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marietta, ca. ?.l:v W 1863. 1 may be compelled to continue the issue of a half sheet of the Advocate until w? can procure a more efficient force for the bus iness of the Office. All dead matter will be ex cluded—the news will bo given at length and in small but plain type so that the reading mat ter will not be much diminished. Every family, in this cruel war, has its private grief ; but, the country mourns the death of Stonewall Jackson; and wherever he roism, virtue and patriotic, devotion finds an admirer, an emotion of sadness will follow the announcement of his death. We ere indebted to Mr. Frazer for a number of packages of Envelopes equal in quality of paper *nffi»neatness to the best arti cle, from the Worth. His factory is turning •ur large quantities and we are pleased to learn that a business which distributes so much good —tymong employees is so thriving. T> 'LjT ur The election of a Governor is beginning to engage th? attention of the people or rather the press and politicians of Georgia. Ihe pref erences at present can only be personal-no other issue is now involved. Possibly other issues, of a more important nature, may arise before the day of election. It will be as w ell in any event, to wait and see. Confined to preferences involving no interest beyond the ordinary administration of the State Govern ment, wo would have no hesitation in sustaining Gov. Brown. YFee.’O pleas id to see that our friend Capt G. IL Lk.s-.zr, is spoken of as the next Congre: ’;cvl Representative for this district. His abilities, integrity and untiring industry would credit upon the choice of his constituents. - ■ -—k •liens Summary. Vft- T’.a f rlsczsrs taken by Gen. Forest, were Rlzirisd for Richmond, via Knoxville, on the Bth, the At?—ta Confederacy says “thevan dals sl.ucm uj» .1 song as the cars moved off. yjp, T’-« 11th Division Georgia Militia has ' been ord ..el to bo in readiness to march to any no: t«f the State at a moments warning “tho sns-ny’a movsments indicating an intention to reach Atlanta or some point on the Sta'e Road. j/ntT" It is reported that the Cherokee Na tion Has revoked the ordinance of secession— aa!:«d cor ansr.tcd emancipation—and abol ished ’. erv.* This would seem to verri fy the pvndicE:.\NfGen. Pike. 7* T : Federal States have sent into the g e |d - the commencement of the war, in all 1,385,531 men. «.„* Ito/wishing ton Chronicle, says Lin coln haa 31 lerejfc draft of 500,000 men. y w» »*>•■" an Dorn WIS k!l ’ cd « at h<:a , d Tenn., it is said by a Dr. I e- The offence of Gen. Van Dorn, it i? said, v-as seduction. The Huntsville corres pondent of the Rebel, of May Ist says of his c-.f 2, “I fear that the officers of Van Dorn's cmy, from the lowest to the highest, -re wort’ -<j eo often at the altars of Venus and Bacchus -■ have forgotten. Mars altogether." “To .kirk that the men, upon whom the country 1 :.~e to depend in this serious crisis, • ffj its very existence, are daily losing the con no c f, and respect of their subordinate and th 3 pocplo generally by conduct which might be called licentious in time of peace.” Tullahoma is distant from Chatta nooga tbirty'-Sve lailes by Railroad. — At Tulteh etna the Nashville and Chat-1 Railroad is joined by the Mc- Minnville and Manchester Railroad, leading to McMinnville 35 miles. —r» O' " » It is stated that the Confederate Gov ernment has about 250,000 bushels of corn stored in Middle and Southwest ern Georgia. The more the better, if it is properly cared for. Some lettar writers think the Feder ate intend to make the moutfi of Red rirsr a base of operation— bring up troops from New Orleans through the numerous deep bayous in Louisiana, th-s avoiding Port Hudson. It. is evi dent that they have had enough of our batteries at that place. ». Confederate guerillas are giving the Federate much trouble in various sec tions of Kentucky. i w*-—♦. 1 It is said that Gen. ZZumphrey Mars ’ shall has been assigned to the com- < maad of the department of East Ten- 1 nessee, lately held by Gen. Daneteon. { The steamer Eugenia, which ran the j blsckade into Mobile on Saturday week r is said to have brought 3,000 kegs of a powder for the government. _ r v A Washington dispatch states that t Lincoln has 'indefinitely postponed the c Enforcement of the Conscription Law.’ a THE M A RIE 'I'T A WEE KL Y ADVOC AT E. T>ie Great Bailie. Details of the great, battle around Ficdeiicksbnrg ate beginning to reach us. Though they come in irregular in btahiK'Uts, they ail breathe the exiler-l atirg spirit which usually attends great j victories, and which overleaps tie do-I tail of strategic particulars. We make up a seminary of such intelligence as we have derived from the Virginia pa pers, as follows: The line of bat<te extended from Chancellorsvillo to Wilderness Swamp, in Spotsylvania, cutting