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Rights L ConifUeratc States' Riglifs. J >, - \ - - • \ i '* ~ THE CONFEDERATE UNION, (Corner of Hancock anti Wilkinson streets.) OPPOSITE THE COCKY IIOCSE. BOUiHTOY, YISBET & BABYE8, State Prir.Uif. Terms—$1 00 Per Annum, in Advarrr. FOR GOVERKTCR, JOSEPH E. BROWN. Tuesday Morning, June 16, 166:5. From Vicksburg'. Jackson, June 3.—For the first time in ten days there has been no firiii" at Vicksburg for six hours. All eves are turned to (Jen. Johnston, who is in front superintending in person. Xurh are the secrecy of his plans that it is I by ilie Republican party J Constitution of the United 8 Dr*.^Pierce nntl PaSmrr. We are written to so often in regard to the Sermons delivered lay these Divines, in this city, on Fast Day, that we cannot an swer every letter without much expense and trouble. The sermons are being prin ted. The Legislature ordered 2000 cop ies of each to be sent out with the Laws ami J ournals. We shall deliver them to t he Governor, when done, and he will distrih ute them. Will our exchanges copy the above for general information? EIrnlia of I.iriit. EM. Fa<1(1/oral. We are pained to hear of the death of this estimable young gentleman. His health had been impaired by service, and an attack of typhoid fever, which lasted near 00 days, terminated in bis death last week in Savannah. To those who knew him well and appreciated his many vir tues,this intelligence will come with heavy sorrow. A more genial nature we never knew, lie was the life of every company into which he came, making sunshine, by Ills presence, even in shady places. Sa vannah lias lost a good citizen, and liis many friends a “joy forever,” in tl of tears. patch to the Tribune dated Jackson 9th, says Kirby Smith is undoubtedly at Milikeii’s Bend. G-’n. Johnston is superintending at the front. His plans are unknown to liis division commanders. Five days will determine the fate of Grant’s army. A private dispatch to the Tribune, from Magnolia the 8th says we have whipped them at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, sunk three gunboats and cap tured the Essex. Cholera in Hogs—Remedy. The following we are assured is certain remedv: Take a half or VJllf Tlit* Mil nation. From the Rappahannock we hear that Gen’l. Jlooker has adopted the present fashionable mode of warfare in Yankee land—raiding. He sent over a party a few days ago, on their fiendish mission of pi un der and destruction, but Gen’l. Stuart hap pened to be on hand and sent the hen-roost robbing crew reeling back to the other side of the river. These raids are getting very c iramoD, and we should not be surprised to sm the Lincoln Government adopt them as the safest and best way of carrying on the War. Cannot our Secretary of War get up a grand raid into Pittsburg, Pa., Phila delphia, A:c. If a Yankee Grierson can run the entire length of Mississippi with inpunity, why may not a Stuart or a Mor gm ride into Harrisburg ? It can be done. I i ?n’i. Lee is said to be on the move. Time will show where he is going to. In Teu- s >c, Bragg is still watching Rcsencrans and Rosencrans w atching Bragg. Skirmishing i, going on all the time, but. no one seems to expect a battle. At Vicksburg the great Army of Grant is ditching to get out of ihe way of our balls, and to prevent a sudden descent upon him by Joe Johnston in Ids rear. How securely lie m«y be fix ed we cannot know, but we do know that the Yankee Armies handle the spade bet- t than they do the musket; and we be lieve could dig a tunnel through the Stone Mountain if told to do it. We are appre hensive that Grant will get so strongly fix- el in his position that he cannot be dis- lo.lged. If he. should, then without his supplies can be cut off, he must inevitably cipture Vicksburg and its garrison. Of course Grant will not try tire stunning pro cess again. Thirty thousand dead and wmnded admonish him that Vicksburg aunot be taken in that way. The Tele graph sates as an unquestionable fact that Gen’l.-Kirby Smith is at MHliken’s bend. This is an important position and to a con siderable extent must command the sup plies and reinforcements sent to Grant. If Grant cannot in a tew days drive Gen’l. Smith from MiHiken’s bend, he must begin a retrogade movement in some direction. A few days will determine the question whether Grant can continue the siege of Vicksburg. Gen’l. Johnston is getting ready for some great work. lie is matu ring his plans with great sccresy. No doubt he and "ther and when the latter calls upon him j oners ! r help, he will be ready to strike a blow- tor the relief of the beleaguered city. It is Wd that the next five days will settle the question whether Grant can stay in his present position. Those five days have "spired already ; and it may be, before our readers receive the paper, the joyful intel ligence will be flashing over flic wires that ^ icksburg is safe, and the imperilled Army of Gen’l. Pemberton—the Heroes of many blno.ly Latlles—relieved of the gaunt spec tre of stai ration *i<m flight. Pinlferiii in l¥ew v oik. Our last dispatches at night, to save tune, usually go into the Lands of the compositor as they come from the wires, and are. therefore, i., t so intelligibly ren dered, sometimes, as they might'he. The inteiesting telegram by'way of the West • u regerd to the New I oik Hemocratic meeting should read as follows: “At the Peace Convention in Now York n the. 1 instant, Fernando Wood was the most prominent speaker, and presented j the fate of Grant’s army, luc resolutions, which wore adopted. , i ^ hese resolutions dcelare that foaltv is nue to the Constitution iiul the State not to the administration, as maintained That the ■States contain no power to coerce a State by military force, and that therefore the war is contra ry to the Gonstif ution and should cease.