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g ta | f Rights & Confederate Slates' Rights.
THE CONFEDERATE UNION,
(Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson streets.)
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Tuesday Morning, May 5, 1363.
Tax JVoticc.
I>ead tlic notice of Mr. J. C. Shea, City
L'l rk. and govern yourselves accordingly.
Partisan linagm.
Mr. J. li. Horton publishes an invitation
to young men to enter a most useful and in-
tcresting arm of the.service. Head his
Card in our advertising columns to-day.
K«ss»!
Send in your clean cotton or linen Hags
to tins office, and get five cents per pound
for them.
The tor. mji-cii cS ihr Rich.
We did not believe that there was u reasonable
man in Georgia that would lind fault with Gov.
Brown, because in Lis special message to the Leg
islature be recommended them to request our mem-
bcri iu Congress to vote for raising the pay of pri-
V'.lf Soldiers to $2 ) dollars per month, and nos.
commissioned officers in proportion. But it seems
we were mistaken. Our neighbors of the Recorder
do not concur in the doctrines of the Jlessnge, be
cause they think the Message reflects on Ike patri
otism if property holders■ Gov. Brown in his Mes
sage makes no reflection en property holders as
sack, because nearly all of our Soldiers are, to
sonic extent, property holders. The Gov. men
ti.nsa fact well known to nearly every one except
the Editors of the Recorder, that under the Con-
■ crij tion Act the rich have it in their power to hire
a substitute, whilst tlio poor man has not the pow
er to avail bimseif of that privilege, for want of the
moans The Gov. also recommends that the prop-
erty of the rich men who stay at home to make<
money, should he taxed to pay those who fight for
the country something like a reasonabla compcn-
-atiou for their sciviccs. Our neighbors of the Re-
r .rilcrra - entirely too sensitive,whenever they think
tli • patriotism of the rich is assailed, and bristle up
for a fight just as if it was a personal matter. Keep
e -1 neighbors, peihaps, tha Gov: did not think of
you, when he wrote his Message; and there is no
necessity for defending ths rich, they generally
have plenty of fiiends. Verily Soljmon was right
when he said : “The poor is hated even of his own
n iglibor; but the rich hath many friends.” Su
uu sec that according to the avoids of inspiration,
tii p rich do not need you as a champion. Again,
tmr neighbors say, in the same article, that they
“ regret the Gov. has written snch a Message, as
.. -abject his motives to unpleasant criticism.”
' iCct no vain regrets on that Ri-coimt, to trouble
yea, neighbors, the motives of the best men that
ever waited the earth, hare ulicays been subject to
unpfrasiiit criticism. But let this rt flection comfort
tun, if it will, these criticisms do not injure a good
: i s i : uch as they cijKise the fully unJ wicked
ness of the critic.
The- Kncmy’* Plana.
It is no doubt true that tlie enemy rely
with great confidence on the starvation u>f
the people of the Confederacy, for the ulti
mate tnumplr'of bis arms. Wherever there
is an exposed point Lis cavalry will dasli
in and desolate the country. North Mis-
-issitij)!, Middle Tennessee, North Alaba
ma, and Louisiana, are now feeling the ef-
tects of the enemy’s change of policy. To
drs roy our growing crops and farming
utensils; to steal our negroes, and horses
and cattle, is a part of the grand policy of
1 ' n. llalleck. Much suffering will be en
titled upon our people on the frontier by
this cruel and savage determination of the
1 “C. And unless the Government at Ilicli-
i .oiul will adopt some retaliatory measure
against him, we fear that some of the fairest
portions of the Confederacy will be turned
into a desert, and suffering untold, be the
portion of the unfortunate inhabitants-
lint we are liable to be betrayed by a fatal
delusion, if we place too much confidence
mthe assertion that the enemy will act on
ti'm defensive for the Summer, and avoid
an engagement with our Armies. He can
not lie idle without doing himself greater
harm than by active hostilities. Idleness
will demoralise any Army. It will demor-
a':se the enemy's Armies more than our
ow n, because the defensive idea is, and has
been, the leading plan on which the War
was begun, and has been conducted, by
the Confederate Government. We may
wait, the enemy cannot. Hut if he stands
v; di, we must move. Let us not be deceiv-
e l by the story that the enemy will he so
weakened hv the loss of Iris troops who go
<nit of service in May aud June, that he
cannot advance in any direction. lie will
get new troops to supply the places of
those who go home, and his armies will bo
'piitc as full in July and August as they
now are. Hut let our wise beads at Ricli-
hiond be wide awake. Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty.
Tricca Tn;ub)iug.
Hie accounts wo receive from various
Actions of the Confederacy indicate that
the high prices of many articles of I’rovis-
lu nsare about to experience a tumble which
wdl crush all who arc caught with-heavy
•applies on hand. The Tax Act is doing
great good already. When it goes fairly
into operation, it will knock speculation
an ‘l extortion sky high. There is no rca-
’ " * co y uman d in the market, in | The great love I bare hitherto expressed for you
en _ months, prices that will give confi- is false, and I find my indifference towards you
aenceinthefinanccsofthaGovertiment.nev- i ’“creases daily. The more I see of you the more
er before felt since the War began
■s due to the Tax Act. Let ithe --
fairlv onfn.n a i ‘uny duu lo hate you. Believe mo I never Lad an intention I country
miny enforced, and we guarantee that tlfr - J
people will be satisfied, and perfect securi
All this ycu a PP ear in “■>' <y - s an “bject of eoatempi. j L
j .“. ... ■, 1 feel myself every way determined end disposed by so dofti<r, it will serve tbe interest of the
11 uc allj anj to hate you. Believe mo I never bad an intention | country. The destiny of tbe soldier and
uarantee that tnc , to offer vou mv hand. Our lant rnni'iratm.,: citizen will be the
superior numbers, poorly fed and thinly I a recurrence of this difficulty another year
clad, we will thwart the evil machinations {Their railroad communications ire liable to
of our enemies, and disappoint their hopes. j still further deterioration, and if Union ar-
t the citizens abandon every luxury, if mies should succeed in cutting them iu the
to vou my hand. Our last conv-trsatiou Las
left a tedious insipidity which li«» by no mean* ( tion of the conflict.
