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v, ci j.n.ulivd v.it o n ] .. over .'o ' », tin: < n
niny lo.iti' flat;!-, ino.; ‘ill '"i ! .
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I ihsmt, throw a heavy tlui'.ltintr tjorce c n our <:: I
H ti'cii.o it tl, lorciti;? our army to fa!! h ;ci; acrosi I
I the Etowah. Bhifltna hi- uttp ioi iorcea I mi j
I right to left uriil from left to rigb , tie; balll. 3
■ ni D,il!»p, New Hope Church ami :
tool; piece, in which (be enemy mO'ered loiri
■ l.lr iliiiiehlrr in Iho AtUoiipc to Bb.pu cur
H wort.” J-'rorri tin- lot ol .ItiDc uit til tit • -Jell of
H duly Gcneuii Johnuion hold the enemy in I
H I'licit in front of Muriel ft. oh.ii 'uirhiiii; '.i: ,ht I
■ mi I cfiiy, until heavily Ihiitkcil l.y tin: tnei.-.y, '
H.V.1.. I. h” witbdfcw bo; ! i
drawing the enemy Klill further fromJ
■iu older to cl feet f.ml Hicttve lotisl uniiiuiia
'] hurt il will he s-en that (lenoral .T< !:r> looV,
■ urmy lias been tifrlitin” the enemy and niatcli
-.inn i ight and <lny lor months to face tho foe,
whenever massed upon our llanka or centra,
severely punluhlDj? him in oycry lit.
gradually ,h . ••» •in:'; hh* forces, wliilo iv-
I mg Hi 'army of Ten!)* mv intact, nud fecuri; .:
its su! ly from ail tho aliulegetiu movemcata
of Sherman.
From Dalton to Hie Chattahoocheo the eno
my’s los.i i : Known to he not less
while oars has not boon over lu.ooo. It is also
known that General Johnston, not being able
spate fur tv ruomeul his own (availy on
which depended tho safely of his army, had
made application to Uinlnnonil for over a
mouth past, for a force to attach tho enemy’s
rear, which have been unheeded or refused
For what, then, is General Johnston to be
blamed, autl where is the error lie has com
muted tor which lie bar. been so rutlde :-!y ami
wantonly saerideedf Adored by his army,
with its cor,i and. iice, and that of the people at
large, unshaken in him, ho has ever railed
forth tho spoiitaue.au admiration of our ene -
mies. Tho Federal Colonel Shetmaa, cup
(tired on tho 7th iost., stated that “tho re
' treat of General JonhsUm from Dalton csoited
universal admiration in Northern military Cir
cles, and was evenvlico pr.iaounced tho most
striking exhibition ol soldierly skill and ad
dress of the wav.
Why then leierifi -e Cieneral Johnston nt. so
critical a moment ol our revolution, and when,
too, not. a murmur of complaint lias beer heard
cither on the part of his auuy or the people !
'I lie editor of tho Uichmond NVhig, win-.-e stom
ncit Las only lately become so extremely deli
cate. idler Utoto u; G( . 1
retrotrade movt m swtvllt .v
a sermtiug gusto, *Gen. Lee’s retreat frdtu the
Hnpid Atm to within six miles of Ilichinond,
which, it seems, has failed to produce the
slightest symptoms of sea si' kness, nHhoueU
Qcn. Let; hss»i'otie ited a far greater rli.dai.e”
tlian Johnston, and precisely treat tiio samo
causes 7
Jc,miner in iho cry of « crucify him,’’ tin
RJ >bm -ml Sentinel most ttt juStifl tblv 6M. :
■•'tie pooplo J'.avd seen enough of JHu .Ton'-'
vet us is to satisfy them that, if let atone by the
Government, ha had no idea of mukimv a land
this silo tho Gulf of Mexico. If ho could not
hold the strong position of Ker.nosaw Moun
' tain, much would ho have held the weak
on- about Atlanta. Tho people <lo u« t gcae.r
*H,’ know that all tho white tt: t John; to:, h-.-
been retreating bet ore Si, ■■ sun, he has had an
mmv approaching nearer in jiutubet's to that ■
of his advertary t:..-n ice < vet i.ad v*-en ho j
lias won Ids great victories. Indeed, a! D.d
ton. and ever since he left there, his u; > .y has
been large enough to justify and render .t his
dm v to deliver battle. 1 '
‘•'ll let alone by tho Government," tho pec
pie and Anuy of Tennessee ato satisfied their
g i, lions loader would soon have won ;or them
a final victory -and to prove it, itia known
that Uenei -os' Hood, ilardce and Stewart, I’e reil
np.m the President the danger ofrci:Kri;;g
J,.hi. turn in taco of tho iiiomy at so ciitical a
M 1 R.ent. In n uto lhe si *'ugUi of Genet al
,1.. j. itoii’s army, the :-eirtir.-M simply does r.e-i
know what he is talking nlmut, or he would j
never have made so * grogiously erroneous a j
statement. Km this is not a time to state
particulars.
Gen. Dragg’s campaign to Kentucky w s
official l y proneuceod t>y Mr. Benjamin, .Score
t.arv ot Stale, ‘v. complete failure,” yet he vw
not removed. Alter tho battle and r< ;reat
from Murt'roesb *ro, the majority of Gen.
Bwcgv general olScera expressed their want of
roiiiidriieo in him, and such was the rep or ted
disaffection of the at my tc.at Gen. Jos. E John
ston was sent loea'iuhe into the facts. This
delicateiii.sk was performeS with a magna
nimity and effort at conciliation w’. ich finally
saved Gen. Bragg, and brought about a bet
ter suite of feeling- His retreat front Sheluy
ville and Chattanot'ga followed -T.naessee
was *l>andoned- Chickamausa was fought—
dissetitions succeeded —the President vio.t.d
Missionary Ridge—the gene*»l oil: ;s peti
tioned for’ Brand’s removal -the Pic- .-icut i.-
dined th« retreat frotu Missionary Uidge *u
sued, and General Bragg at last pen mpton "
insisted upon his being relieved; Gen. lie.idee
was temporarily put in command, while to re
pay General Bragg I r b:disenmfiture the
President appointed him chief of ttu rite Con
federate armies. Shall any one pretend to
say that General Johnston's military record
and capacity are so l'»r below that of Genera!
Bragg's that it bocamo necessary to remove
him?
It will be seen that lhe assertion started by
the Administration press “that Gen. Johnston
never fought a hauled’ is false: is nn unfounded
accusation. The paper w hich originated such
a s'anderoug report—and the papers which
have reiterated it in order to curry favor with
the powers that be, will find ail their efforts to
[uin Gen. Jokusiou's character unavailing
The pubi c already see through the flimsy
mcrtiea of th? covering with -which they aie
endeavoring to concern a heartless act. The
| public undo.stand full well that prejudice re
; t, ■'.'•! Gen. .T seph E. Johnston from the com
in ... iot the army of Tc-nnessce. Facts prove
; this. And so u; inly has (be truth booome ronted
. in th minds of the people that all the sophistry
; and special pleadings of the entire mb:-i<F- and
! pri ss of Chri rendom cannot e-adicate it.
1 I: ! :’ o cie ,"Iy i ,roved by this simple sketch
j of Jr km ten's m ivc'meiiU that r.o Confederate
Genc-tal Las fought as many battles as he, in
I ■, short u span- of time; that r.o General bars
i fought r.o many battles successfully—with so
gn lit a i •*6 of ir.tn to the enemy and so small
a loss to our side.
Here is a fact in the previous history of this
war which i' mar not La out of place to men
tion here. Wfc-.n Gen. Johnston commit..led
the Confederate forcer in front of Richmond at
the time M ' !ellan was marching upon that
ci: ;, he asked the President to reinforce him,
n.: he knew the Yankee forces outnumbered
ti.-* tre •> s und.er bis command. The President
r=fi; ed to ace le to the request. As soon 03
Con. JoLa-t :i wa3 wounded, and Gen. Lee
t,,, jr nr -of .he troops, the President sent
the n a- commander, the very troops asked for
by his pre !eC'---sor. The.se at the engagement
of C dd Harbor ,-sved the and -y.
