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HL. removed, All tb'j L'>i/>itd triores v.vie
loft iu *ii(! pines.
■ ’!:)“ Viiiik.-cs itl:v> wj-rt Ihf-’r ;> rivi l .-
Hovinglon Friday. 'J Iris town w forty one
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from A:tgU!;i.:i. Farlir-: who <v< 1 f. .m
H. l pi use, say that they saw a dense «!«i->k<?
Hiring from about I’m locality of ri-o < 1.■ j t.
■tiro;.;.reti th*»‘ the V it.!;••.* ii
-t of tin. iroviTrii;
Hen remove>l. TL6 li.-pvt was filial v.iih fv-
belonging to rid-are ok.
■ It is thought that the bridgo over Yellow
Hivi-i lih.ait *t mile above Covington was
H* (ho raiders were seen going towr.uls tin.l
lection.
B V. r o arc also Informed that a party of YV.n- !
E|S • w. re t: -on g/iitl;. hills- dh-. <•: A'
cot a bridge five miles i sis sid; of Covington.
0 I Ids bridge Ill'll - 1 '•■:!! gllfttri 11, it I Slip"
oiii'.l that the rnii'o.s destroyed it.
The train now iuiib as far as Buck Hoad,
ini-iy six miles from Augusta, and eevcnly
ivc from AllHiita.
■’ •' d'S. i receiv'd in this ci!-v f'-om Gi.u.
loud slates that the Yankee raiding force now
a,iking havoc alou < the Georgia railroad num
.irr. throe 1 rigides of rivalry. Till disp-it.-tii
Is.i slated that a Confederate cavalry force j
•id h ;i Atlanta in pnmit. IVe trust, that they
-ill .'oen o.vrli' and the : ".rand.-:' and piu .p
Ample prepara'ions have been made b> give
lie raiders a warm reception in oh.su they pro
jrcsH much farther in 'ids dUvitmi.
Our informant slates that great excitement .
rists all along the I’m : of the rood.
Horses ros tub Cavaluv. —Tho Richm n
•whig states that the farmeis in Viuginhi are ;
willing to place at the disposal of the Govern- :
in. nt every horse ami male in t’le’.r posse, - den,
on condition that v.-un down cuvaliy rifcorscs j
bo exchanged for them. AU tho far.:;- rs ash
is on.iugli horse power to cultivate tlieir e
and do tlio indisponr. .’.bio wo;k of Uio planta
tion. It is suggested that tho proper plan
would bo to take one-half of each plinrori.-
slocl; ol liorsi.s at u time, replacing them with
broken down cavalry horses, which can bqput
to light work while toy arc boh g reen:
When tho first half of the stock of lioivte.i b •
longing to tho farmers arid planters rtinlLhavo
become exhausted by cavalry service, they are
to bn returned and tho other half taken in th- a
stead—tl.o exchange of worn out cavalry hor
ses continuing os before. In this maoinv/our
cavalry, always equipped with fresh horses,
-will bo enabled to cope sucie.-ssfully wiili tho
enmny’s cavalry; their broken down Uoiv.es
will bo condautly recruiting, mid tho cultiva
tion of the crops will not be materially inter
rupted.
This is a far hotter plan Ilian a general im—
pressmont,and ought to have been adopted long
ago. Tills robbing tho land of nil good horses
without providing any means to Id! t. -re places
*s a suicidal game -and one which will be pro
ductive ol much evil. If a If: to eoium.m ron.-.i
was used in tho mne igemunt of tho liurdneso
part of our atfiirs, tho Confederacy c -.rtainly
to -day would bo much better off. 11 it the
world moves -and smno oflicial i learn and pro
lit by experience, and Form; do not.
(Ik'iji.no Sc.vat.l). -Wlien Gen. Johnston wan
vtiperevdoJ, the letter writers iu tho Army of
Tetmosi-.vO, knowing the facts in Um e-i -i, at
(iiico uwo Ihoi.i to the people. These Id-.:;
proved beyond a doubt that that aide comman
der v is icmovcd on account of the hostile
feelings of certain parti s at Richmond towards
him.
Well, as wo have said—tlio army cm ; < .;-en
<lcnbr of the subsidized press disclcs 1 se;--- .>
very damaging facts. These letters v, ero pub
lished by the papers they were sent to-probibly
without being read before they were inserted.
But the papers which printed them have be
come suddenly alarms; I. they seem to bo
afraid that the Government pap will bo taken
from them for so doing. They have p.tvordingly
commenced editorially announcing that they do
not agree with the ideas advanced in tho let
ters published—or in other words, they lira do
ing their last to p;event Lire money ration
which they draw from the public treasury from
being stopped
There has been from time to tin .> a grenl
hue and cry uutii» oUout v ;■
other factions of the world. Can anytliing be
more corrupt or venal than a bought up paper
‘which supports measures whether right or
•wrong? Wo think not. The public arc be
ginning to think so too.
Til Kin Policy . —lt appears to bo (he lire policy
of the bought up press throughout the State to
Uo all in their power to prevent Gov. Drown
from rallying those liable to military duty to
the defence of Georgia. Even some of the pa*
piers referred to go so far as to advise, in a co
vert way, their readers to pay no atU ation to
<he call of our patriotic Governor. The bal
i'io. hv their iuuendoes and slurs are doing
ull they cau lo accomplish the same purpose. |
Oomionu n —' re have no objection to yen*
beuding the k,KV and playing the fawn
ing courtier in orJ<'r to curry favor with power,
in times of peace, anJ «o enable yon to get pub
lie patronage enough u' foot the bills of yenr
sinking concerns : hut Vfi tWnk it would bo
much more patriotic in yon, during these ex, it
ing times, to urge the people to t obey
the call of their Governor, instead of endeav
oring to pevent him from carrying out ..meas
ures that will tend to arrest the progress of '-he
foe now seeking to lay waste and render deso
late our entire State.
The Raid ox Couimrs — The Columbus bun
<of Friday says that the citizens id that place
had been looking for a raiding party « m -nc
its appearance since Wednesday. .The dtiaens
from a ten year old boy up. are all under arm '
ready to repel the enemy, in case they made
their appearance. All the negro men in the
place have been ordered to wots on the felt id
eations.
Fobiskst’s Moteuests.— A report has been
brought from the west, by passengers, that For
rest occupies Memphis, having got around
Wafhburao and bent hixn iuto the city. The
needs confirmation,
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[ ~it. -ih- • ’ . - ■ j p;,lnV;tKa. The able
J corr mdent of the Columbia “Per
j.-vnc-S:.; -ms Atiasta, cote m nfs thus on
■ • - > - ■ -J- ■ *’• R -L
--11. i. tie •- :■■■. wnca the secret history o
•• will -be brought to light. & mor-g
-’ •’ ' “ ' f -3 may by traced t:-c private
* - ' at and be ' ;
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;si acd i• y rioi u
j deiijagog::'.- :£i, i ait a:.-rbiti;-u wiiicli looks al*
j all aro work,
• 1 between the* thesis
, :.- r p, dangerous, and b y.od
that ol the
■ ha? r. ver been a revoiruion
v. :c 1; tii-: br.f-er j/i -hoes c*. man
-
rection of j , and reseat; cri
sis is no exception to tLa rule.
la speaking of th neglect on the pari; of the
('• -!f.-•-b ,i .-.uthiait!'-! to send reinforcementb
Gc--, ■ i th]3 ibii.g cou'd have
■; a.-:a. well ha not, the same v, r r’iter*io-
"> im nece sity •: too apparent to admit of ex
e; - . -1 id r• i; •.my wilii which it
ic- l.v-ii • i u;-. Prt-sidont Davis, there
-rs 11 ’ j a-i :■- , #;:• cov end
t ’-at ;n the pre'-eut r tance, Ins judgment in
len : troops to co-opei ate with
.J'i i ';:-Uiu, has not burn at fault. Forrest
cnuM vid v, ui- have r ruck the leer of .Sher
man' - army r • Washburn made kls appear
ance, p.i.d w ili .-I'uriTi'.n defettled, as ho would
ni'iliUtbl. isjf have be-, n by lira conlomporano
ona ope rati-; nr of the army In lijs front,, all
small r bml:*s hui-ryi,*.;' tho bis fiiconr would
have fehmc'J the same brio. It I.; not my pur-
P . liowevi. ', to criticise or coinplaua. I do-
M .. sy-- ■ lywhi joes
1- , -Ii ■ Jol.nsV.in wnt romovc-d by
tlrs j ms that ha, a Ith hm . . •; :- c -r rea
!■ m. thanw .of capacity, is increasing drily,
f ud'.c; -, ho have the i..cnn3 of knowing
v ’ en ‘du A Uio circle,” state -’acts
iiip,:. cannot bo denied. Army letter writers
sauie ind. Hero is an
i;- t f.o;: I:avmy correspondence of the Au
gv a <jj. S-t, which throws a little
llgh:. on tho subject :
.: . . ■ v i iru; ■ >rr about Gen. .lolrn
-Ith com idi:, tion of
lti'i F: i fd-mt';; order; but those whokonw the
.-*uls I>••• in ciiiiiucter of Mr. Davis, his obstinate
j ia-lii ;.:ul d.,:y) irascibility, cannot icason
al ly c- p- i.t n modilie-ilicn of la.s action in fa—
voi on* wk-.-ia he disHltcs sacordially as Gen.
nstou. ' : id , . telegraphed
■ .tu day, “Myself and ever;, officer and bol
<i -. i' i : ;n;v (b - d-.iTii-it Gen - . John-fion will
C'-‘.tir.i;i lu co maahu ’’ if this bo so it is very
ct'.-.i: to Ifo.-id, but will do no good.. It
v. .* . solve ei and o. VYiv department to
b'.v.k ■.■;), vh-it '■ e.rUod in lliebmond, the
i m rs, a”.d tlm vamoval of Johnston was
! ir.d ■ There is only one advantage
■ fit., cm come ol it. and that is that Hood
: wi'd ru.v.ve rapport which was always lacking
* to His r, -id thus by making this a
* in-1 camn-.i:; :), tor tho purpose of sustaining the
la; dm ; ..t taken, if icay become a successful
t campaign.