ty, in the solvency of the Government, he £‘ ven me the nn-st exalted idea of your character, { will any man’s property he worth to him ? : rebel Gove
felt abroad a.s well as at home J our temper v.ouid make m>» extremely unhappy, t Many of those who are wealthy have con- diminished,
— ,.. , and if wa are united, I shall experi he: nothing but { tribnted less, in proportion to their means, ity aud <2is
the katredof my parents,added to the everlasting want of
pleasure iu living with you. I have indeed a heart
to bestow, but I do not wish you to imagine it
I’iu- 1U»J of Uc True .fil ial.
A number of gentlemen in. the Rich
1 1. ^ t* j ^ D...tiu t solicited Capt. Mar-J at your service. I could uot give it to any o.-i6 more ; for their children, or placed them iu pur-
in u e J olmson, who is now in the army, ■ inconsistent and capricious than yourself, and less j chased positions, by reason of which they
to resign and run for Congress. The an- ; Ct ‘ 1 P a l , - ( ’ to do honor to my choice and my family. 1 would be exempt from service, or perhaps
swot- of Captain Johnson is worthy of a i ^ es ’ ^ J1SS— ^ 1 ,0 P U J ou wff he persuaded that frojn hard service, while their poor ncigh-
true patriotic soldier and the sentiments i 1 Spe “ k £lncorc! ->’- an ‘ J >' ou wil1 do lne the favor Lor, who has no property at.slake, isexpos-
• to avoid me. I shall excuse your taking tha trouble j ed to the hardships and perils of war, and
to answer this. A our letters aro always fuil of j Lis family are unable to support themselves,
aie as applicable to soldiers from Georgia
as \ irginia. A good soldier can’t be
impertinence and you have not
interior the reasons would be still more co
gent for an abundant sustenance for the
ame upon the tormina 1 armies in every separate portion of the
If our arms fail, what j Confederacy. The cost of the war to the
?ern!nent will, in any event, be
and their ability to give celer-
patch to their military opera
tions ho enhanced, if their armies, wher
ever they march, can draw their supplies
from the immediate vicinity. '1 his ability
would lighten ijic strain on their raijroads,
dispense with cumbersome tiains of bag
gage. wagons and draught animals, and,
by increasing the lightness and mobility
of their armies, render one man equiva
lent in efficiency to two or three.
The abolition journals overlooking these
an i made fewer sacrifices, than those who
have not such an abundance of this world's
goods. Many have purchased substitutes
capacity. Let no man be tempted to
leave the Army now in our death strug
gle for the hopo of civil preferment at
home. 'I uc people will not reward any
man who leaves the army and his fellow
soldiers, perhaps on the eve of battle, for
the hopes of an office at home. It is
those who endure to the cud that mav
hope lor their reward, Below we give
the patriotic answer of Capt. Johnson,
and the remarks ol the Richmond Enqui
rer on this subject:
“ToJ. W. Beveridge awl others, who
LS 5 " If you commence reading this letter on the
first lino, and then the third and fifth, an I every
othef line through, instead of an abusive one you
will make it a very affectionate loiter, in fact a iove
letter.
Affairs in Worth Alabama.
A correspondent of the Atlanta'Intelli
gencer writes as follows :
Chattanooga, April 2d, 18G3.
A I wrote you in iny last,
. and must soon succumb. They overlook
i Our soldiers must be fed and clothed. We |thc fact that the rebel acknowledgements
should husband our resources as if we had i of scarcity arid exhortations to put in abnn-
ful! assurance that the war is to continue dant crops are made just at the beginning
for many years. Our women should apply of the planting season, and that the advan-
themcelvcs non- busily to the gathering up ; tages sought to he gained by them are at
of materials and making them into-clotlr for {least six'or eight nion’hs distant, l-’o-
our soldiers clothes next winter. Let them j tween now and the ripening of the next
appreciate the wisdom of that old adage, harvest they can, of course, bring no bene-
“ make hay while the sun shines.” The lit, for up to that time the "Confederacy
enemy is now putting forth all of his- ener- 1 must subsist on its existing supplies. ' i’or
draing his fruitful resources for anotli- the first few months after the next harvest,
addressed me through the columns of the j army at Waterloo, 2b miles from Tuscum
Richmond “Whig,” and to the many oth- Lia, on the Tennessee river, and that two
er friends who have written and spoken brigades are marching cn that town.—
tome, requesting me to he a candidate j There is no longer any -doubt of the inten-
for Congress iu the 3d Congressional His- j tion of the enemy to cross Grant’s army
over the Tennessee, and to more on Pu
laski or Stevenson, by the way of Hunts
ville, iu order to co-operate with Itosen-
evanz by making a Hank movement on
Gen. Johnston’s army, which Iras marched
to the front of Wartrace. It is no doubt
tbe intention of General Johnston to of
fer battle to Rosencranz if lie can he in
dueed to accept it, iu order to defeat him
before a junction can be effected with
Grant’s army. But 1 fear Roscneraz can
considers
blc uneasiness is lclt for the safety of T’us- j er effort at our subjugation, and if we be (even if it should be a bad one) there can
cumbia and Nqrth Alabama.” It is now i true to ourselves we will set to naught all be no scarcity ; for crops intended to meet
ascertained that a number of transports | his plans. ' the local wants fur a whole yc-ar can hard-
have landed a large force from Grant’s
trict
I must respectfully decline to be a can
didate for the office to which you refer.