— 1 hat the claim of dictatorial and unlimited I military power for the trial of citizens by Court Martial is monstrous and execrable, and we protest against the cowardly, des potic, inhumane and accursed acts result ing in the banishment of Vallandigham. i lie meeting recommends a suspension of hostilities and a General Convention of the States to settle the terms of peace and reconciliation.” * 'I his, it avill he seen, is substantially a State Rights platform, and we think it is the first one which lias be’en formally laid down in the North since the war began.— It takes radical - and uncompromising ■ground against the war by denying the constitutional power of the Federal Gov ernment to coerce the States. If, as the South has ever maintained, and these resolutions now concede, the 1" ederal Government has no constitutional power to coerce the States, and the Union as to them rests wholly upon voluntary consent, then is the present war a stupen dous outrage—a crime of.universal magni tude—a black catalogue or. robberies, in cendiarisms and murders unexampled in human histoiy. Then are the whole tribe of war counsellors—Democrats as well as Abolitionists—felons of the deepest dye, meriting the execration of every man hold ing “fealty to the Constitution and his State.” W e cannot he mistaken in believing that the annunciation of such a platform as this by the New York Democracy, is an important event—an era in the history of this bloody struggle. Heretofore,Northern politicians and parties have denounced this war as impol/tie-*-crueI—suicidal— likely to perpetuate disunion ; but few, or none of them, (certainly no Convention or public meeting,) have declared it it is so many words unconstitutional. The pro position will challenge discussion. It will be sifted, and like all truth, will gain by investigation. Standing on the rock of State Rights the New York Democracy, we venture to say, will now build up a formidable, solid and enduring opposition lo the war. It needs only Confederate success in repelling invasion, to put it in the majority in a very short time- [ Telegraph. armies will veutuic a foot beyond the cover of our gunboats without being constantly on the guard for attack. We can without , . . , .doubt bring man for man to oppose them, stated the} me unknown to his com- j 'l'h e communication is endangered so soon manners. The next five days them Opposed in lauding, hS mot likely st i'*iisnc U liir C»#ftk‘riite they will be. JTie gunboats can cover America, them while fortifications are being thrown For the convenience of onr readers and up. It is useless to presume that our! the public generally, we have prepared :— e... i J *’ the following simplified statement of the rates of postage, under the act of the Con gress of the Confederate Slates of Ameri ca, adopted on the 21st Febraury, 1801.— I as we menace the railroad, so it he but a Will determine ! sMuadron ( f cavalry. Our base is near, It must be borne in mind that the act is to go into eftcct from and after such period as the l’» st Master General, may, hj our lines short, our reheat assured by onr ! proclamation, announce. Mobile, June 10.—A Special His- ! gunboats. There is no hope for the reb • * ... « . _ I 1 . 1. .1 I T ’ * ? t .. .1 I L n n ■ ■. 1. . els holding Vicksburg, and those who have 1 pictured to themselves a Sebastopol siege may quiet their nerves and keep their U. ; S. stocks, as there will be no two years’ ; siege.” . Grant's Losses.—By reference to our j special dispatches, it will be seen that our : previous Reports of the immense losses sustained by Grant in his various assaults upon our wotks at Vicksburg, are fully ; confirmed. The Federal’s themselves ; admit as much as was claimed. Grant’s army has evidently been almost half used \ up and he undoubtedly needs the 50,000 he is calling for. We hope they will be ! sent, for with Johnston’s assistance anoth er half a hundred thousand can be taken three i off in the same manner as the suffering retolies now being provided for have quarters of a pound of Bluestone and and dissolve it in ten gallons of water, j keen. Mississippi. Soak shelled corn in this solution front ■***■“ — fifteen to twenty-four hours, and feed i m General Lee.—It is teo generally with the corn twice a day—say a pint ' known to raise any question of pru- toeach hog. We are-indebted * to Mr. j deuce in speaking of it that General | Montgomery Advertiser. RATES OF POSTAGE. Single letters ngt exceeding a an half onnee in weight, to any part of the Confed erate States, shall be 10 cents. An additional single rate for each addi tional half ounce or less. Drop letters 2 cents each. In the 'foregoing cases, the postage to be prepared by stamps or stamped envel opes. Advertised letters 2 cents each. O.N NEWSPAPERS. Sent to regular and bona fide subscri bers from the office of publication, and nut exceeding .) ounces in weight. Weekly paper, 10 cents per quarter. Semi-Weekly paper, 10 cents per quarter, j Tri- Weekly paper, 30 cents per quar-ter cavalry, captured by our cAValry at Ed ward’s Depot on yesterday, arrived this forenoon. [fourth dispatch.J A negro Lieutenant, with 12 others, be longing to John Taylor Moore, near Grand Gulf, tv ho arrested citizens, and had been 1 committing depredations, were brought , here to day. 8on:e excitement, coupled j with threats to administer lynch law, was j caused, hut they weie quietly turned over i to the military authorities, tribe dealt with ; as they claimed to he United States troops. The weather is cloudy, and comparative- 1 ly pleasant. [Fifth Dispatch.] Jackson, June 11.