’ The Ihctr l-i-r ,- r.j. Gun. Withers «and
A- nod an rdcr to c ill out the reserve
| forces o! that Sl:*ln. Tho Montgomery Mai
! i;pca!;s thus of matters :•
Fr -cio-;:! of Alab ana and of Georgia arouse
| In tho call wb’ch is made upon you 1 If you
j tu-:. in;', pn.niptiy hi your lull strength, and
' wit!: t : ■ dcti'.imipation to do ycuiv duty like
. m-. ; v.' ' i.ow rights, -oni knowing dare
' ; : lint.un 1 li’ you thus promptly respond to
' - .< yi.il ; , - y.-;i. till', h.coltilf foe wllO
; v j;>1;.■. - your std! with his unhallowed
i tread Will speedily icxpcHed in defeat and
;id -■-.(v, nod you will return to your homes in
th ■id consciousness of h iving dischargf and
* your du'y, and be weicoioed.-back by the
i - ; -■• • j-kmij!.’ of -wives and mothers and
1;i-"i s, ’. o cavo been saved from suffering and
■ ■ and valor.
This i th ri :t to tal It Is patiiotic.
; JI. ;f;;otl v uic-col. Sit-!i_ advice tends to iui
* prove the condition of th:
j V;c advice thea-dminist;alien organs in Geoi‘-
> g!a to ! . !-uv the! crrcellcut. example sot them
|by tho K;dl. Instead of grumbling, finding
1 fault, and emit • voting to hinder Gov. Brow i
j in his exertions to defend tho State, they on gli
* to assist hi in.
j' It si; ;';M• b-)- ce in inin.l, and never for
j gott> n, 11; *.t we l ave not in tiie North any real
( friends; l!-.*.t i I’u are none there who wish
1 on- ciwi nece i for the sake of the cause it
-1 self. —Gritfin Hebei.
Tiic editor ut tho Bcbcl is mistnl; an. There
;ve thou.-vids of Swto Rights men at tlio
North wlio widi the South success upon prin
ciple. They claim and have claimed from the
Ivgbmir.g that ■ Sculhern States bail a light
; to r.; Hi 'i > the powers delegated to the Geue
! viil Gi'vcnimunt, aud that tho Government had
i -■. - Mi , t
party are such meu as Franklin Pierce, of
Now Hampshire; Tin-mas 11. Seymour, of
Corncctirnt; t i’.avlos O'Oounor and Gideon J.
1 Tucker of New Yojk; and a number of other
! prominent gentlemen v.lro might- bo men
tioned.
Tho fact- that there are thousands of sound
State Rights men in the land of our foes—who
are re ady to iRf.-n l the principles upon which
this revolution was started, should cause the
blush of shame to tinge the cheeks of tho
central’.and mVaroldsts of tlio South, who
are dob y their best to trample .these principles
under foot. __
Tir-: Vomwco Ration’. —A soldier connected
vrHh the Fiitar.tU Virginia Regiment he* left
with us a spc-cinu ;t of live tobacco fiunished
tht array under tin ... ■ of Congress authorize c
lie i.;’.eo ration. The it.V.ecdUs roiten etui
'-ovil—-v i i.i-.o soldier' threws it awav as
soon us drawn, to get rid or nio v>lii,-h
its presence about the haversack cieates. Where
the fault lies we Juiow not, but it must be with
theuurma: te:s and ccmirr-sarios who con
tracted for the tobacco, and suffered them
selves to be cheated. —Ttichmond Examiner.
True, there are many, places well-filled by
men of character, who are quallified in every
particular for thß positions they hold. These
genth'.oc-rt cilsck' ge their deities to (he satis,
faction of all. But there are thousands of
positions-Which have been given to favorites
to keep theta from the ranks, the duties of
which arc neglected in the most shameful man
ner.
A reform is needed in this matter. We trust
that those whose duty it is to correct these
evil—-will correct them in this particular, and
that quickly.
—*rj>
"This we have done, and are willing to do
again"—viz: to take up arras.— .'(Hiihouu'.iit.
Who is this mighty "We,” who talks so big
of war, aud challenges us to. the field? —Not
the corporation itself,. nut the Jupiter Tonlfcs
of the concent, we trow, but some fly on the*
.ox's him, s-jsne penny-a-liner, swaggering in
the borrowed robes c‘ his master, and assuming
the majeetoi ml "We" of Slonarohs and
t; rs. Vie have no ammunition to waste on'
such small game. Whoa the real and respon
se! v ' V, e ot toe concern s’nll propose to take
the fi id, it will be time enough for us lo con
sider such a banter. Mosquitos have ceased to
anno,' us.
Fir.Eix A.i-is*.■A large fire oceurred in
Atlanta or Tit,. day. tti-C large build:r-gs ex
tending from the coiner of Alabama find v.hite
ba‘i i•• the centre of the block. ;.cd ficoirn as
the • Connolly buildings." were entirely des
troyed. kke, fire w.ts supposed lo hare been
the work of an incendiary.
Tre MiLiTLA. —We arc requested by Capt.
Vv. 11. Fax. A. I>. C., ot the Governor, to state
that the Militia are ordered to rendezvous at
Macon instead of Atlanta.
i- OJ! THE FRONT.
fc’tcnU from S . -nnan’s rear report the coun
try !• ’ r,f Yankee doner ten.
’. -ue Ynr.l;--*' - arc biking great p-'ins to pro
• ;he ci'c-p- iu their rear, until t’oey ma
-f. They will then undoubtedly’ike great
pains to gather them.
A route.! - ’.a-;" bus destroyed .trr.-nof
-•nrnar-iti - n near -idairsvlile and tten up the
track lor some distance.
W’i r.-e credibly informed that a lumber of
v- b.-b.-r.,d";i.T to tho army ire in e.c
li.Yi.’it c-f gatbr ring up large quantiti sos v-r-ge- j
t-J -c-3 from citizens, under the petext that i
they ’ ave Leon sent ont for that purpose by j
or that divi-ion of the ataiy. ’ hese t's«y i
rod at remuneratin'? prices to the r/ddiurs. Y/e j
j ,vlvi. •; the pccple thus liable to le imposed |
I upon, to keep an eye on these sharps a.
f Ln'D.inze 1-. ■ -r r-r anjl Bn” a le.arnt j
j that two f ultra! spies were arrested at V. -.-ss |
! i'-.h-jl cc the tenth inst. One of their, w*.- i
f •.verndedin the under jaw in makir.g ’.he ;«r* f
’ t i ... . „ i D.Jrm’ i
t It seems one of the parties hvt jeie' 1 * |
, the militia co duty at West Point, and bad |
• i. ; u wi:h the r.r for several daye, performing j
c.; ,rd. ar.d other duties.
Ala; go lire was seen in Decatur Tuesday
ing and the supposition was that it was
bn;mid. Three corps of Sherman's army were
at i Jeoatur Wednesday morning.
We rtU! have rumors and conflicting reports
ai-iiut a force moving upon bherman’s rear,
I reinfnrct-wents arriving from the Trans
ippi, but know nothing po.-itive. It is
however, that Wheeler is loose and
off on the grand rounds.
TANARUS; -- wires arc cut between Atlanta and
Montgomery.
Our P --aits re-nort tnany mvvte-ious movc
mc.’iis in the enemy's lines, but they are not
of general interest. ' Deserters state that much
political excitement prevails in the Yankee
army, and rumors are current that Grant lias
! been defeated. If so, they say that it is a
j ipv.uural Impression that Lincoln will not lie
r.j deep and, and p.-ac ; will speedily ensue.