across the Or ange Plank Road at an acute angle, our troops, of course, occupying the South ern ground, and, after the two days tight driving the enemy, by front and churges, across the river in the neigh borhood of b'ied:?iicksburg. An cflort was made by the enemy to drive our army from its position, on Marye’s Hill, on Saturday evening, which succeeded for the night; but the position with prisoners and guns, was rccoveicd" on the following morning. The battle is considered one of the most desperate ever fought, as the slaughter on both sides will attest. — During the enenn’s retreat our artillery had a lair sweep of them while crossing a ford, and added greatly, to their disas ters. Our entire loss is estimated fr»ru eight to ten thousand, that of the ene my from twenty live to thirty thousand prisoners. In a charge over lour lines of the enes my, and the taking of a battery, about one-third of the Stonewall brigade was killed or wounded. In the 10th Virginia regiment, nine out of eleven Captains were killed, wounded or made prisoncis. Gen. McLiw* was struck, but not much hurt. G*ns. Hill and He h were slightly wounded but, as we have announced, have resumed their command. Gen. McGowan was slightly, but painfully wounded. All the stall’of AP. Hill w-re killed or wounded. Major General Birney (Yankee) left dead on field. Brigadier frcucral Wm. Haya (Yankee) taken prisoner. '1 his man was born in Richmond, llis A. D. C., J. Echols, (Yankee) is » prisoner. D. 11. Hill's division, commanded by Brigadier General Rhodes, of Alabama, and Tumble’s division, (the two divs ions comp acd of Alabama, Georgia. Virginia and Maryland troops under the command of Gen, Jackson, marched fourteen miles on Saturday, and reached the enemy’s rear Saturday afternoon. — Attacking the enemy io three lines of their entrenchments, they cantlircd three batteries, ’together with about live thousand prism era. The third, fith, sixth, twelf.h and twenty-sixth Alvbtima, of Rin des’ Brig ade, suffered severely, it is reported in officers—one-thi-d of whom were either killed or weiiudcd — proportion being ten wounded men to one killed. The struggle on Marye’u height is also represented as being desperate.— On Sunday the enemy, by a flank move ment at Maryete height succeeded in capturing six guns, belonging to the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th companies of the Lou isiana regiment was nearly ail taken s prisoners, together with many men be " longing to the 6th Louisiana. ’ On Sunday Gen. Early was rein'orc 1 ed by Gens McLaws and Anderson, and ? the fight renewed when the Heights 1 were retaken and the pieces recaptured with a number of others. Hays’ Louisiana brigade greatly dis , lingiisbed itself, taking fourteen pieces of the enemy’s artillery. 1 In the fight on the line Sunday, iu addition to the prisone.s mentioned, some two thousand others were captur ed, and five batteries of field artillery. From this faet tome idea may be finn ed of the character of the fight, and the extent of our triumph. It is stat( dihat Gen. Lee regards it as one of the most satisfactory victorias of the whole war. We lost in all fourteen pieces of ar tillery, and captured fiftysthree. We also captured neat ly 10,000 prisoners, seven thousand of whom are said to be at Guinea’s Station, cn their way to Richmond. Our loss iu tilled and wounded•is-estimated at six or sjveu thousand. Unfortunate Wounpinu Jackson. —The Richmond ‘Enqui'er’ ol the 6th inst,, says: A telegram on yesterday morning an nounced the fact that General Jackson’s arm had been amputated, and that he was doing well. Mrs. Jackson, who is at present in the city, has been in fsrrned by a letter of tho mc’a tcholy circumstances under which the Gcucral received hio wounds. The following are the facts of the most unhappy affair, as detailed in that letter: At midnight, on Saturday night, his men being drawn up in line of battle, a body of troops was seen a short distance in advance of our line.— It being doubtful whether they were friend or enemies, General Jackson and staff rode forward to ascertain. Whilst he was engaged in reconnoitering, his men being unaware of his movement, mistook himself and staff for enemies and fiied a volley into them, instantly killing one of li.s staff and severely wound'ug General Jackson and Major ' Crutchfield. One LuJlet passed through the General's right hand, whilst aneth- t er struck his left arm below the elbow r and ranging upward, shattered the bone t near the shoulder. He distantly fell to the ground. Ills brother in-law, who was with him. lai I down best de brn to ascertain the character of his wounds. — in a nil in nt the unknown troops in j front, wl.o proved to be the enemy ad j vanccd and capture 1 two other stall ofli- I oers who were atanding over tic Gen eral without noticing him. Soon after* four of cur men placed him on stretcher and were bearing him to the rear, when they were all shut down. The injury to his right band is severe, one of the bones having been sltot/rfray, hut it is believed he will ultimately recover its use. TELEGRArHIC. Richmond, May 6.