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Newspaper Page TextBOMIITON, NiSBET & BARNES, j?ablisherfi and Proprietors. H. V. »UrU!IT0M, / JO< , ii. .Xisaiii’. i <C!jd Coiifcbcratc ill nicn Is published Weekly, in HWledgrrHle, Get., C,’truer of Hancock aid II Uktnson Sis., (opposite Court House ) At $4 a year in Advance. Ol It M V, TEHHX. On and after 1st, 11^:3, the Terms of Sub scription to the Confederate Union, are Four Dol- uio, invaritily in advance.- All indebtedness lor suba«Mipi.iou to ibis paper, previous to June 1st, 18C3, is at tile rate of Tliree Dollars per year. ADVERTISING. Trassixst—One dollar and City cents per square of t, a lines, for the tiist insertion, auit seventy-live cents for each subsequent inseittoti. Tributes of respect, ltesolntions by Societies, (Obit uaries exceeding six lines.) Nominations tor t Hire, Communications or Editorial notices lor indivlnuu. benefit, <'Uurged us Iranuciit advertising. Lloal— Illations for letters of administra tion by Administrators, ExrJors, Uuuiui- ans, Ct-e. - Application for Dismission from Administrator ship ;•••• - Application l, r Dirunssion from Guardtiiusmp, Application for leave to sell Land or .Negroes, Nonce to debtors and creditors bints of personal or peiudiullie ptoj erty, (per square ot ten lines - Sales ol Land or Negroes, (per square of ten Each SneiitTs Levy, ot ten lines or less J.uch Mon gage sgie, ol ten lines or less All advertisements »>y si '"T <—. . -.ii t * jr no, . ,1-1 mem-, per .-qllnre > I tell lints Estublislnug lop. papi r.-, pti equate ol ten lines, For a man advertising bis witetiu advance,; Of G0(i 4 Oil b Ot 4 U.i 2 00 5 C(i ;t on G bb 1 oil S Ob lu Ob LEGAL ADVL KT IS EM ENTS. sales of Land aud Negroes, by Administrators. Ex- YOLOE XXXiV.] 1 rout the Cbrouicle &. Sentinel. -to Raid on Cotubabcc. 1 he following account ot the late raid on theCoinbahee is f urnished to the Charleston Mercury by an eye witness and sufferer. The picture drawn is startling, and although painted in plain, unvarnished terms, presents facts of a very grave nature and import. We ap pend some editorial comments of the Mercury, not only because they are eminently just, but because our own State is an equal sufferer with South Carolina from the same terrible causes. Here, as there, the enemy have ravish ed with impunity,.and for aught we know to the contrary, equally culpa ble negligence lies at our own doors, is there no remedy—no preventative of a repetition of these devilish outrages of an unscrupulous foe ? These law less r.flL.wfcc,. ea\ra el, - .M fl. i'I lilier i! (■ tion. 31 ILLEDCrE Y1LLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, J U N E 30, 1863. [NUMBER 6. made an impression on my mind which can never be effaced. Here, I thought to myself, is a repetition of .San Do mingo. Remaining about live hovrs in the woods,I concluded to steal towards my own burning house, and ascertain the amount of destruction. I approach ed cautiously, as the small steamboat had not 3’et left my landing, and I could still see the negroes carrying from nay burning barn bags of rice upon their heads, in rapid movement to wards the steamboat. At eleven o’clock the steamer moved off. not having left her station for six hours, and I was left alone to survey with tearful eyes the wide scene of desolation around me. My pleasant and comfortable bouse was in ashes. My library, containing over thirty-five hundred volumes, in the collectiou of which I had emnloy- i . - wc mm me ; every me- consumes. Regarding the matter as touching in ternational law, between ourselves and the Government of the United States, j and as bearing upon the customs of war, the facts are such that they must , be faced by our authorities, State and ! military. As touching the laws of scatjrair Guardians, arerequired by law to be held d.i tlie first I'aesd.iy in tiie uiiulli; between ilie hours of lit iu tlie tureuoou and three in tbe afternoon, at the Courthouse m tiie county in wbit-li be property if sit uated. Notice of thesesales must be given in a publii ga- ze t.r id days ptenioua to tbe day ofsale. Notic-s fort tie s lie of personal property must be giv en in like iii.iiine; 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to