!■ ■ fl'-kt - ;i Nvneo’s creek Monday between
Wi.iinu.s’ brigade and Hooker’s entire corps,
turns out to liuvo been of more iinpr,stance
thi ■■ I pposed,
v.-cro F ivanc’mg: in heavy force, Old Cerro
Gordo ilctermip.'-d to impede their advance is
much as possible; until the commander-in chi., f
could Ijy.notiao-.1, aud make prep Rations to
meet them. *
1 ;.v anting his men, wd concealing them
in th - dense undergrowth, he brought two
pieces of artiiicry, and hastily constructed a
masked battery upon the opposite side of the
vo ,and from the direction in which they were ad
vancing, the woods opposite tlieir position hav
ing been burned recently, afforded them a fine
view in their front. They had b-en in posi- j
ti.'-.i but a short time, when the enemy’sSkirm
irihera were discovered, who pressed forw-rd,
clos-ely fed low* and liy the main body marching
in column, Their skirmishers were allowed
to approach within twenty paces when the sig
nal was given, and a murderous fire war.
poured Into them at point blank range; tho
•urilYvv opening-at the same time with shell
am! canister upon the head of the column.
The enemy broke and fled in wild confusion,
but were again reformed, and advanced in line
of battle.
General Williams then withdrew about one
in fie and formed another ambuscade, in to which
the enemy fell again; but, after wavering some
time, finally advanced again anil tried to flank
him n non the right. The first Kentucky, then'
hi reserve, was ordered to charge them, in ar
il rto bring oil - th© artillery ntfd horses, which
was don: in gallant style, led by tho gallant,
and intrepid McCawley, they closed upon the
foe, and a bond to hand encounter took place,
s- not been t piah i dui ing is war;
dur n»<--n using the butts c-f their guns and pis
tols, and the enemy their bayonets.
Owing to the denesity Os the thicket .many j
of the officers were in advance of tho line, nod j
Lieut-nant Colonel Grillin, commanding tho
; vgauent, came suddenly upon the enemy, and
boldly advancing demanded their surrender,
tc-tlfi-g them ho had a regiment with him to
which they replied, they had an army corps’,
and called upon him to surrender, which he
and ’..’a adjutant and five of his captains, were
very n.iuctaully compelled to do, but their
cap i ora had scarcely begun to rejoice over
them, before the gallant Ist was upon them,
and’driving them back in wild disorder, and
yelling like, so nlany incarnate devils, they re
captu.ol all of (hem; also the body of tho gal
lant McCawley, and thereby saving the horses
and avi dlcvy.
Five times during tho day they were ambus
ceded, aud General Williams estimates their
at five hundred killed and wounded, and
ty-two prisoners. Our-loss was twen'ty
(,*!(•. ii-xindiog Capiain McCawley, who Gener
al y”’;’-um, him was tho best*siaff ollicerhe
ever saw in noy army.
Gir.rrd’s division of -cavalry encamped about
four miles-from- Decatur Monday night and ro
tua:.-.;-I to 1 !;o i-ailroadTuesday morning, where
they waited 4 be arrival of Logans corps and then
adv.-need upon that place, which was defended
i;v our iv..- airy, who were cc-mpolied to fall
back in tho direction of Atlanta.
Tii© gallant Cheatham was put in command
of Hood's corf ; Monday n'; fit and will le-’d ii;
'in tho approaching batik 1 .; aud if they follow
wlivro he leads, which Ido not question, you
may look for glorious results.
- On Tuesday finding that the era-my hod cros
sed I’eachtreo creel* and were attempting to
turn his right for tho purpose of gaming pos
r-.- -.-: a of the railroad bridge, Gen. ITood
delermlnod to attaeis tholr left, and Stewart’s
[••.re 1 llc'rdce’s corps were ordered to advance
upon thorn. The order to ad vo ice was re
ceived by the m< n with the wildest enthusi
asm. amino cuoner was the order'given than
the men swept, forward with a yell such as
only a Confederate can give, and the enemy’s
skirmishers were soon encountered and driven
back upon the main line, where temporary
works had l-bt-en erected. Our men never
faltered but da-hed forward through tho lead
en raiH and drove the enemy in disorder from
the works, capturing a number of prisoners.
The Yankees were driven back over a mile.
About three hundred prisoners were captured.
Among those, lost upon our side arc Brig.
Gen. Stevens, of Walker’s division, and Major
i’rcston, of the artillery, killed during the ac
tion. Our loss is small.
■When tires works were stormed a magnificent
Yankee flag was discovered floating in the
breeze amid the storm of battle, and a number
of men Sprang forward to capture the coveted
prize, hut Private John H. Badgot-t, of Company
G, l-.venty-t- veafii Alabama, outstripped the rest
an-5 grappling with the color bearer wrested it
from him and brought it to tho rear, and after
deliyai.ig it up returned to liis post. The flag
was a beautiful cue and belonged to the J3d
New Jersey infantry, of Hooker’s corps. The
conduct of young Padgett is highly spoken of
during the entire affair."
Cleburne’s veteran’s did good service during
! lie tight, and again exhibited lino coinage and
daring deeds.
On the right Wheeler was hotly engaged on
-Tuesday, and his men repulsed the enemy's
troops three times.
Owing to the nature of the ground along the
it little lit tilleiy was used.
On Tuesday evening the enemy attempted to
advance their line of skirmishers according to
ihair old ousfom, in drder to advance their
works, in front- of Reynolds’ brigade of Steven
son. s divisnn, but old "Gauley” was wide
awake, aud they were promptly met and driv
en back iu disorder, leaving one hundred and
twenty-five prisoners, including a captain and
two lieutenants, in our hands, who are now
registered and ready to join the hosts who have
gone before them to Anderson.
During a heavy skirmish in front of Walk
er's division about the same time, Lieut. Col.
Hale and twenty-five men of the-second Ten
tssee were captured, -having advanced beyond
the supporting column, deployed as skirmish
ers; a body el the enemy was thrown forward,
who cut them oft’.
On Wednesday raonling, slight skirmishing
was going -on in front of Cheatham’s corps,
along Peachtree creek, and one of our bat
teries on the Williams’ Mill road, shelled
their skirmishers.
Surgeon S. A. Grimes, 32d Ohio, and first
Lieut. V. M. l'atvin, 81th Illinois, together
with several privates, were brought in this
morning. Fr Grimes belongs to Blair’s corps,
fifth,) which he says has crossed over the river
and gone iu the direction of Decatur. If tk ! s
is true, there can be no force of any conse
quence upon the north aide of the Chattahoo
chee.
The enemy are aware of tho change of our
commanders.
The following instance goes to show the great
damage done sometimes by random firing .
Waile on. the other side of the Chattahoochee
river, a captain in Wright’s brigade—now Car
ter’s—who had just come ctf picket, took out
his company to tiro off their guns. He order
ed Its men to direct their fire towards tho Yan
kee line, remarking that it might hurt some
body, which they did. On the following day
a prisoner wise captured on.the same line. His
first question was to inquire the moaning of the
volley fired at such an hyur on the previous
,k;v. ’ When it was explained to him, he stated
it had killed his colonel, and caused great sur
, -i c to those who heard tho volley and wit
nessed the results.
Yankee prisoners report that since entering
Georgia a battalion of i harps Looters Las been
organized and mustered into the Federal ser
vice, composed of deserters and renegades.
A gentleman from Stone Mountain informs
the Appeal that tho Yankee raiders tore up the
track iuli 1 ~ miles below the mountain ;
Tiiecuemv demanded the surrender of the
citv V, r ednu-dav ever.ing, to which Gen. Hoed
ruplie-i, that fie could net get it before auni
hiiaiicg the soathern array.
So fir all i>3 news received is cheering, but
vtp nc* u ii*it • •. r-t tr.at one or two. or even
f-.-ur davs c-f kir-i I’gbting wiU close the cam
- now in a position t-Lat
leaves lameo ether alternatives than victory
aanibiiat-fiiii and he will make streneous es
; sto (R-idat our army. 01 this we are fully
... gams time we plac^evetyjdepend
| - :c . ,-.- : ■ . or our men to thwart the
enemy’.- 1 -u : itu-i rout his army,
f ; '. -, 7 r . . c-r seen braver troops mar-
I r’.-.si-.v ■ '. i';u bP.itlfcfldd. than those of the
: 0 f ;, ; - ... i. Ti: they wifi fight with
. and 1;
I y- ’. - ... ; - ri.ility of our hying
i-- . . - ty sami! that commenced iu
last, we are sat
! V ; H lcicly stripped Os every thihg
I ; v . -v of a-:’ v material, and the -greater
h".-;-iion of i'is n’lvate and personal moveable
propcriv. lit! : -uemy capture it-they will
not g*;t niViCo in that respect.
lat a band of our cavalry,
v 1 ' 5 their comrades were in the trenches
broke open many stores in
AtlSnta and indiscrimlately earned off every
hands on. It is described
as till greatest outrage our soldiers ever com
mitted. This gave rise to reports that Atlan
ta was given up so pillage, and that it would
be evacuated.
FROM VIUUIKIA.
It is stated that the enemy, so far from re
inovi;vr the obstructions in the river at Trent’s
Reach, are increasing them by sinking stones
and driving piles.
Ca* t McNeill has captured a lot of Yankees,
with over one hundred horses and equipments,
at Spring: eld, in Hampshire county.
