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The Bill.
iiLLto Li ert' A An Act to provide for the
‘ u on - ;ng comparers, .-quaffrons, bat
ts! '.. joti reg .’uents, and to incteoae the Pro
vi- onal Army of the Confederate States
PtcrioN 1. T o Congress of the Confederate
,ut«B ot A®erica do enact, That when the Presi
!ent rbaii cor-.ider an increase of theforces in the
etd ccc,‘«ary to repel invasion, or for the public
-fety i-i the pending wp.r, he is authorized, as
rcJ r fier provided to call into the military service
' i * -outederate States for three years or du
-g tie present war, if it should be sooner end
<■ i white male cir-zens of the Confederate
i not legally exempted from such ser
• rie, b iweett the ages of thirty-five and for
ty iiv. years., and each authority ehall ti
is* in the President, daring the present war, as
•o a.l persons who now are or may hereafter be
i -.me eighteen years of age; and, when once en
rt lied, ail persona between the ages of eighteen
and foity ii7e years shall servetheir fall term.
Provided, That if the President in calling out
troops into the service of the Confederate States
shall firs', call for only a part of the persons be
tween the ages hereinbefore stated, he shah first
call for those between the age of 35 and any other
age less thau 45, and apportion the same between
toe several States, taking into consideration their 1
relative population between the ages of 35 and 45, i
ar.il the number oi troops already lurnishe.d to the
army by the respective States under former acts
—ho far mt foo same may be practicable without !
departing from the principle of calling out troops j
according to age; and Provided, farther, That in
estimating the numb r of former acts, each State
shall he credited with all the companies mustered
into service from said Stite.
Ssc. 2. That the President shall moke such call
by requisition upon the Governors of the several
• of derate;.states for all or any portion of the
persons w tfcio th. i espectiteStates between the
m-H of thirty-five nrd forty.five years, aad also
•ervieeof the Confederate States, and the nam
tertt . ain -I. an v ,-;.aU idler filling
up existing companies, squadrons, battalions, and
regiments from such State to their maximum
legal number, shall be officered according to the
laws ill the State having such residue.
Ssc. 8. That, if the Governor of any State shall
refuse or shall fail for an unreasonable time, to be
determined by the President, to comply with said
requisition, then : uch persons in such State are
hereby made subject, in all respects, to an act
entitled “An act iurther to provide for the public
defence,” approved April Id, 1862, and the Presi
dent is authorized to enforce said act against such
persons. * .
Ssc 4 That for the purpose of securing a more
pr-r >,jy ch iilltncnt of ifie persons rendered liable
to militaVv service under this act, the President
mm immediately upon making the requisition
authorized therein, employ iu any State, whose
Governor !,ha : l consent thereto,’ officers of the
Confederate States to enroll and collect, in the
n- pretive camps of instruction, all the persons
called into service as aforesaid.
,Si:< That the persons brought into military
„r i v’j. e by this act shall be assigned to the company
from their State now in the service of the Confed
erate States which they may prefer to join, sub
. t„ Buch regulations an the Secretary of War
nr •/ i stablisb, to secure the tilling up of existing
companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments,
iron! the pectivc States: Provided, That per
sonH liable to military service under the provisions
„f ii. 'i ; ", (and able bodied men over the ages of
forty-five years,) may volunteer and be assigned
to duly in such company from their State as they
may select; Provided, That said company shall
not. by reason thereof, bo increased beyond its
legal maximum number; and Provided lurther,
That the right of volunteering in, or of being as
signed to any company, shall not interfere with
the objects of this act, or produce inequality or
confusion in the different arms of military ser
*' Provided, Thot the President is authorized to
suspend the execution of this act, or the acts to
which this is an amendment, or any.special provi
sion, or provisions, of said acts, in any locality,
when he believes such suspension will promote the
onblic good; and that in such localities, and du
) such suspension, the President is authorized
i , >p3 into the Confederate service nu
.lcr any of the acts passed by the Confederate
Congri-as prior to the passage of the act to further
provide for the public defence, approved 18th of
April, 1882.
A motion was made to reconsider the vole by
which ttin bill was passed, bat by a vote of the
House this motion was laid upon the table.
On motion), at quarter past 4 o'clock, the Houee
adjourned.
troin the Savannah Republican.
Interest Sns lietter from the Ilnttle Held.
We are permitted to make the following liberal
extract from a letter written to a relative by a
most excellent and highly esti citizen of
Havnnnah, whose Biimmer residt ‘he in
mediate vicinity of the late bat 'S in tr
— ;. it i..uuui c*i. ■
"Ala Dear — :
• * * At sunset, ‘26th A ■ • t -s
(tttnlrd himse’f from llaymarke nad
left Gen. Jackson the was one ofhia ■ ij rds
with 40/li ’o men marching that i .
tow and Manassas.
"On Wednesday, the 27th, the Federals came
down fro it tin Rappahannock upon Bristow, and
I had all th- family on the hill behind Riley’s to
s ,! the shelling. Heading them home in the car
r;,. Ke I i •:o «and with until sunset—and
when’l reached our gate 1 found 26,000 Federal
tj oops form! >g in line of battle in the rear of the
Lawn and Island the aitillery unlimbering on
the hill behind our gatden, and a one armed
General (Kearney) riding up and down in an ex
cited manner. Coming to the porch where your
mother stood, he warned her to retreat instantly
to the cellar, for that the rebelswere comiDg from
the mountains and an engagement was imminent;
and on going into one of the northern attics
there, sure enough, 1 saw on Macraes’ Hill a
dense army forming into line en face. Cutting
the children into the carriage, 1 walked with all
the household except . (who positively
refused to budge,) towards Audrews’, intending
to return to the house when I had deposited them
iu safety, when just as we had turned the corner
by Nutts’ woods an aid came galloping alter us to
say there was no enemy alter all—it being Gen.
S eget’s division which bad alarmed them. I be
lieve 1 would have given the lawn to have seen
them pommel each other. .
At one o’clock iu the morning followng, the
aids knocked me up to give them a guide to Ma
nassas—telling me he would be paid it he did bis
duty, and banged if tic did’nt. As I could nt help
the in they went over to Mr. Halls, and went oil
with him befor day, leaving our tarm and Mr.
> s minus about a mile of tence. They bnul
lv brought up, above all places in the world, at
their old feeding ground, Hull Run; and now
Jackson and Longstreet came up from Dudley
.Springs (just us they, the Federals came up m
•81 ) and bow they got thrashed, and how the
one armed General and a hecatomb ot others got
killed, and how they finally made a “masterly re
treat,'’the newspapers wili long since have in
formed yon. It was the old fight over again,
ouly this time the enemy liau the position and we
were the attacking party. 1 was all over the
field—commencing on Sunday—and it took me
three days to do it, for our front was six miles
long I carried a bottle oi Sherry iu my valise
the first day, hoping to fall in with but the
parched lips of the dying Yankees (ours were all
in hospitals) which their Hag of truce ambulances
were vainly trying to take up, plead too
strongly against ;it was first a wine glass
full, iben half, then a quarter, then a sip; and
when every drop was gone, 1 wonld have given
a hundred dollars in gold for another bottle full.
The groans and pleadings for “just one drop dear,
dear Doctor,’’ vas they thought me) were too
shocking to endure. As for thejdead, the like was
never seen, ours were all buried out of hand by
Sunday night, 31st August, and then, the enemy
being unable io alter I to them, our reserve begau
their endless toils By Monday they were so
much discouraged at the little progress they had
made, that I saw them carymg body after body to
the side of a railway embankment, where they
were cross-barred heads and tails, tj counted
thiity-two in one compact pile,) and the earth
pushed dowu on them from the top of the bank.
“ Yesterday, when I made another visit to
search tor some wounded Georgians and the grave
of Maxey Boston, which I found, there really
seemed as many dead bodies us at first, and these
will, for the most part, 1 fear, have to remain un
buried. 1 came home wilh nausea and headache
a» it was.
" The loss to the Federals and the gain to us are
respectively iar greater than on the same field iu
IstU. James Carolin was killed, and Eb. Law
wounded. lam trying to find him, among the
thousand and one improvised hospitals, and bring
him to your mother to nurse. We had a stream
of sick and wounded all day and eleven stayed
wilh us last night. On the field I saw, after the
battle, young Mansfield, from Mr. Lincoln's store,
Mr. Snider, son of ottr tenant and Mr. Walsh, son
of the Park keeper, s 'i pi whom were looking in
fine he. Ith, and all of whom desired to be men
tioned to tbeir frierd?. Charles Gouldiug, deaf
from an explosive shell, is at Warrenton, where I
must no to post this letter, if a pmt I can find.
“ All the houses from the Delaplanes to War
renton are full of wounded, and nothing can ex
ceed the heartiness and kindness of the people.