toe lobtors and creditors of an estate must al o be published 11! days. Niticetli.it i pplication will be made to the Courtof Ordinary forlenveto sell Land or Negroes, must be publislied for two months. Cil/r!i t i<i ■ :ter of Administration Guardianship, &o., must bo published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, iwon/A/y six mottlkt—foi Wisinission trom Guardianship, 40 days. Rales for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published mnOUu for four muitUhs—for establishing lost papers, I Q ... ,, ,. . .. - , for ike full cp-:ee of ihrrr months—for compelling titles : oOUtil LitrOllllfl, Whether COllSUierCu a.i from Executors or administrators, where bond h**been I , ncre slaves Or as individuals domiciled given by tbe deceased, the full space of three , , , . ,, , months ! here, every soul engaged m the late Publicationswillslwmysbecontinued according to I ra j ( ] whether white or black, has for- these, the legnlrcquireraents, tuileas otherwibeordered I ’ To Advertisers. Persons sending advertisements to this paper, will obscivc tlio following rules : All notices must be accompanied with the cash, except from persons'with whom we have contracts. 15 cents ;t line, for the first insertion, and 7\ cents a line ior every subsequent insertion is our charge. Count nine written words to a line and every person can tell just what amount unshrinking consider a- j mo rial ofTny past life, and every mate- .... } rial object to which my heart still , iew , . as an sample permitted to clung, not for its intrinsic value, but others, this raid is most pernicious, and for the unspeakable associations con- may be destructive in its f uture effects.! nected with it—vanished, perished in As a question of food, it is ot ino- j the flames ; and this was not done in a menl, threatening as it does the whole j tempest, by the lightning of heaven, granary ol the State, vyliich lies upon j but sanctioned by the order of tbeciv- the coast for the interior of the State J ilized,philanthropic,liberty-loving Yan- lias produced but little more than it kec. Besides my house, they burnt three negro houses, one of which the driver lived in, my steam threshing mill and barn, corn bouse, kitchen, and store room, mule stable and some six thousand bushels of rice. They also carried off' seventy-three negroes and three mules. What contributed most to my mortification, was, that in my whole gang of slaves, among whom there were any amount of Aarons, Abra hams, Isaacs and Jacobs, there was not one Abdiel—not one remained loy- j feited bis life,, either as an insurrection- ) al to the rebel. They left an old wo- j ist or a traitor to the State of South j man who had been bedridden fora year, ; Carolina ; and whether taken now or ; and whose house was next to the dri- | at any future time, the lives of these ver’s house that had been burnt. I j men are forfeit—and the forfeit must ; went into her house and found her na- be paid to the last farthing, without j ked in her bed, stript of her clothing, coufeidci atioii to individuals, to proper- . abandoned by her children and grand ly, or to qualms of the stomach or of children. She has since died. This is the pocket. No prisoners should be : an instance of abolition humanity, taken at all. There is a time for all j They all left me, saints and sinners, things :—a time for sentiment, and a ' and nothing remains to testify of their time for sternness. The time for the i former presence but the famishing cats of money to send. Obituaries, Editorial j exercise of the latter sentiment lias and dogs, who, iu coming around me, Knica for Gan sin Cribs*, Jtf. To the Editors of the Richmond Enquirer. The tithing law wJl soon render much measdnnent necessary, I propose to give plain rules,intelligible to farmers generally for finding the coutenU of different vess els, cribs, barrels, p'.trto beds, and the likt—not following the order of the ques tions proposed by yonr correspondent, but still answering them all, and perhaps some others. It would be veil for framers to cut out this communication and preserve it. 1. Ft is a very easy matter to find tlie number of cubic feet in any crib or box, square at tbe corners. Multiply the length by the breadth (in feet) for the number of square feel, on the floor, and this product by the depth, for the required number of cubic feet in the box or room. Thus, if a room be 12 feet long by C wide, it contains 12 x 6=72 square feet on iho floor, and if 5 feet deep, it contains 72 * ,5=3G0 cubic ieet. 2. To fitid the number of bushels is also easy. A cubic foct contains 1728 cubic inches—and a hnsiel about 21G0 (accu- | rately 215042*) inches. A cubic foot is, therefore, 1728-2130=4-5, or 8 10 of a bushel. A wine gallon contains 231 cubic inches. A cubic foot therefore contains about 7.