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ira AFFAIRS.
Turnip Seed
* is the season to put in a bountiful crop
, a jflost excellent vegetable. Excellent
I ,' 0 r n n ftD d b eRSt > Jigsi supply should
I ‘ ‘nred Messrs. Brew r & Patterson have
■ ft . ~ () f seed for sale, which they say re-
I ‘ ” r- _ A least from one to two leet space be
•'f n turnips to allow them to spread. We do
I ’ n dorc this statement, but advise all dis
.i to the Brewer & Patterson Turnip
ti, B:0’* a ’' 4 Manufactory.
Aeßr3b 6 PP y t 0 announce that after a pn
■ra : ; ngf° r ** T#ral ,nom hs, our enterpris
’ XwMtn &n A-D. Brown, Sr., has again got his
• tie Ma®^ ‘ n °P PJ- ation, and is ready
, lecut® erders in quantity. We are no
ei of Shuttle use or manufae
-Tbutw ,runpra c usedeye,and in com
"T . n tr.;-’- °^ er * of Yankee manufacture,
l' abutl ’'# but Brown’s Shuttle is fully she
,/tie Yankee made ones. Mr. Brown
1 “A confine himself to any one branch of
A. but employs his well cultivated mind
‘.hr other useful branches of mechanics
’ mentions. He showed us a machine for
: Mnring paste-board out of common
raspers or any other kinds of paper. The
. .'hine is simple and does its work well.
[just Mr. Brown may continue to find his
. nes remunerative and profitable.
Pistol Manufactory.
‘,!'•■• intimated a few days since that there
if * good prospect for the establishment in
r city of a manufactory of Colt’s celebrated
r epeaters. From the advertisement of Messrs.
Hiitnan, Bro. A Cos., in anoth r column, for ma
r, nuts, we are glad to chronicle the enter’
.e as a fact soon to be put in operation
We tail this additional branch of industry to
ur busy little city as an omen of coming
and extension of mechanical ingenuity
ni enterprise. It gladdened our hearts seme
me since to learn, that Colt’s repeaters were
■ : n ” manufactured at Giiswoldville, Ga., on
,e Central rail road. But we are more glad
at now so enterprising a firm as Messrs. Ilai
man, Bro. & Cos., have brought this branch of
wlustry nearer home. The establishment of
:his enterprise in connection with others in
ur city, suggests a thought for parents who
ayesons, and particularly widowed mothers.
Piaee your sons in someone of these shops,
mid let them learn how lobe useful to them’
selves, the community, and a blessing to you’
There are now openings for industrious boys
•ind youths throughout the length and breadth
if the land which parents should not permit to
pn? unimproved.
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Til AMeiiraent of Talbot County.
Yiehavo been favor.. 1 by Mr. W. D
Grace, the attentive Tax Receiver and
Collector for Talbot county, with the
following statement ol the assessment for
that county the present year :
Number of Polls, 650
Slaves, 8,400
Aggregate value of slaves, .$3,780,000
Solvent debts ~...53,000,000
Aggregate value of taxable property,.s7,Boo,ooo
Acres of land planted in cotton, 3.000
Acres of land planted in corn 70,000
In other grains, 21,000
Tlie JCnemy on Jnmea River.
No movement of importance, so far as
wo could ascertain, took place yesterday
on James river. The camp of McCleK
lan is said to be rapidiy diminishing in
size, and the niynber of vessels is not so
great as ten dhys since. We have this
from a gentleman who viewed them yes
terday morning at sun rise. There is j
now but little doubt that McClellan is
evacuating the James river “base” which ]
it has cost him such an enormous amount j
of blood and treasure to attain. He is ‘
in all probability reinforcing Pope, and |
will play second fiddle to that licentious 1
acamp, in the impending struggle with
Stonewall Jackson. So much for the
“Little Napoleon’s” military greatness.
The evacuation, which is now believed
to be taking place, has doubtless been in
contemplation for some time. It was i
evidently foreshadowed in an editorial of :
the New York Times w hich appeared on ,
the Ist instant, the closing paragraph of ]
which is as follows:
“General McClellan* as wo said, has a
strong position for defence, and with the
aid of the navy he could severely ehas
tiso any rebel force or combination of
forces that might attempt to attack him.
But his army was not raised and sent to
the Peninsula for sell defence, but to
oupture Richmond and destroy the rebel
army. It would seem thut it is impossi- !
ble for him to do these things from his ;
present position, as he vs now situated, ;
as quickly as tiro couuuy demands. It ;
is imperative, therefore, either that he
be at once reinforced by t least one hun- j
‘lrpd thousand men, or ihat his army be
removed from its preseu l impracticable
situation, strength.-ued quickly by re
cruits, joined to that of Pope, and then
take up anew aud more feasible line of
approach to Richmond ”
it is well known that be has not been
reinforced by one hundred thousand, uor
ten thousand men; nor is ho likely to i
be. They are leaving much faster than
they are coming to him.
The force of twelve or fifteen hundred
on the south bank of the river contiuue
to penetrate into the interior of Prince
George, and rob ard steal everything
within their reach They visited the
house of Mr. Wm. II Harrison day be
fore yesterday, aud after stealing all the
poultry, entered the dwui.ing, and with
an axe cut to pieces valuable wardrobes,
bureaus, etc. They went into a kitchen
loft and stole the clean shirts of a negro,
leaving their filthy, vermin infested flan
uelu behind. They gave a negro lad two
halt'dimes to catch all be ohickens about
the yard, and then departed, forcing
ftw&y with them a valuable servant man,
*ho has for many years acted as foreman
the plantation. The negro is said to
h&veheggcd piteously, and with tearß j
‘•treimißg from his eyes, to be allowed
to remain, but they were deaf to his en~ !
treaties —Petersburg Express, 14 th.
Bloody i.ffray
learn that a bloody and probably
[ etal rencountre took place at Dalton,
Ga., on Tuesday night, 12th inst., be
tween Mr. Benj. Simcox, an engineer on ;
the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and
Br. McAffee, Surgeon of Col. Glenn's I
Georgia regiment, in which the former
received no less than ten bowie-knife 1
wounds. It appears that the altercation
a ltb origin iu the Doctor’s insisting !
on sleeping in a passenger car that was :
lying over at Dalton, after being in- :
ormed that it was against orders to allow
ZZT *-° be ‘hat manner.-
in ni ar 108 ’ We Relieve, are well known
nitv on ’ tke entire railroad frater- j
coxan r t e We ; ? oquaiQted with Mr. Sim-
RWo Wl |- ? 80rr y to Hear of his dan-
Aai v C ° n L U, . 0 “’ r h° u gh we understand i
cover* S s l° ian hopes of his re- 1
IZ* L r D McAfi>e arrested— 1
wttanoogaß (bt i tUth%
\V I* I *!** 0 Avoid Conacrlptlon.
inp l ore 0U1 ’ readers the follow
to Col p ca from tho S>c'etary of War
” , ‘ arr > from which it will be seen
A V ''- Ut) teers can be received into any
giment that was in service on the 16th
tv • as *’ Colonel Parr is in this ;
nil from his wounds
] u ,. °P eB ®°on to be able to resume his
cr .* 8 ’ “kite here he will receive re
-u tor any of the companies in his
r 3 - BtL G r 6 ia known as
3 11 iiS Letter to go into
thin? WU •? e ° M Uar ned regiments.
Uan to go into new
‘.owarj'” ***-*•
* OU can receive recruits as volunteers,
A y° ur re g*ment was m service on the
fbth of April Gko. W. ItA L , 0LP H
Secretary of War.
[Atlanta Confed.
Deierterv,
ft is really astonishing to behold the
number of deserters from tho Federal
nrmy now stationed in our neighborhood,
arrive daily by ones, twos, threes,
a od in squads. And a rumor was prev
alent on the streets yesterday, that Gen.
