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rate of Three Dollars per year.
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VOLUME XXXIV,]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GE 0 RG I A, T l T E S D A T, J U N E 23, 1863.
[NUMBER 5s
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
S ales of Lund and Negroes, by Administrators. Ex- ]
.. ci> or Guurnians, aiereqr.n t-d by law to be belli
i tne first Tuesday iu the mouth;between ihe lioursof
i le turanoou and three in the afte rnoon, at the
. Use iu thecou.itym which bepropertyis sit-
, ..a - ..f these sales must be given in a public ga
la days previous to the day ofsale.
X , -s fertile sub; of personal property must begiv-
. ,e manner 1U days previous to sale day.
\ ■stolhe debtors and eireditorsof an estnteinus.l j
. i, i published 10 days.
; hat application will be made to the Court of I
i v fallen veto sell Land or Negroes, must be !
r, , 1 for two months.
tiers of Administration Uuardianahip, j
oust be published 31) days—for dismission from !
; fisiratiou, monthly si.e month*—for dismission i
,„n ! 1 uardiasship. 41) days. 4
;; ibr feireel e uro of Mortgage must be published .
. for four month*—far establishing lost papers, J
foil space of three months—for compelling titles ;
i Executors or administrators, where bond has been j
i by the deceased, the full space of three !
p , . afions will always be continued according to
tlclegalrequiromenls, unlcssothenribe ordered
’xo iLuvertir.crs.
Persons sending advertisements to this ;
per, will observe the following rules :
All notices must lie ncccmpr.nicd with
cash, except from persons with whom ;
1 ve contracts. 15 cents a line, for
iie f.i.-t insertion, find il cents a line for
■ vi v siibstfquent insertion is our charge
' :.nt nine written worths to a line arid
•cry person can tell just what, amount,
j:: i.ey to send. Obituaries, Editorial
dices, dominations for ofi’ce, and all
■inmunications for individual benefit, are
,urged as advertisements. Legal adver-
ements aie charged according to the j
• e■ under the head of this paper, on the i
Lines i.-i memory of Sergt. H. R. MrrcnELI.,
wiio fell gallantly at Fredericksburg, May 2nd!
A grandson of Gov. D. 13. Mitchell and son of Dr.
.1. J. Mitchell late of Ibis place, lie was a mem
ber of the renowned 4th Ga.
No more h» charges with the host
The thickest of the battle-field.
No more to join in victory’s boast.
No more to see the vanquished yield !
Hark ! there comes upon me stealing
A sound of mourning and of war,
And I see a pale form weeping
As she trembling whispers low,
“ Iking the lyre the silent lyre
els .silver chords long hushed, awake,
And breath a lay to Glory’s son,’"
I was thus the midnight vigil spake.
\\ eave in song his noblo virtues,
And the hopes that lit his brow.
(Mi •’ rpread aiay of cheerfulness
Upon the home so lonely now.
lell of how he led his comrades
O'er the heaps of fallen brave,
IIow gallantly he fought the foo,
Till he too had found agrave.’’
* *' * r* ' * ’ ' * ' ^ ! p* T ** •
And swept again the gilded string,
But when, alas.' War’s pinion’s spread
So dark above us, who could sing ?
Of flowers, Lire's and beauty’s spell,
Mj minstrel spirit, sung alone,
Since these have ceased to charm the soul,
Her di'-ams of poesy have flown.
Bright tiowers still bloom around my path,
Anel life its sweetest joys impart,
Vi t nature hath no power to break
3 he clouds that lower o'er my heart.
My country ! land ofligbt and love,
How many hearts have bled for thee '
The young, the gifted, martyrs all,
Upon the shrine of Liberty.
And (Lis brave youth whose requiem
The flashing steel and thunder’s roar
Foil in thy service, sunny land,
Fond mother could you ask for more?
Your tears are not the only ones
’i lint fell where IlERULRT silent sleeps,
For ertry rnliant son that binds
to freedom's rouse, a nation ictrps.
“ Close in, close in the victory’s our's !”
Triumphantly the soldier cried,
Loud lose the shout but ere it ceased
To linger on the air—he died.
Death’s heavy pul 1 looms o’er his homo,
All joy and gayety depart.
May Heaven send an Angel down,
the ciu.-lied and broken heart ?
LEOLA.
To h
Look ciil tor the Women.
Young men ! keep your eye peeled
when you are after the women. It'you
biteat the naked hook, you are green.
