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w. ADA.IB .J HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETY*.
0 C. SMITH. M. J> J.M. OAEDOZ
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
SUNDAY, MARCH 15.1863.
sition. and have been unobservant of the facia
connected wi'h this war. Who were thone that
mshed to arm* when the country was invaded?
Ii planters and planters' anna took commissions
who were those that filled the rank and file 7—
who are now in the field or in camps of inairnc*
tion? Are they no: the men who Mr. Spence
eould would pi ce in the category ot a degraded
class 7 And where can be tounr a similar spec*
Fron the Hnn'iville Advo'ate. Itth Inst.
1 Ire Held Into Xorth Alabama.
TcsccmbA, Ala., Feb. !28,1863.
Mr. Fig ure* .
Below I append an acoonnt of the late raid
of theabo’uu'a hell hounds into Nirth Au
tism* I speak of things that I know to be
so; there are hundreds of instances which 1
am compelled to omit, as a full aeoonat of
witU
AS i IMS ill fHk xTtTh.
irKKU B’iKST PAGK.-»
Spence on the American baton,
This is the fourth edition of an Eoglish I are these numbers recruited, if not from those
Work “on the American Union,.its effrot on non-mlave-holders or slave-holders in,a verylim
national character and polio/, with an inqni- ited degree.
tj into Secession as a constitutional -right I TARIFFS,
and thwcauses of the disruption.” Tee enu- I The-character and operation ol the various
mention of topics would leave an impression I tariff* are examined with a high' degree of prac-
on the mind that a book discussing them im- tical knowledge,
plies in the author, if a Foreigner, great RIGHT OF SF.CESSION.
presumption and overweening confidence —• I This question is discussed wiih uncommon
But this would bo a false impression. There ability, a nd a full knowledge of ail the consti
is no fact in onr history or principle of our I rational grounds, on which it reposes. Iimaln-
political system that is not familiar to onr tains the right with an irresistible power ot reas'
author. With tho opinions of onr leading I oning.*
statesmen and tho decisions of onr judicial. STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN THE UNION
£..u wnere can ue mu... the atrocities committed would take up the
tac e7 The white populaf.cn «.f the-eleven Con* wholej if n&t morei of [hf} aT-iltlbl# of
federate States numb»ra betweei. rive and bix lhe ^ coca f c
millions. One fifth of those, or one million and I Earl/ Sunday morning, the 221 inst., five
less than a quarter of these are armvbearing, I Yankee gunb>acs came up Tennessee riyer;
and of that number the proportion who are a: I they did not land at Tuscumbia landing, bat
tually bearing arms in the Confederacy is a>out proceeded on up to Florence. Here two of
50 per cent., or 500 000. In what part of the ‘hem landed and destroyed the ferry boat;,
world, or in what period of history, can we look ^ “*"•*”*'°“ » fridge at
for a parallel to this? Now, from what class **• / 00t ® f tho W 1 6so) ® 8no ^ ““d destroyed
_ u P *‘‘w... <r fmm ferry boat at mat place. Tne C. e> steam
er Dunbar had been -lying at Bati.br dge for
some time, but bad taken advantage ot the
bigh water and gone over the shoals where
the gunboats could not follow. ADuut mree
o’clock the gunboats all went down me r’v-
er, without making any attempt to land, or
showing any warlike disposition except giv
ing three oannon shot at a party of tittle boys,
on this side of the river.
Late in the evening, when the excitement
caused by tne gunboats had, in a great meas
ure, abated, the tattle of small arms and
galloping of horses announced the arrival of
u.o 1'n. ate Ci v airy. .There was, ' at this
time, about 30’of Baxter's battalion in town,
about 1C of them were quietly tending (Loir
subsisted wholly on the country, the loss is enor
mous.
Our farmers say that they will not try to make
crop* in the vallev this year, unless protection
is given them. There are immense quantities
ol corn in this valley, enough to feed a very
large cavalry lorce all the year round. AH the
.Yankees have to do is to come and get it. It
seems to me thvt our own soldiers ougit to have
the provisona that the enemy destroy in these
raids. Five hundred men, with a battery, could
keep back alt such ba'nds as litis. _ It will be re*
membered th«t Gen Sweeney, with a large in*
fantry and cavalry force, with artillery, fully
three thousand men in alt. came within three
miles of Tuscumbia last December. Col. Rod*
dy, with his cavalry regiment of five -hundred
m*n and four pieces of artibery, met them at
Bear Creek, in sight of town, and drove them
.ack with heavy loss. These Yankee cavalry
won’t finht. I heard many of them say that if
there had been a force ol any size here, they
wonjd have surredered. They say they will not
fight any more; they are tirei of the war, and
damn thendminisiraiion. I hope the government
will give ua some protection, else we will have
to abandon the country; we cannot stand these
raid*. N. A. M.
Special Correspondence of tbe Southern
. Conicderaey.
LETTER FROM “HORSE MARINE.**
._. _ ... ■. , . -i . | horses and getting sapper at their barratfiti
Authorities on constitutional questions he is I This chapter enters into a'-detailed expoailion of i on Main street, the balance ware scattered
as conversant as with the complex strac:uro I lbe resources, military and . financial, of the. | over town. At the first inarm these sixteen
of onr government. The conelosioos of such | North and South, showing the ability of the lar
ter to maintain indefinitely a defensive war.