Maxey had aent a dispatch for a special
train of cars to bring up an entire regi
ment of Federala, that had deserted and
w ‘shed to be purolled Os course we
West make due allowance for the whims
Madam Rumor.— Chut. Rebel, 16th.
p Q the 25th ot Ju y, according to of
neial reports, there ffeie in the hospitals
‘o and near Washington 7100 sick lies
sians.
Sunday in a Captured Virginia
Town.
A letter in (he Philadelphia Inquirer,
from Fairfax C. H., thus describes a
Sunday in an “occupied” Virginia town :
The church bells rang out merrily their
Sabbath chimes yesterday morning. Your
correspondent rode into the village for
, the purpose of attending service and
: also to see whether the same sermons
and prayers ia favor ot Secession would
! be ollered as were on the last Sabbath.
I found only the Sabbath School of St.
j Stephen's (Episcopal) ohurch in session.
• There was no preaching at any of the
churches. The measures adopted by the
Provost Marshal arresting the rector of
St. Stephen’s church for preaching Se
cession last Sabbath, had put a tempora
ry squelch on all such proceedings, and I
presume, tbe people would not listen to
• anything but Secession, and hence the
reason why there were no services. The
! pb.oes of business were closed; the citi
zens were dressed in their best “bibs
i and tuckers.”
The gentlemen (?) proman&ded the
streets, or established themselves in arm
chairs in front of the hotels, from whence
they scowled iu derision and anger at the
boys in blue coats with shining sabres or
warning bayonets, who were pacing the
streets doing guard duty. The ladies, (?)
also were arrayed in the very best, and
sat, with affected dignity, upon the piaz
zas of tho many beautiful residences of
the lovely village. The orders of Gen.
Pope have reached the ears of the people
here, and our brave boys are not insulted
quiie a s frequently as heretofore. The
females are afraid that a second Butler
is amongst us, and as many of them are
not quite ready to be considered “women
of the town,” they keep their mouths
i closed, and act with that decency for
which we look from woman.
Yankee Atrocities In Western Vir
ginia—The moat Inhuman Cruel
ties and Murder of a Child.
The Central Presbyterian published
ia this city, has The following statement
of some of the atrocities committed by
the Yankees in Western Virginia:
Mr. Lowis Jones, of Nicholas, had
been forced to fly from his home simply
because bis sympathies were with his
native State. He loved Virginia, and
therefore the Yankees hated him. Mrs.
Jones was left in charge of a little son,
Foster by name, twelve or thirteen years
of age. Failing to secure the father, the
wratn of the Northern scoundrels turned
against the child. Marshall Dorsey, a
Union traitor, helped them in their
bloodly work. Mrs. Jones was poor,
and the little boy tried to aid his mother
iu obtaining an honest living. A lady
who knew little Foster Jones well, tells
me that ho wa3 amiable, gentle and inof
fensive. But the father had escaped, and
tho traitor Dorsey helped the Yankees to
a victim in the person of this child.—
They took the little boy away from his
mother, and, in full hearing of her cries,
wrapped a blanket around his head, made
it fast to a tree, and then shot the child
with nine bullets. They then gathered
around the body, like devils incarnate,
and pierced it with bullets. The soldiers
then came back to the village and boast
ed of their infamy in thg presence of
Yankee officers, and met with not a syl
lable of reproof.
The Presbyterian says this cold blood
ed, inhuman murder is well authentica
ted, and adds :
The communication is sent by tho Rev.
John S. Grasty, pastor of the Presbyteri
an Church in Fincastle, a gentleman well
known in Virginia. He mentions in a
private note that the statement enclosed
was made to him “in writing by a most
worthy citizen of Nicholas.” The rage
and malice of our enemies have been
steadily waxing fiercer, and now that the
policy of savago warfare has been official
ly avowed, wo may expect such diaboli
cal deeds as the one hero reported to be
oome still more numerous and aggravated.
We hope that among the recent prisoners
taken in Nicholas may be found some of
the perpetrators of this shocking murder,
and, if so, that they may have visited up
on their guilty heads a swift and merited
judgment. Stern necessity compels our
Government to hold nothing less than the
wholesome threat of the gallows over the
heads of those authorities, which iu the
face of a scorning world, have proclaimed
their purpose towards our citizens.
If this war is henceforth to be unre
lieved by those usuages which civilized
and Christian nations have long imposed; ‘
if it is to be filled with scenes of inhuman
butchery at which tho world will stand
aghast, the judgment of Earth and the
judgment es Heaven will fix the condem
nation upon those who first adopted the
fiendish policy,
Confederate Friioutrs at Sauilutky
Olilo.
A gentleman just arrived from the de
pot of the prisoners of war, near Sandus
ky, Ohio, where the Yankees hold some
1,000 of our men in captivity, reports ,
them all in fine health and spirits, and
anxious for au exchange, their determi
nation being to embark their fortunes
again, in the cause of the South. It is
understood that they will be sent to |
Vicksburg for exchange. So far as our
observation has extended, the ardor of j
our returned soldiers has increased, <
rather than diminished, by their tempo- i
rary residence among the Yankees. On i
the contrary, many of the prisoners who j
have left Richmond lately for the North, I
have remarked that the Lincoln Govern- j
ment had virtually acknowledged the in
dependence of the South in agreeing to j
tho cartel of exchange, and as they had j
only fought heretofore for the restoration i
of the Union, they would take their pla- ;
ces in the ranks no more, unless under
compulsion.— Richmond Dispatch.
In DUtrict Court, Confederate
States of America, for tlie South
ern District of Georgia, April
Term, 1563.
In the matter of the application of
John A. Staley, for the discharge of
George A. Sialey (a minor) from the j
military service of the Confederate j
States.— Habeas Corpus , August 8,1862. j
In the matter of the application of !
George W. Adams, in behalf of George j
W. A. Brantly, (a minor) for his dis- j
charge from the military service of the
Confederate States.— Habeas Corpus, j
August 9, 1862.
It appearing to the Court that in each 1
of the above cases the minors were under
the age of eighteen years, and that there
was no law of the Confederate States
authorizing their detention in said ser
vice (said minors, on examination in
open Court, claiming the benefit of said
application), they were each of them
ordered to be discharged from said ser
vice.—Savannah Hews.
Probable Conflict between tbs State !
and Confederate Authorities.
On yesterday a serious conflict be- •
tween the State and Confederate author
ities was agitated at the Court House—
Judge Lochrane presiding. The facts,
we learn, are as follows. Some time
since a private named McKinney ot
Cnpt. Ells’ Artillery company, inflicted
serious wounds on Lieut. Greer, of Major
Rylander’s battalion. McKinney was
tried and imprisoned by order of a Court
Martial, under the supposed authority
of the military Commandant of this post.
The Counsel of McKinney sued out a
writ of habeas corpus. The Commandant
of the post under his construction of an
order from Gen. Mercer, stationed a
military company at the jail, with di
rections not to surrender the prisoner in
accordance with the mandate of the
writ. The Judge, very properly, we
’ think, adjourned the case over until
Monday next, in order to give time to
! the parties interested to receive further
instructions, and thereby prevent a ser
ious conflict between the State and Con
federate authorities. —Macon Telearaph.
1 6th. *
Tbe Retaliatory Orders of President
Davis.
The New York Herald of Saturday
last publishes, at length, the retaliatory
orders issued by President Davis in rela
; tion to General Pope and his army, bat
makes no comment upon it. The Herald
; is evidently waiting for tbe cue fyom Old
1 Abe.
The Battle of Mitchell’s Station.
From Lieut. John H. Thom&s, of Com
pany C, of the Irish Battalion, second
; brigade of Jackson’s army, who reached
this city by the Central train yesterday
1 morning, we have received some parti
; culare of the engagement at Mitchell’s
station, in Culpepper, on Saturday eve
| mnglast.
