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MARIETTA, GEOROTA.
Friday MorpiH?. April a«». IS<»-2.
I’. W... Alexander, the intelli
gent correspondent •of the Mobile he*
gister, thus wiitcs.of the
GREAT BATTLE OF SIHLOI.L
Mccond Day’s Work.
iiattle Field.-('near the Tennessee Itiver.)
Monday Night, April 7. IS(>2.
We have hpd another day of battle
and blood. The fight was renewed this
morning at 8 q.’clock by tin 1 enemy, who
had been reinforced during the night, ;
and with the exception-.of short breath
ing spells, it ragtd with tremendous
violence and fury until night separated
the combattants. Gen. Buell came this
morning, and with him came large re
inforcements. Let me resume the liar
rative where my last letter left it, and
rehearse the varying fortunes of the
day in the order of their, occurrence. —
This is necessary to a proper under
standing of the battle ; and until this
general sketch or outline is drawn, it
will be impossible to cn.ter into those
minor details which constitute an inter
esting feature.
Night alone prevented us from reap
ing the fruits of our brilliant victory of
yesterday. It was quite dark when
wc chased the foe back to I’itteburg
Landing, where, he sought protection
from bis gunboats and rive works
Had Gen. Beauregard possessed the
power of Joshua to command the sun
to stand still in the heavens for the
space of an in nr, our victory would
have been as complete as that of tin
great Hebrew warrior. As it was. wc
expected to be able to capture so much
of the Federal army this morning as
could not be transferred to the other
bank of the river last night, unless
large reinforcement should come to their
relief.
The enemy received the most import
ant aid from his gunboats. Indeed, he
is indebted to these gunboats for his
escape from certain destruction. They,
together with his river works, answer
ed the valuable purpose of fortifications,
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on the field. With only our light field
pieces, it w; s impossible to operate at
night with any hope of success against
these boats and works, or to prosecute
during the heavy storm that followed
the work of completing the victory.—
Our forces had reached the river in one
or two places, as night came on, and
in this way had gained some knowledge
of the ground and the nature and posi
tion of the enemy’s defenses. With
this knowledge, and the enemy driven
into close quartersand caught bctw.cn
our lines and the riv> r, there was every
reason to believe wc would be able to
capture the larger part of his forces
this morning, provided they were not
reinforced during the night or transfer
red to the other bank of the river.
The boats kept up a constant fire
during the night from their heavy guns.
It appears that the enemy did not seek
to recross the river. Knowing that
large reinforcements were at hand, he
held his position on the rive bank until
this morning. Gen. Beauregard knew
there was a division “,000 men at
Crump’s Landing, a few miles below
Pittsburg, and he gave orders, l ist
night to proceed against them this
morning, and to capture them. This
division succeeded, however, in forming
a junction with the forces at Pittsburg,
and at B'clock this morning the Feder
ate, thus reinforced, moved out from
• the river and offered us battle. They
must have known that other reinforce
ments were at hand, and that they
would arrive upon the field at an caily
hour. The fight was renewed about a
mile and a half from the river, or mid
way between the river and ihe Federal
encampment.
The enemy came up to the work with
great spirit and resolution. Appeals
had doubtless been made to the men
during the night, and the repossession
of their camp represented to them as a
point of honor from which there could
be no escape. The attack was directed
against our centre ; ami though vigor
ous and spirited, and not expected, it
was repulsed, and the enemy driven
back wi h great slaughter. He rallied
again, however, and this time he moved
with an increased force upon on; right
wing. Here, too, he was repulsed and
forced to retire.
His next attempt was directed a
gainst our left wing, his attacks grow
ing more vigorous and his forces in
creasing with each succeeding move
ment Indeed, it. was now evident that
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lie had received large accessions to his
ranks, and that we had fresh troops and
heavy odds to eoi.teml against.
But the (..a.nfedcrates nobly did their
duty, and the attack on the left was
also repulsed. The enemy again re
tired, but only for a time ; for Buell's I
forces had now come up, and the at
tack was renewed all along our lines,
on the righ!, rcntie and h it. Simulta
neously with this, an attempt was made
to turn both our wings
The battle now raged with indescri
liable fury. I have nevei’heard or im
agined anything like the roar of artil
lery, and the ine- ssant rattle ol s nail
arms. The deep thunder bass of th,,
one and the sharp, shrill tenor of the
other intermingled wi h the shrieks ol
bursting shells and the whizzing of
cleaving rilled cannon balls, were grand
beyond description. 11 was the awful
Hymn of Battle, rolling upward to the
skies and literally shaking the earth
beneath. It was a solemn anthem, and
uttered from brazen throats, that might
'have satisfied Mars himself.
