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REPORT
Os the Agent for paying out Military
Fund, from July 28th, 1863, to
January Ist, 1864.
July 28, 1863—T0 Am’t from
It. W. Wade, Ag’t, 85,341,75
Dec. 7 —To Ain't from B. Chan
cy, T. 0., ■ 3,000,00
Dee. 11—‘To Am’t from B. Chan
cy, T. C., ' 8,500,00
l)ee. 14—To Ain’t from State of
Georgia, 2,845,50
To Am’t from premium on sl,-
500 on Treasury Notes, 150,00
To Am’t from 16 pair Cotton
Cards 86,50 104,00
Dec. 31—To Am’t from B. Chan
cy, T. C., . 500,00'
Total ajnount received, 820,441,25'
CREDIT BY AMOUNT I’.VIO
Mrs. J. S. Allen to Feb. 8,1864, ? 340,50
'Thomas Alien 227
G B Allen 60,50
James Allen 232
Edward Aman 17}
i i corge Adams 116
W R Baily 174
Charles Beau,Sept: 28, ’63, 32,50
John Bradshaw Feb.
Jauies Bennett * 113,50
Wll Barnard Nov. 23, ’63, 105
James Ball Feb. 8, 1864, 116
W A Bottoms 242
Aug Brady Oct. 5, 18G3, 55
John Broom Feb. S, 1864, 406
XI II Brooks 232
N Bairfield Dec. 14, 18G3, 126
Oeorge Bateman 65
V ,1 Bush Feb. 8, 1864, 855,50
T J Bush 296,25
Daniel Cain 174
JN Clark 116
IIL Cleaveland Dec. 14, ’63 80
JAt Davidson Feb. 8, ’64, 227
’A Dougherty 232,00
A P. Durham Nov. 10,’03, 119,00
Wm Durham 66,00
D P Durham Feb. 8, 1864, 242,00
JIG Gray 205 75
. 4. Goff 116,00
J olui Greenwood Oct. 5,.’63, 45,50
' R A Gilmore Dee. 14, 32,50
Widow Greenwood Dee. 7, 77,50
Ilcury G reenwood 125,00
James AV Gay 35,00
James Gordon Nov. 16, 65,00
F F Heathcock Feb. 8, ’64. 116,00
John Hendricks 58.00
Thos Harrison Dec. 7, ’63, 93,75
Widow Harrison 62,50
C B Holly . 250,00
A 8. Hays Dec. 14, 1863, 90,00
Alex. Hays Nov. 30, 171,25
Allen Johnson, Feb, 8, ’O4, 189,00
Widow Jernigan Nov. 30,
’63, J 105,00
J W Johnson Dec. 7, 02,50
Garah Key Nov. 30, 55,00
J J Kirk laud Feb. 8, ’64, 348,00
1) L Liusey 116,00
Anthony Lewis 120,00
M E Loving 61,75
HLoyless 114,75
R L McDonald 346,50
John McDonald Doc. 7, ’63, 62,50
H McCan Feb, 8, 1864, 50,75
C MeCan 283,75
J U Mock Dec. 7, 1863, 125
Wm Moore Fob. 8, 1864. 11l
J D McLendon 227
E Monk 118,50
It G Merritt Dec. 14, ’63. 210
W R McLane ' 75
Widow Melts Dec. 7, 31,25
Nancy U weus Fob. 8,1864, 185,25
E J Pool 174
John Parham 242
Wm Pkilinou 290
W C Philmou 174
S G Pickle • 118,50
Riley Pool Dec. 7, 1863 24.1,25
S M W Liollui Feb. 8,1864, 170,25
David Roland Dec. 7,1863, 28,75
B F Singletary 101,25
Daniel .Smith Feb. 8,1861, 58
G B Thomas 174 1
BLAKELY, GEO., JANUARY 20, 1804.
Hardy Temples 60,50
John FTuggle 174
F M Tool " 116
Thomas Williams 118,50
West Widener 174
AP Widener 232
Alex Ward . . 58
Jacob Wylie 290
West Weaver 116
H W Wilkins Dec. 14,’63, 120
S W Walton Feb. 8, 1864, 116
Nancy Whitehead 121
Wm Waters 189
Allen White m 423,50
Samuel Minims sp? 170,25
A J Mailer 232
J 1) Weaver Nov. 2, 1803, 18
John Parker Nov. 9, 23
John A George Deo. 7, 240
Thomas Sapp Dec. 7,1863, 33,75
Lewis Anthony 25
L W Thompson Nov. 10, 27,50
Alary C Calrk 33
M E Humphrey Dec. 21, 11,50
Sahib I u grab am 29
Nancy A Ilerndon 14,50
Mary L Fouclie Oot. 26, 21
Wyat Widener Feb. 8, ’64, 290
Charles Wethers 401
E Prevatt 58
J W Bachelor Oct. T9,-1863 .50.
John Browu Sept. 7, 18
Rebecca Alock Dec. 7, 31,25
John Wheclis Dec. 21, 52
R A Paramore Dec. 14, ' 23
Widow Paramore 11,50
J It Doughertys child Nov.