! Friday evening, a portion of Gener
! al Jackson’s division, consisting of the
Ist, 2d, and 8d brigades, under the com
! mand of Gen. Charles S. Winder, crossed
the Rapidan river, a few miles above the
railroad, and having advanced a mile
into Culpepper county, encamped for the
night
Early on Saturday morning, the ene-
I my’s cavalry drove iu our pickets and
fired into our camp. Expecting an im
’ mediate attack, our force was drawn up
1 in line of battle, but no attack being
made, in several hours they were order
| ed to march towards Culpepper Court-
House. In tho meantime, several other
j of our brigades had crossed the Rapidan.
.. Our men advanced by roads running
; parallel to and on tho west side of the
; Orange and Alexandria railroad. About
four o’clock the enemy’s artillery, post
ed near Mitchell’s station, six miles
distant from the Rapidan, opened fire
upon our advance guard. Our batteries
having come up, a terrible artillery
fight, of two hours’ duration, ensued.—
. Early in this engagement General Win
der was struck by a fragment of Bhell
and kitled. The effect of the death of
this brave officer had, for a moment, a
most depressing effect on the whole di
vision, which it required the utmost
| efforts of the brigade, regimental and
company officers to counteract.
Between C and 7 o’clock our infantry were
ordered I'orwaijd, and the engagement became
general. With unsurpassed bravery, our men,
for nearly an hour, fought against almostoveri
whelming numbers. We had but between four
; and five thousand men, whilst the enemy had
at least fifteen thousand. Still, our gallant
troops held their own, and in parts of the field
! even drove the enemy before them at the point
j of the bayonet. The instances of individual
j and regimental valour were innumerable.—
| Officers who participated in this fight, and who
| were in the sanguinary battles before Rich
i mond, have since said that they never before
saw the Yankees fight with such obstinate
desperation.
When the battle was at its fiercest, General
Ransom brought reinforcements, which turn
ed the tide in our favor. After a brief show of
further resistance, the enemy gave way at all
points, and retreated hurriedly. A portion of
Gen. A. P. Hill’s division, coming up as the en
emy gave way, pursued him vigorously to with
in two miles of Culpepper Court House.
It was confidently stated on the streets yes
terday that our troops had entered and still
held Culpepper Court House, but from the
best information we can obtain, we are inclin
ed to believe that Gen. Hill, on arriving within
the short distance mentioned of the Court
House, discovered that the enemy had strong
entrenchments with heavy seige guns mount
ed at that point, and that he in consequence
fell back a milo or two to await reinforce
ments.
Our loss in this battle is estimated at eight
hundred killed and wounded. The enemy’s
loss is thought to have been at least three
times as great.— Richmond Examiner of Wednes
day.
i Battle of Southern Mountain—Cas
ualties In the Muscogee Rifles,
The Times publishes the following pri
vate dispatch received in this city yes
day, dated at Gordonsville, August 12th :
In the battle of Southern Mountain
Corporal W. L. Hill, of Salem, Ala., was
wounded in the face and arm, but not
dangerously. Private John Kirklia, of
Columbus, dangerously wounded. Lt.
Robinson, myself and the balance of the
company are unhurt.
J. A. Whiteside.
From the Macon Telegrauh.
We are kindly permitted to use the fol
lowing private dispatch.
Gobdonsviele, Aug. 12.—D. E. Blount:
In the fight on Saturday, the 12th Ga.
Regiment had 8 killed and 27 wounded
—Lieut. Chambliss and Serg’t McKaskill
were killed. None killed in the Jones
Volunteers. W. 11. Christian, arm bro
ken, and four others slightly wounded.
The Regiment was highly complimented
by Gen. Early. M. Morton, seriously
wounded. Isaac Hardeman.
Tho following dispatch has been re
ceived from Capt. Rogers, of the 12th:
Gordonsville, Aug. 12. — Heavy fight
ing on Saturday. Forty killed and woun
ded in this regiment. Newsonand Allen
are severely wounded. Phillips slightly
wounded. The rest Base.
[The last part of the dispatch refers
to the Central City Blues, a company
from this county, of which Capt. Rogera
is commander.]
(Special to the Southern Confederacy.)
Gordonsville, Va., Aug. 13.—The
Brigade composed of the 14th, S6th, 45th
and 49th Georgia Regiments, commanded
by Col. E. L. Thomas, was engaged in
the battle of the 9th inst., at South-
Western Mountains. Tho Brigade and
its commander did honor to the State of
Georgia.
“Union” Resolutions.
At the reeent “war meeting” in Wash
ington, upon which occasion Abraham
delivered himself of the ponderous speech
elsewhere published iu this paper, a
resolution was adopted declaring “the
dismemberment of tho Union an event
not to be contemplated in any emergen
cy whatever.” Tfie resolution further
declares that rather than witness the
overthrow of the “Union,” the North will
prosecute the war until its towns and
cities shall be reduced to ashes, its fields
desolated, and all that is dear shall havo
perished. “Let the Union,” says the
resolution, “be preserved or the country
made a desert
Another resolution oonfesses to a con
viction that tho leaders in the rebellion
will never sincerely return to their alle
giance to the Union, or quietly submit to
its laws, and declares that they should
be regarded and treated as irreclaimable
traitors, who are to be stripped of their
possessions, of whatever character, and
either deprived of life or expelled from
the country. This resolution was re
ceived with tremendous cries of “good”
“good.”
Another resolution declares that wher
ever the armies of the North go within
the rebellious States, measures should
be taken to test the loyalty of the inhab
itants, and that those who refuse their
unqualified adhesion to the cause of the
Union, should either be placed under
restraint or compelled to go beyond the i
lines, while their effects should be taken j
from them, and so far as available, be ‘
converted to the use of the army.
Another resolution declares that the
national capital is eminently the place
where treason should be instantly de
nounced and punished, and that the most
stringent measures should be adopted by
the proper authorities, without delay, to
discover and arrest the disloyal men and
women who infest the District of Colum
bia, and that they should be compelled
to establish in the most conclusive man
ner their fidelity to the government or
forfeit its protection.
Another resolution heartily approves
of the act of Congress, passed at its re
cent session, subjecting to confiscation
the property of rebels, and declaring free
such of their slaves as take refuge with
in tho lines of their army, and that it ;
deems it the duty of the President, to the
i utmost of his ability, to give prompt es
, feet to the provisions of that act.
Tho final resolution declares that the i
Federal Government must be sustained,
; whatever administration may, for the
; time being, be in power, and whatever
may be the policy, within the limit of i
the Constitution, which it may adopt:
’ that he who refuses to give it his sup-
I port, because of his disapproval of some
; particular measure of its policy, is false
to his obligations to his country.
A Card from Mr. VallnuiUgham,
The following card from Mr. Vallandig
ham is addressed to the editor of the
I New York Herald:
Dayton, Ohio, August 1,1862.
: James Gordon Bennett. Esq.,
Editor Aeic I ork Herald :
Sm: I thank you for your former courtesies,
and am sorry to trouble you again: but persis
tent lying demands continual contradiction.
The statement in the Columbus (Ohio) dis
patch in your Tuesday’s issue, that I was “ar
rested,” and that I was implicated in “treason
able plots,” or in any other thing “disloyal, is
an impudent fabrication of the anonymous
scoundrel who telegraphed it. How long is
the telegraph to be prostituted to such infa
mous falsehoods?
C. L. VALLANPIGHAM
Outrages la Louisiana.
Eds. Sun: The subjoined letter is an
extract from one received from a young
friend in Louisiana, an exile from Md.,
prevented by the war from returning to
her father’s homo. If you deem it, or any
part of it, worthy of publication, it is at
your service >*
Respectfully, Ellen MoC.
