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May 10-2t
Organized.
The citizens oi Ftoyd county residing South
of the Coosa river met at Rocky Dale Church,
on the 8t)r inst., and organised themselves in
to a company of Partisan Rangers for service
in that connty, to bo ready at a moment’s no
tice. We notice 74 names to the list publish
•d in the Southerner. James Word was elect
ed Captain.
The Literary Messenger.
The number for May of this old and well known
magwlne baa come to hand. The contents of tliii
number embraces some of the most entertaining sab*
jests, which are treated on by writers of high accom
plishments, who ars favorably "known in the literary
world.
While military aOtin have become the all absorb
ing theme of the day, oar people are neglecting litera
ture. This is scattering with one hand, while gather,
log with the other. Literature is one of our strongest
forts, and the “Messenger” is one of the most faithful
sentinels. Let it be encouraged. This magaslne
devoted to Literate*,, Science and Art. Published
monthly at $5 per annum at Richmond, Va.
Flour.
Flour was sold at auction in Augusta on the
13th inst. at $38 per barrel.
Bragg's Censure of Gen. Breckinridge
The Knoxville Register, of the 14th instant,
says:
Some time ago, when Gen. Breckinridge be
came cognizant of the character of Gen BraggY
report of the battle at Murfreesboro, he address-
ed a letter to Adjutant General Cooper, at Rich
mond, demanding a court of inquiry. We have
never tech this production, but are advised that
it is an elaborate and powerful defense o
conduct and generalship of Breckinridge,
Confederate Notes Funded.
The amount of Treasury Notes fundhd in
eight per cent bonds for s few days previons
to the 22d nlk inclusive, has been as follows
at the points mentioned:
Charleston,.
Columbia...........
Greenville
Augusta, Ga
Atlanta, Ga
Montgomery. Ala Jg ■
Petersburg, Va
LvnchbuTg, Va
Columbus, Ga
Stanton, Va
Macon
Huntsville, Ala
Some of the papers are putting the amount
funded In Mobile at $8,000,000. - This is an
error. That sum inalndes what,was funded
both in this eity and Montgomery:—Mobil*.
Tribune .
Gan. Jackson’s last Moments.
The Richmond Dispatch thus describes
the last moments of Gen. Jackson:
About 11 o’clock on Sunday it became*
known to bis attending physician that
there was no hope for Gen. Jacksons life.—
Tiie General was informed of the fact, and
was ottered stimulants to prolong his exis
tence. These he refused to take, and a
short time after his mind commenced to
wander. Among his laat words was a ref
erence to hiB men. He said, speaking of
his Commissary: “ Tell Maj. Hawfees to
send forward provisions to the men. ”
About one o’clock his wife entertd the
room, and took the last farewell which he
bid on this earth, and at 15 minuites past
3 o’clock, his spirit ascended to its Giver.
Woodlawn, Mdrsat Co., Ga, 1
a May 8th, 1868. /
°“ r " heat erops looks well. Planters are
moatly done planting. I think there is more
land in caKivatioB this year than last year. Wo-
men and boys are plowing and hoi up; cheer-
luU 7- M. W. HARRIS.
A Recollection from Hook* 1 '* Hlatorjr.
The Richmond Dieppe* of May 11th, says:
There ean be nothing more interesting to the
public to Jaythau a raminiecenco of tbo gen
tleman that has just been so badly orushed on
UioTtappnbnnnock-. A broken down gambler,
ho is about tbe best specimen of a Yankee
gentleman that could be given. A defeated
and ruined Genera), be is the best specimen
of their military men. His testimony before
the “Committee on tbe Conduct of the W or”
is entirely \ ich and shows the braggart so
completely that we give some portions of it
for tbe amusement of the Confederate public.
We will lake tho first question put to him
when “MRjor Gen. Hooker was sworn by the
chairman of tho committee
<1 —To what do you atlribulo the failure of
the IVcsnanla campaign t
A—I do not hesitate to say that U is to be
attributed to the want of generalship on the part
~ our Commander.
Q—Were yon consulted up the subjeot of tho
lino of the Peninsula iu preference to tbe one
direct to Richmond ?
A—T never was consulted on the subject.
