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to press tlio ItMsiaM until niglit
closed in around liim.
Meanwhile Gen. Lee had ordered
Stuart (now commanding Jackson’s
corps lu pass around above and to the
}«!ii ut c iianeelloreville and endeavor
to gain the Ely’s Ford road, in the en
emy’s rear. This he did after but a
slight resistance from the enemy.
Gen. Anderson, with three brigades—
Wright’s, Posey’s, and Perry’s—\vas
ordered to pass down the road to the
right and below Chancellorsville, and
endeavor to gain the United States
Ford road in the enemy’s rear. This
was not accomplished, owing to the
thick woods and heavy force of the en
emy. Anderson worked his way down
as far as the Old Aline road, one and a
half miles below the United States
Ford, where, about night, be encoun
tered a heavy force of the enemy post
ed on the heights above Child’s house,
with a battery of eight guns in position
lx-hlml earthworks. Here he rested
lor the night. Early next morning
Anderson was ordered down to Salem
Church to the support of McLaws. I Potomac. .Subsequently they re
The enemy were massing during t r-I moved to what is now Lewis county, in
night a heavy force on McLav ?,eft ’ ! Xorthw_est "Virginia.
an open public meeting, lawfully and
peacefully assembled, under the Constitu
tion upon full notice. •
It is the words of a citizen on tlie pub
lic policy of the public servants of tbe
people, by which policy it was alleged
that the welfare of tbe country was not
promoted. It was an appeal to the peo
ple to change that policy, not by force bnt
by the elections at the ballot box. It is
not pretended that 1 counselled disobedi
ence to the Constitution, or resistance to
law or lawful authority. I have never
done tbis.
I Lave nothing more to submit.
May 7, I860. C. L. Vaelaxoujiiam.
Tbe Iilu«lrioii» Dcml.
The Stnlincllias been furnished by an 1V
timate friend of the lamented Jackson wH*
some facts concerning his early life, as vC| ll
as bis career up to the time since wlA'h '^ c
worid has need to be told nothin? because
it already knows all: ,
Thomas J. Jackson w M L’™ 011 1 10
21st day of January, 1^ fn * ^ksburg,
Harrison county, va. great grand-
, father. John Jac ,-j0 *’ ar : d , £ ,eat 8 lam *'
! mother were “ English birth.
Thov migrated to this country at an
i and settled on the South branch
Their son, Edward,
Of I fg ra »d father of Thomas J.) was surveyor
and*
evidently with a view ol /0,cln o •
imhinrr m Harrison county, for many years
f urntijc his left f a««. ana mawing <« , . J 1 J . e
». . , if i„f* -J 3 subsequently represented the county of
connection wi'- 00 s Lewis in the Legislature for several years,
near Tiered fctates 1 ord. 1 ‘*1® could j j ona t), an Jackson, the father of Gen.
hp done by forcing McLaws left, and Jackson, studied law under John G.
getting possession of the river road, j Jackson, in Clarksburg; and then com-
whicfi fell into the Old Mine Road near j inenced his practice, acquiring some
Childs’ house. I reputation, lie became embarrassed as j
Anderson moved rapidly down, to : security tor bis friends, and all bis proper-|
Jackson’s Last Siours.
As any facts connected • with the
character and services and fall of Gen.
Jackson are interesting to the readers
of the union, we take, at the risk of
some repetition, the following account
from a correspondent df the Uichmond
Enquirer:
The wounding (J Gen. Jackson has
been minutely ci-taicld to me by Capt.
Wilhourue, *‘ his stall.—The tacts,
in suhsta' 00 * are these: Gen. Jackson,
itt eont ,al) y with a number of his own
and a P a, ’t °i the stall'of Gen. A. P.
Pill, had ridden beyond the front line
of skirmishers, after the close of the
fighting on Saturday night, as was
often the habit of the General. When
he had finished his observation, and as
he was returning he was lired upon
through mistake by some of his own
men. and was woifinded in the right
hand and on the left arm. At the
same time all the rest of the party
was either killed or wounded including
Capt. Boswell, his engineer—except
ing Capt. W ilbourne, and perhaps one
other person. The General at once
said he was wounded, and as soon as
possible was conveyed to the rear and
arm bandaged. Just then the enemy
began an attack, and it was with
difficulty that Gen. Jackson was not
injured in being borne from tlie field
as thefiring both of small arms and
artillery was very rapid, arid the
ruin of shells and bqils leii thick and
fast about him. .
The messenger who carried Gen. Lee
). They ate a table body of I Yankee army, at or near Jackson, Miss.,
j was deeplv affected bv Gen. { were arrested in our city a few days since,
like them
men.” lie was deeply
Paxton’s death.
