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JOHN H. STEELE.
KDIioB.
A. E. MARSHALL,
afiSOOlATK EDITOR A ED REPORTER
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Ft.day Maniac, October 23, IMS
THE 8UEBVOAT10E OF XAEYLAED.
We copy from the Richmond papers in
today’s issue, a series or correspondence be
tween the heads of the Federal government
and the Yankee military authorities which
shows the way in which the free opinion of
the people of Maryland was stifled, and the
base means taken to preyen t the State from
casting her destiny with the South.
As a matter of history it is important to
us for two reasons: First because it makes
a good ground upon which we can demand
that a free vote of the people of Maryland
shall be taken, to decide whether she will
leave the Union or not, and it removes the
stain that has hitherto rested on the State,
ot having gone over to the Abolition Gov
ernment.
The correspondence published exposes an
act of tyranny and usurpation beyond all
that could have been conceived of a govern
ment claiming to grant freedom of speech
and of thought to the people composing it,
and adds another wreath of infamy to the
adminisUation of Lincoln, and to the black
hearted traitor; the governor of Maryland,
who sold his State to the Abolitionist under
the guise of a desire lo pursue a course that
would ensure peace and avert war.
What was the object of the Yankee gov
ernment in publishing this correspondence,
we cannot toll. It could not have been to
exhibit to the world 4hc diplomatic game
they played, and which by an outrage they
succeeded in winning. The civilized world
will not look upon it as a necessary’ act
by which secession was averted, but will
justly hold up to execration the government
that could use such unworthy means to gain
its ends.
After this official expose, >ve cannot feel
surprised at the defeat of Southern rights
candidates in Maryland and Kentucky, or
take the remit of such elections as the senti
ments of tire people, neither cau we feel as
touished at the contiuued success ot the ab
olitionist* in Northern elections. Nothing
that can weaken the power of their oppo
nents will be neglected by the Lincoln au
thoritics; fraud and perjury will be but
simple tools in their hands, so that their cads
are attained. No tyranny and usurpation
will be too great for them to use, in their en
deavora to strengthen themselves, and crush
out tho freedom of American citizens
Thank God that we are forever cut loose
from such meu !
THE MEXT WHEAT CHOP.
It often happens in this world that tb e
moat momentous consequences are influen
ced by^decisiont made in very short spaces oi
time. Nojapter ilIu9tir.tion of'this truth can
be offered than that which may be drawn
from the caption of this article—theamoun 1,
of wheat which is to be sown in the next six
weeks. Are our farmers alive to the impor
tance of this subjeci? Do they think that when
they are deciding how muc’jland they shall
put in wheat this year, they are not only de
elding the question of the .’physical well-be
ingot' countless numbers of aged meh, wo
men and children, but perhaps the very
^ ~ sstion of the final success und triumph of
Tams^in the next sir weeks only can
(eat be sowed to advantage.
As the Commissioners’ priC3 for wheat is
$5 per bushel, no crop may be expected to
reward the labor bestowed on it so well as
the Wheat crop. To reap the best crop of
cereals, the ground should be well prepared
but this preparation, it is well known, is not
necessary. Any land that has been planted
in corn the present year may be sown in
wheat without any further labor than* that
necessary to plow it in. How it will delight
the farmer to behold his wheat springing up
the coming .spring, and clothing the whole
landscape with its beautiful carpeting of
green ! We envy him such pleasure, to say
nothing of the good he may do by putting
in wheat the large t possible breadth of
land.
Again: We call upon our farmers who are
co-workers with our soldiers in the glorious
cause of Southern independence, everywhere
to assist one another in sowing wheat. E s .
pecially let them see tout that the land of
those who being either m the Confederate
or State ssrvice, are detained from home dur
ing the war, or only temporarily, bo sown
with wheat as far as it ought to be. It may
well be presumed that unless the exigencies
of the couutry were great, those who have
left their homes for the State service, under
the last call, would not be required to be
absent from their farms and plantation at
this, the wheat sowing season. Sow their
lands for them^ye more favored ones that re
main at home. Do that service to your coun
try that now needs the labor of all her true
sons. Doubt not of the success and triumph
of that country, ifthose at home will do their
duty iu providing for the sustenance of those
that are away bearing arms in her defence
Do not let any sordid calculation of how
much the Government will receive of that
crop, cause you .to neglect to sow now while
you may. We utter this note of warning as
watchmen on the walls, and hope that all
will heed it. Sow wheat we a ay :
"Beside alt waters sow,
The high way furrows stock; ~
Plant it where thorns and thirties ’grow
Scatter it on the rock.”
the cavalry equipments of the prisoners, to
gether with a gcod many horses, mules,
camp equipages, Ac.
for the IatelUgincer.