0—What wa3 tho condition of things at
Yorktown, when our troops first landed at the
Peninsula as regards the strength of the place,
and the relative strength of the opposing for
ces*
A—I did not go down fer some three weeks
after Gen. McClellan yront down. Ho went
down with the army from Alexandria, and the
return vessels stopped at Budd’sFerry, where
' was, and took my division down. General
McClellan took down about 90,000, and .when
I joined him I look 11,000 down to him. I did
uol see the returns, hut that was the under
standing there. Franklin'afterwards joined
with his division. At tbe lime that General
McClellan landed with this large army there
was something between 8,000 and 16,000 at
Yorktown. 1 have hoard it estimated os low
as 8,000 and as high as 16,000.
Q—What course would you have advised at
the time of tbe landing on tho Peninsula na
iler the circumstances?
A—What 1 subsequently did will, I think,
convey an answer to that question. I attack
ed with my single division, a line of works at
Williamsburg stronger than the lint across the
Peninsula at Yorktown. At Yorktown, lon ; ;
after I joined, I never conld understand why
was required to send ceo half of my number
on duty, day and night, to dig, so as to invest
the place. 1 could only conopide that a seige
bad been determined upon somewhere in the
programme, before ever having felt to see
whet her we had an enemy in front or not, and a
great many others felt so too. From my ex
amioation of the works at Yorktown, and
the reaching away beyond tho position that I
occnpied, 1 felt that their lines could be pierc
ed without any considerable loss by the crops
with which I was on duly, Heintzslman’s corps.
We could have gone right through and gone io the
rear of the enemy. They would run the moment
we got to their rear, and we could have picked
up the prisoners. Right there at Yorktown
tho enemy had expended a great deal of labor,
but/ would have marched right through the re
doubts—which were part of tho cordon they
had—and got on the road between Yorktown
and Richmond, and thus compel the enemy t.
fight me bn my own ground,' and not have
fought them on theirs.
Q—Suppose General McClellan had thrown
bis army between Yorktown and Williams
burg with as much rapidity ai ho could, what
would have probably been tho effect ?
A—It would have resulted in the capture and
destruction of the enemy's army.
Q—Da you know any reason why that o Juld
not have been done ?
A—I do not.
Q—You were there when the enemy retreat
ed from Yorktown ?
A—1 was within a milo .and a half or
thero.
The bully then goes on to state how he fol
lowed the retreating Confederates. When
they reachpdT’ort Magrnder, where the fade
rals got their defeat, Hooker says:
I supposed then that Gen. Hointzelman was
there, but it turned out that'hu had left, and
Gen. Sumner was in oommand with a largo
force, certainly not less than thirty thousand
men. He could have advanced through the
line of defenses across tho Peninsula, at Wi
liamsburg, without losing ton men. The ene
my conld not fire, for I had him in a vise. I
wanted him to advance?and until three o’olock
that day 1 expected he would advance and
march through the line held by the enemy,
and go to picking up prisoners. During this
limo my own troops were engaged with not
less than three or four times their number.—
Gen. Kearney, w~ho was the last of all the ar
my to leave Yorktown—exoopt Porter’s divi
sion, which was left to garrison Yorktown
was the first to ocme to my assistance. If
Gan. Sumner had advanoed, the rebellion
would have been buried there. He did not
advance at all.
Q—Where was General McClellan all this
time 1
A—At Yorktown. About nine o’clock,
thereabout, of the morning of the fight,
Prince de Joinviile, seeing that no reinforce
ments would bo sent me, started for Yorktown,
and reached there in about an hour. -It is re
ported to me, and I have no doubt that it is
so, that he said to Gon. McClellan: “General,
you have three old women in advance. Gen.
Hooker U engaged heavily, and they will send
him no reinforcements, it is necessary for
yon to go in ailvanco.” I think Gov. Sprague
went down also to urge Gen. McClellan to
come up. It was reported to me that Gen.
MoClcllan left Yorktown between four and
five o’clock in the afternoon. Lt. Col. Webb,
now the Inspector of tho Fifth Corps, was
present at the interview between Prince de
Joinviile and Gen. McClellan. Gen. McClellan
showed a great indisposition to go forward,
and only left, as I am told, between 4 and 5
o’clock.
Q—Yon stood your ground!
A.—Yes, sir. When Gen. Kearney came up
ho was my senior; but Gen. lleintzclmanwas
under tho impression at that time that 1 ranked
Kearney, and be sent him up to report to me.
