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OiuUTOff, NISBET & BARNES) Publishers and Proprietors. <t. y. BOC«iITOX, ) „ H, XISBKT. j K<l*lor«. <£Jjt Confcberaic Pinion nihl']shiul Wccidy, in Milledgeville, Ga., Ctnrr of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., apposite Court House.J Ai .S3 a year in Advance. BATES OF ADVERTIBIV6. • Per square of twelce tines. One insertion §1 <K), and fifty Cents for each subsequent .•ontinuance. fa., , : .-eut without the specification of thenumberot insertions will be published till forbid and charged accordingly. Itusinessor Professional Cards, per year, where they do not exceed Six Lises - - - $ 10 00 A liberal contract well be made with, those icho with to Advertise by the year,occupying a specified, space LEGAL advertisements. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators. Ex ecutors or Guardians, arerequired by law to be held hi the first Tuesday in the month; between the hours of ! o in t ie forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court noose in thecouuty in which the property is sit uated. 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Publications will always be continued according to these, the legalrequirements, unless otherwise ordered at the following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration. Arc. $2 75 “ “ dismissory from Admr’n. 4 50 “ Guardianship. 3 00 Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00 Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50 Kqleofland ornegroes by Executors, kc. pr sqr. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks 1 50 Kora man adv^K-dnghis wife(in advance,) 5 00 The Subscriber is now pre pared to do Eook'lSind- ing', in all its branches Old Books rebound, &c. MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be given to all work entrusted to me. S. J. KIDD. Bindery in Woiillici’n FriierBl i'nioa Office. Milledgeville, March 10th, 1861. 43 10IKT CALLENDER FOR 1862. SUPSXLIOB. CGI7B.TS. CONFEDERATE UNION. VOLUME XXXIII,] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1862. [NUMBER 21. COUNTING H0USC CALENDAR, 1862. DAYS. 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Sbarpsburg, Md., 1 hursday, Bept. 18, I and for an hour the sullen booming was 31 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 .g 0 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 April 1 2 3 4 5 Octob’r 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 U 15 16 17 18 IS 5 C 7 8 9 10 jj 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 12 13 14 15 16 17 is 2728 29 30 192021 2223 24 Mat. 1 2 3 Novkm 26 27 28,29 30 31 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1C 17 2 3 4 5 6 7 y 18 19 2021 222324 9 10 11 12 13 14 I5 25 2627 28 29 30 31 16 17 18 19 2021 Joke Deceji. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 23 24 25 26 27 28 <j 30 1 2 3 4 4? fi 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 192021 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 25 26 .,7 29 30 28 29 30 3) Counterfeit Confederate Iffotes. treasury JAN OAKY. JULY. 2.1 Monday, Ctislham. 1st Monday, Floyd* ‘Floyd AUGUST. 1st Monday Lumpkint FEBRUARY. 2d M niday, Campbell 1st Monday, Clark Clai k t Lumpkin Dawson 3d Monday. Campbell 3d Monday, Forsyth Dawson Polk 3d Monday, Forsyth Glascock ‘ Polk Merriwether Glascock YY’alton Merritt-cther Jtli Mffnday, Baldwin Y\ alton Jackson 4t’n Monday, Baldwin Monroe Jiekson Paulding Monroe Taliaferro Paulding Walker Taliaferro Thusday after, Pierce MARCH. SEPTEMBER. 1st Thursday. Pierce 1st Mouday, Appling lit Monday, Appling Chattooga Chattooga Cherokee Cherokee Columbia Coweta Coweta Columbia Crawford Crawford Madison Gwinnett Marion Madison Morgan Marion 2d Monday, Butts Morgan Bartow 2:1 Monday, Butts Coffee Bartow Elbert Coffee Fayette Elbert Greene Fayett Gwinnett Greene Pickens Pickens Washington Washington Webster Webster 3d Monday, Cobbt 21 Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Calhoun Hall Hall Hart Hart Heard Heard Macon M aeon Newton Newton Talbot Talbot Ware Tattnal Bulloch YVate Thursday after White Thursday after White 'tli Monday, Clinch Friday alter,Bulloch Putnam 4th .Monday, Clinch Chattahoochee Putnam Lee Rabun Twiggs Chattahoochee YVilkes Lee Johnson Twiggs Milton Wilkes Rabun The notes mostly counterfeited are the 20*s, 50’s and 100’s, of the issue ! of Sept. 2, l'-JI1—lithographed by j Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond. In all the genuine issues of these notes there is a shield in the upper left corner, the j the right upper corner of which is I 1S62.