GENERAL CONCLUSION.
an umpire on the vexed questions under an
gvy debate must be valuable if possessing a
due share of tho philosophiral spirit and his
torical candor. More especially is an impar
tial witness important when in the utterance
of honest conviotions hespeaks to an English-
audience, amidst tho misojostraotions of <no
lives and obliquities of opinion that have
marked the English mind daring tho ooatro
verity between the North and tbe do nth. We
deem the contents of this book so important
that it is our purpose to offer as full an ab
stract as our limits will permit.
EFFECTS OF THE UNION:
It is the object of the author to show that
the defects which have flowed from the
Union have been inherent ia all Federal sys
tems, ancient and modern, and that they con
tain in their very structure dements of de
cay. Tho author does not famish sufficient
evidence from historical induction of the
truth of his proposition. It may be true
that tbe Amerioan Confederacy was not snch
a political e/siera as to promise durability,
but it is rather a sweeping deduction that all
Federal republics carry within theintha seeds
of decay. Mr. Spence enumerates several ef
fects *» peculiar to this-form of government
that is o >mnoa to every 'orm, nad may be
come the v.oa of a simple, democratic as of a
comederate government.
EFIECTS ON CHARACTER
This paragraph is an extension of the author «
otj.-c.iuus to republican governments in general.
The sntbor winds up with a summary pf |
causes why the Union canno: be, arid the rea
sons why it should not be restored.
We are indebted to -Mr. McPherson lor a copy
of the above work. C.
* H.r* Mr. Spence Main gee tha vain hope that’thv
Southern S a’e- ill permit the in erfcroi.ee of Engl.j.4
in the iaodifl atiou of «l*«ry.
France and Be at B inter—Official Corret-
p nideuce.
Washington, 21st Nov , lbt>e
Mr. Minister ;
Yonr Excellency knows that the Secretary
of S ate has always shown himself very de
sirous of procuting cotion for the European
market, su'd that, unfortunately, all his .• ood
intentions have hitherto been defeated by
the necessities oi the war, and by the deter,
minaiiou of the Contederates to burn tneir
cotion rather than see it exposeti to tail into
the hands of the Fed.-rals.
At this moment tho Cabinet of Washing
ton is preparing a now attempt, which would
be at tne same time, as it hopes, a pjwertul
means of coercion. It consists in seizing the
men got ia line iu front of the' Franklin Ho
tel, Capt. Baker (Baxter being absent-,) tel
ling them to stand firth, that it look more
than one Yaukoe to »t impide his men. Thg
advance guard of the Yankees, about sixty
men, charged upon tnesu sixteen mso; our
boys gave a yell and galloped to mo'ct thorn,
toe Yanks turned anil Add as fast as their
hordes cuuld carry them, our boys pursued
them back a mile, uuttl- they met tue main
body of 'the enemy, consisting of tbe luih
Missouri, 6th Ohio, two Battalions of Illinois,
on h company of.Mississippi, and one compa
ny of Ala ama cavalry, with a Butcry of
Mounted Howitzers, in all about 1,200 men;
some estimate tuern at 800. Tue enemy tired
several volleys and charged in town, our boys
filling back slowly until they were about to
be fl inked, when they retreated hastily into
tovyn; here they made a short stand, killing
the orueriy of the Yankee commander and
wounding one or two others.
By this time, the Yankees, guided by rene
gade Alabamians, had got the remaining lew ol
our boys nea.ly surrounded, but they made a
desperate etiorl and broke through ti>e enemy’s
ranks and escaped. We lost six men taken
prisoners, but no. a man was killed or*wouudea
on our side. It was now dusk, and the enemy,
did not pursue beyond tjie suburbs oi tbe toivu.
The wagons, teusts aud comp equipage o' Bax
ter's baiialion'were saved, hav-ng been sent opt
’ ot town in the morning when tho nu iooata ap-
the plan- ueared .
Cotton, rice, tobacco ana sugar, on mo piau- i p eared
tations Wherever the Federal forces may pen- A ter returning from the pursuit, the.enemy
etrate ; in usviug this produce transported I camped in aud around tne public square, toie
to the principal Nortubra'ruarkels and there I the leuel <g lruiu around fine p.lvaie residences
sold, and in returning th* proceeds to Buch for fixe wood, picketed tneir nurses in the ironi
planters as will take the oath of allegiance to yards among flowers an’ snrubbery. Tue
the Union I Yankee commaimer took up his quarters in the
This project being in opposition to previous I |‘ ue residence oi Dr. L. U. Clushuuu; his officers
engagements, according to which neutrals hrose open closets atid pantries aud u- ipeu
were not to be obstructed in the exportation lUe ,'“ selve8 : K Eyeri ; w,r “ crl ° “ ud s ‘ u ' ,ke ,,OUee
” . TV .t, „ ... . . y V in the ueighburuoud was forced op .u, the eatup
of cotton procured by them though ports oc I waa 8ltewn W un 2,ui, bacon, preserve uuu
cujied by the Federate, Mr. Seward uestred pn,kie jars, ladie.-’ drtsses, miauls’ eluthtiig.