\\ hen I organized my Battery I mustered
in the service for the war. In it I shall
remain, if my health will permit me, till
its end. My attention lately has been di
rected more to military thad to civil mat
ters. The country is now more in need
of soldiers than politicians; and I see 'no
reason why I should not bo-in the field.
I think it my duty, and I prefer to share not be drawn into a general engagement
the fate and foitune of the soldier. 1 have
no reason to believe I can be of any spe
cial use in Congress. Perhaps 1 may be
of some service in the field. At least I
will try.
I am very grateful to you for your con
fidence and esteem, and I am
Your friend aud servant,
Mahmaduku Johnson.”
This card-has the lingof the true me
tal. A soldier “iu the service for the war,”
Capt. Johnson “prefers to share the fate
and fortune of the soldier.” It is the
very position that every officer J?/ fur scr-
nce should take, and maintain during this
struggle for national existence. The of
ficers who, like Captain Johnson, fight the
good fight through, will be remembered
long after those who, having put their
hand to the plow “looked back” upon the
tempting place of high salaries and
times. During the continuance nr this
struggle, we hope lo see the noble exam
ple of Capt. Joim 0<rfl followed by the of
ficers, and that they, as well as the sold
ier*. win remain at their posts.
Truly, as Capt. Johnson says, “the
country is more in need of soldiers than
politicians,” hut, as we cannot do without
“politicians” until we are able to do with
out the Congress, the country can better
do u-ith civilian polt|ii-inii>j than soldieu
politicians until after the war. When
peace is established, then the soldier aud
officer will have their time, and civilians
will have to take “back .seats.” Until
that happy day arrives we hope to see
soldiers iu the army, and civilians in the
Congress.
She SSystery Explained.
The Savannah Republican's candidate for
Governor discovered.
We have for some time wondered at
the extraordinary anxiety evinced by the
editor of the Savannah Republican, con
cerning the candidate for Governor of
Georgia. He has said more, and appear
ed to feel more, on the subject, than any
other man in Georgia, and as we did not
know why he should he more interested
than others, we enquired of a gentle
man well acquainted with the editor of the
Republican, if he could explain the cause-
lie replied he thought the reason very ob
vious, and that it was very-plain to him
that the Editor intended to be a candidate
himself. At this announcement the scales
fell from our eyes—the mystery was ex
plained. We then remembered how of
ten the Republican bad explained what
kind of a man he wanted, and how he
wanted him nominated. He, for instance,
did not want any ordinary man, nor did
he want him nominated by the people; he
wanted a very peculiar kind of man, and
wanted him nominated by the leading men
in the State, and he wanted him to have no
opposition. The reasons for all this are
now as plain as the road to market ;. the
mystery is explained.
• I'irM of -Tiny.
We naturally associate this day*with
sunshine, girls, birds and flowers. It was
beautiful. We heard of a number of Pic
Nics in different portions of the county.
The young people of Midway collected at
Old Fort Wilkinson where they had a good
time generally. We dropped in on them
the afternoon just in time to witness the
outside of his fortifications at Murfrees
boro. •
This explains Forrest’s fight on the 29th.
A friend lately from North Alabama re
ports the greatest panic among the people,
.who are ileeing in all directions fo escape
the barbarities of the Federals." Every
possible excess, even lo unprovoked mur
der, is committed by these villains who
boast that tlieir errand is simply one of
devastation and plunder.
We have mistaken the spirit which lias ly fail to subsist the inhabitants and af-
prompted the Northern people in the pros- ! ford a surplus to neighboring troops for
ccuiion of this war. Some of us have call- the first few months after the harvest.—
ed it Lincoln’s war—a war of the politi- It is clear, therefore, that the rebel gov-
cians—that the heart of the people are not ernmeut, in making these appeals, is so far
in it. They committed the same error in from thinking itself on its las', legs that it
supposing this revolution to he of Mr. Da- expects to be in existence and have armies
vis’ creation, and that if he could be caught to iced six months after tbe next harvest,
and hung the people would return their ah Many of the planters have been cucourag-
legiance to the old Union. We laughed to ing themselves to hope that the war will
scorn this ludicrous idea. They are as ; end within the next year. If there were
determined upon our subjugation as we arc any reasonable prospect that this hope
of resistance, and we should not close our ; would he realized, it would he for their in
eyes to this fact. When all of the Slates Jercst to grow their old staples, which
were united, we w ere a happy and pros- : would bring them immediate and large re-
perous people, and they imagine it was all turns of money, rather than pork aud cc-
due to the Union, and are prepared to fight , reals, which would, in that case, be a drug
as lftng as they .can to restore it. Let no I upon their hands. The rebel Government
one cry peace when there is no peace. Let i wished to head off this tendency to plant
not the phantom of peace wdiich appears cotton aud tobacco. Readers of extracts
now and then relax our energies. From 1 Irom the Southern journals, especially
present indications there is but little pros- t from such of them as are known to he in
pect of peace. If we can hold our position J the confidence of the Government, cannot
until next spring, and prevent the enemy j have failed to notice that these,
from gaining any great advantage, the war ! as the plantii'g- «cpp*°nc ic , a ,ouiu -
lay be virtually at an end, aud it may not | ^ articles arguing against the prob-
t will be then that the politic’ : ability of an early peace, and maintaining
be North will *«jirce tneir Strifes tor j that the war must be extended far into
a.--ceriuaney in the Bresidental election, {‘another i ear and probably for an indefi-
\n election of such an impoitant character j nite period beyond. The representations
I
tbe
is a!
at sev-
wa v*V ,r0 ^ uct * vc of excitement and as- | betoken a complete confidence, on t!
