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( bro.:;; & Sentinel
from tie Richmond Di-patch of 9th.
startling New*-
We learn tl.rr.t_i- Captain Uill. of
*- ;>■«. r: : : ; r,,v : and W N?S bl .nd °h«S^
' * '• ‘ V " iv re attacked by three of
", ; ..,i‘ . t; :jenU-t-day morning at eight
'' ‘ ’. ,din a abort time.
V: i i’.iinck 11-nry *nd Thomas Jef
bo.il ar.i.'fd here yesterday evening at *
t .r i ait luvi at Drury a Bluff awuiting
aeV'rrd' : It is believed that the river at
’’.t point -..i1l be property obstructed by the
Hiking r.fboais and vessels.
One of the v i ssels which attacked our batteries
r,t short range was the iron-clad steamer Galena,
i lie two others were supposed to be wooden
VegadS.
The Curtis Peck was laat evening taking on
t-ooiis lor Drury’s Blufl. We also learned from
: orfolk that heavy cannonading wag going on
ii Sewell’s Point and Craney Island yesterday
morning.
We learn from Cant. ILII that he was yesterday
i idered by Oen. Magruder (now sick at Weat
<irer,) to take on board at Berkley Wharf IT'
Barrels »f flour and a large lot of bacon and beef,
end proceed at once up Chickahominy river to
supply the Commi r.iry Department of our army.
After having loaded, Capt. Hill proceeded without
delay; >ut upion arriving at Shop Vt harf on
.lames River, n ceived a letter from t\ illiam H.
. utliall, a magistrate of Charles City county, in
a hid. it was stated that a heavy fight was then
(Wednesday evening) progressing at or near
Dias'-hun bridge in James City c.unty, immedi
; ■ ely o; ; -nite his residence at Mount Airy, and
uprt, mg apprehensions that a portion of our
: ul y p i cut off. We, irake this extract
from his letter :
v l roro app- .• ranees the Sgbt seems to approach
Trower’s Point, at the mouth of Diaschun creek.
I fear our army is cut c-ff. God help us in our
struggle for ind-pendence. There is a lighter
now croe> ug the river at the mouth of the above
creek, loaded with troops.”
Caot. Hill, learning this information, and short
ly utter meeting the- Patrick Henry and Thomas
-Jefferson on Uuir way up, deemed it prudent
in return to Richmond with the Commissary
stores.
We R"9 : o alarmists, but in view of the facts
above stated, we earnestly urge upon every citi
zen to be watchlul and determined to meet the in
vader with aii undaunted spirit, should he suc
ceed in making his way to the vicinity of Rich
mond. *
A letter in the Baltimore American from the
Peninsular, says ot “ Berden’s Sharpshooters
These e iterpnsing marksmen furnish the ro
mance of the st-'gd, it it may be so called ; and
muuy and marvellous are the stories told of the
feats of daring and skill they execute and the hair
breadth escapes they experience. Their duties
are certainly of the most arduous and hazardous
character.
They are generally stationed in pairs in rifle
pits, or in some other protected position furnished
by the nature of the ground.
Generally they are within live or eight hundred
yard of the enemy's and almost always
in front ol tln ir entrenched works, for there it is
that the accurate marksman can be of the most
service; tvi ry movement they make, every shot
they finite, i at the hazard of a life. Por the
enemy is by no mean:; without good marksmen,
some ot wt- ,m have a kill that rivals “ old Cali
fornia Joe,” and would try the skill of Col. Ber
den him';i if. On" of these was a stalwurt negro,
wh.ac'-urate firing made him the dread as well
us the adu.-r. ion of nor own crack marksmen.
It, us and to bo the. boast of the old Knglish arch
ers that each man carried the lives of twelve men
at bis belt, but this blackamoor carried an innu
rnerebl -■ number ol live . in the bore of his mus
ket.. At my practical range, with the least sight
of one of our men, he seemed to know no such
thing is foiling to hit. Happily, lie is no more.
Two days ago, after Hatching and waiting with
the patience and perseverence which none but
the practiced rifle picket can exercise, he exposed
himself fur a moment, and was tumbled over with
a "all through his heud. Tho sad part of the
story is, that the man who shot him had scarcely
withdrawn his rifle, exclaiming, “ I got the range
that time," v lieu a ball entered his head, and
sir 'idled him lifeless, ife was but led yesterday
by Ijis c mrudi-a He wait a Herman by birth,
but 1 did not learn his name.
Tho Borden Riflemen are the least soldierly
looking men obnut here, but there can be no
question as to their gi'eatrservice. They wear all
sorts ot uniforms, and use every description ol
rifle, each man having that kind with which he is
tho most proficient.
Correspondent of the Savannah Republican
Letter lromthe I'cniiiHiiiu.
Camc of 17th Uko Regiment, t
Ne .r Vorktown, Va., May 3d, 1862. j
Mr. Rditor living in suspense, and expecting
hourly ordeis to pack up and move to the rear,
1 thought. I could not occupy an li tur more pleas
antly ..id profitably than by giving your readers
the few ii. )i i t. re- 1 which hava fallen uuder
my observation, or come to my knowledge
through rcliuhlo sources.
I will leave everybody to draw his own conclu
sions, a,.'l i i,>ly state tacts. The entire army of the
Benin a In, excepting Gen. Toombs’ brigade, and
three or four others, have fallenback to Fred
ericksburg, twelv miles distant., or perhaps fur
ther. The remaining trcops will probably leave
to night. We were in the trenches last night and
reudy formed to bid our line of brestworks a final
adieu, when the ovder c. me to remain for further
orders. M e ugaiu occupied the pits until eleven
o’clock, when wo were relieved by the Eleventh
Georgia.
I am unable to rive a reason for this precipitate
retreat; but it is evidently for the best, because
Oen. Johnston ordered it. We liuve unlimited
conticeuce in hi. ability.
Night 1 the enemy kept up
n noise in their camps all night—rumbling of
heavy wagons, bruyiug of mules, and occasional
shout —which made us believe they were evacua
tmg t licit’ works. Their breastworks extend like
ouia, entirety across the I’cninsula, and frequent
ly within four or live hundred yards of us The
pickets keep up an incessant firing at each other,
and v. ry freqecntly, sc rious damage and loss of
life, are the result. The First Georgia Regulars
\ .:\ licen p .rticularly unfortunate. OnWedues
day, Ist May, 2d Lieutenant James T. Armstrong,
cl Ait' u.-tii.T believe, was posted with his compa
ny iu the "W ater Battery, at Dam No. 1, the
closest point on our line to the enemy. Raising
to stretch himself, a Minnie ball entered his left
side, aud pierced his body, coming out on the left.
He lived title n minutes. He was a noble young
officer —a man ot' sterling worth ; was promoted
from a Serge ucy, aud many who knew his worth
will mourn his early fall. A Lieutenant of the
Regulars informed me that they had lost four
privates by the enemy's sharp shooters.
ltis due to the gallant Seventh and Eighth
Georgia to give the particulars of the fight of
April 16th. The Fifth North Carolina Regiment
was in the trenches ut Dam No. 1, and were driv
en from them by the Yankees. The Seventh
Georgia being in edose proximity, was ordered to
the support of ti. • North Carolinians, and met
them i curing beiin e the enemy, in somowhat of
an irregular manm r. The enemy had possessed
the trenches, and tie gallant Seventh charged I
them, and ran them out in less time than l am
writing it. The eighth came up and occupied the
tight, and the two regiments uuited in a second
and more determined attack,' and repulsed the I
cm n y with considerable loss. The Eighth did
not oven have a tnan wounded.
I thought it hut just to these gallant Georgians,
• -Downed upon the plains of Manassas, to make
:.is statement, us some correspondents had given
the North Caroliuiaus ptaise that belonged to
Others. For pro and of what I say, I refer your
readers to Gen. Anderson’s report.
The 17th Georgia, iu fact all the regiments
originally composing Genetal Toombs’ brigade,
are. beginning to learn what it is to “soldier.”—
The retreat from Manassas baa thiuned our regi
ments learlully, hundreds being now in the hos
pital. We have been without tents sufficient to
protect us from the weather, since the 10th of
March. We are now bivouacking, sleeping upon
the damp ground, with about two blankets to the
man. We are now upon half rations, and my mess
have had nothing since breftktast. Many cases of
pneumonia occur, but notwithstanding these
hardships, and sickness, the men seem to be in
high spirits. Their confidence iu Gen. Johnston
is undunimshed, aud ibey will suffer almost eve
rything to follow him against the enemy. Whut
may a G< ncral rot accomplish with such an army?
V e may be confided of success with Johnston at
the head.
I have seen a portion of the elephant since my
return to rumps. As the littje schooner, with
100 men ahr ird, neared the wharf at Yorktown,
th i nemv’s battery, a mile and a half distaut, be
e»n to throw shelf at us, which went beyond or
UL s: ort, two or tbiee hundred yards. These
: tile cfl.nts to " shell ns out” of the schooner ex
dec. ’hey ft and meinaient of al! on board. But
re we rose the bluff, and the missiles began to fall
w i: ti-,i or iiv. aiv feet, the tune was changed,
v U wadl> B** beyond the limits of
xnetown. \ou would have been amused to see
’ dating our example at dodging.
-u*-' ' ! 1\ y ‘ .\ 0 " u ' ferhaps, thousands of
McDowell’s force ut Fre^ncsWg 1
made its appearance at West Point i' » y
of the Richmond read with York river. 3 “hone
it is untrue. pe
I wish you would call particular attention to a
recent provision ia tavor of volunteers. Iftbev
report at a camp of instruction or place of rendex
vous before the 16th May, aud Mguitv their desire
to join a particular couipaav, they will be enroll
ed, clothed, equipped and forwarded to the com
pany of their choice. They can thus avoid the
conscription, and enjoy all the immunities of the
volunteer L'-g- 1 upon those subject to the con
script n a »,•«: Jy move in t is direction. Duty
and interest l oth impel, or should impel, them to
report at once
As scon us 1 learn our destination, and the
meaning ot th s s'range, sudden and grand move
ment 1 will report particulars.
V. A. S. P.
Captured— Ti e hate treight steamer White
man, Capt. Norton, which has made so maev dar
tng li tps to and from N. Orl ans since the Sound
Wus abuuui ned to the enemy, has made her last
trip, ishe left here a lew days age for the Lakes,
and was picked up bv the Federal gunboat “ Cal
houn.”— Mobile Refiner.
tontribntlous.
The Georgia Relief and Hospital Association
beg leave to acknowledge the following contribu
tions :
To the Committee on Hoteliers’ Hospital, Ib-esent :
Gentlemen ; At the naming of the child of Mr.
