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MACON lELEUKAPH.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1863.
RAGS1 RAGS! RAGS1
TJ>« ... u..rsUtn>jd respectfully asks all persona in
Uacou and vicinity having any linen or cotton rags
while or colored, To send them to his store, where
the. highest market price will be paid for them in
goods or cash as may be desired. . Old bagging and
rope, or stainoAcott' a, will also be received .on same
terms. .Country ■ erelianls who will interest them-
el Vos in eoUrir.-ng rheas’ commodities and forward
ly cueiu to me shall be' liberally dealt with. AH
-.eiders oi tne Macon Duly Telegraph are specially
'lnvjjeHto interest themselves in sending In their
rags, *; c., as money will not now purchase printing
p.ipct at any price. * I shall collect them solely for
.'the Telegraph, and stand ready always to pay cash
* or sell good* «t the lowest prices for rags.
. “ ’T.W. FREEMAN,
-TT f Wholesale and Retail Grocer. Cherry street
just below Telegraph Buildmg.
an APPEAR for the. wayside HOME.
The UKdenigued have been requested by the La-
~ in charge of the Wayside Home in Maoon, to
ald-^em io raising money and supplies to sustain it,
as their funds >re exhausted, and they urgently and
confidently call ou the oitiieus of Macon to assist
them. Contributions, either of money or supplies of
ally kind, may be left with any of tholadies of the
Soldier* - Relief Spcisty, or with either of the under
signed.
'Several gentleman'have muted In purchasing a
large and well arranged house near the depot, which
they offer .the ladies to bo used as their Wayside
Home free of teat. So soon as possession is ob
tained the accommodations and comforts for the
soldier* wilt"be much enlarged.- The expenses here
tofore have been near $1,300 a month, and as the
ladies will be able hereafter to take care of a larger
number, tho amount of expenses will also be. in-
creased. Huge as this expenditure is, our citizens
have cheerfully responded to it* -wants, and as but
Jew of the soldiers who are entertained at tho es-
iftblisbmeat are from iiacdn, or Bibb comity, we
■ e«U on citizens of. Ml the-counties contiguous to
Alacou to aid os. - . .
Not only money, but contributions of meat, flour,
meal, poultry, tgga,” bolter end vegetables, or any
other articles of rood, will be thankfully received.
Sick or wounded soldiers, or those without the
r-fr.,., of twitel bills, no matter from what
part of the confederacy they come, are entertained
at the Wayside Home, free of expense, when pass
ing througo Macon. Surgeons are in attendance to
'care for me - wounded and sick. I
E. J- JOHNSTON,
L. N. WHITTLE,
W. K. DzGRAFFENREID,
J W. BURKE,
VIRGIL POWERS?
Macon, Ua., June 15—lw.
isU among the troops for reading, religious works,
which they seem to. hunger for. The Hev. Dr.
Alex. K. Cunningham of Shelby ville, who has been
most active in distributing sacr- d works and tracts,
has not been able to satisfy the demand which ex
ists for them.
AU the evangelical churches have become deep
ly interested in the spiritual welfare of our troops,
and have sent their best, most eminent and talent
ed mm to the army df-Tennessee. Among them
are Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, of the Episcopal
Church; Rev. Dr. Styles of the new school of Fres-
tery, who fcrmerally labored in Virginia in Stone
wall Jackson’s corps; Rev. Dr. Teazley of the Bap
tist church; Klv. Dr. Pherin, of the Methodist
church; and the Rev. Dr. Palmer,' formerly of
New Orleans, besides other eminent divines are
expected. Dr. Quintard, of Nashville, Chaplin of
the first Tennessee Regiment, and D. Elliott, also
of Nashville, Chaplain in Gen. Cheatham’s division,
as well as the respective chaplains of the army
generally, have been laboring hard inthe good
cause, and have aided greatly in bringing about
this holy work.
The Atlanta.—A naval officer in a commu
nication to the Savannah News, thinks that
there was disaffection among the crew. Ac
cording to bis account, the officers and pilots
were not tbc men to give up without a fight.
The hoisting of -a white flag, and then hauling
it down and running up the Confederate flag,
seems to favor the idea of. trouble among the
crew, especially when we remember that it was
a mixed crew, some-of whom Bad manifested
a mutinous disposition before the ship went oat,
by saying that “if the ship went out it wcfuld
be the worse for'her and the officers.”
THE NEWS.
From Virginia tho noWs is slill good, The
prisoners .taken at Winchester number fully
seven thousind, two or three thousand horses,
and an immense number of wagons. What
ever (liuunution this news may suffer upon tbc
reception jof official 'dispatches, we have no
doubt- .t1iat.Ewel( is doing a good work in
Northern Virginia: He isTaroving himsulf a
SflfoTTewaLl Jadkson ,vrirorwwi*;.tite inapll*
fallen upon aintiro worjfey to take his place.-r-
‘lt tho iv ports received to-day be tuny ho takes
no time. I oveyow over his vicioriss ; but as soon
as Winch-stor has fallen, and' belore we get ,a
- lullmcc.ouul el' tho victor},ho takes Harper’s
Ferry aml.is on his wajrlo Frederick. In tlic
same dispatch comes the news that Hooker’s
army lias Icric Staffer'*,' intending, no doubt,
some counter uiovoniont to tliis rapid advance
of Ewell." ^ ' * .