FROM FREDERICK
Richmond, May 1 —Theenemy via. 1
era! points fifteen or twcutv —•-s above rreoer
icksburir. and ,i1 ™ RI Ladvance dipvn [ ditional fierceness on account of the war.
From tbe divisions and dissensions now ex-
■ksburg - .
rivtr bv tiie plank road from Chaiiceli®rvnio, ...
uated ten miles above FredptivIrSburg. At Inis
point t hoy were a mickey by Mahon s brigade, and
altera brief fieb‘ were repulsed with coiisideiab.e
loss. Qm- loss is slight. The Yankees who cros-
j„j eelow Fredericksburg are eutrenching them
selves.
Y esterday the enemy’s batteries below the town
opined fire on our position near Hamilton’s Cros
sing, tbe present Railroad terminus. Our batteries
replied and the duel continued incessantly until
dusk. Reports of fighting were heard in the viein
ity of Richmond.
A letter dated J2 M. near Fredericksburg, says,
no fighting or skirmishing to-day ; both sides are
preparing for a great battle. Ko demonstration lias
been made Ly the enemy in front of Fredericks
burg. The town will probably escape shelling.
The inhabitants, have again evacuated the place.
ivatciiez, May i.—a gentleman who
left Alexandria on Wednesday morning
(29th ult.) brings intelligence that Banks
is not now, nor has lie been nearer than fif
ty miles of Alexandria. He also reports
that Gen. Moulton, with 1,500 cavalry,
gained the enemy’s rear and captured and
destroyed 175 wagons belonging to the cn
niy’s ordnancS train.
Ossr Special I’ort 3S:«d>or: Corrcsponslmcc.
Fort Hudson, April 13th, 1863.
Since the bombardment and passage of
the enemy’s two gunboats, Hartford and
Albatross, but little of interest has occur
red to diversify the monotonous routine of
tamp life, save' flic occasional appearance
of the Yankee fleet below, and the Hart
ford and Albatross above. Four gunboats
of the lower fleet are now lying within three
miles of us.
Farragut (who is on the Hartford) was
at the mouth of Reel River, when last heard
from. It is thought that he will endeavor
to pass down with hi3 two boats, and that
his lower fleet will make a simultaneous at
tack in order to divert our attention. I do
not think that it is his object to come down
yet; for in his present position he cuts off
our communication with Red River, the
main artery of our supplies ; and I presume
he will continue to blockade, aud thereby
endeavor to starve us out. We have on
hand, fortunately, months supplies, and be
fore the expiration of that time, tbe Missis
sippi river will be too low for him to navi
gate with his heavy draught boats which
would be likely to run upon a sand bar.
The sections of country which have been
overrun by the enemy are completely des
olated. i’lanters have abandoned their
homes—their houses have been despoiled
of their furniture and everything that could
excite the cupidity or fiendishness of a
Yankee. Their-cattle have been slaugh
tered—their negroes run away or stolen,
and those who remained behind seemed to
have done so for the purpose of completing
the vandalism of tlieir philanthropic allies.
On many of the plantations, tbe negroes
have been left to take care of themselves.
They lead an idle, indolent, improvident
life, roaming from plantation to plantation,
picking up whatever may afford them a
temporary subsistence.
The fertile Mississippi Valley, will'be a
cerbity of feeling between tlio contendii _
parties, and it will be characterized by ad-
isting, and which this election will produce,
wo may reasonably hope for some results
tending to pacification, or at least to break
up their unity ; and their clamors for our
b ood may be hushed in the din ot their
own intestine feuds. J. A. fi.
[ Confederacy.
Visit fo filttwl&itiMvillc.
We made a brief visit last week to Haw-
kinsville, and were gratified to find many
improvements made since we were last
there. There is a considerable addition of
neat and comfortable residences in hand
some localities streets opened and a JIo
appearance of forests of pines ami black
jacks, in place of which was beautiful gar
dens aud groves. The business street lack
ed much of that eb^cntial to sustain its
character, hut had several additional build
ings, and the others renovated in appear
ance. With peace and the completion of
the railroad, (which is progressing as fast
as circumstances will permit) Hawkinsville
will at once be a place of much business.
Three steamers were lying ihere, one of
which was actively plying the river, princi
pally engaged in the transporting of corn
aud other produce above and below to a
market. The most important addition to
tlio place is the erection of a “ Variety
Works,” by that well known enterprisiug
gentleman, Joseph Tooke, and Coop
er. A great number of articles are made
of the rebel leaders, in the endurance and
pertinacity of the Southern people, aud a
forecast that looks beyond the exigencies
of the next few months, and seeks to pro.-
vide for those of the last half of the next
year. If the .rebels thought themselves
capable ot holding out hut a few months
longer a moderate planting of cereals
would be as good for them as a large one.
They can derive no benefit from either un
til the harvest, aud this year’s crop cannot
tail to supply their armies for several
months after it is gathered.
Will the Abolition journals never he
cured of tlieir shallowness and levity ; ot
the idle predictions which time constant
ly falsifies and the puerile reasonings
which proceed on the assumption that to
assert that the rebellion is weak really
weakens it ? A rebellion which has stood
its ground against a vigorous blockade and
an army of a million and a quarter of men,
is not weak. But, according to these Ab
olition wiseacres, it has been all the while
tottering and all the while certain to fall
within the next ninety days. The redi-
culous assertion that it is now on the point
of being starved out is a curious comment
ary on the main arguments urged last fall
in support of the emancipation proclama
tion. “It will never be possible to sub
due tbe rebellion,” so that argument ran,
“so long as tbe South has a vast servile
population, who receiving no wages and
consuming oulv the barest necessaries, give
the whole products of their industry to sub
sist the white population in arms.” We do
not propose, at this late day, to resume the
of wood, Ac., and an oil manufactory is at- ; discussion of. the proclamation and “slay
taclicd. With -one small dydraulic press, j again *_h e slain; it suffices to remark the
about seventy gallons of ground pea oil is j inconsistency of the present idea, that the
made daily, and the quantity can be in- j rebellion is soon to be starved out, with
creased to any extent. This oil is mostly | the assertion so confidently made six
used for machinery, aud the best that can ! months ago that the rebels could never he
be obtained. \ subdued so long as they retain their slaves
The oil cake is an excellent article for to raise food for them.
