reputation, espe
cially in the service in which he is now en
gaged. To another section oi our State
Mq^or Lee’s command is now ordered on au
important expedition, where we have no
donbt our young friend will again distin
guish himself under the lead of his resolute
A&d indomitable chief.
FXTRACTS FROM THE NASHVILLE UNION
We acknowledg2 our indebtedness to Cap
tain A. J McBride, of the 10th Georgia Reg
iment, for a copy of the Nashville Union of
8ept. 29, which contains interesting accoun’s
of the bloody battle of Cliicamauga, and of
other information that is of interest to our
readers.
We arc informed that “the woik on the
railroad bridge at Bridgeport, across the
Tennessee is rapidly progressing” and that
“thebridge will Boon be completed.”
The same paper in an editorial of a quar
ter of a column expresses its surprise that
the “rebel preacher” Rev. S. D. Baldwin is
allowed to visit tho rebel prisoners confined
in tho Penitentiary and to preach to them.
It also contains au advertisement for ne
gro troops specitying as recruiting stations,
Nashville, Gallatin and Murfreesboro, and
promising that other stations will be adver
tised when established.
We make a few extracts from this delec
table sheet from its accounts of the battle of
Chicamauga. In a letter to the Cincinnatti
Gazette, copied in the Union, the correspon
dent begins his letter written' Monday after
the battle as follows:
“Another battle, aud would that I could
say, another victory ! But, alas! truth com
pels me to declare that, after a series of tre
mendous struggles, unsurpassed by anything
similar in the present war, the Army of the
Cumberland has been overwhelmed by num
bers ; has suffered immense losses in men
and material, and has fallen back to a new
position.”
The route of the Yankee army is thus
graphically described :
While I stood gazing upou this scene from
the summit of too ridge, some rebel skir
mishers appeared iu the skirts of the woods
opposite the gap I have mentioned,, and
flung perhaps a dozen musket balls iatotke
field. Instantly men, animals, vehicles be
came a mass of struggling, shouting, fright
ened life. Everything and everybody ap
peared to rush headlong for the narrow gap,
and men, horses, mules, ambulances, bag
gage wagons, artillery carriages and cais
sons were rolled and tumbled together in a
conlused, inextricable and finally motionless
mass, completely blocking up the mouth ot
the gaps. Nearly all this booty subsequent
ly-fell into the Hands of the enemy. Sick
ened and disgusted by the spectacle, I turn
ed away to watch the operations of General*
Thomas’ cojp3, upon which alone depended
the safety ot the army.
The Yankee loss is set down as follows:
“ Our losses have been most severe and
can scarcely fall short of 1,700 killed, and
8,000 wounded. Col. Burnett tells me that
our loss in artillery will not fall short of 50
pieces. Our deficiency in transportation
and baggage cannot now be estimated.”
The Union’s own correspondent attempts
to account for tho desperate courage dis
play* d by our men iu the fight. The reas
on assigned by this abolition sheet for such
valor as has never been surpassed, has no
effect other than to provoke a smile of con
tempt for tho writer. Ho says :
“The rehs fought like hell hounds, (as
thoy are,)— beiag stimulated with whiskey
—und they steadily advanced (or rather
staggered) on our men, whilst they had a
lino left to advance. Our brigade met them
hand to hand iu a charge, driving and being
driven in turn, until the field was literally
strewn with the killed aud wounded on
both sides.” ^
Desertion.—We have never heard but
one excuse offered for those who basely de
sert iheir position in the army, and that is,
that they have done so from considerations
of regard and sympathy for their suffering
families at home. If we grant this to be
true, it is a poor excuse for au offense which
entaiis perpetual disgrace and perhaps death
upon the offending- party. But the excuse is
utterly false. Men who have proper respect
and regard for their families will never de
sert, simply because they will have a proper
respect for themselves. Neither can the ex
cuse be a good one, because a deserter can
do nothing for his family when he gets home.