—The dispatch is sued an extra this P M, giving the first details of the battle of Chancellersville yet received. It correspondent says the fight in many respects was the blood iest of the war, and our loss is hoavy in both officers and men. The enemy had thrown up entrench ments and constructed an abattis which after severe fighting wete carried by our men. Arnot g the prisoners taken is Maj. Gen. ZZays, who commanded a division in Couck’s corps. The’prisoners represent some -10 reg iinen‘B—mostly foreigners. Oa the low er, end of the line where Gen Eariy commanded, there was some hard light ing—on Sunday, and in the afternoon, Maryo’s Heights were carried by the enemy, and a nuiaber of Mi-sissippians were captured, and six pieces of the Washington Artillery were taken at the same time. On Monday morning the fight was renewed and the six pie ces recaptured with a number of ethers Five Yankee batteries are reported cap tured on the upper lino. From another source I learn th it absut r’x thoflssnd prisoners in all have been captured. Gen. A. F. Hill has as sumed command. Gen. Heth is not much hurt and still in command. Gen. McGowcr is slightly wounded. The 13th Miss., regiment killed more than its own numbsr. Col.,Sl*Turd of the 14th La was killed; also Col - of the IS Ya. and Col, Mai ory cf the 55th Va: From the Southwest. Jackeon. May *tli. -An oScer who left Nat chitoches (on Red river, in Natchitoches Farish western Louisiana,) says Banks’-iw-'fiy is divi ded into three columns, Oco was fortifying the town of Opelousas, one at, a and one at Bute la Rose. ■ ’ ‘ '■ Banks has seized the negroes and stack on Governor More’s plantation. Gen. E. Kiiby Smith arrived aPAlexnndi ia. La, from Arkansas, with reinforcements for Walker's Texas brigade. Smith was confident cf bis ability to drive Banks back to Berwick’s Bay. Three powerful Confederate gunboats are at Alexandria,’above the falls. The Wheat crop iu Texas is unprecedentedly pro~~:sing. Magruder’s headquarters arc-removed te San Antonio- Five Yankee gunboats passed Natchez on Sunday night, four of which ascended Red riv er. CASUALTIES OF THE 19th GEORGIA REG IMENT. Richmond, May 9. “To the Fdilos Southern Confederacy:” The Ninetec nth Ga., was engaged on the 3d inst. Sergt Garrison of Co B, Private Elliott, Co G, were killed, and forty were -wounded— among the number, Lieut, Martin, Co E. Priv vate Chambers, Co I. and Private Strickland, Co E. have since died. Alljhe restdoing well. A. J. HUTCHINSON. Richmond, Mr\y 10.—The Whij has Northern dates to the 9th. Lincoln has issued a proclamation calling oiit'the militia to suppress the rebollioa. All able-bodied mj’.e citizens and foreigners be tween 20 a ;d 45 years who have declared their intention to become citizens, constitute the na tional forces. An official dispatch from Stanton says the President and the General-in-Chief have jnst returned from the army of the Potomac, and that no serious disaster has occurred to the or ganization and efficiency of the army, and not more than a third of Hooker’s forces were en gaged. Stoneman's operations are heralded as a brilliant success. A part of it advanced (it is said) within two mile of Richmond. The Yankee army iti s said will speedily re sume off nsive operations. Ths trial of Vallandingham by court martial was concluded nb the 7th inst. The decision is unknown. The correspondents of the New York paper give grandiJorjUmt accounts et the battles out disguise tho faet of the defeat as far at posssi ble by a multiplication of words. Hooker was stunned and thrown down by a shell which shattered the pillar of a porch he was leaning against at Chanccllorsville. Gov. Letcher received a dispatch this P. M announcing the death of Gen. Jackson at Gui nea's Station, at 3,50 P. M. He died from the effects of wounds, and an attack of pheutuonia. His boc’y will be brought to this city tp mor row by a special train. Vicksburg, May 9th—Not’aiHg new from the front. The enemy lias been landing troops to il. ■ below Youngs Point—supposed they are intended to reinforce Grant’s army. The ‘Whig’ office was destroyed by fire ill’s , afternoon its origin unknown. ARREST OF VALLANDIGHAM. Jackson, May 10.