Also Senate bill amending tbe act author
izing Military Courts.
The Houso-receded from the disagree
ment to the Senate amendment to tlie ap
propriation bill, and then concurred
them.
Richmond, April 30.—In tlie Senate
the House bill incieasing the pay of sol
dii-'.rs was postponed uniil next session
The House exemption biil was finally pas
sed ; it repeals the clauses in the cxistin
law iclative to oveiseers, but exempts one
person on each farm owned by a minor per
son, unsound mind, feme sole, or person ab
sent on military service, on which there are
twenty or more slaves; several provisions
weie annexed, one requiring the owner of
slaves to pay annually intb tlie Treasury
five hundred dollars; the act also authori
zes tlie President to exempt such person as
iu his judgment should be exempted; also
exempts all State officers whom the Gov
ernor ot any State may claim to have ex
empted for administration of the laws; in
other respects the act of last session re
mains. The Senate also passed the House
bill to establish a provisional navy, alse
hills relating to congressional election in
Tennessee and Louisiana.
The House passed|» bill to prohibit any
trade in United States paper currency, nu
der ^ ere penalties. Also a bill requiring
all persons iu the Quartermaster and Com
missary Departments to file an inventory
of property as security against fraud- A
bill to prevent fraud in tbe Quartermaster’s
Department and Transportation with Sen
ate.amendment finally passed.
Fui-liirr from Grimd Outf.
The Enemy Repulsed and Driven Raclc.
Jackson, May 1.—Tbe eueniy advanced
and fighting began at Grand Gulf this
morning at one o’clock. We fought till
four. The enemy were repulsed. The
buttle was renewed at eight o’clock. The
enemy took Wade’s Virginia Battery,
which was retaken this evening. The
enemy were driven' one mile from the
battlefield. Firing has ceased. Loss
hc»y on both sides. Gen. Bowen’s horse
was struck four times in a change on the
enemy.
Eorrcst’s Eight—Important Victory.
Tullahonia, May 1.—Forrest met
the enemy near Moulton, yesterday,
and repulsed him in a hand fight. The
enemy are in full retreat aud Forrest
in full pursuit. All quiet in front.
Chattanooga, May 1.—All quiet in
front. The enemy is wt** 1 *' 11 fits cn-
trenchmenF* *>** oione River. A spe
cial dispatch to the Rebel, dated
Huntsville 1st, says Forrest repulsed
the enemy with considerable loss yes
terday at Danville, fifteen miles from
Decatur, and H still pursuing them.
Our loss fifty. Our pickets are beyond
Courtlaud.
[Moulton is iu Lawrence county,
Alabama, forty miles southwest of
Huntsville and about half that dis
tance from Decatur].
rtorrr»irpx
In this County, on the 21st ult, of Pneumonia, Mr.
Janes ilcC'RAurgn the tifitli year of his age.
I 1ST of letters remaiuining in tbe Post Office,
-J at Milledgeville Ga., May 1st, 1863.
Allen, Miss Mary Ann King, Riar
Atkinson, Miss Annie E.Learnoril. John S. 2
fattening stock, and a pretty fair substitute
for coffee. Much attention is now being
given to cultivation of the once contempti
ble article of ground peas, which have only
been considered fit to be munched by chil
dren and negroes, and the lobby and indo
lent members of the Legislature. Large
crops are being planted both for stock and
sale. We notice that very little cotton was
planned, but a much increased quantity of
Chinese, and African SugarCane. An in
telligent planter, who made a large crop of
it last year, informed us that it was a good
business with sirup at oi.e dollar a gallon.
In addition to this, it yields more than
double tbe quantity of superior fodder and
grain to afield of corn, and is, altogether,
“a vpry valuable crop. Wc trust that this
season the supply' of syrup will be beyond
the grasp of speculators, who have already
heaped on themselves, in connection with
it, more bitter curses than should follow
any man to a comfortable grave.
The crops of wheat and other grain
were very promising, and' almost out of
tlie reach of the common casualties'.
Journal Messenger.
closing scenes, and bear tbeirjoyous shouts ; j Qg3 t j )e Confederacy this year. It will
as they r&de homeward in tlieir wagons, i contr ib ute nothing to'the great granary
Y wagon full of girls from Milledgeville, ■ from which our army and tlie desolated sec-
went lo Honey suckle bill and came lack tions of our country must draw their sub-
l-te smothered in flowers, and just in time ; ^tence. It behooves the planters of Geor-
tate.srn iuc | gia, who have been so fortunate as to escape
to escape a grod. wet ting. j q lC ravages of the enemy, to do all in their
Joseph* Cross, D. I). will power to raise a large provision crop this
■ year. Georgia lias suffered less in this war
than any other State, and more will, and
ought to be, expeoted of her, than those
which have suffered more. She stands now
were at Summit last evening. .The circus ! as the pivot of our destiny. As 'much de-
rider Dan Rice, is one of his Captains— ; ponds- upon the patrio nm and the ennu-
kees burned tlie woodsheds, but ranee ot her people at home, as upon the
1 courage andgallautry ot her soldiers m the
field. Her gallant sous hjve illustrated
their valor, and the invincibility of her
Rev.
preach at the Methodist Church in this
place on next Sabbath.
Jackson, May 1.—Grierson’s Yankees , .
jacK.s_ . -— rpj ie c ; rcus i as the pivot of our destiny.