} and a bushel about & 1-3 tviue gallons. 3. Corn is usually put up on the cob or in the shuck wLile it is sold by the bushel or barrel of shelled corn. The proportion of shelled corn to corn on the cob is nearly uniform, but comprred with corn in the shuck it varies considerably—depending on—1, the size of the pars—2. the way it is shucked, and—3 the way it is packed or trodden in. One bushel of shelled corn is equal to two buslels corn on the cob, to about three bushels of corn in slip shuck, (say 2| to 3i) and to about four of corn in full shuck, (say 4 to 4 1-2.) 4. If a crib of cor* on the cob is 12 feet long. 10 wide, and 8 deep, it will hold as follows: 12 Length in feet. 10 Width. Notices, Nominations for office, and all communications for individual benefit, are charged as advertisements. Legal adver tisements are charged according to tlie riitcs under the bead of this paper, on tlie first page. BOOK-BINDING. The .Subscriber is now pre pared t.i do Kcok'Hind- irig - , in nil its branches. Old Books, lcbound, A c. it ilie best style. Blank Hooks come—the time for the former folly has passed. The security of our homes and the integrity of our institutions are at stake. The violation of the laws and customs of all civilized nations is gross, palpable and indisputable. Let the adder be crushed in its incipiency, be the immediate results what they may. Regarding the matter from a milita- seem to demand by their anxious ex pression the sense and meaning of their present loneliness. The negroes were not allowed by their sympathising friends to carry off any of their cloth ing, except what they wore on their backs; not a pot, nqr a»kettle; and there wa left at the landing a strange medley of clothes, pots and kettles, baskets, bolts of cloth, hats and shoes, MLJSIU bound manufactured to ord given to all work entni*ted to me. ry point of view,- the facts are such j together with the familiar faces of many iliat they require explanation. If all j articles which had miraculously disap- the facts stated—and they are stated peared from the premises years ago, Prompt atti mion will be i on very unexceptionable authority—be I and of whose mysterious disappearance Uindrry in Soiitlicrn Frill Milledgeville, March Itttli, 1SC1 S. J. KIDD. n! laion Office. 43 Western & Allan!ic (Stale Railroad. r s,i •»•'■■■• "-•> 4 klgg? — _____ Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles, Fare $G 00 JOHN S. EOWLAND, Kerr. I»n-*srns< r Train. true, the whole thing is most disgrace ful. Tbe matter calls for a vigorous and a rigorous investigation. It is under stood that such investigation is now being made. no intelligible explanation had ever been given. There was enough prog to fill ten wagons. They have all gone, and I expect by this time realize the meaning of that other abstraction, lib erty and the rights of man. I think Leave Atlanta at.. Arrive at Chatiaiiooira at Leave Atlanta al Arrive at Chattanooga at Accoiumoilatiost I*:ns*c Leave Atlanta Arrive at Kingston Leave Kingston Arrive at Atlanta This Bead connect- each way with the Koine Branch Hailroad a! Kinsslon, the East Tennessee A Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and tlie Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga July 29, ISti2. • 7 30 P. M. 4 57 A. M . 4 <'o A M. . 5 15 P. M. Train. 2 40 P. M .. 6 57 P. M .. 