The Confederates stood their ground
against the furious onset, and for the
fourth time the enemy was compelled
to retire.
“As r.-.eets the reek a thousand waves
’ So luisf'all met Loddin.”
It was now one o’clock Our men
were greatly exhausted : they bad
fought eighteen hours, and withal had
slept but little, having been engaged
much of ihe preceding night.in search
ing out and taking care of the wound
ed. It was evident, too, (h it the ene
my had been largely reinforced, ami
that each succeeding attack was made
by fresh troops and overwhelming num
bers. in view of these facts, and in
order to rest his men, and to prevent
an unnecessary loss of life, Gen Beau
regard availed himself of the falling
back of the Federate to withdraw his
roops to the enemy's line of encamp
ment, where wc rested hist night This
was about a mile and a half from the
point where the light commenced this
morning.
The enemy hesitated for-some time,
l.ut finally came up and renewed tl.e
conflict. He was met wi h undiminisli
ed coinage and resolution by the Con
, AalmaUA-a, —.lisnlaycd tin; p-re.-i I <--i
possible gallantry The battle raged
on, and night alone separated the com
batants. At length the enemy fell
back, and so did the t'onfeder ites, both
sides worsted and severely punished.—
Hardee, who commanded th ■ front line
or errps, held liis ground until the ene
my withdrew. Our reserves had been
engaged throughout the day, and Gens.
Folk, Bragg and Hardee, each in his
proper position, were in immediate com
mand upon the field, and nobly co op
erated in the work of the day. They
deserve gloat credit, as do the Brigade
and Regimental Officers, and the gal
lant. spirits whom they led to battle.—
Gen. Breckenridge particularly distin
guish! d himself. Though not a military
man by profession, Gen. Beauregard is
reported to have said that he displayed
great aptitude and sagacity, and han
dled his brigade with skill and judg
ment.
Having said thus much, I feel it to
be my duty as a faithful chronicler of
the times, to refer to a matter here
which had a controlling influence upon
the fortunes of the day.
Our attack yesterday was so sudden
and successful that the enemy found it
impossible to remove his quartermas
ter and commissary stores, or even to
save the baggage of the men.
'lhe temptation thus presented was
too great for our troops to resist. Sun
day night large numbers of them, sup
posing there w-ouUl be no more light
ing, set to work to gather up such spoils
as the Federal encampment contained.
There wefe arms, oveicoats, caps,coffee,
sugar, boots, shoes, provisions, trunks,
blankets, liquors, priva'e letters, and
numberless other things which the ene
my hail becTT compelled to abandon.—
Such of our troops as were engaged in
searching out the woufiued and dead,
or were not. restrained by a sense of
duty, wandered from th ir respective
camps, and spent much of the night in
plundering. Orders had been issued
by Gen. Beuuregard positively prohibi
ting anything’ < f the kind, but many of
the tioops are raw, and officers and |
men were alike elated at our success ; '
and consequently the i ccessary steps
were not taken to enforce the orders of
the Commander-in-Chief.
At an early hour this morning, the
nun renewed their search after the
spoils of victory, aid many of them
were separated from their commanders
when the enemy renewed the battle.—
Some ol them had even started back to
their camps, loaded with such articles
as they bad been able to find.
After deducting the killed and woun
d. d, and those who were engaged in re
moving- the wounded, it would be no
exaggeration to say I hat. 5,000 sound
and able‘bodied men had tjius wander
ed out, of line, an 1 t<x k no part what
ever in the battle today. On ihe other
daiid, the enemy had be n largely ieiu
lorced.
Thus, wiili a diminished force on our :
part, wc had to meet fresh troops and a
more numerous army than that WC Cll -
countered yesterday. And thus, too,
the spoils have prevented us from again
diiving the enemy back into the Ten
nessee river, notwithstanding great
odds in his fav< r.
It was well enough, while the battle
lasted, that our troops should exchange
their smooth bored muskets and shot
guns for the splendid arms thrown a
way by the reflating foe; but there can
be no excuse for the disgraceful pro
ceeding- to which 1 have alluded.