Is a pretty dress or form so attractive l
Or a pretty face even t Flounces,boy,
are of no sort of consequence. A pret
ty face will grow old. Paint will
wash off. The sweet smile of the flirt
will give way to the scowl of the term
agant. TUpneat form will he pitched
The Subscriber is now pre j Ilto dirtv calico. Another and a far
in?:, in all its branches, different being will take the place of
— (Jld Rooks rebound, &c. the fovelv goddess, wllO Slllilcd SWCet
£& ! i Amfuitmn^n vhl Le 1 ^Wes and ate your sugar candy.
entrusted to me.
BOOK-BINDING.
Keep your eye peeled, hoy, when
vou are after the women. If the little
dear is cross and scolds at her mother in
the hack room, you may he sure that
vou will get particular tits all around
the house. If she blushes when found
r; T. ill dersigned having removed from Mil- a fc. Die wash tub with sleeves rolled'up,
'.. hr**«>*»:•»•»of the cod-fish
'" ' ' aristocracy; little breeding and less
sense. If you marry a gal who knows
nothing hut to commit woman slaugh
ter upon tire piano, you have got the
poorest piece of music ever got up.
Find the one whose mind is right, and
then pitch in. Don’t be hanging
round ^like a sheep thief, as though
ashamed to he seen in tlie day time,
hut walk up like a chicken to the
dough and ask lor the article like a
man.—l)ow, Jr.
8. J. KIDD,
cry iu SvntiirMi FctJrrnICuion Office.
'-cville, March Kith, 1-=6J 43_
SPECIAL NOTICE.
rsoiis indebted are notified that tlie
ceoants are in the hands of J. A.
.. and I*. ] 1.Lawler,.who are autliori-
■t and make settlements If not nr-
earlyday, settlements v. j'.lbe enforced ,
A. C. VAIL. Agent.
& Atlantic (State Railroad.
-fiY I 1
to Chattanooga, 1C6 Miles, Fare $6 00
JOHN 8. ROWLAND, Sltt.
l*nfcv
« s>S« r T
rain
A f lnTi tft at • • •
. 7 30 I’. M.
at. Chattanoo
r q *
... 4 57 A. M.
Atlanta at.**
at Chatfaiicc
gaat
... 4 Oil A. M.
...5 15 1’. M.
ccomuiodati
ion P»«i
r Train.
... .
.... 2 40 P. M.
ii KiogRton.
Kingston
.... 0 57P.M.
.... 4 30 A.M.
at At’anta...
....
8 45 AM.
■ Road conn*
?ets each
way
with the Rome
:t l’ailroad at
Kingston
, the
East Tennessee
jrgi.a Railroad
at Dr.'ilo
ii, and the Nashville
Collet-lion of CauMernte Taxes.
r J'lie Secretary of the Treasury has re
cently issued the official instructions for
the collection of the Confederate taxes.
We copy some parts of the circular, which
are of general interest to our readers.
Immediately after his appointment each
district collector will give public notice re
quiring the persons mentioned in the fifth
section of the tax act, of April 24, 18G3,
and hereinafter set forth in article thirteen
of these instructions, to attend at such pla
ces as lie may appoint, on or before the 1st
of July, 1SG3, or at the time of beginning
business, and register, in the form to be
prescribed by the commissioners of taxes,
a true account of the name and residence of
each persbn, firm or corporation, engaged
or interested in the business, with a state
ment of the time for which, and the place
and manner in which the same is to be con
ducted, and such other facts as may be
requisite to ascertain the amuunt of tax
upon such business for the past or future,
according to the provisions of &aid act.
At tbo time of such registry the district,
collector shall collect the specific tax for
the year ending 31st December, 18G3, and
such other tax as may be due on sales or
receipts in such busines at the time of such
registry, and the collector shall make such
registry, and give a receipt for the amount
in duplicate,specifying therein the separate
sums received as specific tax, and tax on
sales or receipts ; and one receipt he will
deliver to the tax payer, and the other he
will forward to the State collector, as in
case of other receipts for taxes.
There shall be a separate registry and
tax for each business, and for each place of
conducting the same. But no tax is requir
ed for the mere storage of goods at a place
other Ilian the registered place of business.
Upon every change in the place of conduc
ting a registered business, there shall be a
new registry, but no additional tax, and so
also on the death of any person conducting
such business, or on its transfer to another
person, there shall be a new registry iu
the name of the person to continue the bu
siness, but no additional tax shall be re
quired.
The following are the occupations,trades
and persons taxed under the provisions of
the fifth section of the tax act, and the
specific and geneial tax to be collected at
the time of registry :
Occupation. Site nic Tax
$50.
shall be indemnified against all and every
person for all payments on account of the
taxes in said act specified, and shall be re
sponsible for all taxes due from the estates,
income, money or property.in their posses
sion or under their control.
[ Richmond Examiner.
Auctioneers,
oogn Railroad at Chattanooga.
I r t>2.
lOtf.
flew
of Schtdul
Arrangement.