4 30 A.M. .. b 45 A M. 10lf. New Arrangement. Change of Schc lulc, on and after Monday llth inst Til E feubsenbersare convey- t <j iug tiie C - S. ’ Mail from Mil- Icslgeville via Sparta, Culver- Port-eltou to Oiinl!!. il*"U <- Wells,and would respectfully iuvi;,; the attention ol tiieir friends and the travelling public, to their new aid complete arrangement for travelling facilities over tlii»tine- • _ _ SCHEDULE—LeaveMilledgeville after tlio arriva •f trains from Coluinbnv. Mucon and Savannah; Ar rive in Sparta at no’clock V. M. and at Double W ellr same evening. ... 1 ave Double W -lisalter the arrival of monimr trains from Aumsta. Atlanta and Athens; Arrive at Sp,r:a 11 o’clock, A. M.; Arrive at Milledgevillesamt Whir "•ood Hacks, fine Stock and careful driver* we elicit aUberalpxfronage.^^ f 0 krs. rtf r *• <> OiRc^s—Milled seviUr Hotel MilledgeviUe^G a EdtrarJ*’ House. Spar let. Moore 1 * * * * 6 * * 9 $ Hotel, Double Well*’ July 11,1859. 8 lf - tTHERiDGE 8c SON, Factors, Commission and Forwarding MEROHArff TfiJ, NAVANNAH, 6A. W. 11. F.TKF.RimiE. W. 1). ETHERIDGE, Jr July 15th, 1856. 8 tf Plantation for Sale. I OFFER f >r sal-* a well improved Plantation within three miles of Milledgeville, contain iii4 fourteen hundred acres of land. WILLIAM A. JARRATT. Feb. 4, 1863 3y m,f - The conduct of affairs at Bluffton ; old Pompey will miss his garden and seems to redeem the reputation of the j his favorite vegetables ; old Janus will division but little. | no longer captivate his admiring audi I ence by misquotations from tbe Bible; At 5 o’clock I was awakened in my ! and old driver George will find his oc- bed by tbe driver, who rushed precipi- I cupation gone. tately into my room, and informed me ! 1 have no doubt, if ever I should see that two of the enemy’s steamers were j that “ genus infidum” again, I shall find in full sight, and would soon be oppo- them a wiser and a sadder people, site to my landing. I arose hastily, I The boon of liberty they will discover, went upod the portico of the house, ! to their cost, does not comprise cloth- and, sure enough, there were the two i ing, comfortable bouses, kind treat- steamers—one quite small, and tbe ment and medical attendance, but to other very large, crowded with armed I them is misery, privation, hunger and men in dark uniforms. It seemed to J a cheerless death. The question now me that I also saw women seated in is, could this raid have been prevented? chairs upon the upper deck of the large 11 think so. Had Jeffords’, squadron steamer, surveying with curiosity tlie , been stationed here, I think, though I beautiful and peaceful scene that lay ; profess to be no judge in military mat- stretched before them. j tors, the enemy could have been inter- Upon perceiving that the smaller • cepted. They had been posted here steamer was steering for my landing, I | for eighteen months, knew every foot ordered the driver to bring* the people ; and by path of the country, all the to me, as they had come from the fields, plantations, and by a proper disposal and were gathering at the settlement, j of a few men upon each place, might Finding that the negroes did not come ^ have checked their progress. The to me from the settlement,as I had or- | squadron under the command of Major dered, I immediately went there, found Manuel had been recently transferred to them all about their houses, and see- i this country, which they did not know, ing that tlie enemy had now landed from a country with which they were j about twenty negroes under the leader- perfectly familiar. I hoy were entire- , ship of one white man, I ordered them ly ignorant of the localities, and though ! to follow me and take to the woods, no doubt willing to render assistance, which form a deep forest near my i were unable to do so, from their want house. They all professed a willing-j of familiarity with this region. One | ness to do so, but not one made a sign or two cannon at Tar Biutt I feel con- ! of moving. As I had not a single arm j fident, would have arrested the pro- j of defence about my person, I was for- j gress of tbe steamboats; and bad tbe ced to fly to the woods for protection. | fort at Conibahee Ferry retained the j I took refuge in it, and determined | cannon which now repose at Green to watch, as far as I could, the opera- i Pond it might have done them some i tions of tlie enemy. They catne up to | damage. But in these matters 1 say I j my house, and in a very short time it j am