—Our sconts from the vicinity of \ icksburg report -Grant hauling water for his troops from the Big Black, eight miles. He has mounted seige COTTOlN CARDS, WOOL CARDS, COFFEE,-if.. &('. ^ Q ^ hitemore’s Cotton Cards eum- JiO BA1K Woo] Cards number - SOU lbs. COF1 EE. 50 dozen Shoe Blacking. 5 Cases Cognac Brandy. ICO Gross Pearl Shirt Buttons. SUMMER CLOTHING. Received and for sale by Milledgeville, May 26, 1863. J. GANS dr CO. J If GEORGIA, Bulloch County. \\T HEREAS, William H. McLean applies to guns and opened fire. To-night the firing I lUiaToTthT™ of dismission lrom ,he admini8 is incessant. Our columbiads are replying promptly. estate of John Lee, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and [ proclaiming to the world the spirit that mi- si!| gular the kindred and creditors of said de- imates our troops in the works, and that i «PP e * r at my office within tho , , ,i 1 , , , nme prescribed by law, to show cause, if any I \ u ksbuig shall never he surrendered. they have, why said fetters dismissory should not All eyes are now turned towards Kirby i he granted. ' Witness my hand and cfiicial signature. May I9ih, I 2 mtim. WILLIAM LEE, Sen., Ord’y. GEORGIA, Baldwin County. W HEREAS, Samuel M. Carter. Executor of the last will and testament of Parish Carter, I Smith, on whose movements depends the ! | fate of Fort Hudson and Vicksburg. [ Si.i th Dispatch \ Jackson, J une 12.—A special dispatch Four times a week, 40 ccuts per quarter. \ to the Mjssissippian, dated Panola, June ! Five times a week, 50 cents per quarter. Six times a week, GO cents per quarter. Daily paper, 70 cents per quarter. On Periodicals. W. L. Burgay of this comity for the foregoing. After losing forty hogs with cholera, and trying every other remedy lie could hear of in vain, he found that the above arrested the disease im mediately. He has not lost a hog since using it. All his neighbors have also tried it with equal success. JaT our exchanges pass it along. From the Rappahannock—Despatch from G-en. Lee Lee has put his army in motion.— His designs are known only to him self and those with whom it was his duty to confer. A few days will dis close them to the public who are will 7th, says the Yankee cavalry, under [ deceased,has filed his final account and petition* Hatch, have gone back towards Memphis. [ th ® Gourt for letters of dismission from said trust. Citizens from near Horn Lake report that 1 1 hes - e are ! hereforo «*e a»d admonish all P er- 37 transports, loaded with troops, passed down on Thursday. Heavy firing continued at Vicksburg Periodicals published oftener than Sem i-monthly, shall he charged as newspa- last night. The firing was heavier than pers. any } ct heard. The weather is clear and Periodicals published monthly not ex- warm, the thermometer being at 90. ceeding 2 1-2 ounces in weight, 2 1 cents per quarter, and for every additional that the result will vindicate the wis dom of what lie undertakes. A forward j movement on his part has been for some time anticipated by the enemy, i and is recorded with very perceptible uneasiness.—Whether be is about to Richmond, June. 10.—The follow- justify their apprehension, by cross- to wait patiently, in full confidence ounce or fraction of an ounce, 2 1-2 cents Corral |{<<1 union in liar Price ©fCJ©o«l*. Mr. Philip Wineman, of Charleston, has imported direct from Europe a desireahlc assortment of drugs and medicines, which be offers for sale through our columns, at greatly reduced prices. The attention of parties in want of such goods is directed to his advertisement. The articles consist of Sup. carb soda, soda ash, alcohol, refined borax, stilpli. quinine, gum arabci, blister plaster, acetic acid, brown Windsor. soap. See., See. [ Constitutionalist. From the Na'chaz Courier, 28th, ult. Late Louisiana Slews. Important Results. Gen. Banks, the old Commissary in Virginia of the lamented Stonewall Jackson appears to be doing good ser vice in his Louisiana Department to Gen. Kirby Smith. It appears that the advace of Banks’ army from Alexandria, met with no obstruction in getting across the Mis sissippi river, and were then cross ed to Bayou Sma on gunboats and transports. The remnant consisting of a large Yankee force ,and four thou sand negroes were in the rear with about fifty wagons loaded with sup plies. We are informed by a soldier, who was in the neighborhood of Cheney- ville in the lower part of Rapides par ish, that quite a skirmish occurred there last week with this portion of Gen. Banks’force. He was a witness to one portion of the figlft. He says Gen. Mouton, with 1,500 or 2,000 cavalry made a spirited at tack upon thefdrce'accompanying the train and after several charges routed the Yankees, broke up the organization took a large number of them prisoners and captured the whole train of wag ons, horses mules and provisions.