Tho public oaa here see what feeling exist
■ ■! in the bosom ol the President at the time
.J ,:,:is:o:i coin mended in Virginia. Putting facts
:} cir* omstances together, docs it not seem
that Upper Georgia has been allowed to be de
va.-tat<-(l and 1* . waste ia order to disgrace, if
t!: ■ General who lately commanded
in that section? If so, the plan has signally
faded. Gen J.rtmston stands higher in the as
■ e.n (A tl j army an-l the people than ever.
A- wo have said in a previous article—it is
w’th ; iin that we rjieak of this. But the pub
lic have a right to know the truth—especially
in events ol so great importance as. tho one
wifi. :*’■:•■ recently transpir; (1.
bet the p.opie think of these things. Lc-t
ti. t:. rII -ct upon the foot)-the plain unvarnish
ed fi: ts; upon the naked truths as they are
Li.; ' it to the light. And after they have
rallied and driven the foe from off our soil,
is ?i.* oi. ox. pt the fawning courtier and
<; .. ing syce ; >!t int of power claim that the
“F. <ando ro wrong.’’
v th I'ag the great injustice done to
Ce f-iv.eito commander, let no citi/.en
iu this hou;' of trial fail to do his duty. The
jiiro Et ' !•• midcrgoing a severe and bloody
i ril :U. Lot i;-?r sons patriot! ally rush to lhe
vi's: Me. Lei lh"m promptly obey the call of
i the E::"i;iii i -,'e of this C'omuiouwc-allb, and rally
> ; hurt ba* 1< 11;: invi. lirig too who Lai dared
to ndi nice into her boundaries, to ravage
nod dc. troy happy homes and fruitful
fi. Lbs. A suidJal pu:icy has been adopted and
cuirle l <. it’ by other parties—bat let us shun
*' ■ I: ::■ !'■: 1 onunela. And rising in our might
” 1 ' . i . . “i, Jet us show the world that Geor
till 1;:>: ;• Tr enough to resist the aggres
. 1 n i.. both foreign and domestic in vaders upon
!: v tigbis as u Flute, and strength enough still
}. If .o defend and vindicate the liberties cf her
c'tizerm.
TUB t?irUAT!o.tt.
[ Vie are in the fourth month of tics year’s
-n, and whether v/e review its eventful
i:i ry, thiu far, or contemplate its present
' . it is c <; ■ inlly satisfactory to us.
V, hen we nii v- y the vast circle of war which
T. - a Ik'.y ;v'die environs the Confederacy
| v/e r ii enemy defeated .or held at bay at
| i • ’ .cikcd and foiled wherever he has
< i tele,e. ucrcd ports defy his vast
G ; iton laughs to scorn
every at: .nipt to capture her. Despite the
b.mil-ini.- at, iiiipavalleled in history, which
v, a-; to !;y vin aslios, she still lifts bar head
in pra :■! defiance. And Savannah and Mobile
i ■ :-. surely behind their iu:p:ognablo forliti
catfons -
la the Ti.ms-Miivisdppi department the
c ’ ay is coiapiotciy hors Jit combat, with
scarce an inch of territory left that 13 darken
ed by the bn'eful shadow of the stars and strips.
A storm of Confederate invasion gathers on
the duuTiu ! aril rof Missouri, threatening tho
overthrow of Abolition despotism in that i 11—
fat' dSi de. The gallant Price leads the host
of freed!m, and will likely give full employ
ment to all the recruits that Lincoln can raise
in the West; thus weakening his ability to re
infci vc; ii.o armies of Grant and Sherman.
Grant, like a caged lion, chafes behind his
fortifications before Petersburg, not daring to
rirk tho experiment of again giving battle to
bis dread adversary. Gen. Leo has about dis
posed of him. His campaign is virtually end
ed. lie absurdly reports to his master that
ho has begun the siege of Richmond; but, he
is as much besieged by Gen. Lee, as Gen. Lee
is by him, and a little more so. Late intelli
gence from the North informs us that ho is
busily fortifying against an anticipated attack
from that iaviaci'de army, which lias defeated
him on so many battle fields. As to the situa
tion iu Virginia, it lm almost ceased to in
terest us.
It is in Northern Georgia, that it is still in
tensely no l absorbingly interesting. It is
here, upon our own soil, that the gigantic con
test yet rages, and the destiny of the Republic
trembles s:i tho balances of fate. The war
i . Loving epont its fury all round tho
ht i ...on, is oonccnSyatod in the very centra of
cur ; ky, threatening devas'ation and ruin to
tho heart of tlio Confederacy. The last great
struggle cf the/-ampaign—a struggle which
may end the war. if it shall result successfully
for us—is now progressing within our own
borders.
Th ' aspect of affairs on our front has been
; . i ieutly dark and alarming for some time.
Pur bed butk from Dalton by overwhelming
numbers, and the ihuking strategy of Sher
man, our gallant army has taken its stand be
fore Atlanta, the gate of the South, the con
necdug centre of >w railroad system—a point
the possession of which would secure immense
advantages to th. 1 enemy, nud tho loss of which
would be raDct dhiasfiroas to us. That is the
prize ior which the hostile armies now contend.
The most cheering feature in the present
c'iLintiou i=, that i: luu been resolved not to
give up Atlanta, but to hold it at whatever
i os’, end ii l the Administration, Gen. Hood
mul the army are v ited in this resolve. Not
another inch of ground is our army to yield,
unless defeated and driven from its position.
There is hope in this glorious resolve. It i3
to our mind tho presage and pledge of victory.
Wo are strengthened by the assurance, that a
Terr.'.;;,' le movement from Atlanta is abso
lui ly excluded from the p-esent strategy, and
will n>t be thought of. Wo see in this resolu
tion the li.rht -breakiag—the turning point in
our lortnues, the solution of our ditiiOulties.
We do not conceal from ourselves the fact, that
we have to contend with the most powerful
and efficient array which the North boasts,
conn*.'-tided by her most wary and skilful gen
eral ; end that much desperate and obstinate
j fig ;irg is before us. let, we have abundant
rt \-on to believe that our bravo army will
come out of the tierce and bloody strife victo
rious. Thrice, in three engagements in the
vc v euv’vons of the Gate City, it has shown
already its ability to cope with Filer man's ar
my. oiid hurl it back as often as it shall at
tempt to advance,
All that is now wanted to complete tho dis
comiiture ot Sherman, to annihilate his army,
or drive it from the soil of Georgia, is sufficient
turcc- in his rear, to cut efPais communications
and dispute his retreat. We have him com
pletely in our power, if we but improve the ad
vantage offered. Never was there a finer op
porlamily to capture or destroy an invading
iotce. Sherman’s army is in precisely the sit-
j nation which has so often -before proved fatal
| to an invader-in the heart of a hostile territory,
j and remote from Iris base of supplies.
We can see no reason why the reinforcements
j oecf -ary to attack Sherman’s r-.-.-r. .-.aould no.
! bo at once furnished.
| TL-a ecerny repulsed and checked at oil other
I points, a largo force, it app-ars to ns, could
now be spared for this important cnterpri. e
Why cannot the forces under Early, who his
just finished up htswark in Virginia by the de
ft at and ror of Crock, be spared for this
purpose ? Why not also, sen-1 a portion
of Kirby Smith’s army to our help, the enemy
being driven lrom the Trans-Mississippi de
partment ? And why not, too, let Fox re: t and
Morgan come to the re. cue?
The golden opportunity, is now offered to
strike the enemy a decisive blow. The country
waits, with impatience, to see it improved.—
Let the Administration do its whole duty in
this great crisis, and the present campaign will
end with a victory, the most overwhelming that
has yet crowned our arms.
I ISOM CPPi-R UROBGI4.
Wo had th” pleasure on Wednesday of meet
ing an elderly gentleman who resides near
Rome, and who came cut a few days ago on
private business. We do not give his name,
as he expects to return, being too infirm to be
of any service in our lings ; but ho is a gentle
man of veracity, whom we have known a long
time.
