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CriPErPEB. C. H., \a., July 81.
We may be sure that the present quietude
in Gen- .Pope’s army will not be of long con
tinuance. No important advances haje been
made since the occupation of this place. Mad
ison Court House, which has frequently been
ri-ited by the cavalry, is now he’d by a small
body of infantry, but our main forces are yet
at Wnrrpiiton. Little Washington an 1
, iE 0 W A HATH, J HF.NI.Y SMITH
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
SATURDAY, AVGUST 10, 1862.
URf.EST DAILY ClEfULATlOlV IT THE STATE.
Our Negro* s.
The f .ntest now raging between the Confcd-
c tate Ctatea and the Yankees brings out the
real question at issue and illustrates the im
portance of negro slavery to our people. Our
hrt gro«8 Lave been ar. element of strength in
thii struggle, <n cultivating our fields, whilst
our laboring white meD have taken up arms in
the cause of freedom. This great source of
our strength Is not unknown to the North :
they are beginning to appreciate it
Our recent brilliant victories have satisfied
the Yankees that we cannot be subjugated or
whipped in the field. They are equally well
satisfied that any political affiliation with
them-—any recen^nacl^^^^ u**
"their mean and cowardly hearts will readily
prompt them to any course, however atrocious
to cripple our interests and resources, or in any
way damage u?. They have long been steal
ing our negroes, have been arming them, and
will doubtless continue to do so till the end
Next fall and winter, when the rivers rise, and
they can with safety penetrate the interior,
they will carry cut a regular system of steal
ing and arming cur negroes. Should they
euoceed in coming any distance into our conn
try, with their villainy, many outrages and
horrors that occur to the imagination might
here be predicted, but we prefer not to
draw the picture—much less dwell upon it
but leave each intelligent reader to give it the
proper coloring and fill up the back ground,
while we pass cn to point out a remedy for
much of Tfcese evils.
Our plan is t K is : Let Congress or our mili
tary authorities require every male slave of
fifteen yeava old and upwards, to be brought
into our lines at every point where the enemy
advances, and all along the toast and rivers in
the vicinity of the enemy. Let a register he
kept of all such, describing each negro with
the name and residence of his owner. When
brought in. let as many of them as are neces
sary, be used by the army as hostlers, team
sters, cooks, and laborers on fortifications—in
any capacity where there is labor to perform.
Then let the remainder fce employed on im
portant public works in the interior. Hun
dreds and thousands could he profitably em
ployed on the railroad between Selma and Me
ridian ; between Jacksonville and Atlanta, and
on the Air Line Railroad, or any other unfin
ished lines—particularly connecting links.
The completion of these important works
would be not only of great value to the whole
country, but it would secure the slaves to their
..wners aud the country, as well as keep them
o it of the clutches of the enemy, and thus
seep them from doing U3 any damage under
brutal Yankee direction. Fair compensation
should be allowed the owners for the negroes
inue need This could well be afforded either
f;y the government or those charged with the
construction of public works It would be au
income to the owners, and support them in ex
ile Cut it would be far better for the owners
*0 Lave them taken from points of-danger and
put to work where they would t.e safe from the
Yankees, even if no compensation were allow
ed, than tc let them remain where they will be
lost to owners and the country, and ma le in
ctruments in the hands of the Yankee? for our
destruction
Some may think au.t say it if btci tu leave
inis matter to tlia owners (Lemseivts—that
they are the best judges of their own inter
ests.. Ac This position ha? weight, and under
ordinary circumstances it is best; but thou
sands upon thousands of men owning negroes
are in the army away from home, and cannot
attend tc aurh matters. Others would like lo
ra~e their negroes removed, but have no place
to carry them to, and n.» certain employment
or means c.f support for them. Others dread
i he trouble of breaking up and moving, and
delay till too late, while many are by their
negroes like parents are by their children, who
generally think all children bad but their own.
Each man in a city, daring the prevalence of
an epidemic, thinks he will escape, and thus is
induced to take the chances. On the same
principle many owners will conclude their ne
groes will not leave, and hope the Yankees will
not steal them, and thus remain in reach of
the enemy till it is too late.
YYe saw an old acquaintance last evening,
from Holly Springs. Miss., who informed us
that not less than one thousand negrees had
gone from that vicinity to the enemy. True,
many of them had become disgusted and come
back voluntarily to their owners, and many
more would return If they could; but a large
per cent, of them were lost to their owners and
us, and serving the enemv.
We give out these suggestions for what they
arc worth—feeling that something ought to be
done to put a stop to the loss of our negroes
and thc-ir employment by our enemies. We
hope the proper authorities will take prompt
and efficient steps to provide against any fur
ther experience against the evil which has
been so keenly felt at various places, and which
will be still more severely felt at others, if this
war lasts.
