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MARIETTA GEO..
FRIDAY MORNING JAN 31. 1862.
STONE: WALL JACKSON
Holds the country from Winchester
to Romney and has driven the Federal
troops back into Maryland. Our troops
have suffered greatly from the severe
weather and constant marches and ex
posuic—but nothing seems to check,
their ardour under this gallant leader.
eoitoriaiT convention.
Many of the leading daily papers of
the South have united in a call for a
Convention of Publishers interested in
procuiing telegraphic news from all
points under better arrangements than
now exist to meet in Atlanta ou the 12th
day of March next.
—
THE SUMTER REPUBLICAN.
We regret to learn that the office of the
Sumter Republican was destroyed by
fire on the 23id inst. The loss falls
heavily upon C. W. Hancock, the Pro
prietor, now awry at Manassas in the
service of his country.
—
THE BATTLE IN EASTERN KEN
TUCKY,
The intelligence at first received of
the disaster a' Somerset was exaggera
ted. The Joss was not so great as at
first represented either in men or muni
tions, and it was not a Bull Run stam
pede. Our forces rallied at Monticello,
Wayne Co.. Kentucky where they have
been reinforced and will make a stand.
Gen. Crittend Mi was in some way de -
ceived as to the force »f the enemy or
surely an assault would not have been
made upon an entrenched camp of 15,-
000 men by 6000.
SOUTH ERN MA NUFACTURES,
Every day adds to the impatience of
the Southern mind for foreign interpo
sition- not that we really want Europe
to fight our battles—that we can do for
ourselves, even in the long war with
which we are threatened. We can, too,
supply ourselves abundantly, from our
agricultural resources and upon this
the Southern mind rests with perfect
self-reliance. The great cause for dis
quietude arises from the nearly total
absence of those manufactures hardly
ess essential to our comfort than the
products of the farm. The war has ren
dered the fact prominent and painful,
that the South is incapable now and
will before years, of supplying her own
manufactured products.
Why this should be so is inexplicable.
Cotton, leather and every variety of
manufactured products are paying ex
traordinary profits. Cotton bought at
six or seven cents a pound is sold when
spun into thread to consumers, at fifty
ersix’y. Alike profit is made upon
leather and rags converted into paper,
and yet cotton factories, tanneries and
paper mills seem not to increase in num
ber or products.
It is evident that this state of things,
is crippling the energy of the Sou'h
and injuring the common cause and itis
but natural that our people should look,
anxiously, not only io Europe for relief,
but tor .free-trade, with the world. The
oppression of our people from high pri
ces and inadequate supplies of fabrics
will never be forgotten and the'injury
to Southern Manufactures will be irre
parable.
The Enemy -n Pamlico Sound.—There
is no doubt that the Burnside fleet is in
Pamlico Sound. A member of the Con
vention, and a highly intelligent and
responsible gentleman, who is just from
Washington, informs uh that a friend of
his had set'll and counted 43 vessels,
and says that accessions arc constantly
coming in to the fleet. From this we pre
sume that Newbern is the point aimed
at. We trust that arrangements have
been made to beat the Yankees off The
Newbern Progress speaks hopefully, and
says that if every man will do his duty,
Newbern can be successfully defended.
God grant that such may be the true
state of the case. The location of New
bern on the railroad makes it a highly
important point, for, with the road in
their possession, the Yankees could
cut off supplies from Fort Macon.
P. S. A dispatch was, we learn, re
ceived by the authorities here Tuesday
evening, stating that 125 of the Yankee
vessels were in the Sound on Tuesday,
with 25,000 men This information was
conveyed by a Pilot who escaped from
them. The object of the enemy is to
attack Newbern, Washington and Ro
anoke Island. Having captured the Is
land they will have full sweep at the
counties on Alberrnre Sound, and the
towns of Edenton and Plymouth It
may be also the design of the enemy to
g.<> up Chowan river to tlie Jilackwulcr
river and take the Seaborn and Roanoke
Railroad Having possessed them
selves of that, they may take the bridge
at, Weldon, besides moving down on
tmd Norf'o"' ”
isZer 22d. '. j . u
THE MARIETTA WEEKLY ADVOCATE.