Ilis crime is punishable with death, and the
utmost disgrace attached to it. When he
gets to his home, therefore, he can do noth
ing for them, because h i has to hide and
skulk from the pursuing officers, aud from
the sight of his neighbors. He cannot work
or trade, or pursue his profession, for the
benefit ol his family. He diminishes instead
of increases the scarcity of provisions made
for his household, He makes himself a pen
sioner upon the labors of his wife and little
ones, or the charity of their friends. The
plea, therefore, that men desert to take care
of their families is simply false. They de
sert from cowardice, or for the gratification
of selfish and uni awful purposes. They de
sert because they, do not want to fight, and
prefer to live by plunder and dissipation at
home, or in the mountains. There is no ex
cuse for desertion—none whatever—aud
those who thus violate every honorable
principle of patriotism justly deserve death.
—Lynchburg Republican.
Letter from a Yankee Deserter.—
We have received from one of the Yankee
deserters confined in Castle Thunder, the
annexed letter. It bears honesty on its face,
and we therefore give it entire:
Castle Thunder, Sapt. 30,1863.
Mr. Editor:
Having noticed a paragraph in your yes
terday’s issue relative to Yankee deserters,
I think you must have been misinformed in
regard 10 their true character. With few
exception?, all the Yankee deserters iu this
room are men who w ere opposed to this
war, the invasion of your Statc’oi the coer
cion ot the South. They are men who were,
and are yet, opposed to euiancipat ion or the
supremacy of abolition power. There is a
wide difference between a Federal volunteer
and a Federal conscript, i kuow one, who
was forced into the army, who swore he
would not raise an arm against you ; and
your humble servant has kept his word.—
There are some good mechanics among us.
We do not grumble because we are confined
here, but are sorry that you set us down, ail,
as worthless cliaraeters,for that will be pleas
ing to EL Greely and his clique.
I cUre, hoping you ma$' deem it proper to
insert this as a correction.
tours respectfully,
A FEDERAL CONSCRIPT.
Rich Exam.]
A Richmond correspondent of the
Mobile Register says:
Gen. Lee has spent a week iu tne ciiy and
was almost constantly with the President
during his stay. He was found there at all
hours, breakfasted aud dined with him,
walked and chatted with him, like two good
friends as they are. The stories, then, that
have been circulated about differences be-,
tween them are as absurd as untrue.. 1 can
assure you President Davi3 and the General
arc on the best terms, and have no points of
difference regarding the welfare of the coun
try. The President writes familiarly to the
General when in the field; Gen. Lee takes
salt with the President when in this city.
BURN CHARLESTON.
Bum Charleston because Quautrell burnt
Lawrence, cries one radical newspaper.—
Burn Charleston because it was the' head of
the rebellion, cries another. Burn Charles
ton because it-flred on Sumter, comes echo
ing from another. Becauso it has cherished
treason for years, answers back another.—
And thus the demand for its demolition is
echoed and re-echoed from Maine to Minne
sota. But among the principal reasons for
wishing its destruction, the Now York
Times, with verdant innocence,-^userta the
true one with those whose wish for revenge
against that city is most eager and remorse
less. We aopend.it: _ -
“ There is one Northern State for which
they have affected peculiar disdain, and
which they have taken peculiar pains to vi
tuperate and aggrieve—the glorious old Bay
State, whose resplendent worth they are no
more capable of appreciating than the dogs
that bay the moon." ., _
The resplendent worth of the old Bay
State is not now as patent as when Webster
thirty-two years ago, repelled the attagjLOta
Carolinian upon her. Even then MHjBj:
ster found it necessary for theMlefense ttIBo
back to Concord, and Lexington, and Bun
ker Hill. The charges of Hayne respecting
her treasonable and factious conduct in the
last war with Great Britain were so well
sustained that the transcendent ability of the
“Great Expounder” was unable to meet and
answer them. When Boston refused to per
mit him the use of Fancuil Hall in which to
make his defense against the charges hurl
ed against Mm by Abolitionists, and the
State loaded him with invective and denun
ciation, the spirit of fanaticism and treason,
which he had so long and so gallantly resist
ed, was triumphant in dimming the honor
of our holy history.
Were Mr. Webster alive to-day, he could
not aver of the honor of Massachusetts that
“the past at least is secure,” without con
demning himself, and the guiding principle
of his whole political life, reverence for the
Constitution and love for tho Union. His
views were as tolerant and charitable as
they were comprehensive and sagacious.—
The fierce aud intolerant spirit of Puritan
ism, with its bigotry, egotism and itching
desire to intermeddle, was repulsive to his
entire nature and to all his habits of thought.