He reports tho country districts quiet—the
wheat harvest excellent, which has been gath
ered without interruption from tho enemy. He
did not know the number of the garrisons at
Rome or other point 3 , but they were believed to
be small, and composediargely of raw negroes,
who are being drilled and oiganlzcd into regi
ments. The negroes at fust were afraid of tho
Yankees, arid few left their home 3 , but the se
ductive influence of farte promises and tho glit
ter of soldier clothes, had drawn off many of
them, and was causing much embarrassment to
fanning operations. lie describes the Yankee
officers-about Rome as rather courteous ; but
foraging parties, and lawless bands of piuude; -
ing soldiers had visited many noip.hboilioods I
and destroyed furniture, tools, stock, forage,
ami binned dwellings. He thinks thiH *n many
instances lias been, done at the instance ol ne
groes,. who go to the Yankees and report wind
they he r among the “rebel sjmpatlua. iv. ’• —
This is a terrible state of society, when fami
lies and nei-dibcihood; aro_ subject to the espi
onage of negro spies, and are made tire victims
of negro t. dioroDy. Ik is a part cf the sad fade
instore ferns if we allow the craven wretches
to occupy the country.
Our informant confirms the reports of serious
damage':to tho railroad in Sherman’s rear lrom
torpedoes; and states that one train, contain
ing S' vcral hundred negroes, who were fcs-ing
sent up tbe road, was blown up, killing and
wounding a large number—stated as high as
two hundred. lie represents- the Yankees as
not at all confident of holding the country. —
They aie therefore bringing forward no goods
bevond the immediate wants of the army, and
supplies for that purpose nro often inadequate.
The people, who were loyal before the advent
c.f Iho enemy, are generally steadfast, and con
fident of the speedy expulsion of theiri'oc3.—
The old man, who has several sons in our ar
my, declared that lie had move faith than ever
iu our success, and was mortified at the alarm
and impatience of those who had never ieli
the bee 1 of the oppressor.
lie expressed great surprise that adequate
force has not been sent to the rear of Sherman,
and thought that a very few thousand men, of
the-right stamp, could dismantle the entire line
to Chattanooga. The citizens are so closely
watched, and so severely dealt with, when
caught, that they can do but little. Moreo
ver, tlioie are very few able eddied men left in
the country, and few good horses—and hence
parties engaged in destroying the road are al
most certain to be caught, and vengeance is
visited upon their families, and the families of
the whole neighborhood. This accounts for
the apparent want of enterprise among the peo
ple, of whom perhaps too much has been ex
pect.'d. Bushwhacking lories are doing.con
siderable mischief. They arc composed of the
low classes, whose object is plunder, rather
than any particular regard for the success cl
either party. Avery few well-known citizens
have taken the oath, and a late member of the
Confederate Congress is praying “Good Lord
and Good Devil”—as if uncertain into whose
hands he would fall! Tbe condition ol the
countiy is well calculated Lowest.the principles
and sterling qualities of the citizens—and to
show who value property and personal inter
ests above honor and country. A time serving
course will not'avail, for tiro enemy have more
respect for a candid Confederate than for a
dough-facod citizen.
FROM UP THE ROAD.
Pate, tho Railroad agent at Decatur is. re
ported tc hare been hanged by Sherman for
burning tho depot, at that place.
On Friday a force of tho enemy appeared at
Social Circle and burned tho depot and build
ings containing government stores. They then
branched off towards Athens. It is stated that
' tho whole raiding force of the Yankees is mov
ing on that place, in three bodies. Altogether
it is thought they number about 6.0C0.
A gentleman from Madison who saw the
raiders pass that place, states that they ap
peared to be in high spirits, and traveled
along earless! y, as if they expected to meet no
opposition.
Two citizens of Covington, named George
Daniel and Pressley Jones, were killed during
the late Yankee raid cn that place, and tho
depot and other buildings containing cotton
were burned. No serious damage was done
to otlnr property. The circumstances under
which the above named g< ntlemen were killed,
are characteristic of the Yankee warfare. The
raiders were fired on by a number of armed citi
zens, and two or three were killed. They sub
sequently took Mr. Daniel who was a Militia
officer, charging him with killing their com
rades, and shot him in cold blood. They were
both spirited men, and mot their fate with
heroic resignation. Mr. Jones had previously
declared that if the Yankees did come, ho in
tended to attack them. lie was ploughing
when the alarm was given, and leaving his
plough, ho sew. .1 his gnu and joined tho attack.
It is believed that one or more of the raiders
were killed by Mr. Jones.
There was great excitement in the vicinity
of Covington and a number of negroes were
iaduced to join their Yankee deliverers.
We learn fioin the Athens papers that that
town has been in a state of great excitement
during the past week. Humors of raids and
raiders have been plenty, although no raiders
have as yet visited that place. Ample prepa
ration has been made by ihe energetic ccm
mandent of the post, Col. Young, to receive
them in csso they made their appearance. The
whole male population of the community is all
armed and equipped ready to turn out at a mo
ment’s warning to assist the regulars in repell
ing any assault that may be made.
The rumors that the factory at High Shoals,
AVatkinsviile, Ac., have been burned are not
credited at Athens.
A party of raiders, about twenty in number,
rode into Monroe on Sunday, and after riding
about the place retired.
The large factory building in Madison known
as the Blackie Hospital was burned Thursday
morning. It had been vacated by the soldiers
and was unoccupied. Fire supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
Seme of the commissaries at Madison went
so far as to open their stores and told the citi
zens to help themselves, which they did. The
panic having worn off, however, the commie-
| s -y -i ■ •_;» to their post and demanded
I their goods.
.try negroes were picked up by
th e , 5 : h, but they left it optional with them
! to ■•••> or ,-t iv. M :: of them remained behind.
A lei fi r Lorn Ferial Circle states that the'
' ; ; ; i' ii • •'■.at that j I ace to the
Th .v went into the houses and pinc
| q. -v( dth aof everyihlus they desired. Five
; ;ou --,v t ; . humod ; also a building coniuia
| fng . , a-j stores. They also took off sev
-5 er - iV ; ; ys. What their object could have
; been n Ii ’capplt-g these youths, we are at a
j,-.;* to divine, uaio-s it was to torture their
mothers. This is a species cf cruelty not hith
erto re- rt.d to, so lar as we are informed, by
any but savages.
Ar.rthei raiding party, larger than before,
has started.out from Sherman s army, ihey
number about fix thousand, it is said. On
Tht.Kd ' they were cpproaching Madison by
the Sand Town read.
1! is stated by gentlemen who were in Cov
ingf.cn when the raiders passed through that
the Yankee force amounted to two divisions
under Guerraid and Tdlinghrirst—numbering
about tight thousand in all. They had with
them ft. ur ba:t.?i»3 of four guns each, and two
twenty-four pound Parrott guns. Gen. Stone
man was in command.
It is ihoßcht by some that the raiders in
tended to make a junction with Rosseau’s com
mand in the vicinity of Macon, and march on
Anders on vi lie. As the officers made particular
enquiries in regard to the roads aa l tho dis
tance.. from Iff icon to Andersonvillo from that
ph.co; also the distance to Columbus.
The raiders left Covington by the Monticello
read.
The r.vc’c-rs at Madison pn Thursday left in
he directh:n of McDonough—probably to join
other pari if 3 of raiders who were making their
way towards Macon from different points.
Fuom Csstba!. Raiuioad. —From all ac
count.- from Central Railroad we collect Ike
following :
TLo raiders made their appoarnuea at Gor
don about half-post ten Friday night. It is
S'ippc.;; and they numbered from eight hundred
to ono-lliou- .nil. Several cars weie burned,
also the dope-;.
After com xciing their work of daslrnetion at
Gordon, ills rumored that the Yankees pro
ceG'k.'! dc . the road towards Savannah, burn
ing depot:} ami tearing up the track in t Sr
course, im 11 they came to the Oconee brifiy:. j
This it Is ‘ .'peried they also destroyed. If :1 e :
report is'c-:rr;-:i v. j have truly suffered a gfci.t;
loss, as th bfiiigo and trestle work is over a
mile in length.
