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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