— Yyesterday was fought, at this place, the severest battle that has yet marked the annals of the war. For the first time in our history, two armies have been brought together whose thousands might be numbered by hundreds, and for fifteen long eventful hours these Lave un dergone trial by fire such as mortal man never witnessed on this continent before. If the battles of Shiloh, Donelson, Rich mond and Manassas are entitled to be con sidered among the greatest in modern war fare, that of Sharpshurg, whether in refer ence to length, obstinacy or numbers, out ranks them all, and stands first upon the list. In respect to mere numbers, few re cords of battles show more troops concen trated upon a single field than were gat her ed here. If we look on the Federal side, we may enumerate the forces of McClellan, Burnside, Siegel, Sumner, Banks and Re no, all commanders of carps d’armee. One' hundred thousand of their troops were trained soldiers, nurtured and disciplined in camp and field since the beginning of the war. Add to these the forces from Western Virginia, under Gen. Cox, like wise veterans, and the ninety thousand fresh levies, who, according to Northern accounts, joined the Yankee army after the late battle of Manassas, and we have an approximate estimate of nearly two hundred thousand men. It was a force gathered for but one purpose—to crush us out before we left the soil of Maryland, and as fast as steam could carry them, they flocked to the standards of their Gener als from every camp and city in the North. Turning to t.he Confederate side, we have Longstreet, Jackson, L>. H. Hill, R. II. Anderson and McLaws; but tiie di- uninterrupted by aught save their own echoes. McClellan had initiaftd the at tack. Jackson and Lawton, (command ing Ewell’s division)—always in time-had come rapidly forward during the night, and were in position on our extreme left. What a strange strength and confidence we all felt in the presence of tkat man, “Stonewall” Jackson. Between six and seven o’clock the Federals advanced a large body of skirmishers, and shortly af ter the main body of the enemy was burl ed against the division of Genera' Lawton. The fire now became fearful and heessant* What were at first distinct notes, clear and consecutive, merged into a tumultuous chorus that made the earth tremble. The discharge of musketry sounded upon the ear like the rolling of a thousand distant drums, and ever and anon tie peculiar yells of our hoys told us of some advan- ta g e gained. We who were ujon the cen tre could see little or nothing of this por tion of the battle, but from the dense pall ot smoke that hung above the scene, we knew too well that bloody work was go ing on. The -Federals there outnumbered us three to one. Their best troops were con centrated upon this single effort to turn our left, and for two hours and a half the tide of battle ebbed and flowed alternately for and against us. Still our boys fought desperately, perhaps as they never fought before. Whole brigades were swept away before the iron storm, the ground was cov ered with the wounded and dead. Ewell’s old division, overpowed by superior num bers, gave back. Hood, with his Tex ans, the Eighteenth Ga.. and the Hamp- : ton, rushed into the gap. and retrieved the placed in the centre between the letr • • .. , ., ... , 1 . ,, t ,, ., T visions winch they respectively command ter 2S m months directly over it In ; have become ^ ien \ nants 0 f their for- the counterfeit the corner of the shield mer strength. Whatever may have been is placed directly under the right down j the force with which we entered Mary land—and no one who saw the character of the fighting at Manassas will deny that stroke ol’ the letter N HUNDREDS. The Sailor in the lower left corner of the genuine note wears a black belt, with a buckle very distinct,—in the counterfeit the belt is very light, and the buckle scarcely to be seen. The face of the sailor in the genuine is fine and regular—in the counterfeit the mouth seems pinched up, and the eyes liave a bleared or scratched look. The sailor in the left tftmd end leans upon an anchor, diagonally across the vignette from left to right, in the gen uine, there is a hair hut* very distinct, as if the stone from which the impres sion was taken had been broken or cracked. In the counterfeit there is no such blurr or hair line. In the centre vignette, right side, near the cotton press, is a mule—in the genuine it is very indistinctly executed, and the mule looks as if he w ere walking from you, presenting only a tail view—in the counterfeit it is much plainer, and the mule presents almost a broadside view. At the upper right corner of the j two - T , , 1 .1 1 eeous sides of the Blue ludge. i lie low- erenume notes, the white giouixl ap- p ,. . . , ° . . ,. s , . , 11- r,. , „ lands are thickly covered with crops of pears through the shading o 1 | grain ana corn, but most of the positions in the counterfeit the ! OCCU pi e( ] by our artillery on the eminences entire work is dark. it was ample for any emergency—it has dwindled down more than a third. Our stragglers are to be found in nearly every house on the borders of the Potomac. Regiments have been reduced to tlie size of companies, and dozens of brigades might he named before whom a similar Yankee command would loom up in Bro- bignadian proportions. It is a rough esti mate, hut i doubt if we carried into the battle of yesterday more than seventy thousand men. Seventy against 20(\- 000 ! Such was the disproportion in in numbers of the two contending armies- On falling hack from Boonshoro’, we made our final 6tand at Sharpshurg, a small town situated in a bend of the Poto mac, and in an air line not more than one and a half from the river. Ascending a hill just on the outer edge of the town, and looking towards the Blue Ridge, the eye ranges over the greater portion of the eventful field. To the right and left is a succession of hills which were occupied by the Confederates. In front is the beauti ful valley of the Antietam, divided longi tudinally