The spoils of victory are not less de
moralizing than defeat and disaster.—
Such is the lesson taught by history in
all ages of the world from the time
win n Acbnn was reduced by the wedge
of gold, down to the present day, It
is hoped that the experience of this
day will not be thrown away either by
our officers or soldiers.
The Contumacious Ptate Prisoners in
Washington.
A ’A ashington correspondent of the
Baltimore News Sheet, commtiiiicat s
the following;
1 ledrited from one of the soldiers of
the Pennsylvania 91st Regiment, who
aie guarding the old Capitol Prison in
this city, some incidents of the interior
of this row famous building-, which
may interest your readers :
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Other cases have proved refractory,
and the prisoners have refused to take
the oath of allegiance. Among these
latter are Mr. Watkins (~f Georgetown,
wtio had been imprisoned more than
six months, and whose brother was the
chief engineer of the rebel iron-platcd
Merrimac, and Mr. T. Wai worth, son of
Chancellor \\ al worth of New York,
a ho. it will bo reniGinbei ed, wa s :rr res
ted for acting in complicity with the
accomplished Mrs. .Morris, supposed to
have been sent here as a spy by the re
bel Gen. Beauregard. There is strong
suspicion that Mr. Walworth has a se
cret commission as Major in thd Con
federate army, in the handwriting- of
Beauregard. He has nevertheless been
offered his freedom on three distinct
occasions, by the commission, on con
dition that he will take the oath of alle
giance. His firmness in refusing is
unaccountable to his friends.
Mrs. Baxley is another of the obsti
nate s. It will be remembered that in
her hair were found a large number of
1 valuable letters and commissions from
Jeff. Davis. She is represented to be
a woman of extraordinary courage and
talent, ami utterly fearless of soldiers.
It is said one of th’c prison sentinels
insulted her, ami she threw a tea-pot at
his head, which sent him howling from
his post. A large black flag is fro
quenly seen waving from her window,
particularly after the report of a Con
federate defeat.
W Idle 1 think of it, 1 must mention
a remarkable ride which occurred in
the prison yard the May before yester
day. Ihe lady prisoners are allowed a
half hour s exercise in the narrow yard
surrounding the prison everyday. Mrs.
Greenitow, who is remarkable for het
cool courage and self-possession, pro
posed to seize and appropriate the horse
and market wagon of the Superinten
dent, which stood in one corner of the
enclosure, & enjoy the novelty of a ride.
The suggestion was instantly adoptc I
and ihe ladies, unmindful of the remon
strances of the sentinels, jumped into
tlic wagon and whipped up.
Mrs. Morris had been making- a
and beautiful Confederate flttg-Aand she
stood now in the front of thcAsyagon,
waving it. over the heads of the engag
ed .sentinels, who followed the flying
party around the enclosure, shouting
and cursing, and making lunges at the
horse with their bayonets, which only
increased the mirth of the gay rideis.
and frightened the horse to his utmost
speed. The uproar became terrible.—
First came the captain of the guard,
shouting, at the top of his Imigs, “stop
that wehicle; it’s con'rary to the rules.”
All in vain. Mrs. Greenhow whipped
up the harder, and cried out “it’s the
Southern wagon —cle. r the way.” Then
the officer of the day rushed in, slwiul
ing, “What’s all this?” followed by
Ihe soldiers from the neighboring guard
house, who rushed madly forward to
stop the living animal. It was a scene
altogether ludicrous and indescribable
in the extreme, and has made more com
ment, in Washington than a little. The
evacuation of Manassas is nothing to
be compared with it.
The Conscription Bill.
This important measure has passed
both houses of Congress. For the in
formation of our readers, a large major
i t v‘ of whom are interested i n its pro vis
ions, we append a copy of the bill as
follows:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED “AN ACT TO FERTHER
PROVIDE FOR THE PEBLIC DEFENCE.”
