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Newspaper Page TextI hr facer. PUBLISHED DAILY * VUSL1 AY JARED I. WHITAKER, PHOTVICTOR. RATER «r SUBSCRIPTION. Uo l<‘r fce«Bitiaf«t, we will not take •«*>- v<-.rj|»»4«ne f*r lie IHUjrsad Weekly pap-r for a longer < crm Lk&B three dmtu. Nor Adrertis-.-aieiila (elker vttu tejral AflrdrtlseaaeaU) fer a tonfer Utoe (Dm Uree ■ uj.tiUu. D»Uj per 1 mofltk. ®® Weekly for 8 *? ®® « 1 .i #1 00 Ne percent or deduction* to club* cum be offered. ttATKN Or ADVEBTISnO. Oae square, (the (pace of 10 lines, or 'ess. In Nonpareil) Will be charged f 2 fer first Insertion, and f l 5* for ■:ach subsequent Insertion In ttie Dally; and 12 for each oeertloa In the Wce.ly. m A<lvertl*«ntnU or notJac* In the leeal column, Meta. ®per fine for each Insertion. Articles that arc personal. si sot of general pablie tn- tcrc:.t win be chared for at Advertisements. Ol.ltuarles will he charged 25 cents per line for each* nsertioa. Daily Caper at the counter, per «oj>y, 2# rente. LEOU ADVERTISK.fiENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators. £sca- f i.k * Ciuardlaua, are required by law to be held on the Arst rue.Jay in taentonUi, between the hour* of ten Ir. lim ttrofloou and th-eo tc the afternoon, at tie Court ilevtot in the county iu width the property is situated. Nuilcei ol these sale* must oe given in a public gaaette 4i* Jays previous to the day of sale. N itl :t» tor the rale of peisona! property must be glr •n In like aiaun'-r in days previous to sal- day. Moil, e* to debtors and creditors of an estate most »l>» be pub'tsliod 40 days, ijrtlce that application will be made to the Court of Orjtdary fyr leave to set. Land or Negroco, must be pUaftiu^ni tor two months. tor letter* of A.Uulotsnation, Ooardiao- •hlp, Ac., must be published 30 day*— for .lisirWon from Admlniati aUot>, monthly s>w month*—for iliemir sloa-.V. m liutr.tisadiip, 4 i days. itulcs lor forcciossie of Mortgage moss be published mo.uf’ 'y nr f>rur —for establishing tost papers, for thi/nlt *fnioo of thrift month*—lot compelling Lilies >'r' ia User t tier Administrators, wherobond has L.>eu qiveti by the deceased, the fuM space of three monthb. ful^jcath.us wit* always be oontinutd according to Ha., Die.'.’gal rcquirenitaite, unless othe.-wlee ordered a: U-e foKvirtag K A T Kli ‘ i. Utluui, oa letter* of A'fmlnistrallot', Ao $Z 50 * “ Jfcmisbory Aouj AdminitU'aiioo 2 00 “ • “ “ Ouurchart Mj.. . £0 l, avAtoscf and or Negroes H Oil to li-h oiri c.iJ creditors f- &0 » pni .nut property, ten dugs, I squurts .. 3 00 , j t .'lender negroes by kixec-uttira, Ac., ;>r. *(|r.l0 t>0 • " it. t ecka > .... ii 00 ,,r* ,rmij^wcrtisiUf. Iris wife (la advance) ... . 10 00 :! u.--Tlnl^eofledoie tdiali 20t lu any way confiict c'lailng eouuacU. All contraois for tfrs year or f other iSed Mme, shall only cease with tho ex- j... r._u of tr.e period for whi.fii they were mcide. . *’ ♦ I persons wilting to this Ortloc will please ad- ..t >. ,,. r l.Moro or Oommualeatlors to Iktku.iosmcich, u± ■ la. Ilc ifffia. HUN DAY MORNING, NOT 8. Special aorrospOudcacc of the AMac.l.t lAHligencer. FKfM KICHM3ND Richmond, Nov. 1,1863. <Jrtvaliy ekirmisliing bctwei » tho armies inrNurlLt ru Virginia seems to liavo tenni- uutcit (or tho present. This is not a subject • i' much rcgrvt.to either army, although our • wn succeaa in these sallies has been such as ;>> muro than satisfy us. The large number ■<•1 prisoners at o ha vo taken from timet* time hi these excursions, has, un4cr ths present prohibition ol lnrther exchanges b} r the Yan- hta government,become a heavy incubus on • >ur resources, and has contributed largely i » ibal Bcaroity, auAjeukanced prict of priA. visions of which onr citizens have cause se riously to complain. The Northern news papers boldly deny, in the face of facta to !i* the contrary, that Meade has retreated.