TOBY Itfona IE IU BEVOLUTIOMAIY
WAR.
Mn. Ed. : An old book furnishes the fol
lowing extracts of letters written to Eng
land :
1778. Ingles, afterwards Bishop of Nova
Scotia, writes thus: "Not less than 60,000
of the rebels have perished by sickness and
sword since the war began: a famine is in
evitable. A little persuasion, on the part of
the British, is necessary to suppress it (the
rebellion) totally.”
1779. Cox writes: " I see absolute ruin at
tends us poor attainted loyalists, should the
colonies be given up, or this place (New
York) be evacutcd.”
1779, March. Thos. Eddy, " I am led to
believe that the leaders in the rebellion must
give up before fall.” .
Much more might be extracted, but let
these suffice to show what bad spectacles
were used iu the old war, aud the dark side
on which many looked.
1. Croakers and toriea still live in their
descendants.
They have tried, some doubtless honest in
their opinions, because the moon, from which
their light is emitted, always turns its dark
side towards them* to cripple our efforts for
in dependence—they have disheartened our
soldiers by their gloomy pictures, and done
nothing to encourage them, but much to
discourage; they have refused to contribute
for their comfort, aud support of sick and
wounded men ; they have greatly prejudiced
our cause. Would it not be appropriate to
furnish them with a broom-stick, as a weap
on, aud for a dress, something looser than
pants?
2. Do not tbe croakers of our day use the
very language employed in the first war for
independence ? Do they not cry out " fam
ine, starvation,” and that the *‘ leaders will
give up by fall?” Seward has promised
Europe that the rebellion would be crushed
in 90 days, at the commencement, and has
been repeating the same song for two and a
hall years. No doubt thoae’eroakera have
suttered through fear and trembling, a thous
and death.
IIow would it do, Mr. Editor, to erect a
bomb-proof hospital and fill it with stores
seven years for this class of out citizens, and
a cheerful matron to fan away their gloomy
fears ! Make it something like an asylum
for those who complain of an aberration of
their mental powers ?
Your lathers, though only 11,009,COO in
the land, and at least one-fourth tories, could
not be conquered by the mistress of the
ocean and world. Shall we, their descend
ants, over 8,000,000, despair, though croakers
and cowards are singing pteans to Yankee
prowess and ardor ? There was much more
reason for the chicken-hearted to fear the
power of Great Britain, than for us to dread
conquest by our foe9. One or two more
long, 9trong and altogether pulls, and the
agony is over. S. D.
THE HISTORY OF THE WAR.
AX OTHER CHAPTER.
The following, which we find in the New
York “Times” of the 13th instant, furnishes
another chapter in the history of this war,
which will doubtless be rend with interest:
now THE SECESSIONISTS WERE FOILED IN
TUKiR SCHEME FOR GETTING MARYLAND
—THE ARREST OF DISUNION MERGERS OF.
THE LEGISLATURE.
It is weli known that in several of tbe
Southern States acts of Secession were pass
ed in defiance of the will of the people. The
Virginia Convention con tamed a decided ma
jority of members elected expressly Un
ion men, and yet by bribery, intimidation,
cheating and every political trick which des
perate and unscrupulous traitors could pos
sibly devise, a majority of the Convention
was induced to pass a Secession ordnance,
and the peop’e of the State were thus betray
ed into the rebel Confederacy. Similar de
vices were used in other Southern States.—
It is notorious that in the fall ot 1861 the
rebels intended to get ’possession of Mary
land in the same niauuer— -the Secession
members of the Legislature that wa9 to meet
in September being relied on to take the nec
essary preliminary steps. Fortunately for
the people of Maryland, as well as lor the
country at large, tho government became
aware of these treasonable schemes, and
took prompt and effectual measures to defeat
them. How it was dong may be seen jfrpsrt
from the following letters aod^otdeTs issued
at the time by the Secretary of War, by Gen.
Banks and other officers of the goy^ttifeTil.
It is not too much to say lhatdfThe govern
ment could have acted with equal vigor and
promptness in the case of Virginia and some
other States, they would have been spared
the ruin aud desolation which the double
treachery of their own leaders ha3 brought
upon them.
The following letters are copied from the
"Leader,” which professes to have extracted
them from a secession pamphlet lately pub
lished in Baltimore:
LETTER FROM SIMON CAMERON, IN REL ATION
TO THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.
War Department, \
Sept, lllli, 1BG1. f
General: The passage of any act of seces
sion by the Legislature of Maryiaud must be
prevented. If necessary, all or any part of
the members mu t be arrested. Exercise
your own judgment as to the time and
manner, but do the work effectively.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient serv’r.