by the river which empties into the Potomac on your right, and behind, forming a background to the picture, only- miles distant, are the steep umbra- FIFTIES. I usday after Baliernhamlter the 4tb>Ecbols i Thursday, Montgomery! Monday ) : I Er-hols ,,T u ‘ ' Ior '" 1 Effing!: day rliam APRIL. IH A 2d Mon. Carroll 1-t Monday, Dooly Franklin Emanuel Early Fulton Gordon Pike . Taylor Warren Wilkinson Tlmrsd’yafter Banks -I Monday, Hanc cli Richmond Harris Laurens Miller Sumter Tnesday after, McIntosh 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Liberty Murray (Igletliorpe Ptuaski Stewart Monday Worth after * * Bryan" 4th Mouday,Wavue Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Whitfield Wilcox Friday after. Telfair Camden I hursdav after, Irwin Monday “ Berrien Charlton MAY en at ham hi Mo Fannin Mitchell Muscogee Bibb Burke Quittinan • Spalding Troup l nion Baker Thursday after Towns 4di Mondav, Dade Terrell ‘-a-"!t Mondav, Colquitt JUNE. j ’ Monday, Lowndes Dougherty - i Monday, Brooks Clay ■ I Monday, Thomas OCTOBER. ) 1st Ac. 2d Mon. Cat roll list Monday, Dooly Emanuel Franklin Early Fulton Gilmer Gordon Taylor Warren Wiiitinson Ptke jThursday after Banks I2d Monday, Fannin Richmond Hancock Harris Laurer.a Miller Sumter 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union W«rth Thursday after Towns Thursday ) Montgomery after * 4th Monday, Wayne Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Schley Tattnall Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday nfter, Irwin Mondav after Chariton NOVEMBER. 1st Monday. Berrien Sc riven Clayton Effingham Randolph Upson Bd Momlay, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell M uscogee 3d Monday, Bibb Burke Qniltman Spalding Troup Baker 4th Monday, Dade Terr oil Thursday after, McIntosh .Monday “ Colquitt *• “ Liberty Mon. after Libertv. Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes 2d Mondav,{Brooks l Clay 3d Monday Thomas dallion work; in the lescrihed, are open rolling fields where wo could both distinctly, see, and be dis tinctly seem Several white spots appear just over j The line of battle of the enemy on their the figures fifty, in the medallion work ; left (opposite our right) was on the other at the upper right corner of the gen- I side of the Antietam ; and on their centre , 11 xi \ nnnn ! and right it extended to this side. Alto- ume notes, ittc . . , j.- ; gether it was about two miles in length.' terfeit. The outside of t US m 1 , I should here observe that the river is work in the counterfeit is coyei eil oj' j f orc [ ab j e b y infantry at any point, not be- a running net work; in the genuine ; n g more than forty feet in width, but im- there is none. In front of, and at- passible by artillery except on the bridges, tached to the chest, in the centre pic- One of these—a stone structure—was on ture of the genuine note, there is a the continuation of the Boonshoro’ turn- the counter- pike, which runs through the town, (the rfie head of same by which we ascended to onr batter ies, near the centre,) and the other a few hundred yards to the right. The first was in possession of the enemy before the fight began, and was covered* by their ar tillery. The second will he a subject of padlock; there is none in feit. In the genuine note the man in the lower left corner is nearly bald, a little hair is combed down on the right temple; in the counterfeit a full head ot hair is represented, the hair on the right temple being slightly dishevelled, as if blown by a puff of wind. In the genuine the bead of the fe male between the words Confederate States, is near the centre. In the coun- erfeit the head is placed so as to touch the letter L in Confederate. TWENTIES. In the counterfeit hills the figure 2, on the right side, in cut by a tine line, entirely separating the tail ot the fig- cl..— ™ „ l.rvjrr ,,f it- future reference, in connection with the struggle wh ch took place around it later in the day. The left of the Federals was commanded by Burnside, the centre by Sumner and the right by McClellan, who also exercised general supervision over the entire field. Our line of battle was"of course nearly ! opposite to that of the enemy, and stretcli- | ed along the crests of the hills until lost ; to view among the distant woods and hol lows; the right being commanded by Longstreet, tlie left by Jackson, and the ! loss. Ewell’s men. rallying on this sup port, returned to the fight, and adding their weight to that of the fresh enthusi astic tioops, the enemy in turn were driv en back. Reinforced, they made another desperate effort on the extreme left, and here again was a repetition of the scenes I have described. For a time they flanked us, and our men retired slowly, fighting over every inch of ground. It was a trying hour. The Federals saw their advantage aiul pi’tsscil it with vigor. "Right hattpr- ies were in full play upon us, and the din of heavy guns, whistling and bursting of shells, and the roar of musketry was al most deafening. At this juncture, Lee ordered to the support of Jackson the division of Gen. McLaws, which had been held in reserve. And blessing never came more opportune ly. Our men had fought until not only they, hut their ammunition were well nigh exhausted, and discomfiture stared them in the face. But thus encouraged, every man