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Mouther a Mmitituq
The Battle of Shiloh.
OFFICIAL REPORTS OF GESERAL3SUERMAN AND
GEN. 8HERMAN’S REPORT.
Headquarters Fifih Division,
Tuesday, Aprii 8, 1362.
Major General Grant, commanding Army in
the Field:
Sir . With the cavalry at my command, and
two brigades of my fatigued troops, I went this
morning on the Corinth road. One after an
other abandoned camps of the enemy lined
the roads, with hospital flags for their protec
tion. At all we found more or less wounded
and dead At the forks of the roed I found
the head of Gen. Wood’s division. At that
{joint I ordered the cavalry to examine bjth
road), and fjund the enemy’s cavalry. Col.
Dickey, of the Illinois cavalry, asked for re
inforcements. I ordered Gen. Wood to advance
the head of bis columns cautiously on the
left hand road, while I conducted the head of
the 3d brigade of the 5th division up the right
hand road. About half a mile from the forks
was a e’ear field through which the road pas
sed, and immediately beyond a space of some
two hundred yards of fallen timbe-, and be
yond an extensive camp. The enemy’s cav
alry could be'seen in this ramp, and, after a
reconnoisance, I ordered the two advance
companies of the 77tb, Col. Hilderbrend, to
deploy as skirmishers, and the regiment itself
forward into line with an interval of one hun
dred yards. In thi3 order I advanced cau
tiously until the skirmishers were engaged.
Taking it for granted this disposition would
clear the camp, I held Col. Dickey’s 4th Illi
nois cavalry ready for the charge. The ene
my’s cavalry came down boldly to the charge,
breaking through the line of skirmishers,
when the regiment of infantry, without cause,
broke, threw away their muskets and flsd.—
The ground was admirably adapted to a de
fense of infantry against cavalry, the ground
being miry and covered with fallen t mber.
As the regiment of infantry broke, Dickey’s
cavalry began to discharge their carbines, at d
fell into disorder. I instantly sent orders to
tae rear for the brigade to form in line of bat
tle, which was promptly executed. The broken
infantry and cavalry rallied on this line, and,
as the enemy’s cavalry came to it, our cavalry
in turn charged and drove them from tbe fide 1 .
I advanced the entire brigade upon the same
ground, and sent Col. Dickey’s cavalry a mile
further on the road.
On examining the ground which had been
occupied by the 77th Ohio, we found fifteen
dead and about twenty-five wounded. I sent
for wagons and had all the wounded carried
back and the dead buried; also, the whole
camp to te destroyed. Here we found much
ammunition for field pieces, which was de
stroyed; also, two caissons, and a general hos
pital, with about 280 Confederates wounded,
and about 50 of our own. Not having the
means of bringing these off Col. D.ckey, by
my orders, took a surrender, signed by Medi
cal Director Lyle, and all the attending sur
geons, and a pledge to report themselves to
you as prisoners of war; also a pledge that
our woundel would be carefully attended, and
surrendered to us to-morrow, as soon as am
bulances could go out.
I enclose the within document, and request
that you cau: e to be sent out wagons or ambu-
lances for the wounded of ours to morrow:
also, tha,t wagons be sent out to bring in the
many tents belonging to us, which are pitched
all along the road for four miles. I did not
destroy them ; however, 1 know the enemy
cannot move them. The roads are very bad,
and the road is strewn with abandoned wag
ons, ambulances, and limber boxes. The ene
my has succeeded in carrying off the guns,
but has crippled his batteries by abandoning
the hind limber boxes of at least twenty guns.
I am satisfied the enemy’s infantry and cav
alry passed Lick Creek this morning, travel
ing all last night, and that he left behind all
his cavalry, which has protected his retreat.,
but the signs of the confusion and disorder
mark the whole road. The check sustained
by us at the fallen timbers delayed our ad
vance, so that night came U3 be f <re the woun
ded were provided for and the dead to ~ied ;
and our troopB being fagged , :>y twodoys’
hard fighting, exposure as o 'it< HU<«ns, I or
dered them back to camp, * u , r, ail now are.
I have the honor to be, your obedient ser
vant, W. T SHERMAN,
Brig. Gen. Commanding Division.
Circular.
Comptroller General’s Office,
Milledgeville, April 24, 1862.
To the Tax Receivers and Collectors in this
State :
“ 5. Sec. V. The Receivers of Tax Returns
and Collectors of Taxes, of ihe respective
counties shall be responsible to the Executive
Depaatment, and be amenable ic snch rules
in conducting the duties of their respective
offices, as the Executive may think necessary
and proper. ”—See T. R. R. Cobb's Digest, page
1046.