— Gen. Moutcm’s cavalry also secured the whole four thousand negroes that the enemy had taken from the par ishes through which the «ymy had passed. When our informant left the vicini ty of Cheneyville, Gen. Mouton’s Pemberton understand each j cavalry were hourly bringing in pris- who had been routed uuil scat tered by the fight. The advance corps of Federals therefore that crossed at Bayou Sara, probably landed with only such pro visions as their haversacks contain ed. ing is the copy of an official despatch from Gen. Lee: Culpeper, June 9. Gen. <S. Cooper. The enemy crossed the Rappahan nock this morning at 5 o’clock at vari ous fords from Beverly’s- to Kelly’s with a large force of cavalry accom panied by artillery. After a severe contest till 5 p. in., Gen. Stuart drove them across the river. [Signed] R. E. Li:e, Commanding. Tli<* Vnnkrc ft’royi niumr out Yl>»t Forc»!ian- o\v«’«l ln*t .Baniinry. On the 21st of January last, an article appeared in the New York World wide! ing the Rappahannock, we have no better means of determining than our readers.—Should he do so, events of great consequence must speedily fol low. [Richmond Whig, Sth. FROM MOBILE. Mobile, June 11.—The Yankee propeller Boston arrived here this morning captured by a party of six teen men from this city, near Pass Loutre. Ou her way here she burned the Yankee barks Lennox and Texana, at thfTmouth of the Mississippi; both bad valuable cargoes for New Orleans. The crew of the Boston and part of the recent events have made remarkable. In other crews are prisoners here. it the editor declared that there had been a | — ■— radical change in the theory of the war on I Cooprr or Brags—Which the Ranking Of- Tlie correspondent of the Savan nah Republican, writing from Tulla- homa, (Gen Bragg’s "Headquarters) j boats were stfli opwltfng The Two A«ldro»»c«— A Conlinal. The New York World thus comments on the addresses of Lee and Hooker to their respective armies, after the late bat tles, which, strangely enough appeared in God grant it may be so. t | JC p a p ers 0 n the same day : By a mo£t unhappy coincidence the congiatulatOry orders uf Generals Hooker NORTHERN NEWS. Richmond, June 12—Northern dates of ! and Lee appeared together in yesterday’s ’The publication ot these ’te 10th have been received. newspapers. Bulks admist bis loss, from the 23.1 to ! two documents simultaneously will do the die 3(itlrMay, to he one thousand, among j North almost as much discredi anc _> w h"ni are many valuable officers. The sei£:c of Vicksburg is reported to ^‘ e proceeding admirably* Famine is I South as much credit in Europe as the result of the battles on the Rappahannock. It is the fate of many a bravo and capable ^ginning to tel! upon the foe, and the sur- j nation and army to be defeated, Lut to 1 - ’ 'be untruthful, boastful,and [false when the occasion demands honesty, xcsigna lender of the place considered certain News of the surrender of Fwcbla, and die capture of the entire Mexican army is enDfinned. tion, and a loyal hopefulness in adver sity, will turn against^ us every civili- v, uunnea, j * ** 141 iu * u **0*— * 1 r * There is no shadow of hope that the zed nation on earth. No honest an ^air h’ity of Mexico will long escape the fate of Puebla. 5 he gunboats which went tip the A |tamaha on Wednesday returned "dthout doing any damage so far as heard from.—Rep. minded man can have read these wo orders yesterday without grief arid pain and shame. It can no loDger be ueuiea- it is patent to the whole world that t e superior men, morally and mentally, are at the head of the wrong government and the wrong army. the part of the Government of the United States. After saying that the war ou the part of the Federals must he offensive, and on our part defensive, and alluding to the coincidence of tlie prophecy of Gen. Scott in fixing the place of the greatest struggle of the war on the hanks of the Mississippi ; and the latter day prophets in fixing the Great Mississippi Valley as the place ivhcre the great battle of Armageddon, should take place, the World adds: “Vicksburg and Port Hudson must be defended at all hazards, sa3 - s Jefferson Davis, and it is quite clear (hat he comprehends the move ments of the Federal armies.” 'l'he World then expresses the opinion that the Yan kees, notwithstanding the long lines upon which they will have to move, can tran sport troops and supplies to the place on the long roundabout circuits by which it must be approached—the ocean and the river—more rapidly than the South can over its railroads. It even doubts if all the combined rolling stock and locomotive power of the South could move reserves and supplies to the point of the great bat tle half as fast as tbe Yanks could by sea and river. It then predicts me fall „r Vicksburg, and lays down the very plan they are now acting out, as follows : “ So at \ icksburg, wlilch i», .dter all,tl.o bourne of our armies, the action may com mence, as most likely it will, not in front of the strongly fortified works, but at some point where our forces shall attempt to in terrupt the enemy’s line of supplies. This is most probably either about tbe mouth of Big Black river, on the one hand or at the bluffs on tbe Yazoo river, which, once turned, gives us the entree to the rear of the citadel. All the evidences indicate that there will he an enormous concentration of troops at Vicksburg and Port Hudson. These two '‘“'® u> ° .