ITankee Forces Hear Charleston
. city 1
| and carried before Major Humphries.—
1 hey s y they are tired of serving tbe
Ape, r.nd are willing to serve Uncle Jef-
McLaws’ support, reaching Salem I *Y 'vas swept away before his death which j the intelligence of this severe inisfor-
.1 tu li |,L „f fifteen milesi bv ,ook l ,lac0 ,n ls27, IIc leftfour duldren . tune tells me that lie found the Gener-
“‘‘urch (a distance o fifteen miles) by of w]lo)n T i )onias> tbe youngest. was but , _ n . , f ......... lt f. 1IIr o’clock
12 m. Here after a brief halt, during j tbree year6 old . An „J c i e , then residing ! on d 1 U about tour o clock
which time General Lee came upon 1 ; n Lewis countv, took tbe little orphan to j
the field, Anderson was directed to ' live with him. Here Thomas, by going!
move round in rear and south of Sa- j 1o school three months in the winter, and i
fern Church, and proceeding through , laboring on the farm tbe residue of the |
the woods to form his right upon Ear- y^r, as was the custom with tbe farmers’
m, u . T) , ; tersou in bis worksbrfns, not liking to get
i , R °'\ a correspondent of w i, ere there 5s a pro g poct 0 f being cap-
the 1 hiladelphia Inquirer says: | tured by those they Lave left.
Our forces occupy, no doubt with j Major Humphries Lad better send that
a view to future siege operations, Fol- I crowd over to Milledgeville, to help Joe
ly Island, and have advanced up to j Brown’s convicts to do the State service
within two hundred yards of Light i tkc Penitentiary. Put them at least
House Inlet, which separates Folly I wuere tl,e y ca » d ° no mischief, as we nave
from Morris Island. Our troops are
protected by earthworks which they
have thrown up. Guns will be mount
ed, and then the rebels, who are in
full view of our troops, strengthening
their position, and making it harder
for us to take when we advance, will
receive the compliments of shells and
other projectiles of uncomforta
ble size; which will materially inter
fere with their labor.
The pickets of both armies arc so
near that conversation lias been carried
011 between them, although even
fort has been made to stop sucli pro
ceedings. Propositions have been made
by the rebel pickets to exchange to
bacco for coffee, and a tacit agreement
has been entered into by the pickets
not to fire upon each other.
The Keokuk is still lying off Morris
Island, and the rebels, besides getting
off her guns, are now employing them-!;
t . • , . • _• 1 , ill
no security that they have not come to
“spy out the land,” and report results to
•heir late commanders, even if they would
not do worse tilings than that.
| Confederate.
(lateral Bragg and the Tendet Passion.
A correspondent of the Mobile Adverti
ser, writing from Shelbyville, says:
An officer in General Bragg's army htfd
obtained a sliort leave of absence to per
mit him to go home and attend to person
al interests demanding his presence. Be-
fore iiis time, of absence bad expired he re
quested a further !ea\*e of absence, for
of- I thirty days, and promised to return a bet
ter soldier than lie had ever been before,
iiis request was approved by the various
officers in command over him, who knew
him to lie a tried and faithful man, and
finally by General Bragg. Before the
thirty days’ time granted had expired, I10
again forwarded a communication dcsiyng
a still further leave. His officers were
astonished at his impudence and audacity,
tnd each one in turn through whose hands
Be-
selves at night in carrying ofi'tlie mach-ji t P a * sed marked it ^disapproved. ie
inery. In the day time our gunboats uarters> Goneral Br was the recipient
ly’s left, then nearly opposite Guest’s ! 8ons in Western Virginia, acquired the ru-
sumed' Some of the iron clads
lying at Edisto Inlet, off Folly Is
while another is still receiving
in our harbor.
are
nd,
repairs
in the morning, and that when told of
what had occurred, bis words were
these: “Thank God it is no worse;God
be praised that he is still alive,” and
then he further said. “Any victory is
a dear one that deprives us of the ser-
i* >1,1 -1 1 itt Ip ‘ihfivp Mafve’s diments of a plain English education.— vices of Jackson even for a short time.'
Sht. »Md, o t Karl, li tin Al l 0 “ t ,"' e 5“ ,<* IL>u the infomnut nH-nli„„i„ g tint! -
Heights, w men pomt i..nly liau xnat. pomte( | to a Cadetship at West Point.— . f i, rt i;„ v .„i i Pti™ .1 xtw.pi.pfn.
morning retakeu from the enemy. Gen. | He here graduated with high distinc- f'V ‘ c ' , , It is said that owhwto the uariicular cir
fee h.viixr discovered that the enemv tin., intention to hare pressed them on j sam mas; in n to ute jiintcua.i 1
i^ee Having uiseoviitu inciL iite eneiiij non. , 111 , , ■ u n.... cncintances cf tlie case, it would now Lit
had weakened his left in his efforts to Gen. Jackson entered the military scr- Sunday, had lie not hav e iabeu, Ge -: unfair to tak( , g 0 ] d a8 a stan dard of value
force McLaws’ lett, thus concentrated vivo under Gen. Zachary Taylor, with j Lee quietly s.iuJ, lhose p< ople s 1a ■ j n a8 mU( -h as corn is the basis of our pm-
a strong force upon his weak point, ran k <d Brevet Lieutenant. V, hen be pressed to-day. at the same tmu? j vision cr«>p t let us try that as a standard
1 - - Gen. Scott was ordered to Mexico, Lieut. ’ 1 ‘ * * m * T * 1 ' —
■ . - , quarters, General Bragg was the recipient
modestly remind these thieves that j a f a letter from this officer, who stated
Uncle sam still considers his title good | that lie had made application for further
to the remainder of the Iveokuk"’s glo- j leave, atrd gave as his reason that while
ry, and therefore, during the day, the | our army was further advanced he had be-
rebels omit their Jeremy Diddling on come engaged to a young lady from whom
board the well-ventilated iron-clad. j h( ; i,a d received a letter, which lie cnclos-
It is not yet definitely known when ccl ’ 1 he dchcatem.ssive contained a sao
the attack on Charleston will be re-1 and tou ^ D g Newell to the young officer,
It is astonishing that tneu who have, sohHei', a noble Christian and a m
already fattened on tlie wants of the conn- | man> jyj av q 0( | t jirovv the- * ’
try, in many cases, slipping through the
Su virtues
for
try, m many cases, supping inrougu rue ; against the sins „f *Jie Secession; 7
lines contrary to law and loyalty to tho t a .i vor „ fp *r' f • . ' nit ' the
Confederacy, should bo so greedy fat; ‘ fe 1 ■ Jtional crime.”