He foresaw and predicted the fierce strife
which has resulted from the indulgence of
that spirit. Judged by his policies and in
culcations as a statesman, Boston has been
guilty of tteason as premeditated, black and
damning as was ever conceived in Charles
ton. Charleston conceived and executed,
Boston wa9 satanic enough to conceive but
too.cowardly to execute. Charleston was
open, bold and defiant in her treasou. Bos
ton veiled hers under a hypocritical preten
sion of philanthropy.
Burn Charleston’if necessary. Those who
revere the Constitution and Jove the Union
as Webster did, will not bo disposed to in
quire very strictly into the “military neces
sity” for the conflagration. The democratic
party, that was there divided, remembering
the insult to its chief, and refnembpriug that
its deieat was the defeat of the nation, will
not mourn over her c.e3truction, if, in Us ac
complishment, there is “naught done m
haste, but all in honor.” if fairly,* by the
fortunes ot war, aud a necessity which law
ful war recognizes, the city is doomed to de
struction, iheu true Union men will rejoice
that the bl jw should have fallen where it
was so richly merited. But, deeply as she
ha3 sinned, no Union man,—no man re
specting the memory of Rutledge, or Pinck
ney, or Jasper, or Marion—no Christian—no
man who wishes or expects .to live again
with South Carolina upon equal and friend
ly terms in the Union—will ask for her de
struction, unless the necessity is apparent.
Burn Charleston, if necessary. But do not
bum her because she “has taken pains to
vituperate and aggrieve the glorious old
Bay State.” It is a grievous sin to vituper
ate and aggrieve any person or any commu
nity, and one which Christians will not prac
tice. But, if all cities are to be burned which
vituperate and aggrieve other communities,
there mu9t be a general conflagration iu
Boston. Charleston is ingenious in vituper
ating, but her imagination has never yet
been stirred up by a venom as deep as that
which flashes in the sermons of Christian
clergymen in Boston.
Burn Charleston, it necessary. But those
who have hailed our flag as “ a flaunting
lieV mnst not ask that she be burned because
she has insulted our flag.
Burn Charleston, if necessary. But those
who have denouneed our constitution as a
“ covenant with death and league with hell”
must not demand that she be burnt because
she has committed treason.
Deep answers unto deep. Charleston has
executed the treason Boston conceived. Her
hatred was responsive to the hatred of Bos
ton. The wild surges of fanaticism, rolling
over Massachusetts and burying beneath
them the respect for law, reverence for the
Constitution, and devotion for the Union
which were once cherished by her people,
met in the treasonable hatred of South Car
olina not an opponent but an ally. As wa
ters rushing against each other mingle when
they meet so have the hatred of Massachu
setts aud South Carolina for each other uni
ted iu the common object of destroying the
government. Failing in this, their hatred
would destroy each other. Charleston,fight^
ing with a steady and persistent courage,
which half redeems the blackness ot her
cause, is likely to succumb to the forces ot
the government she ' attempted to destroy.
Boston, too cowardly to feend her own citi
zens to the conflict, howls over the capture
ot her negro substitutes, and with demoniac
ferocity, incites the pupils of her Abolition
schools, with a like fiennish spirit, to cry to
each other across the continent, “ Burn
Charleston.—Chicago Times.
A Financial Picture.—-How to get
Rich.—The New York Herald thu3 presents
the present aspect and future prospects of
the suddenly rich money changers and spec’
ulators of the North ;
Some 150 brokers in Wall street, who two
yeais ago were worth nothing, or less than
nothing, are now worth each from $250,000
to $2,500,000, all from the expansion ot our
currency and tho movement of stocks. They
have been resorting during the summer to
all sorts of extravagance in dress and in oth
er respects, at the watering places, and in
various forms, realizing the old proverb
“ put a beggar on horseback,” <fce. Some of
them are building mansions up town, some
villas in the country, and some, we believe
are building castles in the air, while others
are said to be building pleasure yachts to
make the tour ot Europe. Let them go
ahead. They have just one year from date,
or at the utmost 18 months, to make more
money to support their new style. At the
end of that time, when the financial machine
breaks down, burets up or inns off the track,
let all upon the train attached to it look out
for a terrible smash, which is bound to come
as sure as fate.