When Gen. Kearney came up, as his brigades
came up I put them in position. As soon as
that was done, my own troops wore withdrawn
from the front and collected together as fiat
as practicable, Gen. Kearney holding the ad
vance. Gen. Kearney then said to me:I
think 1 rank you.’.’ I replied: “ Certainly,
Gen’l, you do.” ne then said he wonld assume
command, which was very proper. That night
his lines of pickets held the advance. Daring
the night the enemy evacuated Williamsburg.
I have since learned, from most reliable sources,
that when the news of that, battle reached Rich
mond, Jefferson Davis and Gov. Letcher moved
their families out of RUhmond, removed thear-
thieves and their libraries-and every citizen who
could command a’ vehicle had his goods piled on
wagons, andprepared to abandon the city. They
only returned (those who had left) when they
found that the pursuit ceased—I almost say,
was abandoned.
Q - Is it your judgment that you could have
gone inti Richmond then!
A— I think we could have moved right on, and
got into Richmond by the second day after that
battle, without another gun being fired.
W—What was done!
Written Expressly for the Confederacy:
Poems on the War. .
.NUMBER NINE.
BY A. R. WATSON.
THOMAS J. .TACKBON.
Never news more sad and dire flashed along th’ elec
tric wire,
Never oanlc the heart ef nation In deeper, sadder
gloom,
A—We moved on in a manner I never did
understand, losing time. If there was any
necessity for that I have never yet appreciated
it So far as the best information we have
goes, the enemy had abandoned the idea of de
fending Richmond; and it was only when they
saw the lassitude and inefficiency of onr army
that they concluded to make a stand there.
Q-Did yon participate in the battle of Fair
Oaks or Seven Pines!
A—At the time that battle was fought my
entire division was stationed at what is called
Oak Botton 8 wanin', about five or six miles ■ „ . . _ ...
from where the battle of Saturday, the 31st of Vom 2* teir drop oour9cs ’ Mld ,hc * >e
Ab f ° ut two o’clock ofthqt *, eilcbe(i jT^ptag drop, of anguish o’er our
day l received orders to move one half of my . . , *Y “
division to the front, tho other half to remain ’
and hold the poeition they then occupied. 11 dither 'round, oh, mourning nation! men of every
started, and upon reaching to within about a Y age and station,
milp of whit was called Savage’s Station, the | Groaning 'neath your weight of sorrow, gather
head of my column ‘became impeded by the
fugitives, trains of Wagons, and fragments of
batteries upon the road, and was prevented
from advancing except with their bayonets'and
at a charge. From this cause my column
could make but little headway, and at tbe time
I loft them to ride to the front I doubted if
they could advance at all. When I reached
there, the battle of Fair Oaks, for that night,
was nearly over. About dark my troops came
up. Wo bivouacked on the ground, tbe firing
having beon suspended. The next morning
about 7 o’clock, the firing was renewed. 1
started with the half of the division I bad
wUh me to meet the enemy Tho enemy was I Soldiers of the Stonewall Lioiox i burst th8 bonds of
firing on Sumner’s oommand, whioh wan oc-1 darkness stygian,
copying the railroad.at that time. 1 made to- ] That would bind you from yonr vengeance I rise!
wards tho heaviest fire, and came up in the
rear of the enemy, and in half an hoar my
men became engaged. The enemy was rooted,
throwing away their arms, clothing and hav
ersacks, and broke for tbe woods in the diroc
tion of Richmond
Q—That was the second day of the fight!
A—Yes, sir; and that was the ending of
the fight at that battlo. A part of my troops
oooupied the oamp that had been oooapied by
Gen. Keye’s corps and the ground that he had
occnpied that day. On Monday, the day af
ter the battle, I received orders—the direc
tions were very vague—to make a reoonnois-
ance : n force through the camp and beyond it.
1 did so without any resistance, exoopt a little
pioket firing; and proceeded to perhaps with
in throe and a half or four miles of Richmond,
on tho Williamsburg road. 1 was t'hon re
called, and directoil to establish my oommand
on the ground that Casey’s division had oocu-
cupied on tho first day of the fight at Fair
Oaks.
Q—What portion of our army was engaged
in that battle!
A—Keye’s corps, a little moro than one-half
'round his lifeless clay!
| On tbe turf where he reposes fling your holiest ova
tion, *..