It .appears to us a curious explanation of Mr. I to give previous notice to the two legations and every imaginable kind ot plunder. Belure
Spence that tbe pronences of the American peo- of France and Eoglaud, aud to invite their morning nearly every resiaeiibe iu towxr hau
1 observations. Lord Lyons and my self, alter J been gutted, ladles putted out ot be i and search
consultation, imormed the Sen-elury of Siate ed, xiiouey, watches, pAte, jewelry, toiei ly
that we could nut utter a word that should in I t«keu; as last as one set Would leave a house
the least degree commit tne responsibility ot
our Governments to a war measure like' this;
bu> we asked nlm wnat Would Otc <me in such
as event of produce belonging by vir.ue of
any titio to neutrals? He uaswered that
their property would be respected, only that
plo (o exagger idea arises trom the wide extent
ol i heir territory. He has blended in this chap
ter a great- variety of circumstances as effects
on character from republican institutions, such
as excitability of temperament, despotic rule
ol tbe in jurity, depredation of judges and dts-
resp ct lor law, vigilance committees, repudia
tion. &.c. There is little method or logic in this
chapter. -
CAUSES OF DISRUPTION
. This is one of tho best reasoned parts of the
hook. The causes of disruption are clearly and
lor* ibly stated. Tne general rifl cttuns on the
subject are philosophical.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION
This chap'er is striking for its caudor and
fairness. The real etatus of the slavo is well
understood and explained by the author, and
qpuiher.wuu.d come in, and (he . same search
gbue’over wiih. Officers, vied with the privates;
every line seemed to oe try tug to act worse tqau
his p.t .etc ssor: The uiiie eitizeiis, it they're-
xii. i.5.1 ;d, were liu.ried to prison,
T*«e eliurcbes were vilely polluted, organs
smashed, carpets lorn up,, and the flag ol the
the owners would have tho tacuity of export- 1 -beat government the w.-rid ever sm" huistco
■Ug it at tne saute time aud by the suns ways in triumph over the churcu steeple. Now these
as American propeity seized by the Federal | tuiugs were not the work ot a lewr all were a
lefcet.
I a-ked him then if ho did not fear that
tats project would.result in causing the burn
mg ot a’.l the produce it was prop-, led to
seize. He answered tout he was not at all-
uueasy ou that point.
Ut MERCIER.
it. Col , Cornyn, upou being remonstrated mm
for allowing such lungs, replied, ‘T don’t care
a damn what my men do.” The vilest jesiures
and language were used towarda-ladie* ; ac s
were committed which 1 cannot' shock your
readers by mehtioutug. You have had Mucbei
and Turenui with you; compared to Corny it and
khset, they were ungeis. This Florence Cur-
nyu is .rout St. Louts. He was a physician by
profe siou, and I am toid oy persons who knew
Pa.ms, December U, 1862. i 1111 sui — ■ j-v - ■. -
Sir t—The measures to watch the Cabinet of him in civil hie, teat he passed lor a gentleman
several comparisons drawn between slave labor I 'Washington tumkol having recourse in urdertu I He has made a name in the annals ot licentious'.
in ibe South ami white labor in Europe while procure cotton for tbe European marRethave not ness more damnable than that ot Butler. Wed-
t. , , .. appeared to me, any more than youraelt, happily nesday morning, alter the commander .had let
English Abolitionists « ould do weH to weigh Waived for attaining that object. Itiseasy to bis men get al. the money and valuables in th
and inwardly digest tho information. The no- | aev ,j, e newr sufferings at the South which would I town, by the knock down aud drag out method
result Irom the project submitted to you by Mr. 1 he played another game, his last and bigg* at
Seward; out the planters have proven thus far I trump-—Here it is, a -/ac simile ol several -hat
that the most paint ul sacrifices cost tnem noth- were.served upon cuizcusoi the town and neigh
ing iti defense ot their cause, and it is thereiore | borhoed:
tion that tbe Booth would .consent to any ar
rangement, as the condition ol tbe acknowledg
ntent of independence, providing for gradual
emancipation, is ono of those vain delusions
that possesses the imagination of many other
Englishmen besides Mr. Spence. How be can
reconcile such a suggestion with non-interfe en e
in the internal afiairs of nations, the doctrine
ol his government, it is difficult to conceive.
I hcro is one portion of this chapter with
regard to which we wish to correct a very er
roneous impression^ln which the following
passage occurs. JN^Wtcre labor is allotted to
permissible to doubt wiunher the success of the
eortfbmed expeoi'inn on the Mississippi and in
Louisiana will suffice to induce.them io surren-
uer their crops on the conditions to be imposed
on t.’em. As regards foreigners, as regards our
own citizens, experience has proven only too
H’d’qs 1st Brio ape, • 'l
Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair’s Division, J-
Tuscumbia, Ala., Feb. 23, 1863.' J
Ediot 1st.-
The United States Government' having or
clearly how chimerical it would be to suppose dered assessments to he made on the Wealthy
that any respect wo eld belaid in such ii case | citisens of the States now m reoeiiioa ttg-ains
said Government, I have ordered an .assess
ment upon your property .to the amount oi
dollars, payable immediately.