Therefore, as the Governor intends urging
upon the next Legislature the propriety of
taxiiig Cotton planted and raised this year
in this State, and for the further purpose of
approximating to the amount of Corn and
other Grain that will be raised in Georgia
during tbe present year, I am direeted by
his Excellency to instruct you to return on
your Digest, and to enter opposite the name
each tax payer, the number of acres of -Cot
ton and Corn and other grain planted in Geor
gia during the present year. This you cen
readily do by using thp three last columns
printed in the present Tax Books, and which
are not used either ia this office, or the office
of the Clerk of the Inferior Court, to which
you also return a Digest.
The columns above alluded to, that you cm
use, are first, the column headed “Amount,
assessed at of one per cent. ” In this
column (including both “dollars,” and
“cents, ”) you can put the number of acres
of Cotton planted. In the next column of
“ dollars, ” under the head of “ Total amount
of Taxes, ” you can put the number of acres
of Corn planted ; and, in the last or “cents ”
column, you can put the number of acres
planted in other grain.
Apart from the purposes of thr Governor,
I can not but beleive that all good citizens of
tbe State will be happy to make this return,
and show to the world'what GEORGIANS are
doing in this our “day of trial, ” ia the way
of sustaining and feeding well our large Ar
my, and the families of our brave and pairi-
otic soldiers who are now in tbe tented field,
enduring all sorts of weather aud privations,
and gallantly and manfully battling, and of
fering up their lives in defence of the rights,
tbe liberties, the sanctity of our homes, the
preservation of our property and the main
tenance of all that we hold dear. Thus be
lieving, I hope you have but little trouble in
making this return. If, however I am mis-
taked, and any should fail or refuse to return
the number of acres planted as aboye stated,
you will then obtain the information from the
best Source you cau, and put the amount op
posite their names in the column alluded to.
And, then, on the last page of your Book you
can mention the names cf those who refused
or failed to make said return, and yon can
state at the same time that you made the re
turn opposite their names in your Book from
the best information you could obtain.
Very respectfully, your obedient servint,
PETER80N THWEATT, Comp’r Gen'l.
»-»■■■»
During these Exciting Time*,
We will po»t npoa oar bulletin, all the dis-
patchea about war matten. We wiil not iasaa
any extras. Our first edition will be ready at
•Lx o’clock, P. M., and contain all the telegrams
received up to o’clock; and ear second edi-
ion will contain ail the news received up to 12
at night.
Regulations Under the Conscript Ac..
The following regulations of the War De
partment in relation to the act o. Congress
known as the Conscription Act, are publish
ed bf authority, for the information of the
public:
I — ENROLLMENT AND DISPOSITION OFRECRIIiS.
i. An officer not below the rank of Major
will be detailed for each Slate, to take charge
of the enrollment, mustering in, subsistence,
transportation, and disposition oi the recruits
raised under thi3 act.
2 Application will be made immediately
to the Governors of the several Staus lor
permission to employ Sta.e officers lor sa»
enrollment, and iu ease such permission be
not grimed, officers of the army will be se
lected by the Department io perform that
duty, under such regulations as may bs pie
scribed. Where State officers are employed,
the regulations of the respective Stales ia
regard to military enrollment will be observ
ed, as far as practicable.
3. The enrolled men in each State will be
collected ia camps of instruction by the offi
cers iu command of the recruits, tne sAd
camps to be selected with retercnce.to health
and tbe facilities tor obtaining subsistence
aud transportation. Ihe number or those
camps shall uot exceed two iu each State,
without authority from the Department, and
to each will be allowed a quartermaster and
a commissary.
4. The commandant of the camps of ia-
struct : on ia the several Stales will call upon
the Generals commanding the military de
partments in which their camps may be situ
ated, for competent drill officers to instruct
the recruits, aud will prepare them for the
field a3 rapidly as possible. They will cause
them to be promptly vaccinated, aud iu or
dering them to the field will, as far as prac
ticable, prefer those who have passed through
the usual camp diseases. They wilt establish
hospitals iu connection with their camps,
aud make requisition for such medical a f -
tendance aud scores as may be required.