— They admit that lie has changed his base, ■Inti deny that lie has moved towards WfWbs- jngtou. They pretend that his army is in fvecllent posture and condition.lor deiouee t \mt intimate that Le« is afraid..to attack it. Tim m v wish him to do, but the Southern (in. i m! holds back and will not run the risk ■ i ei countering the veterans of the Grand Army ! They say that his army is not only demoralized, but greatly reduced in number, . onsistiug now only of “a picket liaeot des perate men.” If thin were the case, what cultl be easier and welcomed mora t* tho l imy of lbs Federal arm?, than to pounce vigorously uyon this insignificant force ot "desperate men,” and make a complete fin- idi of them r Meade w*uld then be entitled to somethiug more than the shred »f a lau rel, which is now all that he cun claim for bis achievement at Gettysburg. Notwith standing tho gaseounde in which the Wash ington letter-writers indulge, the New York Herald admits that the prospect of the occu- rion ol the rebel capital during th* present year becomes “small by degree* and be anti- inliy less,” that Geueral Meade Is no nearer Richmond now than McLellan was a year ayo, and that unless something decisive is accomplished before the 13lh December in n t, i He army aud government may give up :ill expectation of striking an effective blow before next spring. li y perhaps with a view of striking this b ..w, that a force of some six thousand Y ankees have just been dispatched toNew- p.at News, aud have arrived there, in order in -eltvl some new mode of approach to .the ConfetlujAte Capi al, which may afford a !>i fer oLatice ot success than those which Jiavo been already vainly attempted. it' appears that Rosecrans, since lii? Gov ern meat has relieved him of his command «u the army of the Cumberland, talks very stoutly about “throttling the military pow- rr at the Snub.” He lias recently beeu making a blood aud thunder speech at Cin cinnati, iu which he surpasses himself, and is about like “ vauating ambition,” to '‘top- pie over on the other side.” He has dis cover, d, iu the course of his visit “ down S uith,” that the people there arc alt loyal, but they are Md by 0k neck; the military power lias got them under its Tied.'" He lias douo using the time-honored phrase of “crushing out the rebellion,” including the people in crushing process, and now speaks only ot “ throttling the military pow er,” with which it seems he is very angry, as lie could not himself get the better of it. This “ throttling ” of Gen. R.isecran^, is borrowed ftoui the modern aud f.tshionable practice of “ garroting" with the addition of a new feature—that of bane breaking.— He thus describes it: “The only way is to keep tightening the cords around them,” (i* e, the military power,) “to get them so broken that the conservative people of the Smith can help themselves. This they will not attempt until we throttle the military power. Then they will turn to their leaders and say : “ We have had enough of this, aud will give, it up.” Resey, as he is called, should not have made this speech, or should not have \13cd the plural number. He has already had his chance at “throttling the military power,” and has not succeeded.— lie must now give place to Grant, and allo w VOL. X. ATLANTA, GEO.. NOVEMBER 8, 1863. jty of its snout w», asrom s b&g,lSr its senses of sight and him to pull the ropes awhile, and tighten them till no breath is left if the bodies of our <5--neralff. In the meantime, he might m» : c Application to the P.-ttenl Office to «c- should appear to be a mere re-publication of the anaconda scheme of the Federal Gov ernment, or of the Spanish mode of g/trrot- irt]. The Northern papers any there are indi cations that Bragg is inning in large force on Cleveland, Tenn., with t lie evident pur. poic of breaking through the Yankee lines iu that direction ; aud that. tbir. movement is co operated in by a portion of Lee’s forces from Virginia, moving.down by the way of Lynch burg aud Bristol, with the intention of’diiving Burnside from East Tenn., and turning the 11 ink of Thomas’ army, and lbu ■ compelling its retirement from C’mtla* nOogft. A good deal oi anxiety prevails at the North respecting supplies for Thomas a my, the teams having to make a circuit, of 8y miles, aud the roads being rendered very difficult of travel by reason of rain-j. The troops have t/een on half rations for some time past. We learn irom the West that Gen .Cooper has boeu reinforced from Price’s army, and again threatens forts Blunt and Smith.