further gains. Such men are not to ue I 11
[rronj tlie Monfg-merv Advrrtiser 1
Gen. Breckinridge’s Demand
Court of*nqairy.
Ileadq’rs BreckTiiridge’s Div.. >
Tullahoma, March31st, ISfid. y
1o S. Coojki , Adj t i.y Inspector (lateral
Richmond, f a:
Sir—Two days ago I read Get
Braxton Bragg’s official report of the*
battles of Stone river, before Murfrees
boro’ and after a proper rime for r( .
flection, think it my duty to send Vo J
this communication.
I cannot conceal from myself' the
fact that so much of the report as re
fers to my command (except some
general compliments to the courage of
trusted for a moment, .and planters, as
well as our own people, should kick them
from their doors as they would a dog,
when they attempt thus to turn up prices
for an article of such general consumption.
Beware of the speculators ; we say beware.
They would sell tbe country for a dollar.
f Columbus Times.
———tom
Tax on Commission Merchants.—’The
Alay or of Augusta lias received the fol
lowing {communication from tlie Secre
tary of War in response to an inquiry in
reference to t lie tax of commission mer
chants under the new tax law :
Treasury Department, )
Uichmond, May 1J," lisG3. )
lion. Roiikrt H. May,
Mayor of City of Augusta, Ga. :
Sir—In reply to your letter of the 8th ! a portion of my troops on WednesiL
ins*.. 1 have the, honor to state that com- | the 31st December) is ir
mission merchants, under the act of 24th j spirit a thorough dispar;
IV
o tone and
,. ,i , w paragement of
Ap'd. * re subject to a specific tax both. This tone runs tiirouirh all
of two hundred dollars, and a tax of two
and a half per centum on all sales made.—
By section C of the act, the liability to
pay tlie tax attaches from and includes
parts, and lies like a broad foundation
underneath the whole. At the same
time the narrative of events is made to
rtjio Ul 111*3 l| HI ill III15 1111113 ol ! ft* i • m ..
” . ,. , .* , i as an officer during all the onernim
mencement of busine-s, and on the! ,. . • ,, i 1 •
c1?ly of January in each rear there- j “ lr ect statement and by uunustaka-
Brevet
and at the concerted signal, just before . , .... .. . .
. i j a a „„„ . , '•Jackson joined lnm at VeraCruz. in the
sunset, Early and Anderson rushed up- . , . , •' . , ■ .... .
, short but sanjrumarv amt hnlliant cant-
lie Yankees extreme left. Our : pa) - gn tJiat foJ r owe( i; resultinj? in , he cap .
turc of (lie city of Mexico, Lieut. Jackson,
Oil t
men Irroke
thromrh the woods and
over the fields, like a perfect hurricane, ; by successive promotions for his gallantry
and the Yankees gave way with hard-land merit, became Brevet Major, l‘er-
]y a struggle. By some accident a por- I haps none who started even with him a Jackson had fallen among its lead-
- As every incident connected with
]y exaggerated. The charge of Iloke’s f nck ; s0 ' 1 left ,liu aim >' because of impaired these two great men must interest
fright’s , i ; - a ' U aCCC - F< ° d a lrofeBSOrsh, P at ! the reader, I will mention,
ie
rising about J. A. AL Hastily dress-j When wo published our paper at -sg, we
ing and partaking of Ids simple fare j could buy four bushels of corn for that
of ham and cracker, he sallied forth, | amount. Our paper was therefore wort
l hear unattended, and made O'ich dis- j tour bushels of corn,
positions ns rendered that Sabbath a j
blessed dav for our cause, even though
Tion of Hays’ brigade was rapjured, attained so bign.
thopgli the whole affair has been great- _ AJler the Alcxican war was over Major
; current, that when
as quite
Gen. Jackson re
brigade, Early’s division, and Wright s , thc j Iilitary Institute .