, on and after Monday 11th inst
are convoy- jgfJn
via Sparta.
wouldic-cpectfulty invne ttic attentionoi
■ a3-and th" travelling public, to their now
■: arrangement for travelling facilities
1DULE—LeaveMUJedgevil’e after the arrr. a
f Colrnnboa. Macon and Savannah; Ar.
■ .n.rt.T alt!o’clockP. M. and at Double Wells
Double WolLattnr the arrival of morning
Auguxln. Atlanta and Athena; Arrive at
1 o’clock, A. M.; Arrive at MifledgeviBesame
good Hack*, fine Stock and careful drivers,
it alioeral patronage.
MOORE A FOURS.
< O Sic**—MUM gevtllt Hotel Milled fteriUc-,G a
Edvards' House. Sporto.
Moore'* Hotel, Double M cits.
Il,r j 59. 8tf.
A DUX l A BUS!!
rsors indebted
Buzzards.'—AVe saw a solitary buz-
/.;rd vcstci (lav, the first for a longtime;
and lie was steering Northwest. A
trentleman informs us that lie saw one
a few days since alight upon one of the
chimneys of the Battle House, and af
ter resting awhile (lie seemed to be
very much fatigued) resume his flight
in the same direction. These are the
only ones we have seen or heard of for
a considerable time, though we have
made particular inquiries, our curiosity
heirrer suggested by their total disap
pearance, so far as our observation ex
tended. What has become of them
we do not know, but we rather think
they have gone to a big dinner party
in Mississippi, given by Gen. Grant;;
the delicacies of the feast consisting of j
raw Yankee and roast Yankee.
[ Mobile Reg. !
turns to the assessor at the end of every
Tiif Crops.'—The Savannah Repub- | three months, from the 1st July, 1863, of
A : the gross amount of sales made by them
] lean says: during said quarter, and to pay the amount
Y c presume ilia, it will not b , u - oftftX w hicli is chargeable thereon to the
safe or far from the truth to say, tfiat j co ]] ec t or- The form for such return
the crop already harvested in those sec
tions of the South where wheat lias
i ever been raised before, or only to a
very limited extent, exceeds the aggre
gate of what has heretofore T)een,raised
Sprrcli of Senator Wall of New Jersey—He
Declares for au Immediate Cessation of
Hostilities, cle.
The New York Worlds the 1st instant
publishes, in full, a speech delivered by
Hon. James W. Wall, of New Jersey,
before tba Democratic club of Philadel
phia, May 9th. It occupies nearly five
columns of small type and is devoted
chiefly to a review of the antecedents of
the war. It quotes the record freely to
fix upon the Black Republican party the
responsibility at this iniquitous w'ar. The
follow ing extracts from the address will be
read With interest :
There clearly was a time in the history
and progress of this event, when the war
might have been averted under the gni-
daiict-jof a wise and prudent statesmanship;
but unfortunately, as I Lave before said,
the rebellion caught us with fools and
fanatics in power. I believed at tbo out
set as I know now, that it would have
been infinitely better lo bare.let the screed-
ing States depart in peace. 1 so urged
members of Congress at the time, and
the members of the Peace Convention.—
I believed then, as I believe now,
that such a wise and generous policy
would have disarmed resentments, would
have softened and subdued hearts then
swelling with hate, but which resistance
must harden, and make more bitter still.
* * The sword and the bayonet, iu a
civil strife like the present, between tw r o
such people, can never help to the proper
disposition in the minds of either section
for a wise adjustment, and can never take
the place of civil wisdom, without which all
the triumphs of the battle field are useless,
ifioon, whatever may be the result of sin
gle battles, diplomacy must take the place
of war, or else anarchy, or the resolving
this government into a military desposilion
must be the result. The idea of this strife
continuing for two years longer with the
prospect of increased carnage, stagnation
of business, inhibited commerce, is too
much for any man, unless it be a shoddy
contractor or speculator in gold to contem
plate with composure. Sooner or latter
bv that rough experience,fearful suffering,
that lias already come, and will be fear
fully aggravated by the continuance of the
war, if not by the more prudent councils
of a wise forbearance, the hour for compro
mise and settlement must conic. In view of
the immense interests at stake, both to
ourselves and those dearer than ourselves,
our children, tee must endeavor to hasten its
coming. It is only fools or knaves who
still continue to [declare that we will not
treat with rebels—we cannot bold parley
with those who are stiiking at the national
I life. * * As the keen forecasting states
manship of Mr Douglas very early discov
ered : “Subjugation, extermination, or
separation, must be the result of a war be
tween Northern and Southern States.”
