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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
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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
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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.
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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