In the woods, yesterday, near*he battle field we
t.tbe boys were with me stumbled upon a poor
wounded boy named Fennell, from Liberty coun
tv, Georgia; we 6ent a litter for him ana he will j
doubtless recover. :
“We heer to-dav that Jackson has passed the i
rnbicon into Maryland—a bold stroke, indeed. If I
the brave oldSta'te can, with his aid, throw oil her
shackles, then our gallant army is safe for the
winter, and the Southern cause will receive new
strength of great consequence. But i! this cud
not be done. Jackson's retreat will be an arduous
me and if be were not Jackson I should fear for
him.” i_
The United States navy is now, or very soon
rill be, composed of more than three hundred
and twenty vessels ot war, of which a large pro
portion are iron clad gunboats. So far as toe Ohio
and Missiteippi axe concerned, there are about
tweDiv-five gunboats ready for service in those
rivers'
Ptrrapom&rM cf tki Ooltmbs E* ft.: •. j
From Knoxville,
Near Knoxville, Sept. 13, l-—*-
The latest on dit from the Gap is teat the enemy
a-e evacuating it—the roar and rumbling of artil
lery wugens on the opposite rideoi the mountains
the destruction of cabins erected for winter quar
ters by fire, are evidences that the enemy are
abandoning the Gap, without doubt th. greeted
natural fortification on this or anv other continent
That the enemy were scant of subsistence ooto for
man and beast admit of no doubt now, judging
irom the action of Col. B rd’s regiment cl rene
gade Tennesseans, who are at the Gap w ith the
Federal Geneioi Morgan; this regiment m
a few days ago, threw and twa their arms, BCU .
; clti ed they would not take tbeai up
they were supplied with something to e*t> ; f
were arrested and placid under guard ; some>fev
have escaped and cielivered themselves up to lien.
Blevenson. ~ .
They slated positively and unequivocally t->-
Oen. Morgan was short of provisions and was
matin ' all necessary preparations to lea-e. me>
have to effect a se-e retreat, blockaded Big t tec.:
end liapt-st Gaps; this, of course, in the event o!
the i evacue- on,’ wifi prevent our forces from
making any fl .at movement upon them while
they are retreating. Toe blockading of these two
Gaps could easny have been prevented by station
ing a reg-meot at each ; and it is passing stran„,.
that Gen. Stevenson should let bis st.oog fores
lie idle while the enemy were piling obstructions
in the now great highway to Kentucky. Howeve.,
; those in front of the curtain know not what is
transpiring behind; but it nevertheless leaves
; open an opportunity for severe criticism upon
I Gen. Stevenson’s management. „.
A few weeks ago I wrote you that Cm. McAftee
i of Kentucky, was here, and had been vested by
| Gen. Smith with authority to raise a regiment ot
i Kentuckians for the Confederate service. Las
week the Colonel started on his return to Ken
: tacky in company with ft cavalry corps from his
I State who had come to this place for equipments.
They were ordered by Gen. McCown to wait at
i for reinforcements. but feeling confi
-1 " On k <
j mA" i>i- 1 * ..pi. Itishoped the
j hand in unv.Dg *be ... i .13 ti*om L-s much
- State. . r
We have no news that is reliable Irom UeD. e».
I£irby Smith. It has been telegraphed over t 1 ■ •
country to the public that bis legions were upon
the hanks of the Ohio, and had demanded the un
conditional surrender of the “Queen City of the
West.” News to that effect has never reached
headquarters here. The impresson here in well
informed circles is that Gen. Smith is at Lexing
ton resting his men preparatory to the grand ball
which is likely to come off at” or neat Bowling
Green in a short time, in which Buell, Bragg,
Smith and Price, and many minor lights will be
participants.
Capt. Nelson’s Rangers are with Gen. Smith ;■
he commands a company composed of as good
material as can be found in the Confederacy. II:a
old camp here, with all of its equipage, was left
in charge of Charlie Lougherty. 1 had an invita
tion yesterday to parteke of his “ hog and homi
ny.” Upon going over I found several old C -
lumbus boys, ready to dispatch whatever Char lie
might lnrnish from hia well supplied larder. Th-.v
were Watt. Banks, Henry K. Lawson and A. i>.
Cary. The boys were in line health and spirits, i
and seemed to enjoy a soldier’s life well. Mv
friend Cary manifested some little uneasiness
and nervousness,.! noticed, whenever the subj
of bushwhackers was broached. A little famili
arity, however, with the whistling of bullets will
soon dissipate all such feelings.
Before closing this letter, 1 must say a low
words in defence of that portion of the ladies of
Knoxville who are with us heart and soul in this
great contest. Both in public and in pri
vate bave they been charged with indiffer
ence and neglect towards the thousands of sick
now languishing ia the hospitals in and out of
Knoxville. Tune and again have they solicited
the privilege of attending at the hospitals in the
capacity of nurses, but as often refused by the
authorities, who have even gone so far as to station
sentinels at the gate to prevent their visits. No
wonderthe poor soldier enjoins upon his mess
mate to slip him away to some private house in
the event of his sickness. Give the ladies a sbow-
ing.
One intelligent lady in a sick room is worth a
dozen doctors. Prominent among the ladies of
East Tennessee in good works, is Miss Anna Law,
of fcweetwater. Possessing a heart of the most
noble and generous impulses, ever on the alert to
lend a helping nand, this young lady ha3 never
ceased, since the commencement, of the war, to
aid and encourage the weary soldier to the extent
of her ability ; her unbounded devotion to our
cause, her untiring energies that bave been used
so well in behalf of our soldiers, and her unremit
ting efforts to render them comfortable, will ever
be remembered w ith feeliugs of gratitude aud love
I bv hundreds who have been honored recipients of
j her handiwork. God bless the ladies! J.T.G.
From the Richmond L ispotch, IS th.
, b, J confirmation of the reported’ aptu, .o!
’ the federal garrison at Harper's Ferry reached
hmcitv Vent.. ~. o, one Juub.j for a moment
; ••. v vers the laus adopted lor
''r.e .•■complisnue;-'. ; ffial ob et, that every one
j feels the utmost oonfirie.-.OH. in the report. Pus
j-c n-rs wbr re ojv , the Central train yos
i lotd-iy . is slate tin, he report had reached
thousand m nuinoer, surrendered on i-nmuay
morning, besides which our forces captured about
one thousand negroes.
An officer who came through by Winchester
says that before he left that town on Monday
morning a courier arrived bringing tbe intelli
gence that we had captured on Sunday all the
strong positions around Harper’s Feny except
one, and about five thousand of the enemy, but
that they were yet in possession of the main for
tification, which was held b.v some three thousand
men. We do not know whether this main fort is j
on the Virginia side of the Potomac, or on the
Maryland Heights. We suppose, however, that
it must be on the Heights, for with them in mu
possession, it would be impossible for the enemy
to hold the town, as it is within easy range of shell
from that point.
The cannonading on Sunday is represented to
have been very heavy and the fighting unusually
severe, the enemy making a most desperate and
determined resistance. YYe hardly think there
can be implied confidence in the statement that
after the surrender of the larger part of the forces
there that turee thousand men would attempt to
continue resistance in the face of the odds against
them, and conclude that the whole force has yield
ed to our victorious forces.
Our soldiers in Maryland have supplied them
selves with many articles necessary ior their com
fort, at very low prices; and a letter says Confed
erate mouey and corporation notes of Richmond
and Lynchburg was gladly taken in payment for
all articles pure ased.
Affairs on the PeninsuLa.—A friend, writing
from New Kent connty, Va., on the 16th, givesan
account of the battle of Wiliiamsbu-g, which has
been published. The letter, however, contains
the following items of interest:
“The traitor, L. J. Bowden, was in his house
when wo entered the city, but escaped, not taking
time even to slip on liistrowseloons. It was truly
affecting to see the citizens, and particularly th.
ladies, (God bless their souls,) kindly welcoming
the JSoutheriWsoldiers, and ( liering refreshments
to their true friends.
“The killed on our side were three Virginians
and two Georgians. For want of transportation
we had to destroy all the tents, stores, Ac., and
about one thousand bushels of corn.
“The enemy have only been above Williams
burg once since the battle, and then but a short
distance from their lair. There is no one suffered
to leave Williamsburg, aud the ladies of the coun
ty above the city are paroled before they are suf
fered to leave. Our forces at this place are all in
good health and spirits, and ready and willing to
again engage the enemy at any time.”
A Iree negro spy, who was arrested by our
pickets at The Forge, was brought to this city
yesterday by Mr. 0. F. Taylor. The negro states
that a force of abort 2,000 Federal infantry, with
artillery and cavalry, was encamped four miles
tnis side of Williamsburg, Oar scouts, On Wed
nesday, saw two Federal soldiers up as high as
Barhamsvilie, IS uiiies this side of Williamsburg.
The Yankees ran off. Mr. Taylor, on his way up,
saw 14 Virginians who had escaped from the
Eastern Shore. They describe the Yankee rule
there as very oppressive, though the force there
is not very large.
A lady, who recently passed through the lines
from Williamsburg, says that the V'ankees ac
knowledge a loss ot 200 in killed and wounded at
the fight there.
Latest prom Bragg’s and Buell’s Abmibs.—A
gentleman who left Bragg’s command on Friday
morning lasi, passed through Atlanta yesterday.
When be left, Bragg’s command was 40 miles
northeast of Carthage, Tenn., near Mitchellville,
and Camp Trousdale, and cur General had suc
ceeded in intercepting Buell’s retreat to Bowling
Green, and compelled him to turn back to Nash
v:lle, where, it is believed, he had commenced for
tifying.
A Yankee mail was captured near Franklin by
our cavalry. It contained dispatches from Buell,
which stated that provisions were scarce with him
and his army was on short ratons.
A letter from a Yankee officer to his wife, dated
at Nashville, on tne ?th, gave rather a gloomy ac
count of the condition o: affairs among the Yan
kees, but consoled her by saying that “ the dark
est hour was just before day .”
Our cavalry had annoyed and harrassed Buell’s
army considerably.