Extra Session or the Legislature.—We
learn that Governer Letcher has it in contem
plation to summom the Legislature together at
an early day, to provide more effectual means
f?r the production of salt, and especially to
consider and determine how the supply from
the bait Wells in Smythe may bs Increased.—
che importance of the subject will be readily
comprehended, and there can be no doubt the
action of Governor Letcher will meet with the
general apprev al. —Lyncht urg Repull ican, 19th.
massed at Warrenton, Little
Fredericksburg
The Army of Virginia has undergone a
marked change in a very importat particular.
The new usage which has been instituted in
regard to protection of Confederate property
and the purpose of tbe government to subsist
the army as far as practicable upon the ene
my’s country, has produced a decided revolu
tion in the feelings and practices of the sol
diery, and one which seems to me very much
to be regretted.
Unless these innovations are guarded by tar
more stringent safeguards against irregular
and unauthorized plundering, we shall let loose
upon the country at the close of the war, a
torrent of unbridled and unscrupulous robbers.
Rapid strides towards villainy have been made
during the last few weeks. Men who at home
would have shuddered at the suggestion of
touching another’s property, now appropriate
authorized practice, and, under the show of
subsisting themselves, chickens, turkeys, hams
and corn, have become a lawful plunder, with
little discrimination as to the character or cir
cumstances of the original owner.
In a state of society where civil law has been
laid aside, and military power exercises but
an irregular and partial sway, men/s censciences
are not remarkably sensitive. Restraints in
numerable control the propensities of men at
home, which here at the wars are entirely in
active ; and a very mild opiate is sufficient to
give quietude in the conscience of many a sol
dier when a chicken, pig, ham, or other luxury
tempts hi-: gustatories. These new orders seem
to be just that opiate, and they have carried
many a hitherto honest man over the dam, and
made those who were before somewhat pre
datory in their habits, open, unblushing ras
cals.
It is to me a very serious and unfortunate
state of facts when soldiers will rush in crowds
upon the smoke-house of a farmer, and each
quarrel with the other to get the first and
greatest share. I blush when I state that on
the march through a section of country, every
spring-house is broken open, and butter, milk,
eggs and cream are engulphed almost before
the place is reached by the men. Calves and
sheep, and, in fact, anything and everything
serviceable for meat or drink, or apparel, are
not safe a moment after the approach of the
army. Even things apparently useless are
snatched up, because, it would :eem many men
love to steal.
At a place where I not long ago spent a
night, scarcely an article to which the fertili
ty of a soldier could suggest the slightest use
remainedj to the owner upon ihe lollowing
morning. There had been soldiers there, you
might wager. Pans, kettles, dish-cloths, pork,
poultry, and everything desirabie had disap
peared. The place was stript, and without
any process of commissary or quartermaster.
So it has been in innumerable instances. Many
a family incapable of sustaining the slightest
loss has been deprived of all.
I not long ago saw a dozen soldiers rushing
headlong through a field, each anxious to get
the first choice of three horses shading them
selves quietly under a tree. The animals made
their best time into tAe farthest corner of the
field with the men cl|se upon them.; and the
foremost ones cauglft tlieir prizes and bridled
them as if they hap a pcrleet immunity in
such sort of things A scene followed. A
young lady came or* and besought ihe soldiers
not to take her fa/orite pony. The soldiers
were remorseless and unyielding, and the po
ny is now in the army.
I know a case where a family were just seat
ing themselves to supper. Soldiers came that
way, and going in, swallowed everything.—
That was not all, but whatever in doors and
out. of doors tne soldiers wanted was readily
appropriated, and the proprietor of the place
told me sorrowfully, that they had ruined him
—he never could get out of debt. 1 hardly
regretted his misfortune so much on his ac
count as for the influence of this thieving up
on the soldiers. 1 was really gratified to hem
his little boy say, “Pap says he wouldn’t vole
the secession ticket again if he had the’chance.”
His patriotism was evidently drawing too heav
ily upon his fortunes, and I was rejoiced to
find him in an inquiring state of mind. But
unless a check is given to this promiscuous and
unauthorized plundering, the discipline and
value of the army will be destroyed; and when
the enlistments have expired we shall let loose
a den of thieves upon the country.
One favorite form in which this will exhibit
itself is in the passing of Philadelphia Con
federate notes Whenever we advance into a
new section the floodgates are immediately
opened and the fac simile Confederate noies
are poured out upon the land. They pass read
ily and seem to be taken gladly for whatever is
held for sale. Bank notes and shinplasters
are given for change. Horses and other valu
able property are often purchased with this
bogus currency. A party of soldiers entered
a store not long since, fortified with exhaust-
less quantities of V s and £’s, and commenced
trade. Forty pounds of sugar was first or
dered, and the storekeeper, pleased with the
sudden increase of business, called in his wife
to assist in putting up the sweetness in small
parcels. Seventy-live cents a pound was the
cost. That was a small matter. Matches was
purchased. Twenty-five cents per box was
the charge. Tobacco also found a ready mar
ket. Each man provided himself with a straw
hat; but the crowning act of all was the ab
straction from the till of money already paid
to the dealer for his goods, and the purchase
of more goods with the same spurious medi
um.