°“P1 , '[* C * 1 ’ aiJ places arc reciprocally supporting each i F |f, cS patnotiea ly Jefus other. Let eiliicr be taken and the other Ins uudoupted privileges, is weakened beyond the mere loss of men and material of war. There is a strategic command the* army which lie lias so value in this double corner of the hostile well organized, disciplined and coil- additional Sewf-monthly, double that amount. Bi monthly, or Quarterly, 2 ccnls an ounce. On, transient Printed Matter. Every other newspaper, pamphlet, pe riodical and magazine, each circular not sealed, handbill and engraving, not ex ceeding 3 ounces in weight, 2 cents for any- distance, 2 cents additional for each addi tional ounce or less beyond the first three ounces. In all cases, the postage to be pre pared by* stamps or stamped envelopes. Franking Privilege. The following persons only are entitled to the franking privilege, and in all cases strictly confined to “official BUSINESS.” Post Master General. llis Chief Clerk. Auditor of the Treasury, for the Post Office Depaitmcnt. Deputy* Post Masters. FURTHER FROM THE WEST. Shelbvville, June 12.—The Louisville Journal of the fUli has been received. , It contains Cairo dispatches to the 7th, saying that Vicksburg news up to Thurs day (4th) had been received. Everything was progressing as usual at the rear. The sappers and miners were still burrowing. The gunboats and mortar [ ''crtilth Dispatch.'] Jackson, June 12.—An officer who left Vicks burg- on the night ol Wednesday, the 20th, reports ail as working well. The garrison is iu fine spirits ■ and well supplied with provisions. So far but little 1 damage has been done by the enemy’s tire. The total loss to the garrison since the siege began i does not exceed 5U(l. Grant is still pegging away upon Ids parallels but no mischief has been done so far. Rumors that Magruder is marching on New Or leans are current, hut are not credited in official circles. No firing lias been heard this afternoon. Nothing has been seen of the enemy’s cavalry since the skirmish yesterday when they were met by Jackson. It is thought they have given up the idea of another raid. Eighth Dispatch Jackson, June 13.—A special to the Mississip pian dated l’.uiola, June 12, states that Marma- duke has captured one transport and sunk another near Helena, on the 11th inst. Two regiments were sent from Helena against him. which he routed and drove back to the town. Gen. Pi ice is marching on OU Town Point, IS miles belovv Helena. Twenty- two companies from North Mississippi have reported for duty under the Govern or’s late call. There is nothing new from Vicksburg. But little firing has been beard to-day in that direction. thus states the question of rank: There is <t mooted question now* concerning the rank of the highest grade of Confederate officers. An item which recently went the rounds of the press, giving the confirmation of full Generals, failed to give that of Gener al Braxton Bragg. From this many supposed that the enate had failed to confirm him.—This is an error. He was appointed the day of the battle of Shiloh, and confirmed at once, being the first full General confirmed by the Permanent Government. Gens. Cooper, Johnston, Beaure gard, etc., were first appointed and confirmed by the Provisional Govern ment, and were consequently obliged to be reappointed and comfirmedby the Permanent Government afterwards; and therefore their appointments were made after Bragg’s giving tnc lattu-i seniority, as is now claimed, making him the ranking General of the ser vice. The question has not been rais ed until recently, though it is said the President discovered the singular dis crepancy some time ago, and kept it quiet for prudential reasons; yet since the investigation of the matter, it is believed in official circles that lie main tains that Bragg is the senior officer. In tlie meantime, things go on as usual each officer acting as heretofore accor ding to his supposed rank, ana Gen. fusing to claim and, for the benefit of the service, continuing to chess-board. If Gen. Banks should, with his army prove successful in reducing the latter place, then is his way open to the former, and with fleets above and fleets be low there is but one avenue of escape, as there is but one channel of hope for succor. The problem is, then, merely to block up this last channel. This is no novelty in scientific warfare. The strength and wink ness of Vicksburg is seen, therefore, not in its accumulated lines of abatis trench and parapet, but in the ability with which they can keep the path open to interior Missis sippi. In one sense,the greater the strength the more certain the weakness. The more trolled. N’lMPORTE. The facts are not correctly stated. Gen. Bragg has not had an opportun ity of displaying such magnanimity or such humility, whichever it might be termed. The President knew full well the t.-fi'eul ul' liia nomination, and the Senate has never acted with such disregard of the rights of the eminent Generals who outrank Gen. Bragg. The nominations of Gens. Cooper, Lee Johnston and Beauregard, were sent men tho sooner famine. Unless there be j in, to date back to a period anterior to men enough to go out of their entrench- | that of Gen. Bragg, and were confimi- ments, and drive tbe Federal armies by , e d as sent in. N’lmporte may rest easy on that.