There are a large number of transports in
the .Tames -.river, ‘waiting Grant’s movements.
.m received some reinforcements, said
f.-, j-.;! f r .tanks. But the fate movement on
them r4r i’ctomac, ha* caused a large with
. ..f of troops from before Petersburg;
v ih: ;-!0--.;>)]y given rise to the report that
the enemjy '••■■as moving off.
■. ~;;t iu:-; relieved his white troops in the
'v; I;; -. front of Petersburg by putting ne-
trroes in their places.
A cavalry fight occurred in Prince George
('our. ’y, 0.-i Monday July 10th. The Yankees
' The Yankee fleet in James river is laying
quietly at the lower side of Dutch Gap. It is
composed of throe 1 tuvreted and one 2-tur
reted monitors, two large side-wheel steamers,
two propellers, and one small side-wheel steam
er.
A party of young ladies aud gentlemen who
were enjoying the delights of a picnic a few
days since, near Falls Church, Va., were star
tled in the midst of their festivities by the ai>
pearance of about twenty-five persons, said to
be Mosby’s men, who told them not to be
alarmed. After dancing a set with the ladies,
and devouring the refreshments provided for
the occasion, they decamped. The scamps
must have very curious notions of chivalry.
During Sheridan’s retreat through Virginia
four of hio miscreants, captured in King and
Queen county, were summarily executed for
attempting to commit an outrage upon a young
lady.
One hundred of the Yankee deserters hold at
the CasUfe in Richmond were lately transferred
to the Libby, and their status changed from
ties:: cere to that 'of prisoners of war. It is at
last the deliberate conviction of tli*Confeder
ate Government that deserters can never be
come of o:iv service to us, cither in the army or
the woiksbops. and that it is better to get man
for iu;oi by an exchange of them under the car
tel.
Lieut. Caholl Breckinridge, son of Major Gen.
Brock: -,ridge, and one of his Aids, we.regret to
learn, wos vroqnded in a skirmish near MarUns
burg. U>: wound i; in the leg aud while pain
ful, is not cec--.tiered dangerous. He has ar
rived at Lynchburg.
It is s lid that Grant is endeavoring to mine
our works at Petersburg.
Sheridan, with two brigades of cavalry, has
left 0 rent’s camp. He was last heard of at Isle
of Wight. It is considered doubtful, whether
he was going on a raid into Nortli Carolina or
was about to embark at Portsmouth for Mary
land.
A report of Yankee cavalry on the Weldon
road Thursday was rumored bjit it was thought
to ha some oilier force.
Among the stores taken at Marlinsburg,
Va., by the-Con federates was $1,000,000 worth
of racilical am! a large amount of commissary
stores,, including 100,000 bushels of corn and
oats. Merchants and sutlers had collected
tho : r Immen.-e fores, preparatory to forward•
ing them to sale, as they deemed
the capture of that place a fixed fact. These
•were appropriated by lb a Confederates
Grai . ; m app< nances, it is thought is
moving 1,..; avtihery on ear centre in front of
Petersburg.
The* Iknvirie Va., Mouiteur has seen some
beanri'til guns, taken from the Yankees in
the br-rtri- at Mrmr.ton Bridge, that shoot six
teen times. They are charged at once with
car.’: irk -;. r a:l Ly a spiral spring pressed into
■ anted. The bail is
about-1 bo size of a buck shot. Tliese guns are
j:V :-;it well finLihcd and carry a ball ac
eura'-i-ly one mile.
. C;.-. : has moved two corps and a large
qu.'i’.rti:y :tilery from the front of Peters
liu :-d ee ;:; them to aid in the defence of
Wachk-gten.
■ j-l'lv advices from Maryland affirm that
by ord. r of tho General commanding, private
property wits strictly respected by our army in
Mainland and Fannsylv-iuia.
The stock" gathered by the raiders in Mary
land. is said to be immense. Droves of fat cat
tle, hogs, she?p, fie. throng the roads.
A report was circulated at the North about
three weeks ago that the Confederates wore
about to make an effort to release the prison
ers at Point Lookout, whereupon, according to
the statements of persons who came out from
Baltimore, the Government impressed every
steamer ‘-from Maine to Baltimore,” and send
ing them to the Point, removed the prisoner
further North.
1-TiOSt SKEBM.WS BEAU
On tlio night of July 10th itisfc., Captain A.
Harvdy, commanding scouts of 'Tied’’ Jack
son’s command, struck the Western and At
lantic railroad four miles above Tilton, and
desk oyed one hundred yards of the track, lie
then tired in the direction of Jasper, Fn
Tie' count .. to avoid five different' parties
o' Y-trdi.tw cavalry who wore scouring the
coord ry in every direction in search of him.
On July 6th Captain Harvey, on separating
from I instructed him to move South
ward and draw the attention of the Yankee
rike the road near
Itim.'g:’ hi c-r Tunnel Hill with the remaining
bidjf of the command. In this Lieut Lee suc
ceeded. admirably. One hundred and fifty
1 ..... dry followed Mm through woods
r,;: 1 G nous'by paths, until they came upon
him near Ad riisrilfo on the 7th white prepar
ing to tear up the track. The enemy charged
upon and dispersed his command, wounding
one and capturing six or eight-. Several oth
ers who were missing have hcen heard from
making their way to the front.
Lieutenants Lee and Ladd, who by chance
fell to the enemy k reir, fired on them causing
them to halt, and change front. _ The stampede
was complete. Previous to this affair Lieut.
Lee killed three and captured twenty-futir Fed
eral. _
The result of the operations in the enemy s
rear, by Capt. Harvey’s scouts, are thus sum
med up :
Forty-two cars captured and burned—forty o.
which were heavy loaded with supplies for tae
front- ; the railroad trftck was torn up, and the
telegraph cat in eleven different places ; three
bridges burned ; seventeen FedSrals killed, five
wounded, and one hundred and twenty captur
ed. Our loss three men and five horses wound
ed.
FOiiEISA ITEMS.
By the statistics it appears that there are
J 57 ' nicuces in Paris and 5S>3 in London;
9D.iiviUo.ti-.-0 of passer’ers actually in laris,
only 41 LOO,OOO in Loud an. Paris _ Omnibuses
go 3,800 miles ; a day, London 2,529; ‘, —OO
hot- - in Pails, *6,189 in London: in Paris we pay
six cents a trip, in London the average is seven
cents. In Moscow, in Russia, they are follow
ing the Ameriean example and making street
railroads ail over the city. This institution is
opposed ia London and Paris.
In the House of Commons, on the 23d June,
Sir John Hay asked If the attention of the gov
ern ir.nt had been called to theaction between
the Kearsarge and the Alabama. He also, in
quired whether, in view of the experience gained
by the action, the government would continue
building ships which could neither fight nor
swing? Lord C. Paget said the attention of
the Admiralty had been drawn to the light in
queston, hut it had nothing to do with the ques
tion oi the vessels to which the inquiry refer
red. On the following evening Lord Paget,
in "eply to an inquiry said, that the Admiralty
did not think it nece.-sarv to send an officer to
Cheibourg to examine the mode adopted to
ptrenglhen the sides of the -Eearsage in order
to resist shell, that information navtng oeeu
obtained when the vessel was in dock in Eng
land.
THE SECKET-VVOF TUB Tltß V-ts-V.
[From the Charleston Mercury]
The new Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
George A. TrenhuSm, is a citizen rs Chari -.-
. ton, and for twenty years has been proaiincm
iu our midst as a mcrchan;. and barker, a citi
zen of enterprise, large views and public spirit.
It is true that the mere business of a merchant
in the matter of buying find s-jlling. caunoi
make an able manager of the finances of a
great country under groat and difficult emer
gencies. Nor dees the superintendence, as a
Director of a Bank, of same four millions of
dollars, necessarily imply a competency to
wield successfully hundreds of millions of debt
and taxes. The matter of judicious taxation,
is itself, beside all mercantile or 'banking op
erations; and is an affair of statesmanship.—
Yet the habits of order and strict t-.'countabili
ty—the consideration and appreciation of in
vestments of capital—the value cf integrity
as an element of credit—are matters which
must be peculiarly familiar to tho mind of a
merchant and banker. The whole course of
Mr. Trenholm’s life, has, therefore, ' boon in
some sort a training for the great oflice to
which he is appointed-. He has "also mingled
in pubib affairs,T.ad has served ably and ac
ceptably as Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means in the South Carolina Legis
lature.. His position is filled with-affinities.
It will task to the uttermost his f-m; gies aud
wisdom; and all his energy and ability may
bo inadequate to give system and confidence
to our finances. Yet, let him try: and let us
endeavor to help him in fin log. If supported
by a successful resistance of our foes, we mrv
yet prove that our integrity is cr .r .i to our
valor-. a!1 his largeexperience, event mercan
tile ability, and unblemished iufogrity, Mr.
Trenholm will devote to the inten-sts of the
Confederacy. He has been entirely and radi
cally opposed to every policy in the least de
gree squinting towards repudiation in any
shape or form. If he fails, it. will be because
in the condition he takes our finances, no one
'could succeed/
[From the Columbia Carolinian.]