The total number ot prisoners, irre
spective of commissioned officers, held in
the various prisons and Belle Isle, numbei-
ed, up to yesterday, a trifle oyer 8,550. More
are on their winding way. Gen. Winder
thinks we will have to entertain fourteen or
fifteen thousand of the “ azure-stomached”
race this winter. Good gracious, Mr. Com
missioner Oald, can’: you do something for
oar reliet ? Already, like the locusts of
Egypt, they eat up our subsistence.
Rich. Examiner.
From the Richmond Examiner.
CHATTANOOGA.
The Yankee pres3 is crying out for rein
forcements to Rosecrans. Meade and Grant
are the aouices from which these now need-
Sd Iotom must be drawn. Rosecrans diffl-
JSitv iaLee’s opportunity. Let a singlereg-
'■&*
d e ring at Washington. Deplete Granwana
Johnston will be enabled to reoccupy Miss-
Si Cooped up in Chattanooga, and
drawing supplies from Nashville, via Bridge
port, Rosecrans will find his situation one
siege, and that under circumstances _ whieh
may render reinforcements really pf
detriment than service. Bridgeport is
miles by railroad ffom Chattanooga—it is
near the connecting point ot the railroad
from Nashville with that from Chattanooga
to Decatur. Here the railroad crosses the
Tennessee iiy«..r; it presents a point upon
the maps which would appear to be of vital
importance to Rosecrans. Bridgeport is ne
cessary to the defence of Chattanooga; and
once in the hands of Gen. Bragg, Rosecrans
must rely on wagon transportation oyer
mountains and through a country -destitute
of supplies. Whether Bragg will attempt
the eapture of Chattanooga bjfNssault, or
adopt the slow process of a regular siege,no
information is yet given to the public.—
Whether the military will permit the ma-
neuvreing of Risecrans out of Chattanooga
it is impossible to say, from tho worthless
aud imperfect map3 accessible to the public.
The-aspect of affairs at present is most en
couraging to the success of our army. The
enemy, defeated and discouraged, is eower-
iug within the fortifications of Chattanooga;
the governmental Washington is striving by
every mean to reinforce Rosecrans and bol
ster up the fallen chief; newspapers, by false
statements, are endeavoring to mitigate the
force of the disaster that has overtaken their
greatly lauded hero of Rich mountain.—
Bragg’s army, buoyant -with suuceas, be
leaguers the beaten foe; his cavalry are iu
“the right place,” but where, we are not in-
foirned. The present quiet in the field around
Chattanooga will, we hope, he turned to
good account, and not permitted to lose all
by waiting too long. Many a battle has
been lost by the delay of a few hours—we
trust so brilliant a beginning may not be fol
lowed by disaster.
Chattanooga may bo the Yorktown of
this revolution. the army of Rosecrans will,
it possible, be reinforced from Grant,Burn
side, and perhapsfrom Meade; Bragg has al
ready a very large army, but Johnston can
reinforce him still further—thus the armies
of both nations may be concentrated in Chat
tanooga. Should such be the fact, the result
will end in pedee, by a victory by. Bragg, or
in prolonging the war to an indefinite peri
od, by his d efeat. We look upon the, sit ua-
tiou at Chattanooga as of the most moment
ous importance, as involving far more than
was ever yet staked upon a bittle in this
war.
The impending battle involves not only
the recovery of Tennessee and Kentucky,
but Georgia is embraced within the results
depending at Chattanooga. Rosecrans de
feated, and the invasion is rolled back to
Kentucky—the invaders are expelled, Nash-
Vflle recovered. But. Bragg defeated, how
is Georgia to beheld? Tne inner line of
inter-communication will be lost, while the
enbmy will find himself in possession of rail
road facilities from Louisville to Savannah.
It is folly to shut our eyes and refine to see
both sides iu the issue; and as nothing is
more uncertain. than a battle, it well be
comes the people to reflect upon the possi
bilities within the range of a very short fu
ture. It will be time enough, perhaps, to
discuss the situation when it is forced upou
us by a lost battle; at present our army is
victorious—the enemy are defeated. Rein
forcements to Rosecrans are only collecting
together, not recruiting, the armies of the
enemy—a robberv of Peter to pay Paul.