A In :: - number of troops left Macon ih
pvr.ukol tin tailors off Friday. Troops wo
under lx; ’ have been cent utter them from
other fictions.
Vfo hop'- lire raiders will bo caught and pre
vented tr to cciv, el'ting further outrages.—
Now tbt t so ranch harm has been done, we
trust some common sense plan will be adopted
and carried out to prevent further damage.
The Savannah Editoi?3 are throwing bricks
at each other. Thu Republican in a late issue
made st :ue reworks about the. patriotism of tho
editor of the I\.That gentleman in his
r. ply claims to boas patriotic as (he editor of
tho Republican, ah hough he says his patriot
ism Is not qrjto of as new a birth as that of
his conimrqmr .ry, and he is not paid as well
for making ;« chow of it to the world. It js
very evident trial some body’s glass house got
smashed that time.
To Atlanta Rxi CGnM.—T. C. Howard Esq.
the postmT.iri or at Atlanta, has published the
annexed colic.::
IV- . Uv.-.g letter*: through' ilds Office
can h.sva item lot warded by sending ia their
address.
Ail who have left their adorers and instruc
tions v.ill piea3e renew them a3The list has
been lost.
—.-we-
Frou Art,urea.— The last accounts we have
from Atlanta state that a heavy fight- was pro
gressing. No particulars as yet have bcc-n re
ceived as to tl.a result.
Sat.", cr 15jura in Richmond.—The second
auction sale of the new guaranteed six per cent
bonds tool; place ia Richmond last week. The
prices ranged from 127 to 136—averaging 130.
Lincoln and eh Abmission or the Confute,
kate (status. —The following is the proclama
tion of Lincoln about tho admission or “restor
ing” of States to the ‘‘Union.’’
where,- .at the late s-.-.-sidh, Congress passed
c. Mii “to guraatee to certain States, "whoso
governments have been usurped or overthrown
a republican form cf government-,’’ a copy of
which is hereunto annexed:
And whereas, the said bill was presented to
tire President of the United Stales for approv
al less than one hour before the sine die ad
journ incut of said session, and was not signed
by him:
And whereas, tho said bill contains, among
other things, a plan for restoring the States in
i -.-hellion to their proper practical relation in
the Union, to which expresses the sense of
Congress upon that subject, and which plan it
is now thought fit to lay before the people for
tlieit consideration:
Nov., therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, Presi
dent of the United States, do proclaim, declare
and make k:mv.\i that, nhile I am (as T was ia
December 1 -V v, I.erfby proclamation I r ro _
un and a plan for restoration.) unprepared,
by ah rmal -pro vat of tins bill, to be inflexi
bly c--- -vit. !to any single pi iatf restoration;
and while I :;n also uunic, ircd to dcciaic that,
thp free State constitutions and governments
ah’e.'i !y adopted and iu:-.T-:il«*.-I in Arkansas and
Loui.-h-.iia shall bo set aside and held for
naugh , ,!•■< rci v • spelling and discouraging tl:e
loyal citizens who have set up tho ssuio ns to
further clibit, or to declare a cocstituiional
coir potency in Oongres3 to abolish slavery in
S-rd 1.. :-;n .. tim same time s-iccerely hop
mg: &n<l tu • tin that a constitutional amend -
tn< nt feb : sUmg slavery throughout tbe nation
may •.- do;-:id, neverUiele-s lam lnlly satis
fied with .he :yc:tia for the restnratiou con
tained in ti . bill as one very proper plan for
tlie ley,-.: people of any State choosing to adopt
it, ami i- nil tiiuea sii-iii bo prepared to give
the ]•; ecutuoat-! aim as-istance to any s
-k, scva as tho military resistance to tho
United Sea: „■ ahull been suppressed in
any such spue, and the people thereof shall
have s-r-ffi; i- :;y returned to their obedience t a
tne Const:iuUju and laws of the United q.: ~ .
in wirich cases military Governors wilt boa]: ,
pointed v, iiu di.c ;'k; ; to proceed according to :
the bill.
Gallant -Exploit on the Roanoke. —The
Gold,tbnro, N. C. State Journal gives the an
nexed account of a gallant affair which occur
red on the Roanoke river a few days since:
P'h.-.i: etficcr Albert Clark, and Pilot Hop
kit;.-, boil-, of the Confoder ;te steamer Albe
marle, ami private Frank R. O’Brien, of the
Mcnigomay True Blue?, Artillery, were on a
scout some mii-s below Plymouth, and within
a mile of a Yankee gunboat, on the Roanoke,
on the morning of the 4th of July. Whilst
fueling their v. ay along the bank of ihe river
they -vttvived a ccupie of canoes each having
three men armed with ride?, and each a couple
of navy revolvers.
The cauo-.s were stealthily creeping np the
bank and were not perceived till abreast of our
scouts. The thr-.<: gallant Cofederates levelled
tiu ir ghtir at • k Y. .lees and ordered them to
bait. One v: dm c..a ~ ■ i so, but the other
made an at tempt to escape, on which Signal
Officer Clark . erd ;s so some imaginary
forces ia ti e bv.-h-:.- to look after “that boat,”
when It, bailed. The Yankees were then
ordered to throw their which
they quickly did. Two of them were then or
dered to get into other canoe aad the remain
ing man was ordered to pa.ldle in shore and
take the "Cdm ” on beard. He dd so, but
swore roundly when !;•? t .w but three step in.
it was too Talc, however.:':.-! that kind of thing,
aad om >:rc .vd themselves at the stern
of the boAC,«'.-.L- ; w the paity “forward” aad
made them “p tie their own cancos” to Piy
meuib, where they were duly handed over to
Capt. Mafht.
Our gtlLvut boys then paddled back and
fished , o l:x splendid rules and twelve pitt
ed: winch wereg mc-roasly presented to them
| by cAptak. M. with the wi..;.itmal compliment
I oi fifteen nays furlough each.
FROM VIRGIMA.
nr-TBincnos op li;;coix's Drccinxrrs.
On the same portion of our lines a few even
icc. since, a kite was scxi to ascend from the
Y bee works, ami ti;. p•• ■ ,-s e>: ug 1 i:i i; e
at i ■ 1 som si lat juv< ii
••o .ve her string,’’ until ii hovered Im’arci-;
ly over onr emrenebmeuts. The. cord which
bound i' then sever. .; .! down came the
kite. The “mil'’ was found to consist of sun
dry copies of Old Abe's preekiuiaiioa of last
December, granting an amavsty to every reKi
who would lay down ha arm ; , and return to
the embrace of-the best governm -at tho world
ever saw. Crow;/ of v vi. - d.e
breastworks to see the effect of the discovery;
whereupon our boys placed thews. Iv:: in full
view of the enemy, and by a “gyration’’ of
the thumb on the nose, with tho 'digits ma
nipulating rapidly, gave the invaders to under
stand that they would not accept Lincoln's of
fers.
amusing incident.
Qnitc a ludicrous incident occurred on our
Chesterfield front a dav or two since. One of
the rebel privates, who boasts a Hurt which
was once wnde, subjected it to the waffling pro
cess. and after cleaning jj t ., the best of' his
ability, hriug it on a stick, paur placed the stick
in tue trenches. Ik;, wind was blowing bri k
ly, and the shirt soon became snfiMratly dry
to flutter i,i the brec;:?, which it d'd. with no
litrte dis day. Prose .By a couple of Federal
officers, very liai:■ ’a:’m S. 7 un’fi:r'fi. were t-xen
advancing to our 1 o-, with a vfffi >:| . hois
ti-.1. 1 hey soon r. .xeked-our breastwork--., and
ranked as Major, enq-; iv-J with be
conaiog gravity, “Gentlemen! what is your
wish? “I dou t underst-ind you. sir.’’ respond
ed the Confederate officer of the day. “You
have displayed Hie white fly?,’’ qulfkly rejoiu
ed the \aakco, “and wo have come to see its
cause.’’ “Yea are mistaken, sir. k’s only a
newly washed i.Yrt, im- ; —>' t: and v.” Y;m
keefllfi ■ ' ■ ' , . ■yth nat
tne f:/olh-ierate v.tx: - . :,-g, . t':;.
ing thof truth as well aa
his position, his demure jadily relaxed
into a broad V. u om r.r. ->r word, tho
couple about fee 1 c ... soon sou .id their way
baoti to their own lines.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
There is but 11:He change in tec sliuntion
around I'ctei.-L-iir;.'. 100 Yuekova con 'an; j
their slieMuig of tie p' :.c.