The appointment of Mr. Georg,; A. Tren
hoim as Secretary of the Treasury, may bo ac
cepted by the country as a pledge that the
Government is-prupared to adopt, if Congress
will lend its assistance, a broad, impartial and
above all, an -honorable financial. policy. 'The
word repad lotion and the *name of the liberal
head of the princely end patriotic h.ouso of
John Fraser & Cos., will never be associated
together.
KfiWS SSJMMAUV.
We learn that last week some seventeen des
erters from oar army were captured in Scviv
on county, and were immediately forwarded
to their respective commands. The sections of
Bulloch, Seri von and Burke counties, between
the Central railroad and the Savannah river,
are being thoroughly scoured, and have become
too insecure for the safety of deserters end
skulkers. Many have already conic in and giv
en themselves up to the military authorities.
A gentleman just arrived from New Orleans
reports that the Confederates had fought and
completely beaten the Yankees at Brashcar
City. Itrwasjreported iu the city that the re
bels were advancing on Dbnaldsouviile.
A firm in Selma, Ala., recently made to or
der, for a citizen of that place, a small steam
boiler, etc., without special contract as to
price. The gross weight of all the metal fur
nished was less than 1,500 lbs. The amount
of their bill was $21,000 1 Payment of the bill
was refused on tho ground that it was exorbi
ant. Tho matter, was referred to arbitrators
who, after full investigation, decided that the
amount which could ho justly claimed by the
boiler makers waa 813,132, or SB,OOO less than
the bill l
Karly'on Wednesday morning, July 13, the
grist and flonr mill of Mr: A. llorchert, of Sa
vannab, situated near Station No. 10, on the
Central Railroad, was consumed by file. The
mill was destroyed by incendiaries, as there
Was no lire near it by several hundred yards.
Supposed to have been set on fire by deserters.
A private letter received in Atlanta from a
lady in Texas, says : “Since I commenced mak
ing cloth, I have made 2,700 yards for myself
and 300 for others. The girls dress in home
spun and like it.” Three cheers *lbr the fair
daughters of Texas.
Tiie Nashville papers state that there is a
large Confederate guerilla force in Southern
Kentucky.
A Yankee officer prisoner at Canip’Oglelhorpo
Macon, attempted to escape Wednesday in
rather an ingenious manner and would have
succeeded, but for a slight circumstance. Pro
curing come soot and grease, ke blacked himself
so well as to appear !ij<e a negro, and taking
up one of the spades in the yard walked to
the gate and requested peiiiiiH -i.-n of the sen
tinel to pass, as he had borrowed the spado
and wished to return it to tho owner. Tho
guard supposing from his color and his dialect
that be was a negro, allowed him tti pros, and
he walked out, passing the officer of tho day,
who was in profound ignorance of his being"a
prisoner.- Before he had walked many yards,
however,»one of the relief guard, who was ly
ing down outside of the prison observed that
through the open shirt ct the supposed negro
the breast of a white iinn appeared. Suspect
ing the truth, he immediately halted aud cr-.r
ried-him-back to the prison where ho was ex
amined and bis trick discovered.
A detachment of Cos. B, South Carolina-Cnv -
al y, stationed at Camp Rogers, Bryan county,
Ga., captured, Saturday afternoon last, in the
neighborhood of tlieir outposts, three Yankees.
They profess to be of the number escaped from
the cars eu route to AinciTcu;’, but tlieir gener
al appearance rather betokens that they are spies
or scouts.
Serenade to Gen. Johnston'.-— On Wednesday
night several citizens complimented this officer
with a serenade. Some very sweet music was
discoursed by the band of musicians and sev
eral very tine pieces sung. We learn that-the
General will remain a guest of General Cobb
fofwUlal days.
Refugees. -“-The Macon and Western train
brought down, on yesterday afternoon, quite a
number of refugees, who have left Atlanta,
not from any fear that the enemy will capture
that city, Cut to avoid the shells of the enemy.
TjieMilitia. —The militia are rushing to the
front wit-li wonderful spirit and alacrity. The
Station House was well- nigh crowded with
them yesterday morning—all in fine spirits
and cheerfully discharging what they acknowl
edge to be a duty to themselves and the country,
A long *ruin was able to take only a part of
there off, and we learn that this is the case
all along the different lines of railway.
A Woundi:i> Female Soldier. —A woman,
claiming to belong to the Gth Louisiana regi
ment, arrived yesterday from Visginin, with
her husband, whose fortunes the lias followed
in tiro same regiment for three years. Slie
was wounded in the foot at the battle of Get
tysburg. He was on sick furlough.
Back Again.— Private letters indicate that
at least a portion'of Early’s coips is back
again at Petersburg.
Thf. Raid. —A private letter dated at Colum
bus the 20th says that the raiders have proba
bly retreated to the main body of the army.
Their number was estimated at 1500, and they
made thorough work of the Montgomery &
West Point Railroad, having torn up and bent
the rails for some twenty-five miles of the tra ek.
All public stores and buildings, mills, &c., were
destroyed by the enemy on the line o? their
raid, and all negroe? and stock driven off. The
dwellings of the people generally were neither
plundered nor destroyed, owing to the fact
that the raiders had little time on their hands
to attend to such small matters. Their object
was to -cripple the communication between
Montgomery and Atlanta, and they accom
plished it. It will be a long time before the
road can be again in operation.—- Macon Tele
graph, July 22 d.
Georgia State Troops. —ln noticing Hke
bravery of the Georgia State troops, the army
correspondent of the Columbia Guardian pays
them the annexed compliment-
The action of the State troops under Ge-n.
G. W. Smith, is thus far worthy of all praise.
Many, indeed most of them, if I am rightly in
formed. were officers in the militia, -but rally
ing to the call of their Governor, they took
their places in the ranks, and inarched to the
field. During one of the episodes of the re
treat, they were ordered to support cur caval
ry on one ot the flanks. Tho enemy made an
immense demonstration, and the cavalry,
some of whom were Toxans, wc-ro driven* in.
Their General saw that something must be
done quickly or he would be overwhelmed. Jle
accordingly ordered the whole command to do-'
ploy as skirmishers, and thus compensate by a
show of front his deficiency in number. The
ruse was successful, and the Yankee army,
doubtless believing that two or three corps
were massed behind the awaiting ‘t**ir
advance,refrained from making any iurthbr
demonstration. The demeanor of the Geor
gians under fire, considering tho novelty of
the situation, creditable, and
from that hour to the present, the strongest
attachment has existed between them and
the Texan cavalry whom they supported.
During the Tate raids into Maryland some
twenty canal boats were destroyed 'near ii:.i
pwe Ferry.
A i.«'JL ti a
FROM THE ARMY' OF TENNESSEE.
Gen. Jokus-ten has boon relit ved, Ge#. Hood
receiving command. -
The following is Gen. Johnston’s farewell
■ address to his troops:
Heapquap.tshs Amsr cc - -TussnssnE, [
July 17 th, 1861. j
In obedience to tho orders jot the War Pe
•pariment, I turn over to Gen. Hood the com
mand ct the Army and the Department of Ten
nessee.
I cannot leave tins noble army without ex
pressing my admiration of the high military
qualities it has displayed so conspicuously—
every soldierly virtue, endurance of toil, obe
dience to orders, and brilliant courage. The
enemy has never attacked but to be severely
repulsed and punished.
You, soldiers, have never argued but from
your courage, and never counted your fears.
No longer your lead er, I will still watch your
►career, and wi'l rejoice in your victories.
To one and all I offer assurances of my
friendshqv, aud bid you an affectionate fare
well.
(.Signed) J. FV Johxstox, General.
Gen. Ilood, on assuyiing command, issued
the following address:
Headi”.w&tkrs ,-Yp.my Tpsw-sei;, 1
July ISth, ISfi-t. ;
Soldiers 1 In obedience to orders from the
War department, I ns;;unto command of this
army and department.
1 fed the weight of ir e responsibility so sud
denly and imexpecedtiy devolved upon mo by
tins position, and shall bead all my energies
and employ all my skill to meet its require-’
mortis.
1 look with confidence to y cur patriotism to
stand by nie, and rely upon your prowess to
wre.- t your country from the : 'rasp of the inva
dor—entitling yourselves to the proud distinc
tion of bsiug called tho-' deli yerers of* an op
pressed people.
Respectfully,
(Signed) J. B. Hood, General.
INTERESTING FROM EUROPE,
In the House of Comeppa on the 7th, the do.
bate on Disraeli's motion to censure the min
istry was resumed.
A fierce party debate ensued. Loyard severe
ly denounced Disraeli’s argument, aud charged
him with having garble-3 Parliamentary papers.
Hardy indignantly replied, and said Layardk
statement was calumnious.
This word was objected to. Palmerston ar
gued that it was not permisssible.
A turbulent scene ensued, the whole opposi
tion side defending the remark.
At the close, Mr. Hennessey, amid gr«at cheer
ing reminded the House that Palmerston had
applied calumnies ip Bayard a few years ago.