You are, therefore, commaa ied to pay over
i to Aiaj. W. H. Lusk, Paymaster ot this Bri v
I adc, the above sum, or the came will be col
to their neutrality. What is now p issing at-New
Orleans indicates in iact sufficiently the manner
in which certain commanders of Federal rorces
_____ __ deem themselves entitled to act towards thi m
. , T TrZ tj I in suite of the different intentions entertained,
tne b.ack, it soon comes to be held disrepuut- not> by the Washington Cabinet -
blo by tuo white man to place himself on the Without desiring to discuss* further, from tho
same level. Bnt the great majority in num- point ot view ol the Federal Government itself, I lected from you at ihe sacrifice of y >ur prop-
, . _ . _ ,_ the va'ne an-l efficacy ot the coercive measures I erty. -■ FLORENCE Ai CORNYN,
ber, in every community, will consist of those pr0 p 0aedf i mnst t0 you . as regards ourselves, (j 0 i_ 10th Missouri Cuv,, Cot’d'g Brigade,
who have neither wealth nor slaves, and this lbal we cannotfiod in this project, any more than Tae loffest assessment that I have hetrd*of
important class, shut cut from the path of ordi- in the explanau ns which hav«r been given to you ^ g 50 . h h ^ he g- 000
•»r k.i-'t^ z ,
soc.ety, instead of beingila main support. The injuries which would probably result to r<ur citi* tailing to pny ms assessment, wascurri-.d off.
position of this large class in the Southern zens lront its exicuuon. 1 know already that buch I ihoald have mentioned before lhaaafl the
L _ . , , __ _ ,s «l»o the impre si.rn ot the Euglish Govern* 1 stores in town were entered, and what the
fctale* > .ia p.-.-uidl in the extreme., iney are |uenl _ *pj, e ohjecuons which first presented i devils d-.d not want they threw -out in the
known by tbe appellation of “mean whites,” ibemse-ves to your mind are coniormaole to our muddy streets. To our inexpressible relie'
a term applied by tbe negroes who, as we I own views, aud it is thereiore necessary tpat J *coandrels left town on Wtdncsday after
have stated, associate respectability in the |"t«?d. VC '*** ^° k explanalI0 “ s wlUl >lr 'j noon, taking with them about fifty-bales of
white man, with the owning of slaves.”— I I need not say to you that we will learn with
This is found-d in entire misconception. .We lively satisfaction that General Bu'Ier has defi-
. , ,T_ . .. ttvely resigned the dictatorial powers with
have no ctow of Southern society so degraded it st | med he w>9 inve8 t e d at New Or-
as this statement describes. We have the j leans. His departure will certainly not_ constt
same social grades
\ the best European soct- I tuto tor us a solution ot all the claims which his
adtnioistration'has prov..ked; but we hope that
«y presents. We have a middle class, that is jbc c0uduCt bla successor will at least prevent,
persons of not as much wealth as, but with I ; or the lutare, any increase in their number. -
equal respectability, with those.who may bo I DROUYN DE L’HUYS.
cotton, all the males and horses they' could
find, and as many negroes as they coaid force
off, nboat sixty in all. They took the piant-
| atiou teams Co hanl their cotton. Owing: to
the bad roads they left 14 b iles of cotton be
tween town'and me mountain, and I under-
considered, on acoonnt of their riches and
education at the highest elevation of the so
cial eoale. The elai-s ot merchants, mechan
ics, proiessional men, fill up that large inter
val between tho owners of slaves and tbe
slaves themselTus ; but there are many gra
dations as to"ownership of slaves. There are
few who do not own a small number. But
Uto-e Who have no respectable calling, to
whum the_appe);ation referred to is applied,
is to small in number as not to be called a
class, bat exceptions to the general body of
njn-ilavx-holders.
mutton,
von run so, yon eat so muca sheep," retorted
the Confederate. “You all will make suuie
money by going as suoati uuw under the con
* script bill," said a Confederate picket to a
lo suppose that there is no identity of both I y*ukee. ‘-Don’t care abuut making money
iniep-st and feeling bet ween all classes of South- in* t way, lam going home.” replied the
era society, is the mistake of those who have I Yankee. Pickets will ta-k sometimes in spite
iouked superficially at its structure and compo- * of oruers, and some good hits are made.
stand they were compelled to leave much
more further on, which they, burnt.
•The enemy came through Frankfort, to
whieh place they came on the Fulton Road,
By this means they were enabled to get here
Picket Talk. I without our having warning, as nobody
Tne Fredericksburg correspondent of tae dreamed of their coming that-roundabout
Richmond Dirpotch relates the following talk wa T- Nearly every person they met or saw
across the river: I tueybroukht along wiih them. Souicofthem
You are almost starved out at Vicksburg," “>ey compelled to walk 80 miles. When they
cried a Yankee picket across the river the oth- I Arrived nere they had a hundred citizens
er day. “Oh, no! plenty of mules left”’ prisoners. Thete, together wita the citizens
was the reply. “Do you cat mules?” en-I‘hey got in town, made a big show. - No doubt
quired the fan tee- “Certainly,” said the lhe official report of the expedition wilt men-
Oon edernte. “We have plenty of beef and saving captured 150 prisoners, not ten of
said the Yankee. -Tnat makes I " hom w,u be Ooaiedeiate soldiers.
Hd'qos 61st Axa.. Cavalry, t
Ou advance picket near [>
Mnrfresboro, Trim., March 8, 1863 J
Northern papers of tho 5th and the Nash
ville Union of the 7 th have some to hand.—
Northern . news unimportant, ' except that
Prcmicc of the Louisville Journal passed
through 'Cincinnati recently on his way to
Europe. Ho paid 174 for gold in that city,
and the papers, say has left ‘to avoid the dif
ficulties which the Journal would fall heir to.
The same paper (Cincinnati .Times) says
that Mi? Prentice has reliable news from un
doubted authority that Kentucky is soon to
be invaded by au immense, army uuder John
son and Bragg.