Twine around the tomb of Jackson’wreaths of ama
ranthine bay.
Stricken mother, proud Virginia! can no aspiration
win you
From the grief you hug about yon, sable as your
Chleftan’9 pall f
Can yon give yourself to sorrow-rthongh a mother’s
heart is in you?
Shall tbe cause for which yon battle with your no
ble hero fall?
avenge your leader’s death!
Lit: your flag once more above you! come from sor.
row’s gloomy region,
Pluck the victor’s crown upon you, or the martyr’s
fadeless wreath.
Though his voice no longer cheer yon, still hi* spirit
lingers near you,
When the cloud of battle lowers it will gleam npon
youthen;
Write his name upon your banner, that the hireling
foe may fear you!
i nd yon still will bea Srosiwou built of noble daring
•men.
Fame has writ his name immortal. Glory oped her
golden portal;
And his laureled brow now lingers nearest to her
flaming shrine;
Though awhile our grief is bursting over all of him
that’s mortal,
Death can’t rob us of our hero, for his memory is
divine.
And the world shall hear the atory, how on fields-of
conquest gory,
Jackson and his valiant legion strnck their blows to
make us tree;
of Hcinlzeluain’s corps, and a portion of Sam* | While the naUon’s heart is mourning pteans swell in
net’s corps. If any other troops wore engaged,
I do not know of it.
Q—At what number would yon eatimato the
aotual force engaged on onr side!
A—I should think that, all told, there might
have been twenty-five thousand men. The
telegram directing me to return from.my re
oonnoisttnee was in substance this; “Gen.
fields of glory
And around his brow is blooming wreaths oi immor
tality,
Atlanta, May 14th, 1863.
the
Col. Roddy and his Men.—Col. Roddy
and his brave men deserve the thanks of
Hooker will return from his brilliant reaon-1 our people for their gallant exertions in de-
noisanoe; we cannot afford to lose his divi-1 fending North Alabama during the re»
sion.” All I have to say is, that I had no ex- cent Yankee raid through our region-.—
peotation of bein» lost. I They fought the enemy, although 5 to 1,
Q—Suppose that the noxt day after this ro-1 from Bear Creek to Town Creek, unassist-
pulse of the enemy at Fair Oaks, McClellan I ed, taking 100 prisoners, one cannon, dis-
hid brought bis whole army across the Chick-1 abling another, inflicting a loss of 100 in
ahominy, and made a vigorous movement up-1 killed and wounded upon them, andimpe-
on Richmond in your judgment, as a milita- ding tbeir ma rch at every step to Town
ry man, what would have been the effect of Cre £ k . There Forest came up with his
the movement. . brigade. It was Roddy’s men who discov-
lhlt . ftt ored and brought the news of the flank
And I will say further, that after Gen. Model-
lan received his ordors to abandon Harrison’s | tbem at ® a Y ^°°f
landing, I went to him voluntarily, and sug- d , erjS > an< * ware * n the hottest sort of a
gested that, with tho force we had there, wo I place and suffered severely. They were on
could take Richmond, and pressed him to do l duty all the tune and did their duty nobly,
it. So oonfident was I that we would be sue-1 heroically. Col. Roddy and his men de-
ccssful that 1 was willing to take the advance, serve the warm thanks and gratitude of
and so assured him. This interview took every true man.—he displayed good judg-
place at 12 o’clock on Sunday From that in- ment and management, and they well sus-
terview I returned to my camp, slopping on tained his exertoins.—Huntsville Advocate,
the way two hours. On reaching my camp, 113M
I found on my table an order from Gen. Mc-
Clollan to prepare myself with three days’ | (j EN- Forrest and the Citizens of Rohe
As a slight appreciation of the services
- , , i oi the gallant Forrest, in saving our beau-
Monday. This order was communicated to t , M ci f y - from and flames’ at the hands
^ I h^ s^ ^r ouL ruthless vandals, who lately came to
McClellan that if we were unsuccessful *t Uy.our homes in de*olation ^ «^tio n
would probably cost him his head, but that he was mac *?’ tbat u wou [f, .V®
might as well die for an old sheep as for a 0U J grattitude to present the General with
lamb. I told him that I knew of no bettor a fine horse, and in tne course of an hour
place to put an army than between Johnston or two over one thousand ooilara was con-
—who was at that time in Pope’s front—and tributed for this purpose. But Col. A. M.