no judge, and these are iny small was ret on fire. I looked towards Mr. j opinions, besides I am in no moou for VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. I OFFER ft r «ale ike place npon whirl] I live, in Worth countv. Ga , 17 miles above Albany, on the "State Hoad,” leading fromjhe latter place to Mtcon Said place contains aeris with about 3 ii opened, ail of which has hern cleared within the lsst two jears, except 3il acres. Lying ns it Oops immediately on 1* lint River and Julies Greek; it is one of the best water d plantations in this section of the State ; and is one of the most deniable places in Southwestern Georpia— comprising all Ihe facilities of a number one farm. Hea th of the place nnanrpassed. Water and im provements pood. A liver portiou is No. 1 llam- mock tlio balance, red Mulatto land. I vill se w ith the place a fine lot of improved slock oops and catt e. F* r particulars, call on me on the P ace or addrets me, Bloomfield, Worth connty, Ga A* Lli a i l * June 2, 1663. 2 tf. 120 Square feet an floor. S Depth. 960 Cubic feet. S =S-10 Mt.ltiplier for bushels. 768,0 (Tbe right hand figure cut off.) number of bushels of corn on the cob—768. 2—7GS0. 3S4 Number of bushels of shelled corn. 3— 76S Bushels—ifin slip shuck. 25G Bushels of shelled corn. 4— 768 Bushels—if in full or whole shuck. 192 Bushels of shelled corn. 5— 384 Bushels of shelled corn. impartial criticism. It is merely my desire to give a simple tmd succinct ac count of what I saw and suffered. Kirkland’s place, and soon perceived the smoke rising from the direction ot his residence. Presently the mill,over- seer’s house and stables on his place, j This is an act commanded and sanc- lso the threshing mill and barns upon j tioned by the best of all possible gov ernments ; yes, best indeed, in the esti mation of the innumerable Rev. Dr. *nv own place, as well as those upon Mr. Lowndes and Col. Heyward’s,were burning almost simultaneously. The negroes, men and women, were i ush- ing to the boat with their children,now and then greeting some one whom they recognized among the uniformed ne- rrioes r and who were probably foi mer runaways from tbe various plantations in the neighborhood. The negroes seemed tobe utterly transformed,drunk with excitement, and capable ol the wildest excesses. The roaring of the flames, the barbarous howls ot the ne groes, the blowing of horns, the harsh steam whistle, and the towering col umns of smoke from every quarter, Panglosses’ that swarm over the North. To talk of reconstruction is about as sensible as to attempt the reconstruc tion of the Tower of Babel, or tbe re building of tbe Temple of Jerusalem. They have laid me under obligations which I hope my brave countrymen will repay with interest. SPECIAL NOTICE, M R. L. CARRINGTON has my books and is ready to receive tlie CASH or Note for ev ery account in them. All indebted to me mi st rail on him. or he will be forced to call on them. He may be found at the Drug Store of Messrs. Flerty & Hall. A. C. VAIL, Agt. June 20, IB63. 5 tf 76 4-5 Barrels of shelled corn. The above example gives the methods in full of solving each of the problems as to contents of a crib. Other roles will he given, which abbreviate the process. It is necessary, also, to explain some practi cal difficulties. If tbe corn be not level iu the crib, the depth uot being uniform, it must either be reduced to a level, or else averaged. This may be done with toler able accuracy by measuring where after careful observation, it is thought to be of average, dpeth. For greater accuracy measure in a number of different places, and divide the sum by the number of measurements. If found at five places to be respectively 4, 0, b, tS, 10 feet, and these numbers together making 34 feet, and divide by tbe number of measure ments, 5, and the average depth will be 34 divided by 5=6 4 5 feet. [Where corn reaches into the roof, if it reaches the comb of the house, it is easy to find tbe contents. Consider half the height of the comb above the plate to be the average depth. If the house the 10 feet long, 8 feet wide, and the comb be six feet above the plate. 