—[Monty. Advertiser. [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.] Further from the Fight of Tuesday. superior force from the siege, then they had better not be there. But in the latter case the approaches can be scientifically made. The examples of this impunity of encroachment have been furnished by Gen. McClellan at Yorktown _. and Gen. llalleck at Corinth. Onr lines | Culpeper, June 10- ihc^ enemy may be so far pushed that the enemy threw it heavy cavalry force with ai til- must encounter us under adverse circum- [ lury and infantry supports across flie stances if he would drive us. We can ; Rappahannock yesterdaj, and advanc- fortify as we advance. The advantages ; e(J “ Brandy Station and Strasburg. of ground arc ours. I n other words, they i T * wcre , net by onr cavalry and a it to be Starved, j ensuei ] } which continued till night, when the enemy retired across the river. Col. Williams of the 2d North Car olina Regiment, Lt. Col. Hampton of the 2d South Coro linn, Capt. Jones of the 1st South Carolina, and Capt. Far- j Ky of Stuart’s staff were killed. Col. ! Butler of 2d S. C., lost his leg. Capt. Fox of 1st S. C., badly wounded. Capt Rich of Cobb’s Legion, taken prisoner. Gen. W. H. T. Lee, slightly wound ed. We took three guns and 209 pris oners. Our loss is about 400, in killed wounded and prisoners. P. W. A. must fight at odds or submit Snch is tbe natural theory of the coming siege of Vicksburg. So that it will not he a matter of profound surprise to see the Confederates evacuating the place and abandoning tho Mississippi to our hands. A terrible alternative in either case, equivalent almost to a decisive defeat ; and at any rate so far humiliating to the Confederates as to lead to the consuma- tion of a speedy treaty of peace. it is only fair of course, to presume that the active enemy will be doing his ut most to avert every step of the misfortune which we have briefly sketched as tbe probable course of the campaign. Suppose Banks to be repulsed at Port Hudson, what then ? Then comes tho combined armies of Grant and McClernand and Cur tis to the attack of Vicksburg. Suppose Tbe sharp shooters command the rebel works. Osterlians bolds Johnson iu Check. rmirraartn At Richmond, on the 23d of May, 18C3, Thos. J. Fisil, Istikrgt. ot the Macon County Volun teers, 4tii Ga. Kegt., aped 25 years. At Chancei- lorville, in the battle of 3rd of May, he received a severe wound in his right arm, which it became necessary to amputate. For a few day* seem ed to he doing well, was remored to Richmond, and carefully and J'aitblully attended, at the 2d Ala. Hospital, hut absorption of pus ensued, and lie died ou the 23d of May. When the war cloud with two brothers, was among tbe first sons adversely concerned, to file their ot^ections cn or before the first Monday in December next. Given under my official signature this 12th May, 1863. 41 ir.fim JOHN HAMMOND, Ordy. SPECIAL ORDERS—No. 38. Head Quarters Georgia Militia, \ Milledgeville, May 25th, Ito3. 3 1. A vacancy has occurred in the Second Brig ade of the Sixth Division, G. M., consisting of the counties of Telfair, Appling, Lowndes, Itrooki, Coh'uitt, Berrien, Irwin, Waie, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and Pierce, Brigadier General John C. Nichols commanding said Brigade having vacated bis commission. 2. Iu conformity with the Act of the Legisla ture, to provide for the election of General Offi cers of tills State, the Colonels of Regiments, and Officers commanding Battalions in the counties where there are no Regiments within said Brigade will give twenty days notice, by advertisement in each Captain’s District, and at the place of holding Company Musters within their respective com mands, that an electim will be held on the twen ty-seventh day of June next, at the place or places established by law for holding elections of mem bers of the General Assembly, under the superin tendence of one or more Judges of the Inferior Courts, or Justice of the Peace, together with two commissioned military officers, or two freeholders of tbe county in which the election is held. 3. The Superintendents of the election will make out a return of the votes received (and in coun ties where there are several places of holding the election, will count out and consolidate tho votes.) and forward the same to the Governor agreeably to the laws regulating the returns of tbe members of the General Assembly. Bv order of the Commander-in-Chief: HENRY C. WAYNE, 2 2t. Adjutant & Inspector Geneial. GEORGIA, Twiggs County. WJ IIEKEAS, Isaac H. Meadow s makes applica- Vf tion to me indue form of law for letters of administration on the estate of Francis M. Jones, late of said county deceased. These are therefore to eite and admonish all and singular the kindred and cied tois ot said deceas ed. to he and appear at my ofiice ou or before tbe first Monday in July next, then and there to show cause, it any, why said letters may not be granted. Given under my baud officially at office iu Ma rion, May 21st, 1863. 25t. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord y. GEORIG 1 A, Berrien County. arose, he, with two brothers, was among the first T V)TAr Yi'cniYv i- . e 1 .. r to volunteer in defense of his country; and ever j JOHN GUIHRY applies to mo for letters of since, not seeking office or position, but his conn- Guardianship on the person and property of try’s safety, he had been at his post in the army. «>*>or hern, of \\ ... J. Guthry dec d. , ... . 