We hope that we'wdl soon hear-that the
•* Gray -Coats ’’ arc ovey the Border, and that
a strong oolnnwi^of rebels, are giving Iho Ean
.kecs a tasuTof war' iifthcir own country. We
long to sco our ardiy on Yankee soil, occupy
ing such a position as will enable tiu-m to con
vince ourepcniics by a severe 'retaliation, that
• it is not civilikjd to destroy priva e property;
to imprison unoffending citizens and non-com-
. batants, to plunder churches, and generally to
carry on gush* warfare as the Yankees have
conducted against us. Wo wou,d deprecate a
vindictive, retaliatory war, as rough "as any pnej
' but rthen ah cnemyaisjegards all rules of civi-
, lized warfare, and lnakes-himself a Ravage, he
•* should ho v treated as s savage- If an eneipy
'disregards all-law, be is an outlaw, and should
be treated adtordingly. , If nothing win con-
. ’vince dtir, c-uemics *qf their injustice and'op
pression, hut burning houses and smoul-ieric
cities, we hope that our- army-wt.ll get^such
position, in their country, as will enable us to
,saccet»lolly apply the torch tolljeir property,
let them have a-realizmg Beusoofhow the peo
ple oi Darien, #f Jacksonvjllo, -and -ither places
feelVhdh their hames and property arc destroys
t-d. Let lEeffl see tbowarin tho light of their
burning b^tacs and in the conflagration of
• their cities, and if it docs -not quicken their
leehsc of justice, it will at least convince, them
-that fne is. a more destructive . element in a
commercial, manufacturing country, than it
. can possibly be in an agricultural Community.
A successful Inauguration-of Yankee,warfare
on their own,-soil, would have a powerful ten
dency, to develop a peace party in their midst,
„ and-would do good generally. Push on tbc
column, and let us - try it at all events.-
THE STATE OFJtELIGION IN.B^AGG’S ARMY.
The following paragraph from “Ora” in the Mo
bile Tribune, will bring Joy to the heart of every
patriot and Christian. It is astonishing that great
er efforts have not been made in behalf of our sol
diers’ spiritual welfare?' Let tho good work go on
until our army oflieroes shall afro become an ar
my of ohristians, and they will be invincible;
Ic I- 1 Minree of rejoicing and unspeakable jov.
to kfiow that a general religious revival has for
some time prevailed in Gen. Bragg’s arrrty Thou
sands have been converted; the good-work is still
progressing, and va->tly on the increase. Accord
ing to tho weekly report aUhe meeiing of the Chan
lain3 of the army, a lew (lay 7 ."do TtUx«fes«ion‘
were made in Gon. Preston Smith's SSSi&Alone
Hi ndre-fa are converted every Sabi(ir
and profanity lire now almost Unheard bfid tu ev-
ery brigade there are large conversiotis. The
Chaplains report that a deeper feeling and earnest
ness prevail than have been witnessed in other re
vivals for years. A great anxiety and interest ex-
$
THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR RESPEC
TIVELY IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH,
A New York paper, on speaking of the ef
fects of tho war in the South, draws the follow
ing horrifying pictures:
A* more unmitigated and violent use of arbi
trary power has never been perpetrated than
by the leaders of this revolt. At least one
half of the.Stat63 declared to be but of the
Union were carried out by force, against the
votes oi tho people, and by the wanton exer
cise of usurped legislative functions; and ever
since its origin the Confederate Government
has maintained itself by the most odious inter
ference with private rights. Men are pressed
into the ranks of its armies ; their property is
seized for public uses; every expression of
Union sentiment is stifled by the bayonet,, the
gibbet, tho angry mob or the bloodhound; and
a spirit of ferocious cruelty, of savage fanati
cism, of implacable, unreasoning brute fury
drives them on, like madmen, to their own des
truction.
Tliis abolition oracle then gravely, contrasts
this picture with, tho “happy” condition of the
North, and congratulates itself that “business
and tbc various affairs of social life in the
North pruceivj with all their customary deco
rum and tranquility.” To this remarkable de
claration the New York World makes the fol
lowing.good rejoinder
Are tho “ various affairs of social life,” an
intelligent stranger might be forgiven for ask
ing, “really proceeding with all the customary
decorum and tranquility in the Northern States
of tho Union ? Is_ it your normal condition
that knots of citizens' should form themselves
into leagues for the purpose of branding' and
denouncing all their follow citizens who refuse
to join them as traitors and villains t Is it
your ordinary national conception of “tran
quility” that public meotings convened for po
litical purposes should be broken up by armed
legal' tribunals, condemned upon illegal testi
mony, and sentenced to illegal punishment ?
fs'it your ordinary national conception of “de
corum” that women should be driven from
their homes for their opinions, Judges assailed
on the bench for doing their judicial duty, and
ihe wholesale deportation of citizens made a
daily amusement for potty military satraps ?”
If we reply that we do regard these things as
ordinary and reasonable features'of our ideal
social life, it is very certain .that civilized men
caiiuot l>e expected to concern themselves
much' about the maintenance of such social
“decorum and tranquility” as these. If we
answer tbut these things are exceptional fea
tures of our condition, made necessary by tho
necessity of suppressing the rebellion—what
becomes. of.our argument from" the national
unanimity, wbat becomes of our assault upon
the allcdged unanimity of the rebel South ?
THE FEDERALS IN ALEXANDRIA
The Alexandria (La) Democrat gives tho fol
lowing account of the Federal raid upon that
town: * . .