the defenoe of Richmond; that the troops Slotua, anticipating the movement, on his
holding those defences wonld have to maroh I own private account, presented Gen. For-
to the succor of Jaokson, and would be com- rest with his splended saddle horse, for
pelled to come out and give battle outside of which he would not, on any account, have
their defences, where I knew we were always I taken the best negro fellow in the State.—
stronger than the enemy. But before the | This was an appropriate and magnificent
time, arrived for executing that order it was I offering of gratitude,' on the part of Col
countermanded, and hence the result of Pope’s Sloan.
campaign. We are advised that the money which
had been contributed dy the citizens for
Blaceino frov China Berries.—The Colums this purpose, was turned over to Gen. For-
bua Sun recommends its readers to preserve the res t to be insed for the benefit of the sick
If 0 yo n u g wan\ P good blacking, take a half bushel and wounded ofhis command.-i&mc Cour-
of China berries, and having them well picked | xeT kvn.
from the stems, put into a kettle, and add three
gallons of water; boil down to one gallon, then t _ . m -m i , ,
strain the liquor, through a seive, from the seed The Alabama Traitors.- We have had
and skins, and add as much pine wood (the the pleasure of reading a letter from Gov.
richer the belter) soot as will make a good black, Shorter, of Alabama, to Surgeon P. C. Winn
and it is ready for use. A pint of goed, or a in regard to the Alabama traitors, captured
q ? nrt - ° f .r ak vine .?. ar ’ <° r s . ta ! e beer >) Cretniix- by Gen> Forest in North Alabama, in which
ed with the soot will make u batter, and if you i 1Q _ ’ j.j
add the whole of one egg to half a gallon of the * he Governor Bays, he lias demanded un
liquor it will bo best and equal to any Yankee I ^lio order of President Davis, all the
blacking. This blacking costs little besides 1 officers taken in Alabam.’a found serving
trouble; and we have seen boots cleaned with with armed slaves, &c. ”
it inferior to none in gloss, and it will not soil a Thh Governor is not certain, from the
white handkerchief: Ret it stand several days I information thus far obtained, whether he
before you bottle it off. I ha9 a right to make a similar demand for
the privates, but has determined to make
a vigorous investigation of all tbe facts, and
use every means in his power, to bring the
traitorous wretches to a punishment befit-
lnterciUag from Yankee Land.
TUF GRAND QCIF AND
F1GIITB.
PORT GIBSON
Flag Ship Benton, )
Below Grand Gdlk, Miss , April 29, *68, -
p Via M.mpbis, 9 P. M., May 4 J
Hon. Gideon Wtlles, Secretary of .'he -Yary:
I have ihe honor to inform you that, by an
arrangement with Gen. Grant, I attacked the
batteries at Grand Gulf this morning, which
were very formidable.
. After a fight of five hours and thirty min
utes, wc silenced the lower batteries, but
failed to silence the upper one, which was
high, strongly bnilt, had guns of very heavy
alibre, and the vessels were unmanageable
the hoavy current.
It fired but feebly toward the last, and the
vessels all laid by and enfiladed it, while- J
wont np a short distance to communioate with
Gen. Grant, who conoluded to land the troops
and maroh over to a point two miles below
Grand Gulf. j
I sent the Lafayette back lo engage the
upper batteries,’(whioh Bhe did,) nud drive
the persona out of them. As it did not re
spond after a ew fires, at 6 P. M., we attacked
the batteries again, and under cover of the
fire, all the transports passed by in good con
dition.
Tho Benton, Tuscumbia and Pittsburg were
much cut up, having twenty-four killed and
fifty six wounded, but they are all ready for
service. *
We land the army in the morning on the
other side, and march on Vicksburg.
DAVID D. PORTER,
Acting Rear Admiral.
SECOND' DISFATCn.
Flaq Ship Benton, \
Grand Gulf, Miss., May 3, 1863. J
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy :
Sir : I have the honor to report that 1 got
under way this morning with the Lafayette,
Carondelet, Mound City and Pittsburg, and
proceeded up to the forts at Grand Gall, for
the purpose of attacking them again if they
had not-been abondoned. The enemy had
left before we got up, blowing up their am
munition, spiking their large guns, ond bury
ing or taking away the lighter ones. The
armament oonsisted of thirteen guns in all.