rallied, and the fight was re doubled in its intensity. Splendidly han dled, the reinforcement swept on like a wave, its blows falling thick and fast upon the audacious columns that had so stub bornly forced their way to the position on which we originally commenced the battle. Half an hour later and the enemy were retreating. At one point we pursued tor nearly a mile, and last night a portion of OUT troops on tlio lef*t slept on tlio Van. kee ground. The success, though not de cisive as compared with our usual results, was complete ak it was possible to make it in view of the peculiar circumstances of the battle and the topography of the coun try. Certain it is, that after the cessation of the fight at half-past ten, the Yankees did not renew it again at this point, dur ing the day. J hey had been defeated, and all they could do thereafter, was to prevent us from repeating in turn the ex periment which they had attempted on our line. It was, beyond all doubt, the most hotly contested field on which a bat tle has taken place during the war. The Fight upon the Centre. Soon after the cessation of the fight on the left, the enemy made a strong demon- I stration upon our centre, in front of the division of General D. II. Hill. Here, for a while, the coniesi was carried on mainly by artillery, with which both the enemy and ourselves were abundantly supplied. The only difference between the two, if any at all, was in the superiority of their metal and positions, and on our part, the lack of sufficient ammunition. Battery af ter battery was sent to the rear, exhaust- across the Antietam on the open ground beyond, moving as if in preparation to ad vance. Others were so far in the distance that you could recognize them ns troops only by the sunlight that g'enned upon their arms, while considerable numbers were within cannon shot defiantly Haunting their flags in oiir faces. At twelve o’clock the scene from the apex of the turnpike was truly magnificent, and the eye em braced a picture such as falls to the lot of few men to look upon in this age. From twenty different stand points great volumes of smoke wereevety instant leaping from the muzzles of angry guns. The air was filled with the white fantastic shapes that floated away from bursted shells. Men were leaping to and fro, load ing, firing and handling the artillery, and now and then a hearty yell would reach the ear, amid the tumult, that spoke of death or disaster from some well amied ball. Before us were the enemy. A reg iment or two had crossed the liver, and running in squads from the woods along its hanks, were trying to form a line.— Suddenly a shell fell among them, and an other and another, until the thousands scatter like a swarm of flies, and disappear in the woods. A second time the effort is made, and there Is a cacond failure. Then there is a diversion. The batteries of the Federals open afresh ; their infantry try another point and finally they succeed in effecting a lodgement on this side. Our troops, under D. H. Hill, met them, and a fierce battle ensued in the centre. Back wards, forwards, surging and swaying like a ship in a storm, the various columns aie seen in motion. It is a hot place for us, but it is hotter still for tlie enemy. They are directly under our guns, and we mow them down like grass. The raw levies, sustained by the veterans behind, couie up to the work well, and fight for a short time with an excitement incident to their novel experiencies of a battle ; but soon a portion of their line gives way in confu sion. Their reserves come up and endeav or to retrieve the fortune of the day. Our centre, however, stands firm as adamant, and they fall back. Pursuit on our part is useless, for if we drove the enemy at all on the other side of the river, it would be against the sides of the mountain, where one man fighting for his life and liberty, disciplined or undisciplined, would be equal to a dozen. Meanwhile deadly work lias been going on among our artillery. Whatever they may have made others suffer, nearly all the companies have suffered severely them selves. The great balls and shells of the enemy have been thrown with wondeiful accuracy, and dead and wounded men, horses, and disabled caissons are visible in every battery. The instructions from General Lee, are that there shall be no more artillery duels. Instead, therefore, of endeavoring to silence tlie enemy’s guns, Colonel Walton directs his artillery to receive the fire of their antagonists qui etly, and deliver their own against the Fed eral infantry. The wisdom of the order is apparent at eY’ery shot, for with the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, they might have defeated us at the outset, but for the powerful and well direct ad- adjuncts we possessed in our heavy guns. Time and again did the Federals perse- veringiy press close up to our ranks, so near indeed that their supporting batteries were obliged to cease firing, lest they should kill their own men, hut just as of ten were they driven back by the com bined elements of destruction which we brought to bear upon them. It was a hour when every man was wanted The sharp shooters of the enemy weie picking off our principal officers continually, and especi ally those who made themselves conspicu ous in the batteries. In this manner the