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
Major Oen. N. P. Banks, Commanding uear
Daruestown, Md
BRILLIANT SUCCESS IN EAST TENNESSEE.
We have reliable information that our cav
alry under Cols. Dibbrell and Morrison, have
achieved a brilliant cavalry success at Phil
adelphia, East Tennessee, capturing 703
prisoners, 6 pieces o! artillery, 50 wagons
loaded with stores, 10 ambulances, and all
For the Intelligencer.
OFF THE FENCE.
Mr. Editor :
I confess to you (for I know editors keep
secrets, and will not disclose my name nor
position) that I have been on the fence most
ot the w r ar. When circumstances favor, it
is so easy for a tall man like myself to strad
die the rail to keep clear of consequences.
I was a conservative when secession was
first agitated, and dreaded to cross the Ru
bicon—I couldn’t screw up my courage to
bid defiance to Uncle Sam; so I told my
neighbors it wouldn’t do—we should rue it;
so when tbe Yankees got New Orleans and
other towns, "I told you so,” was re-iterated,
till my throat became sore.
But when we whipped the fight at Bethel
Manassas and other bloody fields, I was as
full of secession as you are, and cried, “Hur
ra for the Confederacy and Jeff Da?is!”—
Well, I have been in this vascillating con
dition all the lime. When Donaldson was
captured I tried to sell my land and other
truck—determined to keep on the strong
side, but I couldn’t get through our lines;
so I have remained in an agony no one but
a coward: can experience. I am sensible I
have suffered as much pain as a thousand
men suffer iu their expiring moment-.
Riding a poor old pony for a long time
makes a man sore—much more a sharp
fence. I haven’t time to recount all the feats
I performed in eluding the vigilance of the
conscribers; so let that pass. Now the
meanness of some of my neighbor:!, who
have, like myself, done nothing for the poor
soldiers’ families nor for the cause of the
countr3’. Since I have taken the matter
into serious consideration and looked on
both sides, lam no longer on the fence. You’ll
hear iny rifle crack ou the Tennessee river ;
I am off for Bragg’s army. Oae word snore :
What have our enemies gained by I he ex
penditure of three billions in money and
nearly 1,000,000 of men? They have cap
tured a few towns, some women and. chil
dren, stolen some 200,000 slaves, silk dresses
and golden ornaments aud laid waste part9
of three or four States. ISutgpmparatavely,
we are ten-told stronger than when the war
began. Maov a fellow like myself hav e seen
the folly of our fears and dread of oar ene
mies ; they daren’t meet us in a fair field
tight. We’ve got Rosecraus ia a tight fix
and we’ll bag him and army, dead or alive
I write no more, for the train is coming.
.1ASON COMER.
Bar room Profits—In tbe returns of
Income Tax for Baldwin county, is the
rendition by Mr. Augustus ~W. Randolph,
owner of the "Big Indian” Bar Room in
this city, stating "Capital invested $5C3—
Profits $1800—Per cent. 360—Tax $324.”—
Were the same frankness observed as to all
other establishments taxable for the benefit
of soldiers families, the fund would be quite
ample. We learn that the Grand Jury ap
pointed a committee to wait on Mr. Ran
dolph, and thank him for his example against
evasion—Southern Recorder.
Letter from gen. m’clellan and nrs
CHIEF OF STAFF.
[CoftiianUal.]
II’q’rs. Army of the Potomac,
Washington, September 12, 1861
Major General N. P. Banks, U. S. A.
General: After full consultation with the
President, Secretaries of State, War, &
has been decided that to effect the operation
proposed foe the 17th. Arrangements have
been made lo have a government steamer
at Annapolis to receive the prisoners and
carry them to their destination.
Some four or five chief men in the affair
are to be arrested to-Jay. When they meet
oa the 17th, you will please lmve every
thing prepared to arrest the whole party,
and be sure that none escape.
It is understood that you arrange with
Gen. Dix aud Gen. Seward the modus ope
randi. It has been intimated to me that the
meeting might take place on the 14th;
please be prepared. I would be glad to have
you advise me frequently of your arange-
ments in regard to this very important mat
ter.
If it is successfully carried out, it will go
far toward breaking the backbone of the rebel
ion. It would probably be well to have a
special train quietly prepared to take pris
oners to Annapolis.
I leave this ex ’.eedingly important affair
to your tact and discretion—and have but
one thing to impress upon yon—the abso
lute necessity of secrecy and success.
With the highest regard, I am, my dear
General, your sincere friend.
GEO. B. M’CLELLAN,
Major General, U. S. A.
