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MARIETTA, GA.
Friday, M ty 8- 1863.
Katb.s of Advertising.—We have ad
vancJ our rales far legal advertising
in accordance with the actio# of the
« onvcuUou of the Weekly Press as fol
lows:
Citations for letters ol adm s tion $4 00
“ *• “ disinissory 100
Leave to eel land and negiovs 100
Notice to Debtors and Creditors 500
Sales of land or negroes 10 lines or
less 7 o 0
On all otter advertising except by
special contract far eno or mor# months,
ihe advance wit be fifty per cent on
tormer prices.
Th© Crops.
The seasons, were never more favora
ble for crops ofevery description. From
every quarter we hear the most glowing
accounts of the wheat crop. Occasion
ally we hear of the appearance, or the
dread of rust in some localities, but the
conviction strengthens, that we are. to
have a grain crop unequjled in the h s
tory of the South.
The Raid 011 Rome.
The following letter, trom a conductor
of the Rome Railroad, in ref-r«nee to
the raid together with the trlegraphic
dispatches, furnish most of the part cu
lars connected with it. The excitement
in this place was very great when the
news was first received. Some three
hundred left Marietta for the scene of
danger,-citizens and cadets, a part of
the small force of the Advocate office
with them, which accounts this week
for our half sheet.
Kingston, May 3, 1863.
Mr C. H. Stillwell-Dear Sir:—l
learn this evening that the Yankees were
I elow Rome and that our men nevded
reinforcements. I then ran the train to
Rome from this place to carry kbout
men, and have just returned, hav
ing karned the tobowing particular*:
Gen Forrest has overtaken llm ci ciny
at Gaylesville, Cheroki e comity, Jia.,
about twenty-live miles west of Rome
and the courier stated that an engage
ment had taken place. The courier left
before the fight closed; therefore we
can't t- II the result 1 have a dispatch
from General Forrest to Gen Bragg da
ted yesterday, seventeen miles west of
Gadsden, asking far a force to be sent
to Rome to ch. ck ihem as his horses
were tired out; but he has overtaken
them to day and it is hoped given
them a good thrashing. Their advance
guard canrc to Cal Shorter's place one
mile from Romo to day, fired on ovr
pickets and then routed. They number
ed 200. Their whole farce is about
1500. We have the bridges guarded
and will give them a few rounds when
they come. Gen. Black is pursuing the
advance guard. Mrs. Stillwell is at
Oliver's. The bullets flew th ck round
your house, but your family are all safe
We do i.ot fear any attack between her**
and Rome. The enemy burnt Nobles’
Iron Works 20 miles below Zfonie. We
need more uier. If Forreet fails to
check them good bye to Rome.
Yours, rcspectfullv,
C. A. SMITH.
Conductor Rome R. R.
THE SITUATION
The sp'endil achievement of Gener
al Forrest sends an aminating influence
over the military and social heart of
Ihe country.
It was no small work to start from
Columbia, with a handful ot men for the
reinforcement of Roddy, assailed by from
seven to ten thousand of the enemy; to
meet these and defeat them; to force the
evacuation of Tuscumbia; t» divide the
opposing element aud pursue a detach
ment into Georgia, and capture the
whole of it, siixteen hundred strong;
and this with a loss, all told, ot less
than two hundred killed and wounded
from the day of outset to the grand en
try mid acclamations and bell-tinging-.,
into the town of Rome.
This in brief the magnificent cam
paign of Forrest and his noble little brig*
ade.
From all points the Situation breaks
from the still waters of a winter calm
into the breakers of a spring campaign.
The guns boom once more in the Old
Dominion; the rifles ringing on our left
here in the West; the red flames of burn
ing hemes light the far east on <>ur right
all quicken the pul.-e, and quicken ihe
soul of the War-go J. Tne seme is yet
quiet in front, but any moment may
touch it into lire.
The Floridians arc rallying from all
sections of the Slat- to repel ths Feder
al invaders.
THE MARIETTA WEEKLY ADVOCATE.
telegraphic.
From the Southwest.