company of Captain Miller, of the Wash ington Artillery, was nearly disabled, only two out of his four guns being fully man ned. As it occupied a position directly un der the eye of General Longstreet, and lie saw the valuable part it was performing in defending the centre, that officer liitnseli dismounted from his horse, and assisted by his Adjutant General, Major Sorrel, Major Fairfax and General Drayton, worked one of the guns until the crisis was passed. To see a General otficer wield ing the destines of a great tight with its care and responsibilities upon his should ers, performing the duty of a common sol dier, in the thickest of the conflict, is a centre by 1>. H. Hill. It is impossible at tire from the main body of it; in the ■ this time for me to describe the position of genuine the figure -2 'is perfect. Iu | the respective brigades The turnpike to ; P, • „ i;ii 0 ii n l,nt nn tlie head which I have relerred is about a halt a the geliUin , n f mile to the right of the position occupied ^ a “ rtf flip man in the lower left cornel Ot UIUC O e . i boldly thrown ov +t + cite more untm the top of by our centre. 1 he preliminary R > m P- tbe Turnpike, nine hundred or a thousand the note, sits mote upon me ipp ; > toms 0 ftlie battle began to he felt as early - - v - the head than in the counterfeit; m as two o'clock ou Tuesday afternoon, when ounterfeit the hat seems to be j tbe enern y opened a vigorous fire from re towards the back ot tbe their admirably posted batteries, seeking evidently to draw us out, and thereby learn our weak and strong points, ascer- ed, and our ordnance wagons, until late in , „ the day, were on the opposite side of the P^ ure worth Y of tbe P ei,cl1 of an Potomac, blocked tip by the long commis- ; ar i®." . sary trains, which had been ordered for- ! . Th « this ba tie though kt one ward from Martinshurg and Sheperds- ! t,me doubtt “V was finall Y dects.ve- Ibe town, to relieve the necessities of the enemy was driven across the river with a slaughter that was terrible. A federal A . i . i p . - i • 1 officer who was wounded, and afterwards As indicated in the former part ot this taken isonerj observed t0 one „f our 0 f- letter, our artillery was posted on the sum- ficer8> tbat he cou)d count almost the whole of his regiment ou the ground around him. I did not go over the field, hut a mils* of the line of hills which ran from right to left, in front of the town. That of the enemy, with one exception, was on rising ground at the base of the Blue Ridge, and upon the various eminencies this side. A single Federal battery was er the Stone Bridge on the thrown more In the genuine the crown of the sailor s ding lino on his jacket in the genuine, run square across the body—m the counter feit they run diagonally across the body Also! between the XX on tlie ngl.t lower corner are two hearts separated ami pointing towards each other in the genuine, but in the spurious only one, or if two, rnu together." The paper of all the genuine notes is of poor quality, but in i « feit it is of a fair quality ol bank note ; a paper. •Note -The hair line is not an infallible.test, a T have seem one on a countf-rieit-out a tan il as I have seem sa ilor on the genuine lonty with the lace 01 t ’ lie false one on bill will enable you to detect tne j j sight. " yards in our front, and held its position un til disabled, with a hardihood worthy of a better cause. I cannot now name all the positions of the different batteries—only those which I saw. These were the sec ond company of the Washington Artillery, Capt. Richardson, who was stationed half a mile on the right of the turnpike, and , , the An tietam, for the purpose of pre- : hut withoutany other result than the o. - , veB t; n gthe formation of a Yankee line on ing, and wonndingof afewmenin the rear, i tbis bau k 0 f tbe ri ver ; the German Artil- lerv, of Charleston, which was immediate- hat is broader than in counterfeit—the sl.a- j taiu the locality of our^ batteries,^ and se cure a good range, more this artillery For three hours or duel was carried on, 'May holds three weeks, if necessary, at each term. t.Iud re nob reqnired to draw Jurors for two : and not obliged to bold two weeks’ Court in counties of Cobb and Lumnkiu. SPECIAL NOTICE. * leageviiie u ninee speedily as pussi- ,,c business matters c. P notified that the i flanked, enfiladed and possibly driven into ble. All persons indebted ar J A i ., , . . J ■ J e and frightening the citizens of the town nearly ont of their wits by the explo sion of the shells which fell hotly in their midst. While this cannonade was in progress, the Federal infantry made a demonstra tion on our left, with a view to turn that and secure a more favorable posi tion. from which to commence the battle on the ensuing day. Their advance was promptly met by Hood’s division, and a sharp skirmish ensued just before dark, in which we drove them back to their orig inal line. The enemy, however, were per tinacious all night, in their endeavors to effect a footing tor their infantry and ar tillery, and there was more or less of fight ing until dawn. Had they succeeded in this undertaking we should have been hands of J- A. counts ® rc ‘ u .