Major General let-the-Union-slideNathaniel
P. Banks has been in Alexandria. The ele
phant has been to town—and all the little
monkeys and many other strange beasts. We
regret tho proprietors of the traveling mena
gerie should have chosen a time for their ex
hibition at' this point when we were necessaris
ly absent—otherwise, there might have been
chronicled for our readers and posterity many
tafaabJe-itBins and important particulars which
must remain as diamonds ip tbc rubbish. It
was understood on their arrival .that their stay
was to be somewhat protracted, and so it was
hoped tfihy wo.ald still bo here on our return,
which was not expected to be delayed, beyond
twenty days.,* ^ » '. [ ^
They arrived hereon thirfitb, 7'-h and 8i.li
of May, 1863, but saw proper to strike tents
and retrace their'-steps on tho 15th, With and
17th of the same month and year. 'And as we
did not return from our excursion into the
country till the 20th, the opportunity was lost
of seeing tho animals and witnessing tho slight
of hand performances in which latter branch
of the fine arts thoy are said to' have excelled
any company that ever visited this town.
To drop tho figurative; Abraham Lincoln
sent to our homes his persuasive logic.to in
duce us to return to our former allegiance to
tiro Union. We have witnessed the means to
which he resorts to win our love. The navy
reached our town first. An interview was
asked under flag of truce with the Mayor—the
surrender cf the town demanded and given—
tho.United States 'flag raised on shore, and a
guard of qbout thirty men placed around it.
fc>r the twenty four hours the naval authori
ties controlled tho .place, straggling negroes
were driven out of town and refactory ones
punished, but so soon as the infantry arrived
atid Gen. Banks assumed command, there
arose a scene 'of confusion, to which justice
cannot be done with the pen. It beggars .all
description. . ■. ' . ' -
•The Generals appropriated private resident
ces for their headquarters, slew the kid and the
limb and w ung the necks of the unoffending
poultry as if the destroyers were monarchs of
all they surveyed and lords of the fowl and the
brute.
While invading family firaides they sowed tho
seeds of dissatisfaction and insurrection among the
serVants. The generals were riding in stolen car
riages drawn by stolen horses. During the brief
stay aqnads were roaming all over the country
plundering and stealing whatever they could lay
their hands on, associating with slaves and sharing
thftir quarters. Horses, mules, cattle, hogs, poul-
try, were treated as public property, and belong
ing as much to the captors as do the buffalo of the
prairie. Corn and fodder, sugar and molasses,
and bacon from the meat houses were freely taken
—the subject. of any pay never even being
alluded to. Between three and four.negToes were
taken from this Parish.' Almost every planter has
lost some, and a few have lost all. The deluded
wretches were hurried off and a thousand stories
pdhred into their bewildered ears.
In many instances the soldiers became custodians
of the negroes’ money,promising to give them bet
ter money upon their arrival in New Orleans, and
two for one.
The town was a vast encampment, nine thousand
soldiers being in and immediately around it. Gen.
Banks having brought no commissary t«un with
him, cattle and even milch cows and their calves
wereslaughtered in great quantities. Hides, offal,
feet, beads, bones were thrown about in every
direction till the whole atmosphere became im-
; jregnated with a disgusting and sickening odor.
; Millions of flies are still remaining,and thoy Bli the
streets like an Egyptian plague. . ?
The Yankees’ short reign here willioiig be re
memberid. 'The money estimate of the damage
inflicted upon the country in the loss of properly
and loss of crops, cannot be computed. Butwhile
our resources have been crippled it must be ad
mitted that our cause has been strengthened in the
heaits of the people. Whatever lingering of Un
ion sentiment may have remained in the-breast of
any has certainly been put to the test. He must
be a ba'd man indeed who could be united with
such a people.
The war has beeu brought to our doors—our
little army of three thousand men have been com
pelled to fall back before the Federals’ heavy col
umns, but we are glad to see that the spirit of our
people, so far from being broken down, is made
stronger and their determination unshaken to
strain every nerve and submit to every sacrifice
rather than yield to the oppressor. It is reported
abroad that tho Yankees were welcomed in Alex
andria, that privato houses were thrown open to
them, tea parties given, etc., etc. We.are happy
io be able to brand all sucli'atatements as abso
lutely false. It is true that some four Or five of
the citizens are missing, but even they showed lit
tle Union proclivities while in town.
THE. DESTRUCTION OF DARIEN,
The city of Darien, one of "the oldest towns
in the State of Georgia,' the New- Inverness of
Oglethorpe’s time, has been totally destroyed
by Yankees egro forces. Private letters con--
tain some facts in reference to this crowning
act of wanton vandalism on Georgia soil,
citizen of Darien, writing from - “Dunwoody’s
Plantation, near where Darien once stood,”
under date of June 12th, says:
Wbat has beon so long threatened has at
length come to pass. Darien is now ono plain
of ashes and blackened chimneys; _ The ac
cursed ‘ Yankee-negro vandals came' up yes
terday with'throe.gunboats and two transports
and laid the city in ruins. There are but throe
small houses lelt in the placo. Tho Mu'.bodist
Church was set on fire, hut it did not burn.-—
All the other churches, the market bouse, the
court bouse, Jail, and clerk's office, are all gone.