The speaker then ruled the expression in or
der.
Tho debate was resumed on the Bill amid
great excitement.- The speakers were Osborn,
Walpole, Palmerston anil Disraeli.
A division resulted in eighteen majority
against the motion. Overwhelming cheers from
the ministerial side greeted the announce
ment.
The same evening in the Hcusa of Lordii,
Malmesbury moved a resolution similar to
Disraeli’s, and denounced tiio foreign policy of
the Government.
Derby was absent from illness.
After several speeches, the motion was sus
tained by nine majority.
The Danish Ministry has resigned.
Confederate loan advanced; quoted at 70.
LATEST FROM THE NORTH.
Banks made a speech in New Orleans in
which die declared that tho settlement of our
(kriicr.Rics must proceed from the moral power
in the country, which is more efficacious than
tho military power.
The Washington Coronicle of the 16th says,
editorially, that ii is now safe to-say. that there
were periods between Saturday and Monday
morning when the rebels might hevo dashed
into Washington and effected its capture if not
occupation.
The Herald says the negotiations of Fessen
den with the banks have- proved barren* of
results, and prospects look badly for the Trea
sury Department.
Tho rumor of Grant’s death is unfounded.
Lincoln has issued a proclamation calling
out 500;000 men, and if they are not forth
coming within fifty days, the draft will be en
forced to supply nil deficienccs.
The Herald says tho proclamation has come
too late.
G:n. Smith claims a victory over Lee in
Mississippi.
Iluntor has asked to ,b° relieved from Ms
command of tho Department of West Virginia,
his troops,having been transferred to the com
mand of Wright.
It is rumored that Stanton resigned in conse
quence of a quarrel with Secretary Blair.
Failing, to obtain a loan in New York, Fes
senden proposes to iesuo interest -bearing notes,
with three years to run.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
We loft Tupelo on Sunday last, and iiawe
been figuring on the p.rarics. The enemy refu
sed to advance and moved- on Pontotoc.
0:i Wcdao'itfey the enemy declined battle
and moved towards Tupelo,
W« struck them in the flanks on every road,
but rapid movements prevented concentration.
.On Thursday we attacked him with three
cavalry divisions at Harrisonburg, but failed
to drive him from his strong position.
The enemy declined every invitation to
fight.
Friday afternoon, our troops being up and
about to bring the affair to an issue, the Yan
kees fled and are in full retreat.
The enemy fought stubbornly when compell
ed to do so, but was evidently afraid of a set
Our loss was severe. '
Smith bail 10,000 troops, all veterans except
eight regiments of negroes.
FROM VIRGINIA.
An official dLpateh received at tiro War Da
partmont states that a large force of the ene
my crossed the Shenandoah at Snicker’s, on the
loth, at 3P. M. .
They were attacked and driven across- the
river in confusion.
Our loss in stated to be between two and
three hundred, that of the enemy much great
There is no truth in the rumor that the
Yankees were evacuatirg their position in our
front. • •
On the contrary, they arc showing the r\\T
selves in larger force than usual, and are un
remittingly active and strengthening their lines
and mounting new guns.
It is reported that we captured four guns
ami eight hundred prisoners in tho fight at
Snicker’s.
CONFEDERATES RE CROSS THE POTO
MAC SAFELY.
An offi rial <Y patch received at the War De
partment July 13, states that the Con
federate force which appeared in front of
Washington on Tuesday, re crossed the Poto
mac on the Hth, bringing off everything safely
cintl in goou oruor.
Richmond, July 23.
The following dispatch was received at the
War Department ■ tnoon tcnfciy:
Atlanta )
July 22-10 P. M. )
To the Secretary of War:
Tho army fluted its position fronting on
Peachtree Creek last nijrht, aud Stewart’s and
around tho city.
1!. • , t-.v.- ■ mnight march and at
. '/ I r.i y/i e-H.ome left to-day about
one oVioek.
i> -v.-’ ’ -i from Lis woikc, capturing
;fi.\u-r-:i pieces e. artillery and five stands of.
crinrs.
'Cheatham attacked tho enemy, capturing
six pieces of arti Uery..
Dari;’:; the engagement we captured about
two thousand pris ; oncrs,
\~r. e’er’s cavalry routed the enemy su the
neighborhood of Decatur to-day, capturing
his camp.
Our loss is not y et fully ascertained.
Major Geo. Walker, Brig. Gens. Smith, Gist
and Mercer were w winded.
Prisoners report McPherson killed.
Our troops fougS.t with great gallantry.
(Signed) J. B. Hood, General.
TIIE VICTORY OF GEN. WHEELER.
Aulaxta, July 23.
Gen. Wheeler ia;c owning attacked the ene
my’s loft in the neighbor hood of Decatur, and
drove thei i back, capturing five hundred wa
gons with supplies aud a large number of pri
soners. 110-is still pursuing.
There was very litile fighting after dark yes
terday.
Two thousand prisoners, among them seven,
ty-five comnikaioned officers, ’twenty-five pieces
of artillery and seven stands of colors, have
been brought in.
The losses on either side are not yet known.
Ours was severe in officers.
FilC*! VIRGIMA.
•_ All remains quiet on the Janies. Grant, it
is said, is sotting hack some of his troops from
Washington, but to what extent as vet is un
knowii. if is supposed that most of 'them will
.no returned by way of Portsmouth and the
Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad, that route be
- the less expos.d to observation.
The spo’us trout Maryland aroon the way to
Richmond, properly guarded. They are im
mense, and will m ike a considerable item in
the army economy for the campaign.
It was mentioned, a day or two since, that a
body or the enemy s cavalry had gone in the
direction of Builolk. From information re
ceived, it is believed that Sheridan, with three
of his brig.idea, had gone to Norfolk and cm
barked ; b on,
. It is stated that our losses in tho battle at
MonoCacy bridge were some five hundred in
killed and wounded, including some valuable
officers. Our lorces were compelled to leave
some of the severely wounded at the bridge,
anti they doubtless afterwards fell into the
hnuds.of ibo enemy.
«ws» -am—
-7,7e learn frein Captain Cameron of Morgan's
'command, who accompanied the recent expe
dition into Kentucky, that throughout the sec
tion traversed by our cavalry indications of a
<l’..’position and readiness of the people to raise
the M .ntia.'d of open resistance to the Federal
power when ever a Confederate army with in the
thcirbofders g ive thorn assurance, of a permanent
upport, were .'toparent to a most gratifying
extent. Our informant is convinced by what
he saw of the disposition of tho people of Ken
tucky, that the late proclamation of Lincoln,
establishing martial lav' over the State, was oc
casiouefi by no idle apprehensions on the part
cf the Federal Administration.
LETTER. FU:«3 CULCMIiUB.
federal operations on the Montgomery and West
Point Railroad—llailroad Communication In
terrupted— Etcilement.and Preparations at Co
lumbus, etc. * -,
[GFEOIAI CGEESrOEXDEHCE OBEOHIOLS A 6VKTUQSL]. ,
Coi.TTunus, J illy 19, i?C4.
Ti'ic ir.ort.f,- of Esc enemy on the Important lines of nit
ron.! vvcsicieihi- point, clca'lyindi - - - irman hasre
soi-.i • l 1: i: no icy i! Liarvißs our (ienera! t.-om Ins position m
i.. al-an : -.tat ho lias determined to do si if pos;i
-in-- ua; a thepoiei'S'ianorthe'Gutoi It.-.-,
v.h •* t-r -r tiiannin t.ody cf his army on tho Norik
bar;- ' f . -a; ’ :;.-ir,ch !of Ath-.u'.a, r.:-cruani:',li!i; I,'s
ro:,;m;..- t-' .- thaUared in tin vurioua conitiets );c
--ctkti'rt'.ti Yvorj:, s-uVing i’or t.lie coicmuniC ijiORS i:t the
rear f (.•..«* *: f. u•! I vvry muUi f* ar.if liaif tbe reports re
c• ■ v ,’' y- ‘iS.! trc If trii-?, I!ich success on the Mc.nl;-
iromm f.t.'f We st. loh.i lion*! is important, iiml-liis been
t-uHtarjiyc.’* ;>nt iiUle*ior t'co vigilance cf
tiio.-K’ \vh !> -■*-I’> g;r*r<l such liiovfm.-nts.
j:. ,Y 1.. -i ky J U’i the reportsrfcoiv'ed in this Citjr.
by «:vo; cc .o recent operatiens of Ike enemy on the
Koniuouri /■*• ’ ouit lauvoacf, an»J altiiou/ih d&r.a
wli: :V: ".•* <; til!:- ?. tii" ; ‘-t* the i: ■. th ificiii the tlicusHad and
-rt .-fi-, ■ Cu ••iiC- ab '■•i*.vh a con*
*■ -g.;.” • ■ • : just now, n:> an
Gpinifri si * ■ • ' -on .'V’-’-Ti o; r,s. TJicr. fore y*.ur renters
nr.i :■ M • cor.'.i’.nt v/ril: i-cevyin« wnnt i ctmcolv* to bt* \h.-> i m .
l-i'i • iiOrlile .-sere, ua to what ga,s ccruiTCtl.