5. The commandants of regiments, battal
ious, squadrons, and unattached companies,
in service on the 16.h inst., wili send copies
of their muster rolls to the commandant of
the proper camp of iusirueujn in their re
spective States, with officers to take charge
of 3uch recruits as may ho furnished to said
corps. The said commandants will apportion
the recruits amoig such corps iu proportion
to the deficiency of each, except when other
wise specially directed by the Department,
allotting, as far as practicable, to each such
corps the men from the regions of country
iu which it has been raised. They will, from
time to time, send off such bodies of recruits
as are ready for the field, aud will report on
the first Monday of every month the number
of recruits in camp, their condition, the num
ber sent off during the month, and the regi
ments and corps to which they were sent. •
6. The commaudauts of regiments aud
corps will distribute the recruits among their
several companies, aud iu such as have uot
the number of companies allowed by law to
a regiment, the said commandants may or
ganize the required nugaber of new compa
nies, after first filling up the existing compa
liies to the minimum numbers required by
law—that is to say, for each company of in
fantry, 64 privates; of cavalry, 60 privates;
of artillery, 70 privates.
7. The recruits will be appointed among
the several cram of service, according to
their respective wants, consulting as far as
practicable, the preference of the meu.
Where a greater number offer for a particu’ar
arm. thau can be assigned to it, the distribu
tion will ce dcteimined by lot ; but recruds
for the cavalry will only be taken from those
who furnish their own horses
II.—VOLUNTEERS FOR ENLISTING COEP5.
8. Persona liable to military service under
the above act, not in service on the 16ih of
April, and wishing to volunteer ia any par
ticular company in the Confederate service
on the 16th day of April, may report them
selves prior lo their enrollment at a camp of
instruction svithiu their respective Siates,
where they will be enrolled, prepared for ihe
field, and sent to the said company, until the
same shall be filled up.
9. Recruiting officers may be detailed with
the permission of the Generals commanding
military departments, by the commandants
of regiments aud corps, and sent to their re
spective States for the purpose of receiving
for such regiments and corps, in conformity
wiih recruiting regulations heretofore adopt
ed (General chder No. 0) volunteers desiring
to join them Such volunteers may be as
sembled at the camps of ins'rue: ion in their
respective States, prepared for ihe field, and
sent to their respective regiments ami corps
till the same shall be fiiied up ; or, if ready
for the field, may be ordered directly to their
corps by t.he officer so recruiting them.
III.—VOLUNTEER CORPS HERETOFORE AUTHOR
IZED.
10. Persoasiiable to military service under
this act, and not in service oa the 16 h day
of April, may, until the lath day of May
next, volunteer ia corps heretofore author
ized to be raised by the Secretary of War, or
by the Exeoutive of any Stale as a part of
the quota thereof ia pursuance of a call made
upon each State by the President. Persons
authorized to raise such corps, who may not
oa that day have the necessary number of
men enrolled and mustered into service ac
cording to the terms cf their authority, will
proceed with their men to a camp cf instruc
tion iu their respective St vies, and will de
liver their muster rolls to the commandant
thereof.
11. The commandants of such corps as are
completed on or before the 17th day of May,
and not otherwise ordered, will report to the
commandants of the recruits of (heir respec
tive States, and with their corps will be
placed by him in a camp of instruction, and
reported immediately to the the Department.
Such corps wilt be under the command of the
commandants of recruits in their respective
States, and wili be prepared for the field in
like manner with the recruits, until removed
from the camp. They will only be moved
under orders irom the Departmedt, from the
Commanding General of tue army, or ia ur
gent cases, trom the Commanding General
of the military department in which (he
camps may be situated; and in such cases
report will immediately be made to the De
partment by tbe officer in command of the
camp.
l v -—ADDITIONAL CORFS —GUERRILLA SERVICE.
12. Under the prchibi.ion of this act
against the organization cf new corps, no
further authority fur that purpose can be
given, except that specially provided for iu
the act of Congress entitled --An Act to or
ganize bands of Pariizm Ringers.” For
this latter purpose, applications must be
made through the Commanding Generals of
the military departments in waioh the said
corps are lo be employed.
v. reorganization of twelve months
corps.
13. All regiments, battalions, Foundress
and companies of twelve months volunteers’
will reorganize within forty days from the’
lbth of April, by electing all their officers
;« 0 . W. ADAIR J- HENLY SMITH,
XDITOBS AHD FEOreiXTOeS.
. c. SMITH, M. EDITOR.
ATLANTA* GEORGIA 9
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1802.
iqv-Tlic Largest Dally Circula
tion in tlic State.”
OUR TERMS:
.$7 00
DAILY lor one year.
“ for six months
“ for three months ^
75
44 for one month
One dollar will pay for forty days.
WEEKLY—12 pe: “Tmum, invariably In advance
CLUB BATES FOR THE WEEKLY.
To a Club of Ten at one Post Office, where all the
names and money and money are sent at once, we will
send our Weekly at $1 50 per annum.