J. Rosenfeld, the following amounts were this day
contributed for the benefit of the sick soldiers in
this city, besides other donations for other benev
olent purposes:
From L Baum, $5 00
“ G Krauch, Hamburg, PC, 500
* { L Loeser, 500
“ Cbas Shacho, 509
" P.ev J Spoettnev,Charleston. SC,2 00
“ J Clatk, 200
“ A Cohen, 1 ?X
“ B Wolf, } W
“ C Simon, }
“ L Rosenfe.d * “0
“ A Baum * y
“ Jacobs i
LCLctj 2 00
a Wolf t y
ndw Kormcrer
N Simon *
•• M Eempner ~Y”
Miss Sarah P.aiira, 4 years old, j- W
•• Master B Baum, 8 years old, \o*
“ J Simon ”77
“ O Kranch, Hamburg, S C -oo
“ J Rosenfeld, 2 w
$64 00
Please receive the above amount and acknowl
edge receipt to, yours respectfully,
Chas. Shachn, I
L. Baum, r Committee.
L. Lorser, !
Augusta, Ga., May t'th, 1862.
From Mrs P Butler 6 towels, 2 pillow cases, 1
sheet.
From Miss McNair, Bath, 1 sk green peas, 1 bu
sweet potatoes, half bu grits.
From Miss Sophy Sibley, 2 pr carpet shoes.
“ V T Sanford, Brothersville, proceeds con
cert given by music department Hephzibah High
School, $25 00.
From Mrs C Tant 1 sheet, 2pr pants, 2 shirts,
1 pr drawers, 2 hot blackberry wine.
From Rev L Z Cliett, Columbia county, i bdl
herbs. W. J. Ansi.et,
Auditor.
Regulations Concerning Substitutes in
• the Army.
Wab Department, j
Adjutant and Inspector General’s Offce, r
Richmond, April 26, 1862. )
General Orders, Ko, 20.
I. The following Regulations concerning sub
stitutes in the Army, are published by direction
of the Secretary of War:
1. Any non commissionedjofficer or soldier not
indebted to the Government, who wishes to pro
cure a substitute, may obtain from his Captain a
permit for the proposed substitute to report him
self to the Capt of the Company for examination ;
and such permit shall operate as a passport, but
shall not entitle the holder to transportation at
the expense of the Government.
2. If the substitute be exempt from military
dutv, and on examination by a Surgeon or Assis
tant Surgeon of the Army be pronounced sound,
and in all respects lit for military service, he shall
be enrolled and mustered into service for three
years, unless the war sooner terminate; and the
non-commissioned officer or soldier procuring
him shall thereupon be discharged, but shall not
be entitled to transportation at the expense of the
Government.
3. If a non-commissioned officer or soldier dis
charged by reason of a substitute, be indebted to
the Government, the officergrantingthe discharge
shall be liable for the debt.
4. All pay and allowances due to the non com
mi. sioned officer or soldier discharged, snail go
to the substitute at the next pay day. ,
6. Substitution shall not exceed oue per mouth
in each Company, and shall be noted in the next
morning report, muster roil and monthly return.
11. When any person liable to military duty
under the Act of Congress, hut not mustered into
service in any Company, desires to furnish a sub
stitute, he shall report himself with the substitute
to the Commandant of a Camp of Instruction, for
recruits raised under the said act; and if the
substitute be lawfully exempt from military duty,
aud od examination by a Surgeon or Assistant
Surgeon, be pronounced sound and in all respects
fit for military service, be may be accepted and
enrolled, and the person furnishing such substi
tute may be discharged by the Commandant of
the Camp. But no substitute shall be entitled to
transportation or other allowance /t the expense
of the Government, until so accepted and enrolled.
111. On the reorganization of new Companies
from Companies already in service, and the elec
tion consequent thereon of officers, according to
existing laws, the commisions of such of the offi
cers of former Companies as may not be re-elect
ed will necessarily expire, and they will cease to
lie in service from the date of reorganization and
election.
By command of the Secretary of Wat. :
S. Cooper,
Adjutant and Inspector Genera!.
'rite Yankee (iiiiiboaf* In James River.
We understand from a sourca entitled to the
fullest credit, that a piece of perfidy came to light
at Norfolk Thursday which not only overwhelm -
ed every oue in that section with amazement, but
also fully T explains the seeming boldness of the
Yankee gunbouts in ascending James river, with
us formidable a foe in their rear as the Merrimac.
On Thursday morning early, Gen. Huger, des
patched onh Capt. Byer, on board a small Confe
derate stcamtug, called the White, with an impor
tant message for the commandant at Sewi H’s
Boint. Byer steamed ofl' promptly for the Point,
delivered his message, and then steamed out
again, but instead ot returning to Norfolk, darted
out in Hampton Roads, and hoisting a white flag,
headed with all possible speed for Fortress Mon
roe.
After such hare treachery, no one can for a mo
ment hesitate to believe that Gen. Wool was
promptly informed of the exact condition of af
fairs about Norfolk, Among other things, there
is no longer a doubt, that this black-hearted trait
or communicated the fact that the Merrimac was
then at the dock in Norfolk, without steam, and
taking en coal; that the tide was ebb, and that
wl'en the Merrimac got on her coal and her steam
up, she would have to wait some time for the flood
tide before she conld come out. With this know
ledge of affairs, Gen. Wool felt not the least hesi
tancy in ordering the Galena aud two or three
other gunboats to proceed up James River, and
shell out our battenes at Day’s Point and Hardin’s
Bluff. This they did, with impunity and returned
to the guns of Fortress Monroe, before the Mer
rimac went down in that direction.
The traitor Byer, who stole the tug and carried
this information to the Federal Commander at
Fortress Monroe, is a native of New Jersey. He
was brought down to Virginia several years ago
by the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal Comp:-
ny, to run a steamer on that canal. When the
preseut troubles commenced, Byer professed such
devotion to the South that he was still retained in
his old position as commandar of the tug, and en
trusted with important duties by the government.
How basely he has betrayed tho trust reposed in
hint, our readers will have learned from a perusal
of these lines. Such things are extremely annoy
ing, but as no human ken can penetrate the heart
of traitors, we must expect to'suffer by their pert!
dy. —Petersburg Express.
Gen. Pbice—The Mtstkbt Explained.—Ou the
morning of the Bth of March last, Col. Greer was
ordered by Gen. Van Dorn to take the troeps
McCullochls division) and move down the Hews
ville road a mile or a mile and a half, and take his
position, and relieve Col. Little, who was cover
ing the rear of our army. Soon after starting, an
order from the commanding General reached the
Colonel to close up his infantry and throw his
cavalry regiment on the right and left of the road,
and keep them out of the way of the troops in the
rear. About this time, General Price rode up
informing the Oolouel that he was sent by Gen
\an Dorn to conduct the from. The two ' being
intimate friends, and the old General looking
dowucast and exceedingly gloomy, the Colouel at
tempted to cheer him up. He replied, it was the
first time in his life that he had to leave the field
with the e emv shouting victory.
Every few hundred yards we would overtake
some wounded soldier. As soon as he would see
the old General, he would cry out, “General, I
am wounded!” Instantly some vehicle was or
dered to stop, and the poor soldier’s wants cared
for. Again and again it occurred, until our con
veyances were covered with the wounded. Anoth
er one bawled out, “General, I am wounded !”
The General’s head drooped upon his breast, and
his eyes—bedimmed with tears—were thrown up,
and he looked in front, but could, see no place to
put his poor .soldier. He discovered something
on wheels in front, and commanded : “Halt, and
put this wounded soldier up ; by G—d, I will save
my wounded if 1 lose the whole army!” This ex
plains why the old man’s poor soldiers love him
so well. What soldiers would not fight .for such
a general ?
Ga. Militabt Institute, May 7.
Editors Confederacy —
Gentlemen : It is Tery generally reported, I
understand, that the Georgia Military Institute
has suspended, or is about to suspend, its exer
cises. This report is without the shadow of a
foundation.
When Georgia is subjugated, her Military
School will be closed : but so long as Georgia
stands erect, and maintains her sovereighty,
her military School will be kept open in order
that her sons may have an opportunity to qual
ity themselves for meeting her foes—to qualify
themselves for the post of honor, of danger, of
usefulness and of duty.
A serious disturbance has arisen among the
et f’ fought about by a combination among
the Institute, with or without the
o ftL n p° n , &renls or Guardians, and in defiance
and urged^n-°“ s ’ Tbey w ere remonstrated with,
of th eimnl“'“n ul tbe - T could get the consent
leave the Institute *° resi f n * and J°
manner. Som heeded w egu ‘ ar and cnedltable
Number Dossed ’ man - v did Dot ’
“ Resigned
“ Deserted,; W
Still in Institute, ' 1
Very respectfully, your Oh’s '^rv’t'" 53
A ♦* cHa ED SON
Acting Superintendent G. M* I
DismaciSHßD Travelers.-The fedTand fam
ily ot President Davis passed throut-h this avTL
Saturday last, en rend, for the SoTuth. HwtS
Presidential mansion loot its attraction ?
[Petersburg Express.
Northern New*.
By a flag of truce the Savannah Republican has
received the New York Tribune of the 6tb, fr.m
which it makes the following extracts .
DETAILS or ran evacuation of vorktow*.
B* • uno*s, Monday, May C, 1862.
Vorktown was' entirely evacuated by the rebels
(.1/ n’cloi-k ol tUe morn ng of the 4th Jur
ingall the preceding day and night they kept up
i ht-urr firing on our batteries all aloug our lines
“o cover their retreat. Our pickets pressed their
position on the morniDg oi the 4ih, and entered
their abandoned entrenchments.
M'e captured a Rebel gunner in tneact of bring
his piece. He said be was the last inhabitant of
Yorktown. He had been firing the gun all night.
I entered the Rebel works at 4p. m Not a white
rr.ao, woman or child, was to be seen. Artic.es
of clothing, stores, and officers' camp furniture,
icy scattered everywhere. NcDe of the tents or
houses were destroyed.
The retreat of tho Rebels appears to have coon
precipitate. They commenced dismounting and
carrying their guns back to Williamsburg, four
days ago. Wagons have cesn engaged in trans
porting their ammunition,, provisions and camp
equipage lor over a weefe past. Their sick and
wounded, numbering of. r 2,700 were sent tr.
Richmond ten days ago.
The Rebel soldiers uad negroes were at work
on their entrenchments until 2 o’clock this morn
ing, when their rear guard ordered the work to
cease, and take up their march to Williamsburg.
In the house of Mrs. Nelson, where Gen. Magru
der had slept the night before the evacuation, I
found several open letters lying unfolded on a
table. Two were addressed to Gen. McClellan,
one to the first l r ankee that comes, one to Abe
Lincoln. The following is the contents of one
to General McClellan:
Gen. McClellan : You will be surprised to hear
of our departure at this stage of the game, leaving
you in possession of this worthless town ; but the
fact is, Mr. McClellan, we have other engage
ments to attend to, and we can’t wait any longer.
Our boys are getting sick ot thin damned place,
and the hospitals likewise, sieocd-bye for a little
while. Adjutant Terrv, C. S. A. M.
Tents were left standing with oedding and arti
cles of luxury in them. On the canvas and sides
of the huts were caricatures of the Yankee sol
diers. Many of the tents were cut in different
piaces. Four large trucks for carrying heavy
guns stood near the dock, with immense quantities
of timber.
In the inside entrenchments were wooden guns
projecting from the embrasures. Fort Magruder,
wh .ch we built strong works to reduce, was found
to be a weak place. Its inside works were sand
bags, piled up with logs of wood painted black on
the end.
On the parapets northeast of Yorktown six
guns were lett. On the south side two smooth
bores were found spiked. Portions of Yorktown
were undermined.