Various arguments are u-ei to justify tLi
practice. They may not be such as would pa
cify a sensitive conscience, but they are made
to answer in want of better ones. The genu
ine Conlederate money, they say, payable six
months after a treaty of peace with the United
States, is entirely worthless, and the spurious
can be no less so. Then some contend that
to appreciate the enemy’s currency by any
means, is one of the wrongs which war makes
right, and the more it is done the more the
cause is helped. Still others think that the
more injury is done to Confederates in any
way, the sooner the rebellion will be crushed.
“They (the Confederates) must begin to feel it
in their pockets,’’ is a favorite phrase. And
so these practices are going on until, I be
lieve, if it is not checked, wo shall unfit the
men to be soldiers now or citizens hereafter.
Such has been the influence of these new or-
J ers —this new way of dealing with the Con
federates. The Government has decided to
subsist the army from the enemv’s country,
and to give no safeguards to disloyal people.
The soldiers conclude that they are individu
ally to take whatever subsistence they can lav
hands upon, and disregard all the rights of
private citizens.
I find no fault with this policy of iL j gov
ernment towards the Confederates. Their
temper is most evidently not of the kind to be
influenced by kindness. Justice always allows
that protection should go no further than al
legiance and policy now requires it. Tne
most effectual way of dealing with the Confed
erates is to make them feel that destruction
and poverty await them if they continue their
rebellion. I have seen no man yet who had
been converted by the clemency of the gov
ernment, and I have seen many whose heavy
iossc- had made them repent their partieipa-
ti. n in the cause of the Confederates. The
slight sacrifices of a mild kind ot warfare they
are willing to endure ; but such heavy losses
as the new system involves is too much for
their patriotism.
But if this policy is to be pursued it must
be regulated better than it has been thus far.
Unless the discipline of the army is to be de
stroyed, and the morals of the men corrupted,
stricter orders against private plundciing
must fce enforced. Otherwise, in failing to
protect the rebels, we shall fail to protect our
selves.
Correspondence of ths Ni-w Tort Tribune.
Letter froin a T&nkco Parson cn the Ccasl
of Georgia.
T Bntler King s Plantation—Tbe Colony of Frenchmen—
Distribution of CiotLing—Preaching to the Loyal Blacks
—Baptism of the Children—Of tbe Chivalry and Com
mon People—Marriage In the Mansion.
St. Simoxd’s, Ga , July 16, 186:'
This island is about twelve miles long, and
three wide. It contains twelve plantations,
and had about 1,200 slaves. T. Butler King,
one of the arch Rebels, and among the' first
Commissioners to Europe to secure foreign re
cognition of the Southern Confederacy, Laj a
beautiful plantation on the southwest side, and
near the light-house. He had 150 negroes.—
The old cabins for his people were very infe
rior and uncrafortable. Back fremtbeshore,
some two miles, he has a rew of cabins, built
of shells and lime, far surpassing, for neat
ness and comfort, anything I have yet seeu in
the South. The houses are 18 feet by 48 feet,
with a wall partition and chimney in the cen
tre, making two apartments. Each cf them is
divided by a plank ceiling, into two rooms-—
The “loft ’ makes a very comfortable room.—
The floors are good, and the apertures for light
and air large. There are six of these double
houses, each about four rods distant from the
others, and designed to accommodate twelve
families. Around all, and between them, is a
row of beautiful shade trees of Uvg oak... The
plantation of Pierce Butler is also on this is
land. He‘has, it is said, 450 slaves. Nowhere,
however, can bo found such accommodations
for the slaves as are lound on King’s planta
tion- At the taking of Hilton Head, the reb
els had 15,000 troops quartered here, protect
ed by a strong masked battery near the light
house. Oa hearing cf the terrible destructive
ness of our gunboats at Hilton Head, they im
mediately abandoned this island. All the peo
ple forced their slaves to follow them The
island had been almost without an inh abitant
for two months, when Ihe naval officers iook
possession of it.