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.
Virginia, Jar nary 12, 1862.
Dear Father —1 take the present op
portunity to drop you a few lines in an
swer to yours of the 9th. It was but.
seven days outlie way. '1 ho. next day I
got yours that you wrote the 26th of De
cember, that was a fulfillment of the
scripture, where it says the last shall
be first and the first last. Well, I will
give you a short history of the trip we
have had since I wrete to you last.—
On the first day of January we left
Winchester in the direction of Romney
and we kept that road 10 or 12 miles
and then turned north, towards a place
called Bath, where there was about
1,500 Yankees. On the fourth we got
in sight of the place. A e had a large
force with us, I suppose about 10 thou
sand men and when we got in sight we
began to le ive the road on each side
and they had one piece of artillery, about
a six pounder, they had it planted up
on the side of the mountain and they
kept up a regular fire at us but they
done no hurt and our men kept advan
cing on them on both sides and was
about to get them surrounded and they
began toseewhatwe was after themand
they to >k to their heels and left for a
[dace by the name of liandcock 6 miles
north of Bath on the Potomac river
where there was a strong- force of the
Yankees and some of our men followed
them at full speed and the last one of
them left without the firing of a gun on
our side ; but our Regiment] and Col.
Fulkerson’s Regiment was sent 3 miles
west from Bath to a rail road bridge on
the Potomac, where there was about
2,000 men (Yankees) to guard the
bridge. It was late in the evening
when we left Bath, and dark came be
fore we got in sight of the place, but
we kept going, and a little after dark
we came in sight of their camp fires,
and we marched down in about a half
mile of their campsand stopped till our
artillery came up. We had two pieces
of artillery with us. They placed the
artillery and turned loose at their camps
and then we rushed down pretty close,
as we thought, but we could not see
them and we formed a line of battle and
was ordered to forward march, and
about that time, the Yankees turned
loose on us with their long shooting
guns and we wore ordered to lie down.
The ground was covered with snow air l
we Icing darkly clothed, they could see
us almost as plain as if it had been
day,and they were hid 1 eh‘ml trees, logs
and fences, and they could shoot at us
and keep themselves out of danger, for
they was hid and out of reach of our
guns in the bargain. They taken two
or three rounds at us and then left, and
we got up and done the same. We
went back to the top of the mountain
and waited until next morning. We
got four men kil’ed that night, two out
of Fulkersons Regiment and two out of
our Regiment, and one of them was out
of our company. It is a great wonder
to me that they did not kill half of us,
for the bullets fell around us like hail.
They cut closer around n.e than I ever
want them too again. They shot four
holes through my over coat, and two
through the tail and two in the body,
but thanks be to our great protector
they never touched my skin, but I tell
you it made me feel all over in spots.
Well, next morning we went down
again and the Yankees was all gone but
three or four that was left hid on the
other .side of the river to see what we
done. Well we went down next morn
ing and burnt up the rail road bridge
and a ware house, that will put them to
some trouble. We were right at the
line ot Maryland. The Potomac is the
line ; nd we were on the bank and looked
over into the Yankee land. We have
lad very bad wether to I ravel—the
ground has been covered with snow and
ice. Most of the time we had to lie out
three nights on the giound and it cov
ered with snow, without even a blanket
to wrap up with, and one of the nights
I did not have my over coat. The
hardships we had to endure no tongue
c n tell, but I am proud to say that I
have been raised hardy, and can stand
as much as any other man, and 1 think
I Lave the patience to bear it all with
as little grumbling as the next one.—
God being on our side who can prevail
against us.
Romney Va., Jan. 17th, 1862.
Dear Father—l again take my pen
in hand to finish my letter. You see
that it was commenced on the 12th—
w<.- w<-i<: t1..*11 »& ii.i1.... r, 1......
and we heard that the Yankees hud
left ties and we weie ordered to come
ami take possession of tiiis place and
we started the 13tb
.tj ia UKtl • - » '
greeable march. It has been very cold
and bad weather here ever since the sec
’ ond of tiiis month. The ground has
’ been covered with snow ever since then,
it melts a little some days and as apt
1 as not it comes that night worse than
ever. The Yankees left here about a
1 week ago--they had a force here of
about eight or ten thousand men and
they heard that we were coming on them
with about that many and they gave
back about 20 miles to the line of Penn
' sylvania about the Baltimore and Ohio
rail road. What we will do I cannot
tell, we may stay here some time or we
may leave here to morrow for what I
know, but I hope we will stay here a
few days to recruit any way. We are
all worn out from marching. My feet
arc so sore I can hardly walk, but if
General Jackson says for us to go wo
will have to obey sick or well.