But this action'of the enemy may neces
sitate a similar action on our part, and tuus
the battle at Chattanooga between the con
centrated armies of both belligerents, may
be the end of the war. With such a pros
pect before tne army of the Confederate
States, what an impetus it would give to
their charge, with what endurance would
they receive the assault of the foe ? Every
thing depends upon the Confederate army,
are they- duly advised of the great responsi
bility that rests upon them ? Do they feel
that the hopes of the cou ntry centre in them;
that more rests upon them than ever before
rested upon the army of the Confederate
States ?
If Meade sends forces to Rosecrans, Gen.
Lee will capture Washington. If Grant re
inforces Rosecrans, Kirby Smith regains
Louisiana and threatens New Orleans.' The
situation of the enemy is one of delightful
difficulty. We begin now to appreciate the
strategy that evacuated Eist Tennessee and
has drawn the enemy into what we hope
may prove to him a cul de sac, from which
he cannot escape without destruction. How
ever, we may regret not having any accounts
from General Bragg’s army, yet we cannot
complain if the interest of the country, in
that General’s opinion, are in the least serv
ed by this enforced silence of the telegraph.
We must wait in patience Hie issue, relying
oa that power which guides the destinies of
nations for His own wise purposes.
FURL FOE THE P0O&-
The following article from the Selma Dis
patch applies with equal force to the author
ities of this city:
We would urge it on the city authorities
to take some steps by which fuel can be ob
tained for the poor during the coming win
ter, which promises to be unusually severe.
Already the aold, chilling blasts of winter
are upon us, and unless material aid is forth
coming, many poor families will be forced
to fjeel the cruel gripe of the extortioner in
a new direction.
The price of all clothing material, which
now commands almost fabulous prices, cau
ses the poor to suff er more than they other
wise would. They are much more exposed
than people who are wealthy, and conse
quently suffer in proportion. While the
man of wealth has it in his power to make
a large contract, aud obtain his fuel at a
moderate price, the poor man must do the
best he can, and obtaia fuel in very small
quantities day. by day, in order to keep his
family from actual suffering. Half the time
he is unable to do this, and if in the power
of the city authorities to take active Bteps
in the matter, we sincerely hope they will
do all they can for the benefit of the really
deserving.
We would suggest that the municipal au
thorities contract for a large supply of fuel,
to be placed in charge ot a competent wood-
master appointed by the Mayor, who ma>
be authorized to sell the same to applicants
upon an advance of five per cent upon orig
inal costs. This we think would cover all
the necessary expenses and prove a source
of greatjbenefit of many, who with their pre
sent limited means find it difficult to meet
their .daily expenses.
In addition to the ordinary mass of poof
people resident in this city, it should not be
forgotton that we have an immense Dumber
of Government employees, who receive but
indifferent wages, and who cannot fail to suf
for for the want of fuel during the cold sea
son. These men are the bone and sinew of
our army. Let them cease work, aud the
efforts of our m jst distinguished Generals
would prove abortive. The least that can
be done for this truly deserving class is to
see that their wants iu this respect arc sup
plied. Government may do something lor
them as lar as fuel is concerned, but not
enough wo are confident to ensure them
against real suffering: it therefore becomes
the duty ot'our city authorities to do some
thing for them.
By the establishment of a city wood yard
all classes of society might, to a certain ex
tern, avail themselves of its privileges, and
none but those who feed and fatten upon the
necessities ot the poor, and accumulate for
tunes at the expense of every principle of
honor, could have the least objection to it.—
It would be highly gratifying to many be
sides ourselves, if this scheme could be suc
cessfully brought into operation, so that a
supply of iuel would be within the reach of
all.
If .attended to iu season, we know not
why an advantageous contract may npt be
made. It needs but little exertion, which we
are confident would soon be made if our
city fathers could only realize how much
suffering it is in their power to avert during
the coming winter. As public journalists,
we dall their attention to this topic, sincere
ly urging the adoption of some plan that
may prove effective.—Selma Dispatch.
ATHEN/EUM.
Lessee ana manager, - W. H. CRSSI
(Ala# ol tho Mobil* ami Montgomery Theatres.
OPEN EVERY
PALVC *
ITS
EVENING
BIZjXi
Friday Evening Oct 9th, 1863, the universal ram-ite
Drama of the
GOLDEtf FARMER
Or Jemmy Twitcher in England
And ihe Laughable Farce oi the
* DUMB BELLE
Or the Irish Valor.