— Qtnntrell has joined Price, and the Confed erate force in Arkamat is stated t<> be 9,000 strong, with 18 pieces of artillery. Shelby Ima united his forces with tho-o ol Brooks,, who, with 3,000 men, is upon White Riv*.r, near Huntsville. The Virginia Legislature adjourns to-d ty or is expected to do so. The session has not accomplished much. The currency meas ures, the military bill, the anli-extorlion bill have all failed, and it is said that the gam bler 1 ? bill has passed with some faulty feat ures in it, which will render it less effective than was expected or desired. There has been a great expenditure ot speeches during the session, and of Confederate notes, and the members not being able to commute their per diem, have found their legislation visit rather an expensive one. The depre ciation of t he currency having been referred to in the course of debate, a pious and loyal member considered the phraseology highly objectionable. To say that the Confederate currency had depreciated was, he thought, a libel upon the Government, and fell very little short of ac tual treason The fact of the depreciation might be admitted; the fact that ten dollars of Confederate currency v/ere not worth more than one dollar, might be unquestion able, but to utter or breathe such a senti ment in the Legislative Hal 5 , was war waged by the Slate on the Confederate Govern ment. 1 am afraid that there lias been a little too much sensibility manifested by honorable members, wheu touching on this tender theme. If, by declaring that the cur rency had not depreciated, it would be re stored to a healthy* state, one might be par doned for uttering the magic words that would work such a miracle; but as no such result would follow the announcement, the declaring that not to be a fact, which the whole world knows to be one, would surely bean attempt to deceive the public. We rnigkt as well deny that the sun shines, that fire burns, or that water wet?, as deny that our Confederate currency, at the present moment, is in a desperate state. 1 tachmcnt of our cavalry, aided by a small i force of infantry and a battery. Early next 1 morning, 13ih, the march was resumed, and ; the two columns re-united at Warrentoa. in ! the afternoon, when another halt was made cure to himself, for a limited period, the I to supply the the troops with provisions.— benefit arising from his discovery, uultss it 1 he enemy fell back rapidly along the line 5 r ot the railioad, and early on the 14th the pursuit was continued, a portion ot the ar my moving by way of New Baltimore, to wards Bristow Station, and the rest, accom panied by the main body of the cavalry, proceeding to the same point by Auburn Mills and Greenwich. Near the former place a skirmish took place between Gen. Ewell’s advance and the rear guard ot the enemy, which was forced back and vapidly pursued. The retreat of the enemy was conducted by several direct parallel roads, while our troops were compelled to march by difficult and circuitous routes. We were, conse quently, unable to intercept him. Gen. Hill arrived first at Bristow Station, where liis advance, consisting of two brigades, became engaged with a force largely superior in numbers, posted behind the railroad embank ment. The particular* oi the action have not been officially reported, but the brigades were repulsed with some loss, and five pie ces cl artilleiy, with a number of prisoners captured. Before the rest of the troop* cofild be brought up, and the position of the enemy ascertained, he retrea ted across Broad Pun. The next morning he was reported to be fortifying beyond Bull Run, extend ing his line towards ihe Lii'lo River Turn pike. The vicinity of the entrenchments around Washington and Alexandria, rendered it useless to tarn his new position, as it was apparent that he could readily retire to them, and would decline an engagement unless at tacked iu his fortifications. A farther ad vance was therefore deemed unnecessary, and after destroying the railroad from Cub Run southwardly to the Rappahannock, the army re. urned, on the 18th, to the lineofthe river, leaving the cavalry in the enemy’s front. The cavalry of the latter advanced on the following day. and same skirkmishing oc curred at Backland. General Stuart, with with Hampton’s division, retired slowly to wards Wnrrenton, in order to draw the ene my iu that direction, thus exposing hisliank and rear to Geu. Lee, who moved from Au burn and attacked the him near Buckland. as soon as General Stuart heard the sound of Loc’s guns, he turned upon the enemey, who, alter a stubborn resistance, broke and fi jd in contusion, pursued by General Stu art nearly to Haymarket, aud by Gen. Lee to Gainesville. Here the Federal infantry was encountered, and, after