’Your son,
J. W. Manning.
Daring Adventures in Missouri.
The Memphis Appeal extracts the
following from a private letter from
1 New Madrid, Mo. The first affair spos
ken of is i o doubt the one alluded to in
I the Yankee dispatches we publish to-
■ day.
> Three days ago a small scouting par
• of five all told, under a Lieutenant,
, while moving along the Railroad line,
between Clarleston and Bird’s Point,
discovered the “Feds” in force. They
f had moved out tLat far in the cars, and
i advancing southward on their usual
and daily tour of stealing. Our men
estimated them to number about fifteen
hundred, including two hundred an I
1 fifty cavalry.
t Nothing daunted, the little band ac
, tually determined to ambuscade them a
. mile South of road, at a favorable place
’ as they passed through a woods Being
all of them armed with shot guns, and
t shooting only buck shot, each fire sent
: nine shot into their thick ranks as they
came marching past, hardly one failing
’ to hit some one some where. They rep
rcsem their attack as so unexpected
that the Rubicons were for a while in
> great confusion, and fired in the most
» indiscriminate manner, and I think that
in their fright they must have shot
some of their own men. Our little
> band, each man behind a tree, stood
' loading and tiring- as fast as possible,
I until the enemy calmed into some order
I and mov'd on them (only thirty paces
I dividing them) then they retreat < I but
loading and halting to fire, and takinn
advantage of every tree t > shelter
. themselves from the enemy; they (the
enemy) firing fierce and bi iug volleys
the while. After firing’some ten limes
apiece, (to use their own expression)
1 they “got up and dusted,” and were
; soon out, of ali danger in the swamps.—
Reliable authority from Charleston says
. they had eight killed and eighteen bad
ly wounded. None of our lads had as
mutch as a scratch.
1 Anol her affair was told mi; by the
hero himself. A week ago lie found
himself minus a horse, and as it
was absolutely necessary he shoul 1
h ive one, and knowing full well that
before he could “cook a fish, he must
catch it,” he determined so to act in
■ this case. As usual, the “Feds” came
out the next day near Charleston and
halted for some time. Two of the offi
cers rode a mile from their troops to a
farmhouse to visit some ladies,without
being'aware. though that a watchful
eye was on them.
Our “horseless” friend had heard that
this was not an uncommon thing for
some of Uncle Sam’s “men in Buckram”
to be guilty of, and he had prepared
himself accordingly. Quetly waiting
until they had dismounted and entered
the house, and noting that they had on
ly thrown their bridle reins over the
railings,amd left their pistols in the
holsters, he quietly’ but swiftly strode
up" to horses, and already had the reins
of both in his hands, when the valiant
gentlemen both appeared at the door,
and seemed about to advance to in
quire into his proceedings whfih he
told them quite gently not to stir, or
“somebody might get hurt,” and as he
mounted, said he had use for both hor
ses, ami rode <ffat a rapid pace. As
he strode away, one of them said aloud,
“Well that’s d— d cool!” 1 saw both
horses ir.yself this day, and I know this ,
to be true.
Northci n News,
From the Norfolk Day Book we get
the following summary of the latest
news from Northern journ .Is : I
money markets.
i
The custom house statistics of the ,
commerce o f New York for 1862 were .
completed on Saturday. The results ,
are very satisfactory, as follows : |
Imports $125,680,407
Exports 138,574,901 -
Excess of exports $T2.916,494 (
As compared with 1860, the
• imports of mercandise
show a decline of. . . .$103,727,723 i
The exports an increase of. .35,102,721 ;
In favor of this country .$138,830,444
This statement does not include the |
movements of specie, of which $87,000,- ,
000 were imported during the year.—
L'ljo Ili.vrvuttc ii« ihii/ui io is
over $100,000,000, mostly dry goods.— I
The free goods show an increase of ■
about $2,250,000—the warehoused goods *
■a decline.of $5,600,000. The exports of *
JEXaSSSLJIUK
Marietta, Jan. 23'1, 1862.