_ Mis. Jessie Clrrke with S 3ng i Mi3s Cedli c .
£-.r•
with the entire £tar Company.
In preparation,
4 The 8ergeant,’s Wife ’
or I’ll bleep Upou'It.’
and '‘.Victoria*
wH1 be P u ced tn the Theatre to p; .
or3er. Seat* reserved Jor Ladies.
Prices—Parqaette, *2.
Gallery, fl.
Upper Tier, #1.50.
Motored.
LOOK OUT!
uN FRIDAY MORNING TIT
9TH AT 9 O'CLOCK
TWO SFOOND HAND PIANOS
Will go off at Au
elton
DIED
At Oxford, Ga.,~lhe 7th Inst., ANNIE All OK, infant
daughter of Jonu F. and LUzle Garvin, aged 1 y -ar, 4
months and 5 days.
“ Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is
the Kingdom of Heaven."
DIED,
in Houston County, on the 21st day of
September 1863, Mr. James Gov^dv, in the
sixty-fifth year of his age. He embraced
the religion of * Jesus Christ, in the year
1848, and illustrated its principles and re
quirements, in all his alter life. He attach
ed himself to the Methodist Episcopal Church
iu which commuhion he died. He had
been a sufferer for many years previous to
his death, but bore his sufferings uncom
plainingly, in hope of a better resurrection.
He is now, his friends believe, an occupant
of the “house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens.” H. C.
A Just Decision.—On the IGLh August,
1863, Mr. H. Pinckney Walker, H. B. M.
Acting Consul at the port of Charleston, ad
dressed a communication to Col. E Magrath
commanding 3st RegL, Charleston. Guard,
concerning the liability of British subjects
to bear arms against tbe forces of the uni
ted States.
Mr Walker said he had advised British
subjects generally to acquiesce in the State
militia organizations, but at the same time
he informed them that in the event tha mili
tia should be brought into conflict with tbe
forces of the United Slaves, either before or
after being turned over to the Confederate
Government, the services required of them
would he such as British subjects could not
be expected to perform.
The letter in question was forwarded
through the proper channel to the Secretary
of War, and*by him referred to the Secreta
ry of State, who returned it with the follow
ing endorsed opinion, which is concurred in
by tbe Secretary ot War, and is published
for the information of ail concerned —Chari.
Courier.
The views of Acting Consul Walker do
not meet the approval of this Department.
While the Government claims ao military
service from sojourners, those who have ac
quired residence iu the Confederacy are
bound by law to aid in its defence.
(Signed) J. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State,
Official—E Kearny ADC and A A A G.
Richmond, Sept. 22,1863.
Life is a Stormy Ocean— Over that
ocean no being presides but God. He holds
the winds in his hand, and can still tbeir
howling and calm the heaving billows. On
that ocean the young have just launched
their fraii bark. Daily will they need new
supplies;.daily be exposed to the rolling of
the billows that may engulph them forever.
Ignorant, inexperienced and in danger, they
should look to God to guide and guard
ri| ein - Safe in his hands tney will outride
the storm aud come to a haven of peace.-—
Barnes.
8TATE AND COUNTY TAX NOTICE.
I will be at the City Hall on Taesdays, Wednesdays,
and Thursdays in each week until the first d ly of De
cember, for the purpose of collecting State and Oounty
Tax, at which time the Books will cl Me.
Come forward aud pay your Tax, save cost and trou
ble. WM. J. HUDSON, T. C. .
Oct 9-di.Deo. Confederacy.copy.
To Capitalists.
J UiT received and fir sale low, 8 OOO lbs. Kibiokl-
nlck Smoking Tobacco, at
Qjt 9-d3.*
GARCIA A CO’S.,
Segar Store, Whitehall Street,
Next door to Say’s Book Store.
FOR
SALE,
A HOUSE and l>QT In Griffin, Ga , two stories with
six rooms, and all tbe necessary ont buildings.—
AU the buildings on the lot are In good repair, and there
is an excellent well ot water on the place. For further
Information apply to Rev. A. Van Hoose oa thCTot.
Atlanta, Oct 9-dtf
Administrator’s Sale.