J'i'/l 61 Bragg’s nor Buell’s future movements
cou.d be guessed at, cut it was thought that Buell
wouid attemp. to escape bv way of Paducah If
° r l c - T °'“ ,er movement, be will
Another old Citizxx Gone — Departed this life
after a long and painful illness, on‘ Friday morn
ing. -2fb inst., at h:s summer residence in K>ch
mond county. Major John C. Pevthress a <t d 66
years. M»j P. was one of the oldest and most
worthy citizens of Waynesboro. He was always
first to contribute to any charitable or public
cause, was warm-hearted and devoted to his
friends, a valuable citizen and a good neighbor.
He had been for many years s member of the
Presbyterian Church, and died as he had lived,
a devoted Christian.— Wayntsboro srnh.
FiX. fht .%■> xt.nl thpalliti,.
t ii. 2«sli Georgl* a, *Tasia«fe&K.
ino following extracts from a letter written by j
(-; !. ii.a.n, o': the lb amt-vick Rifles, 28th Geor- j
. t. .. tr end- ip Wayne county, will be r- .a
wr. i in - rest, espcc.Jly by those who have i--
Uiives or friends in 'be regiment ;
Loudon C. i sty, Va , Hept. 4th, 188
1 suppose you have before this received r.. vs
«f the various oiitie-' that havobeen fought w - •
•n the past t.iree or four weeks, and the const nt
success of oar arms. Our Brigade has been •n
--gazed and under fire six or seven times, and i as
each time proven itself worthy of the Sta it
came from.
On Tuesday iqht, the 25th of August, we c; p
tared two of the’ enemy's trains at Bri.-tow, on
the ManfcvUf. Road, having marched over fifty
miles in two tlavs, in order to get in learnt the
eti ;my. l lock upon this i ovemeut oi old
“S-.<> ’ewali” an being the boldest of the vv ii ; '
wi h three diviei ns he marched in rear of Pop -’s
Army of 150,010 or 800,000 men. At Brutow,
r.ixtv'ea .i my boys were r. mt to capture s . ne'!
Yankees who rod escaped from the trains; ti ay !
captured if Yankee soldiers. Ou Wednesday, i
Gea. Kwell’s division was left at 8.-istow to cover I
the retreat oi oar forces to Manassas.
In the evening the Yankees advanced ;u over
whelming force. The 2Sth Georgia, under the
command of Lieut. Goi. Griffin and myself, were
ordered with the 31st Georgia, to support the Ist
Maryland B.it ; ery, and nobly did they periorm
their duly. Wc ' .re under fire all the evening,
and were the last iu leave the field. There was a
Constant shower c-f shell over and around us the
whole evening. The 26th lost two men. I
Again has toe battle of Manassas been enacted I
and in point of destruction to human life, the ;
battles of Richmond are not to be compared to j
this. The tight commenced just before dark ou j
Thursday, toe 27th of Aug. Lawton’s Brigade 1
was formed in a skirt of woods a short distance
from the field ot battle. We were ordered iu
just after dark ; we marched steadily across an
open hold for about four hundred yards, over
if ri' living by thousands. 00-1
1 . • I*,-.--.j When weVeeohed the fence, tin
j moo - tie order-:i no down and commence
I firing; v- poumd v6>’ejr alter volley into the
’ ’ i the enetry, w’ > wore drawn an m line of
‘ -.a.ue in the field ht-youa. Lieut. Coi. Griffin sod
jA ii 1,1; , wet .- both wound id at the lence. At-
I ter firing seves^ 1 r Geu. iiawtoa ordered
| iho brigade to cDargc. I leu the 26th imo the
.. i-.ige, and Ido not tlutik there has beer a b!o<-
ler one siuce the t. a ,. A. the
man went over the fence; then the Yankees did j
fearful execution ; men fell from the renks by |
dozens. Stili the gallant 26th wavered not. Our
color bearer was shot down, but the colors were
immediate y seized bv a wiiling hand and borne
to the front. One volley from the few regiments
engaged, sent the enemy flying over the hills
to the woods. The night was so dark no pursuit
was attempted.
When I formed the regiment after the engage
ment, the 3cene was heart rending, only about
30 or 40 of the 173 gallant boys that entered the
light with me were left. Nearly all were killed
or wounded. I have not yet been able to prepare
a list of the killed and wounded for publication,
but will do so as soon as all the wounded can be
carried to one place. Thirty-two were killed on
the field, and over oue hundred wounded. The
Brunswick Rifles went in under the command of
Lieutenant N. Dixon, with 17 man; of these Lieut
Ihxoii and 12 men were wounded. The following
is « list ;
Lieut. N. Dixon, wounded in the shoulder;
Serg’t W. Dart, in the arm; J J. Spears, lower
part of abdomen; John Nibos, ia abdomen; Geo.
Holmes, in both legs; Joseph G. IY. Harris,
through the thigh; Juo. Race-tty, in the breast; D.
Cvonun, through the arm and shoulder; P. Burney,
one finger shot off; William JlcLemore, in tlm
hand; Felix McDermott), in the hand; James Bar
rett, in the arm; Thomas Cumming, in the heel.
Joseph Lassere and Moore Clarke were both
hit but not injured. I wa3 knocked down by a
spent ball, but not injured. You can say to the
relatives of the wounded, that they need cot be
at all uneasy. I have seen ail the wounded—none
of them are mortal, nor will any of the boys loose
a limb. None were killed. Nothingbutthe hand
of Providence preserved us through the shower
of balls through which we passed,
I have been acting as Major for the 26th for
over a month. J. S. Blain.
Am from Marylanders. —Tne only resistance
our iroops encountered in crossing the Potomao,
was from the Ist Massachusetts Cavalry, who had
; been appointed to that duty. 1 bey were fired
into bv the Confederates, and scampered off at a
rapid rate. A letter to the New York Tribune
says:
The road had been clear in the morning, and
was counted to for unobstructed reheat; but
while the maneuvering in front had consumed the
day, some Maryland traitor had piled stones at
the worst place on the road in such quantity that
the horses at a gallop could not fail to go down.—
Enveloped in clouds of dust, the head of the re
treating column cima down the road at full speed,
and plunging into the rocks, men and horses fell
together in confusion, piled over one another iu
heaps.
• '! r rebels w•• close upon them, and tiiott
i who were down o. odd only surrender. The rebeis
j began firing into and sail .-; ing the prostrate men.
j Nome of them were crushed under their strug
‘tiling horses. Capt. hors;
i "ad laden upon him, shouted to the rebel lender
I that his men were helpless, ami the fir; g was
| ordered tq cease, '.'apt. Motley and Capt. Welis,
j with mo; t of their meu, escaped. Capt. Cut. tber
! !.,i >e, with sihoui twenty men, was capture At!
.Vera i.be...tod iic-i.. .... parole.
Before the men were sent oft Gen. Lee made
them a speech, advised them never to take up
arms again to subjugate the South, declared that
there arc aud must ha two Confederacies on this
continent, and discoursed at length on ethici and
politics iu general, by all of which the men were
duly edified. Capt. Chamberlains bad a long con
versation with Eitshugfi Lee and Stuart, and re
ports that their cavalry force is very large.
Poolesville citizens fired from houses along tee
streets on the retreating cavalry. At Darnes
town the rebels flung stones and bottles and all
sorts of missiles from the windows.
The letter indignantly adds'that the first duty
performed by the Ist regiment Maryland volun
teers, called out for the defence of the State, was
to pour a volley into the re renting Fed ral caval
ry. The correspondent, from that, thinks that
ihe Maryland troops cannot h • relied on.
An Order from Gbn. Hcntkr, —The following
order, issued by the Federal Commandant of the
Department of the South, recently fell into the
hands of an officer on the South Carolina coast,
by whom it was sent to Adjutant General Cooper.
No comment upon such an order is required :
Headq’rs Department of the Sooth, )
Hilton Head, Port Koval, S. C., v
August 19, 1862. )
General Order, No. 27.
1. The 7th Regiment of New Hampshire Volun
.teers, Col. Putnam, will be held in readiness to
embark for Saint Augustine, Florida, of which
place it. will hereafter form the garrison. * *
II It is with deep regret that ihe General com
manding this department has received several re
ports against officers tor returning fugitive slaves
in direct violation of a law of Congress. It will
hardly be believed when it is announced, that a
New England Colonel is to-day, in the second year
of the rebellion, in arrest for having been engaged
in the manly task of turni ig over a young woman
whose skin was nearly as white as his own, to the
cruel lash of her rebei master!
111. Numerous acts of pilfering from the negroes
have taken place in the neighborhood of Biaufort,
committed by men wearing the uniform of the
United States ; I cannot and will not disgrace the
name by calling them soldiers. To enable General
Saxton to have thes9 petty thieves arrested, and
sent to this post for punishment, the three compa
nies of the 4th regiment New Hampshire volun
teers, now at Beaufort, will Ije placed exclusively
under his command for service on the plantations.
IV. All the furniture left by thß rebels on the
islaud, including that left in the city of Beaufort,
is hereby placed under the exclusive jurisdiction
of Gen. Saxton.
By command of
Maj. Gen. D. Hunter.
Edw. W. Smith, A. A. G.
The Capture ox the Salt Works in Kanawha.
—The following telegram was received at the War
Department yesterday :
Dublin, Sept, li’.th, 18*12.