: - ; «f -w. • :tc ’.MCre a).fit fore.! of Federal cavalry
'
t'oil .!«r ■’ < Tju.3 is supp sod to be the same
! l-ti-d v i ri.’i 1 *.’*! iitm-Led fni.n »>'Haiavji:e, and struck ike
'■ i. fi:f . :• ; Irtrt v.-' iv.uroad at y’allaclega, last week, and
v. ■ -f. ih a... uv. . ’• ur forces ui’de*- < Jol. Clanton, com
’*■•: •(' -; it ,<> ii.H t a;-;: to*:re thom. ft ii known that theritil
roa-.i
ri-riit:.;;- . • :.*.:}; t i ••fi.i, or aiOD/; tbe line of railroad
. I
■ ■
: ••• •• ':■■■■ m-;- .) by li.liiliu, Uioy i„o,-d
reported Here tiiis
! 1- - 1 Dear to latter placey -fterday,
‘ inwi'ifii our !'.r. j. v/o'.-b a lew killed and
>; W :•: • •- itlriOk of hr.fi:; •*. •
« 'l; ‘ on Ito cooj.-t of (cn regiments of cavalry,.
'
:i' ; ::..b ... /•K.-jrn, Oiii.y ••lay morn
'a. .. , -t OD.C j.rocfceuedto a.s-rev t .o ro-tl in t-.o di
re cuol ! 1 1 •: O: . juuct'o i, ?;ntl at Jive I*. A!., yesterday
w -.elf -t: : j-: Li , /. Till, force wad no uount
(I’-t-.c..-•! f.ußj .r.i-ri u army; as It was known at Gen.
• ;a.triers on Snturtf *iy last that a large force J*ad
"".tiv.i
. of (fMbB tticy probably be*
:r .Suuta.
• t*.!y Mon
ti.. ni* ' !.•*. who mailed then.--elves of the opportunity of
tfctuoj: (, at cancer pflonteU by the removal us the ro.iimc
mau to i’-M j.he U*it?<r:;ph cilice was also closed,
aiLi Uk r.tlo to t<: • - city; out he was imme<jta>cly
P f-anylag a recooncdtering party, ana the
oh, :? «»')• d.k leio -ruay a*outuooD un engine went down
i ••vara '• y.r.j. o: berva i<»i., which v/ai caplured by
*
'j h? prb*”unity oi the enemy in r-.r jj force very naturally
ever- *n »•••i-um in (Joluh;l,*is.ani as I viewed it the con
CBcontributed not lit l as the
t.v.l‘ i* -.'t i tvily. The rlnpiug oi lire bell?, aud every
• • . : were j tedtoat an
-
cri sis *.' 1 ■ :populutigreatly alarm tlio women,
chil’.ircn, i*c'.r i’.QdD'.n-coDi’.atauts Kc*ie:-a.Sv. The ext: te
nif.nt v/u-i inica.and conliaucd un:tl long after nUht
lu.lju J * . *’•" 1 fined until a lute bour«/ith .tuv-riis
3 e r .v s . ']■; • • ppetir;- .ce Os the t roops pmet-d under
arms t l .e tiiv was ij oiidablc, ;i*.d no tea's need be
ei.t-iJik 'riil lor ibe s.foty of tliU point, even should tte cue
lay ii.' -vo upon •!, ui. mdo-tULe forces of Uie latter should
.• e-d.'.y u-.•*:».-• ■ vfin '• lo c.t ?.- soldiery Jo- ked a- lor
i /. il p.-r;o;mc-lv/ci]s«h.'M:.f.; : r.d men fr m the ?r.»trier
oe.i ffevernmei:'. wcic jmn- and by nbotit a thousand
coriv licßcer.fsrath: varlone ho-pitals, and unitai this brigade
t>r--.*'.tHl. tn.iy velen-.n * ■. The wh-.le werf- ;o;ned
i7 a brdv of T-.xo • :k\>A *i - ippi c.valry, wlioopportunely
1: .l’j :!{-*. to I'. in the and yesterday afternoon
vt!oie iif.a was move: out to advant.ujcoua positions to
Guard the city.
Al ! • 'isoen-.Rd yesterday, and I observe most of
'«• ; '• IN; I ;■*,*. -of the r-;y ;--,-rs
],i >oo ir ;ip;, lira r.oroiog, all Hie cm;.:rv/rc-i if Ihe
oi-.o -I<• 11 / iltpuule cil muskets o*l B onc to -the
Trot.. comy.i.ii;csi:mi wl!b Kmi-,; ;ny, 01‘l.cr 1,7 mil
cr o, of , ; oume_sur.peni!ed lor the present, and the
. ; 'debniy, past.
riV.,.l- I bcii.-ve It w umJe.riiood in offi. id ehehs.
Khoula any tarns new occur ycur reidera shall be advised.
Rover.
The. fedify in theciiy—Harness suspended—lke-
Maiding force —Mismanayerncnt and loss of
Property in consequence—liailroads destroyed
—ll amors Afloat—Excitement at Mordycmcry
Ala,, &c .
<> :>VMnu.% Oa., July <yj f
c r ‘ c ‘ v ' iOl exciterreuf, a!-
*
. -r . . 1. Jhc.-c ».«.s i-rtt have been pent tut ar.d
r" ■ . ?•- ; !- ? 1 /V’W. '•l'lT.tlPf: on the
t t-.-lru -t In It - vt'Dilty of Om-liKa
’•/' J v ’ ' • «' •■.vffs redly too it.-tO'-ilfljrat
i, ' ' JJJ „ 9 -fy-.f: '■ »" »ttadr h re Hut
I - ;l 'V • - ' r ■ -■' K ■ fj t-onm; I.;ir tis |
]?.? Y’!;. f T'» V-' iu *>>e Vicinity ..fti.e
I *■ • b"‘lt -- trerniuelit
> , 'i , :'' .t. 1. n oovvf r-c-rttllve-:.ceiled
;v •, . . " *ve • -sn i.rwanltoOpehka
teen acme, sna vwii atugesfed bjr
rod '. “,r :-,ve I-Ct t iev<- ■> t.-d. r.ll tl.e <xt!’r,:j';- ".nLvj/:
u ' .* r '- -ri ir.ruJ a c [.‘■•in's saved, nd t.O raiders
b ,,n ••; !' ••••';!•■» e public war eh* uses at Op Ji
r; ■ ' en mibl ii'on ye.‘te r d<y, and it isuniver
y. ‘ ’ . ■' VT * rt -OL- '■ ul i 1 r.vi !*een p*ac dat **nt prin
5.’. :tmlU.:.i vv- -,e .-.tM l,4vc had F-tfll ,-leut strength
to lf".t: ,"i' -mi mt-MKce mV, .. well known. Bnttlm
?:'• "■ r / •' “• h'Hnea cntl'itynn.imd
• ‘ ' ' • ••• ' • • r
.. . .r •- u- • V:y>o .- w r : pcrnPUed ur is urbedlv
jl-• ■ . ; il.Cii '.-.(A.: ts- • - ’.uctjcn. until they have ace- t u
id. * '•<- f ir p;m»- our comrirv. Rations, and t? : ven ‘ot a
| : '‘ ■ ?’,• V*\’j*Yr
r • •• • end l' say. *-ut that unv/iie oounsels prevailed I hav*
v --1 i r r, e Jto . • c*y w’no left the vi
; ■ ' - ' • : .
‘ ; •’ f; -' •' -‘y-n z them upon ih- oth
-d'A d.VPPA'y'
I • . - r. -T. - .0.. J ..y , U I
fi,!•••».!»bm-cbof tbh.roadftora
1 . ASP' „ V * c> *.**s "nable to rnr.le
I 1 *, ...ri;.' "j <,-l't'. l l-.; informed them, however.
t '. .. ..:jM' l ’!''• ‘re lit.-: or t v e rwl
In, ; r’.-Vb. .. } . . iu bc.ow op lika, to a
r"” bt *bU
IS divided fato kv
' r l '} ”/» f P v/orkii’K.narties.
••• v%e. : earned cn at and ii! r.j.t pc in- 3 tt
jr' - b- ■■ ■■'’>.' L \ ty of after- :
: ' .. ; ;■ .. ;• '- 7r ‘ v/a: p.b: ut bix In: and ehajtd with
c 1 ' l ‘ and nmlei, it is report
-1 ' ” ,' , ' \ • • from Vont
, • • v jv tot. where K **thot</ t. we imd ™:>t
iv‘ ; u ::‘. . *' u J I*'"} ? »ny raid tat might bo made to
, A tr.: . . Oi i)hg Oulop
}■■: :i* :i- - •• tv jrai i company, and it is < xncc’ed v/o
• :thu laUvc C. * .cpoits of the state of 4#T*d« tnis t v uintj.
- XI9VCB.
was composed of about
elegantly mounted and equipped. They c-anio
through Dadeviile from tho direction of Talla
dega. where they burned only ihc public prop
erty belonging to the Government.