B Y virtue of an'order of the cou t of ordinary of
Newton county, will be sold on the first Tuesday
in December next before tbe court home door In Cov
ington, Newton oounty, forty acres of land more or less,
being part of lot No. 404 in the 16th district of originally
Henry,- now Newton county. Sold as the property of
Aslel Rhhardion declared late of said county, and for
the benefit of his heirs and cred tors.
JOHN G. YOUNG, Adm’r, de boats non.
Ocl 9-wtdj (W. D, L.)
Administrator’s Sale-
jgY virtue of an order of the court ef ordinary of Ke w-
—ALSO—
At the same time a lot of fine
- GUNPOWDER.
B Y
SHACKELFORD, SAINT & co.
Get 8 —d2fc A. A Com. Mcrchnnt-
A Tanner and Two Bricklayers
to Hire.
I OFFER for hire the ensu’ng^year a No -I Negro T*«-
nor ani finisher of leathe;; also two first nue Negro
jiacklayers and Ilaslerers.
OeS S-dtf oi8m
0. BARNETT,
M id i.son.
LOST.
7303 was issued Aug. 24,1363 by Treasury Department
CJ. B. A.,Richmond, Va. The tinder will he rewarded
on returning the same to this office.
Oct 8-dltawSt
LOST.
WLVKR CIGAR HOLDER with black nnuth piece.
Ids supposed to have bjen lost on Hunter srreet
between Whitehall and the Court House. The finder
will bo liberally rewarded by leaving it at
A. ISAAC’S,
Whitehall tt.
Oct3-d2.*
Superior Properly for Sale,
/H | _ vljj It i
flsre lot, for sale, on McDonough street.
Apply to E. N. 8PILLER,
l’isto! W6rka,
Atlanta.
Oct?-d6t
$100 SEWARD.
R AN AWAY from the undersigned in Covington, Ga ,
about the 1st of S eptember, my neg -o bo/UUSS,
27 years old, bright copper color, with a heavy suit of
blackhsir, low, forehead, round features, blaei and rath
er sleepy eyes wears a gotee or mustache, and Is about
5 feet and 6 inches high, weighing about 160 pounds, :s
shrewd and talks well. Salu boy has a wife u Wm. S.
Loftln’s Rocky Mount, Meriwether County, Ga.,andu
perhaps harbored by hit or some other negroes in that
neighborhood with whom he has been associated I will
give the above reward for the apprehension or lodg
ment la any jail so that I may get him. Addrest ine at
Covington, or G. J. Hunt, at Social Circle, Ga.
OotS-dSt* A. L. c: HURST. .
For Sale.
T HE undersigned offers for ta’e a v ry desirable
V "
place In the city of Covington, 40 mile3 below Atlanta
on the Georgia Rail Road, containing 75 acres of Und,
about 10 acres or wood land, the rest cleared and iu cu '-
tivatlon. A branch runs through the centre affording at,
ail times a sufficient quantity of wafer for a distillery, f>
acres of various kinds of lruit are already on the place.
The dwelllng.ooctains five plastered looms above and a
basement containing two large rooms with glass windows,
a kitchen, ban.house, stables, Ac., Ac.
The corn, peas, potatoes, Ac., now cn the placj can be
bought a’so. Anyone wishing to make ait03diave.it-
ment apply at once to the undersigned at Catiogton or
to G. J. Hurst, Social Circle. Ga.
Oct 7-d3i* ' A. L. C. IICRST.
$100 Reward.
T HE above reward will be paid for the apprehension
and delivery of my boy Charles in any jail where
can get him. Charles is a slender black negro, about
feet 6 or 8 Inches high, and abcut 26 years of age,
teeth very much 'decayed, has a downcast look, is very
humble aud polite, has worked a good deal at the car
penters trade. He wai hired to Messrs. Bruckner A
Flynn, Atlanta, Ga., at the time he ranaway. He is
either lurking around Atlanta cr trylcgto make his way
to Tennessee, most probably‘around Atlant-.
Address communications to .
R. HOOPER,
Griffin, Georgia,
or Lt. W. F. HOOPER,
Jackson's Brigade, Gbeatfiam’s Division,
Ccl8-dl0t* Polk’s Corps, Army of Tenn.
$60 Reward.
F JR my bay Horse about 15 hands hi£i, 8 yeasa old,
natural pacer, branded W on the hip. I wiii pay
the above reward fer the delivery of him" to me at. ifie
store,of Beach A Root, Whitehall Street.
