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JUwafe. 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. -- • 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.; HAND-BOOK OF LITEBATI MB 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.