The villains' broko open all tho houses and
stores and took? what they wanted, and then
poured spirits of turpentine over the floors, and
applied the torch. It is a sad sight to see the
smoking ruins now. The wretches shot the
milch cows and calves down in the streets, took
some of them on board their vessels, and left
the rest lying in iho streets, whero they still
lie. They carried off every negro that was in
the place, except ono old African woman,named
Nancy, who told them she was from Africa,
and that she would not go again on the big
water. Alter destroying the town, on their
way.lo Doboy, they burnt Mr. Morris’s plants
tion buildings. For myself I foel this calami
ty severely. You know I hayo loal. heavily
since tho wav commenced, but I had still
value in'mmif.v ■ ti
"Wo hare conversed with some of tho workmen, BY
and find them yer j determined m the stand they
hare taken. The Government, vtq doubt not, will
act with deliberation, pursuing the course best fit
ted to promote the interests most valuable to be
preserved.—Richmond Examiner*
DI 1 E]LiEGrK-^JPE[.
From the Chattanooga Rebel.
Y1XBURG!
A DELIBERATE, PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OP THE ‘
,UATI0N” THEBE. >.
BY J. O. D. 5. nAPPY.
Tho “vexed question” as to the military silr-
uation. at -Vicksburg should entitle that stub
born city of bluffs to tho new appellation of
"Vex-burg. Vandal hords have assaulted it on
all sides until they have become exhausted and
arc now engaged in oxtensive preparations to
undermine it and assault it from the bottom.—
The entiro community of Chattanooga is breath
less with suspense^ for fear the telegrapic ope
rator at Jackson should make a mistake and
send us something intelligible from that quarter.
Tne whole thing is a mystery, and no other
enterprising military.savan of the age having
as yet undertaken to clear it up and enlighten
the public; and relieve the anxieties of individ
uals who have heavy bets ou the result the
subscriber proposes to do it himself.- ■
“Whathaveyou got from Vicksburg?”
This interrogatory awaits you at every cor
ner. Men do not now, ss in tho halcyon time,
ask you to imbibe immoderate quantities of the
Teutonic—you are no longer.invited to smoke
a cigar. You are not oven asked, “ How are
you, Happy ?” before somebody says, “ Well,
what do you get from Vicksburg ?”
1 get nothing 1 .*.
Lform my own conclusions, (which aro gen
erally so correct, that I am requested by the
military authorities beforehand not to open my
mouth for fear I should say something.) I re
fuse to no “suppressed” any longer, “ military
necessity" to the contrary notwithstanding. 1 —
The situation at Vicksburg is simply this:
Grant is digging a big holo under it 1 It is
tho most important ffntfor-taking of his life.
By a species of engineering the most skillful
known in ancient cr modern warfare, he will
eventually come up out of the earth, immedi
ately in the centra of the fated city—if he don’t
come out at “the littlo end of the horn.” But
Ulysses, if reports speak correct, is as good at
a “horn” as “any other mail ” There is but
ono thing can save us at Vicksburg ; and of
tliis the community may rest assured. If
Grant’s army, digging under the city should
happen to strike a gold mine, they will become
completely demoralized, and give up the siege,
and take to trading in nuggets for “green-,
backs.” .But, if, on the other hand, [and the
reader will mark the significance of the sug
gestion,] they do not strike a gold mine—we
are, to quote the language o( tho sublime
Shakspcure—-'‘gone up.” In 'such an event,
Grantjnay even dig quite beneath the city and
come out at the river on tho other side’, there
by, not only letting enough water in to water
his horses, and. his soldiers, (which .are bis
jackasses,) but he will also bo enabled in revi
ving his men, to revive the canal-idea (an idea
worthy of the canaille) of turning , tho current
of the Mississippi, und may- run his gunboats
under the city and bring them out on the re
verse side. Every sensible reader, will at
once concede the wisdom of this forethought.
Why may not'Grant establish underground
railway communication from; this side to that
side ? ' Why, after making so big a hole and
crawling out the other sidc and palling out the
hole after him, may he not huve dirt enough to
fijlvip the Mississippi so’that it may be com-
FROM WINCHESTER.
Richmond, June 18th.—Passengers by the
Central train this evening bring little addition
al news from Winchester. The number of
prisoners taken is fully seven, thou^xnd, togeth-
er-with two or three thousand horses and an
immense number of wagons.
Richmond, June 18.—The Yankees have en
tirely disappeared from Stafford county. Tho
buildings at Aquia Creek were not destroyed.
The citizens of Fredericksburg, so loDg exiled,
are preparing to re-occupy their homes. • .
Nothing official to-day from Northern Vir
ginia. .
Richmond, June 18.—Before the capture of
Winchester, Miiroy notified the rebels that he
would burn the town, if any attempt was made
to storm the position. Ewell replied that ho
would hang every Yankee captured.
“It is reported that'Ewell has captured Har
per’s Ferry, with immense sLores, en route to
Frederick. [We suppose that is the meaning.]
Heavy explosions heard in the direction of
Aquia Creek—believed to be the enemy blow
ing up wharves and buildings at that point.
The poor people of Fredericksburg-aro reap
ing a rich harvest of. spoils from the enemy’s
deserted camp in Stafford. » •
Richmond, June 19.—The apprehensions of
a drought in this vicinity was'relieved by a
copious and refreshing rail last night.
It is reported that thq wife of Gen. Miiroy
was captured at Martinsburg on Sunday.
The Sentinel has received several communi
cations indignantly denying that our cavalry
were s urprised at Beverly Station.
Pinckney Walker, Esq ; is officially recog
nized as Acting British Consul for the States
of NoTth and South Carolina, he having sub-
mitted/atisfactory evidence of his appointment.