Rumors are conflicting, whether they burn
etl tho factory and government works at Tallas
see or net, as well as of the reported light at
that place. They struck the Montgomery and
West Point Railroad near Loacliapoka and tore
up the track in the direction of Montgomery,
until repulsed by our forces near Ghehaw.
They then turned in tho direction of Auburn,
burnt Camp Wat ft after a gallant resistance by
Maj. Reedy, with a small body of men.
They burnt the stringers and bent tho iron
of the railroad for at least twenty.five miles.
We understand the iron can bo used after
straightening again, without being re-wrought
They burned the government property but
respec ed private property, except sufficient for
subsistence, and took such horses as needed.
Indeed, they acted as if they were out on an
electioneering tour, as it is said they distribu
ted various papers in Tallapoosa ; and at Ope
lika and Auburn, and other places, supplied
everybody with all tho provisions they would
carry off, before burning the balance. They
stated they came with full expectation of be
ing captured, and were willing to risk it in
order to cut communications west. This ac
counts for their courtesy, as it is an anomaly to
Yankee eliaracler.
i’hey burnt, of course, all water-tanks and
depots; there being few if any bridges and
little trestltiwork on the route. We understand
we had from 10 to 11,000 lbs. of sugar with a
large quantity of leather and some meat, and
cereals at Opdif.a, which was destroyed.
They wore followed up closely by a portion
of Gen. Clanton’s cavaliy and left Opelika in
haste on Tuesday night. The last heard from
them was that they passed through LaFayetta
in a gallop, without halting, and are probably
by this time with sliv.rman, if not intercepted.
rii’i.tt uriv it^vJTTKhi**,
Our troops are now picketing as low dqwf
in Tennessee as Rogersvillo, and perhaps still
lower down, and it is said there are no Yankee
troops this side of New Market. The whole
force at Konxville is said to be throe negro
regiments and a battalion of Michigancrs, about
half o.‘ the latter of whom are at New Market.
llrownk’w is still blazing away at Knoxville,
advocating the election of Abe and Andy.
A iady who has arrived iu Abingdon, Va.,
from Athens, Tenn., represents Y’ankee rule in
that region as very brutal and tyrannical, but
less so than the conduct of the Union citizens.
COMMERGIAI. j
. aogusta mahkkth.
WeeUlv He,K>rt July 25. P. M.
h.xAN-ciAL -Gold $22 new currency; silver
spj-ssiSsrSM
bonds, 80; Cotton loan bonds 1,75; 7 1)or co „t
Georgia bonds old COO. Bath Mills 300. 7°3os
Cottox.—Moderate demand ; Middlimr *„
good Middling 1.00a1.20. . Sto
Domestics.—We quote domestics aa foll<va-a .
(j shirting 2,00 ; J sheeting 2,30 ; 4-4 shoot
ing, $2 75; osnaburgs, $3; yarns, 536a10 nor
bunch. Very little demand owing to lack of
transportation. 6 1
F10™.—5200.i2.50 per bbl.
. GBAJKr-Wfaeat, $15a20 per bushel; Co™,
in the ear, from wagons, SISaSIC ; peas, sls .
00 : tye, 812,00; barley, $10,00; oats s7aß
Gboceetks, Fbovisions, &c.~ Bacon $350a4
ccffcc, $!2 00 per pound; rico iOaSOc; sugar
ga.; baggmg s9 a lo; bar soap $1.75a2 ; cotton
ropes4,so; nails $2,50; com meal slsalf nor
bush; fodder $20,00 per cwt.; shucks 12,00 per
cwt; hay $15.00 per cwt; tallow 4 6(1 5L r
lb; Candies 4,50a5 per lb. by box; Terrebineoil
$lO poi gal retail; black pepper 10,00 per lb*
Tea 20a25 per lb.; Iron, Swedes, 500 bi
cm-b. soda, 4a5; starch 300; dry hides soa7 pc
Countoy PBOBUC3.—Beef, 2,50a350 per lb nett
pork, s3ooa3,6oper lb, nett; mutton, 300a35O
kid 2,a3 per lb; chickens, SdalOeaeh; turkeyg
none; eggg, S3,OOa3JiO per doz; butter. $5-
Irish potatoes, sl6 per bushel, ’ *
Financial,"aed Commciclnl
rn • Klail of ten lit r cent. X akin? twenty-file P S oSu Uiß
1.8*; ?:.2!«! inrifiaary upland* ifs Val BiP
cott n l icl-c-.i 1-p at by Keann-j- VliraLmb jui t
t.-e -i.l.jWins ;..; Tliir:- .-n stare* Ki.uih <...11
SilSSisSSSSa!#*
lllliililiil
mmmm®
Wilmington IV. Market-Jnly 13.
jhti- oV bi orth | L n rod i'in 'old Pl “£ “ ilPf' * t * in '®-
‘ we “ ,,ote
‘'bV^Vr".^
Fayetteville, C., ,Morliet-July 11
wool
Slaeon July 10.
m »1- ittT'wi^hel.mttin'jSSli« tX- P -' r '»ndtel, eom
I . ■' nuir.lvjr, t-tanburf.-t it a*} T)f - -'- s , \f) cente, ac.
-••• La 4 !-yatd, Antewata ShS- ,,, 1 5 .0 rd, Macon Slieet-
In-low:.; K, ] ;r i-> end, bet-3 to- •"* ♦- f <®» « yard,
pound Confederate. -riper pound, hoaey per
OBITUARY.
t^bii'i?. r
nii^* /S (;a'’ UKd daUisljt ’ r c f thc Ueubtai Stay, of Warl
iPr(-o S vea7 ! l ?a’lff nS ' e fi n V!S < l of rffilation for nearly
tliuile S-’,- - -to, I‘,V ! ch ls lan eatiptatlon end for
is , ' i£J a nd, »» murmur or complain at. the
n ivtVr ow.. Vji-eM*. but seem tLirtiirou*nn,rillnetß
!’ , :. ’ • t -oudsand dark,test ire ar nnri ab-ts Him,
it. to-j . andju .rrnet.t arc the habitation of Ills throne.'*
n. in h'to ,r ‘. ni -- r t'f t'.' I’-apt:,: rpurc, al, ut tltvtn years,
Rii'l maintained s n cnristif<n character.
4t e cTaod prl«.” k whlch to «»
Herb-.ar: <•-.-« flowed with kind ne>s, a. was evinced by many
acts >viic;i -c arcjiV aiuc to Turn herself i’i l»ed. J *
Death. 1.-iioious in Ills waye, t-urprued her not. She wan
aware of hu appiencli and was prepared for the assault • and
' <ty t is relentless shaft, triumphed Xriouilton
ws.V'?‘“;C' V-r'. c .' u! 'l v/,:! *'s' - 0h: "<»«** where la thy
815 V'/ Ul Grave! where is thy victory?” *
' r A o:,tt i ßhe Gcquetitly gpoko with calrnnesa an*
tyV.K
f rt!.!'wn; f ’ f J4 \ niUst be obliged to wffer
v/-i : j;cr.” * 1 in&ny b? would not cjuld 1 re
’ she selected her buria?
‘.i . . . pip • i I. Vine I’w-* with much cdmneseL
A^‘'‘-tto be bun_> in, frl shall soon die/ 1
if-ction'itp v *«• ' ne of a pure spirit; an
;' ' r ‘ ''* ; anu toother; and a Lumaue mistress and kind
r ; an<J happy change Jias come aver M rw 9
J.hz , :;y. . -ii? has been translated from this world to that oq
; icotial clime where
“Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are reit and feared no more.”
Her emacdp.tod sniri' now dwells “whereVne wicked eease
ircm troubling, andthe weary are at rest.”
Wjrrenton, Ga., July 12 th % R# W *
~KOtickT”
AIVUMBI2R Os flecks on the Georgia Kailroad & JtanJr-
Ifi.to to- h.ijanv,drawn by meat Richmond, V»., and sent
by mdl r r.i -in in the summer and rail of 186S.
v.-eio C '4 V,.V 'Viit and f : pa> re nt uctil my deposit account hail
i ,r oTi ci ,-ri o !>y the a- '-.I'D c-t ■■ i.i A. area last under the
I j, . */| V *h<-': <’' k3arc bowro* : 'ied that J will paythorn
( . - , VrqVofil eirt At gu-ta, le wesen this date and the
lc * . V- i .L’.vL.n i expect to return to Virginia.
WM. A. WAiViON,
XIIS BAPTIST BANNER.
AU6CSTA, G *,
TU" n^tuumvrcni,it; ID.UC Weekly, yr.stly fmproy
: appe.tr on NA lUxtDAV, ISd .nstant.
N- w i’-t tl. ; time to subsenbe. Its toatenta will be found ln.-
tcrtitngto
THE HOME CIKCLE,
THE CAJIP, and
THE OHC-ReEJ
Sti'-crlpHon pile’, ?10 per year—snte.-nf.ti™. takan fosaar.
' V’-tfiS! £dilw3l) 102 Hroad st., A u^'ltta,