LETTER FROM R. B. MARCY, CHIEF OF STAFF.
Headquarters Army of Potomac, )
Washington. Sept. 12,1801. f
Major General N. P. Banks, Comm’d’g near
Darnestown, Md. :
General:
Enclosed I have the honor to send you an
order regarding the Legislature of Mary
land. Will you do me the favor to aeknow
ledge its receipt bv the bearer.
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
It. B. Marcy,
Colonel knd Chief of Staff.
COPY OF LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS CONCERN
ING LEGISLATURE.
[Important and Confidential’]
Headqrs, Camp near Darnestown, )
Sept. 13,1863. [
Lieut. Col. Ruger, comdg. 3d Wip. Regt. ou
special service at Frederick:
Sir.
The Legislature ot Maryland is appointed
to meet in special session tomorrow’,—Tues
day, Sept. 16. It is not impossible that the
members, or a portion of them, may be de
terred from meeting there upon account of
certain arrests recently made in Baltimore.
It is also quite possible that on the first day
ot meeting the attendance may be small. Of
the facts as to this matter I shall sec that
you are well informed as they transpire. It
becomes necessary that any meeting of this
Legislature, at any place or time, shall be
prevented. You will hold youvsglf and your
command in readiness to barest tr 4 members
of both houses; a list of safc&asvou are to
detain will be enclosed
among whom are hr'be «peeklly -included.
tbe presiding officers of tfitfiwo houses, se
cretaries, clerks, and all subordinate officers
Let tbe arrests be certain, and alio# no
chance of failure. The arrests should be
made white they are in session, I think.
You will, upon receipt of this, quietly ex
amine the premises. I am informed that es
cape will be impossible, if the entrance to
the building be held by you; of that you
will judge upon e^minatioD. ll no session
is held you will arrest such members as can
be found in Frederick. The process .of ar
rest should be to enter ibofh Houses al the
same time, announcing that they were arres
ted by ordeia of the Government, command
them to remain as they are, subject to your
orders. Any resistance will be iorcibly sup
pressed, whatever the consequences. Upon
the arrests being effected, the members that
are to be detained will be placed on board a
special train for Anuapoh*, where a steamer
will await them.
Everything in the execution of these or
ders i9 cDntided to your secrecy, discretion
and promptness.
and from officers, clerks, &c., who ere In
tensely bitter, and are said to have been very
forward and to have kept some off the weak
er men up to the.wark. Several arrests were
made of violent or resisting persona, whom
I shall let go after the others are go®*-' \
shall seakl four me®, at least, to Gen.. D«,, ®t
Baltimore, who are'.very bad men. I hare ad
vised Col. Ruger to send to Sharnaburg land
ing. to seize 600 sacks of salt, which are
waiting.ior the Southerners to come and
take them. They have tried twice to do it
We have also heard of some arms which the
Colonel will look up. There la a very bitter
man here, a Mr. Binn, who is currently re
ported by Gen. Shiver and others to be the.
medium of communication with the South
ern Confederacy. The names of the mem
beta fare; B. 8. Salmon, R. C. Maccubbin, J.
H. Gordon, C. J. Durant, Thos. C'laggett,
Andrew Keesler aud Bernard Mills. We
shall get T. Lawrence Jones. The officers
of the Legislature: J. N. Brewer, Chief
Clerk, Senatei Thos. Moore, Beading do;
Sami Penross, Jr., Assistant; N. Kilgore,
Reading do; Milton Kidd, Chief of the
House. Mr. Jones is taken. Edward Mom-
er, citizen. Riley, (very bad,) Printer to the
House; John iHogan, (very bad,) citizen.—
Jospli Elkins, da Mr. Ma on, Folder to the
House. We shall leave here for headquar
ters this aUernoon. The arrests were nearly
all seized by policemen.
I am yours, respectfully,
BtMorkis Copnland, A. D. C.
Mr; McCubbin ia a person whom I should
recommend you to set at largo if he takes
the oath, which I have no doubt he will.—
He is brother-in-law of Gen. Hammond, and
a man much respected—also a man of rather
timid nature, and greatly troubled by his
arrest. Gen. Shriver has been very active
for U9 and is very earnest that we should let
him go on these terms. If you can do it, it
will be well to telegraph to Annapolis to
have the oath tendered, and release him. I
should do it under my instructions, only that
CM. Ruger thinks he has no authority to al
low any min on the list any liberty.
It. M. C.
MAJ. GUN. M’CLELLAN CONCERNING PRISON
ERS FOR STEAMER AT ANNAPOLIS.