Get 2-din* \Y. p. peck.
FOR SALE.
^ LARRE Cooking Stove,
double set of Carriage flamesi in good order, by
F. CORA,
Gct4-dSt opposite the Athenmrni.
15
TIERCES China—white aDd gilt-each tierce
containing a Tea and Dining Sett complete.
For sale by , J. T, PORTfK.
Oct 7—d4t
LAND FOR SALE,
ton county, will bs so’.d before the court house
door in Covington, Newton county, on the first Tutsdav
in Dec. rnber next, eight negroes, cue man, boys and g'rla
belonging to the estate of Josepn U. H cka dec’d, late if
sa’d ciuuty. bold far a division among the heirs.
Terms caib. Oct. 7th, 1863,
oct9-wtds (W D L) A. LIVING3TON, Adm’r.
Administrator’s Sale.
JgY virtue of an order of the court of ordinary of New
ton county, wilt be sold before the coart hou e
door la Covington, Newton county, on the first Taesday
la December next, three negroes, to-wlt: Pii 1, a good
blacksmlffi; Rtchel anl her child, belonging to the es
tate of Whliam N flicks deceased late of said connty —
Sold for the benefit of the heirs. T»rms cash. Oct. 7th,
1868. A. LIVINGSTON, Adm’r.
Oct 9-wtla (W D L)
OFFIR fox sale my farm 2 miles west of Carier.y-
1 ville, Bartow county. There la one hundred eighty
three aad one half acres In tbe tract, about 85 cleard and
in a high state of cultivation.
Sept SS-dlf D. W. K. PEACOCK
M. W. HUTCHESON.
u. s. nn.i
AUCTION HOUSE.
GEORGIA, Fannin County.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I^AVID SHULER having in proper form applied to
me for permanent letters of administration on ihe
esta’e of J. N. kills late of said county deceased. This
L to cite and admonish all and singular the debtors and
next of kix of J. N. kliii, to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law, and show c>me if any
they can, why said letters shculd not begranteato David
Shuler as prayt d on J. N. Sills* estate^ Witness iry hand
and official signature, S.-pt. 8<Rh,l563.
Oct 9-w80d JAMES KINCAID, Ord’y.
Qae who was, about forty years ago,
a reigning belle in London, and first tbe lead
ing statesman, and afterwards tbe-wife of a
German Baron, i3 now the wife of an Ara
bian chief, residing between Damascus and
Balbec, with her Husband, and passing the
remainder of years with him in camp.
GEORGIA) Fannin County, -
TO ALL WHOM IT MAX C05CEKN. ~ '
AVIE SHULAR having in proper form applied to
me .‘or letteri ot aiministrpiaH oa the estate of
El Jah kills late of said county dec* ysed. TbUUa to <rite
•ad admonish all aad singular tie debt >rs are next ot
kin of Elijah 211i?, to be and appear at my office in the
time allowed by law, to show cauje if any thpy can,
W. M.
General,
HUTCHESON & Cfr,
AnctioJD, Commission,
—and-
REAI ESTATE MERCHANTS,
CONNALLEY's 3UILDING,
Corner Whitehall and Alabama Sts.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
HOJfeS, „
mny aad every \
IB |5F“ Busings a.tended to with pr.jmp’neas and <hs-
~ .
FOR SALE,
BLiCRSMITH—one of tbe be.t iu tbe
D
why permanent letters of a-1mlnlstr*tlan should-not be
“UCSltUA
gr iiited as pra-ed for on EiMAh^fils’ estate. Wltmai
my hand and official signage, Fept. SOth, 1868.
Oct 9-w8Qd . JAMES XINOAID, Ordy.
*
W A M T E P
L SUBSTITUTE wanted igmutgat^y.
^Htmralpriced be
lor which a
can "do i
make xl . -
£ 0r _, E ° worii^enough* to keep him employed: Fa 1 u
having work enougn e u0ilT m. CLAKK.
antes In every respe. . White FI*lt street.
oct8—lw
Confederacy copy one wees '
L AE D OIL,
for sale*
I0HBS? market price paid for Tallow *ud
H Lard» by
Sept26-dAwlm
GLENN, TABOR A CO.,
at Walton Spring, Atlanta