My dearest Ellen: Many long weeks
have elapsed since I last performed the
pleasant task of writing to my dear old
friend and school mate, from whom I
parted two years ago. Little did either
of us then think that our pleasant corres
pondence would ever be interrupted by
civil war. Oh ! ’tis a merciful hand that
veils the future from us poor weak mor
tals ; else every mad house in the land
would be crammed with unfortnnate in
mates. Oh! you cannot imagine what I
have passed through, since I last wrote
you. One week after the capture of New
Orleans, Col. Keith, of the 21st Indiana
regiment, with 500 men, entered the town
of Houma, in pursuit of some of our cit
izens who had killed two Yankees, that
had been sent, in company with others,
to seize a schooner loaded with arms and
ammunition for the Confederate service.
Not being able to catch the men, (who
had left the Pariah), Col. Keith announced
hia intention to remain until they were
caught, and immediately commenced a
series of foraging expeditions, seizing
: stock of every description, as well as provi
i sions for horses and men. They visited
my Uncle’s plantation, searched the
: premises for Cousin Howard and Well
: man, who, they said, had been actively
’ engaged in the killing of their men. They
i seized every mule, horse and beef au tho
! place, leaving no meat for tho negroes,
150 in number. They even seized the
milk cows, sheep, hogs, .'ic , aud
then carried oft as many wagon loads of
corn, hay, etc ,as the}’ wished. My
Uncle, who is suffering from paralysis,
was not aware that any men had been
killed in the Parish, the physician had
forbidden us to tell him anything to ex
cite him, consequently he knew nothing
of the skirmish or its consequences. He
was not a little astonished then, to find
his house suddenly surrounded by Yan
kee soldiers, aud his sons demanded.
Tho next morning, Friday, before day
break, his house was again surrounded
by armed men. The Captain told them
they might have 20 minutes to get up
and dress, that he was going to burn the
house. When the time expired my Aunt
was at the side-board getting Uncle’s
medicine, the Captain addressing her
rudely, said: “Madam, if you do not
leave this house I will send a squad of
men to drag you out.” They had already
commenced to fire the house. We saved
two bedsteads and three beds with a few
sheets, pillow-cases, etc., a secretary,
a few of my cousin’s valuable books, my
Uncle’s clothes. Aunt’s, Little Sissy’s,
the boys’ and my clothes were all burned;
nearly all our winter clothing, blankets,
comforts aud calico dresses were packed
in a room which was kept locked, in tho
hurry and confusion the key could not be
found, and consequently every thing in
the room was lost. Barrow Bond, my
little cousin, was running out with his
shoes, when one of the soldiers seized
them and pitched them into the flames.
My Aunt tried to save a loaf of bread,
some coffee, beef tongue and several
little delicacies for Uncle, but they actu
ally took them from her hands and threw
them into the fire. The negroes acted
nobly. They rushed in at the point of
the bayonet and saved what little they
could. A little servant boy was running
out with my writing desk (which he knew
I prized highly, being a very handsome
one, and a present from his Marse Well
man) when a Yankee told him to put it
down; he did not even stop but ran along
and hallowed out, “I can’t, it’s my Miss
Laura’s,” so thanks to Fred’s pertinacity,
I have my desk and a plentiful supply of
paper. They told the negroes they
would not burn their quarters, but as
soon as they finished the house they
started off for the cabins, and would not
lot the poor servants save anything
They even took bandies out of their
hands and threw them into the flames.
They next sot the stables and corn houses
on fire ;j they then went to the sugar
houses —they wanted to take the sugar
very badly but were afraid that it was
poisoned. They repeatedly asked the
negroes if it was. Os course they pro*
tested that it was not, which seemed only
to convince them to the contrary, and it
was with many a covetous glance and
many a curse on the Southerners that
they set on fire the sugar houses, and a
large warehouse containing 600 hhds. of
sugar and an immense quantity of molas
ses. After they had burned every house,
even the hen house, turkey house and
wash house, they left only a little school
house to shelter the family, and only a
half pan of clabber for a hundred and I
fifty-five or sixty persons to breakfast on. ;
We could have no communication ■
with Houma, and all of our friends lived ;
tho other side of the town, so we could
obtain no help from them. About 12
o’clock Mrs. Bartow sent a breakfast,
ready cooked, and beef and corn bread
for the negroes. After causing all
this affliction to an innocent man, or
rather one entirely ignorant of the
death of the men, the Captain cruelly told .
my Aunt that “if old Bond were not al
ready half dead he would hang him up to •
the first tree.”
Well, Ellen, it is all over now. lam i
living at Mrs. Barrow’s, my Uncle is at
the house of his Physician. Aunt, Cous- !
in Howard’s wife and the children live j
in the school house. Cousin Howard j
and Wellman are well and have joined the |
army.
LAURA B.
Farttzau Success Iu Arkansas.
From tlie Memphis (Federal) Bulletin, 7th. j
We are informed that two regiments of \
Federal troops were escorting some two j
or three hundred negroes, or perhaps !
more, and about sixty wagons, contain
ing provisions and material toward some
locality where it was intended to estab
lish a post. Near L’Anguille bridge,
beyond Madison on the St. Francis
river, the party was attacked by an
overwhelming force, which rushed upon
them from various points, Little or no j
resistance appears to have been possible,
and after firing one volley the Federals
and negroes were dispersed, some of
them being taken prisoners. A party of
twenty-seven men, which had. been de
tailed for duty at a distance from the
main body, escaped, and a portion of
them have reached this city.
On the same day a party of Federals,
esoorting twenty wagons, containg pro
visions and camp equipage, were sud
denly attacked by the enemy. A fight
ensued, in which seventeen of the Fed
erals were killed and the cavalry accom
panying them was dispersed. The wag
ons End their contents became the spoils
of the enemy.
Also on Sunday last a party of ninety
Federal soldiers, who were on duty at a
point in Arkansas, fifteen miles up the
river from Helena, and eight miles back ,
from the river, were surrounded by Con
federate troops and completely surpris- j
ed. It ia stated that of this party all
were killed, wounded or captured except
two. About forty wounded men were
taken down to Helena yesterday (Tues
day) from the spot of the engagement, on
the ferryboat Belle.
McClellan Changing hia Base Again
A passenger who came.by flag of truce j
up James River night before last, reports
that he passed at least fire transports
loaded with troops bound down the river.
The sudden disappearance of a large
number of transports at Harrison’s bar,
confirms the observation of this gentle
man that McClellan is running away by
night—or to speak more politely, is
making a grand strategic movement. — j
Rich. Enq., 13 th.
♦
The Yankees Guard the Roads.
The railroads from Nashville to Hunts
ville via Stevenson, is said to be lined
with Federal troops and tents, so as to
present the appearance of an immense
camp. Every bridge and trestle is vigi- |
lantly guarded to avert the destructive :
inroads of the guerrillas, who are con
stant sources of annoyance to the Yan
kees.
Latest from Hie Korlti.
j I anlee ITar Meeting — Speeches by Mr. Lin
. rain and the lesser lights of Subjugation.
Yankee papers have been received in
Richmond as late as the 7th inst., giving
j an account of a recent war meeting in
Washington, at which tho Mayer of that
city, assisted by thirty-nine vice presi- ’
dents (of the “meeting,” not the U. 8.)
and 22 secretaries, on which oeoa
sion “honest old Abe” made the f jllcw
| ing speech:
Fellow-citizens—l believe there is no
i precedent for my appearing before you
j on this occasion (applause), but iris also
true that there is no precedent for your
being here yourselves (applause and
laughter), and I offer, in justification of
myself and of you, that, upon examina
tion, I have found nothing in the Consti
tution against it. (Renewed applause )
I, however, have an impression that, there i
are younger gentlemen who will enter- i
tain you better, (Voices —“No, no, none
can do better than yourself, go on,”) and
better address your understanding than ‘
1 will or could, and therefore propose bat
to detain you a moment longer. (Cries
of ‘go on,’ “tar and feather the rebels.”)