The magazine doors are forbidden to be opened,
for fear of explosion. Torpedoes and shells, with
a fuse fastened to small wires, lie in the roaos, re
doubts, &c. The sth regiment New York (Du
ryee’s Zouaves) had five men killed and several
wounded by the explosion of a torpedo.
The SBth New York Volunteers, Col. Hobart
Ward, had two men wounded by the bursting of a
prepared shell. His regiment was among the
first to enter the rebel works. The 40th New
York Volunteers lost two men killed and two
wounded. The 7<'th regiment New York Volun
teers lost two men killed. Other casualties have
occurred, but 1 cannot send you particulars at
present.
As soon as the evacuatiou of Yorktown became
known in the camps, the bands of the different
regiments commoneed playing amid the cheering
of the soldiers. The following order was sent to
divisions and brigades at 7 a. m., from Gen. Mc-
Clellan
“Commandants of regiments will prepare to
march, with two days’ rations, with the utmost
despatch. Leave not to return.”
At about 8 a.m. the troops began to march;
the First Regular Cavalry .and four batteries of
artillery leadlug. Tents were struck, knapsaiks
strapped, and within an hour after the order was
given the troeps were marching on beyond York
rown. The gunboats ascended the river to cut
off the retreat of the enemy. They will go so
West Point,
Ten thousand of the rebels were sent from
Winne’s Mill to re-enforce an army sent from
Richmond to oppose McDowell’s advance, last
Thursday week.
A number of guns, some of them spiked, were
left at Gloucester Point, but the precise number I
am unable to state. The fortifications at Glouces
ter consisted only of outside earthworks, and
could easily have beeu taken. The main body of
the tebels are encamped three miles from Wil
liamsburg, Dear the James river.
On the night of the 3d, terrific firing was kept
up until 12 o’clock, within the rebel works. One
ot our generals of the trenches reported that it
was volleys of musketry and heavy cannonading'
against onr lines, which proved a mistake. One
of the rebel magazines had burst, and the fire
scattered to where a large number of boxes, filled
with cartridges, were piled up.
As each box caught the tire, the report was
similar to a regiment discharging a volley.—
Nineteen rebels were killed, and over sixty
wounded. The works at Yorktown are nothing
like as formidable as we had been led to believe.
The total force of the Rebels, according to re
ports found at the headquarters of General Magru
der, was less than 70,000. No great battle is ex
pected at Williamsburg, as the Rebel troops, par
ticularly those under Magruder, have mutinied on
several occasions within two weeks. Five thous
and of his men threatened to laydown their arms
unless they received food and clothing.
Three rebel Lieutenants, two Sergeants, and
twenty men, were captured the other side of York
town, and brought in. Since the 3d, over seventy
deserters have come in, and they report the army
as thoroughly disheartened and demoralized.
The rebel council of war was held in Mrs. Nel
son's house at Vorktown, on Tuesday and Wed
nesday last. Jeff. Davis and two members of the
Cabinet, Generals Lee, Magruder and nine other
Generals were present. The debates were warm
and exciting, but finally it was resolved to evacu
ate. The Generals intrusted with the evacuation
kept it n profound secret from the officers and
men.
The honor of first entering the enemy’s main
works belongs to the 73d Regiment of New York
V olunteers, as will be seen by the following, sent
to headquarters.
Yorktown, Sunday, May 4—5 a. m,
Cipt Jos. Dickinson, A. A, G.
Captain—Vtrktown is evacuated, and I claim tor
nty regiment, (73d N. Y, V., Hooker’s Division,)
the honor of first planting the stars and stripes
upon the rebel fortifications in the town of York
town,
W. fl. Brewster, Col. 73d N. Y. V.
Baggage belonging to officers and preserved
.stores belonging to the medical department, have
been captured. Letters and papers were found
secreted in Mrs. Nelson’s house, throwing much
light, on rebel movements. All the guns, about
thirty, found at Yorktown, are spiked, except two.
Only two guns were left on the front works of the
rebels.
The Texan Rangers left as our forces were ad
vancing.
A large force of the enemy are. reported cap
tured four miles beyond Yorktown.
Philadeiphia, Monday, May f>, 1862.
The Enquirer has a special despatch from Fort
ress Monroe, giviug the particulars in regard to
the evacuation of Y orktown
One Mile Betond Yorktown, |
Sunday, May 4, 10 a. m. I
Aii day yesterday, the rebels kept up a hot fire
on Gen. 'Porter s division. No one was hurt. Our
Parrott gun at Farnhe.lt Court House occasionally
snswered them all last evening, and up to mid
night lively firiog was kept up. About that time
their fire slackened considerably, and at two
o’clock stopped altogether.
We fired one or two more batteries at them,
but got no answer. About 3 o’clock this morn
ing the building at i orktown was fired, and
Prof. Lowe and Gen. Heiutzelman went up in a
balloon aud found u was their storebouse,at York
town wbarf. At daylight they reported the forts
empty.
At 7 o’clock we occupied Yorktown without
again being fired on, the guns of the enemy near
ly all remaining spiked and dismounted. By the
side of the river battery were large piles of am
munition, powder, balls and shells. Eighty guns
were in Yorktown, which is surrounded by a
semi-circle. The earthworks were all construct
ed to cover one another, iu every position, bat
they must have eventually yielded could we have
got round them. The guu we dismounted the
other day killed and wounded 14 rebels.
The fort has been occupied by the First Battal
ion New Orleans Artillery, the Bth and 30th Ala
bama regiments, the 10th aud 14th Louisiana regi
ments, and the 13th and 43th Georgia regiments.
These troops were ordered to : eport at Ho ward’s
•Grove, four miles from Richmond, and left the
fori at midnight. A rear guard was left, who
waited for our appearance and then retired in
the greatest haste. Two deserters, who le t their
regiment at Williamsburg at daylight, say the
whole rebel army was in a panic.
Prof. Lowe’s balloon reconnoisance discovered
their rear guard at 9 a. m. to he four miles out.
Gen. McClellan immediately ordered out the ar
tillery and cavalry, and is pushing after them at
full speed. All our gunboats came up at 9 o’clock,
and landed some marines at Gloucester, who
raised the United States flag amid cheering that
could be heard across the river. The boats all
then left, and are now running up York River,
shelling the banks on both sides.
A number of mines had been prepared for our
troops by placing percussion shells under ground
in the roadways and entrances to the fort. No
whites were to be found ; onty a few negro women
and babies. The town was most squalid and fil
thy. A few days of warm weather would have
bred a pestilence. An abundance of flour, and a
large quantity of meat, salt and fresh, was left.
All the tents were left, but no horses or wagons.
The reports concur that the rebels consist of a
mob of about 100,000 men, ill fed, dirty and dis
heartened.
The road from Yorktown to Hampton, on which
we were encamped, was guarded by Fort Magrn
der, mounting a large number of guns, part of
which were taken away, and the rest spiked.
Some of their works were well built and,laid out,
while others were wretched contrivances. The
work upon them was finished on Friday nigh;
and the slaves sent to the rear under a guard.
The rebels have nothing behind on which they
•can make a stand. Last night their camp fires ail
along were the same as usual.
The dense woods along the Peninsula enabled
[them to leaTe without being seen by the balloon.
The large guns of the rebels were mostly colum
biads taken from the Norfolk Navy Yard. Some
of them had been recently mounted. The fortifi
cations, although of the roughest character, were
v-ry formidable, being surrounded by deep gorges,
most impossible to pass.
FIGHT KEAE WILLIAMSBURG.
To the Associated Pres-.j
EsaDOUAP.TKKS, NEAR WiILLt.AMSBVEG, I
May 4—P. M. \
Tue advance of the forces under command of
Gen. Stoneman, with the view of ascertaining the
position of 'he en my, reached this place, two
and a half miles from W illiamsburg, about two
o'clock this afternoon, on the road from York
town. The country in most instances, was laid
desolate, aud but few of the bouse* are occupied.
On emerging from a cover ot woods, we came
in view of W illiamsburg and the enemy’s earth
works. At the time no guns were risible on th.‘
enemy's works, but a regiment of cavalry could
be seen approaching about one mile off, in liue of
battle.
Capt. Gibbons' reserve battery was then order
ed to the front, to open en the enemy’s approach
ing cavalry, while a pirticn of the cavairy were
deployed as skirmishers to the right and left.
The fire from the battery was very effective cn
the enemy s cavalry, but never changed their
o.vurse. About two hundred yards to the right of
Gibbon’s battery was an earthwork, which had all
the appearauee of being deserted, wht n all of a
sudden our troops were opened upou by a deadly
lire Irom artillery posted behind the work. A the
same time the rebel cavalry continued advancing,
until they were checked by a charge made by a
portion cf the Ist and 6th Cavalry, which was
performed in a most admirable manner
In more instances than one it was a hand to
hand encounter with the enemy, but, strange to
relate, none of our men were made prisoners,
while we captured about 25 of the enemy among
whom is Captain Frank Lee, of the 8d Florida In
fantry. Capt Gibbons had fourteen horses killed.
Lieut. DeWolf was mortally wounded. One man
was lost by sticking fast in’the mud. Lieut. Ben
ton, of the Ist Cavalry, and teu men of the same
regiment, were wounded.
Lieut McClellan, of the Cth Cavalry, was slight
ly wounded, as were also twelve others. Lieut.
Col. Kress, of the Ist Cavalry, had his horse shot
under him while engaged in a hand to hand en
counter with two ot the enemy. He escaped with
a few slight bruises. Private Noble (Irish) of
Major Barker’s McClellan Dragoons, haa his
burse killed, and was severely wounded in the leg
by the explosion of a torpedo, whiia passing
through Yorktown.
The Rebel cavary was forced by our men to
abandon their position but the infantry prevented
onr men from advancing on the enemy’s works.
It being evident that it was useless to attempt
further operations, the troops fell oack about 200
yards to await the arrival of infantry.
Gen. Hancock’s brigade soon after arrived, but
it was deemed advisable to defer further opera
tions until to-morrow. We have information t hat
the enemy are still on the retreat beyond Wit
liamsburg. The rear-guard of the euemv is very
strong, as was shown to-day.
Monday Morning, May f), 1862.
It commenced raining about two o’clock this
morning, and has continued heavily up to this
time.
There was no news from Williamsburg, and it
is vet too early.in the morning to hear.
We will occupy Williamsburg early in the morn
ing.
From there our course will depend upon that
taken by the enemy.
Evacuation of Norfolk and Porsmovtb. — We
learn that Norfolk and Portsmouth were evacu
ated by our troops on Saturday last, aud no doubt
occupied by the enemy on the same day.
Tbe report about the desertion of Capt. Byer,
with tbe steam-tug A. J. White, copied iu Satur
day’s Journal from the Norfolk Day Book, turns
out to be strictly correct. His desertion to the
enemy gave them information which precipitated
matters and led to the destruction of much valua
ble property which might otherwise have been
saved. The last of our troops had left the city
in good order, and their arrival at the appointed
rendezvous has been communicated to the De
partment.
We regret to say that much-very much has
been lost that we believe might have bean saved.