Hon. Gto. IF. Randolph :
General Loring’s command entered the Kana
wha Salines last Saturday morning and took pos
session of the salt works, closely pursuing the
enemy, en route for Charleston. Salt works not
much injured; a very large quantity of salt on
hand; selling at thirty-five (35 1 ceuts per bushel. An
order has Ken seat to me urging tho farmers to
send forward their wagons, loaded with fotage,
Ac., and return with salt. (Signed,)
Thos. L. Brown, Major Com’g Lost.
Camden Couatt, Sept. 15th, 1862.
Eiiior Republican —DearSir: Mr.E M. Blount,
oiyourcjty, lal a narr, .v escape lrorn capture
. Flidiy morning, hir.
FL'ii.t ha.: g ne down on Thursday to Black’s j
Point, the S N- residence of Mrs. Delarocb, to ve- !
move her negroes and cotton • th« rvt •- .1.
• e in one aud a half miies anu com
pletely surprised and surrounded a pickc, from
L’apt. Redicks’ company, which was stationed at
Black Point. The federals fired at our men while
they were getting out of the hou.ie in which they
were asleep, some fifty rounds, but, strange to
say, no one was bur:. There were ten or twelve
of our men in the house, and they all made good
tfce.r escape but two, who were taken prisoners,
and eight of ear guns captured. Mr. Blount was
alone fa a house about one hundred yards from
the pickets, and was chased by them ‘into an old
field. He was betrayed by a' white woman who
was on the place, the wife of Edward Spaulding,
who piloted the Federa.s up to the place. It is
said that this man Spaulding was mken up some
time since and sent to Savaanan as a bad man;
he was let loose, aud joined the Tattnall Guards,
and crme back here with a ten day fnrlongh, and
went down to the Federals. One of the Federals
was killed by their own men. They made great
haste in returning to their boa’s, and left wita our
men. Trey took one negro with them from the
house, but he made his escape from them before
they reached their boats and returned. Spauld
ing is a native , he and bis family kept the light
house on Cumberland Island.
Tours truly, if
Savannah RtpublCcar, j
r.liifs3i'ras<» TOsia^iSi
1 auiourxbd sassiox.;
p— >.Vti. - Sept. 16 1862.
Do motion or Mr. Lewis, of Ga.. it was
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be re- !
queiied t. miorm the Senate what has been the I
whole numoerot troops in the State of Georgia
'- trough: into military service by
‘ t" * lia ' t k*® the numbers of offi
■c - ' i' - o engaged in collecting said conscripts;
ana W ..it has been the cost to the Government.
It an answer cannot now he given with correct- i
ness and certainty, an answer approximated is
tespectfuily requested.
-Mr. liiii, from the Committee on the Judiciarv
tp whom was referred a bill introduced by Mr! ;
ii ary. of Teun., extending the sequestration law !
; io all adults within the Confederate States, who i
r inse ob dience or allegiance to the Confederate I
Government, reported back the same with a sub
; stiiate, entitled “An act to declare certain per- I
i sons to be alien enimies.”
*i he substitute was ordered to be printed. j
The Senate resumed the consideration of the ;
bid to exempt certain persons from enrollment for
services u the army of the Confederate States.
: Ftio pending question was on the motion of Mr.
Maxwell, ot Jrlorida, to amend the amendment
! proposed by Mr. Dortch, of North Carolina, to
! exciude justices of the peace from exemption,) by
j substituting therefor a clause excepting irom
i exemption “such State officers, as the State may
i authorize to be excepted.”
Mr. Burnett, ot Ky., read an amendment which .
he proposed to submit, i! the pending amendment j
was rrj-cted. viz : to except (trom exemption)
such S.ate officers as the several States may have
declared by law, to be liable to militia duty, or
may hereafter be excepted by the several States.”
Mr. Dortch, of N. C., accepted this amendment
in lieu of the amendment submitted by him.
After further discussiou of the relative powers
of the Confederate and State Governments, par
! feipaled iu by Mr. Burnett, ol Ky., Yancey, of
Ala , Hunter, of Va., the question was put on
; agreeing to the amendment submitted by Mr.
Maxwell, of Fla., and determined in the negative.
When Mr. Mitchell’s name was called, he asked
i to be excused from voting, as he had paired off'
V.. ’ - - ’ re
r- ■ r,r -a ■, • ornnjlttee.
Mr h. excuse
-.3 he and .iba . iue in ..3ii!.ai:ou*i rig,.. .4 t’, •■)»-«.)
!to withhold his vote on any question, and »re-
I cedent was a bad one. The Senate refuted to ex
, ccsc the Senator from voting yeas 11, nays 11.
The iuestion recurred ru the amendment pre
pared by Mr Barr..;.: .no accepted b Mr.
. co and being put, was decide.; :a the affirm-
auve.
Mr. Orr, of S. C., moved to amend the bill so as
to exceft from exemption the militia officers of a
State. Rejected.
On motion of Mr. Hill, of Ga., the following
clauses were stricken out: “ All persons actually
engaged in carrying the mails, all terry men ou
poet routes, not to exceed one iu number at any
locality.”
Mr. Baker, of Fia., moved to insert a clause,
exempting presidents, cashiers aad tellers of
banks. Negative I —ayes 9, noes 11.
Mr. Davis, of N. 0., moved to amend the bill so
as to exempt all editors of newspapers.
Mr. Brown, ol Miss., objected to the amendment.
He knew oi some papers which had thirty or forty
editors, and he doubted not that some ot the
papers in this city had at least half a dozen. If
everybody is io be exempted, we rnigtt as well
and sband the army.
Mr. Yancey, of Ala., moved to amend so as to
exempt one editor for each paper.
Mr. Davis accepted this amendment, and the
question being put, it was decided in the nega
tive.
Oa motion of Mr. Yancey, the clause exempting
all foremen, pressmen, and journeymen printers
employed in printing newspapers, was amended
by adding “having at least 500 bona fide subscri
bers.”
Mr. Hill, of Ga., moved to amend the bill by stri
king out the clause exempting “ministers of the
Gjspel.” Negatived—yeas c, nays 17.
Pending the further consideration of the sub
ject, on motion of Mr. Dortch, the .Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE.
The special order of the day was announced,
being the biil reported by Mr. Russell, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, in relation to the
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
Mr. Foote moved to postpone the special order.
The special order was postponed—yeas S3,
nays 21.
Mr. Conrad introduced a biii, entitled “an act
to create the office of Adjutants of independent
battalions, and to fix the grads and pay of the
same.” Referred.
Air. Foote, of Tenn., offered the following.
“Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate
States of America, That the signal Buccess
with which Divine Providenoe so continuously
blessed our arms for several months past, wonld
fully justify the Confederate Government in des
patching a Cctnmissioaer to the Government at
Washington City, empowered to propose the terms
of a just and honorable peace.”
Mr. Foote on opening his proposition observed
that he did not intend to occupy the attention of
the House more than a few minutes, preliminary
to Ihe motion which lie should presently make,
to refer the resolution to the Committee ou
Foreign Affairs, a comaritee, said Air. Foote, t
her leave to sa v, w-h the exception of its Gbair
: man, eminently qualified to deal with this grave
; and interesting matte:, in e calm, considerate
■ and advent;, eons meaui.hr, I have but little
I hop. that on, . sole-. 1 tn„ Till uatea to
! ibis proposition favorably. 1 hare i>ui.l.ltte eou-
I fidence J confess, sir, in the wisdom ! th*. -ngacity
the statesmanship or the true man)mesa of Air,
1 h ; ? ■ sibiuet counsellors. 1r- not at
a,, .out. .cat that the weak and vuciilt ijgL'xe
tit < in City has (equate
moral courage to receive our commission.
The enemy will cither refuse our proposal of
peace, or perchance even refuse to receive our
commissioner, or they will be courteously received.
Certainly it is hardly to be hoped that oar pro
posal of peace will be respectfully considered and
agreed to. In the latter ease a moat bloody and
devastating war will be brought to a clone, our
own beloved country will be relieved from the
experience of present sufferings, and be, per
chance, saved from greatly multiplied sufferings
hereafter. If against, and honorable peace be
madiv refused us, then upon the heads of our
heartless adversaries will be accumulated all the
responsibility connected with those evils which
may he hereafter inflict upon the generul inter
ests of the civilized world, the oceuns oi blood
which may hereafter be shed, and all the unspeaka
ble horrors which must inevitably result from a
war conducted as it has been heretoiore carried
on by our heartless enemies in tne disgrace of all
well know principles of civilized war. We cannot,
iu any stale of things which can be possibly con
ceived of be at all injured by pursuing the line of
policy suggested in the resolution. Our brave
armies iu the field will not feel less inclined to
prosecute the war with energy and resolution
because their Government manifests a disposition
to take from them the necessity of incurring fur
ther hardships, and shows a disposition to restore
them once iao:c to the blessings of peace, of
domestic happiness, of social beatitude. Ou ’the
contrary, I shall confidently expect the exhibition
of a still sterner resolution, a still fiercer military
feeling, aud a still more glorious achievement
when they ahull thus find it demonstrated ta them
that there is by no means a possibility of peace
with car persecutors save by resorting to retalia
tion.
If our proposition should be declined, and
there be auy good men yet left in the North—any
friends to jus lice, to the laws of Christiiu hu
manity, and the general happiness of the w)rld—
they will at onco make their presence kiown,
aiganizs and embody, their energies agaiist an
insolent and barbarous Government, drive liucolu
and his myrmidons from power, and elevate to
the seats of official authority wise statesmen,
through whose instrumentality the war may be
brought loan end. It is not possible thit cur
motive in taking the ini ialive in the work of
pacification can be misunderstood by the tnemy
or the world at large. We are thus far complete
ly Tictorious in the war. Ia all the numerous
battles which have been fought wo have beei sig
nally successful, and our victorious standards are
now being planted ou the territory of tre foe.