About forty of the former slaves have found
their way back, and by the friendly aid of our
naval officers, some 150 more, after encounter
ing, in manv instances, almost incredible hard
ships and sufferings, travelling by night from
10 to 100 miles, wading swamps, swimming
many rivers, not unf'requently fired upon by
Rebel pickets, succeeded in reaching, exhaust
ed ar.d ragged, this friendly island. Tbe cil-
c.ny has been under the exclusive care of the
Navy, and has thus Jar paid its own way.—
Capt, Goldsborongh, of the Florida, in com
mand of this station, aided by Capt. Codcn,
of the Mohican, has directed the labors of the
people They have gathered 25,000 pounds of
cotton, planted 150 acres of corn, anti many
acre3 of Vegetables of varioxs kinds. A school
of fifty scholars has been sustained, beine;
taught by one of the marines from the gun
boat Florida, Mr. Edward Herron, of New
York. Ho had but one spelling book for the
entire school for two months. We had fortu
nattly brought a good supply for him. The
children presented every shade of color, from
apparently white to true black. Their parent
age embraced the lowest typ6 cf the African
and ilio highest type of Anthem chivalry.—
There were sons and daughters .cf honorable
(V) -.motors, Generals, Commodores, merchant
p; i .ees, and lordly planters.
On Saturday, with the aid of Capt. Guide-
bar cu{.h, we di-fril nted among the destitute
seven barrels ot iothing sent down by the
National Erfecmaii’s Relief Association. Lan
guage utterly fails to describe properly the ex
tent and urgenoy of the wants of this people.
Could the friends in the North, who have gen
erously supplied wardrobes, witness the ea
gerness and thankfulness with which even one
garment is received, and hear the “ God bless
you, mas’r,” showered upon us, and then see
how many are obliged to go away in their pov
erty, without anything, they would not, could
not, miss the blessing promised by our Saviour,
“ It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
The number on this island will soon reach, in
all probability, a thousand. Who will furnish
garments for the six hundred to arrive in their
destitution ?
Captain Goldsborough announced to all the
people cn Saturday that there would be preach
ing at 4 o’clock on Sabbath afternoon, and to
be followed by the baptism of children. In
the morning we preached on board the Flori
da. At 4 p. m. the congregation assembled in
front cf the mansion of T. Butler King. The
oiivo, oak, mulberry and cedar cast their cool
ing shadows over the people ; while all around,
the fig trees, the bananas, the oleanders, the
pomegranates, by their ripe fruits or gorgeous
flowers, enriched the scene. Our pulpit w&3
the steps of the mansion. On our right sat
Capt. 9.; while in the rear, upon the veran
dah, were some ten or twelve naval officers.—
In front was the congregation, some sitting in
chairs, some on boards elevated by boxes, but
most of them sitting on the sweatt clean grass.
All nature seemed to have done the best to
make the hour and place delightful and im
pressive. One hymn was sung, and being
lined, most of the congregation joined in
singing. It was heavenly music, such as an
gels hovering around might enjoy. Prayer
was offered, and our text announced. This
was in Ezra 9—S, 9. We keg our readers to
turn to it. As the Lord is witness, there was
free speech; a free pulpit, in Georgia, on that
occasion. We take no credit to ourselves,
however, for while we had the Lord oa our
side, we had also, lying out in the Sound be
fore us, the Florida, Paul Jones, Madgie, Par
tington, &c., on whose decks were some thirty
black dogB of war, whose barking and bite had
driven the rebels away, and added no little of
the grace cf boldness to ua. But tho poor col
ored man heard the truth, “the full gospel,”
as many testified.
But a richer scene was yet to ensue. When
the call for parents to bring forward their
children for baptism was made, the number
greatly surprised us. All were arranged in
two rows, beginning at the steps of the house
and extending down each side of the broad and
beautiful walk leading to the front gate. On
our right stood a father and mother with five
children; then a mother with so many cf her
chiidren as she co’d rescue from slavery : then,
perhaps, a father, with the two or three chil
dren. and their grandmother, in the place of
the poor mother, who had been sold. On the
other side were children presented by relatives
or strangers, the parents being sold or serving
in the rebel army. As we passed t hrough the
solemn service of baptizing these chiidren in
the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
from our inmost soul went up the prayer that
not only might every one be a true soldier of
the Cross, but also that every one mi got be
long to the army of Freedom.
Fifty two children were dedicated to tne ser
vice cf God and Freedom on that occasion.—-
These children were of all shades of color, and
it was truly affecting and sickening to hear, as
we did, such and similar remarks concerning
some of the children. Hoping some good may
follow from it, we give a few specimens: “ Bid
you observe that pretty girl, Jane ? She is the
daughter of Senator .” “ And John, that
smart flaxen haired boy, presented by that
tall white woman ? That is the sen of Mr.
, a merchant of New York. There were
some twelve or fifteen children, who have a
most mortifying history, as regards genealogy.
“ Ee ye sure your sins will find you out, ’ is a
truth now as well as in tho days of Moses, and
if so, who can tell how many houses, North as
well as South, will yet be visited with plagues
worse than these that fell on the Egyptians ?
God is lifting the veil that has long covered
the vrickedne-s of this land.