J ) view of the exigencies of the coun
try, and the absolute necessity of keep
ing in the service our gallant' army-,
and of placing in the field a large ad-,
ditioiial force to meet the advancing
columns of the enemy now invading
our soil. Therefore,
Section 1. The Congress of the Con
federate States do enact, Tha t the Presi
dent be and he is hereby authorized, to
call (.mt ami place in the military ser
vice of the Confederate States, for three
years unless the war shall have been
sooner ended all white men who are
residents of the Confederate States, be
tween the ages of eighteen and thirty
five years at. the time the call or calls
nay be made, who are not legally ex
empted from military service. All of
the persons aforesaid who are not now
in the armies of tlie Confederacy, and
whose term of service will expire before
the cud ot war, shall be continued in
.he service for three years from Hie
date of their original enlistment, unless
the war shall have sooner.ended: Pro
vided, however, that all such comnan
ies, bat tai I ions and regiments whose
term of orginai enlistment was for
twelve months, shall have the right,
within forty days, on a day to i c fixed
by t he commander of the brigade, to
reorganize said companies, battalions
and regiments, by elec.ing all their
officers which they had a right hereto
fore to elect, who shall be commission
ed by the President; Provided, furl her,
That furloughs not exceeding sixty days
with transportation home and, back,
shall I e grained to all those retained
in the service by the provisions of this
act beyond the period o their orignal
enlistmcn', and who have heretofore
not received furloughs under the |> o
visions of an act en- itled “An act pro
viding for the granting of bounty ami
furloughs to piivates and non commis
sioned officers in the Provisional Army,”
approved 11th December, 18(11, said
furloughs to begr.inted at times, and in
Torch ninnbcrg,ns the b-’e;:rctary of War
may deem most compatible with tile
public micros ; and Provided, further,
That in lieu of a furlough ihe commit
tation value in money of the transpor
tation hereinabove g'anted shall- be
paid to each private musician, o; non
commissioned officer who may elect to
receive it at such time as (he furlough
would otherwise be granted. Provided
further, that all person under the age
of eighteen years, or over the age of
thirty live years, who arc now enrolled
in the military service of the Com.eder
ate States in the regiments battalions
and companies hereafter to be organized,
shall !>e required to remain in their
respective companies battalions and
regiments for ninety days unless their
places can sooner b.i -it q»bed by oh- r
recitm- no now in the service, who are
betw.en the. ages of eighteen and 35
years; and all laws an i parts ■ f lawspr -
viding for the re-enii-trneiit of volun
teers, and the organization thereof into
companies squadrons battallions or reg
iments, is shall be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. />- it further enacted, That
such companies, squadrons, battalion-,
or regiments orgamz d, or in process of
organization by authority from the Secr
etary of War, as may be within thirty
days from the passage ■ f this act so far
completed as to have the whole number
of men requisite for organization actual
ly' er.r -lled not embracing in said organi
zations any persons now in service, shall
be mu-tered into the service of the Con
federaftj S ates as part of the land forces
of the same, to be received ill that arm
of the service in which they are author
ized to organize, and shall elect their
company battali on, an! regimental ofli
ccrs.
See. 3. Be it further enacted, That
for the en-rollincnt of all persons com
prehended within the provisions of t'o’s
act, who are not already in the armies of
the Confedcrat" States it shall be lawful
for the President, wiih the consent of
the Governors' of the respective States,
to employ Slate officers, and, on f.-iiliire
I (». ..l.t.iiii HiiVh c«>n . nt, ho tsh.ih' cm
ploy ConfedeK'tc officers, charged with
the duty of making such enrollment in
accordance with rates and regulations
to be prescribed by him.
Sec. 4 Be it further enacted, That
persons enrolled under the provisions
of the preceding sectir.n shall be a-s
signed by the Secre'ary of War to the
different companies t.ow in service, un
til eaclrcompany is tilled to its maxi
mum number, and the persons so en
rolled shall be assigned to companies
from the States from which they lea
ped fully come.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
all seamen and ordinary seamen in the
land forces of the Gonfederatc States
enrolled under the Provisions of ties
act, may on applications cf the Secre
tary of the Navy be transferee! irom
the land forces to the naval service.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in
all cases where a State nriy not have
in the army a number of regiments bat
talions, squadron, or companies suffi
cient to absorb the number of persons
subject to military service under this
act belonging to such State then the
residue or cx'‘ eß s tliereof shall be kept
as a reserve under such regulations as
may cstablis <’d by the Secretary of
War: and then at stat'd periods of not
greater than three mouths dctei mined
by 10l shall be made from said reserxe
so that each company shall, as nearly
as -p ra c t ic al 1■ - la - lie p t lull.