Somehow, Norfolk is doomed to be the scene of
mismanagement by whomsoever evacuated But
if we lost far more, apparently, than we ought to
have done, the enemy got very little, as nearly
everything wa3 destroyed. We fear that some of
the dnest cannon in the Confederacy have fallen
into the hands of the enemy No doubt sundry
gunboats in course of construction had to be de
stroyed. As usual, they were too late. It has,
indeed, been suggested that Mr. Mallory should
adopt as the motto for the seal of his department
the words, “ A Little too Late.”
We do not know where the Virginia is, nor do
we know why our defenses near the mouth of
James River were abandoned before the evacua
tion of Norfolk was completed.
The Navy Y'ard at Gofport has been totally de
stroyed, or rendered worthless to the enemy. It
is said tha* a man in the Navy Y'ard named Ma
honey, of strong Northern proclivities, could not
longer contain himself, but must shout for Lin
coln, when somebody shot him.
Web ar a report, not vouched for, that a loco
motive and train on the Seaboard and Roauoke
Railroad had fallen into the bands of the enemy.
( Wilmington Journal, 12(7.
Occupation of Norfoikbtthe Fedekals.— We
have important intelligence from Norfolk. The
evacuation of that city by our forces has now
been completed; but it appears that although
the work ot evacuation has been in progress for
a week, the city was at last supris.d by the Fede
rals.
On Saturday morning it was announced that
the enemy had landed in large force (it was said
10,000) at Ocean View, and that their advance
was already near the city. The whole population
of the city was thrown into a state of the greatest
confusion and dismay. His said that an attempt
was made to hold the enemy in check by a small
portion of our artillery, while the last of the
stores were being removed and the Navy Yard
was being fired
As the last train, filled with Heightened women
and children, passed over the Elizabeth liver the
bridge over that stream was blown up.
When our informant left Norfolk, which was in
one of the lastjrailroad trains conveying stores,
Ac., the Navy Vard, according to his statement,
had been fired, and at the distance of some miles
on the railroad he heard terrific explosions, which
were supposed to denote the destruction of the
Dry Dock.
It is not known to' what point our forces lately
evacuating Norfolk have fallen hack; but it is
supposed that the bulkot them w ill be withdrawn
from the south side of the James, and that imme
diate measures will be taken for the destruction of
the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, which, be
ing built to the extent of many miles on lines of
piles through marshy districts, may be destroyed
in such a Way that the enemy cannot repair its
connections. —Richmond Examiner, 12 th.
The Federal Fi.aq of Truce. As there is
much speculation, and some very erroneous ru
mors, with regard to the communication rec ived
by the commandant of this district, through a flag
of truce, Friday last, it may be well to give a gen
eral statement of the facts as they are :
It appears that the communication refered to
was from General Benham, the Federal command
ant at Fort Pulaski. Its sole object was to pro
pose an exchange of the sick and wounded Con
federate prisoners now in th* fort, amounting, as
he states, to “about twenty,” for alike numberjof
Federal prisoners now in our possession, and fit
for service; the exchanged men on both sides
first to take an oath before their discharge from
custody.
This proposition was replied to by Gen. Lawton,
through a flag of truce ou Saturday. Though anx
ious to secure the release ot the Pnlaski prisoners,
he declined an exebauge on the terms proposed
first, because, under the terms of capitulation of
the Fort, as published m Northern papers, and
presumed to be authentic, the Federal command
er expressly stipulated that the sick and wouDded
of the garrison should be sent “ under a flag of
truce to the Confederate lines,” there being no
condition or consideration annexed, and hence,
under a bonafide fulfillment of the contract, they
should have been sent without a demand for an
exchange, and immediately after the surrender,
when the kind offices of friends were most needed.
A proposition now, after a whole month has elaps
ed, aud when it suited the purposes of the Federal
commander to exchange them for well prisoners
in our custody, and after the unusual ceremony of
administering au oath to the parlies to be ex
changed, was inadmissible and promptly declined.
No further communication has b eu received
from the enemy. —Savannah Rep >*>' , -.in, 13 th. j
The Negro at Home—What One >Y h > Saw r. i
Himself Has to Sat.— Colonel Gibson, of the
49th Ohio, recently wrote a letter from t'ennessee,
which is attracting some notice. Gibson wili fie
recollected as the Republican successor to Hreshn,
as State Treasurer of Ohio, and that under his
administration the great defalcation was discover
ed. He wiites thus about the condition of the
slaves, as observed by himself:
“In this region every one owns one or more
slaves Here, as elsewhere, where I have been,
the slaves are well treated and well provide! for
They appear happier aud certainly live and dress
better than the poor whites or the free negro of
Ohio or the North. They all supposed we were
about to liberate them. This lie bad been trumpe
ted in the South, and hundreds of honest people,
aside from slaves, believed it. But the negro
here instinctively dreads the North. They love
the South and are devoted to their masters.
“I have witnessed some touching scenes between
exiled masters returned to their homes, and their
slaves. It is strange how few try to escape or
run away. 1 doubt if twenty have come to the
army with which I have been connected since last
September.
“About the farm houses and in the city the white
children and the black play together like brothers
and sisters It Is my deliberate opinion that, in
their present state of ignorance, the slave rather
fears than desires emancipat on. They only re
gard their appetites and comforis. Thev are well
housed, well dressed, and well fed. They appear
ed to. want no more. These facts constitute
no excuse for slarery, bat I mention them as ten
ding to show that statesmen had better let the
“nigger” alone at present, and address them
selves to suppressing this great rebellion.”
Important Movement at Cumberland Gap.—A
correspondent writing to us from Knoxville on
the stb inat., says “I have it from good author
ity that our forces bare already commenced en
teringK eutucky at Cumberland Gap Day
before yesterday 1500 reached Cumberland Ford,
in Kentucky, Gen. Kirby Smith ig at the head
of our column. This shows anew programme,”
Charleston Mercury.
from the St. Lo-;h RepvSHean
V T *' ederal ** ,an rwr Summer ©perilous.
ffiSfteiafe
, freed \ irgima Had, following the retreat
t,e, with tren. Burnside's aid, wiil soon Teare
North Carolina bace of any extensive fore.
As Geu. Beauregard's army now lies, it has but
( W o ways of retreat if defeated—eitherto Memphis
or southward, over eastern Mississippi, Ifbadlv
worsted in the expected fight, a retreat to Mem
phis by Gen Beauregard would only be a make
shift. Bat should he retreat southward, he will
not only keep open his communication with his
reserve at Charleston, Augusta, Mobile and New
Orleans, but subject our pursuing armv io all the
disadvantages ot malatiou3 climate, besides, ex
penses of transportation will become enormous to
our armv. Such a retreat ought to“be prevented
if possible.
With a view to the approaching warm-weather,
v? doubt net the idea of a military cordon be
iveen the haif conquered and the Guif States has
suggested itself t~ Gen. Halieck. And nature has
mere opportunely offered such a line in the right
place : and art has ever, lent her hand in im
proving it.
Upon a line hom Beaufort, North Carolina, to
Memphis, a long stretch of the Apalaehian chain
can be made available iu forming such a line.
Striking the mountains in the Western part of
North Carolina, the line, without inconvenient
deflection, may be carried either through the
mountains of upper Georgia, or along the Cum
berland mountains to Chattanooga—thence to
Huntsville, Florence and Memphis.
The mountainous regions of North Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee, are replete with the cool
est springs; but it is in A abama that are to be
found some of the largest natural springs in the
world. At Bellefontaine, (well named) in Jack
son county, is the first of these remarkable
springs. Its cool waves break from a limestone
cleft, and run off a stream large enough to carry
a doz n saw mills. Between Bellefontaine and
Huntsville, by the roadside another wells up
from among some limestone boulders, and forms
a rivulet two or three feet deep. At Huntsville is
another and still another at Tuscumbi, neither
giving out less than five thousand gallons a
minute. From all these we have drank the “drink
of gods and men. " We persume there are many
others.
occupation of this line is of vast import
ance, in a railroad point of view. It cuts the
connection between Charleston and Richmond at
Raleigh ; it severs Virginia from the South west
by breaking the road at Chattanooga, and it cuts
Memphis front Charleston. Besides, it renders
the Cumberland and Tennessee nseleaa to seces
sion ; and with the Mississippi wholly ours, the
rebels will have but a small share left of the mag
nificent slice oarred from the Union by secession
ordinances.
By occupying this line during the hot months,
we shall possess, through the media of the Missis
sippi, the'Tennessee, and the Cumberland, the
cheapest possible means of subsisting the army.
Should the foe in the Gulf States make head for a
fight, he would have to do it on the ground we
chose for him ; or should the fragments of forces
in the hulf-conquered rebel States be troublesome,
our army would always be in striking distance.
Another advantage of such a military line
would be this : While we should keep the u ore
virulent secession hordes upon their own dung
heaps we should give North Carolina, Tennessee,
etc., time to chew - the cud of reflection—to take
the “sober second thought,” and these, aided by
the advantages of gradually reopening trade, may
do more than bayonets, ft will be recollected
that several towns in upper Alabama kept the
Union flag flying even after the State seceded;
the mountainous regions of North Carolina and
Georgia have few slaves, and hence, like East
Tennessee, are strongly imbibed with Union sen
timents.
'the Naval Rattle at Fort Jackson.
The Iron clad steamer Louisiana in the Fight.
We are permitted, says the Memphis Appeal, to
publish the following description of the naval
battle at Fort Jackson, on the 24th ult., from the
pen of an officer, who took a conspicuous part in
the fight:
Jacksok, Miss , May 2,1862.
J. 0. Greenlaw, Esq : I arrived here last night
from Forts Jackson and St. Philip, having escaped
from the Louisiana on Monday morning last at
half past eight o’clock. But I will detail my ad
venture as it occurred. After going to New Or
leans, Com. Whittle ordered me to the Louisiana,
for the fight. I joined her on the 17th ol last
month, and on the 22d we left for the forts. She
was iron-clad, like the Sturly boat —the Arkansas,
and mounted sixteen guns; hnt, unfortunately,
she could not propel herself, her power be ng in
adequate. On the morning of the 24th, I hud the
mid watch —from twelve to four. At half-past
three, the bugle sounded the alarm in the forts,
and in a few minutes after, the euemy commenced
to run the gauntlet with twenty vessels, large
steam sloops, and thirteen gunboats.
The cannonad ng was terrific, at least three
hundred heavy guns being engaged. I fired the
first gun from the Louisiana at a big fellow close
aboard. This was the first intimation they had of
our existence, and the enemy believing us to be a
light gunboat or steamboat, laid us aboard or the
purpose of carrying us by boarding, which exposed
him to the direct lire of our bow battery, consist
ing of two !)-inch smooth guns and one 7-inch
rifle, the latter much heavier and much more for
midable than the “Belmont” or “Lady Polk”
guns. Our captain, Mclntosh, designing tbe ob
ject of the enemy, called a number of men on deck
to repel,* and whilst firing musketry at the ship
alongside, he was struck by a grape and severely
wounded, losing his right arm, breaking his left,
and his right leg. In the meantime the rascal
was fast to onr bow, about forty feet from us, and
poured in a most terrible broadside, driving the
hot smoke from his guns into our ports; our me
tal was too heavy, and he went ahead and came
in range of our starboard battery, where I had
the pleasure of peppering him with my diviaionof
rifles; this settled him, and he dropped oft into
the stream helpless. Then he fell in with the
Manassas, which had been poking and butting in
ail directions; Warley backed oft’, and went into
our friend full tilt, knocking a hole in his side,
which caused him to sink iu a few minutes.