* * Has not the question of
the war at last reduced itself to the alter
natives jpredicted by Mr. Douglas ? Can
there, be any possible settlement, except
upon the basis of subjugation, annihilation
or separation ? Sooner than the first two,
in God’s name, in the name of a com
mon humanity, I say separation a thousand
times !
Subjugation or annihilation being alike
impossible I am in favor of an immediate
cessation of hostilities, for an armistice—
that mid the lull of the strife the beat of
passion shall have time to cool, and the
majestic voice of reason can be
beard. Iu the midst of such a calm I am
for endeavoring to learn from those in
arms against us what their demands may
; be, and inviting their co operation in the
name of a common Christianity, in the
name of a common humanity, to some plan
of reconciliation or reconstruction by
which the sections may reunite upon a
more stable basis—a plan in which the
Fifth class. I questions upon which we have differed
I so long may be harmoniously adjusted ;
and each section, by virtue of the great
ness developed in this war, may profit by
the experience. If it shall be found that
sectional opinions and prejudices are too
obstinate, and the exasperations of this
war have burnt too deep to settle it upon
the basis of reconciliation, then I know
that seperation and recognition are inevit
able. If there is to bo a settlement upon
the basis of reconstruction,then reconstruc
tion can only accomplish its ends by
introducing into our constitutional system
a plan whereby for all time to come, sec
tion shall be protected against section.—
The plan suggested some years ago by Mr.
Yallandigham bears the stamp of his clear
sagacity and statesmanlike forecast divid
ing tlic’country into four large [sections or
I masses, and requiring a majoiity of the
The several persons mentioned in article j representatives from each to consent to a
13, who are required under the tax act to ; measure before it should become a law.—
make returns of sales, shall be required by j[r. Callionn, not withstand the undescrv
tlie district collector to make further re- | e( j obloquy attaching now to his name
broken and the bright links
General Tax.
1-4 of one per
cent on gross
sales ofstock
or securities
for money.
2J per ceut. on
gross val u e
of all other
things from
25th April to
30th June,
J8II3, both
days inclu
sive.
Apothecaries,
50
2^ per cent, on
gross sales.
Bankers,
500
None.
Brewers,
100
2£ per cent, on
gross sales.
Brokers.
200
Butchers,
50
1 per cent on
Bakers,
gross sales.
Bowling Alleys,
i
40 each
To be paid
Billiard rooms,
Commission merchan
S
by theowner
ts and commercial
brokers,
200
2.1 per cent on
all sales.
Cattle brokers,
50
2j pei cent on
Circus,
Contectioners,
Dentists,
Distillers,
Distillers of fruit for ■
ninety days or less, ;
gross sales.
100 and $10 for each ex
hibition, to
be paid by
tlie m a n a-
ger.
2.J per cent on
gross sales.
50
50
200
$60 and
reconstruction fails, then a separation must | ciations. Silently and sadly lie shook
be the finality. I shall -deeply mourn j hands with us and left us. There is a
over the necessity that compels to such poignancy of sadness in tearing these old
a poliev, but will accept it in preference to ties of friendship, woven and hallowed by
loDg years of cruel strife, hopelessly de- common dangers and sufferings. But all
moralizing our people, prostrating our these will be
busines interests, and making us the scorn scattered,
and pity of Christendom. Impartial his
tory will fasten the responsibility where
it belongs, and wdiere Mr. Douglas, in bis
speech oflSGl, placed it,upon the Repub
lican party, who, to use his own forcible
language, “refused to allow the people at
the ballot boxes to determine for them
selves the issue between revolution and
war on the one side'and obstinate adhe
rence to a party platform on the other.”
I do not hesitate to declare in the ears
of this administration, and of the Loyal
Leagures, its allies, that if their war upon
the personal liberty of the subject, in de
fiance of the guarantees of the Constitution
goes on, the time may come when “for
bearance ceases to be a virtue,” and “re-
sistencc to tyrants becomes obedience to
God.”