I am very little inclined on any occasion
to say anything, unless I hope to produce
some good by it. (A voice --“You do ‘
; that : go on.”)
j The only thing I think of just now not *
j likely to be better said by someone else,
■ is a matter in which we have hoard some j
j other person blamed for what I did my- j
j self. (Voices —“What is it ;”) There
! has been a very wide spread attempt to i
havo a quarrel between Gon. McClellan
’ and the Secretary of War. Now I coco- ■
py a position that enahlee mu to believe
at least that these two gentlemen ere not
nearly so deep in the quarrel as some ;
presuming to be iheir fnendu (Cries of I
“good.”)
I Gen. McClellan’s attitude is such that
’ in the very selfishness of his nature he
; cannot bnt wish to be successful, and I
j hope he will, and the Secretary of War
|is precisely in the same situation. If
1 the military commander in the field can
not be successful, not only the Secretary
i of War, but myself, for the time being ‘■
master of them both, cannot but be fail- ;
| urea. (Laughter and applause.)
1 I know Gen. McClellan wishes to be |
j successful, and I know he does not wish !
I it any more than the Secretary of War
for him, and both of them together no
more than I wish it. (Applause.) Some-|
times we have a dispute about bow many
men Gen. McClellan has had, and those i
who would disparage him say that he has
’ had a very large number, and those who
, would disparage the Secretary of War
insist that Gen. McClellan has had a very
j small number.
The basis for thio is, that there is al
ways a very wide difference, and on this j
occasion, perhaps, a wider one between i
the grand total on Gen. McClellan’s rolls :
and the men actually fit for duty, and |
those who would disparage him, talk of
grand totals on paper, and those who
would disparage the Secretary of War, |
talk of those at present fit for duty.
General McClellan has sometimes ask- j
ed for things that the Secretary did not :
give him, and General McClellan is not
to blame for asking for what he wanted
and needed, and the Secretary of War
is not to blame for not giving when he
had none to give. (Applause and
laughter.) And I say here that as far
as I know the Secretary of War has with- ‘
held no one thing at any time in my ■
power to give him. (Wild applause, !
and a voice exclaimed, “Give him ‘
enough now.”)
I have no accusation against him. I 1
i believe he is a brave and able man (ap j
plause); and I stand here, as justice re- ,
quires me to do, to take upon myself ;
what has been charged upon the Score- i
tary of War, as withholding men from !
him. I have talked longer than I expect- |
| ed to do, (cries of no, no, go on) and
i now I avail myself of my piivilege of
saying no more.
I ABOLITION IS Al.
!
Ex-Gov. Boutweli, of Mriß* , was the
next speaker•
He would here say that if it had not j
been for slavery there would have been 1
no treason, and when slavery shall cease i
to exist there will be no traito.vs —•
(Cries of good and applause. ) The be j
ginning of this war is slavery, and free
dom is the end. There will be no peace !
until, throughout the length and breadth j
of the Republic, the cry shall come up |
that “slavery has ceased.”
You have to take your choice, cither j
to abolish slavery in the seceded States, j
and invite thither negroes from the j
North, or allow the North to be overrun i
with fugitives from the South. Say to j
them, “Here is territory you may have
solely for your own use, ’ aud give the
white men of tho North the unrestricted
enjoyment of their rights.
To save the Government, slavery must
die ; go by the board. The war will !
last as long as slavery, unless you take
it by the throat. He had belonged to the
Democratic party. If you declare with <
courage that slavery shall cease, let this
be the war cry. [Applause and music. ) ,
PURITANISM.
Gen. Shepiey, Military Governor of
Louisiana, said there was no ground for
despondency, but for hope, confidence |
and ultimate triumph. He, among other :
things, alluded to the planting and de
fence of the Stars aud Sn ipes iu tbe so- \
called seceded States.
“A strong rope aud a short ehrifi,” ia
New Orleans, tells the fate ofa man who
dares to haul down the American flag,
which in Louisiana was defended hymen
from the green hills of Vermont, the pine !
woods of Maine, and the shores of Mas
sachusetts bay ; and they will carry with j
them some lessons which have been
handed down from the rock of Plymouth, ;
and from the Declaration of tndepend- i
ence, and the Articles of Confederation
which came over in the Mayflower—les- !
sons of a permanent character, which the
men of the Southwest will read hereafter
for their good. (Applause and laughter.) j
It having been announced that Gen
Shepiey was (he man who hung Mumford
for hauling down the “National Flag,” j
the immense, assemblage gave three cheers,
but Shepiey said that the honor belonged I
to Gen. Butler and not to him.
WAR AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
General Shields said that speeches and i
resolutions will never whip the Secession
ists and put down the rebellion. We |
must do more than thi3. We must do J
away with old party dissensions, and j
unite in a great common cause against i
the men, women and children who are
smitten with the infernal madness of the j
rebellion. If we can only throw one
hundred thousand fresh men into the
field we can crush the rebellion now and
forever. What we want, as had been
said on a memorable occasion during the ‘
Mexican war, is “A little more grape.”
(Excessive laughter and repeated ap
plause.)
ARMING THE NEGROES.
Senator Harlan, of lowa, said he was
not here to administer unqualified praite
to any man, and to say that McClellan
had the military power to march upon J
Richmond at the time he ordered the re
treat to the James river. lie believed,
however, that that officer did what he
deemed best for tbe interr.-.t of the conn- i
try.
He advocated t/it employment of negroes ;
to assist in putting di SH the rebellion. He :
saw no reason why blaoli men, yellow i
men, and red men should be exempted
from the burdens of war. Were they the
only “priviledged classes'” (Cries of
no 1 and laughter.)
Would you require th? sacrifice of
white men to protect tho negro 1 The
Rebels do dot use the negro because they
are afraid to do so, aud we do not because
we are too proud.
THE SAINT “ABRAHAM.”
Gen. Carrington, United States Attor
ney for the District of Columbia, said he
was opposed to the introduction of party
politics in the present condition of the
country. He drew a vivid picture of the
Repulic as it was before the rebellion, and
spoke of the enormity and wickedness of
the rebellion. He warned the secession
ists in this city from hoping to expect
grace or favour from Jeff. Davis, so l
j remarked, “Your only hope is in Abra
ham’s bosom.”
“KEPBOI’LINO THE SOUTII,” ,H\
Mr. Close, State Senator from Virginia,
urged the repcopling of that State by
etiijjiigraUon from the North He eon
ciu tail by extending an invitation to the
crowd to attend a Uuion meeting to be
held at Alexandria on next Tuesday night,
Mr. Chittenden, the Register of the
Treasury, said hesitation, compromise,
negotiation, delay and timid counsels are
words (ha; belong to the past. The time
has come to find cct, seize and dispose of
every ha',tor iu the country, and espe
! daily in this city.
TUe Ymikte General Prince.
The well-known Eiohmond correspon
dent of the Charleston Courier, says:
In an interview between Gen. Prince
i and Gen. Winder, (the commander of
j this post, ) the former said he presumed
he should receive all the courtesies of a
! prisoner of war.
j “Not at all, sir,” said Gen. Winder.
! “You are perfectly aware of the procla
mation of President Davis, and the sub-
I sequent order of Gen. Lee, and must ex
| pect to be treated accordingly.”
“Cut I know nothing about the orders
of Gen. Pope, sir.”
“Then I must say yon are a remarka
bly ignorant representative of the army
of your Government. It makes no dif
ference, however, sir; my orders are
j that yon and your officers shall bo treated
i in accordance with the proclamation of
| our President.”—whereupon Gen. Priuee
was removed.
Such is the narrative repeated upon
the street. The same unreliable author
ity states that the entire batch, excepting
; the privates, are now in iron*. As felons
i and outlaws, they deserve no better fate.
_ .... ■—
Is xlt’Olellsn Kvacußttng!