“IT IS NOW TOO LATE TO RETIRE
FROM THE CONTEST. THERE IS NO
RETREAT BUT IN CHAINS AND SLAVE
RY.”— Patrick Henry in the first Revolution.
Families of Traitors Going Out ot tlie
Country.
The Lynchburg Republican of the 28th inst.
eays :
Mrs. Brownlow, wife of W. G. Browulow,
and Mrs. Maynard, wife of Horace Maynard,
with their families, arrived here on Saturday
night from Tennessee, en route lo Fortress
Monroe, and thence to the North, to join their
husbands, in obedience to an order of the
Confederate authorities, that they should be
conveyed outside the Southern line. They
were under escort of Lieut. Mosby, of the
Confederate service.
Yellow Jack in New Orleans.
The following, from the New Orleans Cres
cent, must be particularly consolitory io the
Yankees who are to “occupy” that city
Talking about Bronze John, yellow fever
and vomito, we are reminded of the last in
telligence from Havana, being up to the 4th
instant, bringing account of a French man-
of-war steamer arriving from Vera Cruz with
twenty-seven caBes of yellow fever or vomito
on board. There are advices of the arrival at
the Bilize a few days since of a French ves
sel of war, but we are not informed whether
she has any vomito on board, However, the
season of the year is hand for yellow fever
in Vera Cruz, Tampico, Havana and other
places. If Mr. Bronze John should be in->
troduced to the Yankee squadron below the
forts, w# trust the old fellow will have a good
harvest. Mississippi water will help him
along. In the ever memorable year of 1853,
the first cases of yellow fever in our city were
previous to the middle of the month of May,
occuring on board of a vessel from St. Thom
as. Everything argues well for our oldcro-
Ujr, ail. UIOU/.C U uuu. A IV1/ ulU wiator,
warm spring, with the expectation of about
100,000.fresh Northerners and and Nothwes-
terners, anxious to make their first visit to
the sunny South.
Gen. Price’s Address.
Headq’rs Adj't Gen’s Office, Mo., )
Des Arc, Ark., April 8, 1862. J
The resignation of Sterling Price, Major-
General of the Missouri State Guard, has been
received, and is hereby accepted, to take ef
fect from this date. The Commander-in-Chief
takes this occasion to express his sincere re
gret to the Missouri State Guard at the loss
of so gallant, experienced and distinguished
an officer from their councils, and to encour
age them in such a performance of their-du
ties iu the future as will keep bright the fame
thes have so nobly won under his leadership.
By order of the Governor.
WARWICK HOUGH,
■ Adjutant General of Missouri.
Headquarters Missouri State Guard,
Des Arc, Ark., April 8, 1862. j
Soldiers of the State Guard:
I command you no longer. 1 have this day
resigned the commission which your patient
endurance, your devoved patriotism, and
your dauntless bravery have made so honor
able. 1 have done this that 1 may better
serve you, our Slate, and our country—that
1 may the sooner lead you back to the fertile
praires, the rich woodlands and the majestic
streams of our beloved Missouri—that 1 may
the more certainly restore you to your once
happy homes, aud to the loved ones there.
Five thousand of those who have fought
side by side with us, under the grizzly bears
of Missouri, have followed me into the Con
federate camp. They appeal to you, as I do,
by ail the tender memories of the past, not to
leave us now, but to go with us wherever the
path of duty may lead, till we shall have con
quered a peace, and won our independence
by brilliant deeds upon new fields of battle.
Soldiers of the State Guard ! Veterans of
Bix pitched battles and nearly twenty skir
mishes ! Conquerors in them ail! Your
country, with its “ruined hearths and
shrines, ” calls upon you to rally once more
in her deiense, and rescue her forever from
the terrible thraldom which threatens her.—
I know that she will not call in vain. The
insoleut and barbarous hordes which have
dared to iuvade cur soil aud to desecrate our
homes, have just met with a signal overthrow
beyond the mississippi. Now is the lime to
end this unhappy war. If every man will
but do his duty, his own roof will shelter him
in peace from the storms of the coming win
ter.
Let not history record that the men who
bore with patience the privations of Cowskin
prairie, who endured uncomplainingly the
burning heats of a Missouri summer, and the
frosts and snows of a Missouri winter; that
the men who met the enemy at Carthage, at
Oak Hill, at Fort Scott, at Lexington, and in
numberless lesser battle fields in Missouri,
and met them but to conquer them—that the
men who fought so bravely and so well at
Elkhorn—that the unpaid soldiers of Missou
ri, were, after so many victories, and after
so much suffering, unequal to the great task
of achieving the independence of the magnif
icent State.