Tbe works are of the most extensive kind,
and wYuld seem to defy the effort of a much
heavier flret than the ono whioh silenced
them.
The forts were literally torn to pieces by the
accnraoy of onr fire. Colonel VVade, the com
mandant of the batteries, was killed, also his
chief of staff. Eleven men were killed that
we know of, and our informant says many
wounded, and that no one was permitted to
go inside the forts after the action, except
those belonging there.
We had a hard fight for there forts, and it
is with great pleasure that I report that the
Navy holds the door to Vicksburg. Grand
Gulf is tho strongest place on the Mississippi.
Had the enemy encceeded in finishing the
fortifications, no fleet conld have taken tham.
have been all over the works, and found
them as follows : One fort on Point of Rooks,
seventy-five feet high, calculated for six or
seven guns, mounting two seven-inch rifles,
and one-eighth inoh and one Parrot gun on
wheels, carried off. On the left of this work
ia a triangular work calculated to mount one
heavy gun.
These works are connected with another
fort by a covered way and double rifle pits
extending one-quarter of a mile, constructed
with muoh labor, and showing great skill on
the part of the constructor. The third fort
commands the river in all directions. It
mounted" one splendid Blakly one hundred-
pounder, and eight-inch, and two thirty-
pounders. The latter was lying burstod or
broken on the ground. The gunboats had so
oovered np everything with earth that it was
impossible at first to roe what was there, with
the exoeptioh of the guns that were dismount
ed or broken.
Every gun that fell in our hands was in good
condition, with a large quantity of ammuni
tion. These are by far the most.cxlcnsively
built works, with the exception of those at
Viok8burg. I have yet seen, and I am happy
to say that we bold them. I am dismounting
the guns and getting on board the ammuni
tion.
Since making the above examination, new
forts have been passed nearly finished. They
had no guns, but were complete of the kind as
regards position, and had heavy field pieces
in them.
DAVID D PORTER, Acting R. A ,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron.
Look Ur.—The following table contains a
good moral beautifully expressed:
A young man ones picked up a sovereign in
tho road. Ever afterwards, as he walked along I
he kept his eye steadily fixed on the ground in . ., . . ef ,
hopes of finding another. And in the course of I We greatly admire the spirit of Govern
fflong life he did pick up, at different times, a I or Shorter in this matter, and hope to see
goodly number of coins, gold and silver. But his example emulated in every State.—
all these years, white he was looking for them It,.me Courier, 14M.
he saw not that the heavens were bright above
him and nature buautiful around. He never. _ „ , r
once allowed his eyes to look up from the mud Gen. Marshall’s Command.—Gen. M*
and filth in which he sought the treasure; and shall arrived at Abingdon yesterday. His
when he died, a rich old man, he only knew command is not in danger os rumored, but
this fair earth of onra as a dirty road,in which to | is now awaiting the approach of the enemy
pick up money as you «alk along, | throU) , h p ound Gap. TfaoGeneral has been
~ ~ , superseded by General William Preston of
g^TheoflScml returns of the Conneticut Kentucky—General Marshall we learn
election have been received. The total co ^ mand of somo of our forces out
vote f< ?®°? k “e ba ^ was 41,038; for Sey- Wes^.-Bristol Advocate, 14/A.
mour, 38,39a, and 36 scattering; making '
Buckingham’s plurality 2,627, and his ma-, ... ....
jority 27601. EfTTh* New York World of the 14th
1 calls Beauregard “ the most marvelous en-
Loofxd Ih.—At the market yesterday a I IS®** of modern times. By his genius
countryman was looped out of $25 by the I and profes^oiml skill ho hM erected bntfce*
loop game. This recently introduced trick to I *i£3 m Charleston harbor which would sink,
swindle the unsuspecting hss thrived to aeon- a ^ the wooden fleets of the world,, and he
siderable extent in our city, and those who bAa succeeded, moreover, in driving back
practice it should bo dealt with to the utmost the most impenetrable iron clad fleet
extent of the law for cheating and swindling, I afloat. There is no denying what this man
or obtaining money under false pretences.— has done, unpalatable though it may be to
Sav. Rep. 13/A. J the Northern people. “
ONE DAY LATER.