1 E 1 . AII nf»r«nns int.prpstpii. will tiIp t IiPir nhiprtmn* Among those who knew him best, he ranked with Johnston’s force is 18,000 at Big Black, the highest as a true, faithful soldier, and an hon- Ile lias 10,000 at both Eutaw and Jackson. The siege may last three or four weeks. Communications with Banks have been opened on the Louisiana shore,and the Cin cinnati Gazette has dates from \ icksburg to Wednesday. Grant is not apprehensive of any demon stration iu his rear on account of the ene my’s want of transportation. All railroads between Grand Junction and Jackson have been abandoned. The 9th army corps was leaving via Louisville to reinforce Grant. The rebel army is short of provisions, both at Vicksburg and Fort Hudson. BUTLER. LATER FROM EUROPE. The Africa has arrived with news from to May 31. lt is expected that France will recog nize the Confederacy, and that other Eu ropean powers will not be slow to follow. Roebuck will soon move in the H nnnf (Jommons that England open negotiations with other Governments for the same pur pose. orable upright gentleman, free from low and dis sipated habits. In the battles through which he passed, he boro himself gallantly aud bravely, lie never professed religion, but when expecting soon to be well enough to return home, he said one day to his nurse that he intended his future should be difi'erent from his past He is another added to the list of the honored dead who have laid the costly sacrifice of their lives on the altar of their country. “Be ye also ready, for iu such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh. ’ A FRIEND. $200 REWARD! W ILL be paid for the miscreants, or any one of them, who uncoupled the Passenger aud Baggage cars from the Traijiav Midway Sta tion on last Thursday r.iri^Vjith prool to convict. This reward is offered j*f goo<^ faith in behalf aud 1 by rerrucst of the tjitfzens generally ot Midway. R. If. RAMSAY) P. M. at Talmage. June 15. 1863. 4 It WANTED! fg A fv TA BUSHELS CORN FOR THE OUjUUU Confederatestatea’ Aiu.y, for which a fair price will beWrfo- Address . T 4WH.ETON JONEs, Captain & A. Q. M. Augusta, Ga. All persons interested, will file their objections on or before the first Monday in July next, oth erwise letters will be granted the applicant. Witness my hand and official signature, May 26th, 1863. 2 5t IT. T. PEErLES, Ord’y. GEORGIA, Pierco County. To all whom it may concern. M RS. P. BROWN having iu proper form applied to me for permanent letters 01 Admmistratiou on the estate of Edw. A. Eady, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular,the creditors and next of kin of Edw. A. Eady. to be and appear at my of fice, within the time allowed by law, and.shew cause, if any they can, why permanent Administra tion should not be granted to Mrs. P. tJrown on Ed ward A. Eady’s estate. * Witness my official signature, this .Tune 1st 1863. LUTHER H. GREENLEAF, Ordinary. June 9, 1863. (Pd. $3.00) 3 5t June 12, 1863. 4 2t The Daily Post, of Liverpool, announces A Book Bindery for Sale! irg, and calls on Lord J the fall of Vicksburg Palmerston now to oiler terms of peace ac ceptable to both parties Air. Alason has arrived in Paris, to co operate with Air. Slidell. The London Times is opposed to Air. Roebuck’s scheme. Cotton closed with 1-Sth advance on the week’s sales. Fair Upland’s 24 1-2 ; Middlings 22. Consols S3 1-2—93 for money. In New York gold closed at 142 1-4. From 1 lie .“outInvent. Affairs at Vicksburg anil Port Hudson. Jackson, June II.—The Bowman House, tho C 10MPLETE in all its parts, containing 2 Iron t Standing Presses, Lying Presses, Ruling Ma chine, Iron Paper Gulfing Machine, Brass Roll . and Stamps, together with every material requir ed for an extensive business. W. THORNE WILLIAMS, Savannah. Ga. Jime 12. 1863. 4 3t . DISSOLUTION! T he firm of scott & caraker. is dissolved by mutual con^nt. All persons indebted l^y mne or account are re quested to make paytomit, and those having claims will present theinTor settlement. The business in&mire\will be conducted by Win. H. Scott, aV*ne old Stand, where he will be GEORGIA. Appling county. ^ W HEREAS, Henry Deeu applies to me for letters of administration on the estate of James Deeu, late of said county, deceased. All persons interested will tile their objections on the first Monday in August next, otherwise let ters of administration will be granted to said ap plicant. Witness my hand and official signature this June 2d, 1863. 3 5t. J. LIG1ITSEY, Ord y. GEORGIA. Appling County. W HEREAS, Moses L. Overstreet makes ap plication to me for letters of administration on the estate of George II. McCall, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons interested in said estate, to file their ob jections, if any they have, why letters of admin istration on the estate of said deesased shall not issue to the applicant in terms of the law. Given under my hanu officially this 2d day of Juue, 1803. 2 5t. J. LIGHTSEY, Ord’y. only hotel left by the Yankees, was destroyed by happy to see the customers V)f the former firm. mnr.rino. „I„- c. i &LU I 1 & UAivAlVLK- fire this morning. Major Sniiiie, commandant of ! the post, escaped by jumping from the third story window. He was caught iu a blanket. Tbe loss is estimated at $2511,000—partly Insured. SCOTT Milledgeville, June 1st. I8C3. 4 4t S IXTY DAYS after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Fierce Jackson, Jaine 10th.—The Memphis papers of county, for leave to sell tbe land belonging to the tho 6th say that Grant is mounting heavy rifled i estate of Lazerns Tuton, deceased, for the bene- Administrator's Sale. W ILL be sold before tbe Court-house door in Holmesville, Appling county, Ga., on the first Tuesday in August next, between tbe usual hours of sale, tho Southwest baif of Lot of Land, No. 90, in the secon 1 district of Appling county ; and also, one Negro woman, named Molly, about 38 years ot age, and her child, John, two yeara old. Sold by virtue of an order ot tbe Court of Ordinary of Appling county, as the property of James McGnuley. late of said county, deceased.