To Maj. Gen. Banks:
Have you any more of your friends to send
from Frederick to Annapolis. Please an
swer at once. I wish to know ou account of
ordering off boat.
Maj. Oen. McCLELLAN.
GOV. HICKS IN RKLATIOn TO ELECTION.
Executive chamber,
Annapolis, Oct. 26,1861.
Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks, U. S. A.:
My Dear Sir : I should have written at
an carliear day, but delayed for return of
George W. Howard, who had beeu sent down
the Potomac by Maj. Gen. McClellan, and
soon after his, It’s, return, the papers repre-
resented you to have gone with your forces
into Virginia. Indeed, I dislike to occupy
a moment of your closely occupied time,
aud write now only because I feel it due from
me, in view of your uniform courtesy and
kindness to me; of which I shall always
entertain most grateful recollections.
You will excuse me, I am sure, lor sug
gesting the importance of looking closely to
Maryland until our election is over, 9ixth
November.
The Confederates wilt endeavor to effect
something by which to operate on our elec
tions—you may suppose, my dear sir, that I
am anxious to have a killing majority rolled
up against secessionist^ Not only am I,
and is Maryland, deeply interested, but the
Government is greatly concerned. Will it
be possible to have Col. Kent’s regiment
placed near Baltimore temporarily, so as to
save their votes ? I hope so.
I have the honor to be,
With very great respect,
Your obedient Servant,
THOS. H. HICKS.
him received similar instructions to these.— I
You will please confer with him as to the
particular points that each shall take con
trol of.
Wt
I am sir, very respectfully, your obedtent
servant, B. ft MABCT,
* i. x Chief of Staff.
To Maj. Gen. Nl P. Banks, comdg. division,
Muddy Branch, Md.
GEN 3HIKYER, FREDERICK, ON ELECTIONS
DISTRICTS IN FBEDK. C0.,T*0 ANSWER.
Frederick] Not. 1,1061.
Oen. N. P. Banks,
My Dear Sot:—Or my return home to
night, your favor lavor ot iha ffiKh ult.. was
handea me by Capt. Stone.
In one county there are two or three dis
tricts in which our friends apprehend inter
ference by disloyal men on election day. I
have consulted with some of our most reli
able frieds, and we all concur la the opinion
that a body of men thrown into Frederick
on Monday and Tuesday next, and then di
vided into squads and placed in tho different
districts of the county on tho day of elec
tion, will not only prevent disloyal men
from interfering with and overawing our
friends, but will hAve the additional effect
ot keeping'such men from the polls. Cav
alry would answer better than infantry, as
our county is divided Into seventeen districts
and some of them twenty’-five miles off in
a mountainous country’. I would also sug
gest that whatever lorce is sent here be
placed under Command of Capt. Stone, who
seems fully to understand the duty to be
performed. Iu the first Md. Reg’t, com-
mauded by CcL Kenly, there are at least fif
ty men entitled to their votes in our county;
they are principally to be found in the com
pany commanded by Capt. B. U. Schley’.—
We should be gratified to have these men
sent home to the election.
With great respect, I am very truly yours,
EDWD. SHIEVER.
COL kenley’s report on furloughed
MEN, VOTERS AT STATE ELECTION.
H’q’s First Mrryland Regiment, )
Muddy Branch Camp, Nov. 14, 1861. )
Sir: 1 have the honor to report that tbe
men of my regiment which left this camp
for the purpose of voting at the last State
election in Maryland, have all returned wilh
the exception of from twenty to twenty-
five.
Some few arc detained at home by sick
ness, as I have received certificates from
their attending physicians; the majority of
the balance of the absentees are umler arrest -
ia Washington, (a31 have been informed,)
not having passes with them.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN R. KENLEY,
Col. First Maryland Regiment.
Lieut. II. L. Russell, A. I). C - '
HKADQU’RS PI UR BATTAI.
Atlanta, Oct, Si* 1S63.
General Order No.
I Captains eotnminding cospinies In the Atlanla
Battalion, are hereby orJered to have their companl-.-i
at the (Sty H»|l ve armed and equ'pp ed for drill < n
Friday -meat at o’clock.
1L. aMear wtaHltr will be exeus;.l f (> m :l tu r .l
lay the drill it In the city.
Byorder G. W. LKtf,
Lieut Col. Cotud’g Battalion.
McPasisl, Adjt.
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ORDER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND
GEN. M’CLELLAN RELATIVE TO THE VOT
ING OF MARYLAND TBOOF8.
Headqu’rs Army of the Potomac, )
Washington, Oct. 29,1861. )
Major General 1$Tp. Banks,
Commanding, &e.