Jirjgade, Amiersou s division, elicited When tbe present troubles commenced, > . , . , ,. 1 • i r< r f
the highest praise Irom Gen. Lee, who, he repaired at ouce to ltichmoud, where c ? Ived tl,e *® tter winch Gen. Lee sent
Irom an eminence, witnessed the whole ho was commissioned Colonel by Governor him on Sunday morning, buistug into
light. Anderson arid Early continued Letcher, and ordered to take command at , tears he said, “far better for the t-on
to press the Y ankees until uight, when Harper’s Ferry, lie arrived there May federacy that ten Jacksons should have
he had driven them entirely across to \ 1S 6L and the next day entered upon fallen than one Lee.”
the north side of the plank ‘road, while ! b ' s d ut,es - YTom that day to the fatal 3d : (j eu Jackson, after receiving his
McLaws had not only held them in i >5 ' after midnight, when Q ^ was conveyed to tlie-house of
II.1U liUL ouiy HCIU ill/I- 1 he received his disabling wounds, he was 1 », . n ’, ,, •
check on our left, but had, with Y\ ll- never absent from tbe first day of duty. W . r ' 1 » “? B , C1 1 1 “ l ? r * ,‘ u ^ aroli e ’
cox’s, Wofford’s and Kershaw's brig- * * * » , where all that skillful attention and
ades, driven the enemy some distance! Gen. Jackson was twice married. Tbe attendance could affoid 1o heal his
before him. As dark closed in, we first time to a daughter of Ilev. Dr. Jun- wound* was done, but all in vain; his
paused for a few minutes for the moon's ! kin. Her children all died. His widow mission was fullfilled, his work was
iTiim when our whole line again ad- was Aliss .Morrison, of North Carolina, aud, done, and the hero of the Valley cam-
van ceil, and drove the enemy before us : witl, . an i^ant daughter of five months now paign and the Stonewall of thc South
L.rn tho i-it or -it Honks’ Fnrd oiirbt e ® ,v lul : . , , „ had passed from earth away.
mto tlie nui at J>auks L 01 I, cit. it q bc f 0 ij 0W1D g 1S the letter from Geu. T • i • t , v i,„*
miles above Fredericksburg. Y\ e did Lee> to wb5cll illusion was made a few i 0 J ^ f J d . *
not permit him to cross without mo- days ago in our columns: can be affirmed of but few men that
lestation, but peppered him severely rinnrolloiKvJIlo 7lf»v t have lived in this great, struggle, that
with musketry and artillery during the* | General:—I have just received*^ your hasfuHtHed a great purpose m his-
whole time he was crossing. His loss note infrrming me that yon were wounded. toi y wrought out the mission for
was very great, especially in prisoners. ! I cannot express iny regret at the occur- ! which lie was ordained of Irovtdence,
a great number of which we captured, rence. Could I have directed events I an d that “dying, he has left no stain
This was Monday eventn^x should have chosen, for the good of tlie which, living, lie would wish to blot.”
The enemv bent" driven from everv countr y’ to b ave been disabled in your llis example, let us hope, and believe,
point around Fredericksburg, Gen. i stea(k . .
, i congratulate you npen the victory
d< ternmied to make short work ol which ig fe due to yo J xlr sUii { and energy.
Alost truly yours,
(Signed.) It. E. LEE, Cion or »L
T.if.it. Gun. T. J. Jacksox.
pour bushels of corn
is now north 812 in the market, and fur
ther up the country 820. Our paper is
therefore worth *12 by the corn standard.
It was formerly worth two bushels of
wheat. Wheat was selling lie.e a%*w
weeks ago at 812. Alcasttred hy the
wheat standard, our paper is worth $24 !
A year’s subscri|ftion to our paper would
formerly buy 10 lbs. sole leather, which,
at present prices, amounts to 830! Our
paper is therefore, measured by this stand
| ivbo bad gained her affections. She ex-
i plained that since the eueuiy had gained
iter homestead they had destroyed her
property, taken everything from her, and
well nigh made her penniless. When slu*
. had engaged herself to her lover she was
the possessor of property, and was in dif-
; fereut circumstances. With this state of
things existing, hard as she felt would be
i the trial tn her, she bad determined to re-
l lease tlie object of her affections from an
i engagement made in her prosperity. This
■ noble missive was eouclicd in such loving
! and gentle, though prudent and touching
language that it might well have drawn
; le.-u-.i frmn flic iron warrior to whom it was
1 presented. The officer added that the
h
the 24th day of April, 1863, tho date of j sustain the general spirit,
approval of the act. The specific taxis! While the report uf tlie Command-
for the year ending 31st day of December, j ing General falisq as 1 think, to do j Us _
1S63, aud is due and payable at the time j tiee to the behavior of my Division on
of registration. Registration is required ! pfifiday, 2d of January, vet its strictures
to be made within sixty days after the i „| • ,i„ i i ... ,
r. ., . -iareemeln lexflod at my own conduct
of the act, or al the tune or i „. J , . ,, /, UULl1
commei
1st. ~—"J ... J _
after. Return of sales is to be made to j hie inttendo, it is throughout a ivliec-
the assessor on the 1st day of July next, I tion upon mv capacity and conduct,
and at the cud of every three months YYithout referring to its contents in
thereafter, and the tax ou such sales is detail, I have to say in respectful terms
due and payable to the collector at the t ] )a t neither its material statements
date of return. nor its equally material inuendoes can
\ ery respectfully., I be maintained by proof—that its
omission of important facts credita
ble to mv Division and mysdff is as
(Signed)
C. G. Mk.m.mixgeb,
Sec’y of Treasury.
Iforihern Press on the Death of Jack- j
sen.
1 remarkable as many of its statements
—in a word, that in spirit and sitb-
stance it is erroneous and unjust.