Tne Nashville Union copies this under the
head of “Startling News,” and adds that
East Tennessee refugees in that city give it as
their opinion irom information recently re
ceived by them, that Mr. Prentice is right
and they' look-for an immediate advance of
the rebel army into Kentucky. The Union
further adds that in a conversation with Mr.
Prentice over a year sinoe, ho deprecated the
course the Journal was pursuing; that he had
very little control or influence over it, that
imne of the leading artioles in opposition ter
the Administration was from his pen ; that
they were without his oonsent or authority,
and that he sustained the administration in
ait its measures.
Tue Union calls loudly, upon the Yankee
authorities to attend to and stop this invasion
of Kentucky. But oh! grasshoppers and
eiepn*ui pot pie! Listen to the Union on Van
Darn’s victory at FrauKlin 1 Tremble oh ye
inqtnuains. aud shake ye Tallies 1 Hide yonr
neats ye rebel-, and keep out of the way ye
black battalions of Jeff JJavis l for know ye
that. S. U. Aleroer oi the Nashville Union
.peaks in thunder toues to the North Alter
acknowledging that Van Darn kitted, wound
ed and captured four Yankee regiments, he
»aya:
During the fight, the battery in charge of
the b5ui Indiana was at ucked by two rebel
negro regiments. Our artillerists double-shotted
tneir guns and cut the black rebels to pieces, and
oaought their buttery sulety off. it nas been
stated repeatedly lor the past two weeks, that t
'ar$e number, perhaps one -ourtlx of V«,r SemV
forces, were negro soldiers, a d the statement is
iulty confirmed oy'ttiu unfortunate engagement.
“The southern rebels have forced their miser
able negroes to lake .Up arms to destroy tfaegov-
erutueufand enslave us and our children.
Freemen ot the Norm and ol the South
does it ubt make your oiood boil tn your veins
like u flood ot fiery lav* ! Dues it nut make
your hearts 'swell with indignation, that your
liberties, your government and your happiness
should be destroy ed oy the negro troops of Jeff,
liuois l
Will yon stand it 1 Will you brook the
outrage in quiet-7 Wi'l yOd suffer yonr flag to
ue torn down, and trodden .under foot by the
black battalions # ot Van Dorn f People nf the
North I shall rebel negroes slay your sons and
strip their bod.es oil tne battle-field? Bend out
your new armies by millions—send them no
more by regimeuts, or by brigades, .or by divis
ions. but by millions! Let the tramp of your
loyul armies cause the bills of the Sooth io
snake to their foundations, and the vailtes to
trenibic to their centres! Rally to the deiense
of the dear old flag! Hesitate no longer ! Let
nistury not teuord that while slavery was the
cause ot the rebellion and- slave-belder the
prime mover of the rebellion, you were such
degenerate dastards as to allow negro slaves to
oe the instruments of your country’s downfall,
at d the agency which made the rebellion so
successful.” _4
Ou consistency,-whit a jewel! The Nash
ville Union down on Jeff Davis’ McCk battalions
when'tie shouts with joy because me Yankee
Congress passed the the negro fifteen regiment
bill! Poor black, battalions ot Van Djru 7 what
afpitty tho Yanks doublesshoiled their guns an
hurl you so badly. Van Dorn's gallant boy
bud not washed their laces :n three days. No
wonder-the Yanks took them'foe black battaf
ions.- When they charged tbe Yanks, their
faces, covered with puvtder and shouting and
yelling defiance, 1 reckon they did think some
thing black was near about.
Ola Kosey is worse mudebound than ever,
ff tne ram continues like it has ior the last
month, Kosey cannot move until April or May
He undoubtedly contemplated an advance before
this Day belore yesterday (the 6th) the enemy
appeared along our whole front—twelve mites—
simultaneously, with Heavy forces oi iulamry,
cavalry, and artillery, and succeeded in driving
iu uur pickets along the line. They—the pick
ets— however stubbornly contested every incb ol
ground un-)l night put an end to the conflict.—
Hie 5fat occupied tne reserve dating the night.
It rained tbe whole day and night, and the
winu blew furiously; in tact a perfect ■hurricane
prevailed the whole lime. Next morning the
Yanks returned to thcV camps, disgusted, no
doubt, with me weather and their reception by
the “rebs.” Had it not been lor the terrible
weather, old Rusey might have advanced.
'We all await with great anxiety the final re-
buI at Fort McAlhsier. God grant that ber
brave dele.nders may be able to sink every iron
clad that attacks her/
HORSE MARINE.
Prom Onr Special Correspondent “Vol-
nntecr.”
Tbe late Bald into Kentucky— Apalrgetfc—What
tuekwns Desire—Toucbirxr focthern
Loui vi'le holies—a .striking Centrist—A New ln»'
for Kentuckians
Is CA*r near Manchester, Tern., \
February 6*.h. 1863.- f
Van Dorn’s recent brilliant exploits, and
the occupation of Readyville by the Federals,
with a loss to. ue of fifty prisoners of Mor
gan’s command, comprise the events.of in
terest which have transpired on the front—
Clnke with picked detachments from the **d,
3d and 7th Kentucky -cavalry regimen Is has
reached Lexington, sweeping r ali opposition
before him. HU march through the State
was a perfeot oval ion, aud his force has - been
doubled by the recruits who haVe.flocked to
him.