A copy of the Washington Chronicle of the
10th instant, haB bean received:
New Yoek, May 9.—The steamer Circas
sian from Wilmington Bar on tho 4th inst. has
arrived. Hha Iras been nYng the coast from
Sabine Pass to Fortress Monroe.
She haB on board the rebel commander
Forbes, captured on the steamer New London
off Sabine Pass, and a number of prisoners
captured on" the rebel steamer Chaltahoo-
ohie.
She reports tho iron oiads off Charleston
all ready for another attack.
• THE ENGAGEMET AT PORT GIBSON.
The following is Grant’s dispatch to Wash
ington:
Grand Gulf, Mat 8, \
via Memphis, Tenn., May 7. j
Major General H. W. Halleck, General-in-
Chief:
Wo landed at Brulingburg, April 30; moved
immediately to Port Gibson, met the enemy,
11,000 strong, four miles south of Port Gib
son, at 2 o’clock, A. M. on the 1st. and on
gaged him all day, entirely routing him, with
the loss of many killed and about 600 priao
ners, besides the wounded. Our loss is about
100 killed and 600 wounded. Tho enemy re
treated towards Vicksburg, destroying the
bridges over two forks of Bayou Pierre.—
These were rebuilt, and pursuit continued
until the present time. Besides the heavy ar
tillery at this place, four field pieces were
captured, some stores, and the enemy driven
to destroy many more Tbo country is the
n cetbroken ind difficult to operato in I ever
aw Our"victory has been mast complete,
and the enemr thoroughly demoralized.
U. S. GRANT,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
GEN. GRANT MARCHING ON THE BEAR OF
. VICKSBURG.
Cincinnati, May 9.—A special dispatch to
tho Gazette, dated Memphis, May 7th, states
that General Grant has captured Grand Gulf,
Port Gibson, and Willard Valley. On Wed
nesday Grant’s main army was thirty miles
np the Black river, marching in tbe rear of
Vicksburg. Tho army is enthusiastic at the
speedy prospect of victory.
Took the Oath.—A late number of the
Washington 8tar says the refugees from Rich
mond, claiming to bo British subjects, who
reoently arrived in that city, have bad a hear
ing, and with two exceptions' have taken the
oath of allegiance to the United States. The
exceptions were sent to tiie Old Capitol.
Highly Interesting Particulars of Vallau-
iligUsm’a Arrest.
Cincinnati, .vlay —The decision of the court
martial in the case ofexsReprssentalive Vsllans
digham was submitted to Gen Burntide yester
day. It will not be made public until published
iu general orders
The intelligence from Hooker’s army with
the exception oi an account of “Stoneman'e
raid,” is;rontined to tbo following editorial paras
graph :
Privste advices trom the North, on which we
rely with tlie fullest confidence, informs us that
the sudden cloud ot discouragement anddispair,
that so ingeniously spread over the land by the
copperhad papers and politicians, has been en
tirely dissipated by the recent intelligence from
the army of the Potomac. The gold speculators
who relied so much on the reports primed in
the Herald and and on the gloomy prog.
noaiications put forth in those sheets, are com*
pletely floored. They know not which way io
turn. All loyal men begin to catcli the indom
itable spirit of the army ; and the ardor of
our soldiers and the confidence in fighting
Joe Hooker is now the universtl sentiment of
the North.
The exploits of Stoneman are givennndera
flaming heading, “The wholesale destruction oi
bridges, rebel property, &c—Tho people supply
our troops with provisions- Great joy of the
negroes at our approach—They act as spies, and
give valuable information—Our loss two killed
and filly wounded and missing.”
The account is in keeping with the caption.—
The results are summed up as follows:
Thus the command of Gen Stoneman remains
ed nearly nine days within the enemy’s lines,
visited nine different counties.destroyed all lines
of csmmunication between the rebel capitol and
tbe army ot the Rappahannock, so that they
cannot be used again for weeks to come; de
stroyed the Lynchburg canal on whose waters
are transported all tho provisions raised in the
rich valley ol the James, and from which source
alone the rebel army in Virginia receives more
than half its supplies; captured several hundred
iior.-es, and destroyed a huge quantity of public
property, all with,only the loss of two men kill
ed, and not over fifty wounded and prisoners.
Butagreatertriumphthanallthis has beon gained
The people in the counties visited have had a
good look at live Yankees, and found them nei
ther savages nor bandits.