They have acknowledged their own defeat. With
us alone, then, can a proposition of peace origi
nate without the deepest dishonor, lt the war is
not to be interminable (and who desires this ?)
the first movement towards a settlement must he
made. Under present circumstances, the enemy
canuot be expected to send to us proposit ons for
the present termination of hostilities. Therefore,
the civilized world has a right to look to us for
such action as the resolution proposes.
Mr. Speaker, I know well that I shall be de
nounced in certain quarters lor my present con
duct. I shall he probably charged with excessive
moderation, and perchance even of pusillanimity.
I shall not be at ail surprised if nil who are spe
cially interested in the continuance of the war
shall resort to ridicule and denunciation, I am
prepared to submit, confiding as I do in the gene
ral good sense and elevated moral sentiment of my
honored countrymen; and being perfectly per
suaded that the resolution, if it should be fated to
rejection, will awaken a responsive echo in the
bosoms of good and wise men elsewhere, which
will more than compec-ate for present misjudg
meut aud undeserved obloquy.
Mr. Holt, ci Ga , offered a substitute to the res-*
olution, to the effect, that whereas the people of
, the Confederate States have always manifested a
! desire that the war should be concluded on the
I principles of civilized warfare, and were also desi
.ms of peace: Therefore,
“Resolved, That whenever the people and Gov
ernment of the United States shall manifest alike
anxie'y and desire, the "Confederate Government
stall appoint Commissioners to confer with
the United States Government on either of said
subjects.”
On motion of Mr. Kenan, of Ga., both resclu-
: tiens were tabled—yeas 59, nays 26.
The order of the day, the Conscription bill, Lav
i ing come up for consideration,
The question recurred on the amendment of Mr.
Hanly, of Ark., apportioning the number of men
j enrolled in each State to the number heretofore
j sent oat from that State.
I The amendment was agreed to,yeas 49,nay526.
Mr. Dupre, of La., moved a reconsideration of
the vote just taken, and staled his views as to the
bill. He was opposed to the passage of the bill
i on the grounds ot inexpediency, and the abuse by
Government officials, of the powers conferred
I upon them by the passage of the act.
Mr. Holt, of Ga , hoped tec day would tome
when he could vote for conscript; : a in its naked
i form. If the bill wr k o cocacnpt up to seventy*
five and down u> miricen years of age, he would
I vote for it.
Mr. Hanly s amendment was lost.
The yeas and nays were ordered on tne proviso
|of Mr Aver, and it was lost—yess *4, nays 4*.
ibm*pand*Kti *}' 1&* Asms?.a* MtpvlHtsu.
Niab Frsderick, kin., Sept, v, 18iU.
Mr. Editor: At sp. m. Friday, we resumed
our march towards Leesburg, through a most
beautiful country. Either side of tae verdant
valley through which oar hosts moved slowly
along like a huge anaconda, was lined by blue
hills and lofty peaks. The extensive corn fields,
and vast plains of waving clover and grass
bespeak the opulence and industry of the people.
Lis emphatically as prettty a country ass ever
giw in the wild Westi where Nature’s' beauty, un
marred by human industry, shines respledant; or
even among the hills and valleys and winding
streams of Tennessee.
Our approach was welcomed by the fair daugh
ters of tdose beautifnl hills aud dales, with waving
handkerchiefs and every demonstration by which ;
thev could show their gratitude and joy on being j
freed from the tyranny of a military despotism j
thev bate.
Leesburg i3 au ancient and pretty town ot con
siderable size, numbering, perhaps, five thousand
souls. Many of the buildings ars stone, and com
paratively few are wood. Every balcony on the
main street, as we passed through, was crowded
with beautiful women, smiling upon their deliver
ers and waving their white handkerchiefs, cheer
ing us on. I have rarely seen more beautiful
women. The sombre weeds of mourning were
laid aside, and all appeared gay and joyous.
Heie all our sick and barefooted men were left.
When t-iey were marched in they looked as large
as a brigade. Many of them will doubtless join
their companies very soon.
Yesterday morning we crossed the Potomac.
I imagine that to the ancient Israelite the cross
ing ot the river Jordan was not fraught with more
iuterest than was the crossing of the Potomac to
the conquering Southrons. The first sight of its
broad surlace was hailed by a shout from the ,
whole column that made the htlhi echo for mites
around, and told how rejoiced were their hearts.
Here 1 witnessed a novel sight. Preparatory to
wading the stream, (at this ferd about lour hun
dred yards wide and two and a half feet deep,)
the army, officers and all, bared their legs and
waded over I While every variety, color aud
; styf
’ uniformity in me lower dress At a nisi-” -it
! was an arousing sight. (I would rdvisa my lady
1 friendt: to 'hut their eyes while they read this
. peragranh ' l
1 Many person!: m the Maryland side haded our
j approach with de nonstratious of unfeigned ' >y.
I The Yeung men say they had a. ready beta, ■-trolled
| by Lincoln's officers, and were to h-"e boer. draft
'ed on ’.he 10th ot this month All the p mi'e,
■ however, ere net Southern. So nein the finis .
lags of “Buckettown,” (I beiive this is the name,)
refused to take Conlederate money. Many ladies,
however, gave-us a cheering welcome. There are
avowed Lincolnites in the neighborhood, whom
we leave to the quiet enjoyment of their opinions.
We are determined to show our superiority over
the Federals iu every respect, by not imitating
their nefarious example. Their”property, by a
very strict order recently issued by Gen. Lee, is
to be scrupulously respected. We are not allow
ed to burn a rail or pull a roastiag ear. How dif
ferent was the conduct of the vandals towards our
people ! How different, iu fact, was the conduct
ofcurowu soldiers! Between too two armies,
the country from Gordonsviile or Orange C. H. to
within a few miiea of Leesburg, is a barren waste,
■an Arabian desolation. Scarcely a fence remains
to mark the boundaries of ouce splendid estates —
aud in many instances the mansions of the weal
thy sympathiser with the “rebellion” are stripped
oi everything valuable, and then laid in tuins.
The clover and corn fields are worn smooth by
being encamped upon. Such is not the case with
Maryland. The Federals, to win overall of doubtful
loyalty, have scrupulously respected private pro
p sr tyl_in this section, at least—and for the same
reason Geu. Lae has issued stricter orders
The country so far, is unsurpassed in beauty.
The distant mountains, the blue fringed hills,
and the vast green fields, stretching out like an
ocean on either side, presenting a prospect, in
my notion, unparallebd in beauty. It is a mod
era Eden, t3vored by Nature in every material
respect.
Rumors are afloat in camp to the effect that
Jackson met the Yankees near Frederick, yester -
day, and captured several nundred prisoners.
This needs confirmation, and I only give it as I
received ft, I heard heavy firing in the direction
of Harper’s Ferry late yesterday evening. Rumor
says it was a battle between Gen. Loring and the
Federals. Nothing definite is known
We will march from this point to Frederick,
four miles distant. We wil! perhaps rest there
a day or so, cook rations and prepare for some
important onward movement. I do not under
stand the programme determined upon by Gen.
Lee, but guess we will first clear Maryland of cur
haled tyruuts, and then “carry the war into Afri
ca.” The Yankees should be made to taste some
(ft the “bitter sweets” of their'eberished scheme
off hostile invasion. I believe we can disorganize
their present demoralized army. If we press them
hard, they cannot before cold weather organize
another force. Everything points to a speedy aud
honorable peace. We hear that our forces have
been victorious in the West—that Tennessee and
a portion of Kentucky are now in our possession.
God grant it may be true !
Crossing those streams yesterday made onrfeet
extremely sore, iu consequence of which, many,
very many, gave out. I suffered the keenest ago
nic? f-oui myswollen and blisteted feet, but my
| pri .a kept me from falling out. I did not want
to set uiy boys such a bad example.
My townsman, Lieut. Iverson Butts, gave me J
some interesting details of the battle of Bristow 1
Station, aud the burning of the train.:... Manassas 1
Junction. At the .Station the enemy’s force were
held in check for several hours by a very small !
fore,, Jacksoa captured two or three long trains j
loudeii with supplies tor 1 ope’s army. After fill- \
mg their five tac vs with everything they want- !
oh. -ho .ru.ua nerehred.
There was enough to have led Jackson’s army
three months, but having very few wagons he de
stroyed all. Lt. Butts describes the scene as one
of peculiar grandeur. The flames lit up the coun
try for many miles around, and excited a good
deal of apprehension in Washington.
You may expect to hear of wonders performed
by the consolidated, veteran armies of Longstreet
and Jackson. V. A. H. P.
Confederate Maxes Congress.
[adjourned session],
SENATE Sept. 17th, 1862.
Mr. Sparrow, Irom the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported back a House bill in relation to
the transportation ot troops, recommending its
passage. The bill provides for the transfer of pri
vates and non-commissioned officers, on their ap
plication, to regiments from their own States,
when it can be done without injury to the public
service; but not to apply to substitutes. Passed.
Also, a House bill to regulate the rank of offi
cers in the Provisional Corps of Engineers. Passed.
Also, a House bill to provide (or raising aud or
ganizing additional forces in the States of Ken
tucky and Missouri. Laid upon the table and or
dered to be printed.