9, 38,75
E Gordon Nov. 16, 32,50
i L Howard Dec. 7, 86,25
E Kirkland Feb 8, 1864, ' 58
Richard Allen# 116
S O Powers 66,75
F A AValton Dec. 28. ’63, 26
AI E Mimms, Feb.'S 1864, 126
Henry Gordon Nov. 16, ’63, 55
Janies Hays Feb*. 8, 1864, 121
L J Averitte Nov. 16, ’63, 06
A’ II Armistead 9, 194
AT J Oliver Feb. 8, 186-1, 378
Mr. A Fuqua Sept. 7, 1863, 17,50
Airs, A S Hudson Dee. 7, 127.50
J R Newberry Feb. S, ’6l, 252,50
John C Pool 353,50
J AV Anglin 853,50
Z J Lewis Dec. 14, 18G3, 07,50
Robert Burton Nov. 30, 80
'J N Stewart Feb. 8, 1864, 192
SAV Sessions Nov. 30, 1863 40
H Sikes Dec. 14 £ 90
John Stinson Feb. 8, 1861, 202
A J Napper 151,50
David Glass 101
Green AViley 202
- Aug. Reese Nov. 23, 1863, 150
J T Jenkins Feb, 8, 1861, 50,50
A Mcßride ‘ 303
S Walthers 196,25
S Anderson 101
AI Ethridge 252,50
J 1) McCullough Dee. 14,
1863, 45
S E Henderson 7, *4B
S A Brooks 48
Caroline Odom Feb. 8,15G4 151,50
Total amount paid out $20223,75
Am’t on hand to bal. Jau. 1, ’64. 217,50 J
$20441,25
AV. T. lIOBINSON, Ag’t.
“ Forward.”
Bliieher, the greatest general that Prussia
ever claimed, won most of his battles by the
single motto, “ Forward,” in his council of
war, and “Forward,” on the field of battle,
was his constant watchword, and lie suited
always the action to the word. The prompt
ness and energy with which he planned and
executed gave him among his soldiers the
nickname of “ Marshal Forward.”
Pulaski, one of the brave Poles who es
poused the American cause, and to whom,
as well as to Kosciusko, our country owed
an almost incalculable debt, in one or two in
stances turned the fortunes of war against
our enemies by uttering his habitual cry of '
“ Forwarts, brutcn, forwarts!” Here and
there, and everywhere in the thickest of the
tight, the failing strength of the brave Araer
ican soldier was. often revived and his arm
nerved with new vigor, as he heard the in
spirting cry of this undaunted general above
the din of battle, shouting in his broken En
glish, “ Forwarts, bruten, forwarts.”
° It was stimulating and rewarding heroism
that made Napoleon irresistible, and gave
him his greatest Marshals. AVith the niatc
rial-of which our army is Composed, we too
may show a Legion of Honor, of whom pos
terity shall be" proud ; but all the finely
rounded sentences and touching tributs ever
written by the Presidential pen weigh noth-’
ing against one substantial act which recog
nizes the gallantry of an individual, humble
though lie be, and and through him stirs the
| heart of an army.
Bring us all your old lvags to make paper.
Correspondence of the News.
Camp near Dalton, Geo., 1
December 25,1863.)
Mr. Editor : Thinking thatan occasion
al letter from this part of the theatre of
war might not he unacceptable to your
readers, I have concluded to try to give
you a few dots upon the matter in general.
Christmas day fouud most of the troops
snugly ensconced in very comfortable log
houses., every Enguß) has these
houses, except where the mcnave too in
ert to build them. .
The aruiy is fast improving in morals aud
numbers uuder the ever vigilant andeuer
. gctic Hardee. He is busy organizing and
discipling the various divisions and brig
ades, the good results of which will, we
hope, be fully shown when we next meet
the invader.
Hardee has reviewed the entire artillery
of the Army, and I believe-most of the in
fantry. lie gives general satisfaction to
the men. There are some who are never
satisfied, aud can never be made so. But
as much as the troops admire Ilardec, Bragg
stands first in their affections. That offi
cer, than whom no more gallant one lives,
has been the object of. special and contin
ued abuse both by editors and newspaper
correspondents, and at one time the flood
tide of defamation was so great that it
swept off by its almost resistless power some
of the troops. Bragg was denounced as a
tyrant because .he was a disciplinarian ; as
a coward because he thought it better to
loose territory than an army ; and as no
general because he was uuable to defeat an
army which was* almost three times as
• largo as his own,
This continued strain of derogation and :
fault finding caused the meu to loose coni'-
deuce to a certain extent in their command
ing general. Gen. Bragg was and is a
moral hero —“ the noblest Roman of them
all.” A patriot devoted to the cause ol his 1
native land, determined to do all in his
power to rescue her from the impending
blow and horrid late which must await a
subjugated people, Bragg went on doing
his duty in the fear of God, apparently per
fectly careless about the criticism, unjust
as they were, being passed so freely upon
him, aud confident that though Republics
are ungrateful, the day would come when
those whom he had learned to love—his
soldiers —Would give no heed to the evil ma
chinations of the croaker, but would see and
understand him as he is—the trite, Chris
tian chieftain, who knowing his duly dared
to perform it. >
This opportunity was afforded them at
Chickanuu,a, a. 1 at AI ssiouary
Ridge, when some of the troops were act
ing so badly aud all was confusion ; the
shot and shell was falling thick and fast
about them; meu were falling on every
hand, aud it seemed impossible for man or'
beast to live under so violent a storm of
death —there Gen. Bragg was in the midst
of it all imploring the men to stand by
their colors, aud there lie stood all forget
ful of danger in the eagerness of his ehiv
alric nature, whilst his soldiers left him,
and he was at one time in the lines ol’ the
enemy.