Late Northern papers state that large nnm-
ber of Union refugees from the blue grass
region had arrived at Cincinnati and Lnnis-
ville. I will not attempt a defense of Ken
tucky’s aotion last summer, but to my mind,
a sufficient apology is the fact that her troops
were not allowed to accompany Gen. Bragg-
in his raid. Several twelve months organiza
tions of Kentnckians have been discharged
fr *m the service, bnt she can still boiast (10)
ten regiments of infantry, thirteen regiments,
and several battalions of cavalry, and five
batteries of artillery. Pnt this force under
Buckner, untramtneled by orders, and no
Yankee foot will long pollute Kentucky's
soil. Kentuckians ask but this opportunity
to redeem their State, and should such an ex
pedition. ue authorized, all will cheerfully
abide its results. VOLUNTEER.
In Camp at Manchester, Tenn , \
’ February 7th, 1863. f
A chaplain who remained with onr wound
ed vyho were left- at Murfreesboro’, when we
retired from that place, has arrived here —
Before returning to onr lines he went to Lou
isville, and describes in touching.*language,
a visit to Caveltill Cemetery, near that city.
He was carried to this lovely city of tbe dead
by a noble' hearted citizen of Louisville,
whose liberality and energy have given a
proper burial to every Confederate soldier
that ,ha£ died in the city. Here, on the
Northern border of Kentucky, he beheld a
sight that should put to shame many who in
habit cities farther South -The grave of ev
ery Confederate was raised, sodded, and not
a”few surrounded with flowers. The name of
tbe soldier, his State, and regiment, was let-
teied in black on. a; neat white bead-board,
around which hung a wreath of myrtle, the
Christmasjqtfering of the true Southern la
dies of Louisville, to the noble dead. In the
grounds allotted to the burial of the Federal
dead; he found the graves sunken and uncarcd
for; nut few having stones or boards,- or
marks of any kind.
■ Tho Yankee Congress- has passed an act
punishing with fine and imprisonment,_ any
one caught corresponding with a rebel. *An
other is added to th# previously existing tri
als of the mothers, wives and sisters of the
Kentnckians ia ottr army. I sincerely hope
their devotion to our cause m ly be repaid by
an early release fraui Lincoln's hated rale.
* . VOLUNTEER. .
While planting largeljTfbrthe com
mon and needed field crops, our friends
and all patriotic farmers and gardeners
should not forget pepper, mustard and
Other auxiliaries and euudimwiu. It will
be a shameful reproach if we permit our
selves, after another crop, to suffer the
want of these things that can be easily
grown.
New Advertisements,
BeiDqvirtib. 2itx Uh*aoii BsaiutxnT.
Mured tUi, Xt*S3 f
Special o>der No. 10.
A lL- fflce-e.'Uon-commifSioEed (Ulcers, and 'piivuter,
JX. 1 e'ot.ciog to line regira-nt, now on recrettl* ir ser-
vt-nil iramedUtoly rejoin their command
By order of Uen. Dolce.
lHOMeP W H ‘OPitB.
Lt -Col. Coin’d’g Zlftt via Kcjj’!.
Joe. 8 Clover Act. Ad|’t. mirie-lw
OS tOlSIGNHKNT.
4 nniYLBi* KIO lOrTUK
A-,\,UI-I 1,000 lbs Buck Pepper
600 lhe epico
ltu he i -cjth and Mwibcy Snuff, .0 ntxd 26
ltwkigs
10 keg* node.
(SORT. J. IOWRY A CM.,
Oi.toniissio* Mercbanto,
■ mar 15-1* WMtei-sll »*•**
Grantville Property for Sale.
I AM OFFKklN t FOR f-AUIS, Diy faouae and lot in (ho
town of Gr ntvilie, ia fsvoraulo t.-rm-j. aim iiu
provouients c->t si* of a dwelling c.>nt%iniog«igbt.ooins;
kitslirn, withtwoitouu; Urgo.m to ll u-.; eo.ro too c,
40 by 10 lent, with cellar; well ol g od water; • r.cl eeo
lot of about ono acre, with Uaig. crib?, it*. Is*. Iiuygy
hou-e. Ac I won d a »o sell a lot oi Z16 acre, of Laud.
Ijinix within l*al* ntr.i o< f the Tiling,.
Fc.-fou* < o.lring kuch pr. pe -ty, can ceil on M S Fmitli,
nt OrentTiUr, or me at my-present rend*nee three mi •
Met*. -
m»r-6-lw« - ,B. W. Q vMjt*.
Residence for Sale,
M Y bntii.e r c.,m,,ei» n;» u> res'de in Atianta. I have
therefore, deteimicod to soli my Residence at SitiV-
naii, Georsia.
The house enntaiot 0 rooms and double kitchen—negro
fcrtlMto ‘ae-t-. .ah^-.V fulfil if—^||i
which there is a Rood orchard and welt cultivated vine-
yard, (4 j e ir* old.) embracing .on* acre and well seethed.
The wh,ie promises t* In good tei-air, and .no <f the
hands m tt naedeices.in Newnan. (41 mite* from Atlan
ta.) on West-Point K llruad. '
Any person wishing to pnrelseae a residence, will find it
worthy of notice to exvieine the premiers and addre s G.
W. Winter, caie of J. L. WINTER so-,
lie. 3J Alabama strrer,
marl5-tf. Atlanta.-Georgia.