At a meet ing of the “Marietta Ladies’
Aid Society”hel 1 January 23rd A box
was packed to be forwarded to thcWst.,
Regiment Georgia Regulars care of
Capt. Patton, containing the following
articles : 37 Hickory Sripe Shirts, 1
Flannel Shirt, 29 pr. Drawers, 36 pr.
Wollen Socks, 5 pr. Cotton Socks, 8 pr.
Wollen Gloves.
The society would record the fact
that among the Gloves are two pr made
by a venerable lady of this place with
a crochet needle used by herself in the
war of 1812.
The Society also unanimously adop
ted the following resolutions.
Resolved, That our grateful acknowl
edgements and sincere thanks are due,
and are hereby tendered to Mr. Good
man editor jof the Marietta Advocate,
for the prompt and generous manner in
which he has responded to the numer
ous calls of our society by publishing
for us free of charge the various arti
cles sent him during the pass season.
Resolved, That the editor of the Ad
vocate be respectfully requested to in
sert the above in his paper.
MISS MARY ROBARTS, Pres.
Mrs. Julia McLeod,
Secretary, pro. tern.
Re-Enlistments. —It behooves the peo
ple of the Confederate States to give
their earnest and united attention to
the absolute necessity of having in the
field, at an early day, volunteers enough
to fill the ranks which will be made va
cant by the expiration of the terms of
service of the twelve months’ volun
teers, who shall not re-enlist. We have
heard the most encouraging accounts
of the temper of the volunteers with
regard to re-enlistment. At many points
75 per cent., will again offer their ser
vices to their country. But in the very
nature of things there are some who
are compelled to look after their fami
lies and their interests. The places of
these must be supplied in time for their
departure from the army. The North
ern Government are looking to the con
tingency of a failure on Ihe part of our
people, patriotically to respond to the
call of their country, in this crisis of the
war, with the deepest interest. They
have planted their last hope of success
fully subjugating the South upon a pos
sible failure in this regard.
Their immense armies are ready to
swoop upon our lines, as soon ;.s they
discover them weakened by the dis
charge of any considerable portion of
our forces, without a corresponding
strengthening of them by recruits. If
we fail in bringing up those new levies,
we have lost ali the advantage we have
gaine lin the last campaign. If we
succeed in rallying- around our stan
dard the brave reserves of our people, \
and at .he c»-it : cal time -alien they are j
most needed, we shall have so far di .-
couraged the enemy as to ci usl: his las
hope of breaking our lines airtl carry,
ing- out his nefarious designs. IVe'
shall also convince foreign govern- '
meats that our revolution is not a mere ;
ebullition of passion, Int that we are
determined, patiently and persistently,
to adhere to our cause until it shall be
crowned with final success.
It is not of any avail that we waste
time in discussing how these reserves
are to be brought up, what number is
to be thrown into the field and how long
they are to enlist for. They must be
raised. It is a necessity that knows no
hesitation or faltering. The people
commenced this revolution after mature
deliberation. They have ple3ged all
they hold dear on its success. They
will not wait for any inducements of
the Government to encourage their pat
riotism. They only have to know that
a necessity requires them to come for
ward. They are all individually con
c- rned in the cause as deeply as the
highest officer of the Govern sent. —
Upon their patriotic hearts must rest
the prosecution of a revolution in which
iLey have engaged with heart, soul and
body. Let them prepare now, at the
very turning point of the revolution, to
bring up the reserves to the support of
the cause.- Nashville Union.
The Latest from Cairo.
Cairo, Jan. 30.—(Special dispatch to
the Chicago Journal ) —General Grant
and his staff arrived in town yesterday
morning. General Paine’s brigade
will arrive to-morrow.
The object of the expedition, it now
appears, was a reconnoisance in force
of all that part of Kentucky in whiclv
a portion of the operations, against Col
umbus will necessarily be performed,
and a demonstration to aid General
Buell’s right wing. Our forces have
been eminently successful, and the en
gineer corps, under Col. Webster, have
a full and accurate knowledge of the
country. It is understood that Gen.