Scarcely a day has passed since the
; battles before Richmond that one or
more deserters frem McClellad’a army
j have not come into our linos. Asa gen
eral thing, it is safe to put but little re
j ‘lance ou the statements of this class.—
: Renegades are rarely men of elevated
j character, and few of them, it may be
supposed, will stick at any lie which
j they may consider likely’ to enhance
I their importance or render more favour
, able their reception by our authorities.
Holding them in this estimation, we have
, not hitherto cared to occupy our space
! with their accounts. Wo mention them
i now as bearing upon the question of
evacuation. There has been great con
sistency iu the statements of deserters
on two points—the health of McClellan’s
army, and the unwillingness of the men
to prosecute the war. From first to
last, they have all agreed in representing
I the amount of sickness in the Yankee
i army on James river as distressing be
: yond precedent. The last deserters state
that it has increased rapidly 7 since the
retreat from the Ohicahominy.
On Tuesday morning there was brought
| before General Lee an intelligent Eng
; lishman, who had deserted from McClel
| lan the day before. His statement to
I the general would be highly interesting,
if it could be relied upon. We will give
it for what it is worth. A portion of
McClellan’s army, he says, has been
sent down James river in transports ; of
what remains, a third are rendered unfit
for duty by camp fever and diarrhoea;
and the other two-thirds are so demoral
; ized as to be utterly unfit for future ac
-1 live operations.
This story taken in conjunction with the
; accounts of previous deserters and with
; occasional obscure hints dropped by the
; correspondents of northern newspapers,
: may claim to bo received with some cred
i it. We do not doubt that McClellan’s
sick list is enormous, and that his troop’s
j after the ordeal of the battles before
Richmond, would be glad enough to re
turn to their homes in the land of onions
and Yankee notions; but that he is at j
this time evacuating his James river base,
we would be glad to learn upon somewhat
! better authority than wo can yet boast.
• Rumours have at times reached us of
; transports laden with troops quietly
1 dropping down James river at the dead of
night, and w& heard shortly after of the i
’ debarcation of at Aqnia creek of forces I
supposed to have been McClellan’s.— j
There may have been truth in these re- ;
ports, but we are absolutely without the i
means o? their verification. That McClcl- >
laa has, since the great battles, diminish
ed his force at Westover and Berkley by j
tho sending away of one well man to Pope [
or In Fredericksburg, we can only con
clude by inferences from his feints on j
Malvern Hill and Petersburg, and on the j
testimony of his deserters.— Rich , Ex. 4 th. ‘■
• ♦-
I rom tho Petersburg Express.
raajnr-Gfjieriil -John Pops,
The writer of this has known Procla
mation Pope for the last 20 years, and
kuowii hint to be one of the most vulgar,
coarse, obscene and licentious poltroons
on the face of the earth. An admitted j
coward, grossest of debauchees, the most !
reckless spendthrift of borrowed money,
the most notorious of i : .ar3, the most in- >
Hated of braggarts, is now playing the I
tyrant upon the soil of Virginia. This j
only proves what the world has long j
known, that tyranny is ever associated j
with cowardice and debauchery.
Proclamation Pope, in the winter of j
1844—G, addressed a Miss Mary G——, in ‘
Savannah, Ga , in the belief that she I
would inherit the property of her aunt, j
Mrs. T. He asked for the hand of Miss i
G., and when interrogated as to his pros- j
pecta in life, he replied that he was the I
son of a uiau of fortune, but (hat in addi- j
tion to his share of the paternal estate, I
owned a sugar plantation in Louisiana, j
Our hero learning, however, that Miss j
G. would not be an heiress, became ex- i
c.eedingly desirous to break off the match. !
lie therefore wrote her a very insulting ;
letter, asking to be released from his en- j
gagement. The letter she gave to her
father, who had recoivedone about the 1
same time from Pope’s father, saying j
that he was poor and penniless, and, he j
regretted to add thoroughly unprincipled. \
Mr. G. took these two Utters with him
to lhebarrack3 where the gallant Lieuten
ant was quartered. lie called in witness
es to the interview between himself and
Pope, and then denounced him as a vil- !
lain, a cheat and imposter. Pope sprung
up to strike him, but the stern eye and
athletic frame of the old man frightened
him. lie sat down, sayi-g “your age
protects you.’’ “Oh, never mind my
age,” replied Mr. G. Another torrent of
abuse from the old man, and once more
Pope rose with clenched fists, but sat
down again, saying “your religion pro
tects you.” “Oh, never mind my relig
ion,” said Mr. G., “strike ahead,” but
no blow wa3 struck, and Pope took the !
boat for the North that night, in debt a j
thousand dollars for borrowed money—a j
debt which has not been paid to this hour, j
Asa proof of the utter want of princi- !
pie of this poor wretch, it need only be j
mentioned that he had been detailed in :
company with Lieut, (now Brig. General)
M. L. Smith, to draw maps for the Coast
Survey, but did not work one hour dur
ing the six month? of his sojourn in Sa- 1
vannah.
Surgeon Cuyler, of the Federal army,
and hundreds of officers in that service,
a? well as in the Confederate, are per
fectly well acquainted with these facts
Proclamation Pope is one of the most
bestial of men Every officer of the old
army knows of his enormous licentious
ness, and of hi. l half breeds in New Mexi
co. 8. f.
Oltl Etonewati’s Cooluea:.
Hermes, of the Mercury, says
Unlike the President, Gen. Lee has a .
high opinion of Jackson. When asked,
the other day, if he was going to take
command on the Bapidan, he replied it
would be a most ungracious task to dis
place a man who had been so uniformly
successful as Jackson. At Cold Harbor, :
Jackson’s perfect coolness struck every
body. He sat with his leg over the pom
mel of hi 3 saddle, eating sugar cake?.—
When told that the Yankees were fight
ing with extraordinary obstinacy, he
said, “they do fight well.” “But, Gene
ral, 1 am afraid they’ll whip us,” said ;
someone. “I have not the slightest
doubt of success,” was his calm reply.
TENNESSEE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SUN,
Whim's Ridue near Tazewell, Aug. 9.
Eds Sun : I wrote you on the 7th, giv
ing the more striking occurrence? which
came to my knowledge, up to (he time of
writing. Since then, 1 have seen moro
of the fight; the ground? ooeupied by
the different troops, the port played in
the battle, if one it can be called, by the
various regiments here. Soldiers are
exceedingly tenacious about the part
each plays in the game of war. And as
l propose in my correspondence to do
justice to all parties, it may be well
enough just here to state that the third
Tennessee regiment did (he most of the
fighting, and did it gallantly too. It was
the only regiment which made a charge.
They took a battery, and had they been
properly supported, would have held it
in spite of the efforts of the ifith Ohio
and 14th Kentucky,} two of Lincoln's
best regiments, to recapture it. By some
unaccountablo blunder, a Georgia regi
ment did not support Vaughn, and be
lost the fruits of his gallant charge.
Whiskey is quite common amongst our
gold laced gentry, and to this cause, in
all probability, we owe the loss of the
battery, a? well as the failure to entrap
the whole Yankee force.
brom reliable persous in our interest
ut J azewell, 1 learn that the Yankee
force consisted ot live regiments and
eight pieces of artillery, ours of not less
than 10,000 and thirty pieces of artillery.
We at one time had a brigade in their
rear, or in position to have easily attain
j ed it, when the headlong flight of the
! Ohio regiments commenced. Every man
| of them should have been captured and
; nothing but the veriest trifliug preven
\ ted it.
j For the information of your readers
, who have friends iu the Eufaula Light
Artillery, Capt. Clark, let me state that
like ourselves, they were not engaged;
they came up at double quick, but the
game had fled. Capt. Clark arrived and
I presume assumed command on the day
before the fight. The health of the com
pany is excellent; a lew more days, and
they as well as we, may have an opportu
nity of showing what kind of atutt we
are made of. I forgot to mention such
was the confusion around when I wrote,
that Lieut. Col. Gordon of the 11th Ten’-
nessee, was made prisoner by the foe.