Jackson April 29.—Dispatches from
Grenada of to day icport all quiet at
Memphis
Four gun-boats just pasted Grand
Gulf. One gun-boat is below shelling
both ways. The firing is heavy and
can be heaid here distinctly.
The enemy had four pieces of artille
ry. and were probably 'making toward
Natch z
Passengers who left New Orleans
last Thursday says the police regulations
arc very stringent.
Cofl’ e houses close at dark, and citi
z ns arc not allowed uut in the streets
sf er nine o’clock.
F orlr ■ Ificers arc drilling and arming
negroesf om the coast.
Banks has tttk-n Alexandria.
The Appeal says Gen Smith, com
mand.ng at Lagrange, will unite his
forces at LaGrange and Jackson, Tenn.
80l ver and Corinth, and adva..c: wilt
twenty thousand men on Meiidian and
Mobile, and necessitate the evacuation
of Viuksbu-g.
Yankee gunboat sunk.
Jackson, April 29. A special dis-,
patch to the Appeal states that all in
,qu et along the entire front from Mem
phis to Lifayctte. No Yaitkoe. south
of the usual line. No indication of ad>
Vai.ee.
Northern papers are full of bloody ac
counts of tyra my and anarchy l a.rl i:i
hand.
A Correspondent of the Memphis pa
pers from Warrenton of the 21-t ieport
the town in possession ol the Federals.
Movements are such us to lead the cor
respondent to believe that Grant will
capture Vicksburg in a few d tys,
Eleven gunboats now below Vicks
burg, including Farragut’s three.
The number of sick arriving at Cin
cinnati from Tennessee is increasing.—
Hospitals full.
Burnsides advance has re died Cum
berland Gap, intending to penetrate
East Tenn ssc. It is new definitely
known that Gens. Marshall, Breckin
ridge and Pegram have fallen back to
Knoxville, wh re Stonewall Jackson is
in comman 1.
The Persia has ariived with Ute Eu
ropean dates.
The London Post says the blockade
is the only efficient means- the’North
has of currying on the war. Maritime
powers may consider how lorg such a
war can continue France and Eng
land will convoy West India shipping.
Capt. A. S. Baker, the Confederate of
ficer sent to bring an iron clad from
England, was arre-tid in New York and
sent to Fort La Fayette.
Port Royal advices say the Monitors
are being iron-plated on the deck. The
work is being pu .lied.
San Francisco dates to ths 22d have
been received.
The Sacramento Republican has been
dtstroyed by a mob from camp Un
ion.
Gen. Foster's escape was mir icu’oua
—the bo_.t was riddled and the pilot
killed.
Foster will rctu n with reinforce
ments.
Jackson, April 30. —The Yankees
who made the late raid through Middle
and North eastern Mississippi, returned
to Corinth yesterday from Palo Alto,
Chickasaw County, Mi s.
Grierson is known to be below Jack
son. •
Eight boa's, loaded with Yankee troops
from the front of Vicksburg, are now
moving up the Yazoo. The display
made by them shows a desire to a: tract
our attention.
A tram of Confederate troops from
t..is place reached ZZuzleliiu at on th.
New Orleans and Jackson Railroad,
thirty four miles below Jackson, at oar
P. M. to-day to operate against the
Yankee raids trom the river, in the
counties of Jefiersoi., Copiah, Lawrence
and Franklin.
Col. Wirt Adams is hard oh the Yan
kee trail, and firing was heard this
morning mar Union Church, (in the
Eastern end off J< ffersou County, abou t
midway between Natchez aud the New
Orleans and Jackson Railroad:)
From the beat information the Yan
kees are making towards Natchez.
A private dispatch to the Mississip
pian says the Yankees entered B.iha a ; .
(a Railroad Station fn Copiah County,
on ihe New Orleans am* Jack-on, Rail
road, forty-four miles below Jackson.)
burned the depot, injured the track and
captured several soldier and one officer.
Their course is evidently towards Brook
haven ten miles further towards New
Orleans. Our forces are close in their
rear.
SECOND DI-PATCU —9.30 I*. M.