‘‘ i : K w h 0 areauthori- BBEEDEOVE.andP.H-LAW If not ar . notesand accounts are in the cottipments it not ar- zed to collect and “ ak ® tlen i en ts willbe.enforced ranged at an early day, settlement , by law. . c TAIL, Agent. | 13, tf. the elbow formed by the union of the An tietam and Potomac. The Fight on the Left. With the first streak of daylight the !y upon the right of the turnpike with its guns screened in a corn field, and the Third and Fourth Companies of the Wash ington Artillery, under Captains Squires and Miller, the former near the German Artillery, and the latter in the centre.— Boyce’s battery was also near the centre. Altogether we may have had playing at this time one hundred guns. The enemy having at least an equal number, you may imagine what a horrid concert filled the air, and how’ unremitting was the hail of heavy halls and shells, now tearing their way through the trees, now bursting and throwing their murderous fragments on every side, and again burying themselves amid a cloud of dust in the earth, always where they were least expected. This exchange of iron compliments had been kept up from early morning, but at eleven o’clock the fire began to concen trate and increase in severity. Columns of the enemy coaid be distinctly teen thousand men, and had it not been for the admirably planted artillery under com mand of Major Garnett, nothing until the arrival of the reinforcements could have prevented an irretrievable defeat. I know less of this portion of the field than any other, but from those who were en gaged, heard glowing accounts of the ex cellent behavior of Jotikin’s Brigade and the 2d and 20th Georgia, the latter undei the command of Col. Cummings. The iast two regiments have, been especial sub jects of comment, because of the splendid manner in which they successively met and defeated seven regiments of the ene my. who advanced acro.se a bridge and were endeavoring to secure a position on this side of the river. They fought until they were near!” cut to pieces, and then retreated only Because they had fired their last round. It w r as at this juncture that the immense Yankee force cros-ed tlie river, and made the dash against onr line, which well nigh proved a success. The timely arrival of Gen. A. P. Hill, however, with fresh troops, entirely changed the fort unes of the day, and, after an obstinate contest, which last from five o'clock until (iaik, the enemy were driven into and a- cross the river with great loss. During this fight the Federals had succeeded in flanking and capturing a battery belong ing, as l learn, to the brigade of General Toombs. Instantly dismounting from his horse and placing himself at the head of Iiis command, the General, in his effective way, briefly told them that that battery must he retaken if it co t the life of every man in his brigade, and then ordered them to follow him. Follow him they did into wl.ar seemed ;he very jaws of destruction, and after a short hut fierce struggle, they had the satisfaction of capturing the prize and restoring it to the original posses sors. Throughout the day there occurred many instances of personal valor and he roic sacrifice, on the part of both officers and men ; but at this early hour it is im possible to gather, from crude statements, those truthful narratives which ought to adorn the page of history. The results of the battle may be briefly summed up. Judged by all the rules of wariare, it was a victory to our arms. If we failed to rout the enemy, it was only because ilie uutuie of tlie ground prevent ed him from running. VY herever we whip ped him, we either drove him against his own passes on the right, left and centre, or into the mountains ; and against tbe lat ter position it would have been impossible to operate successfully. Nowhere did he gain any permanent advantage over the Confederates. Varying as may have been the successes of flie day, they left us in tact, unbroken and equal masters of the field with our antagonist. Last night we were inclined to believe that it was a drawn battle, and the impression general ly obtained among the men that, because they had not in their usual style got the enemy to running, they had gained no ad vantage; hut to-day the real facts are coming to light, and we feel that we have, indeed, achieved another victory. Twenty thousand men could not, under the cir cumstances. have made it more complete. We took few prisoners, not more than six or seven hundred in all. The Feder als fought well, and were handled in a masterly manner, but their losses have been immense—probably not less than twenty thousand killed and wounded.— They had the advantage not only of num- , hers, but of a position from which they could assume an offensive or defensive at- i titude at will, besides which their signal stations on the Blue Ridge commanded a view of our every movement. We could nut make a manoeuvre in fi ont or rear that was not instantly revealed to their keen look-outs, and as soon as the Intelligence could be communicated to their batteries below, shot and shell were launched a- j gainst the moving columns. It was this ; information conveyed by the little flags , upon the mountain top that no doubt en- ; aided the enemy to concentrate hi» forces against our weakest points and counteract the effect of whatever similar movements may have been attempted by us. Our loss is variously estimated at from five to , nine thousand. llnrjland—Her mpafhimerm and Situation. Winchester, iSept. 