Soldiers! I go but to mark a pathway to
our homes. Follow me.
STERLING PRICE.
The Confederacy is 75 cents per month
— $1 pays tor forty days.
GRANT.
Headquarters District of West Tenn , 1
Pittsburg, April 9, 1862. J
Capt. N. H. McLean, A. A. Gen , Department
cf ihe Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri :
Captain: It becomes my duty again to re
port another battle, fought between two great
armies, one contending for the maintenance
of the best government ever devised, the oth
er for it3 destruction. It is pleasant to record
the success of the army contending for the
{ former principle.
On Sunday morning our pickets were at-
! tacked and driven in by the enemy. Imme
diately t'no five divisions stationed at this
place were drawn up in line of battle ready
to meet them. The battle soon waxed warm
on the left and centre, varying at times to all
parts of the line.
The most continuous firing of musketry and
artillery ever heard on this continent was
kept up until nightfall, the enemy having
forced the entire line to fall back nearly half
way from their camps to the landing. At a
late hour in the afternoon a desperate effort
was made by the enemy to turn our left and
get possession of the landing, transports, etc.
This point was guarded by the gunboats Ty
ler and Lexington, Capts. G wynn and Shirk,
United States Navy, commanding, four 20-
pounder Parrott guns and a battery of rifled
guns. As there is a deep and impassable ra
vine for artillery or cavaliy, and very diffi
cult for infantry at this point, no troops were
stationed here except the necessary artiller
ists and a small infantry force for their sup
port.
Just at this moment the advance of Msjor
General Buell’s column (a part ot the divis
ion of Gen. Nelson) arrived, ,the two Generals
named both being present. An advance was
immediately made upon the point of attack,
and the enemy soon driven back. In this re
pulse, much is due to the presence of the gun
boats Tyler and Lexington, and their able
commanders, Captains Gwynn and Shirk.—
During the night the divisions under Gens.
Crittenden and McCook arrived.
Gen. Lewis Wallace, at Crump’s Landing,
six miles below, was ordered at an early hour
in the morning to hold his division in readi
ness to be moved in any direction in which it
might be ordered. At about 11 o’clock, the
order was delivered to move it up to Pitts
burg, but owing to its being led by a circuit
ous route, did not arrive in time to take part
in Sunday’s action. During the night all was
quiet, and feeling that a great moral advan
tage would be gained by becoming the attack
ing party, an advance was ordered as soon
as the day dawned. The result was a.gradu-
al repulse of the enemy at all points of the
line, from morning until probably 5 o’clock in
the afternoon, when it became evident that
the enemy was retreating.
Before the close of the action, the advan^p
of Gen. T. J: Wood’s division arrived in time
to take part in the action. My force was too
much fatigued from two days’ hard fighting,
and exposed in the qpen air to a drenching
rain during the intervening night, to pursue
immediately. Night closed in, cloudy and
with heavy rain, making the roads impracti
cable lor artillery by the next morning. Gen.
Sherman, however, followed the enemy, find
ing that the main part of the army had re
treated in good order. Hospitals of the one
my’s wounded were found all along the road
as far as pursuit was made. Dead bodies of
the enemy and many graves were also found
I enclose herewith the report of Gen. Sherman
which will explain more fully the lesult of
thispursuit. Of the part taken by each sep
arate command I cannot take special notice
in this report, but will do so more fully when
reports of division commanders are handed
in.
Gen. Buell coming on the field with a dis
tinct army, long under his command, and
which did such efficient service, commanded
by himself in person on the field, will be
much better able to notice those of his com
mand who particularly distinguished them
selves, than I possibly can.
I feel it a duty, however, to a gallant and
able officer, Brig. General W. T. Sherman, to
make a special mention. He was not only
with his command during the entire of the
two days' action, but displayed great judg
ment and skill in tbe management of bis men.
Although severely wounded in the hand the
first day, his place was never vacant. Ha
was again wounded, and bad three horses
killed under him.
In making this mention of a gallant officer,
no disparagement is intended to the other di
vision commanders, Major Generals John A.
McClernand and Lew. Wallace, and Brigadier
Generals S. A. Hurlbut, B. M. Prentiss and W.
H. L. Wallace, all of whom maintained their
places with credit to themselves aud the
cause.
Gen. Prentiss was taken prisoner in the first
day’s action, and W. H. L. Wallace severely,
if not mortally, wounded His Assistant Ad
jutant General, Capt. William McMichael, is
missing, probably takeu prisoner.
My personal staff are all deserving of par
ticular mention—they having Deea engaged
the entire two days in corrying orders to eve
ry part of the field. It consists of Col. J. D.