(an (lit 1 Konlli be Starved ont t
The Confederacy not on its last legs—
The Rebellion not Weak
The Abolitionists may as well clear
their minds of cant, and recognize the-
truth that the conquest of the South is a
tank of grost magnitude and difficulty
which can never be accomplished except by
the rout and dispersion of its armies. If we
can whip them, we succeed; if not, not. If
the Administration will reform its military
administration, concentrate its scattered
forces, cut the interior lines of rebel com
munications, aud then destroy tlieir ar
mies in detail by always confronting them
with a superior force, it will put a more
hopeful face upon tlie war. But so long as
the Union forces are dissipated in driblets
around the circumference of the rebel ter
ritory leaving them, to the advafltaga of
easy inter communication and rapid trans
fer of reinforcements, we shall make hut
little headway. No matter whether this
nibbling around the outer edges of tlie re
bellion proceeds on the idea of starving it
out, or of weakening it by drawing off its
negroes on all sides, it promises nothing
but disaster.
BY TELEGRAPH*
Anderson, John W.
Butler, H.
Brown, James M.
Briscoe, Radical
Burnett, M.
Brown, John 2
Brown. John K
Brooks, J. M.
Bivins, Appleton
Bradford,-\V. B,
Bates, Dr.\j. C.
Brckford, RxA.
Barnett, Miss lEenrgia
I’arenton, Mrs.
Capers, F
Cozart, I’. H. ,
Cook, Miss A.■M.
Clark, W.Vr.
Clark, Wffl. F.
Colliinr. James R.
Clartfj Sallie E, 2
Cliiimpion, Mrs. M. A.
Cofcper, T. J.
Clark, Susan A.
C!ark, David
Davis, Miss Orren .
Driscol, Rev. D
Diy. Miss Martha -
Dunn. James ~
Edwards. Richard
Ells, Jas. N.
Ellis, Miss G.
Fisher. Maj. T. F.
Goldsmith, T.
G iulJinp:, Thomas M.
Giiffiu, S.
Griffin, L. M.
Hudson, N. L. 2
Hawkins, J. T.
Hutchins, C.
Hawkins, John L.
Harwell, J. Q.
Harris, L.
Harmons, M.
Hazlewood. Miss Jane
Hoitsn, Miss Lizzie
Hooks, James T.
Henderson, Charles
Unnsell, Augustus
Jackson, J. U.
Jordon, George
Jones, John YV.
Jones, C. P.
Johnson, Mrs. Dr.
Lindsey. Drncilla
Lewis, George
Laytimier, Mr.
Magi 11, R. A. 2
McCanless, Samuel
Mott, Vf in. A.
ns..m,». Maruia U
Mahorn, Richard
Millines Mrs. CapriC"
Mebaffey, MjasUCaroline
Moore, Wliffard, 2
McDurfige, Alexander
dleton, John
'Roark, Daniel
Patterson, Miss Mary
Putniyn, Miss Bettie
Parkins, John
Ried, George
ogers. Miss Mary
0I3, Mrs. Eliza
Reeke, B. F.
Robinson, David
Robinson, James T.
Smith, Miss C.
Schiehing, Wm.
Stephens. Cathiine
Steith, Miss Mary
S^wther /3eo. Wk
-Smith, Miss Ann 2
S^Jpphens, Mis^Ofegon
Blade. Jaireph
Slaughter, Miss Ruth
Sims, James
Smith, Miss Martha
Spangler, Joseph
Smith. C. J. & E. M.
Smith, Lydia Ann
Tennille. Col.
Taylor, E. P.
Taylor, Walter
Tobin, Walter
Taylor, Mrs. Lina
Y’eal, J. P.
Williams, Henry 2
Wright, Miss Julia
Wadsworth, John
Windham, T.
Wright, Mrs. Mollie
Willis Miss Virginia
YV T ebb, Tho mas
Willis, Wm
Youngblood, Green
E S. CANDLER. P. M.
The Yanli
61n for any good citizen to complain. If j burnt no cotton or private property.
Redoes not get as much for his produce a* I They have 200 negroes mounted on
^ ‘ formerly did, he will get for it money 1 ,nu ^ cs -
'• r ’t will be worth twice as much as that he
1‘eretofore received. Confederate money,
0Cce regarded as but of little more value,
’iiaii so much blank paper, will soon be
Cr l“al in value to Bank bills ; and Confede-
r *te Bonds once a great bug-bear that
“‘Shtcned capital from its presence, is now
*° u ght after bv shrewd men as an invest*
* Fighting just below Grand Gulf-com
menced at twelve o’clock last night. Gen.
Tracey is reported killed.
Snyder’s B}uff was furiously cannonaded
several hours yesterday, but without suc
cess. The works remain uninjuied.
Only two or three wounded on oui
side. it. 1
Leut. Gen. Pemberton went to V lcks-
burg yesterday.
arms upou a hundred bloody battie fields ;
and if her citizens will emulate them, all
will be w-ell.
Tbe enemy has abandoned bis hope of
subjugating us by force of arms, and has
fallen on the plan of starving us into sub
jection. if our people will eviuce tbe same
endurance aud self-denial which their de
fenders have done, subjected to the sever
est trials and privations, contending against
FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
Richmond, April 30.—Accounts from
Fiedericksburg to-day are very meagre.