capturing a number of thorn during the night, the eaval- T5'slowly retired before the advance on tho following day. When the movement of the army from the Rapidan commenced, Gener al lmboden was instructed to advance down the Valley, and guard the gaps of the moun tains on our icfk This duty was well per formed by that officer, and on the 1th inst, he marched upon Charlestown, and suc ceeded by a well concerted plan,- -in sur round ing the place and capturing nearly the whole force stationed there, with all their stores aud transportation; only a few escap ed to Harper’s Ferry. The enemy advanc ed (rom that place in superior numbers to attack Gen. lmboden, who retired, bringing olRiis prisoners and captured property, his command suffering very little loss, and in flicting some damage upon the pursuing column. In the course of these operations two thousand four hundred and tbirty-six (3,436) prisoners were captured, including forty-one commissioned officers. Of the number, four hundred and tnirty-fonr (134) were taken by Gen. lmboden. A more complete account, with a state' ment of our I033 in killed, wounded and prisoners will be-forwatded as soon as the necessary official reports have been re ceived. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, R. E. LEE. General. Official: Johx Withers, A. A. General. and some contiguous buildings in the heart of the town, all loop-holed* for musketry, and the Court House yard enclosed by a heavy wall of oak timber. To my demand for a surrender. Colonel Simpson requested an hour for consideration. I offered him five minute, to which he replied, “Take me if you can.’’ 1 immediately opened on the building with artillery, at less than two hun dred yards, and with a half a dozen shells drove out theeaemy into th© streets, where he formed and fled towards Harper’s Ferry. At the edge of the town, lie was met by the 18th cavalry, Col. Imboden’s and Gilmer’s battalions. One volley was exchange!?, when the ene my threw down his armi, and surrendered unconditionally. The Colonel, Lieutenant. Colonel, and i> others, who were mounted, li d at the first lire, and ran the gauntlet, and escaped towards Harper's Ferry. The foce captured was the 9th Md. Regt., and 8 companies ot cavalry, numbering between 400 and o00 men and officers. 1 have not had tjme to have them counted. Iu wagons, horses and males, arms, ammunition, medi cine and clothing, the captures were consid erable, all of which I have saved, and will have properly accounted for. As I expected, the Harper’s Ferry forces, mtantry, artillery and cavalry, appeared at Charlestown iu lesi th&a two hours ulcer I fired the first gun. Having promptly sent off the prison ers and property, ! was prepared for them. I retired from the town, «nd fell back slowly towards Berry vide, fighting the enemy all the way* from 10 o’clock until near sunset. My loss, as far as ascertained, is very sinall- 5 killed aud 15 or 30 wounded, more or less. 3 or 1 mortally. Cap’. Coleman will lo3e an arm, and Capt, Cumnel was badly shot in the hip. I think a lew—10 or 15 broken down men—who straggled behind, were captured. We killed and wounded dreadfully several of the enemy in the Courthouse, including the adjutant of the 9th Md.; and in the fight along the road the enemy’s los3 was consid erable, as we ambuscaded them ' several times with good effect I inarched nearly all night, and reached the river here at day break. It W8s quite fuff, but I have effected a safe crossing of the no th branch Very respectfully, Your ob’t serv’t, i .T. D. IMBODEN, Brig. Gen. Official. .1 own Wither*, A. A. G. CLIO. LATE OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY OF NORTH VIRGINIA- We take pleasure in laying before our. readers the official report of Gen. Robert E Lee of the recent operations in Northern Virginia, accompanied by reports from Maj. Gen. Stuart aud Brig. Gen. lmboden. ITcqrs. Army ok N. Va , ) October 33,1863. t' Hen. N. Cjtper, Ad. and In. &en. : General—In advance of a detailed report* I have the houor to submit, lor the in orma- tion of the Department, the following out line of the recent operations of thisanny : With the de-igu of bringing on an engage ment with the Federal army, which was en camped around Culpeper C. H., extending thence to theRapidau,this army cro s3d.that river on the 9th, and advanced by way of Madison C. H. Oar progress was necessari