General : Pursuant to directions from
the Secretary of war of tho 28th inst., of
which I enclose you a copy, the Major Gen
eral Commanding directs that such soldiers
of the First. Second and Third regiments
Maryland Volunteers as may be within the* *
limits of your command, receive furlough
tor such a length ot time as trill enable them
to reach the place wherein they may be en-.
titled to vote by the 6th of November.—
Wherever it may be necessary, in order to
facilitate the presence of these men at their
places of voting, to furnish them transporta
tion, it may be tarnished. It is desired that
the most liberal and prompt circulation-may
be given to these instructions, in order to
secure with certainty the oarrying into ef
fect the design proposed. ?
Sufficient time is to be
thus furloughed to enable
ter voting without exceedi®|
for their furlough; bat a pi
desired.
Whenever it may be necessary,-thi
soldiers should be replaced lor the dme by'
other troops. . . a w* v d . * :
The General Commanding desires fe ihat
the receipt of this communication lie ac
knowledged at once.
I have the honor to be. General,
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
J. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
REJECTING CHRIST.
A few years ago I was traveling in South
America. As I approached the base of the
mountain which lay in my route, I found it
covered with what I supposed to be An un
dergrowth of weeds. But 1 pressed my way
onward and climbed up iis sides till I reach
ed the summit. When I had gained the
top, I gazed around me with delight, and
happened to look back upon the winding
path in which 1 had ascended, and lo ! my
whole path was clearly marked ont to the
foot of the mountain. 1 found it was caus
ed by my having walked through a growth
ot the sensitive plant, as it is familiarly
known to us, which grows indigenous there.
It had left all my way plain before me, so
that I could trace my footsteps in all their
curves and deviations, as I had struggled up
the sides ot that beautiful mountain.
A few months after that, I was reposing
in my tent in California, at twelve o’clock at
-night, a man came to the door of an ad join
ing tept and called out—
"Are there any Chri9tiaus*here, gentle
men ?”
Oae sprang from the bed.
“I love my Savior,” said he.
"Come with me, then,” said the stranger.
"There’s a man dying out here, just beyond
Ike walls ofCapt&jfe?—’s fort ; and ho says
he wants to talk EKa Christian.”
They ran out together, although the rain
poured down iu torrents, until they came to
where the dying man lay. He was stretch
ed on a couch, I wa$ going to say, but I
hardly know what to call it, for it was made
up of broken branches. On these he lay,
while a tew bed covers were thrown over
He was dying. Let us hear his testi
mony.
He said to those who gathered around
Kim:
" I have now reached a point at which the
Whole scene of my life seems to lie visibly
before me. Every action that 1 have com
mitted, every sin, every crime, that I have
perpetrated before God, seems to stare me
-right in the right in the face. I can see mv
way clear back to my youth; and, as I look
the scenes of iniquity and guilt in which I
have engaged, pass one and another before
me in terrible review.”
They sang with him and prayed with him,
and endeavored to console him, and point
him to Jesus; but he said:
“It is all over now—all ovei! I have
jrejected^Christ, and there is no salvation for
More i\ew Goods.
jgLACK ALPACA
do klax Thiead,
Fine Felt Hais.
Lacies’ Knplih Gaiters,
Gents’ Merino Shirts,
.Gents’ Lambs Wool Drawe ■>,
Super Sea Island Shir.loR,
Lead Penclla, Letter Paper, Env lop
Sewing Hit. Agate Bu’t.ins, Coiubi.
4-4 Shirting, and 7 S heetin?,
Llettch Oil Oioth for Covering
At P. G. LESSENT’S
Oc!23-d8t Commission Merchant, Whitehall St
Pa,
Over Shirts.
A FEW Boz. Super Fancy Fiantel Overiti jYtr,
1 Case Genta* supertngliati lioo'B an:i ftrmy Shoes
Juit reo-ived at *». li, JSKSSKV'a »S,
Oft23-d?t Commission Merchant, Whltelm i rl.
STOLEN.
I ,taOM the reslJence of the u^dtraigaed ne r C ess
Keys, DeKalb County, on Sunday night last., one
small bay mare, (with bridle, saddle ami niailingalo. >
right eye our, 10 years old. /.inple remunerit'oii will
be made for the mar j if rttjrarJ to my residence.
Oct23-dSt* SlKPUeiN MARTIN.
EXCHANGE NOTICE No. 7.
Richmond, La., Oet. 16,1863.