Persons from the >: ' .iff he . CSr : Point ;
state that Grant is n;,. ngl.;, u-oops around
f: -it place. Graut;'. ueadqu .-.no a,.■ afi : -;
there.
The cavalry again occupy Sufi' TANARUS,
and lhe cars run daily from Norfolk to that
place. ■ •
ffieridp.Ti'r. forces -ms ■ IhrongH Suffolk four
or five day:, age-, snpp-i-r.ed to bo on their way
to MaryKn.i. but amir ikslination avis not
posit:. ely known.
Harr!'.':; army is said to have been badly
whipped recently near lec/.bur >•.
Yankee prl.-o:: s state that Grant is not
dt: id.
Passen; trains p entire line
. :ho
: ' .v. The {ruck is now fuffy rep'-’;; v and the
! rood is a much belter O'no tfiau i( ever was be-
i..re, lnc-iri ol the rail torn up by the raidcas
I sing the- Hot iv.ii:, which' Lae been replaced I
v.it.i lhe he ;»y T lvfil.
We liav.i av.shentio inform?.!:'on of the K .k
--ieg ot iCtumporlH in she J-imcs river. C'U ■ ;t
--nrdfty even rig' Major Ski’.k;* took some artil
lery down tiio nvar aid nunk. two trensiiorls
loaded with troops, and drove live others back
tiift. wt.ie tfyffig to go .own tho river.
It is ruaiyreri at ilichmcad that Eamseur’s
command has been cut io pieces in the vaiiey.
The u port is not credited.
John 11. Harr, sutler of Hue i ithTennespes
regiment, 1-us been avrcs-it.d in I’aud
committed to Gast’-e Thunder on the cliargc of
treason. His offence consists in ingratiating
himself into the good graces of a’cltizon of
Hanover, nt which place lie remained for over
two months. Whoa Sheridan’s raiders- ap
peared in the neighborhood, he forced his host
to take to rtio woods for safety, and tbea as
sumed entire control of the place, entertaining
the Yankees in flue style, end piloting them
about various parts of the country. Wbilfl
the owner of the place at which he was sojourn
ing was in the woods a Yankee guard was sta :
tioned close by with ir.stit: .'lions to shoot-him
should he show li;nisei;, and but for the faith
fulness of oaa of hirt stori-anir., who watched tho
opportunity to carry him scmetbing to eat, he
would surely have star/. ■’ to death. A forged
will was drawn tip by Id- in which the
whole of his host’s pu-;i. rty wr-s made over
to himself, and il. was on tbi-' accvaar, perhaps,
that hf> d.c 'rfd him to b: kliß-J. • 5 fact.-:
are attested toby n number of (ha res
pectable dtisena of Ihmover and adjoining
conntiex
mh u-s if-’gsiiwir -ii ?r £fitf4 il -
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FROM : FRONT
From tho most; reliable account's that reach
nr. the enragsiu/M/i. on Ft: / y was a savete a;ui
;vmgun'» on?. The ei. '” ; rv fid y 1
, his forci-i. ; our left, which ~ - uvvor m#
j command, of Lieut. Gen. A. P. Stewat
| cLargeu ur inch g'se.fi ■ ■ ’ y v::e m f
j t'v rtie s: '■ iriraen com; : ' M this wing wt' a
eadinsi-.sra, and thc.r -fi v; ’ repulsed, bio
-SOM.' '.ht’v be..l .. I.’ '. 1 f fi- A
were- ordered to leap ov *r ;heir works and
make s counter char-re. Leaping ever their
entrenchments, Stewart’s men rushed ou the
I retreating ene: >y. and vi h the wildest shout
and S!i; I r.:e b.-io'Um charged teen:. A? rora
as our men were perceived iashing Lnv.-rd
ti
but th";. c >uid not vrithsiand the iiapetu.csit’y
of our ii who rushed forward, cany lag
every fi g b.-fore tceu, audeaptm.ingl at
toi-y asher batt.-:y of artillery, as well as some
tweniy-tevou hundieil pris -uars All of the
enemy's ‘draff and wounded were left in oar
hand#, so rapidly ’M wo chars*. In this bril
liant man: er iwo liner, of i*r.tiencb;.i : ' T U were
carried and victory sa: upon ouv arn’-:-. boring's
divUi-.'n l ; s aid to he.ve disfioguiriied it- IF;
aad tiio Missourians in French’s division itn
mortalized themselves, by the most brilliant
charge of the day. •
Stewart's work was over but no sooner was
if excluded then a severe lire was heard on
the left flank and rear of the enemy. Har
dee’s corps, had early in the morning, taken
up its line of march,ao soon cs the firing
commenced, rapidly moved round ihoontai/’s
li ink and strucu hi . i iu the rcur ot bis left
v-ing. Tbe fighting was short but desperate,
lak.a by mivoi'so : they wore, tec ene
my fought with great .-of.:; mi cation., but could
not resist (ho impetuosity of our forces.
Is was ia the early par of the fighting that
Major General W. il. T. Walicrr was killed.—
01 ps.
The cud < f ;!:‘s movenu nt tu,s. ‘fi t tho cue-'
... j itre a:t the posi -
don <• •; eoa-pred.
A. Ye.:!; : . . ' xr::!;’’ , r-ypesed do be filcifi'Or
son, ia sakl t; lmv Mfii-vcd id b great valor.
He ivai Eliot through tha h.;iirt by one of our
r harp-hooters and fiffUdc; i .. ; Lie horse.
Hi a body was in: iiea_.fiy rexn, oi by the Fed
ei’als.
•Th • h-rs o : Hue e' orn” hi eafirnffed bv good
! Cos; ' , ; .:.. iuds'is. o ! fir-s fi i bvm ■ ;
• > ■m■ ii t a : ■ mci. Aat -■> ieni
ivegs i:• : I'lr.cer-. Our tosa was also evefe,
nud Wiil esn: l.r- theusau. i Mui --r Gen,
tho OBtlj cf
cuv g'.de.
-. ais ropre ehted to boa vast ’.c ;i ff :it.
Tiunsand-: of our wuuud:;-! ttiueo of tho
Yankees rr.vo been l;re>' k o lhe i;ih% ami i
i l'.: ei.’ 'la as e !. —
Ccmparai. .'Sty few fi Vo urr'vod In Macon us
yet. *
Tii-; sr’ii'e of Georgia e con,lag lorv.v.-I by
tboueand-i, ; < fi. a ... c . ’Il • j -t heavy a •
E-st : It ■di !• t ■ Hoo I’s : any; Vet>
I-'.-: 'ill IK-1 ii
!'• fil tut »o.fi . led • ''.care Lou cut:... the
lire in t ; ■ .vir ke”, ■ 1 .fiv; /-keul: uvu, an.
tid eu. .!'■■ - 'fii .. f..,‘e u- i .fi. .: ifiaoy
dayr.. We bo-,. '. e wifi seen be doable
quiikine ivom .■• -vfi.
Fie.--.... d-is iv o-ic ... at'urda ? men■-
ing, report ii? !>..; : dd r. ii p; u '■ ug, .i hey
state that : he meiny .■' ■ n dvi en beyond
the Gocrpid no.' It lifiu. that S, as now ia our
-seven 1 idred prisoners
bivo be. a c.or.ruva.;, a. a.y.v. picci .sos ar
tifioi’y cliff se x”: 1 i.do.'l of colors. Tlu; lore-.
<'■: of H.-'i-man foil Kn.k i ’ fi a Wertem
& Atlantic 1. a.'!, and wefe ’ ficii between that
the 6t ;ia ■ oi .. . b of; Ali.