The recent assault upon that patriotic
champion of the Constitution and the
rights of tlie people, Yallandigham, sub
jecting him to the secret inquisition of a
court martial, is an infamous Violation of
every constitutional provision, and utterly
subversive, if submitted to, of every prin
ciple upon which free government rests.—
That all men should yield to the State is
beautiful iu theory ; but good in practice
only where the State is the aggregate of
legitimate private constitutional interests,
administered by honest persons. T he
true public interest is composed of the
aggregate portion of such private interests
—and when the State makes w’ar upon
these, iu a free government, that assailed
interest has a right boldly to assert itself,
and demand a hearing. In despotisms,
private interests are not openly heard.—
They must proceed, if at all, by intrigue
and by conspiracy. The interest ol the
State, then, becomes—as it really is fast
coming here—the interest administered
by functionaries who advance and keep
themselves at the public expense, and put
down with the strong arm of unlicensed
power those who have the courage to com
plain. We, as Democrats, nay, as Ameri
can citizens, only ask (it ts all we ever
asked) that the great magna cliarta of our
freedom shall be observed, and the guaran
teed rights of the citizens secured. Obe
dience to the Constitution and the laws
has ever been with us, and must ever be,
paramount to obedience to arbitrary pow
er. Let our cry be in the fearful contest
that is approaching—“We will ask for
nothing but what is right; wo will submit
to nothing that is wrong”—and then ii
our cry is unheeded, let us pray that some
Maccabees shall arise, who will assert the
honor of the ancient faith, and defend the
temple of his forefathers with as ardent
and determined a spirit as that which
actuates these innovators to destroy the
monuments of the piety, patriotism and
glory of our fathers.
20 per cent on
gross sales.
50 cents per
gallonon 1st ] ctUus
Jl) gallo n s j
and $2 per -
gallon on all i
spirits did
tilled be
yond th a t i
quantity
Hotels,
500
First chiss. |
Inns,
300
Sec’d. class, i
Taverns,
200
Third class, i
Eating houses,
) 100
Fo'th. class. 1
s 30
J 50
Fifth class, j
Jugglers, and exhibi
tors of shows,
Lawyers.
50
Livery stable keepers,
10
Pawnbrokers,
200
I’edlarB,
50
24 per cent,on
Physicians.
50
gross sales.
Photographers,
50
2£ per cent,on
Retail dealers in liquor, 100
gross sales.
10 per cent on
Surgeons,
Theatres,
50
gross sales.
500
5 per cent on
1 Tobacconists,
I
50
all receipts,
to be paid by
owner of
building.
24 per cent,on
gross sales.
i Wholesale dealers,
200
24 per cent,on
gross sales.
i Wholesale dealers in
1200
5 per cent, on
liquoi.
gross sales.
was to rny mind the most honest and com
prehensive statesman who grappled with
national problems, and I make bold here
to say that no wiser, purer, more patrio’ic
statesman ever lived. As early as 1840
lie foretold this convulsion unless his pro
will be furnished by the commissioner of j p 08e d remedy was adopted. He regarded
taxes. * * * * * | the institution of slavery at the South as
If, on the 1st day of July, 1SG3, a com- j the pillar of their strength, security and
mission merchant holds in store, on account
-'gni d request all p
u call and settle.
IIERTY
. Jan. 16th, Jt«2.
' civilization, and its disturbance by foreign
elements as sure to lead to the downfall of
the Union. Ileuce, his theroy of recon
struction looked to the permanaucy and sc
HALL.
34 if
t-THERiDGE Sc SON,
Factors, CoiamUsion and Forwarding
Z-.Z ~Z! TPi, O Xa X>1
•savannah, «a.
" 0 F.ritr.itiDi/K. w. n. ETiinitiDC-r, Jr.
of producers, or any other person, corpora-
iu flic South, leaving the supefabuu-j tion, or firm, any of the articles enumerated
1 4- inns in those sections where it i in section 1 of the tax act, or any of the, . „ , ,
dant C, °P S - in agricultural products of the growth or pro- cunty of that favorite institution, and to
ductionof any year preceding the year removing it far fromthe reach of interned
1 1863, he will be required to make full re- ^lintr puritanical philanthropy. He
From Illinois mill Indiana*
A Legislature P/orgoucd by the Governor.
Richmond, June 1G.—The Govcn o • of
Illinois, upon the pretext that the Legisla
ture could not agree about the time of
adjournment, has issued a proclamation
adjourning them.
Upon the appearance of this proclama
tion the Republicans left the balls of the
Senate and House, and the Democrats
were left without a quorum and were un
able to transact business. The act has
caused intense indignation.
The Supreme Court of Indiana lias de
cided that the interest on the State debt
cannot be paid—the Legislature having . ijr
failed to make an appropriation for this ; cannot fail to touch a chqid Oi sjmpa-
purpose. [The Indiana Legislature was . thy ill every human lieait in loieign
left without a quorum by the secession ot lands, that will result iu good to us in
the abolition members.J j a moral, if not in a practical and mate-
Tho Railroad Companies of Pcnnsyl- r j a | f urni> Jt is impossible that the
vania are erecting defensive works topic- j en ]j, rimmed statesmen of England aud
t their bridges against an anticipated , Francc _ even Earl Russell himself—
Confederate raid.
Curtis, late commander of the Depart
ment of Missouri, has gone to Iowa.
Slow to Ilrprc’rtM the Burbarilie* of (he
Enemy.