We find most singular decisions among the
churches—decisions that would astonish some
Northern churches. Some rule must be laid
down, and enforced with kindness and discre
tion. It is very important that all who are
living together bv common consent, having been
deprived, as many have, of the legal forms of
maraiage, should reaffirm their marriage vows
and receive a certificate of the same, and that
none should enter this sacred relation hereaf
ter until they can he duly and legally married
by a minister or magistrate. The people al
most universally express regret that proper
forms of marriage have been denied them, and
not only are all such ready to ratify ..their
marriage vows, but thos^whom sc many desire
to have it done in the most public aud solemn
manner, as this seems to guard, by its increased
sacredness, against a dissolution, by future de
mons of slavery. M. Feench.
Ta tiie Planters and People of Georgia.
Tjio undersigned has been requested by the
Executive Committeeof the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association, to address you a few sen
tences, on the importance of providing, during
what remains of the present summer, abun
dance of dried fruit ana vegitables for our
troops in Ihe field
Many of our people, without any such re
minder, have been diligently engaged in this
work. But there are many still, who are bless
ed with quantities of fruits and vegetables,
and yet from inadvertance, or engrossing oc
cupations have given no after*:, a to this sub
ject. To such I m^re pirticulat iy appeal—in
the name of our brave boys whose breasts are
so freely presented as bulwarks for the protec
tion of cur homes, and their comforts ; in the
name of those humane attentions which they
so well merit at our hands—and most earnest
ly entreat that they will, even at cost of a lit
tle personal inconvenience, give us their aid
in endeavoring to secure this supply.
The crop of peaches is now abundant Sum
mer apples are to be obtained in many places.
Fall and winter apples will soon be matured
in considerable quantities throughout all the
upper regions of our State. Tomatoes, okra,
peppers, kershaws, pumpkins, and gome simi
lar vegetables are now or soon will be in great
abundmee all over the State. All these can
he expeditiously, economically and safely dried
or preserved. They can be put up in bags or
boxes (the latter preferable) and through our
association or otherwise, they can be forward
ed to our soldiers as fast as prepared. They
will prove very great comforts indeed to those
of our brave feiiows who may be threatened
or suffering with scurvey, from a prolonged
salt meat diet. They will be veey precious,
as a light and refreshing diet to others who
are debilitalated by disease, and have no food
fit for their systems. They will preserve many
such in their places of duty. They willrestore
ethers to strength and service. And they will
save others again from prostration and death.
Let the fathers and mothers who have sens,
and the siaters who have brothers in our camps
think of this; and if anything can add to the
self-sacrificing energy already manifested in
our State, I am sure this thought will; and
that we will receive such an enthusiastic re
sponse to this call, as has never failed to glad
den the hearts, to bless and to brighten our
labors in all similar efforts made by this com
mittee, whilst endeavoring to administer the
charity entrusted to our charge.
Papers in all parts of the State, interested
in the cause (and who are not?) will please
copy. E. STARNES,
For Ex. Com. Ga. R. and Hosp. Asso’n.^
Confederate Soldiers Escaping from Nor
thern Prisons.
The Grenada (Miss.) correspondent of the
Mobile Tribune writing on tbe 14th inst. says :
Lieut. Col. Morrill, of Gen. Price's army,
who was captured at Elkhorn, arrived here
yesterday from Alton, 111., where he effected
his escape with about thirty comrades—also
the Lieutenant Colonel of Hanson’s Kentucky
Regiment, who essapeJ from Camp Cha3e four
or live weeks rgo with twenty-five other Ken
tuckians. I was gratified to meet Col. Morrill,
and recognized in him an old classmate, who,
five years ago had attended the law school at
Lebanon, Tenn., with your correspondent, rep
resenting in part there the gallant State of
Missouri. I learned from him the particulars
of his escape, which are interesting. It ap
pears that some thirty or forty of our prison
ers at Alton, before they learned of the ar
rangement for exchange, determined at every
hazard to make their escape and come South to
rejoin their commands. With a large case knife
they commenced to dig an underground route
beneath the wall, in a portion of the prison-
yard which wa3 concealed by an old dilapida
ted shed, and rarely visited by the guard. One
by one they digger! and toiled with constancy
and in secret, until, after thirty days, a sub
terranean ditch, over thirty feet long, and just
of sufficient dimensions for a man to crawl
through rewarded their exertions. Thirty-four
or-five of them fixed a Dight, and took French
leave of ihe Sentinels through this avenue; but
five cf the fugitives were overtaken and cap
tured in the pursuit which soon followed.
Lieut. Cloud, with his comrades, of Hanson’s
Regiment, succeeded in overpowering and gag
ging the guard, who had been much reduced
by sending soldiers into Kentucky. They were
furnished with citizen’s apparel by the ladies
of Columbus, Ohio, (rather high latitude for
rebel women), and crossed the Ohio forty miles
above Cincinnati. Thus about sixty gallant
boys escaped the loathsome prison cells of the
North by their own undaunted and heroic ex
ertions.
fSr’Col. M. J. Crawford s Regiment (3d
Georgia Cavalry) have been ordered to active
service, and passed through our city cn Tues
day morning last, on their way to meet the foe.