Ouv a : ai\: iiehaving ;ik3 t’.iro?;), and the iu
dic. r' ; ons are that al! i.lea-.of giving up the
eifi' L ivo been Abandoned.
Tt.vfifi.s from th-- i ci.t rejw’sent the slaugh
ter of the enemy to have been very great. \ffo
•nv:- .111 I eat; of viu> ices cu either side, but
the enemy’.i. Loin tbe f rot of t-ieir being taken
iu front t,nd flank, was many times greater
than our ow:t.
of cnc-ety—supposed to have
bct.ii'ffrar cf Gen. ii. u's—imikauid the example
of Cos!. fson Laris : Luo; a. Vi fia, ard
f. ■■■■■■id iu the shape of ij.j l:,fier V. the acute
angh fi: the It :.’; iru it aciro flanked them,
i ■ it killed werat tpl ti 1.
Tiio o’.jrot of tbe on;my was to gain the
Jlasoa A i-'. ..r i R-ilkoau by iuarcbiag
orounJ ihojh' .‘1 ic.e of the city, end thus sur
i md it. But t ity wet e drh . a bads t > the
Augfii-tii V ad, hail, a a-.-ier-s tiiai end forced
backed to a pouliio.; northerof tbe city.
It was ” ported that Gen. Clobnra was
sliwlilTy wounded but did no!; ltavo the field.
< )n tqt two other Got r< un fed, i u.
lictui”;' ii known ct the Hiiih o! thet;:: reports..
fiie "V . ace.; coniiitu-i to thei: ' AU.-.nU.
r.ltruy buildings inn t ; een fero aud V.-x-d by
I’m ml'tjiics. Aut.nv women'and chis- •
,dren real : dis
' o fi ..' Cli Try's ffi :. 1
i!e ;■ ' .... .. in ; e much disturbed Ly their
dangerous position.
Sever;-! pc;sons hove beer. kiilJd mid woun
ded by the explou.oiis. Ou Friday i white
man i.u and . o end two negroes
wounded on riie ::lr.: i L. .-ao Franklin. Flint*.
in ; Offi so. Ou whilst tin
was t-nguc.; • .. botying _tlie body ot ono of
9 sill 11
the fi : ral art . . ff ; . : .. fi in ihc
cemc.i' .ry :' 'o Ono .v;:s hurt, but the .monu
ments uudv'tsk- , were very much broken.
This must fi ;a; I- ;.a c.vicedlngly deiiffkuul
ps o| le ?ho are -trying I q
teach «3 Chiiyliaaicy und irc-ivor nr, lrom bar
barism by effective iff-rce measures.
A great many boo-ms ou i'-jachtreo street
ive aeen cei iplel ly toi uto pi -ci iby
dc-vtractive shots t 1...- rained on it. This be
ing t’.-s most promise it por<sf t he city and
plainly expo'--cd to viev.', iba enemy has easy
and accurate range of the place.
On Satur lay a soldier was walking in the
passenger depot with a sack of com on his
back. A shell entered the sack and exploded,
without injury to lhe man.
A gen’ leman from Atlanta says ho was ia
formed by a good many of our soldiers, and
tba testimony iv y so roffcita-ent fiat he. could
net doubt if, tlul tb-j Yimkco prisoners report
ed themsel . .. in a ; .: . - Tuition, They
stated they bad received no ialiens fer three
days. They ;aso reported that no trains Lad
comedown for four or live days. As these
prisoners were captured on th<) extreme left of
Shot man’s lino, it may well he that their ease
was exceptional, and as to the arrival of rail
road trains !o Sherman, they u-\y well have
been cnff-ely I" ' er ol what v/.-.s taking
piece at'fi.-s tbe river.
Uox li ii
du-aics bold au : Mir;-!::- \v ” .. Bboiinan wiil
; ■.. and burrow uudt z our
lines and grow fiat on regular and bountiful
supp.’ns duly rec- red on effsrJv." Uinn from
L.c ii:-:; ilie via t. ■ . Dalton, We
do.-e aULr.'.i bis jier’ffh will: oon beg.a togrt w
n con Lfcrta tie aid pr; ri nts At tan 6a will
ml , t iso i will be on
.:. Lefci':: f'.o w«;hi is m.-uy dayt;
01d'."..
T egetfit ff i iff-: ” t ?.t cur on !
tiro loss ia iha tteiffri; baif'c: vi’: not are.aunt i
to more tJisc five thotw- 5. The 1 .. < f tho i
in kill* 1-wounded ukb, Las
aim heeu'ovc-Mated. fthey fought fer the raoci j
| e. :
£ " ■ .■
ready to r , ■ ' v:n i-jt er thoii gaLant
1 shah svo ihe.--'.'ffi. Our wound:d are :
v.-.jli cared : r, uni uea ■ their r-iisfotti nes lffie i
1 cross Ss .loin is a comp-‘trifit board in she :
bocpita’..:,.
The movement of Iff riec a;., dost the ene- I
ro 'Molt tvi:;;ff, v.".- • o tho - mstd '.in-.;!
the war, afiui acer lets Miquoise. 11.., men
dashed upon the . .v- as a f-term lon iff •
clouds, ;ti. Iso p ' fft'cbi: w-v. a tho y u ada:
that the l'h;t hue l.rev/d ; . ; th.fir and
iin towards our ::', . the top* of
‘ ' I .■
TANARUS: e pr!.era ;X to ff- ;.a”, YLivdeo 'iG.»' ked
the seeou.l line r.u.-l ear 1., 1 is, bus wihi con
sidcuihie L;£S to Iff' corps. He held their
VG-ffi fur mere t.1,;..a a dev. no scrLim i.ffi;;,
i-e'i.g : ; to iy lest film then moved to
n tmare fruitful p ■; Ia ol field.
it w <i in i-:- t■:.IIL ;t LiV.it. Joe Cloy iff;,
bers: ci■(.■■■••>. Gist’s , laid', fell, a shell iv,y
xu off bo.h kg-: and horribly matilded
!••. h U s jo’.r _ov krotbc;-, private Win.
Ne.i i)';i’ersuo*'. ffoaiirff c.i toe disaster a: 1 er
th.o l.sff. i” ived to avenge Lb' brolher’r.
death. »L...'.g : .Dirs. . c;i picket doty, head*
3 the fro; o the < em; ?g lin s all
at ;ne as: i pern I"*e o er f.rc t;• ;hcm until
ter ' >‘r. Lad bees i xpuaL >; :’.en ho fell
dc:. !, pb.rced three -h the ) -:iu with a b.fii.—
Ai last accounts Lis body usd not been recov
ered. ,
The cm ray Lav . * ti: heavy i-srrotgnne yost
ted on J,chills a--s t! rae mriea south-weit
of the cilv. from which ihey contiuue, miy and
■ ...... into tue town, 1
. .
ed but little desire to renew the ii & ht.
juntas« ff"'"*:"
ss.'ffi:sSffffi:
tL” itilTtccrv shops. -S '■ men iti tne uru./c-ni of
f .p,V ;.. 1 :iti- ! sou riksged prext h. ; frnao.
root to cellar in ieiv.ch ot whiskey r.ud tobac
; co.
Geu. Hood ’: .•. jnnl’y anlradtoafiy cfear.g
--! «ag th-3 cooff.i ->n of th :s-s ,n the horse d»-
• partiusut. He diaaouatod the command that
s.i. and Atlanta, some nights ago, and is cxccu
- . striryeut orders to dismount every
• ” .. a .: fi .: ’ naan who is found absent
fro r. is command.
. i ht the enemy made a heavy
fi -a on our centre, with the appa
. feioiag our lines, and to gain a
i: , a- a _o of position which would
a;,..: ... .' ip:iui ! cns much more effective.
ywerer Cheatham’s corps,
l.i- i . y suffered disastrously during tho
• fi-. . ..against the impenetra
l •: : -5i .hat veteran general and his
invincible soldiers
: fi o .'utility of their opera
.:i .. ’ . •. resumed his former position
a .! fire ; . .1 iff- works especially tho
v.l;.,fi. Wop:, lime he will patiently try the
etl cvf i .fi. fi - r.nd siege approaches, those
ofi ire ope." i :ic ns tb it have biien so eminent
b firffi . I. » peculiarity of his plans and
' ei; •.ects;-:'.;! hitherto. But wo suspect that
he will Iv foiled completely and his strategy
over wltob-.ivd by the rapid movements of an
fi -i -i vul where enterprise is not inferior to
his own.
