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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1864)
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Oti the liil'.l .laritiury tlio cnf*niv, licliov ■ i. t; that (.oily it K.iii-ii'.i'ii oeoupioil jj.'.!«.>rs, (a ■ _ 11. fuicc iiuviiifi l:t(-a ecut tot': -i of BtJUrtiMiiptii aij-l Alubuma) adtv.ncod iti our H(.< on :i-f i ' iir c•• .. .ad v.. 'c, til-iI ”-it!i wiili ”rP".t i• ii(.lt’ll. .)ol,t,>'('.iii ijo./ ■ inloiol ir.' rriH.i.tly to fortify iiiit (io.;i:io;i nu l ■ in. ■ t:o (In; Micuytb of lift iiii.iy. iintiy i-» ■ Min.' I ii.-nil U. Ini’. i ■ /’Uj’lof' 91 H iM'(i):i wil.li ii i h in my ! ill,Wo ■ -/. ,tv.; io I'.ilii.’jt < itr v.oilt.i in lu.nt of i'l (.'rtti: (.up ;■ ini Kooky tu' ;i 'i ll'.diliy;, in w) ion in'; v, ci j.n.ulivd v.it o n ] .. over .'o ' », tin: < n niny lo.iti' flat;!-, ino.; ‘ill '"i ! . *c'.n Va'l.ty, tv .: >lh ik i, 10.0.’ c JoOj ■kin n ..i Itii”” (i.'ji. "J'lii.i niovcii.t.rit coii>i>i‘:lc(l ho ii ai il. l l ” n i.l I)..Moll, 'i bio.M.iy licit lln i !;• • j oi .vliicli (lie vuttiy tvaa m |b • I-..*; I I <l. .loii'iiil.i f. iioY...(!. lie: .: H) ■im Fiiti; viiiK !•• vito'y. Ibv.vy ..in! .■ B. kirn villo, v.l;cii! il'licmy lin:i li. i '.-c i L’ l fno i H and ■ onu .■ < i I ■ 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 - fell *B| l|!ftll!!!iI|8i!!!!ijlHfi|lll!tISIIplffi!IilpSfKtl!|ISi f !J|!II * a fi fa .■ : s Is*; I.•hf■.a- i§l § ’ p 2 s.|9| -uguo> r 8: | Z g g*| g» % P ll ||§*s z&it* |1 111 l -Mg l imilg; " ~i? ' " g .3 ggrtg?!g?lfkil l I iil II fill! ?|gf Ifgl||f gj ill i’l 111111 l 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. TCOTUHL