Communication with Grand Gulf has
been reestablished. After six hours
aud a half of c.-ntinual firing, the Yan
kee gunboats failed to take the place,
and retired. They fired about 3000 shot
and shell at our batteries temporarily
disabling one of our guns. Oui loss is
three k lied and twelve wounded. Two
boats are apparently injured—extent
of dam «ge Unknown. The brave Col.
\V. Wade was killed. Our men be
haved l.ke veterans and are now work
ing hard preparing fur another attack
Ten disabled gunboats, after tiying tin
succes-fally to pass up, now* lie about
three miks below, on the Louisiana
snore. A I trgc body of the enemy
were engaged on Tuesday morning »n
the Louisiana s' ore, about live miles
above Grand Gulf.
TIIIKD dispatch —9.4o r. M.
Mobile, April 30. —We have official
information that the Yankee sloop oft
war Picble was burned on the 28th,
off Pensacola, being a total loss with
h !i armament.
Jackson, Ap.il 30—Six gunboats,
with two transports lashed to them,
passed Grand Gulf lost night, at 9
o'cock. Ti.e e.ietny are on the Louis
iana shore below.
Riehmml, April 29.—Inform ition
was received to day that the Yankees
h<vc crossed the Rappahannock near
Fredericksburg.
The train which left this morning
for llarniltan’s Cross ng, the usual
stopping place went only as far as Gu:-
neu’s Station, and return.ed this P. M.,
at the usual hour. 'lhe passengers re*
port skirmishing this A. M.
SECOND DISPATCH,
Senate passed, with amendment, the
House bill authorizing the Surgeons of
Hospitals to grant furloughs. The
800 se bill increasing the pay of soldiers i
was discussed and postponed till to
morrow. 'ihe House agreed to the Sen-i
ate amendments presenting a motto j
for the Confederate Seal; passe l. The ’
House bill to provide for hohbrig ejec
tions far members of Congress in Teu
n.*sseo and Louis'ann, also the bill abol
ishing all ports of delivery, passed; also
the Senate bill emending the act author 1
izing Military Courts. was receded ,
from. The disagreement to the Senate I
amendment to the Appropriation Bill I
was then concurred in.
Richmond, April 30,—1n the Senate,
the House bill increasing the soldiers
piy was postponed ti l the next ses
sion.
The House Exemption Bill finally
pissed. It repeals the clause in the ex.
ist'ng law relative to overseers, but ex*
erupts one persons for each farm owned
by a minor, person of unsmnl mind
femme sole or pets >n absent in the md-»
i'.at'y service, ou which there are twen*
ty or more skives. Several provisions
arc annexed. On° requires the owner
of a slave to pay annually into the
Treasury 1500. The act a'sa authors
izes th- President to exempt such per
sons as in his judgment should be ex
empted; also, all State officers whom
the Governor of any State may claim
should be exempted for the administra
tion of the laws. In ether respects the
act of last sessum remains in force.
The Senate also passed the House till
to establish a Trovisional Navy, and
the bills relating to Congressional elec
tions tn Louisiana and Tennessee.
Chattanooga, May Ist.—All is quiet
in front.
The enemy has retired within his en
trenehments on Stone’s River.
A special dispatch to the Rebel from
Huntsville, dated the Ist, says Forrest
repulsed the enemy with consideeable
loss yesterday at Danville, 15 miles
from Decatur, and is still pursuing them
Our loss fity. Our pickets are beyond
Courtland.
CONFIRMATORY OF THE ABOVI.
Tullahoma, May Ist.-Forrest met
the enemy near Moulton yeiterday and
repu »e.l Ijinx. Was baud to hand fight
The enemy is in full retreat, and Forrest
in lull pursuit.
All quiet in front.
Richmond May l*t—A letter dated
12 o’clock near Fredericksburg "says:—
No fighting or skirmishing to day. Both
sides are preparing for a great battle
No demonstration has been made by the
enemy in front of Fredericksburg
The town will probably escape shelling.
The inhabitants have again evacuated
the place..