Tfi.fi Hint i Relief Committee are busy dis
r-fi '.'.iffifi- rati ms to destitute women and chil
dren.
On he evening of July 24, while sitting on
the pi .: :. ' of a house with.'several ladies
and gentlemen, one of the latter suddenly
exrlr.fi ac t, “ Look there !” Immediate
ly we I.v.iked ia tho direction indicated.
A shell was mal-fiicr its way directly towards
n«. f. . ihr.i l had only time
t•; In -p ro .void being st: uck. l'assing about
tv ■■ fi iii'.i'fie C'-.-ur file heads cf the ladies’
iff o v.-eie sit'l” ;• op, -osite me, it exploded
itely over my Bead
li.fii 1 »R«i.»• • -d ray body, I would certain.
!y have been si: uck by the missile, as sparks
from a.: 1 • . fuse Jew in my face. A frag
ment of th fi.cil mode Ite way through the
; : id near which I was sitting,
and 'tnan’s shoulder—who, by this
t■■ .v’.ii ■ i .fii. /, 1. •. I entered the passage
' '.fi- ■■!-!• .fi :if ilo ei', glanced and lodg
e ■ and:. i .■ r ,:i' :v j s.;age-way, between
the fi ! .• r.n 1 parutloa. Then there was
a ... 1 -, Jodliog for the cellar, where tho
fi.fi:: : . ■ :ff M remain. My escape was
i .- ‘fi.'ff -as—indeed the escape ot all was a
laired;).
F ,: Yrciwff i'rom Gen. S. D. Lee have
: '-'iv 1. ' ' ; a. largo number of troops from
Hie : .' v.'v cetlon are on their way.
f in ii'.-.ospirits, eager for a fight,
>'i to. ; of t.access, and while thby deplore
tho remavul ot Gen. Jolinrtou, have implicit
iu Gen Hi od and a fixed and term
l.-.: . i ,o - ..a : y- him and never allow At
‘■iiff ’ .o !'• ' ir.iO the bauds of the Yankees.
Li ,ed that at the lima when Hardee
ti'.riic,! t-h? enemy's flank on Friday, the first
; •.-e.'.id regi fieuis of the Georgia State line
1 '• e ■!'•£:. (.eiiirg, and had the orders been
nprty c: .filed cut and these regiments
fi’.p.'ri.d, they would have held the
;• ./.'art; .a i ;.'ci tl;.: ere my, and Hardee
ii-.— > -_.fiffi.fi ! many more prisoners.
TANARUS” c:-I iy i '.avc iff; or tunc-d their lines consid
. . ly : t’.. . .HU of July L'2. Our right
y nv.- a ? hfis l.i advance of the position it
.-a vie:;.-: to that engagement.
Im, ihicc i-'fiffifivie; to the right
; M . ad, betwi-i-ii that and the Tur
ner’s Ferry road, and a Parrot gun near Gon.
J:,I ston’s old in:., ifififi.rters on the Marietta
vad, whi.'U kw thrown the principal shells
iff. / ka'i o .alien i:; I ho'city.
'file enemy at nre . nt seem to be acting ou
lho clefen-Vive, throwing up fortifications to
t;old l‘i3 r 'i-.-n pivpr.rqtcvy to the iuaugnra
-1 .ri cf an r flank novemenf, which, we have
to Lciieve, vail bo' less successful than
heretofore,
Among tho Yankee officers captured is Lieut.
Brcekeniiago, son of Rev. Dr. Breckenridge,
of Ky.
Got. Sam Benton, of Mississippi, wounded in
Friday’s light has been obliged to have his
rug amputated.
L'.ff.e advices from middle Tennessee repre
sent the crops as good, and tho people hopeful.
Cltksna, tr-. t, in several instances soldiers,
a'fiff.y, :;s scoals for our army have been cap
tured and shot—in gross violatioa of the
usages of warfare.
AmoYT the Yankee officers captured on Fri
day, was Col. Montgomery, who with his cav
alry marauders in north Alabama last winter
won an infamy equal to that of Turohia. A
Cos; ‘ - Hr; to soldier, whoso aged father he bad
penult tod ids ruffians to whip upon the back
•: .1 c.'-.r other indignities, recognizing him,
begged pcitau-Gioa, to guard him, but for fear
of violence it was refused. He had already
’ ost an am.
iio au evidence of Gen. Hood’s determina
t:cn to'ff.eiei’.se iff.) rdrongth and efficiency of
the army, at: Olde r has just been issued, from
hc-'u'q.:r- p.iirii'gall able-bodied men in
Gin dtiibi-: is J-..-. \ents to report at once at
... ; t\-.<:. : r. - ff.ff.fi fi. whenever it can pos
.'■■■ Iff. heads of departments to*per
. liie'i'r.'.vn clerical labor, and, when that
i; «:tprae:ie, Me. Hsi omplcymc-nt of men im
ft'lfid tor fi off.fi '. Tills order is directed, not
i-» Gnartcnnasteiv, Oomaaissarios, Com
te .-ii ffo.sff, iff'.'o'.fistrf Marshals' o-ndSur
but loffo to ff.o ifi: ; :ifi:fis, Enforced if,
’id” : fi.ff several liunuaad additional men to
the field.
S'. ; :ff ipr ff-.ffitry of our troop3 in tliG
; sffiis:uuuceff;.] by oneof.the
Y:u»kco officers wiio fell into our hands by call
s'attention to the fact that while they had
be n i-ep.iUod in on at temp Mo storm our works
v;Usi a force Eavcncoinmns deep we had carried
theirs in the recent fight with a single line.
i re repent fight, G.'.pt. Farris, formerly
corivspoDtli-at of lhe At! vita . Register, was
kiiied ; : s :. Matthews, formerly correspond
ent of i. .- Affra.nta Appeal, lost a leg, and
'Capt. Cli'.skey, formerly editor of the Mom
pkis Avidau:sr, was seriously if not fiitajly
wounded. ' *
'The b'Viffff.Tjs have brought nearly their en
hvo force ;u.xos;r the river, mid have hut few
troops to guard their line of communication
f:om ffffs'i. ta. In the lull of active hostili
ties they -.i"j busily engaged repairing the rail
road I;:-;.' s. cerata the Chattanoochee, and it
is lapijoscd task.work will ho completed by
Tixursi o? ;!icy i .ff nearly finished iton
ye:s 'a s.y. (: :■. Hood lemains quiet while
trio y viiri; ;it ino t->‘.gcs, for, as wo learn, he
atiticip-Nf-.K poasesslou of them before
they caa ire them.
's o tanks':: prisoners appear to be much
v s .4 as s, <• 'pellc.u to walk ninety miles
’ . ... ff, ;;■! a,' eueviil officer remarked
t-is-'s r \ l.• su Dalton to Atlanta, of their
a;.c ff (.:•;! can - march from thence to
.ff on *o s '.ff'y our wish:
< TL” - - iy of riheriix-a’s army is now cn
tffi: • i : A:.'.antic Railroad, end west
ing out to get hold of
: - 's> s:, v.h- .e trie Is,so railroads intersect
ea/.ffx other. •
- -norm—
I- is rt: -1 that Kirk’s body of tories who
h 'sTSiffifing Western'North Caro
' have been surprised ajt Tay*’
1 i : forty killed and Kirk
; !.:;:s ;L ce,; ■ a-vd.
■ Wffirais.uk3!?V: : : .tSaiirtSTf ’.'.‘^S^TSSiTJLSS
' ___ C jffffilEßClAL.* ■
i /F.: RETS.