QUART K u mui-ERs
\ITH0 wish their accounts mad* out and regulates
'» can apply at this efflee 'or iot< rraatkm ot a c. tn
pent pe ecu. Merchants in want nf a’Bock-Kespermty
aLoapply. merit D -
SUBSTITUTES,
T hose wishing to so as substitutes, «thore
wiahlng to prrenre Sobsiltiita*, trill find it to their
advantage to call at my dBm over J. 1L DoveioyV Store,
Peach tree street, Atlanta Gengia, on aud after the 23d
iusUnt.
mar!3-lm» Z. £ WTL80}(.
Coming through Frankfort tho county seat of
this county, bey arrtsied tbe Treamrer an4
Tax Collector • f the county, from whom they
look several thousand duulsrs in totinty foods,
an J their private money berit^ps. Tnese lellowg
had their poc-k.t* lull of counterfeii Oonfedera c
uo es, which they aaid they nought at 25 cents a
hundred i cannot hear ot their having paid
lor a single thing which they took, and as they
Yankee Demons.—The Shelby ville, Tenn.
Banner says that very recently a foraging
party ot the enemy, escorted by a command
of cavalry, visited the premises of Mr. An
thony in Williamson county. The Colonel,
Major and other officers entered the house
and indulged in the usual freedom and li
cense. At the same time they permitted a
number of negro teamsters to seize the
daughters of Mr. Anthony, aud ravhb these
unprotected females. Their mother besought
the protection of the officers, bnt these brn-
tal men only cursed her, as a d—d rebel say
ing that they understood that the husbands
of her daughters were in ^the Confederate
Bervice, aad they were being served properly
tans to ho outraged by a race they had en
slaved. - •- .- .-V- -v'-i
SHOE-MAKER FOR 8ALE*
A NO. 1, >iktly Bhoe-kaker tar ml* »t
--. ■ -it.-M. CUUK8, -
marW 6t* WbitehJl Mrc. t.
LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS.
G HOIOBlotot the above articles on consignment and
fcr isle by
msrfr-lw LANGSTON, CRANK A HAMMOCK
{ST Patriot Farmer! every grain of
corn you plant this summer is a bullet in
the he*n of tbe enemy of our country.
Aud that’s a “leader" in twenty words.
g/Sff" Daily Confederacy $1 50 per month.
YELLOW IRISH POTATOES.
10 ebls yellow Irish potatoes, r„ r seed, toe
A 0 WYLY A CO,
F rv* BAERtLS PURI CORN WHISKEY
Filty bvxcle Pure Perch and Apple Brsudy, f,r *i! 0
b, [mull if) A C WYLY A Ca
S UGAV S , c he.L,«d8aoiin„*«co, Ac, 4c, for
—*'*-** AO WYLY A CO.
sugar: sugar:: sugaki:t
r STORE AND FOR LALK. T« Hhds Choice Snrar.
LAKSDKLL, ZIMMERMAN A CO
' Corter Wtoluh*!! aifi Huutr *tri
tasrS-tf Atl»nm,Gror7u.
AUCTION SAlvES,
AUCTION SALfcS.
BV CRAWF0Bi>, FRtZEll & 00.
g, J. SHACKELFORD, AUCTIONEER.
* ^ J
X HB RBGULA11 AUCTION SALES ot our home «Ui
herratrer be on
•JUESDiYS,THUIDDiiS iVU SATUKli.AV’t
EVERY W EEK,
AT HALF PAST’ 10 O’CLOCK.
AU Goods, War.j'ntiil Chattel* rhoold be sent in th
evening before, or early In the morning of sale day
Stork salsa of
Horses, Mules, &c.»
vill commeuoe at ft o’alocK on e*ch tiigu ? ar «al» iiaj.
' x ~ . • '
u. w. COOK,
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AND
GENERAL AGENT,
OR TUK PURCHASE P All. KINDS off Pit .uUCK-
y An, prflers adireaaed to m\ will lixve prompt attei-
ti >n,. tth«- from Oity or Councr, ue cj-.ii.* or Piau-.era
Rsrns t.i—
C»pt J M Wilis, Atlanta
c»vt tVm toecmTA M MfAiUtuik '
Me*flr*_,vmo-s A I. g .,, All una
«us*r* ll'.lilo 4 Pim-OTJ, Atlanta .
Mr J J Thrnahi r. At anta
J L Winter, At.sr.ta
•A K 6eJg s Atlanta
41 -Oa aiei, ll-.ur, c. unt,, Ujorgi* marlO3m
Ct)di£ AND .-EE IF YOU VVA.Vf TO BUY.
1 RU t ROXB, TOBACCO, diff rent grades
lyU luu grot* Matches
8,i 1-0 lb* K'XM Bacjo, at
AM RtS, LIGcN A Cj’a
ALSO,
7. hbla Bi Barb Swta
5,00m buehel, Cora, to arrive aud in etorb
8.0.U bu»hei* Pea , t. arrive md In'aUite
• **or mont ol books an i SCati .nerj
i.ot qt goad Sewiug da utue.,at
’ , A McsS, L.GON * Ov’d
ALSO,
60 jack* Salt
itjs>j lb* tta^liaU iiud 3 vs lb* Iron
Uhl* Corn *>ht k),
Bbl* Apple itraudy, at
AM ood, LIGuN. 4 co’d
ALhC,
beam* to lent a good Kettde.ee, for the batanceof tho
jear.
CUi at
marl l-4t.