Under this title the Richmond Whig
inserts a communication from an intel
ligent correspondent. We agree with
that paper iu characterizing them as
eminently entitled to the attention of
ihe Government:
“ My principal object in addressing
you this letter is to offer some reflec
tions, which these repeated raids of
the Yankees suggest. What should
be the course of the Government and
of our people, to arrest and punish
these inhuman barbarities? That
they are not justified by the rights of
war must bfr admitted. We have been
recognized by foreign powers as bellig
erents—and even hv the Y'ankee Gov
ernment itself-—and properly so recog
nized by the laws of nations. As bel
ligerents we are unquestionably enti
tled to have all the rights of civilized
warfare observed towards us by the
nation waging war against us. Among
those rights are that private property
shall he respected, private and non-
combatant citizens he unmolested in
their persons and estates, and all be ex
empted from capture and spoilation.
Our enemy has chosen to ignore these
rights, and to commit upon private per
sons and property the most llagitious
outrages, plunder and devastation. It
is evident that the enemy, baffled in his
gigantic efforts to subjugate us by his
formidable armies in fair and equal
conflict oi' battle, means to employ,and
has avowed his purpose to employ, the
fiendish instrumentality of raids and
forays—imprisonment and plunder.
His armies pause on the margin of riv
ers under the cover ot his gunboats,
fearing to advance, whilst his cavalry
plays flic part of brigands and robbers
on our plantations and our homesteads.
“ Now, under these circumstances,
vvliat course is left ? What is the duty
of our Government ? I answer, as the
best result of my reflections, first, that
the President, should without delay
prepare and publish a manifesto to the
whole world, setting forth these enor
mous violations of the laws of nations,
of Christian civilization, of the ordinary
principles of humanity, and of our most
sacred belligerent rights, by this ruth
less and savage enemy. Let him in
that manifesto enumerate as particu
larly and specifically as may be consis
tent with becoming dignity and brevi
ty the instances and ettses that have
occurred, and submit them to the judg
ment of mankind. I am convinced
that the whole truth is not known in
Europe, and is partially withheld from
the Yankee nation. I am certain that
when the facts arc known iu Europe,
it will produce a seusation that has
never yet been roused. It will,it must,
excite an indignation against our enemy
that has never been felt before. A
narration of these repeated and savage
outrages upon our inuocent citizens
Great Salt Mine.—It appears from
scientific investigation that the salt depos
its at New Iberia, Louisiana, is ol’ most
to give and to cstk no fjOfirter. If w
do tli.s, wc will end thti war in one
more campaign. It will tdlher have
effect, or it, will tench ctif enemy
t fi iesjieet the rights of civilized war
fare --sve pur private citizens from
inhoma. n Hbfitmcnt, and their property
from the r ap«cfoiis spoliation of the
worse than T'ai’angian invader. Will
the President a Secretary of War
consider these suggestions v”
should longer refrain from expressions
of reprobation, if not impelled to inter
pose their good offices “ in the interest
of humanity,” to arrest the infamous
barbarities of these Yankee hell hounds.
Be this as it may, it is due to ourselves
extensive and wonderful description.— ^ these things should be known—
According to recent Yankee accounts, for s [ 10U j c { foo published and proclaimed to
vastness and purity it is unequalled on the the c i v iji ze d world and be set down
globe. One penny-a-liner says : d rcC0 rded in an authentic form, to
“Imagine lfyoucau, the granite nuany 1 . r
of Massachusetts, or the marbile quarry he read and remembered in future ages
of Vermont, to be solid deposits of pure I to the disgrace and dishonor ol the
rich salt, clean and transparent as so much j Yankee people. Besides, it will be our
clear white ice, in one solid, inexhaustible ! justification to another course I am
mass, underlying the earth, and you then j a l JO ut to recommend—a course forced
acquirean imperfect idea of the vastness of | u us Ey necessity, aud by the im-
this salt formation.” peralivo law of self defence. This
brings me to the second plan,
j “ Let the citizens everywhere arm
; themselves with revolvers and double-
barrel shot guns and organize thein-
Gcn. Breckinridge’# Division Broken up—
hi. Familiarity tviiii hi. Soldier..
The correspondence of the Rebel, writ
ing from the front, says :
Gen. Breckinridge’s division has been j selves into companies, squads and
data tiopo **• .
has always been raised, as a surplus.
VALUABLE FARM FOR
SALE.
Plantation for Sale.
[ OITF.R for Rale a well improved Plantation
''-i'-iiii tliree miles of MilleJ&evillc, contain-
fourteen handled acres of land.
WILLIAM A. JARRATT.
Pel,. 4, iPfi {. 3 ‘J mtt -
Spool Cotton,
f k DOZ. Coats Spool Cotton for Sale by
WRIGIIT & BROWN.