1 lie iNew York Herald speaks thus j I trust that nothing in the foregoing
of the death of “ Stonewall” Jackson : j expressions passes the limit of militarv
The celebrated Stonewall Jackson j propriety,'and that plainness of state-
died on Sunday last, partlv from.pneu- meut will be pardoned to one who even
mififortuurs of
more endeared her to him, aud this mani
festation of her disinteicsted love and
,-pirit had only inspired a stronger aft’ec
tion for so noble a woman. Ho desired a
still further holiday that be might to goto
her and marry her, proving that his love
was as pure as her own, and by making
her his wife endow his property upon her
in case be was made the victim of a bul-
ard, worth SJl) per j’ear! A year’s sub- lot. Gen Bragg sent directions to bis
scription would formerly buy four yards of
jeans or 16 yards cotton homespun. The
four yards of jeans is worth $20, and the
country homespun 824, at this time! —
According to this standard, our paper is
now worth from §20 to 821! A year’s
bureau otficer to send him the comm uni
cation so soon sn it should arrive, and re
gardless of the endorsement of “disap
proved” made by officers unaware of the
circumstances, he marked it “granted for
thirty days,” and endorsed upon the let
L
Hooker at U. 8. Ford, therefore, leav
ing McLaws and Early to watch Fred- ,
cricksburg. On Tuesday at noon, An- |
derson, with his whole division, was or
dered to move rapidly back to Chan- .
■ellorsville. This was all accomplish- ! qq )0
THE FLAG,
flag, wliich was displayed
will survive him, and in the coming
fight, let Jackson’s men show to the
world that “a dead Jackson shall win
the field.”
\V ho his sucoescor will be time alone
can develop. It may not be out or
place to indulge a hope that Jackson’s
wishes in regard to his successor shall
subscription would formerly buy 16 lbs. j ter, “lhc lady is worthy the best and
bacon, wbich will now cost S16 or up- | bravest soldier, and from what I learn, 1
wards. Hence, our papet is worth *16 I believe you arc worthy oi the lady—
by tho bacon standard. We might thus | Braxton Braog.”
go on-ad infinitum, showing, in every case, !
that to bring newspapers to a level with Cincinnati, May 18.—The rebels are
everything else would fix their price at j collecting a large cavalry force south of
from 812 to 820 pev year. And yet, the I tho Cumberland river, and a large iu'an-
very men who are selling their products at try force east ol thc Tennessee. They
such extravagant prices complain because j will advance into Kentucky this mouth
the weekly papers of the State will dc- , under Breckinridge.
in and 84 per year after the 1st of June! I Burnside's order recites thc proceedings
Shame ! shame !— Watchman. of Vallandigham’s Court Martial, the find-
—■ »■ : ing of which is a sentence to close confine-
General J/’CMian waited on by thc \ meflt d L urin S tl,e 1 , war ; ™ wme For
City Council of Washington-What tress to be selected by the Commander of
says of General Stonewall Jackson.-The I J® I)e P ar, “ ent \ 1 Lo ° r<M T na,nedlort
rumor that General McClellan has resign- " a,ren as ll, ° D ac0 ,,f cenhneinent.
ed and another that he had been again I A mass meeting was he.d in Union
assigned to the command of the Army of! Square m hew York, Monday evening:.
cd in a drenching rain, and at night we j f rom thc Capitol on Thursday, it isgratify- ! J( ; res P ected ’ l{ > 11 l)e tnie tliat
encamped at the latter place, read} 7 for j iug to say, gives universal satisfaction. a l ,! t eicuce.
the morning’s work. Duritig tlte day , Almost any sort of a flag to take the place ^ he Kiehmoml Presbyterian sap;
before, Stuart Jiad been actively enga- j of thc detested parody upon the “Stars and ; A few nights before this battle an
Odd capturing a great many of the Stripes,” for so long the lawful ensign of | equally characteristic incident occur-
-* -- n ■ ° • ! tlie Confederacy, would have becu bailed j red that is worthy of record. He was
straggling Y'aukees and perfecting ar-
rangements for the last final and deci
si
with pleasure. But thc one we now have fficussing with one of his Aids the pro-
fi-ll in such torrents as to prevent our j tie flag—which has been consecrated on \ dee l* bmuility
movement before nine o’clock. But, s ° n«ny battlefields, and bas been follow- j trust is in God; then as if the
Vai,’ . C tt-. ri* imnp ed bv our soldiers to so many glorious vieto- , sound of battle was in his ear, he rats-
rntictpated from the 'eirliimself to his
We bad not
tallest stature, and
then, to
(V't'r ^ frit rered action of Congress upon the subject a | vv jpj, Hashing eyes and a face all hlu-
Hooker had \\.thdia«n the shatteied resu i t s0 sensible, so generally satisfac- : n , r uj, (lie lire of the conflict he
roinatns of his army, and was now safe ; t 0 ry. The councils of many on such a I '7 • , • i „
on the “ other Side Of Jordan,” (Rap- topic rarely produce anything but an ! ^claimed,'“I WJslt the} would come
pahaunock.) YVc ca]»tured a great • abortion, such as the “Stan and Bars!” } rust 111 God and eagerness for the
^ ' ' fur instance. Let us have no more of that, fray were two oi the great dements 01
that marvelous success that seemed
many prisoners, who were found lost
in the woods, and got possession of a
quantity of small arms, ammunition,
Ac. And thus ended this great week’s
work. Is the country satisfied f The
force of the enemy must have amount
ed to.it least 130,000 or 1-30,000 men,
but hereafter know only that appropriate that
and beautiful banner hallowed by our i to follow him like a star, *o that he
the Potomac, have both proved imtrne.- u,,dcr ,ho *! ,u democratic A»
i •■„, -.i .I io tirotest against recent arlntra-
In a conversation with the Committee n" ; : v r ‘ > t • • .