ly slow, as tbc march was by circuitous and concealed roads, in order to avoid the obser vation of the enemy. Gen. FLz Lee, with bis cavalry division and a detachment of infantry, remained to hold our lines scuta of the llapidan; Gen. Stuart, with Hampton’s Division, moved on the right of the column. Widi a portion of his commaud he attacked the adv ance of the enemy, near dames City, on the lOffi, and drove them back towards Culpeper. Our main body arrived near that place upon the llth, and discovered that the enemy had re treated towards the Rappahannock, ruining or desiroying his stores. We were com cel led to halt during the rest of the day to pro vision the troops, but the cavalry, under Gen. Stuart, continued to press the enemy’s rear guard towards the Rappahannock. A large force of Federal cavalry, in the mean General Bkcklaxd, Va,, Oct. 30,1863. After offering some c onsiderable resistance to the advance of the enemy at this point, yesterday, iu accordance with the sugges tions of Major General Lee, I retired with Himpton’s division slowly before the ene my, until within two miles and & half of Warrenton, in order that Major General Lee coming from. Auburn, might have an oppor tunity to attack tli* enemy in flank and rear. The plan proved successful. The enemy followed slowly and cautiously after Hamp ton’s division, when, oa hearing Major Gen eral Lee’s guns on their flank,I pressed upoq them vigorously in front. They at first re sisted my attack stubbornly, but oase bro ken, the rout was complete” I pursued them from Within three miles of Warrenton to Buckland,the horses at full speed the whole distance, the enemy retreating iu great con fusion. Mu jor Geu. Lee had attacked them in flank just below Buckland. We captured about two hundred prisoners, eight wagons and ambulance-i, arms, horses and equipments. The rout was the most complete that any cavalry has *ver sufftred during this war. Crossing at Buckland. Gsn. Fitz Lse pu‘li ed down the pike towards Gainesville,while I, with the le w men of Gordon’s and Ros ser’s brigades who could be collected after our unusually long chase, moved around to our left, and pressed down towards Hay- market. Here I encountered, besides a large cavalry force, the first army corps, who re tired a short distance beyond Haymaikef,on the Carolina road. I attacked their inlaairy i pickels by moonlight, and scattered them ' ilj eie over the fields, capturing many. Gen. L*e j pressed down to within a short distance of Gainesville, when iia euconatered their ia- fantrv, and captured prisoners fro* the first army corps on that road also. The pursuit i was continued uatjl after dark. The cav- KEMA&KABLS DIVINE INTEEF0 SITION. A native of Sweden, residing in the South of France, had occasion to go from one port to another on the Baltic *oa.» When he came to the place whence he expected to sail, the vessel was gone. On inquiry, he found a fi*hing boat going the same way, in which he embarked. After being for some time out to sea, the .men, obser ving h« had several trunks and chcsls on board, concluded lie must be very rich, and, therefore, agreed among themselves fo throw him overboard. This he heard them express, which gave him great uneasiness. However, he took occasion to open one of his trunks, that contained some hooks. Observing this, they remarked among themselves, that it was not worth while to throw him into the sea, as they did not want any hooks, which they supposed were all the trunks contained. They asked him if he was a priest. Hardly knowing what reply t* make, he told them lie was. At which they seemed much pleased, aud said they would have a sermon on the next day, as it was the Sabbath. This increased the anxiety and distress of his mind, for lie knew" himself to be as incapable of such an undertaking as it was possible for any man to be; for lie knew but very little about the Scriptures; neither did lie believe in the iaspi ration of the Bible. At length they came to a small rocky island, perhaps a quarter of a mile in circumference, where was a company of pirates, who had chosen this little sequestered spot to deposit their treasures. He was taken to a cave and introduced to an old woman, to whom they remarked that they .were to have a sermon preached on the next day. She said she. was very glad of it, for she had not heard the word of (xod for a great while. His was a