Web3ter, chief oi the staff; Lieut. Col. J. B
McPherson, chief engineer ; assisted by Lieu
tenants W, L. B. Jenny and William Kosssc,
Captain J. A. Rawlings, A. A General Y7. S.
Hillyer, W. R. Hawley, and C. B. Lagew, aids-
de camp; Col. G. G. Pride, volunteer aid, and
Capt. J. P. Hawkirs, chief commissary, who
accompanied him upon the field.
The medical department, r.cdir direction of
Surgeon Hewitt, medical director, showed
great energy in providing tor the wounded,
and in getting them from the field, regardless
of danger.
Col. Webster wa3 placed in special charge
of all the artillery, and was constantly upon
the field. He displayed, as always hereto
fore, both skill and bravery. At least in one
instance he was the means of placing an en
tire regiment in a position of doing m >st val
uable service, aud where it would not have
been but for his exertions.
Lieut. Col. McPherson, attached to my staff
as chief of engineers, deserves more than a
passing notice tor his activity and courage.—
Ail tae grounds beyond our camps for miles
have been rcconnoitered by him, and plats
carefully prepared under his supervision, giv
ing accurate information of the nature of ap
proaches to our lines.
During the two days’ battle ho was con
stantly in the saddle, leasing troops as they
arrived to points where their services were
required. During the engagement he had one
horse shot under him.
The country will have to mourn the loss of
many brave men who fell at the battle of
Pittsburg, or Shiloh more properly. The ex-
tet loss in killed and wounded will be known
ia & day cr two; at present I can only give it
approximately at 1,500 killed and 3 500 woun
ded.
The loss of artillery was gr-at, many pieces
being disabled by the enemy's shots,, ana some
losing all their horses and many men. There
were probably not less than two hundred hor
ses killed.
The loss of the enemy, in killed and left
i upon the field, was greater than curs. In
wounded the estimate cannot be made, as
many of them must have been sent to Co-inth
j and other points.
The enemy suffered terribly from demoral
ization and desertion. A flag ot truce was
j * ent to-day by Gen Beauregard I inclose
J herewith & copy of the correspondence.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant
U. S. GRANT,
Major General Commanding.
i which they had a right heretofore to elect,
! and on such days as the brigade commander
! niay prescribe, and the said brigade com-
| mauders are hereby ordered to fix and an
nounce the day for such reorganization as
soon as practicable. No person who is to be
discharge*!, nder the uproviaion of the act,
will take part in such election.
14. The form of holding and certifying the
elections will be in conformity with tbe laws
of the Ftale from which the men, or the ma-
| jor part thereof may come; and when the
j election of field officers is to be made by
company officers, the latter will be first elect
ed. All certificates of election will be re"
turned to the Adjutant General’s office, and
aod the officers will be commissioned by the
President. They will, however, on receiving
a copy of the certificate of election, immedi
ately enter upon duty. Officers not. re elect
ed will be relieved from duty, aud the brigade
commander will return their names to the
Department.
VI.—CORDS RAISED FOR LOCAL DEFENSE.
15. Corps raised for local defense will re
tain their organization during the term of
their enlistment, unless previously disband
ed; but members of such corps may volun-.
teer into corps for general service as herein
above provided*
VII —DISCHARGES.
16. When any company now in seiviee for
twelve months shall, before ihe 16th d3y of
July next, attain the maximum numbers pre
scribed by the act, without including the
men uuder 18, and over 35 years of age, all
such meu may be discharged, and such of
them as remain in service on the said day,
will, upon their application, be ibeu dis
charged, whether such maximum be attained
or not.
VIII. TRANSFERS.
17. The right to change company or corps
in virtue of re-enlistment ceases to exist by
the repeal of all laws in regard to re enlist
ment; but transfers of individuals or of
companies may be made as heretofore, within
the discretion of the Department.
IX. SUBSTITUTES.
18. When any person liable to military
duty under this act, but not yet mustered in
to service in any company, desires to furnish
a substitute, he sfiail report himself, with
the substitute, to ihe commandant of a camp
of ias ructiou, and if the substitute be law
fully exempt from military duty, and on ex
amination bv a surgeon or assistant surgeon
be pronounced sound, and in all respects fit
for military service, he may be accepted aud
enrolled, aud the person furnishining such
substitute iray be discharged by the com
mandant of the camp. But no substitute
shall be entitled to transportation or other
aliowauce at the expense of the Government
until so accepted and enrolled.