—-A special dispatch to the Appeal states that, the Chicago Time of the tith h is a dispatch from Cincinnati of the sth which says Vallandingham was arrested by a compa ny of toldiers on a charge of violating Burn side's death order.. The soldiers were distribu ted in the neighborhood of Vallandigham’s dwelling and ordered every person to go home and then surrounded and broke open his house. Vallandinghom has taken high ground, de* daring that he will not answer the military or be tried immediately. Parties has gone to Cleveland to attempt to get out writ of habeas corpus from the U. S. District Court of the Northern District »f Ohio. Vallandighum la been sent to the barrack* at New I'ort. His ar rest has created great excitement in Montgom ery county. Wagon loads of people flocked to Dayton o« hearing the news. Burnsides »ent cannon and troops into Dayton. Pistols were flrod at 10 o’clock!’. M., when the journal office and other buildings were burned the telegraph wirescut, the bridge on tho Columbus & Xenia Kailroad burned. The residence of Col. Harrod, of the I.3th Ohio, late the Phillips House, was burning. The Natchez Courier has information that our prisoners from New Orleans were exchang ed at Port Hudson. General Kirby Smith with 10.000 raw troops, whipped Banks badly, driving him to Washing ton, La. The letter news is confirmed, by men from tho opposite side of the river. Richmond, May 11. All business was sus pended here to day at 10 o'clock A. M., A spec ial train with Jackson's body arrived at half past 3 o'clock. A great eoncourae of people are on Broad street and Capitol Square awa’ting the arrival of the train. A large military escort, will escort the rfr mains to the Governors Mansion, where it will | remain in state ur.til to-morrow morning, when I it will be conveyed to Legiugton. Wjiat urn we nonTiNG fob?-—ls the title of a pamphlet issued from this Office written by Dr. C. Cox, of this place, in relation to mnal duties of our people, and discussing a plan of administration <>t the finances of the country with a view to fixing the burthens ol govern ment upon the productions of slave labor with out injustice to tho slave owner. The financial is not new, as various plans have been urged from the beginning of the war to make cotton the b asis of Confederate credit. The plan of Dr. Cox. however, propvse.i n perrs-in»-nt sj« teal. Jackson. May 11.—One thousand of Grant’s cavalry entered and burned Crystal Springs, nil the'New Orleans Railroad, at 12 o’clock to I <lay. j Charleston. May 12.—The onemy is showing unusual activity, has built large and formida ble batteries on Felly Island, bearing on the Southern extremity of Morris Island. Sever al Yankee regiments are also fortifying Sea brook's Island. The surgeons in Gen. Lea’s army make the following .’pproximato estimate of our less in the recent battles: Wounded 7.ot)d Killed 900 Missing 1.200 It is believed that our actual loss will fall be low rather than exceed that sum. 1 The Nashville Daily Press, of the 9th con tains a telegram from the late Virginia battle that the loss of the Federals in Sedgwicks com mand was above 5000 men. An editorial says that‘Hooker’s having changed his base tells story: he is defeated and oitr first reports were base, false fabrications. The picture is fright ful, and adds to the chronology of our san guinary defeats in the East/ It reports the rebel loss at 10,000 to 15,000. Confederate and State Commission ers UNDER THE IMPRESSMENT Ad’. —The Commissioners appointed by tho Cons ederate and State Government* as Appraiser under the Impressment Ac, Msj J. E. Morgan and Col. U. B Wilkin son, met in LaGrange on the 16th inst. After their organization, they elected Capt. Miles 11. Z/ill their Secretary and arc now prepared for the duties of their office. We learn that they will est b lish their headquarters at Atlanta. SB DIED in Cobb County Georgia, on the first day of April 1863, of disease of the heart Miss. S (BAH C. Maninng daughter of Simpson and Ber fheba Manning, in the 23d year of her age. The deceased was baptised into the fellowship of the Missionary Baptist Church about four years ago in which Church she had since lived a con sistent member. Ever adorning the profession that she had made, by a pious walk and a godly conversation, declaring plainly that she sought a country, a city whose maker and builder is pod. ■ She was of a kind disposition, endeavor ing always to make every one around her happy Kind and obedient to her aged parents, she had made many acquaintances, and none knew her but to admire her, and those who knew her best loved her most. She was peifectly resign ed to her fate. On the morning of her death a few hours before she died, slfb called hei aged parents to her, asked God to bless them and bid them farwelljshe then called her brother and sisters to her, bid them farewell and requested them all to meet her in heaven She then offered up a fervent prayer for them together with her neighbors and friends every where, and in a few minutes she fell asleep in the arms of Jesus. Paaents weep not for your child, she is irot dead, but gone before, she cannot come to you but you will go to her when you will again hear her sweet voice, not as when she was with you upon earth, but it will be the voice