25, 1862. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Reluctant as I feel to appear as an apolo gist. I am nevertheless constrained to cor rect a grave and dangerous misapprehen sion in regard to the public sentiment of my State resulting from the passage of the Confederate army over its western border. As our Government through the proclama tion of the Commander-in-chief ofthear- my, addressed to tlie people of Alary land, ha: formally announced its determination to a fiord t hem an opportunity of deciding their, political destiny, it is essentially necessary that there should he no misun derstanding or prejudgment. If the pres ent occasion be lost, it may never again be recovered. It becomes a wise people and the statesmen who control their inter ests to avoid hasty conclusions. In my letter to the Legislature of Virginia, last winter, I gave tlie solemn assurance that the people of Maryland would, by over whelming majorities, unite with their brethren of the South in establishing the independence of tlie Confederate Stales, if the chains were stricken from their limbs and aims placed in their hands. The ex perience of every day since has only con firmed the opinion. I am therefore dis tressed and troubled by the manifestation of dissatisfaction at the supposed unfa- gentleman who did, and who has been an actor in all our battles, informed me that he never, even upon the bloodly field ot Manassas, saw so many dead men before. The ground was black with them, and ac cording to his estimate, the Federals had lost eight to our one. Happily, though our casualties are very considerable, most of them are in wouuds. There now enusued a silence of two hours, broken only by the occasional dis charges of artillery. It wa» a sort of breathing time, when the panting com batants, exhausted by the battle, stood si lently eyeing each other, and making ready—the one to strike and the other to ward off another staggering blow. Avail ing myself of this interval, I rode hack to the Fight on the Right. | favorable reception of the army by our It was now about 3 o’clock in the after- J people. I think I shall be able to show noon, hut notwithstanding the strange lull that such a complaint is unfounded and in the storm, no one believed it would not unreasonable. It is well known in Rich- he renewed before night. Intelligence niond (outside at least of official circles,) had come from the rear that Gen. A- 1*. that the advance of the army in Mary- Hill was advancing from Harper’s Ferry J an d took every one by surprise. All with the force which Jackson had left be- supposed that such an advance would he hind, and every eye was turned anxiously ma d e , but none anticipated so early a re in that direction. In a little while we alization of their hopes. As soon as no saw some of his treops moving cautiously tified of the fact, I left Richmond and under cover of the woods and hills to the pressed forward towards the army with all front, and in an hour more he was in posi- the speed which the most imperfect means tion on the right. Here about four o’- 0 t transportation could afford. On my ar- clock the enemy had made another hold rival here, I ascertained that General Lee demonstration. Fifteen thousand of their had left Frederick with the army on his troops in one mass, had charged oui lines, march fo Hagerstown. I had the pleas- and after vainly resisting them we were U re of meeting him for a few hours only on slowly giving back before superior nun^*. native soil. For wise reasons, appa- bers. - rent to all, this-able commander immeidi- I Onr total force here was less tjuii^x a tely afterwards recrossed his army to th» south bank of tbe Fotomac, after having spent but a few days in two of the extreme western counties of Maryland, during which lie captured a large and splendid ly equipped army at Harper’s Ferry, and gained a.brilliant victory over tbe main body of the enemy at Sharpshurg. I on ly participate in universal hope and be lief of the people that the genius of the commander and the unbroken spirjt of bis troops wilt soon fulfil the promise of his proclamation to the people of Maryland. The people of Maryland had no notice of the advance of the Southern troops. When General Lee was in Frederick he was foity-five miles from the city of Balti more—a city surrounded by Federal bay onets, jealously guarded by an armed Fed eral police, and lying in the shadow of Fort McHenry and of two powerful forti fications located within the limits of the corporation. The advance of the army reached Frederick on Saturday, and on the Wednesday following the army moved off towards Hagerstown, and became en gaged in the investment of Harper’s Fer ry and the battles of Boonshoro’ and Sharpshurg, after which it immediately returned to Virginia where it now is.