The whole Regiment, from the Colonel to the
cooks, presented a splendii Appearance.—
Rome Courier. 21s? inst.
Subscribe to the Confederacy.
Pfew Advertisements.
ATHE N ETJ MI
SBKSi!2Efi^=iKfcaaffi
MR, W. H. CRISP,
H AS the honor of announcing to hi* old friends and pa
tron* in Atlanta, that the above establishment will
be opened on
MONDAY EVENING, AUG. 25, 1862.
The Company comprises all the available talent in the
Southern Confederacy,
Including a ftiU and efficient
TRAGEDY COMPANY,
COMEDY AM) FARCE.
The Scale of Prices will be as follows:
PARQUETTE. 75 CENT3,
For which seats can be reserved on application to the
Treasurer between the hours of 10 and 2 o’clock, without
extra charge.
SECOND CIRCLE, 50 CENTS-
&ug23-tf
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
O N Thursday night. 14th August, from Camp Smith, at
Gordon Springs, Whitfield county, Georgia, a beauti
ful dark Bay Mare, medium size, about seven years old.
She wag raised ih Wilkes county, Georgia. Her apprehen
sion or delivery to Jesse Callaway, at the above named
place will be duly rewarded. My address will be Lo ::dcn.
Tennessee. J. M. CALLAWAY,
Serg’t Major Cavalry Battalior,
aug23-Im* Smith’s Legion Ga. P. R.
Q A DOZEN PINT AND QUART ELACK INK;
GlJ 60 bags Rice Flour;
150 Tanned Sheep Skin3;
150 coils Cotton Rope;
400 boxes Tobacco;
2 good Corn Mills;
Georgia Made Brooms;
1 City Lot on Deeatur street.
For sale by
aug'23-lm
PEASE A DAVIS.
GEORGIA, Fulton County.
I N obedience to a suggestion from Governor Brown, the
citizens of Fulton oounty are respectively requested
to attend at the City Hall in Atlanta, on ths first Tues
day in September next, at 11 o’clock, A. M., for the pur
pose of appointing an agent for distributing the Salt to be
famished by his Excellency Gov. Brown to the citizecs of
said county C HOWELL, J, I. C.
P. OWEN, J. I. C.
E. M. TALIAFERRO, J I. C.
A true extinct from the minutes of said Court, passed
the 21st of August. 1S£2.
aug234t GEO. M. WALKER, Clerk.
FIRE INSURANCE.
TX T E are Agents for ths following Insurance Companies.
\ \ AU losses are promptly adjusted,
THE AUGUSTA INSURANCE AND BANKING CO.
THE SELMA INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.
THE PETERSBURG SAVINGS AND INSURANCE CO.
Insurance on Houses, Merchandise and Cotton at as low
rates »s any other responsible companies.
Office on Alabama street.
aug23-4m S. B. ROBSON A CO., Agents.
FURNITURE FOR SALE.
A NEAT SET OF COTTAGE FURNITURE, including
Spring Mattress, Mosquito Net, Glass, Bureau, Rock
er, Stove, a 36-yard Carpet, Ac. A most complete outfit
for a bedroom. Inquire at the residence of Mr. M. L. Lich-
tenstadt, on Forsyth street, between the Old Church and
Steam Mill. aug22-3t*
WANTED.
fTYWO good Pattern Makers, eight or ten good Machinists
and three good Machine Blacksmiths. The highest
wages paid and steady work. Board cheap and good.
Apply to NOBLE, BROTHERS A CO,
aug22-lw Rome, Georgia.
Intelligencer copy.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
S TRAYED, from the snbsuriber, on or about the 12th of
August, a BAY HORSE, about four years old. Had
ou when he left three old shoes; has small white spots on
his back. I will give the above reward for his delivery to
ms in Atlanta.
aug22-lw* THO 'AS KILE.
Valuable Land For Sale.
f ORTY tec-acre Lots, situated between Peach Tree and
Marietta Roads, in the suburbs of Atlanta. This
land embraces 4$ acres of Cree or Branch Bottom Land,
and a good deal of excellent uplands; it is finely watered,
and beautiful building sites are upon it. 100 acres are well
fenced with rails, and it is only two miles from the Passen
ger Depot Also, my residence on Peach Tree street, con
taining six acres of good land and will-improved and beau
tifully situated Also two bouses and lot* on Old Peach-
Tree street, near Mr Houston’s residence.
aug2i-Im JAMES MCDONALD.