His regiment was to support Henderson’s
42d Georgia, and had moved towards the
enemy’s right, and had secured a posi
tion about 200 yards from the road, down
which the Yankees retreated : seme mis
understanding as to position, induced
Gordon to advance aloue for further or
ders. He had not proceeded far before
he was surrounded aud immediately con
ducted to the enemy’s rear. His com
mand lay in ambush within gunshot of
thß enemy, awaiting his return for or
ders.
We will remain here for a few days,
and then move on to the Gap. 1 learn
to-day, that the enemy have evacuated
that place, whether this is true or not—
to the Gap and into Kentucky we are
going. The tide of war with its count
less desolations, is rolling back upon the
brutal invaders, and we “trust the day is
not far distant when we can plant our
feet upon the shores of the beautiful
Ohio, and say to the lustful hounds who
have disgraced manhood by their deeds
of brutality, “thus far shall thou come;
no further.”
It has been gratifying to us to meet
under such auspicious circumstances as
have occurred in the last few days,
friends and neighbors from home, Adjt.
John S. Allen, Nathaniel Nuckolls, jr.,
both are ia fine health, and only regret
that they did not get a shot.
The hearts of our boys (Cos. H.) were
made glad to day by the arrival of that
box, packed by our clever friends, Bar?
net and Chapman. It contained good
things from home. How the eye glistens
as the lids are raised ! Verily if a sol
dier could be miserly, he would be now;
boxes, bags and packages are handled as
eagerly as though they contained jewels
of rare value. And they do. Under
this wood and paper comes the heart’s
offering from home—the handiwork of
distant wives, mothers aud sisters. What
diamond so rare, what offerings so rich,
as tho token ol’love. Away with all else,
but leave us (he pure devotion which
gathers about our hearthstone , the love
which ends only when remorseless death
calls us all to a common home.
Private Denson aud Sanders have also
arrived. The health of the company and
Battalion is very good. 1 will write you
as soon as anything of interest occurs
Yours, Orderly.
ilow to Draw the Pay of Head Sol
diers.
We copy the following regulations and
form from official circulars furnished to
an army officer by authorities at Rich
mond. There are throughout the South
persons who have lost son?, husbands,
or brothers, in the service, to whose ar
rearages of pay they are entitled. These
regulations make their course perfectly
plaiu, and obviate the necessity of in
curring any trouble or expense about the
collection :
Treasury Department,C.S. A.)
Second Auditor’s Office.
Richmond, June 24, 62. j
Ilegulitio’u for the payment of Claims for Ar
rears of fay due to deceased Soldiers, ftr Act
102. Approved February 15.1862.-—The first sec
tion of tiie Act is as follows: -‘The Congress
of the Confederate States of America do enact,
That the pay and allowances due to any de
ceased volunteer, non-qommissioncd officer,
musician or private, in the Army of the Con
federate States, shall be paid to the widow of
the deceased, if living; it not, to the children,
if any; and in default of widow or children, to
the lather, if living; and if not, to the mother
of such deceased volunteer: and payment
will be made accordingly.
Ist. It the child or children be minor, pay
ment will be made to the guardian, upon the
production of the proper certificate, until the
seal of the Court.
2d. The claiming heir must produce his or j
her affidavit, and that of one disinterested per
son, stating the relationship, and thai there i.-
no other person entitled to claim—For in- ;
stance: If the claimant be a mother, the affi- ;
davit must state that there is living neither j
wife, child or father of the deceased; if the j
father, that there is neither child or wife; aud
if the child, that there is no wife. The magis- j
trate administering the oath should certify to !
the credibility of the witness, and the Clerk of
the Court should certify under the ?cal, tiiat
he is such magistrate.
3d. These regulations do not apply to com
missioned officers, except when the amount
due does not exceed *IOO, and there i; no ad
ministration.
Claims prepared in compliance with the fore
going instructions, and transmitted to this of
fice by mail, or otherwise, will receive as
prompt attention as the business of the Office
will allow.
W. H. K.Tatioe, Auditor.
The form given below, it will be seen,
is intended tor the use of a widow who
has lost an unmarried son in the service,
but it requires very little and easy to be
understood alterations to suit any case. ;
We leave the name of the State in the
form, merely to aid in the filling up of
the blank description of troops :
CoxPTßutLrr's OrricE, June 24, [
I concur in and approve the above.
Leris Ckcoer, Comptroller.
State op North Carolina. I Before the Justice j
County, /of the Peace, per- •
sonally appeared , and made !
oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God. J
that she is the mother of , dee’d, !
late a (private) of Capt. Com
pany, (letter) (no.) Regiment, North Carolina
Troop?, and that her said son died without
leaving widow, child or lather, and she ia there
fore entitled to tiie arrears of pay, et cetera, that
may be due him from the Confederate .-date-:
and also appeared ut the same time, .
(witness and made oath as aforesaid that he
knows the said mother, and knew the *on.
and the laet- sworn to by iter are true, and he
is <ii?i?it6r©Bt€ui therein.
Sworn io and -übsenbed before me.
j. p .
Ti* Venerable Father of Bltho.,
Pierce.
Rev Dr. Pierce has, during the last
week, been on a visit to our city, and
preached several time? at the Methodist
Church, tew can see or hear this veteran
o! the without feeling for him a
thrill of veneration. Although 78 years
old, he retains much of the vigor and 1
elasticity of youth, and his mental facul
ties remain unimpaired. He has been, !
for more than half n century , a fearless
“Watchman upon the walls of Zion. ’ —
When shall we look upon hi? like again
—Neuman Companion, 1 9th.
’ To the Planter* and Owners of
j Slaves In Muscogee and Adjoin,
ing Counties.
I have been appointed by Brig. Gen. Mercer,
agent to procure negro laborers to work on the
fortification at Savannah. lam directed to re
<juire 20 per cent of the able-bodied negro tn<-u
in my jurisdiction for this purpose. The gov
ernment will pay the following wages :
For Field Hands sl3 per month.
•• Carpenters 17 “
•• Plantation Driver 20 “ “
Food, quarters and medical attendance fur
| ni-hnd; also transportation by railroad,
j Good hospital arrangements are already pre
pared for the sick, and gentlemen of good
character will be selected to oversee them. 1
earnestly call upon all planters and others
owning slaves iu the counties of Muscogee.
Harris, Talbot and Chattahoochee, to come for
j ward immediately and furnish me with 20per
cent of their able-bodied men. If this call is
not responded toby the 18th inst, I shall pro
ceed ou that day to impress from the Slave
j holders the number of slaves required, as di
! reeled by Brig. Gen . Mercer in General Order?
N'o 13.
Tiie value of each negro entrusted to this
Department will be appraised immediately and
recorded. A receipt will be given for tho ne
gro, containing his value, certified to by the
appraisers. Should ho iu any way fall into tho
hands ot the enemy, his value so appraised will
be refunded to hi? owner or overseer.
>ly office i? at No. 59 Broad street, where I
can be found at all hours during the day.
ALLEN <\ MrGEHEE.
Columbus. Aug. 7. 1802—du
N’OTICK.
Bt.rMJXTi.NMNt".? Office t ok Cut Dmxscxs, i
Bayann.au, July 30, 1802. ,
Planters of Georgia are earnestly
requested to send twenty per cent’,
of the able-bodied negroes, men and women,
to the nearest depots on the Central, Albany A
Gulf, Augusta & Savannah, Georgia, Macon .v
Western, and South-western Rail Roads, on
Wednesday? and Fridays of each week. Rail
Road Agents will furnish planters with receipts
for the negroe-.
If planter- will pursue this plan, it will save
assistant agent? a great deal of trouble and the
Confederacy considerable expense.