Tbe. New York World, of Monday, The train which arrived this evening
thinks the matter of starving the South a , brought down a number of men wounded in
question of considerable doubt. The fol- j skirmishing yesteiday.
lowing editorial we copy from its columns: 1 r i be reportsfrom various sources indicate
There is undoubtedly a good deal of the Yankees have crossed in force at
suffering in the South from the scarcity 1 points above and below I rederieksburg.
and high price of provisions, especially in A great battle is imminent.,
regions near their military operations.— ; Our troops arc in fine spirits and ready
The recent address of Jefferson Davis and \ f° r action.
numerous exhortations io. tlio Southern
newspapers to raise food instead of cotton, j CONGRESSIONAL,
have occasioned a renewal by the Aboli- | Richmond, April 29.—The Senate pas-
tion journals ot a shallow vein of com- *ed with amendments’ tbe House bill ail
ment which experience ought by this time , thorizirg surgeons of hospitals to grant fur-
to have rendered obsolete. The present loughs.
scarcity is the consequence of short crops j The House bill increasing the pay of sol-
last year in many parts ot the South, and diers was discussed and postponed till to
ot’the over-burdened and partly diiapida- morrow.
ted condition of their railroads. The parts j The House agreed to tbe Senate amend-
of the country where the armies are posted meets prescribing a motto and seal.
Lave beon drained, and imperfect facilities j The Seuato passed tbe House bill to
for transportation interfere with the dis- { provide for holding elections fer members
tribution and equalization of their remain
ing supplies of food. The rebel Govern
ment think it important to guard against
of Congress in Tennessee and Louisiana ;
also passed a bill abolishing all ports of de
livery.
PARTISAN RANGERS!
T HE WAR DEPARTMENT has authorized tfie
formation of a new Company, to be attached
to the 16th Gt-oi^ija Battalliou of
INDEPENDENT PARTISAN RANGERS.
Those who are designs of joining this branch of
the Army aie lieYeby notified that they
can do so if the^will send iu tlieir
. names imnSrtjiately.
They will be armed with iHp Short Enfield Rifle,
Navy Repeater and Sabre—bounty and $28
per month, as wages, will be pkql to all who vol-
uut- or.
VV e operate in Tennessee and Kentucky, and
have the privilege of RETAINING EVErYtuiXU WE
take from the enemy.
Address.— J. R. HORTON,
Jonesboro, Tenn„
[ Care Lt. Col. Nix. ]
May 5, 1863. 50 6t
GEORGIA, Berrien County,
G t EORGE PAULK applies to me for letters of
T admiiiistratidn ^n lne estate of George Faulk
late of said county, direeaaed.
All persons intere/ted will file their objections
on the first Monday in June next, otherwise let
ters will be grantor! tho applicants.
YY’ituess my band and official signature.
/ H. T. PEEPLES, Ord’y.
April 27tb, 1863. pd.$2 75 50 ot
GEORGIA, Jasper County.
"IIJHEREAS, Eleazer YV^ Shepherd makes ap-
1 > plication to me for letters of administration
on the estate of YYjiuburp K. Shepherd, late of
said county, deceasei. 1
These are tliereforoNi* cite and admonish all
persons interested, to jQiow cause, if any they
Ii-ive. within the time prescribed by law, why let
ters shall not issue to tie applicant.
Given under my banc a l nd official signature, this
27th April, leGJ. /
20 0t.M. TL HUTCHISON, Ord’y.
Xotiec to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to tbj asfltte of Thomas
J. Vaughn late of Jasppvr^ounty, deceased,
are requested to moke in^fiedjate payment, and
all those having demanjffagaiitst said estate aro
required to present in terfcs of the law.
f S. P. DOYVNS, Adra’r.
April 27th, 1863. M. H. 11. 50 5t.
O 1XTY days after dateapplication will be made
Oto tbe Hon. Court of Ordinary of Wilkinson
county, for leave to sell tkngjfsWfnan, named
Mike, belonging to the eflmGf Thomas Mein
tyre, deceased.
H. E. HYMAN, Adm’r.
April 27,1863. ' 60 »t.
TAX NOTICE.
UP*ATTENTION city property OWNERS
]YfY Rook is open to receive the
, I roperty fur tlu: present '"ear, i
t. d do well to onil am! mikejJS
F»ook will be rbo.eri on tho 1
Office under Millerigevilh-
-D. M. Edwards’old,. stMtih
JAMES- C. SHEA. c\nk Council.
Miiledgevme May 1st ]Sc3. \ 50 3t.
Ad in in is t rater I s
VfTTL be sold at the Court 1
If town of Irwinton, YVi.kinsoi
first Tuesday in JULY* next, 1
Mike, sold under an order 01
nary of said county, for the
Thomas McIntyre, decense(F
UTE. HYMAN, Adm’r.
May 19th, 1863. 50 tds.
Administrator's Sale.
W ILL be sold before the Coart House dooi in
Camilla, Mitchell County, GeArgin the lir^Uoes
day ia JUNE next in the usual Iiaurtj f ^f-"Sli7e lot of
land number 57 iu the Ihth distjief’firiganally Early
then Baker now Mitchell (JetfSTy Silo by viitue of an
order of Comt and as the property Thomas Holder
late of YY'ilhicson County deceased.
Terms Cash
REBECCA HOLDER, Adnir’x.
Ajiril 22, IS63. (e. c. pd) 50 tds.
TWO YALlftBLE PLANTATIONS
AND A LOT OF
Likely Young Negroes for Sale.
1 WILL SELL on the first Tuesday in Jnna
next, in the town of Eatonton, two valuabla
PLANTATIONS situated in the south-western
portion of Putnam county, on Murder creek, each
containing eleven hundred acres, more or less. I
will also sell at the same time fifteen or twenty
NEGROES, consisting of men and woman, boys
and girls, alt of them young and likely. On ac
count of physical infirmities, I wish to contract
my business and pay my debts Sale to be posi-
five. Tunny cash. For fuither particulars, ad
dress me at Eatonton, Ga.
YVESLEY GRIGGS.
Eatonton, April 28. 1863. 49 tds.
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.