Smith h.is taken the camp equippage
and whatever was left in Camp Beaure
gard, the rebels having fled to Colum
bus.
General demand’s brigade went to
within seven miles of Columbus, and
encamped on Thursday night in sight
of the rebel watch-fires. He afterwards
visited the towns of Milburn, Lovelace
ville, and Blandville surveying all the
roads as he went. A part of General
Smith’s command will return to Padu
cah to-day.
Cairo, Jan. 20. Gen. McClernand’s
brigade has returned from the expedi
tion, and taken its old quarters.
p apers no longer use the term “United
States” in speaking of the Rump Gov
eminent, but write “The Northern Gov
envnenc.” It is written in contradis-
Confqder-
Movements of tile Enemy.
We spent a part of yesterday at Fort
Pulaski, and take pleasure in reporting
both garrison and works in a condition
enti'-ely satisfactory, so far at least as
we arc competent to judge.
The movements of the enemy for
some days and nights past have been
unusually active, and betoken a strong
disposition to break the long monotorny
of their sojourn at Hilton Head and T -
bee. Sounding parties have been out
for some night, and extended their op
erations in the direction of Danfaski and
even to a considerable distance up the
river, as was clearly distinguished from
their lights. They appear to be seeking
for a channel through which they may
enter the river out of reach of our guns.
Saturday last they entered Wall’s Gut
with their light draft vessels, and
shelled the region round about for sev»
eral hours, probably in search of those
horrible rebel inventions, masked bat
teries. The reports were distinctly
heard, and the smoke sen, from the
Fort.
Between twelve and one o’clock yes
terday, a iankee fleet <f twelve or
thirteen vessels, some of them steamers,
passed the mouth of th ■ ri v er bound
southward and, under full headway.—
Where they came from, and whither
bound, remains to be developed. Per
haps Warsaw is their destination, and
if so we may make ready for some sort
of demonstration in the course of a few
days. As the boat was some miles up
the liver on its return to the city, sev
eral of the smaller vessels were dis
tinctly seen appearantly heading in for
Tybee Roads. 'We were son out of
sight ; whether the rest followed suit
could not be ascertained.
LATFR THE ENEMY IN AT WARSAW.
About dark last evening a courier
arri.ved at headquarters, from the Skid
away batteries, with a despatch stating
that the fleet referred to above had ar
rived at Warsaw. Thirteen of Ihe ves
sels had crossed the bar and anchored
in-the Sound, whilst two remained out
side. We shall probably have some
thing stirring during the day.
Hearing that something was going
on in Wail’s Cut, Commodore Tatnall
went down yesterday, with two steam
ers, the‘Savannah’and the ‘St Johns,’
to take observations. Upon hearing lie
obstructions, hit discovered a party of
Yankees industriously lugging awax
at them with implements necessary so:
their removal.
The sunken schooner had been slewed
1 around h- >m its position across the
i stream, and many of the pilings rc
| moved. The scamps took to 1 heir boats
and made their escape before the Sava 1-
iiah got within range. All their imple
meii s, which were left behind, togeth
er with the shanties on tin- bank, were
dost royal. Being compelled to return
on the tide, n ithing- furlher was done.
Repttblicun. Sa cun nah.
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6C30 iiilS iSsLUBLE
MEDICINES.
y HAVE now on hand a good supply of
Soothing Syrup for Children Teething.
Genuine Cod Liver Oil,
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry,
“ Pills,
“ Ague Cure,
Dr. Junes'
SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA,
Bull’s Strsaparil la,
ELECTRIC OIL,
HEBREW PLASTER.
McAlister’s All Healing Ointment,
Vernon’s Celebrated Eye water,
And all the leading articles in the Drug A Med
icine line.
WILLIAM BOOT.
January 17.18t>2,
1862. 18627
. MEDICINES.
HAMILTON MARKLEY & JOYNER.
ANNOUNCE to the public tlial they have com
menced the New Year with a full stock of
Drugs & Medicines.