Jackson, Mxy I—The enemy advans
ecd and and fighting b'.ga.i at Grand
Gu f this morning at 1 o'clock, and
fought till 4 I’. M. The enemy was re
pulsed. The battle was renewed at 8
o’clock. The enemy took Wades Va.
battery which was retaken this after
noon. The *?nemy was driven one mile
from the battle field. Firing has ceas
ed. Loss heavy on both sides. Gen.
Bowen’s hor»c was struck lour times in
a charge ou the enemy.
Chattanooga, Moy 2— A special diss
patch fri.m Decatur, dated May 2, eats
th it Forest is doing glorious work.—
lie bus been li htiug since Thursday
•ass.
The fight occureJ thiity miles froat
Decatur.
He has captured a large number ol
prisoners.
He has scvciit< en hundred Yankecr
out ofl ; in the mountain south of'this
place. It is thought he has captured
them ere this.
StaineV BJIL’s aad KJrr.onstsn’a
legiments were engaged.
We ictoukuur cam.on, and one from
the enemy.
The Yankees have evacuated Tus
cumbia. Our loss is " kill d and nine
teen wounded.
Etowah, May 4.—Editsrs Confedera
cy: Gen. Foriest has captured the
whole f.r e of the enemy, near two
ih iisand st.ong. This is teliallc. Al!
right.
G. W. LEE,
Com nanding.
Northern News.
A dispatch to the
from Indianapolis on the 28th says
i that Gen. Z/i«sk< II orders that m wspa*
1 pet's and persons whsci.d avoi to bring
■thegitvrrnmeat war policy into dtsres
put**, or viol.da Burnsidcri death order,
bs treated accordingly.
S x hundred infantry one hundred
cavalryjtave been sent to Brown coun
ty to make arrests.
i A Cincinnati naval officer, s.iys
; that Vicksburg is not l.e attacked, but
instead, the levees will be cut, atid oth
er mi'chie r perpetrated, with a vi.*w of
rendering the cuun ry below Helena un*
tenable.
Advices from Cario s'.ate that Jiff
Thompson, with 27,000 rebels, attacked
Cape Girardeau, but withdrew, with a
loss o lit'y killed. The Federal loss
was small, Gen McNeil commanding
The mouths of the Arkansas and
White rivers have been connected by a
canal.
Giant’s headquarters are at New
C-trthage.
Over 3000 males and females at
Nashville, have bceu outlied and bond
cd.
A dispatch from Grand Gulf to d.*y
aay*s that our troops have withdrawn to
their intrcnchments.
The enemy made three fnrieus as
saults, but were rcpnlscl.
Three bodies of our treops are at
points where they will probably intei*
cept and captare Grierson.
Gricram has destroy 'd the governs
ment tannery at Magnolia.
Richmond, May 4. —The f dlowiag ba*
just been received: M.lford May 3d—To
President Davis: Yesterday Gen. Jack
-»n penetrated to the rear of the enemy
and d ove him from all h a posit’ons
from the wilderness, to within oae mile
<>fj|Chancellorville- Be (the enemy) was
engaged at the same time in fraiit by
twa ol Long-treet’s divisions.
This morning the battle was renewed
//c was dislodged from all his positions
around Chancellorville and driven back
owards the Rappahannock, over which
he is new retreating. Many prisoners
were taken, and the enemy’s loss in kill
ed at.d wounded is large. We have
again to thank Almighty God for a
great victory. I regret ta state that
G.*n. Puxton wa& killed; Gen. Jscksea
severely, and Gens. Heth and A. P. Hi?
slightly wounded. •
Signe 1 R. E.LEE,
General Cuinmanding.
Jackson, May 4.-Gov. Pettus says
that no serious disaster has occurred
wear Grand Gulf, and he wishes the peo
ple to have confidence in th» result.
lie has c< me to the rational deliberate
conclusion, that the whole State will bs
held. A few towns »n the river will,
probably le taken temporarily, but
measures will be taken to meet the ene
my at every point assail and drive him
lack. He thinks affiira not half sj
gloomy as they wete three days ago.
Jacksoe, May s—The enemy rre re- .
ported in force four in les this side W
the Big Black, near Edward’s Dept* .