Before that event you could always di. -
tiuguish the brave chieftain by the smile
which ever played about his lips. Ill’s
face was always bright and cheerful- a
crood index of the heart that heat within his
o
manly breast.
But now how changed! see.him after
that memorable night. A victory lost by
the misconduct of Southrons. On the
commencement ol (he fight he was confi
dent, lor he had seen Clcburn and lib gal
lant men drive Gherman back on the right
at every assault. The position was an ex
cellent one, and he doubled not the valor
of his men on the other parts of the line.
But disappointment came, and mark the
effects. The : mile so well known by ur> all
is gone. A'nad, solemn look pervades hit
countenance, and tfieu set him, the gallant
l>ragg, and his friend, tho brave IJardee,
as they sit down upon the roots of a large
oak watching the passing troops. Both
are silent as to their lips, but oh, what sail
leclings, wdiat sad emotions swell each of
their hearts ! They seem scarcely able to
restrain tho tear which waters each eye.
Mark the effect upon the passing troops.
See them cast a long, scrutinizing, anxious
look at their leaders, and read, if you wish,
tho feelings of each war-worn veteran.
How willing would most of them be now
to go back and storm that ridge, aud re
cover the lost day ! But it was too late.
I hat could uot be done just then. !So they
move on, whilst some strange feeling seiz
os upon them, it is au uudyiug love for
their Commander-iu-Chief, the villified
Hragg. Would that I had the ability to
portray to your readers the picture iu
brighter colors. Iu its greatest beauty aud
perfection it is graven upon the hearts of
the soldiers of the Army of Tennessee, and
they wijl be best able to tell the tale, and
describe the scene to their children when
wars have ceased in all the earth.
The brave soldier has retired —leaving
behind him an army whoso most unbound
ed cqnfidence ho forever won by his brav
ery on the battle-field. General Joseph E.
Johnston will take command of tho army
soop. He is a good soldier and an efficient
officer. But it matters very little how
able the officer be, unless he has the ma
terial. The army must bo increased, and
that speedily. Let every able-bodied man
who is now but of the service on detail,
or by reason of having furnished a substi
tute, be put at once into the field, and next
spring, if this is done, we may hope, un
der tho blessings of God, to be able t<J tur u
tiie tide of-reverses against our enemies.
We should not stop to calculate the inter
est in dispute, when the country is bleed-,
ing at every pore. The war must be stop
ped some time, and it is best to end it as
soon as possible. It is the opinion of our
ablest men that if pur armies could be kept
i at the maximum numbers, we would be abla
to meet the enemy with comparatively equal
numbers. Tins can be accomplished, as I
intimated before, only by putting every
able man in the field—leaving at home
enough to look after provisions, &c—a quo
rum of whom might be found among the
old men aud boys who are not of tho con
script age.
It is generally supposed that the enemy
have gone into winter quarters, aud wo
may therefore expect everything to remain
quiet until spring. In the meantime we
must prepare for the next campaign, that
it may be vigorous and successful Two
corps of the enemy are beyond Ringgold,
Gii., in winter quarters.
The troops are faring pretty well now in
the eating lino. Rations of meal, rice,
I salt, fre.jb beef, and soap. Occasionally,
and T assure you it is only occasionally , v;e
get hard bread or flour, and a “ tiny bit"
of lard —no bacon at all. I wish the la
dies could give us all they would wish to,
for T am sure that wo would have a bis
cuit now aud then, and we might not ior
get what bacon is. There is no army news
of importance. La Martine.
Gen Ilardec, like a sensible General, as
he is, issued rations of whiskey to his men
on Christmas day. But a good joke was
perpetrated at the expense of some Flori
dians. Some Tennesseeans and Kentuck
ians rigged up one of their privates with
sword, stars, etc., wrote a bogus, or
der confiscating all whiskey in camp, and
ordering it il to be brought to headquar
ters." With a squad of men, this newly
appointed officer went over aud seized a
Florida keg ; but, when making off, Flori
da smelt, a rat, and made an effort at re-cap
ture, which resulted in a brisk skirmish.
The whiskey was “ all out” before the
skirmish ended, which settled tho matter
When Gen. Morgan had crossed safely
the “ Beautiful River,” what said the dis
consolate Yankee pursuers on the other
side ? Oh hi-c !
NO. 14.