They are also fully prepared to sell on terms
that will suit the times.
Kerosene Oil. Kerosene Lamps ;
Fluid, Turpentine. Alcohol ;
Linseed Oil. Lard and Sperm;
Oiis for machinery, White Lead ;
Ground Colors. Window-Glass;
Putty —Druggists Glass Ware;
and every other species of Druggists’ Stock.
Prescriptions Carefully Pre
pared. January 1861.
SARDEN SEEDS,
I HAVE on hand a good assortment of Gar
den Seeds,
ALSO,
SE,OS e
BLUE GRASS,
RED TOP GRASS.
ORCHARD GRASS,
TIMOTHY GRASS,
All in want of the above seeds would do well
to call soon on
WM. ROOT.
hom¥Tn ft tr stk y.
AT T II E
OLD STAND
All kinds of
Blacksmitlung and Repairing.
HARNESS MAKING AND
JEL XD 3P X T?. X KT GJ-.
7/Si- Plantation ami Mill-work. Horse-shoe
ing, i'tc. A good stock olways on hank' Also
the Right to manufacture
Peeler’s Celebrated Flow,
i Dot. 13th. istie, ts.
FOB CHILDREN TEETHING
'IIIIIS Valuable Syrup is not only pteasont to
.1. the taste. l>ut will r -lieve the Child from
pain. Wind Colic. Gr’ping. Pain in th.' Bowels,
Ind Correct-iffiiity. ami is n.:i nimo t certain
■ore for thiw derangements . of the bowells
Jr.it infants ni’e sul'ject to white
T UEI T ZE X I dST O ,
Try it and aon will lie sure to In’ s .tisti. d
with the r< -n!t in all or ihim v eases.
Sold by Wil :AAM RGOT.
m; I lIAMILT i\. MAiIKLEV A- -It
pri- e Twenty-bi-. i'Cen'‘
IwWOS® -
Hamilton, Markley uV Joyner,
A.tl:intu, Ci-eoi'o-iii.
A N D
Hamilton, Markley & Joyner,
4. 'a l-LelLa., 'ff.cca'-ry.a..
July Ist. 1861
DR. JOHN L. HAMILTON, of Atlanta, and
T. C. Mmikley and R. W. Joyner, of Ma
rietta. hereby give notice to the public that
they M ill carry on the
DRUG B US IS ESS
In all its brandies in Atlanta and Marietta.
N. B.— Hook Store in Marietta continued.
Not i 00.
AKTER the first day of January 1861, we
will sell for Cash or Darter at cash prices.
Thankful for past favors we still solicit a con
tinuance of the sunie.
Dec 28. 186 . A GREENE &
THE MARIETTA,
BOOK STORE.
CALL AND SEE
The Household of Bouverie,
(I!v a Kentn -kv L.ulv.;
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Mrs. Botta.
NEHF.SIS. M. HARLAND.
LOUIES LAST PERM AT S'l. .MARYS.
The Literary Women o f the South.
A splendid Edition of tin BRITISH CLASSICS
All the fresh, new and des. able Books received
by HAMILTON, MARKLY & JOINER
as so.oi as issued from the press.
Our fall stock of
Paper, Bn velopes,
Blankbooks, Mucdlage,
Jnks. Quills, Port Monies,
Gohl Pens, Writing Desks, (kc.
has just been opened in great variety. We are
specially prepared to sell good Letter, Cup and
Note PAPERS ingeh cheaper and better than
ever, as we buy from the Mills DIRECT-
Agents for Firth »: Ppnds Popular Music.
H AMILTON, MARKLEY & JOYNER.
June 2d. 18(11.
MISS J. R, SHEDDEM’S
S( HOOL FOR
Misses and Young Ladies.
I A NOW open at Mrs. Wright's two storied
Building on
Cass.ville Street,.
Her terms are :•.< b■•ret«»:<::•<• fr< in .3 to $5
p«-4 xiioioli. !<•;: II Is Oo I hy |!j»' MH-i of till*
pupil. Having ducideU to
Locate Pmnaiit ntiv in Marietta,
she solicits such share of public patronage as
her experience, qiialificatious and fidelity may
merit.
Marietta. Geo., January 9th, 1862.