10x8=S0 feet— number of square feet on floor. Multiply this by half of 6 feet, i. e. 3; 80x3=240 cubic feet. if tbe corn does not reach the comb, then half the depth of the corn, above the plate is uot quite enough. The fraction expressing the average depth is more diffi cult to find—it may be found thus : Add the width of the corn at the bottom to its width at the top, and half of this will be the numerator. The width at the bottom is the denominator of the fraction. Thus, if the roof be 8 wide at the plate, and at top when the con* gives out it is 4 feet wide, add S and 4 making 12. Onehalf of this (6) is the numerator, and the uvidth at bottom (S) the denominator, and so 6 8 of the actual depth would be the aver age depth. As the problem is a little difficult, most persons judge of tlie average depth above the plate by the eye.] 6. We will noAv present in the most con cise farm the rule for finding the contents in shelled corn of a crib of corn put up in the cob. Rule. Multiply together the length, breadth, and average depth, expressed in feet.— Multiply the product by 4 and cut off one figure from the right, for the answer in bushels of shelled corn. Example. In a crib 15 feet long, 12 feet wide, filled 9 feet deep with corn on the cob, how many bushels of small corn ? 15 Length in feet. 12 Width. 180 Square feet in floor, 9 Depth. 1620 Cubic Feet. 4 Multiplied for Bushels, 04S,0 (one decimal cut off) 64S bushels shelled cern. 7. If the crib was 9 feet deep to the plate, and full up above the plate to the cora lj—gay 6 feet from plate to comb— then the average depth of the whole Avould be found thus : To 9 feet add 1-2 of six feet or 3=12 f ee t—whole average depth. *These figures are according to copy but the author’s meaning is not very ap parent.— EPS. Con’FeD. 180x12=2160 cubic feet. 4 864.0=864 bushels shelled corn. 8. If the corn be in slip shuck, mulitply the cubic feet 3, and if in full shuck, by 2‘ and cut off one figure as decimal, for-tlie answer in bushels of shelled corn. 9. Conc'^e rule for rendering corn on the coh to barrels of com. Take 8 per cent, of the product of length, width and depth expressed infect. Example. In a crib iif corn on the cob 20 feet long, 10 wide and 9 deep, how many barrels of shelled corn ? 20 si 10=200 x 9=1 800 8 per cent. 14400 cut off 2 deci- mals=144 bbls. ^ ^ ^*• oil /yroin U’liAut olaull orl p/arn &C., Which are sold as they stand, the rule is very simple. Rule. Multiply together the length and breadth and depth iu feet for the number of cubic feet; multiply this by 8 and cut off one decimal for the answer in bush els. Example. A box of Avheat is 12 feet loug 4 wide and 5 deep. How many bushels does it contain ? 12 x 4=4S x 5=240 8 1920—192 bushels. 11. Peas in the shell yield very few shelled peas. In one sort I found it re quired 16 of the former to make 1 tf the latter. If this proportion be correct, the following would be the Rule for peas in the shell. Multiply together the length and breadth and depth in feet for the number of cubic feet ; divide this product by 20 for the number of bushels of shelled peas. Example. In a room of unshelled peas 20 feet long 15 wide, and averaging 6 feet deep, hoiv many bushels of shelled peas ? 20 k 15=300.-300 * 6=1800.—1S00 —20=90 bushels. To find the number of bushels in a hogshead barrel, or other vessel of a circu lar base, and approximating a cylinder iu form, measuro the inside diameter one- third of the way down from the top, aud the depth, in inches. Rule. Multiply the diametar in inches by it self, and the product by the depth. Then multiply by 36 1-3 and cut off 5 dicimals for the answer of bushels. Example. In a hogshead whose depth is 40 inches, and the diameter (one-third from the top) 30 inches how many bushels 1 30 diametar in inches. 30 900 40 depth. If the crib is full of com on the cob, di vide by 2 to reduce it to shelled com, and so in other cases. 36000 36J 246000 108000 . 18000 1314000 (5 decimals)—13 bush ; 14 000. 