I’r ivided, That the persons held in
reserve may remain at home until call
ed info service by the Prescient. Pro
vided, also, that d.iriug their stay at
home they not receive pay. Provided,
further, that the poisons comprehended
in this act shall net. be sul ject to the
j-ulcß and articles of war, and mustered
in o the actual set vice of the Confeder
ate States; except that said persons
when en oiled ami liable to duty, if they
shall wilfully refuse to obey said call
such of them shall be held to be a de
serter, and punish 'd as such under said
articles. Provided, further, that when
ever, in the opinion of the President,
the exigencies ol the public service may
require it; he shall be authorized to call
in'o actual service the entire reserve,
or 8 > much as may be necessary, not
previously coiisigneik to different com
panies in service, under provisions of
section four of this act. Said reserve
shall be organize i tinder such rules as
the Secretary of War may adopt pro
vided the company, battalion and regi
mental offieers shall lie elected by the
troops composiug'the same; provided
the troops resided in any one State,
shall not be combined, in regimental
battalion, squadron, or company organ
tizaiion, with the troops raised’ in any
other State.
Sec. 7. Be it further That
all sodliers now serving in tlx: army,
or mustered in the milit ry service of
the Confederate States, or enrolled in
said service under the authorizations
heretofore issued to the Secretary ol
'■Var, and who are continued in the ser
vice liy vir ne of this act, who have
not received the bounty of fifty dollars
allowed by existing laws, shall be enti
tled to receive said bounty.
Sec. S. Be it fort! er enacted, That
each man who may hereafter be mus
tered into service, and who shall
arm himself with a musket, or shotgun
rille or carbine, accepted as an efficient
I weapon, shall be paid the value thereof
ito be accrtained by the mustering offi
i mr under such regulation as may be
I prescribed by the Secretary of \\ ar, il
he is willing to sell tiic same, and il Im
is not then he shall be entitled to re
ceive one dollar a month for the use of
said received ami approved musket,
rifle, shot-gun or cat bine. •
Sec lie it further enacted, I hat
persons not liable for duty tnaj be ie
ceived as substitutes lor those who arc
under such regulations as may be pro
scribed by the Secretary of W ir.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
all vuneancii-s shall be filled by the
President from the company, battalion
squadron or regiment, in which such
vacancies occur, by promotion accord
ing to seniority, except in cases of dis
ability or other, incompetency: Provid
ed, however, That the President may,
when, in liis opinion, it 'nay be proper,
all such vacancy or vacancies by the
’ promotion of any officer or officers.or
private or privates from company, bat
talion, squadron on regiment who shall
have been distinguished in the. service
by exhibition of valor ami skill, and
that whenever a vacancy uh dl occur in
rhe lowest grade of the commissioned
officers of a company, said vacancy be
filled by election: Provided, all ap
pointments madrt by the President shall
be by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That
provisions of the first section of this act
relating to the election of officers shall
tipply to those regiments, battalions,
and sqadrons which composed <.f twelve
mouths’ and war companies •combined
in the same organization, without re
gard to the manner in which the officers
thereof were orginally appointed.
Skc. 12. Be it further enacted, That
each company of infantry shall consist
of one hundred and twenty-five, rrnk
and file; each company of field artillery
of one hundred and fifty, rank and file,
and each of ca.valry of eighty, rank and
file.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That
all person subject to enrollment, who
are now in the service under the provis
ions (if this act shall be permitted, pre
vic.us to such enrollment, to volunteer
in companies now in the service.
Corinth Missi sirvi—As this place is
probably di'stiNml to become the theatre
of xyi’ca I <» \v<» Li y our
tiers all the information as regards its
situation, &c., we possess. The vil
lage of Corii.tli was formerly called
Farmington, and is so mentioned by.
the gazcttei'rs It is a post village of
TishominP'o County, distant 2G2 miles
Northeast from Jackson, the capital of
the State. Tl.ere are but t hree or four
stores in the village, of course its pop
ulation must be relatively small. Tish
omingo County forms the Northeast ex
tremity of Mississippi, bordering on
Tennessee and Alabama, and has an
area of about fourteen hundred square
in les. The Tombigbee River rises in
the County, the Tennesseee flows along
the Northeast border and it is drained
by Tuscumbia Creek.
The surface is diversified by small
hills; the soil is fertile especially in the
valleys, and generally has a substra
tum of sand. A large part of the
county is covered with forests of oak
hickory walnuts and pine. The head
streamot theTornbigbe furnishes valua
ble motive power. Thf route of tbo
Mobile and Ohio Rail Road intersects
the Memphis and Charleston Rail Hoad
at Jaciu'o the capital. The County
was organized in 1836. The population
in 1850 amounted to 15,490 of which
13,526 were fice and 1961 slaves New
York World.