— Terms maJo known on the day ol sale j. l. JOHN TILLMAN, Adm’r. June 1st, 1863. 2 tds. Parrott guns in his parallels, within ours. Adjutant General Thomas is dangerously ill in Louisville, Kentucky. Nothing further from Port Hudson. But little filing lias been heard from Vicks burg to-day. It has been raining hard all day. Col. McCulloch, of the 2d Missouri cavalry, at tacked the enemy 28 miles south of Memphis ou Monday, and put thorn to rout. The Memphis Bulletin, of the 7th, says Price drove in the pickets at Helena on Thursday night ’>0 vards of lit of the heiis and creditors of said deceased. JOSIAII PEEPLES, Adm’r. June 8, 1863. (Paid $5,00) me. 4 9t. GEORGIA, Jasper County. TXT'HEREAS, Mrs. Lucy H. Simms makes ap- V V plication to me forlletters of administration, 1 de bot.is non, on the esta e of Richard L. Simms, I late of said county, decei Bed. These are therefore t< cit^ tfhd admonish all ■ and singular the kindrgd «fT3 creditors of said de ceased to be and app6ar fit my office on the first . „ , . , „ , iy mgiit / Monday in Augjirff uext.l and show cause, if any but a heavy rain prevented an attack. 1 rice lias i t | have, vpky betters shall not issue to the ap- fotir brigades,-but thinks he will not attempt to take the place, as it is not according to his tactics, j Grant’s sharpshooters cuiumand the rebel. I works. No rebel dares to show his head above the parapet. Sherman commands the right wing, i McPherson tho centre, and McClernard the left. | The advance regiments are relieved by fresh troops daily. A northern dispatch says. Hunter’s ; troops sailed from Port Royal to reinforce \ Banks. A private letter from Clinton, La., dated j June Sth. says ; Port Hudson has been j exposed to a tremendous lire from the en emy’s fleet tor the past ten days. The Es sex and two other gunboats were so badly damaged that they were compelled to with draw from the attack. Grierson, with a force of 2,000 cavalry, attacked Col. Logan’s command of 400 men, near Clinton on the ,4th inst. The enemy was handsomely repulsed and driven off, with a loss of 80, including 50 prisoners. Our loss was three killed and 14wQunded. A terrible thunder storm prevailed here last uight, accompanied by tbe hardest rain seen for years. Incessant firing has been going on at Vicksburg this forenoon. Five prisoners, belonging to tbe 3d Iowp. they plicant in jrfuns of the law. Given finder my hand officially this 5th day ot June, 1863. 4 fit M. H. HUTCHISON. Ord’y. OFFICE ATLANTIC & GULF It. E. CO. ) Savannah, May 28, 1863. > A MEETING of the Stockholders of the Atlan tic and Gulf Kail Road Company is hereby called, to be held at Milledgeville on Tuesday the 3Utk day of June next, at 4 o’clock P. M. JOHN SCREVEN, President. June 2, 1863. 2 ini GEORGIA, Mitchell County. S IXTY days after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said conuty, for leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to the estate of E. T. Ballard, deceased. M. JANE BULLARD, Adm’rx. June 1st, 1863. (Pd. $4.) 3 9t. |3T We are authorised to announce the name of Bru;. Gen. Geo. R. Jessup, as a candidate lor Major General of the 3d District G. M., to fill the vacancy occasioned by tbe resignation of Gen. M. C. M. Hammond; June 1st, 1c63 - Id* GEORGIA, Baker County. O N the first Monday iu August next application will be made to the Court ef Ordinary j of Baker county, for leave to sell an undivided 1 fifth part of lot of Land No. 56 in the 7th District ! 0 f ga iJ county, as the property of John Sutton, deceased SOLOMON SUTTON, Adm'r. j May 20,1863. [ T A J 2 9t. 1 GEORGIA, Mitchell County. S IX Months after date I will apply to the Ordi nary of said County, tor letters of dismission I from the Executorship of Mary Swearingin deceas- ! ed, THO’S SWEA.R1NG1N, Ex’r. ! May 22nd, 1863. -2 6m. VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. • V OFFER for sale the place un<*“ which I live, 1 A. in Worth comity, Ga., 17 miles above Albany, j on i be “State Road,” leading from the latterplace to Macon. Said place contains 720 acres with about 300 ope» e d. all of which has been cleared j within the last two years, except 30 acres. Lying j Sotice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL PERSONS having claims against tbe es tate of Win. G. Pearson deceased, are notified to present them to me properly attested ; and per sons indebted to said estate to settle immediately. WRIGHT NOLES. Adm’r. June 2, 1863. 2 6* IXTY DAY8 after date application will be made to the conrt of ordinary of Bulloch Ceun- „s i* does immediately on Flint River and Jones ty, fo$ leave to sell all tbe Lands belonging to tte Creek; it is one of the best watered plantations l estate of James Wilkinson, late of said county de bt this section of the State; and is one of the most desitable places in Southwestern Georgia comprising all the facilities of a number one farm. Health of the place unsurpassed. Water and im provements good. A large portion is No. 1 Ham mock, the balance, red Mulatto land. I will sell with the place a fine lot of improved stock hogs and cattle. For particulars, call on me on the place or address me, Bloomfield, Worth^coanty, ° Jane 2, 1863. 2 tf* ceased. This 19th day of May 1863. JAMES WILKINSON. JAMES ANDERSON. Jane 2, 1863. j Administrators. * 2 9t Wool Carded* TUBE Milledgeville Manf’g. Co. having 1 entirely refitted their wool card, *» now prepared to card wool into roll*- June 9th. 1863. 3 3t