Mr. Burnett offered a resolution instructing ihe
Military Committee to inquire into the propriety
of so amending existing laws as to require all dis
bursing officers in the Government to execute u
covenant instead of a bond. Agreed to.
The Exemption bill was taken up for further
consideration.
Mr. Hill moved to amend the section exempting
ministers so as to read "all ministers of religion
in charge of churches.”
Mr. Burnett suggested the fact that some minis
ters might have charge of congregations, hut not
of churches.
Mr. Clark said this was the case with ministers
of the Methodist denomination, who, by the pro
vision, would be excluded from exemption.
Mr. Hill said there were a great many preach
ers who devoted the most of their lime to Benular
pursuits; and tho’ a Methodist himself, and ma
ny ministers of that church came under the cate
gory, he opposed their exemption. These were
the very men he desired to catch.
Air. Sparrow moved to amend so as to make it
read ministers of “reiigion” instead of the “gos
pel.” Adopted.
Mr. S. moved an additional amendment to make
it read “every minister of religion authorized to
preach, according to the rules of his sect, and In
the regular discharge of his ministerial duties,”
instead of "licensed and authoriz-d,” <to.
Mr. Clark moved to add, “every minister over
the age of 35 years.”
The amendment was negatived.
Sir. Sparrow moved to add to exempting clause
“all members who have been or are now members
of the Society ot Friends, and association of Tun
kards, in regular membership with their resoect
ive denominations. Adopted.
Mr. Clark moved a reconsideration of this
agreement. He said as citizens of the Confede
rate States, it was the duty of Tankards aud Qua
kers to take part in this war. Messrs. Sparrow
and Preston opposed the motion to reconsider,
and it was defeated.
The clause exempting “all physicians in the ac
tual practice of their professions” was next con
sidered.
Mr. Baker moved to insert “all licensed practi
tioners.”
Mr. Phelan said it was a matter of extreme dif
ficulty to determine what constituted “actual prac
tice.” A doctor with only one patient with a
headache or sore toe was in “actual practice.”
Actual practice would be, under the operations of
the exempting clause, tantamount to offering a
practice.
Mr. Burnett doubted whether the clause ought
to be incorporated at all—whether physicians
ought to be exempted at all. If we took all of the
profession between the eges of 18 and 35 there
would be enough to attend to all the practice de
manded in the country. Under this clause every
man who pretended to physic people would es
cape duty. If doctors are necessary, so are law
yers, so are farmers.
Mr. Hill moved to amend by inserting “all phy
sicians who have been iu the actual practice of
their profession for the past five years.”
Mr. Phelan moved to amend by inserting “one
physician who has been in the practice of bis pro
fession as bis regular avocation, for at least two
vears prior to the passage of this : ct, for every
population in the county in which h 8 resides,
said physician to be selected by the county courts
of the respective counties.” Lost.
The question recurring upon Mr. Hill’s amend
ment, tne vote was taken and it was adopted.
The clause in relation to the exemption of arti
sans was next considered.
Mr. Phelan moved the following amendment:
“All shoemakers, tanners, harness makers, sad
dlers, blacksmiths, wagon makers, and millers,
skilled and actually employed in their regular
avocations Provided, they make oath in writing
that they are so skilled and actually employed at
the time in such trades.”
Mr. Davis moved to strike out the proviso Not
agreed to—ayes 6, noes 12.
Ur i-iiii ovsve.i wt A-dd aft*, the word “i.-,Sii?i
- millwright.'’ Agreed to.
Mr. Seuimes moved to add “e..cb affidavit ahn 1
only be prima tame evidence of the fact then :i
stated ” Aggreed to.
I'Ue amendment as amended was then agt'c and
o
The next clause relating, to “superintendents
and operatives in cotton and woolen factoi s
who pray be exempt by the Secretary of Wa ,”
was considered.
Mr. D irtch moved to strike out the word “op i
ratives.” Lost.
The clause was agreed to.
The nen clause exempting “all Presidents a id
Professors of Colleges, academies, and theologic-.il
seminaries, and students ia theological seminaries,
being candidates for admission t o the ministrj
was read,
Mr. Davis moved to amend so as to read “..1!
who were at the commencement of the war a.id
who uo.v are' candidates for admission, Ac.
Mr. Phelan opposed the amendment.
Mr. Yancey moved to strike out the word “pi o
fessors” aad insert “teachers.” Agreed to. Mr.
Y. also moved to further amend by inserting “i;od
teachers who have been regularly engaged as such
tor two years previous to the passage of this act.”
Agreed to, by the deciding vote of the President,
cast in its favor
Mr. Yancey moved to add after the word “act”
iu the amendment just adopted, “and youths ai
der 21 years of age.”
The question being ordered ou agreeing to a id
“and siudentsiu colleges under twenty one yci.rs
ot age,” was put aud the mhtiou negatived.
Mr. Davis moved to amend by adding “all per
sons who were at the commencement of the w ar
uud still are” theological students. Rejected.
Mr. Preston moved to strike out “theological
•students.” Ayes 11, noes 9. Carried.
Mr. HUI moved to strike out the clause exempt
ing teachers under S5. He thought the meu over
45 aud the ladies could give all the instruction de
mauded. Rejected. Ayes 4, uoes 17.
Mr. Semmes offered the following: “All artizans,
mechauics, aud employees iu the establishments
of the Government for Uio manufacture of arms,
trdrers.* r.rdaane: c*v->r munitions of
,ar, who uih> be eeiv -.1 . ,je officer iu charge 1
thereof as arc necessary for such establish -cuts • !
also, all animus, mechanics and employees in the
establishments of such persons as arc or may be
engaged under contract with the Government in
furnishing id . • unauce, orunaucs stores, aad |
other munitions ot war: Provided, That tbi chief !
of the Ordnance Bureau, or some ordnance off ; or ;
l •• ay him foi the purpose, suali appi
■ ; icq::; id m sac.: estabbohi. ,r,i.-
Mr. Yancey moved to amend thus: “All per
sons employed iu the manufacture of arms or ord
nance in the several States, or contracted for by
the States.” Agreed to, and the amendment
adopted.
Mr. Brown offered the ioliowing clause, which
was agreed to : “Alt persrus engaged in the con
struction of ships, gunboats engines, and sails, or
other articles necessary for Hie public defense,
under contracts with the Secretary ot the Navy.”
Mr. Sparrow moved to add to the exempting
clause l elating to overseers “ one overseer ou each
plantation cultivated exclusively by negro labor,
and owned by any person in the civil or military
service of the Confederate States, or any minor,
or widow, or unmarried woman, or person not of
sane mind.”
Mr. Preston moved to strike out “ by any per
son in civil service ” Agreed to.
Pending the consideration of the amendment
offered by Mr, Sparrow, on motion, the Senate
adjourned to meet ou Friday.
HOUSE.
Mr. Garnet introduced a re6o!ution that the
President be requested to inform this House what
disposition is made of the negroes captured by
chi' army, and whether ano order has been issued
for their restoration to their owners. This reso
lution was agreed to.
Mr. Knsfteii moved to take up the bill in rela
tion t o the suspension of the writ oi habeas corpus,
with a view to have it made a special order. 'The
House took up the. bill, and
Air. Russell moved to make it the special order
for Friday, withm the morning hour, and from
day to day thereafter, until completed. The mo
tion did not prevail.
Mr. Russell then moved to make the bill the
continuing special order after existing spee'al or
ders are disposed of. This motion prevailed.
The morning hour having expired, the special
order, the bill from the Military Committee, to
increase the Provisional Army of the Confederate
States was taken up • the question, as announced
by the Chair,Jieing upon the amendment of Mr.
Ohrismaa, of Ky.
This amendment, which comes in after the 3th
section of th.e hill reported by the committee, was
agreed io.
The quesPon then came up on the engrossment
o? the committee’s biii, and on this the ayes and
noes were called, and the bill war, ordered to be
engrossed, by the following vota—ayes46,noes 44.
The vote by which tbs bill was ordered to its
engrossment was reconsidered, and several amend
ments were proposed. It was read a third time,
engrossed and passed. We present elsewhere the
bill as it received the sanction of the House. It
was carried by a vote of—ayes 49, noes 39.
Roshchans Retreating. —A gentleman just from
Northern Alabama informs us *b<ft ; -
in full retreat towards Athens, i.;
been seriously annoyed by guerillas since ills .
partui • from Pittsburg Landing aud Florence, the ■.
whale of Middle Tennessee literally swarming !
with Partisan Rangers From every hill top and
in every vale, where the tercets offered the slight
eel concealment, the fleeing Yankees are made to
bite the oust On Tuesday, of last week, a por
tion of Roac-crans’ commend was ambuscaded in
Aliddle Tennessee, aud n : i? instantly killed, and
some 25 or 30 wounded.
Our informant states that an extension of ffie
Conscript act ia altogether unnecessary, as every
man under 60 lias already .-sized his gun, mounted
his horse, and uttered a vow, that he will never
lay down his trusty piece until the last Yankee
foot leaves the soil of the Volunteer State.- Deters-
Imirj Express, Yith.
The Evacuation of Suffolk.—Notwithstand
ing the posilive assert'on of a gentleman, on
whose authority we announced yesterday, that
Sufl'olk hud been evacuated by the Yankses, we
learned last night from a friend who is now in a
position to know, that the town has not been evac
uated. On Tuesday last Sufl'olk Was known to be
occupied by two regiments of Yankee conscripts,
the several drilled regiments which, had been
there, having been removed some two weeks since.