" ; ;cMv r.-gsrt Aug. 1, P, M,
ffs... ' . - ff! ffff.ff new currency; silver,
j 1! e.w aurr.T.ry ; Sterling exchange sl-8
", Iff ': > ! r :s ,i.,ti. 2 ,3,00 r. .nina!; Confederate
■ff■ . s : ; :•; I ;• ff-sc, I3 to 20; do. short
■ ff.:;, 7 i”at■.boi.d ff, Coaßs; Cper cent,
1 • ■ •*; € eioff lean bon.ffi J,76; 7 per cent
. : ia Lc.‘d 000. Bath xdiih 800. 7,80s
! tO.. 83.
i ' . M-uk'.-t quiet; Middling to good
i Mi i . ■, s 1.0 ; ‘1.20.
; equotedoraov.des as follows '■
m elii s 2,00 ; J sheeting 2,00' ; 4-4 sheet
s i.ff; 0.-nabur,;i'-3; yarns, $34 to 38 per
hunch. Vis., iitile demand owing to lack of
transportation.
Fi, —; ;*.:jO;v2aO per 1J;1.
.;ffiy.'ffc: , J2oa2"> per bushel; Com,
16 :peas, $15,-
tv 3 x”. : isffsO; I- .'-'icy, «10,00; oata SJaS.
ff: e;, Pkovd-Joss, Ac.—Bacon, $300a4
f , +.*’}- f: i yf-A "oouccl; flco 40a=>0c; sagar
•js
■IS)"
ffffvff
Is V ~ff . F 2 0,00 per ewt: shucks lz,oo per
r - ... ff ’' Tit Iff V cwt; tallow 4 00,5 per
•ff . .. ‘ ff ff. y 1 is; T - bine oil
' j /,.• .1 r ra:!; pepper 10,00 per lb;
ff... uisiffi per lb.; Iron. Swedes, 5,00; bi
carb. tvoa, 4a5; starch 300 ; dry hides Soa7 pr
lb.
C rvr- *■' P ':. —Reef, 2.50a3.50 perdbnett;
>. . • .vi '■<;'-r lb.ncit; mutton, 300a350;-
i ”,t i” ■ Ohlckcus, s4alQ each; turkeys
- /•” : : ' ff "v ffi,3o psr doz; butler, $5;
Irish poffitoc?, &1S per bushel.
Siarkei—July 2 i.
ff i S:» p:r bu.-Ul; L-ibh
’ : - •; •• •'• o per baJiel; tune- *.s« a
■ . ••
- ri. . :-:Jl fir a 70*2 per lb; osr.a*
BY TELEGRAPH.
APPEAL FROM ATLANTA 'RELIEF COM-
MiTTEF. #
The Atlanta Reliel Committee are in need
of supplies of all kinds for the numerous wound
ed here, and earnestly ask that meats, ccoked
and uncooked, vegitables and supplies be sent
for distribution.
Packages can be sent by the Southern Ex
press Company, addressed to Wra. McNaught,
President Atlauta Relief Committco.
DEATH OF LIEUT. COL. JOHN M. BROWN.
Lieut. Col. John M. Brown, a brother of tho
Governor, who was iu command of his regi
ment. the Ist Georgia State line, while leading
a charge on a battery of the enemy, in tho.
battle before Atlanta, on Friday last, fell woun
ded, and died at the Executive mansion July
25. This was the second time this gallant
young officer had been wounded in battle, with
in the last two months. He died iu the tri
umph of a Christian faith.
FROM THE GEORGIA FRONT.
The enemy made aa attempt July 24 to
break our lines, but were repulsed by Cheath
am after a conflict of ono hour.
During tbe day quiet prevailed around tho
city tho only demonstrations being occasional
picket firing.
At midday the Yankees opened with shell
again upon the city, shelling an hour with
some vigor.
No notice of the intention to shell the city
was given to enable women and children to re
move to a place of safety. This barbarous vio
lation of the usages of civilized warfare only
enabled him to murder a few non-combatants.
Most of the 6hells came from twenty-pounder
Parrott guns on the line of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, with occasional missiles
from another gun east of tho city.
The gallant operations of Wednesday and.
Friday teem to have impressed the Yankees
with a wholesome desire to strengthen their
flanks, which they are now doing.
The following address to the troops was read
this’ morning:
HkaUq’rs Abut or Tenn. \ ’
In the Field, July 25th. \
Soldiers : Experience has proved to you that
safety in time of battle consists in getting into
close quarters with the enemy. Guns and col
ors are the only unerring indication of victory.
The valor of troops is easily estimated, too, by
the number of these secured.
If your enemy be allowed to continue tba
operations of flanking you out of position, our
cause is ia peril. Your recent brilliant succour,
proves the ability to prevent it. Y'ou have but
to will and God will graut us tho victory your
commarder and your country so confidently
expect.
(Signed) ' J. B. Hood, General.
Brig. Gen. A. Shoup has been appointed
chief of staff of this army.
FROM yiRGINIA.
The enemy is reported tossing a portion of
one corps to the Fjovth side of the James river
on Friday nffiar City Point, doubtless for the pur
pose of preventing our artillery from firing up
no their transports.
A captain and fifty’ men of the’ 162 New
York Regiment, just from New Orleans, were
captured last night when landing near Deep
Bottom, below Chaffins Bluff.
Public interest is again directed to the north
side of the James River,, below Deep Bottom,,
by tho presence of a large force of Grant's,
army sent over for the supposed purpose of
preventing our field batteries from firing ott
their transports.
A telegram from Early states that the Yan
kees have retreated accross the Potomac at
Williamsport, burning over seventy wagons,
and abandoning twelve caissons.
Our forces held Martinsburg.
The Yankees retreated in great disorder
from the Northern side of the James river.
A special this evening to tho Whig, dated
Harrisonburg, July 2Sth, says:
Our foicep met the enemy near Winchester
on Sundaj^ifterrroon.
Breckinridge’s and Gordon’s divisions were
chiefly engaged. The former led the skirmish
line.
The enemy soon broke and fled in all direc
tions.
Wo pursued them to Bunker Hill, twelve
miles below Winchester, and captured fifteen
hundred to two thousand prisoners.
The enemy burnt their wagons, and threw
their guns and knapsacks away.
It was a worse stampede rout than the first
Manassas. The victory was complete. Pris
oners are still coming in.
Our loss in killed and woounded is not tnoro
than fifty er sixty—only ten or fifteen killed.
The force of the enemy is estimated at
16,(?J0.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. LEE.
lIEADff.uAUTKRS, tyc., July 25.
To the Secretary of War;
Gcd. Early states that ’ he attacked Major
Gen. Crook on the 24th, on the October battle
field at Kearnstown, completely routing him,
and pursued him five miles beyond Winches
ter, where he was compelled to halt from the
exhaustion of his men, they having, marched
twenty-five miles that day.
The pursuit was continued by our cavalry.
Among the prisoners captured was Brig.
Gen. Milligan, who was mortally wounded.
Biig. Gen. Lilly and other officers, and merr
captured on the 20th were recovered.
The strength of the enemy is stated to have
been 15,000 infantry, besides cavalry, under
Avciill.
(Signed) R. E. Lee, General.
INTERESTING FROM EUROPE.
A dispatch from the society for obtaining a
cessation of hostilities in America waited upon
Lord Palmerston on tho 15th, and urged tho
Government to mediate for tho restoration of
peace between the hcligerentr..
They urged that the independence of the
Confederacy was virtually accomplishad, and
any prolongation of the war would result
in mutual slaughter,
Palmerston, in reply said that they who in
quarrels interpose will often wipe a bloody
nose. Ho was no t afriad of the bloody nose,
but he feared that mediatory proposals would
be Tbe llwTfrora the Continent indicates a
peaceful settlement of the Dano-German quos
lion.
Confederate loan ha3 further advanced and
was buoyant. |
(State of okoroj a. Richmond count*.
8 OivSkimder my band an,l oftelal denature, at office ia Au-
LI xv ID 1,. ROATH, Ordinary.
to .iff: a aag.-'.man slave named IISJ, bffa ngin* tolfceeeUM
ct John K. Crocker, late of raid court... deccaj , e( f.
BLajamin f. hall,
JuiySl Sw3l Administrator.
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