[advertisement.} *
GOVERNOR BROWN AND HI8 FOURTH CAN
DIDACY. “* . •
DIED; . *
James A. Tamer, Co. A, Ifllh Ga. .
hospUalat Jerusalem. Vs?, on of ffi, 1 "
In Lis VS year. It Is a sad tisi to ni*7iS. lf, M.
to the memory of ona whom we haretribute
cherhhod as a brother; and yet, Mi'nSriphf in T ? i
toe consoling evidence that on?loss !s P hlf *ti™ e .J' aTOs '
H ® leaves a loving wife and Utttol
»mVn a y!
£ horned la last donate lS to to^teat
. No gentle mother^ tender wile.
Nor Bister, brother dear, ,
Keep guard around hie lonely cot. .-
Nor soothe away his caro. v.
, A atrarger’a hxnfishls eyelids close,
And wrap his slumbering clay,
In raiments of that sleep that wakes
In one eternal day.
No monument bis friends erect
Thewastoof timoto withstand;
Tho icse-bnd blossoms e’er bis grave
TJnpianted by ibeir bands.** ’ . r
Let us not grieve that he is gone, .
From this war-troubled shore,
To realms of pea: e beyond the stars,
To learn of war no more. _ i
juaeSO-dit*
STOLEN MONEY:
O N the 3d Inst, I had stolen from my room inn.
Brown Hotel, Macon, while at my hreaktAi”
of tjia.Soutoern Bank Bills, asfrUowa-me htn
V ha , Bir l k ^ of ^'ate of Ueorglajone bd? fcm
cn toe Planters’ Back of havaiinah.aljoLneM tl^SS
hills on the Merchant’s Bank oi Maco? Ga. uuTt!-
, in ono, two’s and three's, on diflerent Eanasrf ,hi
Bfianco five’s, ten’s and leweaty’sT IwiUcar
fsus aD ^ OI-e ^* ai --id too money, tots 16ih Jon?
Jnnc'JO—d5t* . NKLKWB. -
TO THE MERCHANTS.
S OME oi our Merchants probably are not aware tail
there is an ordinance requiring them to mafco
turns quarterly of all Uood.-, Ware. Merchandise °
prounce sold on commission within the corporate luni.
of too city. They are hereby requested to make their
returns on too lit July next, of .-tM such scl-s
June SO—d4t . RICliVD uUKll.ctC.
Public sale of three Cargoes of imported gooir,
-By James H. Taylor.
O N WEDNESDAY, toe 2lth instant, I will sell t -
my Salts Booms, 1S1 Meeting Street,
Tho Entire Cargoes ol tho Steamers EUD and Annie.
Orion and Brltannii, cnn-iallngof a general as-oin
meut or Seasonable and .Desirable Merchandise, to wit
Groceries, Ac.
r ww— -w»v „|.. A „nt-,1. Tb r pl^ely damned ?. (Echo answers, you be d—d I)
much of, as I am getting used to it; but there '”’*?**■ * r <• •’ '‘-i-’-a.-mier yeill «vn’Sfi th p --■
: *■ , ., ij; ts m - 0ncy undersigned to take so curse-ory a view of the
is something m the word homo that puts money
out of the question. And to think that it was
burned in broad daylight by tJib cowardly
Yankeexjiegro thieves. But a truce to regrets.'
Oneof the boats.started to come up Cathead
Creek to this place, but the sneaking rascals
ghsnged their minds, and contented, them
selves with sending as .a few compliments in
tho shape ofshells. We of course had to leave
here for a time, and, as there' were more raids
oxpccted, I have concluded to movo a little way
into tho pine woods until I see whether I can
harvest my crop or not. .- .- .
The town was destroyed by a negro regiment,
officered by white men. They lefta book which I
found, and in which the following entry was made,
and which, I presume, is a list of the regimental
officers. The writing is in a large, coarse hand,
and in pencil: *
Stewart-W. Woods, Juno 11, 1863.—Co., I, 54th
. ** Mass. Vols.'
Penn Township; Cumberland Co., Penn.
Stewart W. Woods was born Sept. 21, 1834.
Hidlers, Hidlersburg, Adams Co., Pennslyvania.
54 Massachusetts Volunteers.
64th.Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers of Col.
Shaw.
Capt. G. Pope ; First Lieut. Higinson; Second Lt.
^ Tucker.
Should these Yankee-negro brigands ever fall
into our hanijs, the above record maybe useful.,
From the letter of a lady, formerly a resident of
Savannah, we make the following extract
I suppose you have heard all about the burning
of Darien. . I was in town on Tuesday, and was to
have had what things I had there removed the first
opportunity, but on Tuesday the Yankees landed s
negro force of four hundred, who with torches and
spirits of turpentine, burned every house and
store, together with the churches and court house.
They have left nothing but the chimneys standing
in all Darieu. They took every negro that was in
the place, forcing some io go with their guna
pointed'at them all the time. One'negrtj' woman
ran from them and tfey shot her in the head, and
then carried her on board their boat. They havo
taken the schooner'Pet, that was ready .to sail for
Nassau with a cargo of cotton.
TROUBLE AMONG THE DETAILED MEN IN
. 4," (lOVKONUENT EMPLOY,
Yesterday was a day of some excitement nmon»
the soldiers, iuachinials, and others, detailed from
the army to work in the Government shops for
tho preparation and creation of the munitions and
material of war.'