Our informant also states that the depredations of
the Yankees at Suffolk upon the surrounding
country have been irfireasccl in violence during
the past week. —Petersburg Express, 18 th.
The Fire Yesterday Morning. —The fine resi
dence of our fellow-c tizen, P. E. AlcDaniel, Esq.,
ou Pryor-Sireet, with the kitchen attached, was
consumed by fire on yesterday morniug at about
four o’clock. The fire, we are told, originated in
the kitchen, the result of carelessness, and not de
sign. We do not know whether any portion of
the property was covered by insurance; if not,
the loss to its owner is considerable—several
thous md dollars—as the property was desirable
and valuable. —Atlanta Intelligencer, 20 th.
The Memphis Union Appeal has been suppress
ed for the expression of disloyal sentiments.
Brilliant Exploits in Middle Tennessee.—
Lieut. Wagoner, of Capt. Many’s Artillery com
pany, captured at Fort Donelson, arrived here
yesterday from Middle Tennessee. He reports
that Capt. T. A. Napier, a few days ago, with
eighteen men, swam the Tennessee river at Rock
port, and captured two Yankee steamboats, with
their cargoes ; consisting of an immense amount
of Commissary stores. The prisoners taken were
nearly one hundred.
Ninety-six privates were paroled, and the cam
misioned officers retained. Capt. N. carried the
boats to Trotter’s landing, four miles below It ,ck
port, and near hi3 own residence, where he burn
ed them. This feat ia among the most brilliant of
the war, and Capt. Napier among the parti
zan heroes, who are winning deathless fame by
their daring services in the cause of Southern In
dependence. *
Lieut. Wagoner also reports that four volun
teer companies have been recently otgan (zed in
hat overrun region, for the Confederate service,
and will shortly make their way to join our vic
torious armies. —Knoxville Register.
Latest from Nashville.— A gentleman from
Shelbyville, brings Nashville news up to Friday
last. He says that Buell left Nashville some ten
days a o with all his forces except Thomas’ Di
vision, in the direction of Bowling Green, but has
since returned to Nashville with all his ITrces, and
commenced fortifying the city, having impressed
all the negroes in the county of Davison for that
purpose. This gentleman confirms the statement
of the difficulty between Johnson and Buell. Well
informed persons believe that Buell’s fortifying
Nashville is a mere mse, and that he intends to
retreat by way of the Tennessee River.
j Chattanooga Rebel , \ Uh.
At tho conclusion of an article giving uu ac
count of the Federal outrages committed in Hunts
ville, the Advertiser says : “They are gone, and
we are free again ! Their presence, so far from
developing Union sentiments and feelings, had a
contrary effect. It'nteDsified the devotion of our
people to the cauee of the Confederacy; and it
has shown to the most incredulous the utter im
possibility of the restoration of the Union.”
-There seems to be a chance for another colli
sion between the State and Confederate Govern
ments. The Commissary General calls through the
papers for proposals to famish the Government
with 25,000 barrels of whiskey to be delivered at
depots on the Rail Roads. Gov. Brown has
decreed the whiskey shall not be made in his do
minion, and that his Railroads sjall not trans
port. Somebody has got to back down.
A correspondent of the New York World, wri
ting from Baltimore, complains of the “fearful
apathy,” existing in that city, notwithstanding the
Confederates were menacing it.
Native Copperas, —We saw in a wagon on oar
streets, yesterday, a quantity of crude copperas,
from Henry county, Ala. It was represented to
be nearly pure, and was selling for 50 cents per
lb. We did not learn what was the extent of the
supply in Henry county.— Col. Eng. \
Clientele ft Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GA..
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, IS«2.
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WE ALWAYS stopthe Chronicle & Senti
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To tlie Ladieu of Angnila audits
Vicinity.
The Executive Committee of the Georgia Relief
and Hospital Association, profoundly grateful to
the Ladies of Augusta and its vicinity, for pas
favors, again appeal to them to “come forward
and finish a lot of clothing necessary to the com
fort and well-being of the wounded of our army.
The day of our Natitnal deliverance draweth
nigh, and the heroism of our troops is evinced by
the success of their arms. The ladies whose zeal
lias inspired so much of this heroism, will doubt
less be swift to aid the heroes. Therefore, let all
who still have th-j spirit in them, call at tbo Ma
sonic Hail a*. >0 o'clock on F'riday morning next,
when. • . r association will have
th-.- >•, r- u. Come one, come
ail.
N .mi villi' ‘ o • wsu -The-Knoxville Regis
ter. , 1 'h says: “We iru through a friend
tbs.* . dispali-h "-a: • ... iu the city,last eve
i-m •<a- - ..v. ’’’■ i.-hv! eis being evacuated by
•jt - eueraia —o liiiiictiou between the Tennes
see and Cumberland rivers. The geutlemuu who
received the dispatch cannot be mistaken iu the
subject, aud it is therefore crusidered reliable.”
Richmond county has suffered severely in the
late battles, several of her citizens being killed
aud more wounded. Among the latter we learn
that the wounds of Major J. 1). Walker, coin
maudiug the Georgia Regulars, are more severe
than was at first supposed, being iu the right
hand and leg. Uo is now ij ing at a farm house
i near the field oi battie. We hope the country
j wilt not long be deprived of his valuable services.
; F’vctorv Goods Advancing.—The weekly sale of
J Augusta Factory Goods took place at the office of
| the Company yesterday. As will be seen, prices
have advanced over those of last week :
7-S Shirting 5«V t '@soJj( cents
J 4 “ (light) @4O,Y “
■ 4-4 Sheeting 57%@58 “
Drilling *. 65@65% “
Oranitcville Factory Goods sold as follows :
7 8 Shirting
% Shirting (3)40 “
44 Sheeting 58 “
Drill . 65 “
Office Oa Relief a Hosp. Asso’n, i
September 19, 1882. j
Mr. A. Waldron:
Dear Sir: Yon will please accept the thanks of
this Association for the sum of two hundred and
hine dollars—proceeds of entertainment given by
the ‘ Queen Sisters” for the “Soldier’s Wayside
Home” in our city.
Be kind enough to assure them that we highly
appreciate their liberality, and that the amount
sent shall be carefully expended in taking care of
oar brave and wounded soldiers, who haveperiled
their lives to permit us to remain in quiet at our
homes. Very resp’y youis, &c.,
J. M. Newby, Sec’y.
State Bible Convention — Georgia. —The Bible
Convention of the State of Georgia selected Athens
as the place of its next meeting, and the Bth of
October as the time. The undersigned were ap
pointed a committee ol arrangements. We take
this method, therefore, of addressing the various
F 1 ' Societies and Churches throughout the
, earnestly requesting them to appoint dele
.and cordially inviting them to be present
with us at the convention.
Rev. L)r. Lipscomb will preach the opening sev
lxiou, on Wednesday, Bth of October, 10 o’clock,
lx V.
; hope to make arrangements with the Rail
roads in Gsorgia to convey delegates to and from
Aniens for one fare.
N. Hoyt, j
M. H. Henderson, , „
L. B. L. Jennings) ] Cc ’"'
Jos. S. Key, j
Office Geo. Kblibf & Hosp’l Asso’n, I
Sept. 16, 1862. j
Mr. Editor: As the public have manifested u
deep interest in the “Soldiers’ Wayside Lome” of
this city—an interest which has not been exhaust
ed by a few words of commendation, but has
prompted young aud old, in the city and in the
country to contribute liberally to its maintenance
in money and provisions, in kind, Buck as chick
ens. and eggs, and buttt-r, and meats, and fruits
of various sorts; it v/iil doubtless be gratifying to
many of your readers to 3ee a summary of what
has been done by this institution. I therefore
enclose you for publication the monthly statement
of the indefatigable superintendent. This summa
ry exhibits only a moity of the relief which hag
been extended to the brave, but sick and wounded
soldiers of the Confederacy. To say nothing of
the thousand and one acts of kindness shown them
by the jadies in attendance, and the homelike feel
ing which they inspire in the soldier; there are
many very substantial benefits which cannot ap
pear in such a report. Only last week there was
in this “Home” a young man who had been wound
ed near Richmond— wounded in both arms and
both legs—lie was unable to travel alone even on
the cars, being dependent on someone to move
his cot trom place to place. His home was fifty
miles irom th - railroad station. The managers of
this Wayside Home employed a gentleman to go
with him. This gentleman went with him on the
cars and, at the last station, after being refused on
slight pretexts by some whom the wounded sol
dier, had, when a mail boy, accommodated, suc
ceeded with difficulty in obtaining a mule and
wagon, with which he delivered the young patriot
to his parents and sisters, who literally wept for
joy that the “dead was alive.”
J. M. Newby, Sec’y.
Augusta, Sept. 16th, 1862.
To the Executive Committee of the Georgia Relief
and Hospital Association—
Gentlemen :
The R-gister et the "Soldier’s Wayside Uomei’
shows, that we have cared for during the past
month, from 16th August to this date, 365 wound
ed and sick soldiers. Os this number 137 were
badly wounded, 140 sick with typhoid and other
fevers, end the rest with diseases tncident to the
camp. Besides these, we have entertained 81
fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and attendants
on the sick and wounded sufferers. Have assisted
many trom the cars to the Georgia and Savannah
railroads—furnished them with soup, milk, bread
and other necessaries, &c., As , we have bad but
one death during the month—that was from ty
phoid fever. Respectfully, Ac.,
J. N. Fisk.
Clothing of the Array.