ATTENTION,
D ISCHARGED from service, and expeetiog to make
leaching my profession, I wish a situation for the
establishment of a Primary and Classical School. I will
locate in a community which can offsr the following in
ducements: a good school-house, good society.and railroad
and boardlug facilities. These given,and I will undertake
to build up a school of the very highest grade, however
small it may be at first- Of some ixperience in teaching,
I rely for success, under divine help and guidance, upon
diligence and attention to duty. I will strive to make of
my pupils men—intellectually, morally and physically.
For Dbysical training gymnastics, on ti.e plan pursued by
thr University of Virginia, will be taught free of c arge.
Land surveying taught practically, by the use of Colonel
Lilley’s improved instruments Address, without delay.
C. H. STRONG,
aug22-4t* Cornwell’s Turn-Out, Chester Dist., S. C.
To all whom It may concern In the Con
federate States of America.
T HE undersigned, on th« 12th September, 1861, iuven t
ed a new and useful machine ror making Percussion
Caps, which had never been known or used before that
time: and on tho 29th May, I3b2 he filed in his name, and
in the name of Thomas G. Rawlins, his assignee, a caveat,
in the secret archives of the Commissioner of Patents, In
the Patent Office of the Confederate States of America.
He the undersigned hereby gives notice to tbe public
that William W. Johnson, Thomas Spencer and Joseph
Robinson, of the city of Atlanta, are now building a ma
chine which i3 an infringement on his said caveat and rights
thereunder; and the undersigned taktj this method of giv
ing notice to all personsln the Confederate States of Amer
ica, that he and his assignee will lmmedia: ely bring suit
in the Circuit Courts in any of said States, against any
person who in any way aids or assists in Interfering with
said rights secured to them by the laws of said Confederate
States. JOHN C COLE.
August 29,1862—aug22 It*
A. C. WYLY&CO.,
Commission Merchants,
At tlietr Old Stand,
Corner Peach-Tree and Walton Streets,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Will give prompt and personal attention to
the purchase or sale of all kinds of
GOODS, WARES,
# MERCHANDISE,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
REAL E3TATE,
NEGROES, &c.
Refer to—
EDMOND DAVENPORT * CO.,
Richmond, Virginia.
W. B. JONES 4 CO.,
Richmond, Virginia.
COWAN, McCLUNG 4 OO.,
Knoxville, Tenn.
JOHN T. ROGERS, Esq.,
Clsaveland, Tenn.
J. L M. FRENCH, Esq.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
3. R POWELL, Esq.,
Montgomery, AU.
CLaGHORN, CUNNINGHAM 4 CO.,
ROSe dr SSYMOUB,
g. h molacghun a co .
GEO W WILLIAMS <k CO,
Savannah, Georgia.
Macon, Georgia.
Augusta, Geergia.
Charleston, S. C.
And to the merchant* generally of Georgia and South
Carolina.
Now on consignment and for sale,
1,000 BOXES TOBACCO.
ICO TIERCES RICE. augf-tf
SOMETHING NEW.
mHE subscriber is prepared to supply the uade with his
U^EQUAJ^LED
SHCte BLACKING,
which is believed to be the cheapest article, of any descrip
tion, manufactured In the South. It is put up in wood
boxes—tin being held at prohibition rates—which are neat,
substantial, aria impervious, and are in size cquM to ila
son’s medium.
Every ingredient oj this Blacking U produced in the
South, and all engaged In Its prepai 'fr-n are natives of the
same, it is tjftrtfort essentially differe-t from any in use;
besides, it will 1 go farther*’ than any. is free from acid,
and still susceptible of an easy and beautiful polish, im
parting softness aud consequent durability to the leather.
A. B. HENDKEN,
Whitehall street, 3d door from Mitchell,
Atlanta, Georgia.
N. B.—A)!, orders must be accompanied with the cash.
1 gross $9 00
6 gross 45 00
jylO-Sm
WHO WANTS A SUBSTITUTE ?
A NY one wishing an able-bodied man as a military sub
stitute, not subject to Conscription, can find one by
calling at Mr3. Waddei’s, Alabama street, First Ward
aua21-8t*
distiller Wanted.
A COMPETENT ALCOHOL DISTILLER, to take charge
of an Alcohol Distillery. Address
D. MACDONALD,
aag21-J±wlw* Box 26, Savannah, Ga.
AUCTION SALE OF NEGROES.
B EFORE my door, under the Post Office, on Saturday
morning, 23d instant, at 10 o’clock, a number of
young women and children—toys and girls. Sale will be
positive and for ca-h.
aug21-td S. J. SHACKELFORD, V. M.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
fTIRE next session of this Institution will commence on
I. the 1st of October, 1362, and end on the ensuing 4th
of July. The exercises ip all the departments of Instruc
tion—Academic, law and Medical—wlU be conducted as
heretofore. It being the fixed purpose of the Board of Vi»-
itors and the Faculty, not to relax in their efforts to main
tain the standing which the Institution has acquired as a
seat of learning For catalogue, 4c, address
r , 8- MAUPIN,
augal &t* Chairman of the Facul.y,
-A-T AUCTION.