The E ederals at Huntsville.
Sergeant E. E. Fritchard, of the
ushington Artillery, arrived here last
evening and gives us further particu
lars of the ocupation of Huntsville.—
He was on his way to join his company
at Corinth, but was turned back at Ste
venson by intelligence that the Feder
ate had possession of Huntsville and
had cut off the Railroad communication
with Corinth. Mr. F. informs us that
he had a conversation with an Engineer
who succeeded in iunning the “gaunt
let and who g.»ve him the following
statement.
He said that early on Friday morning
tie came up the road from Decatur, that
on arriving al Huntsville he found the
Telegraph operator in waiting who
threw his apparatus on 4>oaid and in
formed him that the Federalists, were
just coming into the town. 'lhe Engi
neer then s ailed liis train but before
getting through the town, he was fired
upon by the Federal force ami a shell
was also tired at.tlie train but did not
succeed in hitting it. liis brother, also
an engineer, was just behind him,
with a long train cf empty cars
which was tel tuning from canying
troops to Corinth, 'fire Federal infan
try tired a volley into the cap on the
engine at.d it was supposed killed the
Engineer as train’was stopped ajid had
not been heard from at Stevenson. The
Federal forces could not be ascertained
but consisted of cavalry, infantry and
one piece of artillery. They have pos
session ol the city anil have effectually
cut off all communication by that mute.
Ihe sth Georgia Rcgoment had passed
over the road a short time previous and
were all safely beyond Huntsville, ex
cept some' few who were detailed to
bring on baggage.
Fas.-i'.igcrs by the Georgia Railroad
last nig t report that Huntsville has
been o enpied by eleven thousand Fed
eral t: ops. 'luo locommives and
trains ol ears, loaded with troops going
to reinl >iee Bkaereiiard, weie captured.
All communication, except byway ot
Mobjje, is ent r if, if th., report is true.
[Augusta (hronicle.
111 av: Lost My Way.— “I have lost
my wa>,” a little’girl said to me this
morning She had wan lered too far
from h.-r father's house, ‘1 want to '»■(>
home,’ the child said, ami her tears fell
thick an*| fast upon her little hands. I
led the little lost one home: and it w s
sweet to witness the rejoicing of the
parents over the restored lamb.
I have lost, my way, I repeated sadly
to myself in these deep labyrinths
life; my feet wander in strange paths;
the fruit which I had so fondly coveted
like the apples of Sodom, turned ashes
on my lips; memories of my glad, pray
erful childhood, comes sweeping over
my soui; I have lost father’s house, and
I, too. want to go home.
God has made the parent a type of
his own infinite love; and if an earthly
father can say, ‘lt was meet thpt we
should bn merry and glad, for this my
son was dead, and is alive again, and
was lost a id is found,’how much more
will our heavenly Father welcome the
wanderer’s return to his prefacing hive!
The sweetest tears shed are those of
penitence. Some of she noblest steps
trod are those which return from wan
derings. A greater than a father’s
Jove waits t<> embrace the prodigal.
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A CARD.
Lt. Col. John Dvnwody of Roswell,
Cobb county, Ga. has the authority to
raise a Regiment of Shfantry for the
war. Rendezvous at Atlanta, Ga.
Time of organization n->\v specified
the Ist July, would change the date to
an earlier period, should circumstances
permit him to leave the field. He is
now attached to the “th Regiment, Ga.
Volunteers, as Lieut. Colonel, a twelve
month’s Regiment, whose term of ser
vice, expires 31st of May. His claims
as a soldier anti an officer, lie would
leave others to record. Can give sat«
isfactory references as to character ,
service and mili’aiy capacity.
Would be pleased to open a corres
pondence with any individual who has,
or desires to raise a company for the
war. lie is indifferent whether the
Regiment is organized under the State
or Confederate States authority.
liis addn ss at present is in the field,
7th Regiment Ga. Volunteers, 3d Brig
ade, Gen. D. R. Jones’ Division, A. P.,
Camp near Orange court-house, Va.
JOHN DUNWODY.
tteß" Gen. Henry R. Jackson resign
ed as soon as the Stfte troops were trans
ferred to the Confclerato service.