T tfH following Confederate offlters and men ATeli.-re-
by declared duly exchanged:
1, All ofllcers and men captured and pa-olul ni any
time previous to the 1st of September, 'jlLrn--
tien, however. Is not intended to include any officer* <
men captured at Vlekiburg, July 4tli, ISOS, except Hm-h
as were declared exchanged oy h'xchacge Noiioe Nn 0,
Sept. 18th, 1863, or are specifically nam ; il tn tl.i i in ti< c
But It does embrace aU dellveiie.s made at City I oli.t or
other place bti.'o; e Sept. 1st, 1863, and wilh ill.; limits
ticn above named, all captures at Port Hud ami < r an
other place where the parties were released on p-»r..le
2. The Staff ol Generals Pemberton, Stevenson, linwcu,
Moore, Barton, 8. D. Lee, Cummings. Harris and H»:d
win, and of Colonels Reynold?, Cockrell aud Pocktry;
the officers and men belonging to the Engineer tn.rps and
Sappers-anil Miners, and the 4th and 4C>:h Mis*i>.slpH
Regiments, all captured at Vicksburg, July 4>,u, ISti (.
S. Thegeneral officers captured at Vickstur., Jut,
4th,IStiJ, were declared exchanged July lath, ISod.
HO. OULD,
Oct2 dCt Agent of Exchange.
1XEG1ITOBS* SALli.
B Y virtue of the last will and testament, nfSpenrer
P. Wright deceased of DeKalb County, wih »>o
told before the courthouse door in the town of Decatur,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday *u
December next, the following slaves: Champ a man
age 34 years, Henry a man age 82 years, Millie a woman
33 years of age, and her three children, Mary 8 yearn
old, Andy Syears old, and Fayettoag-j 1 year. Also lot
of land In the 18th district of originally llenry, non He
Kalbcoun'y, number not known, containing -’02^ sert-i,
satd lot adjoining lands of T no in as U. Akins, Jamer 1
Akins, and Rufus Henderson. Said Haves and land sold
for the purpose oLMlvislon among the legatees ot ama
deceased. OctobiVT9th, 1863.
JAMK3 M. OARR r I.L
s xMUjcl mcivilliams,
oct21-wtd* Kx-.cutors
)
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War Department,
Washington, OcL"28,1861.
Maj. Gen. McClellan, Commanding:
Sir—In order to have a full vote in Ma
ryland at the coming election, Wednesday,
November C, bo that the legal voters may
decide by their ballotem)! public questions,
you are uereby dir
furlough to the soli
and Third regii
to grant ttiree days’
of the First, Second
of Maryland Volun
teers, alt to return to duty on Thursday,
Nov. 7.
Very respectfully,
(^igncJ) SIMOtf CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
Among the stump orators in Ohio against
Yallandigham was General Thomas F.
Meagher.
Copeland’s report of arrest of mumpers
OF MARYLAND LEGISLATURE, SEPT. 18.
Frederick, Md., Bept. 16.1961.
To Maj. General Banks, Darnestowu :
Sir: I have just telegraphed to General
Dix,\ that we have seized seven mem
bers of the house of a very bitter character,
INSTRUCTIONS OF K. li. MARCY, CHIEF OF
STAFF, CONCERNING MARYLAND ELECTIONS.
Headqrs. Army of the Potomac, l
Washington, Ojt. 20,1861. J
General:
There is an apprehension among Union
citizens in many parts of Maryland of an
attempt at interference with their rights of
suffrage by disunion citizens on the occasion
of the election to take place on'the 6th No
vember nexi.
in order to prevent this the Major Gan.
commanding directs that you send detach
ments of a sufficient number oilmen to the
different points in your vicinity where the
elections are to be held to protect the Union
voters, and to see that no disunionists are al
lowed to intimidate them, or in any way to in
terfere with their lights.
He also desires yon to arrest aud hold in
confinement till after the election, all disu
nion ists who are known to have returned
lrorn Virginia recently and who show them
selves at the polls, and to guard effectually
against any invasion of the peace and order
of the elections. For the purpose of carry
ing out these instructions, you are authoriz
ed to suspend the habeas corpus. Gen Stone
He ceased speaking. They sang and
prayed wiffe him again ; and whilst thus en-
ed, he closed his eyes in death. His
Immortal spirit passed into the presence of
the God whom he acknowledged to have
sinned against and neglected all his life.
Unconverted friends, you will reach that
point by and by, when every scene of your
lile, like the life of this dying man,, or like
my path up the mountain, will pass in terri
ble review before you; that is if you remain
unconverted. But Why should anything so
terrible come to you ? ' Why not rather has
ten te Christ now. “ that your sins may be
blotted out, instead of being set in awful or
der before your faces ?—Ex.