X. EXEMPTIONS.
10 Persons claiming exemption from mil
itary duty under this act, shall be required
by the cat oiling officer io make oath that
they are lawfully exempt under Ihe act of
Congress, and shall be furnished by him with
a certificate of such exemption.
Are you going ?
Where ?
To the anniversary soiree of the Atlanta
Amateurs.
Of course I am.
Let None Forget!
Friday Eloning, May 2d.
Benefit of the
LEYDEN ARTILLERY.
The Drama of the
SOLDIER’S WIFE
Will be produced, with Songs, Music, Ac. A
brilliant programme We exoect a full house,
mayl 2., V/. II. BARNES, Manager.
AUCTI03ST.
tS'ILL be sold, before my door, under the
* v Post Office, at 10 o’clock, on Saturday
morning, the 3 1 instant, three two-horse
Wrgous and Harness complete. Also, a good
Mule. Sale positive and terms cash.
mayl 3: ' S. J JHACKELFORD, V. M.j;
ATTENTION, GEORGIANS^
Volunteers For the War.
I AM now raising an Infantry Regiment, and
desire a few more Companies to complete
its organizition.
Volunteers wili be received into iny regi
ment either singly or by company, and sub
sistence and transportation will be at once
furnished to each volunteer on enlistment.
Companies will have the privilege ot elect
ing toeir own officers, aud must consist of not
less than 78, rank and file, nor more than 125
rank and file,
App.ication must be made within the next
thirty days to avoid conscription.
Officers and privates, particularly those of
the lata State service, are especially invited
fo join the organ za ion.
For further particulars, app y to me at Sa
vannah, Ga. JOHN L HARDEE. J
Aprii 30-5t
HOES AND CHAINS.
1 I CASKS WEEDING HOES;
A L 6 casks Trace Chains;
1 cask Wagon Cnains;
2 casks Sad Irons.
On consignment and for sale by
ap29-tf ANDERSON, ADAIR A CO.
AVOID CONSCRIPTION.
OGLETHORPE ARTILLERY.
A BATTERY of Light Artillery has been se
cured for this company, (lately the Ogle
thorpe Infantry,) and it has barm accepted
into Maj >r Capers’ Artil! ry Bvtalion, now
in service, in a Camp of Instruction, iu Au
gusta. Recruits will be paid, iuimediat-iy
upon enlisting, Fifty Dollars B >unty, be fur
nished with a g*»od Uniform, and be allowed
a voice in the selection of Officers, as i o elec
tion will be held until tbe ranks are f u |j. j,j e _
ehanics will be mustered in as artificers, aLd
be allowed extra pay. Applications must b 8
addressed to
Capt. J. V. H. ALLEN,
ap29 lw Augusta Georgia
JAMES R. POWELL,
GENERAL COMMISSION
AND
FORWARDING MERGHdNT,
Montgomery, Alabama.
U 7ILL attend strictly to the selliEg of every
description of Merchandize, and to the
Receiving and Forwarding of all ire ghls by
Steamboats, Railroads, or otherwise.
As the Railroads have discontinued the rya-
tem of through freights, the funds neceisary
to pay expenses at this place must be for
warded with every shipm-mt
Office in me M^n'g in'r, Insursu e
tin 1 ding
REFERENCES—Ando con, Acair A (n,,
Wm. L. High. John T. Smith, Atlanta, Ga!
Ross A Seymour, Carhart A Brother, M^-
con. Ga.
Win. R. Phillips A C Peter Fanar, Grit-
fin. Ga.
J. E. Morga 1, LaGrange, Ga
Pitner. England A Doyle, Athens, Ga.
ap29-tf
Office Nitke Bureau, C. S. A., >
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 24, 1SC2. j
N OTICE is hereby given that Captain F. ii.
Smith, has been assigned to N’i;ro Dis
trict No. 8. embracing Polk, McMinn. Me gs,
Rhea, Bledsoe and Van Buren, and all nitre
counties to the south and west of the above
named counties in the State of Tecnesse, and
tho nitre counties of the State of Georgia.
All authorized agents of the Con ted prate
Government for the purchase or manuf>tctu-c
of Saltpetre, and acting in this dist :ct, wbe
sher appointed by the Navy or Army Buieau,
will report to Capt. Smith, at. the Nitre Office
in this place. Agents not appointed by (he
Confederate Government, « r not duly author
ized by its officers are n- titi.-d to discontinue
the pU'chase otVali^ciie, anu parties engaged
in the manufacture, will dtii >r,r and sell only
to authorized agents from this Bureau, who
will make prompt payment, atd who arc em
powered t> extend every reasonable aid to
private enterprise.