This was the only close work we had, and that
did not not last more than ten minutes, if that
long, during which we had whipped a first class
sloop-of-war. Daring the balance of the engage
ment, wo stood by our guns and fired as they
passed. In the morning our upper works were a
perfect wreck, cut allto pieces by grape and canis
ter; the steamboat’s cabin alongside was literally
in splinters, but our iron casemate was unhurt.
Two 11-inch shells struck ns whilst we were so
close, which only made a deep dent in the iron,
not starting the wood, and although 1 was stand
ing immediately under them, I did not feel the
concussion. Warley, in the Man ssas, and Huger,
in the Mcßae, covered themselves with glory,
Warley seemed to fairly revel in the fight. The
Manassas was everywhere, but unfortunately the
vessels ot the enemy were faster than she, and
carried twenty guns, whilst she carried but one.
The Mcßea held four of them at bay, and was gal
lantly fighting both broadsides when Warley
came to her assistance. Huger, of the Mcßae,
war. mortally wounded. Warley was unhurt.
All the regular navy vessels went into the fight
and remained there, But how different was it
with the much blowed of “Montgomery fleet”
( with the single exception of the Gov.'Moore,
commanded by Capt. Bev. Kennon, late of the
navy.) Instead ol using their vessels as “rams,”
they ignomimonsly ran them ashore, shot off their
Runs, fired the boats and took to the swamp.
Kennon, of the Moore, attacked one of the large
sloops of war running up the river, directly after
and striking her on the stern first; then backed
off and struck her amidships , and then aft, then
forward, and then amidships—giving her five
blows, which completely hammered the life out of
her, and down she went. But whilst Bev. was
butting, the other vessels was giving him broad
sides, and at the moment oi the last “but” a
shell struck the Moore, knocking her rudder off,
completely disabling her, and so she drifted ashore
and was burnt by the enemy.
Her gallant commander remained and was taken
prisoner in her. After the fight, we felt convinced
that wo could whip the wfiole tieet if they would
only fight us, but then we could not go up. On
Tursday morning, at 1 or 2 o’clock, the men iu
Fort Jackson mutinied, spiked the guns, shot the
sen inels and left. At dayl ght, when awoke, we
found the white flag in the place of the battle
flag. Gen. Duncan had accepted terms, and it
then became necessary to make our arrangements
to act in tbe premises. If we surrendered the
ship, no doubt we couid be paroled, but we gave
the enemy an iron-clad battery. Capt. Mitcheli
: |jreferred Fort Warren to giving up his honor,
..ad so we tired the ship, and I took to tbe swamp
mu escaped, with three other officers.
A North Cabouxa Amazon. —The Charlotte
Democrat has beer, informed by a soldier from
Kinston, of rather a nov, 1 incident which occurred
mere recently. A short time ago some recruits
were brought into camp for a company from Cald
well county, among whom wae a man named Blay
iow, who was drafted in Caldwell. Week before
last Blaylow got a discharge, and immediately
another soldier applied for a discharge, stating
that he (or she) was the lawful wife of Blaylow.
It appears that when Blaylow was drafted his
wife cut her hair off, put on men’s clothing and
went with him into camps and enlisted for the
war. She drilled with tbe company and was
learning fast, when it became necessary to make
her sex known in order to accompany her hus
band home. The boys were sorry to part with
such a good soldier, but they are unable to de
termine which she loved best., Blaylow or the Con
federacy ; but It was unanimously voted that Mrs.
Blaybiow was “ some pumpkins. —Richmond
Whig.
Gen. Forney, a brother of John W. Forney, the
somewhat noted leader of the Northern Democ
racy, is in command at Mobile.— Exchange.
Tbe above statement is incorrect. Gen. Forney
is, we believe, a North Carolinian by birth, and
for many years has been a resident of Alabama.
He is a thorough Southerner, and when Alabama
seceded, be resigned his commission in the U. S.
Army, and offered his services to the State. He
has rendered gallant service since the commence
ment of the war, and is generally considered one
of tbe most efficient officers in the Confederate
army.— Mont. Adv.
The Mississippi Biver still continues very high
•t Memphis. The Missouri and ail the upper
tributaries are very high and rapidly rising. The
Ohio at the last accounts was rising at the rate of
four feet in twenty-four hours. When the rise
from the upper Mississippi reaches the lower riv
er there is a chance that New Orleans may be in*
undated.
Tbe Battles cm tbe Peninsula.
A gentleman who witnessed the fight near Wil
liamsburg on Monday informs iis that our forces
engaged amounted to six or eight thousand men.
The battie lasted nine hours. The first Virginia
Regiment captur' and a battery of eight guns, and
■.rj colors from the enemy. There has been some
dispute m'regard'to which regime at performed this
cal laid act, but we :*aru that file matter lias been
decided in favor of tbe rirst, bv ice General com
manding the brigade to which ft is attached. The
number of casualties in killed and wounded in
Gen. A Y. Hill’s brigade have been ascertained
as follows ; Ist regiment. 45; 71 h regiment, 90;
11 regiment 131; 17th regiment 71; total 388.
Some erroneous statements have been published
in connection w,th this battie which we are new
enabled to correct. Gen. E iriy was not mortally
wounded ; his iujuries are severe, but it is believ
ed he will soon recover, and be able to take the
field again. Col. Williams, of the Ist Virginiß,
received a severe wound, end is now in the hands
ottheiDemy. Major Palmer, of the same regi
ment. who wes reported killed, received only a
slight wound in the arm. and remained on the
field until the ciosc cf the, engagement. Neither
Col ixempel or Cel. Corse boih of whom were
reported wound id, received any injury, though
they exposed themselves in a daring manner
throughout the day. The rumor that Geneja!
Anderson was killed probably arose from the
dea’.h of his brother, win) fell in the battle. The
General was not injured. We hear that the loss
on our side, in killed, wounded, and missing is es
timated at 500. The loss of the enemy can only
be conjectured, though it was unquestionably
more than ours.
We are indebted to a gentleman who participa
ted in the fight on Sunday, near Williamsburg,
for the following narrative :
Sunday’s engagement.
The greater part of the forces falling back from
the “Vorktown Line” of defence having halted
for rest, in the open ground back of Williamsburg,
gave the Yankee advance an opportunity of com
ing up with the rear guard, consisting of Gen.
Sims’s Georgia and Gen. Griffith's Mississippi
brigades, to which was attached Manly’s North
Carolina battery. The euemy did not appear in
any force from under their cover of woods until
our rear guard had left tbe open \ round and re
doubts, and were marching through Williamsburg,
at which time a courier brought word to Gen.
McLaws that they were deploy! g in force to the
right and left of Fort McGrnder, (which our forces
had just .left untenanted,) and that they had
planted a battery of r tied guns immediately to
the front of the redoubt, and only distant 700
yards. The rear guard was immediately ordered
“about, face—double quick, march.” Manly’s
battery was ordered to advance and seize Fort
McQruder before the Yankees secured it. Then
commenced a race —artillery, cavalry, infantry,
had found the “gauntlet” of ifie rifle battery tire
for one.and a half miles to seize a work irom
whom the Yankees were only distant a quarter of
a mile; but ouj forces did it nobly. Captain Man
ly “orouglit his battery into action in splendid
style, halted, and fired five rounds to delay the
enemy’s advance and give onr infantry time to
come up, and then limbered up his guns and
made ardash for the redoubt, which he succeeded
in entering just iu advance of ;he Yankee force
on the right.
From this point the battery did some of the
finest practice that we have heard ol in the record
of any of our “artillery duels,” firing 180 shots
in 20 minutes, dismounting the two pieces of tbe
rifle battery, killing all the horses at two more
pieces and four caissons, of which our cavalry
taking advantage made a glorious charge on tbe
in antry and cavalry supporting the battery, and
cutting down all whn yet remained, and held Ibe
ground until the officer commanding the Rich
mond Hoffitzer Battery, Capt. McCarthy, (having
detached some of the horses from his pieces,) gal
loped forward and hitching on to the three -cap
tured gnus and (our caisso :s, brought tnem off in
the face of the enemy, and gallantly offered them
to Capt. Manly as the trophies gained by the fine
service of his pieces. Thus, iu forty miuutes our
glorious fellows had marched nearly two miles,
captured three pieces, four caissons, twelve horses
and seven prisoners. The killed and wounded of
the enemy could not have been short of one hun
dred men.
Gen. Johnston was present during the fight,
and appeared to enjoy it exceedingly.
- When the rear guard was ordered to “ about
face,” such a cheer went up from them as the
good folks of Williamsburg will long remember.
It is absurd to talk f whipping men who, after
marching eighteen hours without rest or food, and
heavily packed, will, at a chance of a fight, drop
their knapsacks and, with a soal stirring cheer
seize then muskets and run a race for nearly two
miles to meet the enemy. —Richmond Dispatch.
Destruction of the Vlrjrliila-JYEcrrlnuic.
The Evacuation of Norfolk.
News reached here yesterday morning that the
Virginia-Merrimac, the pride of the Southern
Confederacy and the terror of the Yankee navy,
had been destroyed about five o’clock Sunday
morning by direction, it is supposed, of the Con
federate authorities.
The crew of the Virginia arrived here yester
day morning by railroad from Petersburg They
report that the vessel was destroyed near Cranev
Island. She was fired iu her wood work and
abandoned, ami, the fire reaching her magazine,
the splendid naval structure was blown to the
four winds of heaven by a terrific explosion.
We learn that the greatest reluctance was ex
pressed by the crew of the Virginia to abandon
and destroy her without leaving some monument
of her prowess, and they expressed a willingness
to steam down to Fortress Monroe to assail that
to: tification and to stand by their guns to the last.
The V irgtnia was provisioned and loaded with
coal to her fullest capacity. Her armament was
the most powerful known to modern warfare, and
she was perfectly invulnerable to the combined
attacks of the whole enemy’s fleet.
A report was put in circulation yesterday even
ing that the author ties of the government were
not responsible for the destruction of the Virginia,
and that her fate had been determined by a coun
cil of the officers of the vessel.
'The statement put out in official quarters yes
terday evening is, that ou learning the evacuation
of Norfolk it was at first proposed io run the
Virginia up the York r.ver , that the four pilots
who were consulted about this proposition advised
against its practicability, and t at it was also
considered advisable not to withdraw the vessel
from the source of its supplies. It appears then,
according to the allegation of the statement re
ferred to, the pilots expressed their opinion that
if'the Virginia, which drew twenty-three feet of
water, could be lightened so as to draw only nine
teen feet, they could get her .up James river.
The experiment of lightening the vessel was then
tried ; all he? coal and her ballast were thrown
overboard. It was found that she still could not
get up the river, and tbe lightening had find the
effect of raising her beyond the line of her armor,
exposing her wood /. ork above the water. It s
declared that in this emergency Commodoie Tat
nall determined, on his own responsibility to de
stroy the vessel, and did so by exploding her
magazine.