PARTICULARS OF THE ARREST OF VALL ANDIG-
. ' HAM. ’
The Cincinnati Commercial gives the follow
ing aooount of Vallandigham’s nrre.it:
“A special train left this city at twelve
o’clock Monday night, with a company of the
Thirteenth United States infantry, sixty-seven
men, with directions from Gen. Burnside, com;
manding the Department of the Ohio, to ar
rest C L VaUandigham at his residence in
Dayton,. The train reached Dayton at half
last two o’clock, and proceeding to Vallandig-
iam’s house, placed guards on the streets in
the vicinity, and the Captain commanding,
with a squad of men, surrounded the house.
“The door bell was rung, and VaUandigham
appeared at the window. and inquired what
was wanting. The Captain told him, bat
he was not disposed to go along peaceably.
He shouted lor the polite loudly, and the fe
male members of the family joined their ories
to his. Tho Captain told him he might as
well stop the disturbance, as he had the force
to arrest him, and would certainly do so.
“VaUandigham then said he wsb not dressed.
The Captain told him ho would have timo to
dress himself, bnt he redoubled his sh juts for
the police, when an attempt was made to force
the front door. The door resisted the efforts
of the soldiers, and VaUandigham flourished
a revolver at the window and fired two or three
shots without efi'eel.
■A side door was then forced, and the squad
finding all the doors in the house fastened,
broke open four of them before they reached
the apartments occnpied by the individual
with whom they had business, who was soon
taken and escorted to the train which was in
waiting.
“Some of Valiandigham’s friends, hearing
what was going on, rung tho fire bells, with
the intention of gathering a crowd to attempt
rescue. But few persons appeared, and
thxy gave no treublc. VaUandigham was
brought to the city and lodged in the prison
on Columbia street between Sycamore and
Broadway, where no one was permitted to see
him without an order from General Burn
side.”
The official charges against VaUandigham
set forth that on or about the first of May, at
Mount Vernon, Ohio, he publicly addressed a
largo meeting of citizens, declaring that tho
present war is an injurious, cruel, and unne
cessary war—a war not being waged for the
preservation of tbe Union, but for tho purpose
of crushing out liberty and establishing a des
potism—a war for tbe freedom of the blacks
and the enslaving of the whites; and that, if
tbe administration had so wished, the wsr
could have been honorably terminated; that
peaco might have been honorably obtained by
listening to the proposed intermediation of
France; that propositions by which the South
ern States could be won back, and bo guaran--
teed of their rights under the Constitution,
were rejected the day nefore tho battle of
Fredericksburg. He is also oharged with hav
ing said that order No. 38 of General Burn
side was a base usurpation of arbitrary au
thority, and that, the sooner the people in
formed the minions of usurped power that
they will not submit to Buch restrictions tbe
bettor. He declared also his purpose to de
feat an attempt to build np a monarchy upon
the ruins of our free Government, and that he
believed that men in power were trying to es
tablish a despotism.
Cause of Gen. Jackson’s Death.—His
Successor.—A gentleman just from Rich
mond informs us that the immediate cause of
General Jackson’s death was loekjaw, result
ing from the wonnd in his right hand.
Gen. Stuart, of cavalry fame, who conduct
ed the fight in that part of the field after the
fall of Jackson, has’been assigned to the com
mand of his troops.—Savannah Republican,
18th..,' "'V • :Ra
wanted]
Y>Y a Lxdy of experience end ability, aiitnalim as Sin-
D sic Teacher, (Pi&ao and Ctait&r,) cr vrodd take charge
of a private school of 16 or 20 toung ladles, or a class id
music. A Mnnil t-.wL*, or th* c-.m try preferred.
Addrrss, immediately, “L,** Florence, Ala., statang sal*
ar)', terms oi Imam, Ac. majl4-6t*
Just Received.
A LARGE assortment of Men’s and Boy’s Hats; a part
suitable for Misses Hat*, for aala at wbola'ale and
retail.
Atlanta, May lt, 1SS3.
JOHN M. HOLBROOK,
mryltSw
0th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
tSUTMtev. J. H. ECHOLS, of Oglethorpe
Connty, will be sepported aa a candidate to represent the
6th Congressional District of Georgis by
mayS-lOt* MANY CITIZENS.
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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1868,
BY B. M. PARKS & CO.,
10 O’CLOCK A. M.
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