trying case, for preach lie must, aud still knew nothing about preaching. If ho refused, or undertook to preach and did not please, he expected it would he his death. With these thoughts h® passed a sleepless night Iu the morning his mind' was not set tled upon anything. To call upon God, whom lie believed to be inacces sible, was altogether vain. He could devise no way whereby lie might he saved. He walked to and fro, still shut up in darkness, striving to collect something to say to them, but could not even think of a single sen tenet ings, that thov melted into tears. Nor was he less astonished at the abound- ing goodness of an Almighty Creator, in thus interposing to save his spiritu al as well as his natural life, and well might he exclaim, this it the Lord’s doings, and marvellous in our eyes! Coder a deep sense of God’s goodness, his heart became filled with such thank fulness, that it was beyond his power to ex press *- What a marvellous change was thus suddenly brought about by Divine in terposition ! lie who a little while before disbelieved in communion with God and the soul, became as humble as a child. And they v^ho were so lately meditating his death, now are filled with love and good will towards each other, and particularly towards him; manifesting affectionate kindness and willingness to render him all the assistance in their power. THE DARK DATS OF THE REVOLUTION. The Charleston Mercury, adverting to the dark period of the Revolution, near to the close of l'jfG 'and ’77, says : The battle of Long Island had been fought and lost. New York was evac uated by the Americans and taken possession of by the British. Fort Washington had been taken by as sault, with nearly three thousand pris oners. Fort Lee was abandoned.— New Jersey lay open to the enemy, and Philadelphia was within their grasp. At the same time Gen. Chas. Lee, who was regarded by many, as our most scientific and experienced General, and who was called by the British the “American Palladium,” was taken prisoner. “ The militia dis banded and precipitately retreated to their homes ; even the regular troops, as if struck with despair, also filed off and departed in parties. Everything threatened America with an inevitable catastrophe. The army of Washing ton was so disabled that it scarcely amounted to three thousand men, who had lost all courage and all energy, and were exposed in an open country, without tents to shelter them, and in the midst of a population little zealous, or rather hostile.” Lord Howe and his brother availed themselves ot this gloom and despon dency by issuing a proclamation offer ing a free pardon to all who should comply within fifty days. “ Many,” says Irving, “ who had been prominent in the cause, hastened to take advan tage of this proclamation; Those who had most property to lose, were the first to submit. The middle ranks re mained generally steadfast in this time of trial.” Botta says the submission- ists “ belonged, for the great part, to the class of the very poor or the very rich. The inhabitants of Pennsylva nia, like those of New Jersey, flocked in like manner to humble themselves at the feet of tho English Commission ers, and to promise them fealty and obedience. Among others there came the Galloways, the. Allens, and others of the most wealthy and respectable families. Every day ushered in some new calamity; the cause of America seemed hastening to inevitable ruin. The most discreet no longer dissem bled that the term of the war was at hand, and that the hour was come in which the colonies were about to re sume tire yoke.” In this dark day of peril our own Washington remained firm and undaunted, lie had now re treated beyond tho Delaware. “What think you,” said he to the brave Mer cer, “ if we should retreat to tho back part of Pennsylvania would the Penn sylvanians support us •*” “ If tho low er counties give up, the back counties will do the same,” was the discourag ing reply. “ We must then retreat to Augusta county, in Virginia,” said Washington. “ Numbers will repair to us for safety, and we will try a pre datory war. If pressed, we most cross the Alieghanic*.’ “ Such,” says Irving, “was tin* in domitable, spirit, rising under difficul ties, and buoyant in U:«: darkest mo ment, that kept out* tempest-tossed cause from foundering.” be practically obaelou, J, placed m its tract within the tenth* an inch of u, n03# was no. detected although no sooner did its ftose or foot touch one, than in a moment it tium- itselt upon its prey and shook the worm backwards and forwards and scratched it about until it got one end or other into its mouth, avhen it de voured it greedily, the crunching sound of its teeth being .audible two yards away. Worms it ate as fast as sup- pljed—devouring fourteen in thirteen minutes, after which it was suopiiqd with a second batch of ten. ft wgs then tried with millipedes, but invari ably rejected them. Having heard from popular report that a twelve hours fast would kill a mole, Mr. Wood de termined to give his cap tire a good supper at eight, and an early breakfast tho next morning at five or six. So he dug perseveringjy a large handful ot worms and put them iu the box.— As the mole went backwards and for wards it happened to touch one of the worms and immediately flew at it, and while trying to get it ‘into his mouth the mole came upon the mass of worms and flung itself upon them in a parox ysm of excitement, pulling them about, too overjoyed with the treasure to set tle on any individual in particular.—- At last^it caught one of them and be gan crunching, the rest making their escape in all directions and burrowing in the loose meuld. Thinking the an imal had now a good supply, two doz- *en worms having been put into the box, Mr. Wood shut it up with an easy conscience; but it happened, the following morning, that the rain fell in a perfect torrent, aud hoping for some remission, he waited until nine o’clock before he opened the box.— Twelve hours had just elapsed since the mole had received its supply, and as it had taken probably another hour in hunting about the box before it de voured them all, not more than eleven hours had probabty elapsed since the last worm was consumed. But the mole was dead. “ I forgot,’.’ Mr. Wood says, “ to weigh the worms which he devoured, but as they would have fill ed my two hands held cup wise, I may infer that they weighed very little less than the animal who ate them.” The extreme voracity and restless move ments of the little creature here re- .corded, show its value to the agricul turalist “ as a subsoil drainer who workg without ovages,” and its great usefulness in keeping down the prolific race of woams—themselves useful in their way as forming, in the main, the fertile soil itself.—English Magazine. Death and Sleep.—Fraternally the angel o’f sleep aud tho angel of death wandered over the earth. It was even ing. They reclined on a hill, not far from the habitation of man. A mel ancholy stillness reigned, and the even ing clock fn the distant village was not heard. Silently, according to their custom, sat the two benevolent genii of humanity, in.a sad embrace, and already night drew near. Then the angel of sleep arose from his mossy couch, and scattered with a gentle baud the invisible seed of slumber.— The evening wind wafted it to the si lent dwelling of the wearied husband man. Now sweet sleep embraced the inhabitants of the rural cottage, from the grey haired man who leans on bis staff, to the infant in the cradle. The sick forgot their pain, the melancholy their sorrow, the poor their wants.— Every eye was closed. After his labo ; ' was accomplished, the benevolent an gel of sleep again lav down with his serious brother. “ )Vheu the dawn appears,” said he, in a tone of cheer ful innoceuce, “ then man will praise me as his benefactor! O, it is sweet to do good unseen and in secret l How happy are we, the invisible messengers of the good Spirit! How lovely our noiseless occupation !” The angel of death regarded him with silent grief, aud a tear, such as immortals weep, stcod in his large dark eye. “ Alas ! ' said he, “ that I cannot, like yon, re joice in the gratitude of man. The earth calls rqe her enemy and tho dis turber of her joy !” “ O,’’my brother,” replied the angel of sleep, “ will not the good, on awaking, discover in you their friend, and gratefully bless you ? Are we not brethren, aud the messen gers of one Father?” Thus he spake. Then the eye of the angel of death brightened, and tenderly the genii em braced each other.—Erummaeher. HABITS OF TdE MORE. Some vonnsrfrien When the appointed time for the! and brought it to th i i captured a mole, e Rev. J. G. Wood, time, had crosscc* the Rapid an, after onr j ^ forc ?\ w * s commanded by Kilpatrick mnrpmpnt hp<rnn hut w.