of an angel, singing the songs of free grace and dying love,— Your loss is her eternal gain, she is gone to where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. B. The Soldiers Grave. Composed by a young lady on tho Death of J. G. Camp, a soldier of C. S. Army, who was captured at Nashville, Tenn., and carried ~by the enemy to Camp Douglas, where he Died. Now all alone the soldier sleeps, In solitude and gloom, No fiendly eye above him weeps No Howers o’re him bloom. He died from home in Northern lands Beside the Ocean’s wave, llis eyes were closed by stranger hands, • And strangers made his grave. Above his grave no evergreen, It’s faithful leaves entwine No loving vine can there’be seta, To shade offections shrine. The Autumn winds shall be his dirge, 3 he Autumn leaves his pall, At.d o’re ths soldiers nameless grave No tears can ever fall. But soldier thou art not forgot Though lonely thou may’st lie, Though by the hands of enemies Wert carried there to die. Though buried far in distant lauds, Thy friends can ne’er forget, His heart was ever kind and true When last as friends we met. Three years have past sicnec last we met, And walked among tho flnwers, And talked of friends aud days of mirth. To wile away the hours. But bow alas we’ll meet no more, Our di earns of joy to tel,’. For thou art gone, forever gone, Then soldier fare you well. The evening dews shall o’re the weep, But fi teuds can never come To gather flowers and scatter o’re, Tne soldiers dreary tomb. E. S. Administrator’s Sale. W’ ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July ■ next before file Court House door in Milton county. Lot of Land No. GoS, 2d district, 2d section of said county, belonging to the es tate of Elisha Williams, deceased, sold for the benefit of heirs & creditors. Terms oa day of sale. May 13, ’63. THOMAS BURGESS, Adm’r. Executor’ j Side. ’ X TTILL be sold on the Ist Tuesday in Juno V V next between the legal hours of s tie be fore the Court Home door in Cierokec eonnty Lot of Land No. 379. 15th (list, and 2d section,' as the property of liichard Ragsdale deceased for distribution. April 7th 't>3. LARKIN A. RAGSDALE. Ex\.r, ADMINISTRATORS SALE. ‘ I? T virtue of an order from the Court of Or jL> dinary of Dickens County will be ?»>ld on the first Tuesday iu July next at the C(.ur lletise door, ia said county, between the h-gal hours of sale, the tract of lan,' oii John E' Price resided al the time of his death, con tains 160 acres more or less, known as lot No.. 153, in 12tb (list., and 2d section. Said land bt ing tolerably well improved. Tenus made known oa day sale. Wti. GODFREY,'Adm’r, Muy 1,1853. G’EOI'iGIA, Cherokee Ceunty. WHEREaS, Mary Putnam, applies te me for letters of administration upon the estate of '1 lios W Putnam la.e of .aid counit de ceasad- These'are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors at said deceased, to file their objections if any they have, in my office, within the tiipe prescribed by law. otherwise letters of administration will t bi granted the applicant. Given under my hand, as Oidinary, this 9th Mar, 1863. JAMES JORDAN, Ord’y. Georgia- Cherokee County. WHEREAS L 'tnuel Cook, applies to me for letters of administration upon the estate of Elijah Underwood, late es said county deceased. These are therefore to Cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, te he end appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law. to show cause if any they have, why said letters of administra tion should not lie granted the applicant. Given under my hand and ofllcia' signature, this May 9, 1863. JAMES JORDAN, Ordinary. , GEORGIA Cherokee County. WHEREAS. Mary Hood, applies to me for letters of administration on the estate • of Lazarus Hood, lute of said county. These are therefote te cite and admonish *ll and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at My office, v. ithi* the time prescribed by law. to show cause if any they have, why said letters -should not b*. granted the applicant. Given under my hand at office. May 9,1863. JAMES JORDAN, Oru’y. GEORGIA, Cherokee County.. WHEREAS, Martin Chamlee applies to me for letters of Guardianship over the per son and property of John M. and Mary Pugh, minor children of Frascis E Pugh late of said county deceased, ( These are therefore cite and admonish all persons concerned ,o be and appear at my of ficejjwithin the tirnv prescribed by law to show cause if any they can, why said letters should not be granted the appli cant Given under my hand and official signa ture. This May 9 ’63. JAMES JORDAN, Ord’y. Georgia, Pickens County. NOTICE— Two months after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said County for leave to sell the Lands belonging to the estate of Tolbert Biddy deceased for the ben fit I die heirs and creditors of said deceased. May. Ist 1863. ’ E. W ALLRED. Adm’r.