Notwithstanding that this statement has the nffi
cial stamp, we do know as positive fact that the
destruction of the Virginia] as a determined con
elusion, was in the departme ts Sunday morning,
and was spoken of there at a time when the gov
ernment could possibly have got no notice of the
destruction, if it was the exclusive act of Com
modore Tatnall, unless by the erhoss of its explo
sion, when it was blown into atoms.
Commodore Tatnall, who it now appears, re
tained the command of the Virginia at the solici
tations of the government, arrived here last night
by the Petersburg train.
The crew of the Virginia have been sent down
to tho batteries on the river.
We are informed that the Dry Dock was not
entirely destroyed, but that its gates were biown
off and the sluice injured so seriously that the re
pairs necessary to make the structure of any use
to the enemy would occupy twelve months at
least. This dock is 3aid io have cost fire millions
of dollars.
It appears that the evacuation of Norfolk in
volved tbe destruction not only of the Virginia,
but of a number of gunboats which were on the
Rtocks, the transport William Selden, and a num
ber of smaller steamers, tugs, Ac. The surprise
effected by the appearance of the Federals on Sat
urday morning at Ocean View appears to have
been complete, and a portion of our forces sta
tioned near Sewell’s Point is said to have narrow
ly escaped being cut off Everything wa3 burnt
or abandoned. The greater portion of the troops
had been moved away, while the removal of stores
and munitions was still incomplete, and a loss es
timated in millions of dollars has been incurred
in Ibe long pending evacuation of Norfolk and the
disasters under which it has been finally accom
plished.
Many of the women and children escaped from
Norfolk, and others were in great distress at not
being able to get away. We hear that groups of
ladies the streets, with tears in their oyen, appeal
ed to our hurrying soldiers to protect them. One
hasty sympathizer with the Yankees is reported
to have been killed by cur troop3. The report, as
we get it from a passengers from Norfolk, so that
a man of the names of Parham, said to he a broth
er of the Provost .Marshal, seeing a Confederate
artillery company driving through the streets, and
mistaking them tor Yankee troops, dashed into
the street, waving his hat and bawling “Hurrah
for Lincoln.” He wa3 immediately seized and put
to death by our troops. —Richmond Eaamincr,
13 th.
1 EORGI4, GREENE COUNTY.- Whereas, Simeon T.
YJT Peea Auministrator upon tie estate of Valentine Brown,
dr ceased, ptitionstlre Court cf Ordinary of said county for
Letters Llsmissory :
Tnese are therefore to cite and require all persons copcemed,
to show e.use, if any tuey Lave, why and Administrator
should not be discharged at the Court of Ordinary to be held
in aad tor salt county on the first Monday in November
next.
Given under my hand at office in Greensboro, this 213 t day
of April, 1863. EGQKMUB L. KING,
April 34,1863. Ordinary.
IN MORGAN COUNTY SUPERIOR COUHT-LN
equity, march ierm, 1802
Andrew 0. Bird vs. Richmond A. Keid, Adm’r de bonis
non, Ac., of Job Bird, deceased, and others.
It appearing to the Court li.at .John Randle and Job S.
Bird, two of the defendants to the above bill, reside out of
tbe State of Georgia and cannot personally be served with
copies es the said bill. On motion, therefore ordered by the
Cord", that service be perfected on said defendants, bv publi
cation of this Rule in one of the public gazettes of this State
according to law.
A true extract from tbe minutes if Morgan Superior Court,
thisßth* ay ot March, 1863. WM. L. JETT, Clerk.
mhl3-lam4m
rrwo MONTHS after date application will be made tothe
X. Court or Ordinary of Columbia county for leave to sella
ptice of and In Rlcnmond county, containing fifty-five acres,
moro or less, adjoining and) of John K. Jacxson, and others,
belong ng to the estate of Edward Bowdre, late of Columbia
county, deceased. tv. S. JONES, Adzn r,
de bonis non, with the will annexed, of Edmund Bowdre,
deceased.
April I, IMS.
CITATIONS
FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
GEORGIA*, GREENS OOUXrY.— John
VX G lioitsclaw appnes for letters of Administration
ti estate of ; *.-orge Kudin, late of said county deceased:
These are therefore to cite anil admonish all and sineru'.ar, the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and appear at the
Court of Ordinary *o be held ia and for said cou» ty, on the Ist
.Monday in June next, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should wot be granted.
Given under my hand &t o dice in Greensboro', April Ssth,
l EUGENICS L. KING, Ordinary.
April 29,13P2.
COUNTY, GA reas, John P. Leonard
applies to me so ■ Letters o. rati -*n de bonis non,
upon the estate of John it. B. e of said county, de
ce ised:
These are there*ore to cite a* ish all a-d singular,
tl\e fciudred and creditors of sale .to be and appear at
the Court of Grd navy, to be hei t for said county, on
the first Monday in June nex ..iiv c iusc, if any tbev
have, why aai: Letters should no * granted.
Given under my hand, at office r. treouesb re’, April 80th.
11 May *2 180? EUUEMUS L. KING, ordinary.
GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas, .lames
VX W. Win fie id applies for Letters of Administration de
boms i on, upon tne Estate of John £. McCarter, late cf said
county, deceased:
These are therefore, to cite ar.d admonish, ail and singulai
the kindred and creditors cf said deceased, to he and appear at
the Court cf Ordinary, to be held »n and for said coanty, cn the
first Monday in Juno next, to show cause, if any they
have, why said Letters should not then be granted.
Given under ray hand, at office in Greenesboro. April 12th,
186*2 EUGENIUS L. KiNU,Ord*y.
April ifth, 186*2.
GIEORGIA- WILKES COUNTY. -Whereas, Mary
IT a. voter and Joseph l>. Gofer, Jr., applies to me lor
Letters of Administration on the estate of Henry J. Coter,
late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the
kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any
they have, whv said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Warrenton.
March 1*2,1862. R. L. FOREMAN, Ordinary.
iITATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.-
jo Whereas, Phillip Mullen applies to me for Letters ol
Administration on the. estate ol Thomas Rowlett, late of
said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at
my office, on or before the first Monday in May next, to
show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in An*
gust a, this 2sih March. 1862.
DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary
March 27, 186*2.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.-.
Whereas, Emma K. Page applies to me for Letters of
Administration on the estate ot John W. R. Page, late ot
sai county, deceased :
These are then. lore to cite and admonish, all and singulai
tbe kindred and u editors of Od deceased, to be and appear at
my office, on oi before tbe first Monday in Mar next to
shew cause, if an y they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta. this 29 th day of March, 1862.
DAVID L. HOATH, Ordinary.
March SO. 1861.
STATIC OF GEORGIA RICHMOND COUNTY.-
IO Whereas, Matthew liice applies to me lor Letters oi
Guardianship for iiuah Rice, a minor of said county :
These are therefore to cite and admonish, ail ar.d singulai
the kindred and friends ol said minor, to be r.nd appear at my
office, on or before the first Monday in .lur e next, to show
eau-v, f any they have, why sdd letters should not be
granted. .
Given under my hand and official signature at office In Au
gusta, this Ist day of Mar, 166*2.
B May 2.13..2. * DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary,
State of Georgia, Richmond county.-
Whereas, A gusuis D. Plcquet applies to roe for Letters
oi Administration on the estate of W illiam H. Pritchard, late
of s;»id county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu.ar th<
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my
office on or before, the first Monday in June next, t<
show cause, if any they have, why said Let ters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in Au
gusta, this 23t.h day of April. 18f>*2.
April 2», 1862. DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary.
C/TATEOF GEORGI A, RICHMOND COUNTY.-
kJ Whereas. George Rappold appplies to me for Letters of
Adm nbtration with the wl 1 annexed ou the Estate ©t Au*
gust Kcesel late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singulai
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appeal
at my office, on or before the first Monday iu June next,
to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office In Au
gusta, this 2st.h day of April, 186*2.
April 29, 186*2. DAVID L. ROATH, Ord y.
BORGIA, 'JEFFERSON COUNTY .—Whereas,
VX William G. Scruggs applies to rae for letters ot Ouar
iunship for the person and property of Amazon Davis, mu or
heir of Isaac Davis, deceased ! ...
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the
kindred and friends of said minor, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed bylaw, and to show cause, it any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given unde r ray hand at office In Louisville.
NICHOLAS DIEHL, Ordinary.
: VApril 9,186*2.
GEORGIA
MLT MMIMIMII
COMPANY.
WTHEREAS the supply of Salt, an article of indi pensa
vv ole nece'sit.y, is entirely inadequate to the demit n
in the Confederate States of America, and there bein.
ouly two ways of obtaining it, viz: by importation ami by
manufacture, and the *ormer ol these being rendered impracti
cable by the present, blockade, thus reducing u» to the alterna
tiv eof manufacturing Salt or doing without it; and whereas
the great hazard of the undertaking exclude private enterprise
thus necessitating a large combination in order divide th.*
We therefore, a portion of the citizens of Richmond an i
neighboring counties, a'Semhled in the Masonic Hall in the
city of Augusta. compliance with a request from citizens o;
Greene county, do hereby, in or. er to initiate a system c t e\*
tensive co-operat.ion, resolve ourselves into a Joint Stocx
company for the purpose of manufacturing f'alt, under th.'
following regulations, viz:
Art. L— I The present Organization and Regulations shall be
on! v provisional and!emporary, except so far as may’ be here
inaf cr expressly stated to the contrary.
Art. I.— A convention of all those who may* become stock
holders on rlic terms hereinafter to be set forth, is requested i<
be held in the Masonic llal in the city of Augusta, on Tues
dav, the 'hirtjentlidav of May m xt, being ihe day appointed
for the Couve r tfonofthe fct< ckholder3 of the Georgia Rail
road and Banking Company, in order to form a permanent or*
gaulzat’on and elect peimauent officers.
J Art- 111 —ln the meantime this Company shall be known
ast.be “Georgia Manufacturing Company.
Akt. IV.—The following named gentlemen shall coi.ftitute a
prov sioual Boa*d of Directors, who will hold theiusslvc i re
sponsible to t e St ckholdeis for the «i‘e keeping and prope r
ma sgemeiit of the funds, which will be promptly returned to
the sufccrib )? in case a traffic! nt amoura to begin with shout.
tall to be raised ; and with ihe furtaerunderstanding that L.
after the terprisc is ct on foot, losses should occur either by
interference nr tne enemy or from any other cause, the Lss is
to be borne by the Stockholders each in proportion to the
number of shares he holds, and with the turtner pledge on tue
part of the D.rectors that no indebtedness shall be incurred, so
that, no subscriber can posHoly lose more than the amount he
nvests in the enterprise, viz:
DIRECTORS
MI. H TUCKER, Greene county ,
J. <;. POY iHKEbS, Burke county,
*M. H WEI LP.'KN, Warren county ;
-H D LEtTNEK, Columbia • ouuty ;
*F. t‘ fllMZ*, R.chmond county;
*E. W. DOUGHTY, Richm nd county
*A. FOUL LAIN, Richmond county;
♦IAS.T. GARDINER, Richmond county .