They have captmed ouc hundred of
our pickets.
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To Cotton Yarn Spinners of Goor»
gU
Atlanta, Ga., April 30, 1863.
I have ju»t had an inter view with the
Quartermaster General of the State of
Georgia. We have boon talking about
an rffort to supply the needy fatniliea of
Georgia with cotton yarns. By u Leg
is ative resolution, it has been mad. the
duty of the Qiuitermas'ei* General to
t« secure a large qtaniily of yarns, to
be divided judiciuu*ly uninttg the needy
families us our soldiers, 1 propose u
Coiivciition of aii the Cotton Yarn Spin
ners iu the State, to be held in Jllunta
on the 15th of Muy next, to arrange a
united effort on the part •four factoi'its
to see what wc can do to meet tuis press
ing detuani upon our productions. Let
us meet, au l uriange u generous plan to
provide for this cull up hi us.
Your, Respectfully,
E. STEADMAN.
P. S. I’ajers friendly t« the t-oldier
wi.i | rotnote his welfare by g ring this
several inscitions. We want this work
to commence as generally uu*l us soon
as I'UBH blc,
IRA R. FOSTER.
In Eu-tern Asia, Ciiristains arc now
as badiy pcr*ccu cd us they ever were i>n
Europe. A Roman paper stya that du
ring lite paper says that during the past
year, 16,000 ClffurTaftß lisvu ucun ptu u>
death, and 20 000 reduced to slavery, in
the Annnitu Empire.
The Bntish Board of Trude ictiiiris *
for the year 1862 are pu lisiied. They
show the total expuils of
for the year to have been £124.127.812
in valse, against £125,102,824 in 1862
and £135 891,227 iu 1860.
II is.sUted that Mucauly’s History
of Englund bus bud a larger circulation
than any ether work of the age. It has
i-eached nt grout Britain the ex laordi
•ary number of 269,000 copies.
LIST OF LITERS.
REMAINING in the 1»O»1 office, at Marietta,
Ga., Muy, Ist 18G3.
A’ K
Armstrong, F.tltnlinda JKeahcley Weston
Alexander Miss M A Klug Jll
Alexander John M
Austin WAG Mitchell James
It Morris R A
Bullock Charels Mobley Mrs C
Bush William N May Al e t
Brake A C Morgan -atnnell D
Brake John M Merriv.e her Mrs M E 2
Brock Dr W 11 McComtel J B
Banks Thomas W N
.Boston John U Neighbours James
Botiltnore Ostnone I’
Batbone, A M t’erry mrs Sarah E 2
Butts, Daniel Q
Barrow. Mrs Mathew Quillion turs E J
Brooks Crawford R
U Rawlins T G
Childress PC 2 Rainbeat S A
Campbell Harriett L Roberts M J
Cantrell Miss Harriett Bobfrts miss Mat
Chandler Mrs Elizabetlißebertson turs E 2
Cooper 11C S
I) Smith miss E S
Day mr Stone 'Cil'iam A
Doncaster J W Stevens miss M L
F Sanders S H
Erasure miss Francis Stanford Robeal
G Sharp Alfred
Groover James A Saddler mrs C «
Glover J C T
Green James A Thompson mrs Emma C
Gober mrs T W
Gate miss maty Wbeless loseph
Il Warren mrs Jane
Henderson J Wilson miss L S
Home J sinh Williams miss m I.
Holt J N Warn mack Einett
Honfl' John H Y
Hearudon Enoch Yarbrough Rev J W
J
Jewell J F
Wm. F. GROVES. P. M.
G-eorgia Cobb County:
Executors Sale.
BY virtue o; an order from the Ordinary of
said. County, there will be sold on the Ist
Tuesday in June next, before the Court House
door in the city of Marietta, one negro woman
Margarett about twenty-seven y ears and six
months o'd. In accordance to the last will and
testament us Joseph T. Howze, late of said
county deceased tor the benefit us the heirs and
creditors of said deceased. Terms Cash. This
April 1“63.
JOHN GANN, Ex’dr.