Feb. 2J, jsr.S. 37 If.
illSMaas
Ilca.th of the place nnsurpasse • • j jj am .
provements good. A large porti -• • ... j,
mock, the balance, red Mulatto land
with the place a fine lot of "nproved stock hogs
and cattle. For particulars, call on me on Ute
place or address me, Bloomheld,^ uppjTlA
° June 2, 1863. 2 tf ’
turn thereof to the assessor, aud to pay the
tax of S percent, on the value of such arti
cles or products. The person holding such
articles, whether as owner, agent or factor,
will be required to make the return and
pay the tax. So. also, every person who,
as trustee, guardian, tutor, curator or com
mittee, executor or administrator, or as
ageDt, attorney in fact or factor,of any per
son or persons, whether residing in the
Confederate States or not, and every re
ceiver in chancery, clerk, register, or other
officer of any court, shall be answerable
for the doing of all such acts, matters and
things as shall be required to be done in or
der to the assessment of the money, prop-
eity, products and income under their con
trol, and the payment of taxes thereon,and
tiling puritanical philanthropy. Lie cor
rectly held that the more perfectly a gov
ernment combines the power and liberty
broken up, and the pieces scattered. He
and his staff, with one of the fragments,
have been sent to another field of labor.—
The disruption of the division, and parting
with the General, filled every heart with
sadness. The greater portion of the divis
ion has been associated with him since the
lamented affair at Fort Donelson, and the
abandonment of Tennessee, and were with
him at Shiloh,Vicksburg,Baton Rouge and
Murfreesboro.’ The sharing of so many
dangers and distresses, bis native lvnight-
like gallantry on the field, and his gener
ous sympathy for his wounded and sick
companions in camp, have given birth to a
mutual attachment as tender and devoted
as a woman’s love in the first gush of wo
manly feeling. lie was familiarly known
to his soldiers as a messmate.
When riding through the camps, as he
of the dominant raco the more perfectly it j often did, to see what was lacking to make
fulfills the end of its creation. He further j them comfortable aud contented, instead
held that the government of the mere of his approach being with cry “fall in
numerical majority did not accomplish this guards !” and a formal parade of sentinels
in any reasonable degree ; hence he pro- 1 as ; s customary when a gilt fledging of the
posed what he denominated “the curient 8 t a ff gallops up and announces the coming
majority principle,” as better suited to 0 f a g ene ral officer, the shout was raised,
prevent the government from transcending “Breckinridge is coming!” and down
the limits in which it was appointed it to j wou ld go books, cards, newspapers and
move, and restrict it to its primary end, everything, and a crowd of boys would
tlie protection of the community from ele- me et him at tlie guard line. It was ru-
mentary disturbance. ! m0 ied that he would leave us, but no one
“It may be that the South might be was willing to believe it, until last Friday
willing to return upon that adoption of morning, when he came aronnd to tell ns
some such system of reconstruction as good bye. It was like leaving home
this. If this plan of reconciliation and again, breaking up its sweet, sacred asso-
bands. When so organized, let them
report themselves to the President,who
shall appoint and commission suitable
officers, and accept them as Confede
rate soldiers organized for borne de
fense. Let the President authorize
them to use such expedients and means
and opportunities as they may have or
find convenient, and let them, by con
certed arrangement, avail themselves
of the thousand advantages which our
irregular, broken and wooded country
affords, near bridges aud at fords and
along the roads, lie in wait and liurrass
and kill the atrocious invader, plunder
t*r and robber, wherever and whenever
they meet him. It may be attended
with some peril to house, property and
life. But what are these to the dear
est and most sacred rights of country
and home ? It must come to this, and
the sooner the better. Wecanuotsub-
mit to be longer trodden out and deso
lated by an infamous and ferocious foe.
I believe it will check the invader, but
whether it does or not, life is not worth
having to be held upon such ignoble
terms arid tenure as the Y ankee gives.
“ These are my suggestions on these
heads. But I have another to add.
We mnst raise the black flag ! Our
armies must go into battle, determined
The (iirUaad ihe Wire*.
Somebody lias written the following about th«
girls and set it afloot:
God bless the girls.
Whose golden curls.
Blend with our evening dreams ;
They haunt our lives.
Like .spirit wives.
Or—as n iidg haunt the streams.
Always they’re near.
With voice clear.
To speak in lovely tones—
of flattery,
They are nut free,
’Tis true of every one.
They soothe our pains.
They fill our brains
With dreams of sun-mer hour3
God bless the girls,
God bless the curls.
God bless our human flowers.
The wives we think, although we have not got
one, are quite as deserving ot blessings asj th«
girls, therefore we submit tlie following.