Parties desiring to engage >n tho mi--ing of
Lead and Sulphur, aih invited to tcimnuhi-
cate with the officers of the Nitre Bureau.
J. M. StJOHN, Msjor,
Chief Ni're Bureau, Ordnanca Dept.
Hea iquartars 1st Brigade East Tenn., '•
Chattanooga, April 24, li-62. J
General Order,
No 10
Hereafter, all private parties are strictly
prohibited from purchasing Saltpetre.
By order of
Brig. Gou. LEADBETTEfi-
H. Gjldtbwait* A. A. G. ap'29-lw
Double-Barrel Shot Guns
wanteu .
I WANT to buy a number of Double-Barrel
Shot Guns lor Col. Morrison’s Cavalry Regi
ment, ffir which I will pay full value in ca h
Col. Morrison hopes that every nr.au whoowis
a good gun will either ee'l or lend it to hia
Regiment at onre. Apply to
A. C. W YLY,
Corner Peach tree and Walton streetes.
April 29-tf
CITY TAX NOTICE.
A LL persons residing in the city of Atlan-
xY. ta, or holding aDy property in said city
on the 1st April, 1862, which is taxibte, are
required to make a return of themseivrs and
such prop-rty to me at my office, in City Hall
building, by and before tl.e 1st June next.
. A double tax will be the result of not giv
ing in as above specified ; and I therelora
warn, and respectfully insist on. aii lo come
forward and return before the time shall be
out.
Atlanta, Ga , April 23-tjui e 1
N OTIOE.
S TAYED from the subscriber, a medi
bized aorrel MARE, acd a sm:,l! fc
MARE MULE. Any information giyen t •
at Haralson, Coweta county, will be that
fully received.
e P? 4 JOSIAH ALLEN
ARTILLERY SERVICE.
pERSONS wishing to jiin a corps attached
A to the Montgomery Artillery, can do so
by calling at Ed. W. Pou’s office, on White
hall e.reet, over Cole & Wylie’s Crockery
store. Major Montgomery’s headquarters tor
the present Will be at the same place.
ap£3 tf
)(1( j BBLS of goo.l VINEGAR for sale by
''J'J PEASE A DAVIS.
Aprii 30-2w
Contracts—Notice.
Op.dnakc ? Office,
Atianti, Ga , April 30, 1862.
OEALLD proposals tor tbe manufacture of
O CAVALRY SADDLES. INFANTRY AC
COUTREMESTS, KNAPo-iCKS, HAVER
SACKS. Ac., will b- received at this office up
to 12 o’clock M., o., toe I.V.U of May. The
right to rej et all b d reserved ; and contracts
wiii bo awarded i o • "1 -west responsible
bidder.
Bids must statj tin o laoniy for whicb con
tracts are wanted, anu aud in , time in which
they wilt be delivered—endorsed sealed pro
posals. For samples and particulars inquire
at this i ffice, over Atlanta i Ut ur nee A Bank
ing office. M H. WRIgHr,
ap30-td Cern’dg Atlanta Arsenal.
S180 REWARD.
|70R THE ARREST OF—
-I- Allison Smith, Mukvs G. Ba ker,
bam net Kicks, John H Hill,
^ Reub. B. Ha.-nson, J .an Little.
V r ,*’ VJ reward wili be-paiu tor ihe arrest and
ae.iv£ry of lither one ».i the at>ove named
men to « e at this plac..
william McConnell,
^ Captain command ng corrDany U, 1st Bat.
C. S. Inf antry.
Fort pillow, Tenn , Aprii 10, 1862.
By order of
Major L. W. O’BANNQN,
ap29JAwlw Commanding Bat.
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE.
I HAVE opened a roll at the store of Messrs,
Porter A Roper with the view of organi
zing a company of “ Independent GuerrillaF’
All who desire to join this branch of the ser
vice must report their names promptly te
me, as my list is being rapidly fiiied.
& p2?-tf a. a. HUNT.
ANDERSON, ADAIR & C<T,
Wholesale Grocers
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WOODRUFF’S BUILDING,
(Near Georgia Railroad Bank,)
ATLANTA* GEORGIA
A NURSE WANTED,
W ANTED to hire, a nice girl from S to II
years of age, to Nur>*^ a child- App j
at Washington Hall, immediately,
march 11-tf
WANTED -
A STOUT ABLE BODIED MAN, over forty-
five years of age, to work on a 22 inch
Circular Saw. Constant employment aLd good
wages will be given to one wno understands
keeping the same'in order ; must ije of sober
anij steady haijits. ‘Address by mail
H.T. NELSON,
»p25-dA w2w ' Newton Factory,