We read with some surprise that the immense
spoils of the late battle fields bave been suffered
to fall into the hands of camp followers, or have
been wasted, and in too many instances have been
wantonly destroyed. The arms were carefully
gathered up, hut the immense stores of clothing,
Ac., were neglected; and now we read that the
negroes in the vicinity are strutting about in Yan
kee clothing, and that large quantities are heaped
! away in barns and out of the way places, and
claimed as the property of negroes. Surely some
care and system ought to be exercised, that these
articles, the most needed and most difficult to
obtain, might be collected and kept for the use of
our soldiers, to whom they rightfully belong.
How our army is to be clothed during the com
ing winter is a difficult problem to solve. We
have neither sufficient manufacturing power, nor
sufficient material for clothing suitable to the
season. Our people have loved dogs better than
sheep—consequently our soldiers, the defenders
of a country best of all others adapted for the
raising of sheep, must do without blankets and
warm clothing. The want has scarcely begun to
be felt yet, as old stocks are scarcely yet exhaus- I
ted, and the blockade runners have helped to eke
them out. But if running the blockade was any
alleviation to the want, that resource ia likely
soon to fail, for the enemy is making vast naval
preparations and the tlockade will be more strin
gent than ever during the coming .
The army must be clothed-glory and the lau
rels ot victory are all well enough in their way
but glory will not patch a ragged jacket, andyou
can’t main pantaloons out ollaureis, though Adam
did something of the sort. It is strange, then,
Dowers that be should suffer almost our ,
on?! resource the abundant spoils of the enemy, ,
to be wasted and embezzled. It certainly should
be the duty of some department or of some officer j
to see that these articles are carefully gathered i
and appropriated to the benefit of the army <
■Yt*.'. Bm MAithtraeintru,,
Xne reooi and of this war—the movemenio oi tn o
enemy's generals, will be a puzzle to fuinre his
torians, and will by uo means form models for
future students of the military art.
As to the tactics of our own commanders they
have the best test of superiority—success wi h
inadequate means—but that there have been
blunders made, an-1 unnecessary looses incurred
by them, none but tieir most infatuated worship
ers deuy. But the false steps taken by them have
been few compared with those of the enemy, and
not more numerous thau might have beeu expect
ed from leaders who have seen so few “stricken
fields, and who had io serve uu apprenticeship
in the practice of warfare. They have, as if by
intuition, gained the experience of veterans in a
short time. Oa the contrary the Northern peo
ple have not yet learned the path to victory.
Their generals provided with i very thing which
would have ensured success to a warlike people,
have been distinguished only by the most dis
graceful failures. The Lincoln administration is
yet groping in the dark in search of a general, and
in despair of finding a competent man have re
turned to their old love, McClslan, who in a
year’s campaigu has ou!y # signalized himself by
constantly attempting, though often unsuccess
fully, to keep himself and his army out of harm's
way. v
Some have, however, even among us, extolled
McClellan as au able General, without other
ground for their opinions than the talent he has
shown for rescuing the relics of hiß army fiom
dilemma or total destruction. But it appears to
us that armies are not put iu the field for the sole
purpose of retreating; but that they are intended
for attack as well as defence, and the general who
makes his army serve but one of Us destin.ed pur
poses is au unskillful tactician. McClellan’s
cireer, tried by this test, proves that he is now
the able Genera! some would have us believe. As
he is uow the chief bead or one of the heads of
tie Northern Anaconda it may be worth while
concisely to review his career to show how little
wo have to lear from his skill and enterprise.
I’assiug over the long inaction last year of our
army «it Manassas, and of tbo enemy about Wash
iugton in which as events proved oar error wa
the greatest, as it gave him time to make prepa
rations which might have proved fatal to us, but
which have proved uaavailiug, we oo ue to the
opening ot the pitncnt campaign. About the last
of March, McClellan left bis lines before Manas
sas, in command oi 120,000 men of almost pertec
drill aud discipline—nothing was wanting which
the proverbial ingenuity and abundant wealth of
his people could furnish, either iu ai ms, equip
ments or stores of all kinds. Indeed, ; mayffia
said to have been the best appointed army ever
placed iu the field. It is the fashion to say that
the mou were wanting iu courage, but the obsti
nacy with which they fought shows that that ele
ment of success was not wanting—they lacked a
leader. Early in April McClellan made an ad
vance on our Yorktown line, and the first colli
sion with onr troops occurred at Warwick Court
House. General Maorudkr, though very particu
lar in his report, neglects to mention this affair
aud it may be well enough to mention that to four
compauies of Georgia troops, one of them frem
Augusta, under Lient.-Colonu! Weems, belongs
the honor of having first, encountered the eneniy
in this campaign. McClellan having reached
our Yorktown lines, remained in their front for
hirty days, and would probably have remained
there to this day, if circumstances, other than any
efl'oits he made, had not caused a retreat of our
forces towards Richmond. His pursuit was a con
tinued series ot defeats to him. Ho wa3 beaten in
three battles, losing in each artillery aud many
prisoners, something unprecedented for a pursu
ing army.
When our army chose to come to halt in their
position previously determined on, McClellan,
nstead of advancing upon the forces which he
boasted he was “ forcing to the wall,” entrenched
himself for weeks in the Chickabominy swamp
was outgeneraled, outflanked, lost six pitched
battles, aud was drive.) at the buyouet’s point
thirty-live miles trom Richmond., Slinking away
secretly from his asylum under the guusol his
shipping, he reinforces I’ope at Manassas, is again
routed disastrously, and flies with the remnant
of his forces to the protection of his capital, iu
greater danger than ever from the advance of the
Confederates ou all sides upon it.
Such are briefly the results of thirteen mouths
of McC’ellan’b generalship, lie has get back to
the point where his career commenced witli
the loss of more than 100,000 men aud an expen
ditnre of 500 millions of money. Pope ha3
under” like all the real of tlffiir ephemeral Com -
manders-in-cliiyf, and McClellan ia again at the
head of Federal military affairs, God keep him
there, ought to be the prayer of every Cnnfedei
ate.
Our generals understand him perfectly, and it
is probably owing to this knowledge they have
made their apparently rash advance into Mary
land. Had Ihe Federal Government such Gene
rals as Longstreet, or Jackson, that advance
never wouid have been ventured on, hut the in
capacity of McClellan is a sure guarantee for
their undisturbed advance if necessary, or
their secure retreat. In our Congress and ou
of it, many doubts have been expressed as to the
propriety of the advance into the enemies coun
try, but while we have such Generals as we have
named and the best of the Yankee Generals has
been shown so incompetent to compete with
them, no apprehensions need be felt.
Captain Geo. O. Dawson. —This officer passed
through our city last Sunday, on his way home,
accompanied by Surgeon G. M. Willis, who was
detailed from other duties for this purpose. We
are happy to inform the numerous friends of Capt.
Dawson, throughout the State, that his wound is
not considered by Doctor Campbell, wbo exam
ined it in Richmond, dangerous, though it is a
deep and painful one, made in the fleshy part ol
the leg below the knee by a shell, part of which,
it was feared, had secreted itself near the bone.
He can, wi h the assistance of crutches, move
about a little, with comparative case, and if the
journey does not affect him injuriously, wo have
every reason to believe, with the attentions of
kind friends, and of the youDg ladies, to whom we
paiticularly commend him, tout he will soon be
able to rejoin his command in the field.
We would be doing great injustice to this gen
tleman did we not in this connection allude in the
most complimentary manner to his gallant con
duct and patriotic bearing since the commence
meat of hostilities. His company, known as the
“Stephens’ Light Guard,” composed of some of
the most resDectable ar.d wortby citizens of Gretna
county, was among the first mustered into service
for aad during the war. It forms a part of the
Bth Georgia, which was ordered at once to Vir
ginia, and baa there remained ever since undergo
ing the hardships and sufferings incident to the
campaigu. Boon after it reached that State it had
the good fortune to be brought into contact with
the enemy, and won for itself, on the plains of
Manassas, an ever memorable distinction.
Since then, this company under Captain Daw
son in tbe Bth, has been in almost every impor
tant engagement of our army in Virginia—at
Y’orktown—at Seven Pities—around tbe City of
Richmond—and lastly again on the came old batle
fields of Manassas—where in command of this
Regiment, being the senior officer present—on the
last day of tbe several days fighting that occur
red there he was shot down leading it on to
victory. Certainly no officer of his rank hag un
dergone more uninterrupted fatigue and hard
ships—and been more often exposed to tho gall
ing fire of tbe enemy, than himself. It gives us
also pleasure to stato, from private as well as pub
lic sources of information entitled to credit, that
by bis constant devotion to bis men and from be
ing always with them to share their wants be has
merited their affection and confidence. BeiDg,
always at his post ever ready and prepared for
any emengency, his superior officers know and
appreciate his efficiency.
We conclude this brief notice of Captain Daw
son, by saying that one who hag been so miracu
lously spared through so many dangers and perils
through such continued exposures must be re
served to fill at gome day not far distant, officer,
far more conspicuous which his gallant conduct
on the battle field and his examples of patriotism
every where have earned, and which a grateful
country we confidently believe will cheerfully
bestow.
Mrs. Busan A. Lipscomb, wife of Dr. A. A. Lips
comb, Chancellor of tbe University of Georgia,
died on tbe 12th instant.
Tbe Roswell (Cobb co. Factory) propose to distri
bate gratuitously one thousand bunches of yarn
to tbe poor ot ten of tbe counties adjoining,
during the month ol October.