T. A. PARSONS,
aug t-Ow General Superintendent.
MARRIED,
On the 17th inst., by Rev. Mr. Parks, Mr. Fe
ux KosEAEt r to Miss Marx Frances Wane, all
of this city.
In Chattahoochee co., Ga., hy IVin. F. Lane,
Esq., Mr. G. M. BarAN, of this city, to Miss 1..
C. Hardison, of Chattahoochee co., Ga.
OBITUARY.
Raleigh H. and Robeet L. Edwards were
members of the Oth Ala. Regiment, and were
among the first who went out to meet the in
vading foe. Raleiuu died at the hospital iu
Richmond on the 19th of May, in the 24th year
of his age. Robert was killed in the battle of
“Seven l’ines,"’ near Richmond, on the 31st of
May, in tiie 22d year of hi? age. Tho former
was a member oi’ tiie M. E. Church and he wa
the same.consistent Christian in camps, that
he was rtr home. Tiie latter, though not a
member oC any Church, showed hy his walk,
that the early precepts and prayers ol” his pi
ous parents were deeply imbued upon his
mind. Again since the commencement of this
nnhallowed war, lias the fatal poison dropped
from tiie dtt-ky wings of tiie angel of death, as
he hovered over the camps ol the brave and
we are called to chronicle the death of two
promising young men, around whom the ten
drils of parental alieclton fondly clung. They
were useful citizen? and faithful soldiers,
shrinking from no duty fearing no danger, and
by their gentlemanly deportment, they won
the highest respect and love of their comrades
iu arms, and the confidence of their superior
officers. We condole with the young wife of
tho former and the aged parents and friends
in their sad bereavement, but when the first
hour of weeping grief has passed, it should be
a consoling thought, when the wounded spirit
can lisp “they died intheir country’s cause.”
A Comrade in Arm?.
OBITUABY.
To Hie memory of Melbourne M. Butt, ol
the Russell Volunteers, who fell in battle near
Richmond, Ya., on the Ist July, 1862, in the 21st
year of his age.
The disability occasioned by a gun shot
wound has delayed my inditing a few lines to
the memory of one of the most bold and dar
ing soldiers, whose lives have been a sacrifice
in this war for their country’s freedom and de
liverance. It was only during our mutual ser
vice iu the army, a period of little more than
twelve months, that I knew him; but what pe
culiar advantages for the appreciation ol” char
acter are afforded by the association? of the
camp—the march, tho battle !
Mel. Butt was always one of those who nev
er evaded a call to duty, and who ever wort’
forward in the post of danger. Prompt aud
cheerful iu obedience to all orders, however
hard, he secured esteem, and his frank, gene
rous and dashing character endeared him to
all his comrades. Many a pleasant scene will
long be recollected in connection with Mel.
Butt, his vivacious temperament and hi? cor
dial good humor.
In tho bloody fight in which his company
participated on the 31st May, at the Seven
Pines, id- tall form and his eager, unquailing
spirit were equally conspicuous. If a call was
made for volunteers; for specially dangerous
service, as for instance to tear down tents near
to the enemy among swarms of minnio ball
from every quarter, who held back ! Not Met
Burr, certainly! In sheltering and carrying
ofl” our wounded through difficult place.-!
whose step wa? firmer and quicker than Mel
Butt’s? Not one! Yet he escaped sound and
uninjured the perils of that day, while his
brave associates Slappy, Watkins, Blassingarea.
Davis, Harris, Prince, Barker and Crowder, re
ceived the hostile bullets which destined them
more or less speedily to a bloody grave, aud
other brave ones were maimed and crippled.
As in all nobler natures the heart so full of
courage nursed the genlter and kindlier emo
lions which made his death a loss to his famih
and to peaceful society, as a characteristic in
cident will tend to illustrate. On the next day
after the fight just alluded to, we were resting,
thoroughly worn out—jaded—exhausted, iu
the plea-aut shade, when our attention wa
attractcd by the groans of a wounded Yankee,
some hundred pace? in front of us, and suffer
ing from the scorching rav? of the meridian
sun.
No one moved to assist him except Mei..
Butt, who rose, walked out to him, and gave
him water to quench his thirst, and then re
turned to get aasistance to move him. But
the men were weary, and he did not prevail.
Then did this humane soldier who had march
ed, fought aDd worked a whole day and night
without food or rest, stride forth alone, take
up his wounded enemy (a heavy man) and car
ry him to a spot where he might be sheltered
from the glaring rays, and die (as he did in a
lew hours) without their torture. He groaned
no more.
However much Heaven’s High Chancery
may have been aggrieved by any frailties of
our friend, may wo not confidently hope that
the Recording Angel “dropped a tear” of joy.
as he registered this noble a<-t of the humane
fiouthern soldier.
1 have not lieen made acquainted with the
detail? of Mix. Hitts’ conduct at the subse
quent battle? near Richmond. We are told
that he fell and died almost instantaneouslyon
being struck on the head by a cannon ball as.
he was charging the enemy 1 ? battery. He had
never suffered from the pangs of ’ solicitude
or apprehension. “Fear” wa- not a word in
hi? vocabulary. Hi? period of service was a
happy one, and he never died but cnee.
Coward? die many times before their death?.
The caUant never taste of deat h bid once!
G. W. H.
Steam Engine for SaleT
FOR $330 CASH 1
” T ANARUS” - ■ J” ■■ CTTTXL
HAVING procured a larger Engine for our
Presgre, wo o!Ter for sale the one heretofore
in use by ns. It Is an Oscillating Cylinder, with
an upright lobular Boiler. The whole machine
is complete, La\ ing connecting pipe?, all in good
order B
The Engine ia new. and baa been used very
little In consequence of ita inability to do onr
work.
To a planter this is an excellent opportunity
to secure a motive power for the gin house far
cheaper than horses or sinles.
tor ronnlug light machinery it is just suited
and within reach of men of aman means.
The Engine and apparatue . an be seen’ bv ao
pl.cation at the 31 v
UUM OFFICE.
BEEF EOB. SALE
To the Highest Bidder!
n S Thursday, lltlr day or Smuv
MtTh^ 1 ’ hi for Caßh “m'oK
BKKF CATTLE’
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c • .utv gif, ‘ ‘ 19 partU Uolmo
WhU. ,r UM Wn **’ s Creek ue.r M.
aa“llw4 , UVyiiY ‘<
au.nw* | rxsestttr.
Thirty Dollars XJeward!
tX ILL le pail foi the hpprrlien-iO'i and o-
l.vety „ ativ H,. rc i lrR Officer iu this
State, of one Z.ttK BHOWN, who deserted frim
lhea.ii Georgia itegt; w.* 4 aries.f-d aud fuutwl
to ca up ou t> e 20th July last. When wr
Coln-ithn-. he erode lit* escape lrom the gourd a
Bta'ion No. 1 or t Muscogee Kail Uoad. ifai.i
It.’OAii ihj.v exh Lit * furlough oi o.iior Uoc.,*-
u.ent to p.oLlbit bis *rie t, which should not I*
regarded. , ...
Discßll'no.? —Height i tcet 4 or o tuiher. black
hair l;r coinidecttou, mj light blue eyes,
wehrht .ix.nt 120 lb.-. 8. R. WESTON,
8 Capt. Cos. H., oth G*. Regt.
augS-d6tr2l. on lietecbed service.
NOTICE.
ricWO mouth? after date application will b.
L mad- to the Oomt of Ordinary of MuW), w
com ty, Gs.< for leave to set! the real estav, he
longing o th- estate ot Dr. William p. L e(j j Hlc
ofsaidcuuwty deceased
CHARLES WISE, tx'r.
Columbus. Au-. ■’> 18>.r. wg.u
LRATIiUU
I UST RECEIVED, and for sals bv
• angle JNO. I>. ARNOLD,