.i e .i . ..... the i r . v ac,h ot tlie Administration. '•> *•'■* —r
.lie occasion of “'e PJiese.i' ■■ , . p ress ; ; ,„ rree spcecii and the press.—
coinplimcqf- y-. Y‘ ' , I r '‘ ’ i p'.. nr s f„ nf ] s c n e.ikiii» at once
ftom tlie Washington City Conned. Gen- i 1 sta , ‘ s P eaKlu g f oucc.
-- — -• 1 he Herald says it was tlie largest
i meeting held in the ci during the war.
. One sp aker said the Norbury of the pres-
! eni day was Judge Leavitt, who denied
era! McClellan expressed himself much
grieved at the death of Stonewall Jackson,
and said of him :
“No one can help admiring a man like
Jackson. He was sincere, and true, and
valiant. Yet no one has disappointed me
more than he Jias. Jackson was one of
my classmates, and at college never pro
mised to be the man be Las proved him
self. lie was always very slow, and ac
quired a lesson only after great labor.—
And yet hi^determiuation was so great
that he never gave anything up until he
succeeded. Iiis character seems to have
changed since, fur ho has exhibited a
great celerity iu all his movements, while
in command of rebel forces. Lee is per
haps the most able commander the rebels
have, and Jackson was their lest execu
tive officer.”
Our ir
the writ of habeas corpus to Yallandig
ham. Let him remind Lincoln that Ca-
sar had his Brutus, Charles the First his
Cromwell. Let him remind George the
I bird of the present day that he. too, may
have Iiis Cromwell or his Brutus. [Cheers.]
Ail tlie speakers denounced the adminis
tration, and were loudly applauded.
Gold and foreign exchange unchanged.
Thc Arrest of Miss James.—The follow
ing is a copy of the letter to Aliss James,
of Baltimore, intercepted by the Federals,
and upon which she is imprisoned in the
Baltimore jail :
Richmond, Va., March 15, )
. Tuesday Noon. j
| My Dear Panuic :—Your letters have
[ just been received, and the pleasure it
| gave ns you cannot imagine. Harry was
victories and now established by law.
Rich. Dis.
Tbe northern Expedition.
The Lynchburg Rebublicau has in
curs to less than -50,000. W c have , telligcnce that Gen. Jones was cutire-
ooptured some 10,000 prisoners, took |y successful in his raid upon the euc-
wa< nevcp defeated, or failed iu any
thing he ever undertook.
After he was wounded he retained
Ins cheerfulness, and remarked to a
friend the pleasurableness of thc sen
sation in taking chloroform; stating
[that he was conscious of everythin
the ISallir* of t-ir KSuppaiaan-
■fork.
From data furnished us from the best. , . , , .
! perfectly delighted with Ins ttmioim. lhc
goods you spoke of in your last have been
received, and were a perfect God send.—
2-i,000 oi ,,0,000 stand of small aout, mv, which has been already noticed, i.. , , . ,, ■
• i i- i ..x I _V’ _ - . , , J , T . i that was done to him, that the
as returned .to the Ya-:. .. , . , i x . ,•
and killed and wounded at least 15,- j Gen. Jones has returned .to" the y a i-I f liat '^ as u ® ne T0 m,n ’ Wjat J‘. le *!')' "
OOO.or 20,000 of the enemy. This, we ] ey> bringing with him two thousand l " s, * ,f * lls bou ® sounded to him, like
think, a good week’s work. A. j horses and mules, one thousand head
[ Richmond Enquirer. j of cattle and five hundred head of
sheep, and six hundred prisoners who
reached Staunton Saturday. Fifty-two
of them were sent to Richmond Satur
day by way of the Central Railroad.
During his raid General Jones visit-
MR, VALLANDIGHAAl’S PROTEST.
Arrested without due process of law,
without warrant from auy judical officer,
and now in military costody, I have been j
served with a charge and specification j ® d Maryland and PetlOsylvailta
from a court martial of military commies- 1 tore tip and destroyed the track of the
ion. I am not eitber in the land or naval j Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ilisever-
scrvice of the United States, and, there*. ( al places, and also seriously damaged
fore, am not triable for any cause by auy
such court, but a subject by the express
terms of tbe Constitution, to arrest only
by due process of law, or warrant issued
l»y some officer of a court of competent
jurisdiction for trial of citizens. I am
subject to trial on presentment of a grand
jury, and am entitled to a speedy trial, to
be confronted with witnessess, and to
compulsory process for witnesses in my
behalf, and am entitled to counsel. All
these 1 demand as my right, aud as a
citizen of thc United States, under the
Constitution of the L'nitcd States. But
the alleged offence itself i6 not known to
the Constitution nor any law thereof. It
is words spoken Lo the people pf Ohio in
the Chesapeak and Ohio Canal, so
much so as to make it useless for sev
eral months to comp.
In conjunction with the destruction
of the trestle worlfr across the Cheat
river, accomplished by Gen. Imboden,
the damage done to the railroad jg
great and will embarrass the enemy’s
means of transportation on that line for
a long time to come. The Yankees,
after this exploit of Geu. Jones, when
contrasted with their abortive efforts
at raiding by Stoneman, bad better
quit the bqsiness. They are not fitted
tor it.
the sweetest music, and every sensation
was one of delight.