♦PORTER FLEMING,
•GEO. T -lACKSON,
ASBURY HIT i.L, Clark county ,
K. E. JONES, Morgan “
J. M. CHAMBERS. Muscogee county;
RICHARD PETERS, Fulton
It. K. CUYLEK, Chatham cuunty.
(Os the above named gentlemen, those to whose names an
asteri k is affixed, li ive agread to serve ; the others have been
requested to do so, but have not had time to r spond, at the
date of printing this circular.)
Aijt. V.—A capital of Iwo Bundled Thousand Dollars shall
be raised forthwith, to be subs nbed for by any who may de
sire to do no in shares of Twenty five Dollars each.
A fiT. V l - No subscript on shall be cons.d' red good until the
money ia paid in : and when tbe sum of Fifty Thousand D
Dollars is thus raised, the Directors shall forthwith proceed to
secure the services of scientific inen, and other employee*, to.
select suitable loc tlltiea. and to establish the neci > a: y works
fortuc manufacture of Salt.
Art. VII.—All those who su scribe for any portion of the
stock are considered as thereby agreeing to the* follow ng per
manent regulation, viz: That in case the Company should suc
ceed in the manu!acture of Salt, the Stocfbolder# shall. If they
desire it, be 3Uuplie.d with ? ait at tne cost of production, to the
exclusion of «.\its de purchasers: each Stockholder receive
in proportion to the number of shares he holds, provided that
no one shall receive more than he needs for his own domestic
use.
Art. VIII.—The fol’owing named gentlemen have been
elected officers of the Provisional Board :
President G fcI(>KGE T. J At) h suN, of Ricfcmond count y.
Vice-President—PoUTEK FLEMING, * “
Secretary—JAMES T. GARDINER,
Treasurer—K. \V. DOUGHTY’,
ap23-ii2&wtmyl3
COME TO TUNNEL HILI,
COME TO TUNNEL HILI
Preserve your Health, Lengthen life, and
Increase your Comfort and Convenience Iry
moving to these valuable Springe,
LIMESTONE SPRINGS
IS NOW off red for sale at the low price of *IO,OOO. They
are situated, within 60 rods of the Stone Depot, on the V
& A. Kailruad, whin e the Tunnel goes through tin- Blue ridge.
31 miles south ot Chattanooga and 107 above Atlanta, Ga.—
out of reaLh of Ar»o!i;ion rule. This ia oue of the ino.-t desi
re jle .-etreat.H for the 6outh rn people, during the Summer
Season, in all the {Southern Confederacy, being so convenient
ly and delightfully situated on the Railroad and at the Depot,
w: ere the sir, wuler aud climate is unsurp'-Msabie in any coun
try whatever—so much so that it has attracted the attention o/
the Southern people so that my houses were crowded the past
Summer, more than I was able to accommodate, and many
turned away fur want of room. I now wish to sell this val
uable southern watering-place to some gentleman more able
to improve tna place and ent rU iu the. crowds of visitors oes
tin.'fid to come here every year, than lam. 130 acre. j of val
uable Land belongs to the premise*, all of which I will min
utely describe aud send a plot ot the same, it requested to
do so.
Ia so have a noted to sell f.-.r $2,000 (worth $2,000) in this
neauilful village ot Tunnel Hill. Also, other nice Houses and
Lots, at equally re ucedprice=. This is the count ry tor Mer
chuuta, Mechanics and* Tradesmen ; more advanraye* here lr,
tni.i country than I have ro ,m to describe.
Write rue the very first day you *ee this notice, and 1 will
write you all you want to know. CL Al r rif iN.
'funnel Hill. Whitfield co.. Ga.. Feb. 18. 18*2. feblf-tf
HEARD & i/LARKE,
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
FIKE-PROOF WAREHOUSE, ON REYNOLD STREL'J
{Rear South Carolina Railroad. Depo t,)
VV'ILL contlnxu to devote their personal attention tothe
y f Sale and fcter Age ol Cotton and ali other Produce.
Orders for Baggi .. Rope and Family Supplies promptly at
lendedto.
Liberal Cash A tvances made at all times on Produceri
store. ISAAC T. HEARD,
fcep2sd*wti HENRY E.CLARKE.
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in MAY next,at
v? Court House door, in the town of Lexington In )'i
thorpe co,, between the legal hours of sale, the Interest or B. ,
Mitla, deceased, in lauds lying in Elbert county. G s, belong
in* to the estate of Wm. Mills, i, said interest belng
eue-ainth part, b old for the i*eneflt of the he.ra aud ertmto
of said B.r. Mills, dob’d, under an order from tOteyrm °
Ordinary of .jgiethorpe countyAdmr
February 26,1868.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
TTNDER an order <*s£* uiTcaurt HnaseTocr kTthe
U county. Wll be MAY next within
city of J lying, In said
the usuai hours ofsaie, * T B. Wilson, K,
couiity. adjoiui^S 1 and otnera. containing two tundreo
S. Wiulema, J . A. xta-e/v u tne property oi the es-
Ld eleven deceased.
CITATIONS
V*»s* LEXTERS bUiRmeSF.
State of geuhi.ia, ttiikivoxii cih vti
Whereas, Jo:,:. 1i0... s ou" « OL:\TV.~
Biiup ll :-. amr.or, app".,..i- n.ofcL." .• c nV. . .*'"*•
These arc therefor, i„eil.:,n.l «!, ~ j V; j: r
SSefn S’’” '"!? ” f - : ' . !•' i j ?5i at m'
office, on or before tiu? Mm j • • t- , , * .. ; •
cause, if auvthrv ' , IJ J':"UT
Given uafterniv : V s
gusta,ti.i. n ' in n.u
Aprilß, lsf-. i'.\t i > . K ( »ATTI, Ordinary.
S TAraoFGEoaaiA, uiouhavd cou.vrv.—
ion: ’ a ’ to u>e lor Letters of Ulsmlo-
SlSnr?^* oc;te, 0c;te ,? od "taatlsh, RU ar.d sl-rguia--
the kindred ana .o .. udixr to ::c und appear at m?
oißce, on or before toe r: 0 t in Sou. i ett t fi -fc-'vr
&l“ “ y tlltV v ' hy not l«
An-
AprilS, 1362. *' V 10 L - H ' >ATn .
riCOIIGi.V, CO&.L ti-:*. i CUtMi.-w utias
Ora Git*, on, ttujiii 4 i
Letter of DL*mL>si-*n irom - ' •. : :ia«- ;
These *. re therefore xO oi . :iv; ouisk r.:i and singular
the kindred ann nl -udrot . •. r. .t.*i • . lapj,*-*rai my
office wit in the time pn* hr. .yr v, t wc*useeif&ny
they have, w l~ eai Lett.
Given uudir mv hand ut office .i. . piir.
April *24. 1862. J p, K ~>K. Orrjrjgy,
COLUMBIA COUNTY. GA.~ >•. wiham H
Mu ra ani i<ycurgus V M rav, jues tor Letter*
Dismlssoryfromt eGuaraianu-.ipetM:.r• ' Murray!
These ere therefore to « i.c cud asmonLu .i; and singular.the
kindred and friencs oi & ild minor, i te raid at my
office, within tne time pn erh and by i.iw, to show cause, if any
they have, why said letters .*nou!d not be granted.
Givenu derniyha datoffic in App ing.
Mirth27,i 02. JAS. }', ‘■.U.vNSing, Qrd’y.
C GEORGIA, WILKES COUN'I Y.-Whereas, Jarne
X R. Dußosj, Sr.. Eie.ut. ron luc c.-tate oi Mary R. An
thony/deceaseu, app u*= I.lc tor ; . turs of Dismission :
Tnese are then on . ad all and singular,
the kind r ed and credit! rs o’ sa dd a ased, to be ad appear at
my office within t » time prescribed h law, to show cause, it
any they ha e,
Given under my L .
March I*2, 1j62. 111 ■» M\' «'-«ilr>ary.
Georgia, ilki> t v. wr
Gresham and Thomas Ebiott, Ex cutors of the eutate
of Kauflinan Gresham,deceased, applies to me for Letters ot
Dismission :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all ands ngular,
the kindred and cr ditore *.. c.tid deceast to be :md appear at
my office within the time prcscii. ed by law, to du-w cause. If
any they have, why suid letters should be granted.
Given undei my hand at office in Warre ton.
March H?, 1-6*2. ft*, ft. t* ».<>■•* FM \N. Ordinary.
nfiOßtflA, MOil UAN COt A Ik- -v lu-xeas, i bos
VX - . Davis. Gi.aidian of Cieuir.’jtius K. late of
said county, dt-cca-ed, appl to me for Le tei sos Disiuission:
These arc therefore to c.t-e a : ad . ouish :-li ar.u singular
the kindr and and < red! r • f said orphan lobe and appear at
my office, on or be ore the firs Monday in June ’.text, to show
cause if au they have, wny raid e. e u uid not ( e ffr.oited.
Given .under m baud a , ffle in thio nlday of
April. i3t?. A W. AnNOLD, Oroii.ary.
April 9,18C2. _________________________
GEORGIA, GREEN . <;oUN t V.-Wnoreas, Antoine
PoutMn and T reapply for Letters
ot Adnilni>tration upon i‘.-> c ia;e oi William S. Foullam,
late of said county, ueceaM.a :
These arc theiefore to cit. t admonish, all and singular,
the kindred and orcdltois ; f. <i docc:is« ti, to be and appear at
the Gourt of Ordinary, to c field in and lor s id county, on
the first Moudav in June in st, tv> show cauac, if any they
have, wny said Letters thoulcl no* then be erant.d.
Givenuudermy 1 :uid at c ... '•!*. ui i , ro, th!*2.st day
of April, IS6*2 LUG. NlUc> L. 4-1 NG,
April *24, iSt *2. Ordinary.
G Georgia, greene * oun i y.—n iu r,.>, jonn.i.
r Dom-ny, k\ .. Ihomas 8.
Thompson, deceased, petitions ihe C'- urt of Oro-inary* of said
countv for Letters D. mu>ory :
These are thcief ve t cite and require all persons concerned
to show cause, if any .hey liav;*, why said Administrator
should not be discharged, u. die < '•■urt oi Ordinary to be held
In and toi said c unty i
Given under my hand at office, ; u Greensboro, Uiia ho day of
February, ltu*2. l UQENiUh L. KING,
February’s. Ordinary.
GIEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COt Y.^-UOURT
JT OF ORDINARY, At 111., TARM, lßti‘2.
JohnD. Pass, as AdminLtrator upon the cat ate oi Thomas
W. l ass, deceased, and aUi u- adan. ucrator jn the esU e ot
Dicey A. Pa-s, dece ited, thows io the Court tt.iu he baa fuliy
administered and closcu up lliu of said estate, and
is ready now to be dismissal irom said administration
Wherefore, it is <*i.acrcu mat a cituiion be is«ue<., calling
upon all persons inter sted to show catue, if any they have,
on or before the Court of Ordinary to be field on the first Mon
day in November uext, why the mil Administrator should
not be dismissed from his said Administration.
It is further ordered that this Rule be published in the
Chronicle & Sentinel monthly for six months previous to said
Court.