The facts briefly stated are these: 'The last Con
gress passed an act fixing the pay of all detailed
men at three dollars per diem. On Tuesday the
War Department put. this act into effect at some of
the shops, and the result was that all the workmen
immediately struck and slopped work. This ac
tion spread its contagion among the workmen in
the other shops, and a meeting wa i held on Wed
nesday evening of the battallion, numbering about
seven hundred men, at which resolutions were
framed and a remonstrance against "ihe act drawn
up and laid before Major Downer and Col. Gorgas,
the superintendents of the shops, through a com
mittee appointed by tho meeting. At tho sam*.
meeting the question wae put tothe dcalled men
“•Will yon go to work, or .Camp Lee ?’’ The uni
versal response was, “Camp Lee 1”
This “rebellion” on the partof the detailed men,
and the derangement and partial stoppage in the
Bhops is a serious business, when o'rderft arc wait-
mg to be filled, and when to fill them with the ne
cessary dispatchsome of the shops have been work
ing night and day. These men are soldiers still,
having only been transferred from one part of du-
t ff anotiler i just as necessary to the existence of
the Government as the army. Inthe army a sol-
diey deserting his post of dnty is liable to be Court
Martialed and short.' We don’t know that the Gov
ernment intends applying this rule in the present
instance, but the parallel presented by the two
cases is a strong one.
cumoty
situation.' Like my friend tho-Hon. Kwort
■Keg, (at presont, I regret to state, on a largo
drunk with the balance of the delegates at
Winchester) when required by the ' Federal
commander at Nashville to take an oath, and
knowing if ho did if * " " —
Messrs. Editors : . i-’our'geutlemen of Augusta
have invited Gov. Brown to consentto a fourth can
didacy, and his Excellency, nothing loth, yields to
the persuasion. There are grave objections to the
re-election of Gov. Brown. To re-elect him,' we
would be emlereui# hia opposition to' the conscript
law—that measure of deliverance in our darkest
hour; wo would be endorsing his opposition to
Georgia’s endorsing her proportion of the public
debt, thereby depreciating our Confederate curren
cy; we would be endorsing his slanderous message
to the Legislature, where ’he deliberately charged
the Judges of the Supreme Court with being influ
enced by outside pressure, when they solemnly de
clared the conscript law to be constitutional! me
would be endorsing the sentiment* of his letter to
President Davis, of 'October 18th, 1362/ (and to
which the President made no reply) in which the
Governor states that “no act ot the Government of
the United States, prior to the secession of Georgia,
struck a blow at constitutional liberty, so fell, as has
beeu stricken by the conscription acts!” By his re-
election, we would be endorsing the extraordinary
and unwise course he pursued m declaring in the
same letterto President Davis, that he could “not
permit the enrollment of conscripts, under the late
act of Congress, until the General Assembly of this
State shall have convened and taken action in the
premises!” By re-ejeefing him we will be endors
ing his continued and persistent opposition to the
conscript law*, and we will be endorsing the unjust
protection and exemptiou of his militia ofiicers—of-
ucers with idle rank, and no command—who should
have been required to aid and assist nur g »Him_. n „ a u U . U m ■.m.v.tti-
aud brothers who have, under the conBcnpt law*. "Ti csaa'Borsi 1 ""^’
-«™^k’lori- 600 lbs. chloro
for the amusement of his flush officers and to cn
courage the currency of the sublimest government
the world ever looked at through a Yankee micro
scope. There is no Price either. Of this truth the
world may rest assured. There is neither any
Yazoo; that man is a “Yahoo” who indulges
the dream. The Price alluded to in the telegraph
is the price of Yankee soldiers since “tho Father
of his end’of the com)try”.harnessed them in with
the negroes, which may be considered—decidedly
’cheap. Kirby Smith is not at Milliken’s Bend
This Roorback grew out of the .fact that a man
n ^™.®r, J °, hu Smith wa3 on a “bender,” and not on
a MilUUen s-bender either. This is'tho summing
up of the situation and tho solution of Vicksburg
To be understood lucidly, the reader should first
prepare himself by drinking a bottle of Cassiez’
champaign Catawba claret, two swallows %f Cal
vert s young whisky, and ’.half a dozen mugs of
Koontz lagar beer, and then read it backwards
If he can t understand it, then, he should be con
sidered as a spy; and sold as a “substitute” at half
the market price of the article. * J.JET.
Littzb-Eolly.Island Oi.kxk of Yankees.—
Wo are glad to announce, as the result of our
recent bombardment of tho enemy’s positions
upon Little Folly Island, that the Yankees
havo been compelled to desist from their task
of entrenching, and; on yesterday, had aban
dotied Little Folly Island^altogether.
Mercury,
From Nassau.-—Tho Confederate steamer
Margaret and Jessie, Captain Robeit Lock-,
wood, has arrived here from Nassau. - The
steamer Flora had reached Nassan from Wil -
mington, N. C. The steamer Calypso left Nas-
sau for a Confederate port on Sunday week.
Passengers per Margaret and Jessie :—M. Hay-
man, A. Isaacs, and L. Duvall.—Mercury.
Soap
100 grc63Low's Brown Windsor Soap
60 yross Casil o Soap * .
25cauai Bay Water iltuni)
- 60 ca«s» Knglleh itlrter
ISOhbla. Byass’Pale Ale.-in bottles .