AM JSd. UGON A C Pd
DRY GOODS, &c.,
O a Consign meat at Wholesale,
C ASi.8 NANCY KNGLlsu PItu.TJ
4 4 Paucy JSuabah Prim*
Laarn 4-4 aukIo'U Longciotli
C**e» Slug l*b.M.,ilrbIug Calicos*
One c* a ebon-.. I’rn.i,. i ;.;u« Chaltici
litvh ,.tuetiH, Llu-n Cauii.r.o UaaUkerchtoi*
i-nme Oit'ou Haidkeromei,, i.ujie.“a<ee
-M—i,»wwijareaaa- -ji i .r ca.uu —
F.-.x Tbr ai, black hearing Ft k ,
l/.uib'o VYuu. Umln-d lrtu, M rito D.-nworn
•ao« d »o j largo aud fl ,a Pocket Auvei
■HI Ouse diipcrflue 1*« K live*
Sjud z m dupe.ior Bi-.kiug. targe boxes
A foe d,i.. luejia; Men’. urug«o*, AruiV Sbcsjr
6 non fine Cigar*; *6 t»*rral* Hal date
6 d'lper Uvuklug otfjr large aeid emair
k,40o In* B eud Iron: l pair liit'orui ocules
lewd.B*a Linen-ViO.itMil r u *0 Wh.t, CrayeShawlr..
a l..r^e Invoice ot M'tluviy Good*' -
_ .ul to be «Ad at m.deialu pmea to close cocaiunmente.
• ,, * P. G. lid-si!“pd,
- ,1 tf Whitt halt s: cp Mi ,! y* j; ti Back.
A. CONNELL,
iS°. U CaUR L' BTRICET.
MONTGOMBEY. AtABAMii
r,clw "S'h Wrtwtm
AA twa. *e ec e.l thick u Cue ecu .Ter Offeied to the
p . ic tn tuia oectioj, both Cuawing a«d S uokinjj —
Amocg the lotniay no f Uud the fonowlng bra,.d*- b ‘
i eon ooxes, .imp i«i;.g 6
__ “SI h Farmer;”
***” -• VVorahnm;”
“Grave*,”"
“BlackTens;-.... ...
, a “iatli-Vind.r:*'
• litis Lee;” '• “ »oUu Morgan; >-
"twna.".
rt f Keen;”
". ■■ ■--*Ttrns ladaaiil i n , " '
•JTDjvia,"
rw “TRbett;”
k|W ,ttir„lkMra VnwA “ n •“ .-.Itlp.oiV
•sasssjsi'»«ssr-««<»*w.
15 Caaiu Smoking. -, cu v»,ha :*>
5o b urela dm iklog. In
60 caaoaSwokin;, mtiy u «iega. f a 6n , 1; , ^ h Ie3 .
6 Cva.-a Smeklng. Rxcolair.r. 1 •
Together wi h all tbe f.ucy Bmoking Ttfoaccd «l,v,
amn^foctarel la L,tichbw*, VirgM^ rcStaS^LSJ!
.UMtom Urfi awcit. or mmo , U dr xSu^ih^ ^ ,*T
ce,y prompt and per«nal MHU 2£S£.**
■v NEW GOODS.
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, etc.
lXfi LB3 KNGi.ISH SBALING WAX
AOV-r 4-iJ tba Pho.pltr.raa
1,0 0 yds Bla a R.iamelleil Cl.'-’th
„ fcUtr fEnglish.
too boxen R.-g Uh C S Sou
80 kegs Bicarb gulp
tOO dole a Pocket Kn vts
460 d aea Tobie Kuirei and Forka
- 3,100 pair No. 10 Loaf Cotccn Cords
15 d,>i'a 3Inch Hard raw Fites
Uc cunaigumentjuid for sale t.v
„ 9 SOLOMON A ERih.
• tcAta-ti- ... inn MairiMniii ;
MFB INSUH.VNCR.
THE btoftttlA HOME INSUHASOfi CuilPAIft,
Capital *450,000,
mi. JA*. F. BOZKMAN, PTMidant .
1-- i. AI7.00X, :
Life Department at Savannah
V.s." r.'i tV'Il.UUii, Aciuitrv.
b,: - H - L ARNIILL C lung V -
pOLICIES are israod oattoUvii of ^
■h_,? r T«y°Z.q!ivTr IkanrtMi Am v„, '
nl1 ^ F 1 lulleges ary very liberal.
Oall iqwa the Ag. nt end get el! ue-. fnformsthm
«dt**oaPoUcfOb.foarlifa _ '
JaiubBoa ' T;
miM. Ajwur.
SELLING OUT
Without I'icserve.
80 ^
NEW RICE
15.hoga-.ala Sogar ia atcro .
43 hogiheoda i
Wg
SUBSTITUTES t
f RELIABLE 8UB3riTCTR3, ever45, can be !ud t v an.
^L^piyingtc J. X. WaU*ce, at the Store ol F. AG It.
marI2-in>
sagar to arri
i imported Matchta
•jCO bn shell Cur*, ...
‘400 bttahela Meal, Ac. At
feb7-»f
n>W0ITnn^-f STA ' rK POR ^LE,
IliCILDINy LijT- -
, 1 h-e Cui- Shed y„n c ’.. .- - ^. foartb “?
l-rrivl I he other 8Vg
'or -ai
feb.g-if
■rea. am, dtscrip-.t
heap, by
J R MAY SON.