Conversing with an Aid he pointed
to his mutilated arm and said, “many
people would regard this as a great
misfortune; I regard it as one of the
greatest blessings of my life.” Mr. 8.
remarked, “all things work together
for good to those that love God.”
“Yes, yes,” lie emphatically said,
“that’s it, that’s it.”
Gen. Lee wrote him a beautiful note
so characteristic ofbis own generosity
and worth.
After hearing it read, he said with
his usual modesty and reverence, “Gen
eral Lee should give the glory to
God.” He always seemed jealous for
the glory of his Savior.
When it was told him that General
Stuart led his old Stonewall Brigade
to the charge with thc watchword,
“charge and remember Jackson,” and
that inspired by this they made so
brilliant and resistless an onset, he was
deeply moved and said *’it was just
Informed sources, we arc enabled to give
a fair estimate of our actual InaiursTn the
late battles of the Rappahannock. The
estimate present* * total of 7,500 in killed,
wounded aud misssing, subdivided as fol
lows :
Killed. 1,000.
Wounded, 4,900.
Prisoners, 1,600.
Total * 7,500.
In the employment of round numbers
we estimate In favor of probable losses’not
reported. Tbe losses of the enemy are
estimated variously at from ten to fifteen
thousand iu killed and wounded. Take
either of these figures and add live tlious
and and fbree hundred prisoners, actually
registered, and the difference of the two
1 lie quinine and liuuors were very mnrl
needed. Those I presented to our Govern
ment as you desired, and the other things
were sold at cost. Will you please forward
goads.to the amount of the enclosed order
immediately? YVe have great demauds
for several iteais in thc list, as they are
needed by our Government, and knowing
your promptness in filling all such orders,
wo can rely on your dispatching the goods
at tlio earliest possible moment, I re
ceived tho carte dc cisife of , whom
you suspect as a spy, and have given it to
our authorities. There will be a strict
eye on him * # * *
mourn and partly from thc effect of thc
amputation of his arm, rendered neces
sary by a wound he received in the
battle ou the Sunday before. Tlte in
terment was to have taken place on
Tuesday last. This event is a serious
ffianced bad only the] and an irreparable loss to the rebel ar
my; for it is agreed on all hands that
Jackson was thc most brilliant rebel
General developed by this war. From
Iiis coolness and sagacity,' rapid move
ments and stubbornness in the fight,
and his invariable good fortune, he re
sembled Napoleon in Iiis early career
more than does any other General of
modern times. According to the esti
mate formed of him by the Richmond
Enquirer, the special organ of Jeff. Da
vis, the loss is greater to the rebels
than if they had lost a whole* division
of their army. Their victory at Chan-
cellorsville is therefore dearlj' bought.
To him was largely due the victory at
thc first tight at Bull Run. Here be
received his nick- name of “ Stonewall,”
from the firmness with which lie aud
his regiment fought. His raid through
the vajley of the Shenandoah was a
masterly stroke of strategy ; for while
he kept McDowell’s and Banks' corps
employed and struck terror at Wash
ington, by a rapid retrogade movement
he appeared on the battle field, in the
seven days’ fight on the Chickahominy,
to turn the scale just at the critical
moment, while McDowell was non est,
like Patterson at Bull Run. Again,
when Pope was retreating from tlie
Rapidan and the Rappahannock, Jack-
son, by forced marches, ms
flank, e'aus»><i confusion, and ob
tained vast spoil. Lastly, at the bat
tle of Antietam, after capturing Har
per’s Ferry, he turned up oil the right
| flank of our army in time to repulse
Hooker, save tlie remnant of Lee's
force and prevent the battle from be-
.coming a rout. Wherever Jackson ap
peared on any field victory seems to
have perched upon his banners.
In his demeanor he is represented as
having been extremely quiet aud mod
est, plain and unostentatious in his
dress, silent and thoughtful; in his
habits temperate, in his conduct strict
ly moral, and in religion he is said to
have been almost a fanatic. He was
a universal favorite in the rebel armies,
and popular even in our own. Over
his men he exercised the strictest dis
cipline, and always moved them with
the least possible quantity of baggage.
Hence his rapid marches, and the so
briquet by which his troops were
known—“ foot cavalry.” YY liat is cu
rious about the manner of his wound is
that, according to the Richmond En
quirer, he Was shot- by soma of ilia own
men—which is very probable in the
smoke and confusion of so terrible a
under tlie weight of superior military
censure, feels that both lie and hi’s
command have deserved well of the
country.
Having met the Commanding Gen
eral repeatedly on the field, and oa
three occasions in council duripc the
progress of thc operations, without
receiving from him the least indica
tion of dissatisfaction with my conduct
1 was not prepared to see a report bear
ing a subsequent date, containing rep
resentations at variance with these
significant facts. Nor was my surprise
lessened when I observed that it was
written after a correspondence with
his Corps Division Commanders, (I
being oue of the latter) in which he
invokes their aid to sustain him, and
speaks of them as officers “upon whom
I [he] have ever relied as upon a foun
dation of rock.”