177 bars Maracaibo Cofleo
360 bags'Rio and Jamaica r'otTae ' -
23 pipes Hum, “Aqnadfentea”
10 hall pipes B.-anny
HO demijohns oIGin
200 .cares Brandy * ,
To C c^m U ea G K^r’“ yf0n “ dBlaCt
60 half cnest s UrceaTei
6Qtooxe> Adamantine Candles
3 caaaaWhaTo Oil
SO bbls. llnreod oil -
SO cases Super Matches. 1000 arosi
60 casks Sweet OU * K
too cases Gtn
- 60 boxes Hull A Son’s Scan
20 cates oilveOll
60 ciaqs Fine. Sana Oil,-4c , Arr.
.«* Drugs, Ac.
SOI casks Bl Cub of Soda
M cask a Soda Ash
- 60 casks Sal Soda *
10 tons of Sulphur ’ . _
. 60 kegs Keane t Saltpetre
■ 3 casks Camphor, refloei
'100 dozen Super Mustard
20 bags Saltpetre
20 bull. Epsom baits
5 bbls. Alum
6 drums B llsam Co tout
ignmim
But to return- to Vicksburg—and the reader
wiil please notj because of the intohercncy of
its style, mistake this epistlo for one of Dr.
LcmO'ine’s, at whoso published productions I
invariably and enthusiastically, and in the con
vulse of the momentary surprise, always ejacu
late, “ Go in lemoincs! ” The principal par
ties' Interested' in tho opening of the naviga
tion of the-Mississippi, aro the “ Mississippi
River Gamblers,” to whom this unnecessary
blockade is a serious inconvenience in the mat
ter of trade and their dealings with their fel
low-men. The consequence is nothing to them
if Vicksburg fall. But a “sequence ” after it
does fall “agin two par,” is of vital impor
tance to'the profession.”
If Vicksburg does fall, she will fall in I Grant
will burrough beneath it with his “song-dig
gers,” till its- paved streets resound with the
roll-of ar tillery as the gods used, in mythologic
story, to rattle wheelbarrows over tho brass
arch 01 the skies, to make artificial thunder.
Vicksburg will then be hollow as a shell, and
thus it .will be observed Grant did not lie, when
he said-to Lincoln, over the wires, “we’re
shellin uv'the town.”
Inthe meantime, the explanation so far being
clear as mud, our prospects are brightening. Our
rations hold out finely. Ninety 'days rations - of
whisky, aa many rations of cigars lor the officers
of the line who smoke, and two packs of marked
cards stiff unsold at the guttler’s. The. story about - 7 rre ..
Banks being at Port Hudson ia a myth. There is Jl«is in oonduotin K us u.rough-tbis bloody
no banks but those, of the Father of waters, and a 5 r * r °£ independence. We want no more wrong,
little faro bank which Gen. Grant keeps in his tent , ng , out , “^ t ?f? "il?hts” in this fierce and desper-
r_. .v . - 1 - ate struggle. W e want action-harmonious, united
action—tnat cordial action, that springs from a great
heart, anxious to assist and remove difficulties and
ohatacle3.rath.erthan.tor personal aggrandizement
to waste onr time and energy upon the useless ab-
stractiong of “State Kight8." ' -
The great and absorbing right for which the South-
ern btates are fighting, i* the right of separating
from the North; and upon the success of this struc-
gle all other rights, questions and issues hang m
tearful dependence. Let the freemen of Georgia
then see to it, that m selecting the incoming Exec
utive of this noble State, they choose a man who
will give support to the arm of President Davis and
cordial support to his measure, in the prosecution
of the war—not one who has given.embarrassment
and contention. ONE OF TRE PEOPLE.
N. B.—We publish the foregoing as an’advertise
ment,’ as notice thatvre respectfully decline for the
present to’give space to political articles. The great
scarcity .of paper—our limited space for reading
matter of any kind—toe pressure of news and stir
ring events of Vital interest to toe people, alt forbid
that we should yield our space to electioneering ar
ticles. We canmot do it in justice to the reader, and
we wui not do XT. We have several communications
on hand upon the' Batne subject. The non-appear
ance of which this .note will sufficiently explain.—
Editor.
By the by, permit me to enquire of. Gov. Brown
or his Adjutant, Col. Wayne, the status at present of
these militia officere.” They certainly command no
troops in toe field ; they command none at home be
tween the conscript ages of IB and -to, and I see no
provision or place made for them in toe troops being
raised and organized for home defence! for-I notice
that these organizations elect their own officer* To
what military class, then, .do these militia ofiicers
belong ? What duties, as officers, do they perform 1
I have given you, Messrs. Editors, many oblec-
tions to the re-election of Gov. Brown. I may ad
dressyou again upon this subject. The candidacy
of Gov. Brown, I will remark in'conclusion, is par
ticularly unfortunate at this particular time, when we
so much need harmony of measures and action be
tween toe State and Confederate Governments —
This war m which we are engaged, may be one'of
duration. The policy and measures for raising-and
supporting our armies, and maintaing andfilline up
the ranks of our companies and regiments a» they
shall be thinned by toe caaualtiee- of battles, have
been deliberately taken by President Davis and toe
Confederate Congress. Their wisdom has been vin
dicated by toe glorious achievements of our armies
ever since too passage of the first oonscript law
Gov. Brown still persists in declaring the measures
tmconstitutional, ana refuses his assistance in their
execution!