Reported Blockade ob* Mexico.—A late
number ot the Brownsville (Tex.) Flag says
that intelligence has been received at Mata-
moras from Vera Cruz that the whole Gulf
coast of Mexico had been declared in a state
of blockade by the French squadron, except
the mouth ot the Rio Grande, and ten miles
thereto. Under this declaration Matamoras
is peculiarly fortunate, for her commerce
just now is necessary both to Mexico and
I'exas. And the Flag adds:
"It is a question in every mouth, wiij
have the French exempted Matamoras from
the effects of tne blockade declared against
the whole Mexican coast ? ’ . f .
It is Indeed an important question, tor n
at once arouses the conviction that either
tne French have an understanding with tne
Federals, or else they are willing to assist,
the Confederacy in evaiy iodirect way pos
sible We incline to the belief that the true
reason is that the French Emperor is unwil
ling to do anything prejudicial lo l !* e
teJracy, and that therefore he declines to
cS the port ot Matamorasi so long as we
may have pe for it .—Aug. Con.
Congressional Election.—Enough is
known to make it certain tnat that the fol
lowing gentlemen have been elected :
Hartruige at District; W. E
Smitb, 2d; M. H. Blanford, 3a; Cl!»>rd
Anderson, 4th; J. T. Shewmake, 5tb : J. E.
Echols, 6th; J. M. Smith, 7th ; G. N. Lester,
8th* H. P. Bell, 9th; and Warren Akm,
10th. Mr. Hartridge is the only member of
the late Congress who has been re-elected,—-
Southern Recorder, Oct. 20.
FOR SALE
A ND. 1 Improved Bisines} Lot, fronting on a 1«» b-
nta Street, 30 feet, and running back ahou> 107
leei. Tala very valuable propeitjrwiu commend l's -ii
to capital Late desiring tj make Investments in tbe ob y of
Atlanta.
Alanttvoacres cf fend near t v e Incorporate liua'ts, on
which la a fine Vineyard and other Improvement.':.
Apply to MARCUS A. BALL,
Oct S2-djt Real Xit.ite Age*.t.
$50 Reward.
L OSP oa Wednesday 41st Inst, a black Memorandum
I Book contvi ningtwo dhcliargen, cnafrr.iu ibe reg
ular service’ and ihe other Irom tbe Or nsci ipt Camp m
Alabama Al»o a certificate ol exemption from •eater
F. O. Humphries, Columbus. Areenal. ad a Gaveromeu
Contractor. There WM aleo same shlnplaster s m the
Memorandum Book. The above reward will be paid i-
delivered at ihia office. „ „_ T1 „ a
Oct22-d4t* O. B. LRILU3.
You Can Find Good
RIO COFFEE,
AT DE SHONG’S,
White Hall Street, near Mitchell Street.
Oct *2—tI4i
A BOM HOME FOR REFUGEES.
A NICE Xeeidence 5 mllrs from Atlanta on the (■«.
u » HO ac.-eaor land, dwelling house wim -■
room*, good oet bBlldiogs, garden In good order at t
ulent v of good fruit Possession given on payment »i
rent m ad ranee. Price »1000. Apply to
return <» »» SOoTT WILSON,
Oct 22-d3W Agent Tax ii Kind, Atlanta, tin
A 0010 WAT0H FOUND
O N thestreat leadirg from the Western & AtUnd.;
Ra’l Road to Lambeit’s Gardens. The proper
get bis match bp calling on tbe undersign, d,
f’zLk Lambert, proving his claim and paying far the
Monaghan,
Atlanta, Oct fc?-dtf
NOTICE.
W Trr h, sold at public outcry on Saturday the Kth
November next, in the Depot of the W. A A.
tau E -i. a .art.:, a, «i .cr.P
1MM 8op%. W. * A. R. It.
Wanted.
x T the Fair Ground Hospital No. 1, AtUnu, Oa.,
\ 5 or 4 C>w» with young calvei, for which thi beat
urice will be pa'd in cish.
Also all the lint and old linea or cotton rag^ ; Set the
children ty wotk andaend la rapidly. Soldiers ere s.u-
fertarr for the want cf proper dre3jtogi for their wounds.
Oct*C-i3t* H. W. BROYVM, Eurg. in Chirge
Bichromate Potass,
fk A A LBS. Bichromate Potass onj
|)UU for sale by BOD
Aog Sl-ltt
snsignaiini»ud
DM ON KKOS.
DESIRABLE FARM
For Sale.
ClirDAlED In Bartow County, within four miles of the
W. k A. Bad Road, convenient to school* and
churches, containing two hundred and eighty acres good
land, with a toe two story building with S rooms and <•
lire place*. Any one wishing information will
my Agent, Mr. it B.Presley, 0
Oct 16-dlw