-w ronnlspri hr &Qu Composed or movement begun, but was repulsed by Geu Fuz Lee, and pursued towards Braady sta tion. Near that place the commands of Stuart aud Lee united on the afternoon of the llth, and after a severe engagement, drove the enemy's cavalry across the Rappahannock, with heavy loss. Oa the naoming of the 13tb, the army marched iu two columns, with the design of' reaching the Orange and Alexandria rail road, North of the river, and interrupting the retreat of the enemy. Alter a skirmish with some of the Fede ral cavalry at Jeffsrsoaton, We reached the Rappahannock at Warrentoa Springs, in the afternoon, where tlie passage of the river was disputed by cavalry and artillery. The enemy was quickly (liven off by a de signed) tea regiments. Most respectfully, J. E B. STUART, Major General. Official; Johs Wxtbsrs, Ass’t Adjutant General. HSADqTABTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, . In the Fork of the Shenandoah, Near Front Royal, October 18, 1863. ) VA. B. H. CAillon, Chief of Staff, A F. li. Colonel ; Yesterday (Sunday) morning, at 2 o’clock, I moved from BerryVffie to sur prise and capture the garrison at Charles town. The surprise was complete, the ene my having no suspicion of oar approach un til! had the city entirely surrounded. I found the enemy occupying the Court House, jrq meeting arrived, lie entered the cave, where he found the men assembled. was a seat prepared for him, aud a table with a Bible on it. They sat for the spaee of halt an hour in profound silence; during which the anguish of liis soul was as great as human nature was capable ot endur- iu£f. At length these words came to his mind; “Verily there is a reward for the righteous; Verily there is a God that jndgeth iu the earth.” He arose and delivered them; then other words presented themselves, and so on till his understanding became open ed, and his heart enlarged in a man ner astonishing to himself. He spoke upon subject suiting their condition ; the rewards of the righteous; the judgments awaiting the wicked; the necessity of repentance, and the im portance of a change of life. The matchless love of God to the children ol men, had such a powerful effect upon the minds of those wretched be- s.eeured in a iarge box. It ran about with great agility, thrusting its long and flexible snout into every crevice. A little earth was placed in the box, when tlie mole pushed its way through the soil, entering and re-entering the heap, and in a few moments scattering the earth tolerably even over the box, every now-and then twitching with a quick convulsive shaking the loose earth from its fur. In one moment the mole was grabbing away, hardly to be distinguished from the surround- iug soil, completely covered with dust; the next instant the moving dust heap had vanished, and in its place was a soft velvety coat. The creature was unremitting in its attempts to get through the box, but the wood was too tough for it to make any impres sion, and after satisfying itself it could not get through a deal board, it took two attempts to scramble over the sides, ever slipping sideways, and com ing on its fore-feet. The rapid mobil- Distilleeies.—The Staunton Sjx-e- tator says : .We have one distillery in our- sub urbs which is reported to consume one hundred bushels of wheat per day. If this be true, it is equivalent to ab stractiug from the food of the people, twenty barrels of flour per day, and about fifty bushels of offal. In a year this would be over seven thousand barrels. It is a fair estimate to say, that ten barrels per year will supply a family of sev#r. persons, and conse quently that amount distilled here would supply bread to about five thousand people. There are other distilleries in the county, which, in the aggregate, probably use as much as the larger one here. Thus, wheat enough to supply ten thousand people, near half the population of thi* coup- tv, is annually consumed iu the distil leries Winter Davis aud General Schenck have been in Washington, it is said, for the purpose of urging upon the Administration the necessity of adopting measures to v control the Maryland election for members of Congress and the Legislature, to be held on the 3d of November.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The daily intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1858-1868, November 08, 1863, Image 1