The issue is too persistently made for those of us
who give a cordial support to the Commander and
Chief of our Confederate armies to decline it. We
do not endorse the modern theory of Gov v Brown
who professes supportjto the Confederate adminis
tration, while he denounces as unconstitutional and
tyrannical “it* prominent measures” 1 This is no
time to yield to the personal ambition of Gov. Brown
in his opposition to the measures upon which our
noble Chief Magistrate, Jefferson Davis, is so- glori-
ously conducting us in this bloody contest. No
Messrs. Editors, let us unite upon a man for Geor
gia’s next executive, who will not support toe Con-
tederste administration with professions while his
acts give the cold shoulder of criticism and condem
nation to its measures; but, who will, as becomes
toe patriot, spread no discord or dissatisfaction to a
measure which has been adopted by his Govern
ment and_approved,by its highest judicial authority,
but who win support the authority and arm of Pres-
From the Valley.—A variety of rumors came
down the Central train last evening,respecting the Mobile
military operations of our forces in the vicinity of
Winchester,. One represented that Gen. Ewell had
surrounded that city, while another, and the most
probable gave it out that the Yankee army, under
Miiroy, hadeyacted that place, and made for Har
per’s Ferry. The latter has doubtless been the
case, if other reporta which we received several
days ago may be credited.
’ AU of toe troops in front of Fredericksburg are
ennrtnrl irnna A
600 lbs. chloroform
60 dozen (ielatioe
Opium, calomel, Blue Msss
..asKmsRBsassfth,^
Hardware, Ac.
! flS,B& aAs,t . e Pant *■«<“”
15C0 dozen Dressing Combs
• lOOin-B* Hijing Cards
500,000 Needles, saao-ted
4 So°&?iE ldlasSho, ’ se “
* 60 dozen Calf Skies
1000 lbs. Shoo Thread *
' boxes I. C. 14x10 Cote Tin Plite
1000 gross steel Pens -
. lOOOgross Pen Holders
100 do2en pair Cotton Cards
1 case MrcUlee Noodles
l cafe Yellow Metal * - *
1 case Curry Combs * . -'
I coals CcSVo Mill*
lcaakGimhlots, etc.
1 cask Hammers •
lcsBitLanthovns
• t cask Camp Kettles
1 cask Chisels and Augers .
1 cask Scissors and Razors' v .
1 cask Csnentera Tools
86 Boxes Window Glass
llats, Shoes *c
19 trunks Mon’s Heavy Kipr- Biuclier Bio;*
10 trunks Women a cloth and Loather Boots
5 trunka^Lafies French Cassimeie and Klu
M eases Moii’s Heavy Spanish Bluchers
10 ciaes Men’s Extra-stout Bluchers
lOcseoaMen s Army Blucho.s
14 trunks Ladies’ and Misses’ Gaiters
7 trunks Youths’ and Children’s Shoes and Boot*
. 43 dozen bupor boft Felt Hats
24 dozen Extra flue Feft Hats
75 dozen Nutria Drat) Hats’
64 dozen French Felt Hats, allotted
Paper, Ac,
55 cases and bales containing the following kinds
ofPaper:
' Note Paper, Foolscap, Letter
.Fort, Imperial Cap,.Printing
DagXJap, emali and iargo Hand
. Double Hand, Casing Paper
Thick Post, Copy, Laid, roe., Ac
100 M. Envelopes ’
JDry Goods, Ac.
5000 dozen t lark’s and Coats’ Bss>t SewingCaitoes
200 pieces assorted Ribbons ■? ' s
' 600 eross Flexible Buttons „
a cases Woolen Trimming
6 cases Linen Coatings
4 cases Black Crane*
17 cates Black and Fancy Calicoes
2 cases Coburg Cloth
3 cisC3 Black Alpaca
3 ca«esFancy Checks •*
6 cases Ginghams
21 dozen Habit Coiored Eld Gloves, Ladies'
34 dezen Ladies Monties
3 cases Moh&lr and Turin Cloths
165 dozen English and French Hoop Bklrtt
8 cases Irish Linen .*
3 cases Jaconet Cambric -
, 10 cases Bleached Longcloth
60 dozen Shirt Fronts
3 cases Black and Colored Dross Silk
10 bales Brown Domestics
12 bales Heavy Osnsburgs
5 cases Striped Domestics
4 cases Black Muslins
1600 dozen Cotton Hosiery
. 1400 dozen L. C. Hanc kerchief*
600 dozen Pocket Cotton Handkerchiefs
20 cases Fancy Printed Muslin*
- - 4 cases Primed Linens, for dresses
'' • 6 oomui MmiuttUp Netliui*
3 cases Brown Lmeix Dims
' 8 case* White Croydeus
7 cases Fancy Twills.
Conditions cash in Binkablo funds. , v
eer The following papers will publish twice &wec*
until day of sale, and send bills to me: COiCicbri
Carolinian, Wilmington Journal, Petersburg bxP r - 8 -
Richmond Dispatch, Augusta Consillutioiiill-t.r* »■
nah Republican, Macon Telegraph, Columbus wa..,
“obile Register. . -JAMES E.TAYL0K.
jane 20—deodSt
PRINTER WANTED.
A Good Job Printer, of steady habits, can KCt a £ ,
, permanent situation, and the highest wages,
immediate application at _ ■'
BCRKE, BOYKIN & 00-
Macon, Gat, June 19, lt63-oatt •*.'
reported gone towards Aquia Creek and Alernn i ABOUT half dozen Mechanics, ■ Wheelwrights
dria. exttu ~ j work ail my place in Perry, Ga. Address
i )unel9-dtw* J. G, WHITE. Perry, ua.
Wanted