T OWN LOTS containing together Twenty-Six
(20) Acres—being two four Acre and two nine
Acre lots, lyiDg on tho East of Jefferson Street,and
South of the road to McComb’s Ferry. Tho Rail
Road from Macon to YVarrenton passes in close
proximity to the lots aud are quite near the sita
for tbe Depot of that Road, at this place.
Apply to : ‘ SAM’L. G. WHITE.
GRIEY E & CLARK.
April 29, 1863. • 49 Jmo.
To Tax Receivers and Tax Pajers!
AN ACT
TO Amend the oath «r i ax Payer* for the year
1863, and a« other purposes.
oc.cTION I The General Assembly of the State
of Georgia do enact, That from and after tho pas
sage ot this Act the oath of non resident Tax
Payers required to be taken on special return, as
it now stands iu tho seven hundred and s/xty-
fourth Section of the Code of Georgia, be so
amended for tho year 1863. as to make it read:
“And that it was not worth, on the first of April in
this year, more than the valuations you have af
fixed to it in Confederate Treasury Notes, to the
best of your knowledge and belief.” instead of
reading as it now does, “aud that it is not worth
more than the valuation you have fixed to it, to
the best of your knowledge and belief,” and that
the'oath of tax payers required to be taken on
general return, as is now required in tbe same sec
tion of said Code be so changed as to make it read,
•‘and the value you have affixed to it is a just aud
true valuation on the first ot April of this year in
Confederate Treasury Notes, instead of reading,
“and that the value you hare affixed to it is a just
and true valuation" as it now stands staled in
said Code.
Sec. II. Beit further enacted, That in case any
tax payer shall tail or refuse to make his return
in accordance with this amended ‘oath he sliall be
deemed a defaulter, and bis prnpeity shall be
double taxed according to the valuation prescribed
in the foregoing section of this act.
Sec. Ill And be it further enacted, That all per
sons holding notes or indebtedness on any indi
vidual or incorporation shall give in the same at
its value ia Confederate Treasury Notes.
Sec. IV. And be it further enacted. That if any
of 1 he tax pavers of tlm K,«»a .r...n made a
return of their property to the Receiver and Col
lector previous to the passage of this Act, that it
shall be the duty of the said Collector and Re
ceiver to require of such fax payers that they
make another return to him upon valuation
provided for in this Act.
Sf.C. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and
parts of laws militating against this act be and
tbe same are hereby reper.led.
Assented to April 17, 1863. 48 3t»
NOTICE.
1 MIE undersigned, having paid a note on him
self for $247.06, due E. Waitzfolder &. Co,
and lost tbe same without tearing off his name or
marking it paid, the public are forewarned from
trading for the paper, and any person finding the
same, will confer a favor by delivering it to tbe
subscriber J. D, FANNIN.
April II 1863. 47 3t
COTTON CARDS!
COFFEE!! SOLE LEATHER!!!
1 A A PAIR YVhitemore’s Cotton Cards nunt-
-L VF her ten*.
506 lbs. COFFEE.
500 lbs. SOLE LEATHER
Received and for sale by
J. GANS & co:
Milledgeville, April 13, 1863. 47 if
BAMS NOTICE.
U NTIL the 1st of October next, our offices will
be opeued for tbe transaction of business at
8 o’clock, A. M-, and closed at One o’clock, P. M.
R. L. HUNI’ER, Ao-ent.
A. M. NISBET, Agent.
Milledgeville, April 20th, 1863. 48 3t.
S IXTY' days after date I shall apply to t!
Court of Ordinary of Mitchell county, 1
leave to sell all the lands belonging to tbe esta
of Wiley Bullard, deceased.
Paid $4. DAVID FITZGARREL, Adm’r.
April 7th, 1863. 47 6t.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to tbe estate of Wil
liuilard, deceased, are required to make i
mediate payment, and those having demands 1
required to baud them in in terms of the law.
Paid $3, DAVID FITZGARREL, Adm’r.
April 7th, 1863. 47 6t.
S IXTY days after date application will be mada
to the court of Ordinary of Bulloch county
for leave to sell all the land and negroes belong
ing to ihe estate of Anderson Kick lighter, Sen.,
deceased, for a division under the will of said de-
cea&ed.
ANDERSON KICKLIGHTER, Adm’r.
with the will annexed,
March lOtb, 1863 on 43 f>t.
T WO mouths after date application will ba
made to tho court ot Ordinary of Appling
county for leave to sell tbe land and negroes be
longing to the estate of Janies McGauley late of
said county deceased, for the benefit of tho heirs
and creditors of said deceased.
JOHN TILLMAN, Adm’r.
March 5th, 1863. 43 gj
GEORGIA, Berrien County.
O N the first Monday in July next applicat
will be made tp the Court of Ordinary
Berrien county for leave to seil the real estate
James L. Vann late of said county, deceased, c
sistiug of lots of land No. 464, in the 9th i
and 465 in the 9th, and twenty-five acres of
o03 in the 9th dist. All sold for the puipos
distribution and settlement.
WILLIAMS D. 8INEATH, Adm’
April 13 th. 1863. [11 tp] 48 9t*
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons having demands against Martbs
Ellington late of Baldwin couuly deceased,
are hereby notified to present them legally authen
ticated, aud debtors tu said deceased are requested
to make payment.
W. H. MITCHELL, Ex’r.
April 6th, 1863. (j. h ) 47 6t.
GEORGIA. Jasper County.
W I1EKEAS, Michael Kinard and John J.
Kinard, makes application to me for letters,
of administration on tbe estate of John 11. Kinard
late cf said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish ail
persons interested in said estate, to their ob
jections, if any they fliave, by the fmt Monday
iuJune next, why letters of administration on
the estate cf said deceased shall not issue to the
applicants in terms of tbe law.
Given under my hand officially this 8th day of
April, 1863.
47 fit M. H. HUTCHISON, Ord’y.