— 1'hus the fact simply is, that the army made a hasty passage through two of the remote counties of the State, namely. Frederick and Washington, which togeth er with Carroll and Alleghany, are well kn^wn to contain the whole ot the Union or Black Republican population to be found in Maryland. And yet I will say here, that in the two counties first above mentioned there will be a decided majori ty cast in favor of the South whenever reasonable time for organization and a tree ballot l ox shall be secured to the peo ple. I was born and have lived the great er part of my life in Frederick couuty, and can speak advisedly on this subject. Now sir, please look at the map of Ma ryland, consider well the circumstances above briefly alluded to, and say if it wa9 possible for Baltimore city to respond to the proclamation of General L®««, or the eight counties of the Eastern Shore, divi ded from the western throughout their en tire length by the Chesapeake Bay; or the counties of St. Alary. Charles, Prince, George’s, Calvert, Ann, Arundel, Howard and Montgomery, all within striking dis tance of Washington city, with McClel lan’s army advanced to Poolsville: or Bal timore or Hartford counties, within the Federal lines, and beyond the reach of support. Consider that the people of Ma ryland never had arms or ammunition— that for fifteen months their houses have been searched and their private arms ta ken from them—that they bare not been permitted to hold meetings, public or pri vate—that they have been completely isolated, and constantly subjected to the most vigilant espionage—that r.o effort at organization could possibly be made—that in flu’s condition of things our army sud denly appears in a remote portion of tli-a State, and as quickly disappears. Sure ly, sir, no reasonable man could expect an uprising of the people of Alaryland under such circumstances. Shall we ap ply to Maryland a less lenient test of loy alty- than to New Orleans or Norfolk or the many towns and districts of the South which have fallen under Federal domin ion? Shall we judge Frederick and Washington counties more severely than we do the many disaffected counties <*f Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and other States even further South? shall we con demn a loyal State because it contains a disloyal minority? No just or prudent man will say so. I think I have already said enough to vindicate my unfortunate State. There is however, another important view to he considered, it was impossible for the peo ple of Alaryland to know whether the en trance of the army was to be a mere raid or a substantial occupation for their, relief. Gen. Lee’s proclamation was intended to assure them of the latter; but, before it could accomplish that object, military ne cessities carried the army away. Even, therefore, had it been in the power of the people to rise, (and I have shown tbat it was not,) they ceitainly had a right to know, before doing so, whether they would be properly supported in the attempt or left, unarmed, and unorganized to pay the penalty of an abortive effort. We all know that to make such an effort aud fail, would be inevitably to bring down upon them the redoubled vengeance of their tyrants, to consign their leaders to dungeons, to devote their property to con fiscation, and to subject their mothers, wives and daughters, to the same brutal outiageo which marked the career of the Godless invader from the Peninsula of Virginia to the hanks of the Alississippi. Would Virginia or any other Southern State have entered npon this revolution without the belief that the whole power of the Confederate Government would be ex erted to protect its citizens? And yet Virginia and every other Southern State is quite willing to accept the hazards and calamities of war, so that, should it be re quired by military necessity, that a part or even the whole of any one State should be temporarily abandoned, in order to se cure the triumph of the cause of all.no patriotic State would shrink from the sac rifice, however terrible. We find this il lustrated m the revolution of 1776. I can entertain no doubt that Alaryland would be as willing to submit to such an ordeal as any State south of the Potomac. All that she asks is, to he set free and admit ted into the Southern Oonfedeiacy. She wants such an occupation of her soil by the Southern army, and for such a reason able length of time as will enable her peo ple f o dissolve their connection with the Federal Government, obtain admission in to the Southern Confederacy, and arm and organize her quota of the Confederate army. I cannot say, in advance of events what length of time would be required for this purpose hut from my knowledge of thezejiland determination of the people, I am sure that they will accomplish it with in a very brief period, if they are effectu ally relieved from the pressure of Federal power. The proclamation of the Com manding General lias tendered that relief, and I confidently believe that he will yet afford it, with the blessing of Almighty God. I hope that the press friendly to Mary land will publish this feeble but heartfelt appeal for her down-t.odden children, and that she may have the sympathy of all her Southern brethren. Respectfully, E. LOUIS LOWE. GEORGIA, Appling county. To nil whom it may concern. W HEREAS, Upton Clary having in proper form applied to me for letters of adminis tration on the estate of Henry Clary, late of said countv, deceased: This is tocite all and singular the kindred and creditors of said Henry Clary to be and appear at my office within tbe time allowed by law. and show cause, if any they can, why permanent administration should not be granted the applicant- V.-i. aess my handaud official signature. J. LIGHT8EY, Ord’y. Sept 30th, 1863. 30 6t.