God bless the wives,
They fill our hives,
W’ith little bees and honey ;
They|ease life's shocks,
They mend our socks.
But—don’t they spend our money f
When we are sick,
They heal usqnick—
That is, if they should love us ;
If not, we die,
And yet they cry,
Aud place tombstones above us.
O ! bless our wives,
Each always strives,
One’s lonely home to cheer,
So they do prove,
To us their love.
By constant watchful care,
Of roguish girls,
With sunny curls,
We may in fancy dream ;
But wives—true wives—
Throughout our lives,
Are everything they seem.
Tico Confederate Officers Arrested and
Hung as Spies by Rosen era ns.—‘■A dispatch
from Murfreesboro says :
Colonel Lawrence Williams Orton, for
merly Lawrence Williams, of the 2d Uni
ted States cavalry, one lime on tien.
Scott’s staff, and late General Bragg’s
chief of artillery, and Lieutenant Dunlap,
of the rebel army, where arrested and bang
as spieces last night at Franklin, under the
following circumstances :
They made their appearance at Frank
lin in full Federal uniform, horses and
equipments of Colonel and Major, and,
presenting themselves as inspectors of the
United States army, having orders from
Assistant Adjutant General E. A Town-
son, and countersigned by Gen. Rosen-
cran3, to inspect the fortifications of this
Department. Colonel Watkins grew sus
picious of them, and communicated his
doubts to Col. Baud, who telegraphed to
Rosencrans if auy such persous held posit
ions in the army. Gen. Rosencrans re
plied in the negative. Documents of a
treasonable nature and contraband infor
mation were found on them. Gen. Rosen
crans ordered a court martial, and this
morning they were hung. Col. Baird
telegraphs that they were spies of no or
dinary character. Orton was cousin to
General Robert E. Lee, and was brother
of Williams, late on McClellan’s staff.
[This attrocious act of hanging these
men is confirmed by official dispatches re
ceived at Washington from Rosencrans
himself. Here is another chance for oar
Government to carry out its threat of re
taliation.—Rich. Examiner.]
Frarn I.auiaiaun.
The Natchez Courier, of .Tune 5th,
says : Gen. Taylor and his troops, from
all accounts, made a pretty clean thing of
the attack on Camp Perkins last Sunday.
There were over 2,000 Federal troops in
that camp, a part of the investment of
Vicksburg, and placed there as a guard to
the outlet of the main army from Grand
Gulf to Milliken’s Bend. The attack of
General Taylor was short and decisive.-—
According to the accounts from all sides, a
few Federals escaped to a gunboat which
was riding at anchor a short distance off;
the most, however, were either killed,
wounded or captured. There are a series
of Federal camps, commencing at Grand
Gulf and extending to Lake Providence—
thus forming a half circle in front of Vicks
burg in the Louisiana parishes of Madison
and Carroll. For some time it was through
this channel that General Grant obtained
a portion of his supplies, ana on this roate
he marched most of his giant army to the
base of operations against Vicksburg,
located at Grand Gulf. With Gen. Tay
lor on the Louisiana side and Gen. John
ston on Mississippi hills, we fancy Gen.
Grant’s position and siege will prove any
thing but pleasant and profitable. The
Federals may yet he aroused from their
fancied security to find their own supplies
in danger, perhaps entirely cut off, and the
Confederates, instead of being starved out,
subsisting sumptuously on their rations.—
Such things have happened, and may
again. At all events the march of Taylor
and liis brave troops has commenced, end
there is no telling where they may pene
trate into the enemy’s formidable line.
Glorious Victory at Winchester.
Richmond, June 17th.—A dispatch da
ted the 16th from the Rockinham Regis
ter to the Associated Press at Richmond,
says that Gen. Early attacked the ene
my at Winchester on Sunday, fought
him on Saturday, and lenewed the attack
yesterday, morning at four o’clock.
After a struggle of one hour the aboli
tion flag was lowered and onr victorious
veterans took possession of the town, when
the command of Milroy surrended, six to
seven thousand strong, together with all
their stores, &c., embracing several hun
dred horses s nd wagons , equipments, ar
tillery and trains.
Our loss in killed wounded and missing
doe9 not exceed one hundred. No officers
killed.
Milroy is endeavoring to escape, bat
it is rumored that he has since been cap
tured.
Col. Olcott, endeavoring to reinforce
Milroy with about two thousand men, was
captured by Gen. Edward Johnstou on
Sunday evening near Berryville. [Olcott
was no doubt maicbing to the relief of
Milroy from Harper’s Ferry. Berryvilte
lies a little to the South of the main road
from Harper’s Ferry to Winchester, and
is but six or seven miles from Winches
ter.]