A true extract from the minutes of tlio Court of Ordinary
held April term, 1862.
April 13, icy-2. HENRY BRITAIN. Ord nary.
UTATK OF GEORGIA, LINCOLN COUNT!
IO Whereas, William Daills, aumi. ' irator of Aiu.u T. i w
trunk, represents to the Court, in ci>’ j ctiticu, duly tiled
entered <>u record, lie has fully -dmiffistcred Alien T
Sldt.runk\> estate :
This ls, therefore, to cite all persona couceniod, kindred and
creditors, to ffiiow cause, if any they why the said adminis
trator should not be disci; .*rged from his administration, and
receive letters ofdlsmir t on the first Monday ia uciober
186*2.
a prill 6,1862. 13. F. TATOM Ordinary.
'TATE OF GEORGIA, LINCOLN COUNTY-
I * Whereas, John Woo » uam n a iator with the wli an*
nexed of Willia.:! Wood-, dece s. and, represents to the Court
in hl» petition, filed and entere i on rccrd, that he bus ltilly
administered v, itUfem Woods Estate, ac*.o uiuz to me will of
William Wo Ml,*
These are then fore, to cit* .rsou concernod, kindred
and creditors, to show r.-tn, if any they can, why said Admin
lstra or should not no disciu.rv. and n.;m i ad IhLua' on, with
the will onncxeii, an.'. rtc» .. v 1 t o. Dismission on the first
Monday in Octob i,
Apri. 10, 1 ;6*. 13. F. TATOM, Ord’y.
QT ATE OF GEORGIA, J REFER Mlft COUNT Y.-
Wnereas, Jam*. . t»» it, L..i 'tor ou t..e estate of
Andrew McDermott,ih u*A ft ..’ pile, to nic for Letters ot
Dismission :
These are therefore i o cii« and admonish all and singular, the
kindred and friends of snldiU en t, to If and appear at my
office, within Iju time n. rifieu by mw. to show cause, U
any they have, why .suidlett jv ahoula not be granted.
Given in iA office ill
Louisville, this 11thday of Jauuar-, 1862.
January NP HIOLAS DIKHL. Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, JEFFEUSOxN COUNTY.
Whereas, Br.a -t .j. ator on the es
tate of Benjamin li. Glover, deceased, applies to me for Let
ters of Dismission:
Tlie.se arc therefore to cite and admonish, all *.id aingulai
the him red and creditors ot «*a. I deceased, to be and appear at
my office within the time pnscri .s:.i by law, and show cause,
if any they have, why said Letters ehouid not oe granted.
Given under my hand . ud official big nature, at office in
Louisville, this ilth day of January. 1862.
January Hi. J NlCilGL*vS DIE HI,, Grd*y.
/iKORGIA, JEFF 51*0COUNTY.—Wingea
VA tSamucl P. Fleming. Admin* • ray or on th-. hut of A
B V L. Ffi.ining, hath made :tp; .:ra on i-r Letter* ti Lismia
eion tram Fatal e .
These are therefore, to cite and h a monish aliaiuguia* theklh*
dred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appearatmi
office, on or before the first Monday in June uext.toahow
cause, if any they have, why .u. Lectcrashouidcot be granted.
Given umler my hand and official signature, t.toin Louis
ville: this 14thdu /of AUf'uet, 1 •*.;^
November 27*b. 1 t>l. N iUHOLAfi. DIEHL. Ordy.
€1 KORGIA, JfiFYKiS 0\ t-OU.VI' Y.-To the Hon
T orabieth* Court ol Ordinary t-d b id county :
The petition 'ol L. : reiiuiiur;*, Admin airator of the Fa
tateof Moser, Muffin;. ’ deceased, reaped! uli y showeth that
he has Lilly riischa *;ed the duties aßaigued to him and thex*-
lore petitions the Court tor a didcharge lr meaid Adminiitra.
tion. WILKIN3 A: Cxitf,
PetitiwuePs Attorney.
•
Issue, reqa-riug all peroona concerned, (ana lacy hereby are,)
to show cau*e, if u’>y t uey have, way the said A. L- bammona
should not on the firs' Monday of julc neit, l>e (ii6Chi-.rged
front s.iid Adiruuisirati n, ui.d viiy Ul'mi; I>iamiasory should
not be granted lo him, t and it Is furl her ordered that this citation
be published in the *Jaronb;.o ABufi.iuel, a Gazette oi this
State ior u>e ■; v i. j..: k
JN’oveiaiu r 2. t • . Ibu M<. H U IASI )I KH L, Ortfy.
Georgia, jEßEiitisvoA gounty.—to roe Bon.
oiauie thv -lot Orc.i.jjr> -i Jefiereou county:
The petition of Thos. 11. Polhiil, Adm ini -irator of the Sb
tate of iia'i y Brown, de-; i, re. pectiuliy showeih thath
has fuliy disicn-.i-.a-d «/.e • ifo-rigned to him aud hereford
petitions the o ' ls ; a disc, rg*; from hie Administration.
Tnos, H. Pc*Lai l4*,
PeiiLlouer’o Attorney*
The above petition uad it l- 01 ie and that citation do
ir-suivrequi ing a:i perdotd ccncT/ed, (aud they hereby are n
to show caoae, if any they have. wi. the aan ThomaaH.
Polhiil should 1. * 01. the second Monday of June next be dlv
cl.urged iVoin 6. Admlcji •: dion, m i wny uiaraLkory
ehould n.xt be gran; dtovm. at itis furthiroidered that
this citation »»*? , ;,el, aGa
xe'«Ae of tne total tor •!. : ’..ioc *-•! s'.x n. /Uths.
N'ovembi i ‘2.ih, 1661. MCHULaS DIEHI, Ord*y.
/NEOUUIA, JKFFEiIfeON COr\ (Y-To tbeßoa.
\DTorable t e cou x 1 tndinar;, of county :
The Petition of Let iah ■•. Ar-. ve Administrator of the
Estat * of Edward G. h irkimd, ■' > xec?,reßpecliuUy ahoweti*
that lie Las fully cisciran'- a Hie dutlc# aMUoied »o ban and
therefore petitions tin; ( - e". Ira oschage from hia Adminis
tration. i HO3. H. Polhti.l,
Petitioner's Attorney..
The above petition Learand it is ordered chat
Issue, requirii g a.i porevr.. con-ierned, (and they hereby arej
to show caur.fc, u any t y have, why the taid Beniah S. Carfr
well should not on the first Li- nday of June next, be discharg
cl Lornraio Admimctra iin, nr... why LetLis DDmlßiory
should not be granted to him, ana L is ur.her ordered that
shis cltatatien bepubilslied in tlie chronicle 6c Sentinel a Ga
zette of this state, or«i;e 6;-uce ot six months.
November 27th, 1861 MCH -L-Ari < iIEHL, Ord*y«
G 1 KORGI V, JBFFfjRiMi.X CO 1/I%'Tlf. —To une Hot
T orable tne Court of Ordinary 0 -aid chanty :
ihe petition of Joan G. Jordan, Administrator of the Estate
of James A Murphno, deceased, leapectArlly ehowetb that ha
has fud7 discharged the duties aaslgnud loLlruaLd therefore
pef’ti rf s the Court for aol charge from e-dd Administration,
Wxlaim 6l Cam..
Attorney,
The above petition heard, and It ;a ordered that citation do
Lssue, requiring all peroens concerned, (and they hereby arej
to show cau-*e. If aDy loey have, why the bald ohn <i. Jordan
should not on the first Monday or June next, be discharged
from the said AdminiatratiOL, and v/hy Letters Dlmnissory
should not be grant-d to him, and it is further ordered tiiat
this citation be publish' and In the C ronide & Sentinel, a Ckv*
zc-tte of this btate for the spa e of six montbr,
November-27th. lftC'l. M(Ll<ihA DlEnir. Ord*y,
JLfTEUeuA LOIAIY, UA -v»nereu, Jauiee At.
Gobeit, Executor el tne esh.te of Andrev/ McDermott, ds*
ceased, applies to m lor i.etl.. c A Dismission ; a
These are therefore to cite and admonish ah and singular,
the kincred and creditors of < :ud deceased, to be and ap ear at
my office, within the lime prescribed by law, to show cause, U
any they have, why said leit- is . nouia not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Ixouiaviile. v
January 7,1862. DIEHL Ordinary.
NOTICE
TO DEBTORS AND €BEDITOR§.
IVJOTICE.—-All persona ; tdebtea to the Estate of Hoi’
ii combe G. Moore, late of G. eene county, dec’d, will 011 •
immediate payment; and those haring chums against sal and sa
tale, are notified to present them, to the undersigned, duly aV*
tested, within the time prescribed by law.
March2J, lft>2. GREENE »OQKL. AdmT.
NOTlCE.—Notice la b re ay given to all per-.ous caving
x* de an .0 .guinst Daniel d. Lie of Greece Oosn*
ty, deceased, to present t einto . e properly made.out with
in the time presort oed bylaw 0 as to sa ow iiamotsr
and amount. And ah persons indcotC J to said ecceased ars
hereby required to make immediate pay men; to me
JUiIN RdBINS,
Administrator c bonis hop. ’A ih a .^exed.
Notice to Debtors aito Creditors.
TVJOIIGE la hereby g ven to ad per ons having usai«4f
i/l against ReiiUmi F Merrill. I -te of ureene county, Ga,
decs beu, to pres ni theta to me, prop--rly made out w**“)
the ti t*e prescrioetl by law, to us to show tneir
amount; and all persous ii*d . teJ to a * are nereoy
reqooetej to mate immedxte J&ue. AdmT
Will annexed of lienjamln F. Memtt.
March 19, 1862, -
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
tome, propc-uy made oot, w-.-oita ti>e
to present roeM.o mi, in £ gw [ljeir thailcter uJ
£jf.ffyiSa?U persons'inaebtort t sAd deoessw, are neretty
ILjgg; "luGHI. Afitak
o’ Ci-ri^tGj>iierO’. L-Wts, decea*ed.
rtrpenesboro’. G a -. Marcn 19th. >»? mbtl _
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
-w. or ICE Is hereby given to ail per ons havng demands
.rJrnrt John G. waver, mte ofe*.ie c.unty, deoirwd.
to nr.wnt tfieu. to me, properly m-Jeout, -itnl. tne tun*
nrescr oed by ia v, n at to *w toeir i,ar ,; er and amount l
and ali perso. si .debte.. Wand '.lectaied, a.e benny required
to make immed-atepayment to me.
tomaa muu y u OAKLSGN Adm’r
May 6,1863. or John G oc ,-a-eJ.
At oliAM i't. .o,t> u upri, ly2.
-w-tOR Providential cause, to wi —tke iiloess . f Uie Prt
r siding Judge—it sord red tbit Term, 1662, ot
tne superior ourt of Warren cou ty 1-. adjourned to tie Ist
Monday In May, i862
Faroes, Juror.-, Wit..esses, andotne s interested, will tain
notice and govern tfiem cives ac-.ordinr y.
6 TUGS. W. XUGiIAS, J.S. C.H.O.
• A true extract from tire Minutes of said Court.
R. M. WU.DBR, Clerk,
April IS, 1862.
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