W'U-L BE SOLD, on Tuesday, 25th instant, at 1014
f ? o'clock, at R. M.-Clarke’s store, on Whitehall street
the following likely negroes, without reserve:
Paul, twenty-five years old, prime fellow.
Celia, seventeen years old. and child one year, fine
seamstress. — -
Nelly, twenty-one, and girl three years old. prim** field
hand.
Peggy, twenty-five and girl ihte years old, cook, wash
er and lrcner.
Charles, nine years old, prime boy.
William, seven years old, prime boy.
Edwin, five years old, prime boy. augil-5t*
Valuable Land For Sale.
rpEE nndersigned having need of money, offers for sale
A the following unimproved Lots of Land:
412, 7th Dist, Clinch, at $800
114,16th do Talbot, 200
106,11th do Marion, 200
52,126,128, 26th Dlst, 8d 8ec Cherokee, now Gordon.. 450
31, 82,10th do 2d do do do Fannin.. 300
46, 6th do 2d do do do Gilmer.. 160
246,27th do 2d do do do do .. 160
223,27th do 8d do do do Whitfield 200
204,10th do 2d do do do Pickens 200
162, 6th do 2d do do do Town * 1 -. 260
139, 9th do 2d do do do Gilmer.. 2C0
210,91,10th do 2d do do do do .. 800
215,27th do 8d do do do Gordon.. 200
Tho whole, amounting to 8,125 acres cac be had for
$2,500. Title* to all are clear and indisputable., and will
be warranted.
The following are also offered:
2,132,167, 25th District, 8d Section Gordon, at$460
321,11th do 4th do Dade,. 160
227,23th do 2d do Murray,.... 160
640,13tb, NJ^ do 1st do Forsyth,... 40
329,26,27th do 3d do Catoosa,... 300
164,20th do Harris, 200
145, 4th do Coffee,'. 200
288, 8th do Dooly, loo
The wh.le 2,055 acres can be had for $1,260. Titles to
all are clear and Indisputable, and will be warranted.
Persons desiring to purchase can apply to me at New-
nan, or to J. T. Meador, Stone Mountain. ,
auglO-lm* j. t. DENT.
$Hoo Reward.
S TRAYED OR STOLEN, from my plantation near Car-
tersville, Bartow county, Georgia, on the 1st instant,
a large deep BAY HORfiE and 80RREL MARE. The
Horse has no particular marks of prominence, farther
than that he 1* over medium size, deep hay, nine years old,
fa good working order; ng scan other than that caused by
buggy harness; mores poorly under the saddle, with a
careless, «low walk, rough trot, with no other gait. The
Mare is medium icxe, deep sorrel, five years cid, in good
order, moves well under tne saddle, with a swift walk or
pace; she has a large ugly scar on her left side, and is dis
eased slightly with the distemper. I will liberally reward
any one who will deliver them to me at my plantation; or
if stolen, and the thief apprehended, the above rewa. d will
be cheerfully paid.
aug6-2w . x. GOLDSMITH.
HEADQUARTERS,
_ Chatiasqooa, Auacai 1,1862.
Special Order No.
T RAVELERS going North or 8outh will not be permit
ted to visit the line* of this Army, except on bu&i-
cesa. No person will be permitted to oome within the line*
on visits of pleasure, to either citizens or soldiers. Citizens
wishing to trade within the lines heretofore mentioned,
will call at the Provost Marshal’s ^ obtain the necessa
ry permit. <jeo MANEY,
fcugT-lm - Brig. Gen. Commanding
STEAM MILL.—PLAHTATIOUT—WHICH DO YOU
WAIST l
T HE Plantation lies In Bartow county, Georgia, contain*
335 acres—is <-■** and hickory lac.I—130 adres cleared.
The Mill te on Qoosa river, in Floyd county. Georgia, is
fa good order. Timber is plenttfhl and convenient.
For fall particulars apply to
E. G. TOMLIN,
ang0-0m« Kingston, Ga.
A SUBSTITUTE WASTED FOR THE WAR.
L IBERAL wages WlU be paid. Call on me at once at
the store of Crawley 4 Amass, on Alabama street.
None need apply under fifty years old.
aug20-lw j. l. WINTER.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.
O WING to Hie high price of labor and demand for stor
age, on and after the first day of September next I
will charge 25 cents par bala per month on all Cotton new
in my warehouse and for storage fa West-Point, Georgia.
I will not be responsible for breaking of ropes on Cotton
that may occur from lying fa the warehouse. Mr- K- Tay
lor is authorized to transact ail business connected with
tbe warehouse.
aug5-lm W. P. CHISOLM.
WANTED TO BUY,
5 000 fcrwhkh the highest cash prices
augl2-lm ’ J. M- HOLBROOK, Atlanta, Ga.