The commanding Genefal having
written and forwarded his report be
fore receiving those of his subordinate
commanders, pnnlil liaee no
assistance in its preparation from those
usual official aids to tlie commander in
chief, and since his position on the field
prevented him seeing many of the
movements, especially those of Fri
day, the 2d of January, it much con
cerns all affected by his statements to
know something of those other and to
them unknown, sources of information,
to which he has given the sanction of
his influence and rank as the head of
the army.
| l,«i e tcli that it would be improper
in a paper of this, character, to enter
upon a detailed vindication, yet in view
of the fact that the casualties of war
may at any time render an investiga
tion impossible, I hope that it has not
been improper for me to place record
this general protest against the injuri
ous statements and inferences of the
Commanding General, particularly,
since, not anticipating his censures, I
may not have beeu sufficiently minute
in portions of my report.
And in regard to the action ofFriday
the 2d of January, upon which the
Commanding General heaps so much
criticism, I have to say with the utmost
confidence that the failure ot rriv troops
to hold the position which they car
ried on that occasion was due to no
fault of theirs or oi’ mine, but to the
fact that we were commanded to do au
impossible thing. My force'was about
4500 men, of these, 1700 heroic spirits
stretched upon that bloody field, in an
unequal struggle against three Divis
ions, a Brigade, an overwhelming con
centrating of artillery, attested our
efforts to obey thc order.
1 lnm 1 thc liottur to request that a
Court of Inquiry be appointed to as
semble at the earliest time consistent
battle, with perhaps oue part of his with the interest of the service, and
Lliey request me to tell you, Fanny,
estimates will giro some idea of how badly t0 ke> p quiet, and dou t let them have
the enemy was whipped. ' anything on you, as you can do much more
J tit- i 5 7-- tor us where ■
Richmond Enquirer.
—Frank P. Blair, the Yankee prisoner
who took the oath of allegiance to the
Confederate States after the late battles,
is a son of Frank P. Blair, tho member
of the Lincoln Congress from Missouri.
Columbus Volunteers.—The Time of
yesterday published the names of eighty-
eight cavalry and one hundred and thirty
nine infantry volunteers in that city.—
in addition to these, tivo companies have
been formed by the Government employ
ees in the town. This looks like busi
ness.
Don't Trust T/tcwt.-—The Columbus
Times says, that four or five men, repre
senting themselves as deserters from the
you are ; and if they should
find you out, why—take the Yankee oath
three times a day if they wish it, just
before every meal. Y'ou have taken
many a bitter dose of medicine, aud it
won’t taste a bit worse than the rest.
THEY SHOULD BE HUNG.
Y\ e learn that parties, and some from
our city, have been sent through some
counties below this, offering.$10 per bush
el for wheat. Now our humble opinion is
that any man who will thus attempt to
monopolize tho wheat in the country by
paying such prices or offering to do so,
should betaken to the first limb of a good
stout black jack and hung by the neck
until so vile a miscreant and traitor i*
dead, and his carcass left for bnzsnrds to
devour.
ine more advanced than/another, and
be, as lie generally was, in the front of
the fight. Iiis death is no doubt owing
less to tbe wound than to bis exposure
in the rain storm, and by continuing in
command in such a condition, superin
ducing pneumonia and fatal termina
tion.
The Washington Chronicle, speak
ing of Jackson’s death, says :
Stonewall Jackson is dead. YVhilc
we are only too glad to be rid in any
way of so terrible a foe, our sense of
relief is not unmingled with emotions
of sorrow and sympathy at the death
of so brave a man. Every man who
possesses tbe slightest particle of mag
nanimity must admire the qualities for
which Stonewall Jacksou was celebra
ted—his heroism, bis bravery, his sub
lime devotion, his purity of character.
He is not the first instance of a good
man devoting himself to a bad cause.
Let us devoutly acknowledge the
Providence of God, who, while he
^piites that accursed land with famine,
and the people with madness, takes
from their accursed cause its bravett,
noblest, purest defender. Stonewall
Jackson was a great general, a brave
clothed with the amplest powers of
investigation.
Of course I do not desire the inter
est of the service to be prejudiced in
the least degree by any matter of se
condary importance; accordingly,
while an early investigation would be
grateful to my feelings, I can cheer
fully await the time deemed best by
the proper authority.
With great respect,
Y'our obedient servant,
(Signed,)
JOHNC. BRECKINRIDGE.
Maj. Gen. P. A. C. S.
GEORGIA, ILrliivrin County.
\irUEREAS, Samuel M. Carter, KiPru tnr °*
* * too last will aud leatament of F.irisli Carter,
deceased, has filed his final account and petitions
the Court for letters of dismission from said trust.
These are therefore to cite and admonish *" P er ‘
sons adversely concerned, to file their ol j- vtrons
on or befor^die first Monday in December nest
Given un* my official signature this i- 1 ' 1
1863. 41 m6m JOHN HAMMOND, Ordy.
TAX NOTICE.
ATTENTION CITY PROPERTY OWNERS
M Y Book is open to receive the Returns or CA'
Property for the present year, and tho-’e inte [° ‘
ed would do well to can and mfike Iheir Returns,as .
Book will be closed on the let of June. s
Office under Milledpeville Hotel, nest door &
D- M. Edwards’ old, stand. ■>
JAMES- C. SHEA. Clerk Counei'
Milledgeville May 1st 1863. J l