13—To find the number of wine gallons in a hogshead Sfc. Multiply the diameter (one third from the top) by itself, and this by the depth. Then multiply by 24 and cut off 4 figures for decimals. Example. In a barrel 30 inches deep, and its diam eter 13 from the top, 20 inches,how many wine gallons ] 20 x 20=400, 400 x 30=1200 34 4S000 36000 Tiie Ar***y and (Hot. Brown. We have been favored with the perusal of a letter addressed by a gal lant officer now with the Confederate army in Florida, to a gentleman in this city, who has permitted us to make the following extract from it: “lam very glml indeed that His Excellency Gov. Brown has again con sented to become a candidate for Governor. You may assure him that I will do all in my power for him notwithstand ing his refusal to appoint me Solicitor in the Putaula Circuit. I make it a rule to do what I conceive to be right rcgardlcBsof my individual disappoint ments. Say to His Excellency that he may rely upon the votes of almost every Georgia soldier in the service here in Florida.” From other sources we learn that the same feeling prevails with the Georgia regiments in the service to an almost unanimous extent. Of this however,it \till be hard to satisfy the opponents of Gov. Brown and while we should be pleased to see no con test for Governor of the State, at the coming election we are yet satisfied, astherewill be one, that the ballot box shall determine’whether the people desire his services for a fourth term, or whether they prefer to entrust the administration of the affairs of the State into another’s and untried hands. Peahaps it is as well, that some other candidate shall declare himself for the office of Chief . Magistrate or be brought out by his friends, as that Gov. Brown shall run alone. The re sult may satisfy those who have so much fault to find with the Govern or. We shall wait patiently to learn who will be the opposing candidate. JlS8., > >3. S gals. 40, 8000=40 8-10 14—To find the number of bushels in a potato bank piled in the form of a cone : Rule. Multiply the diameter at the base by itself, and the product by the height in feet. Then multiply by 21 and cut off 2 figures from decimals for the answer in bushels. Example In a potato bank, the diameter being 6 feet at the base, and the height 5 feet, how many bushels 1 6x6=36—36x5=180 21 ISO . 360 3.7S0=37 S 10 bush els. If the potatoes do not come to a point at the top, but round considerably, then divide the ISO by 4 for the answer—say 180—4=45 bushels. 16—Every farmer would find it a great convenience to keep a bushel measuring rod Cut a rod exactly 51 5-8 inches long; and measure it off into 4 equal parts. Each part will be a line* bushel. A box just as long, wide and deep as this would con tain exactly one bushel. Subdivide each line bushel into ten equal parts culling them tenths. When the dimensions are found with this rod, the product of length, breadth and depth is the answer in bushels. Example. A crib is ten line bushels long, 8 wide, aud 24—10 (or 5, 4) deep. Hoiv many bushels docs it contain ? 10 line bushels long. 8 wide. 432,0 Numbers of bushels— 432. ’12 906*1,000 inches, [From thu Jackson Missi-sippian.] The 49th 6a. Volosteers—Card from Col. Colqnitt. Camp Gist’s Brigade, Walker’s Division, Army of Miss June 7, 1863 Editor Mississippian: Iu a recent issue of your paper ap pears an article quoted from the Charleston Mercury stating that “sev eral hundred” of the 49th Ga. Volun teers. whilst on their way to Missis sippi, left for their homes, aud “have not been heard from since;” and as this article has been copied Into the Georgia papers, to the disparagement of this command, permit me to correct it in your columns. When the regiment reached Missis sippi, and a full report was made to Brigade Head Quarters instead of showing “several hundred men” absent it disclosed the gratifying and credita ble fact that more men were present and for duty than were ever before since the organization of the regiment —some fifteen months ago—being two hundred men over any regiment in this army. Surely this speaks in praise of my gallant command.—Be sides, after marching and counter marching many miles through the State in the heat and dust, and great scarcity of water, when untried troops were fainting by the way the 46th Ga. Volunteers showed a better report after than before the march began. Jealous of the reputation of my corps, and proud of the association with such noble spirits and their gallant bearing on the field of battle, and hav ing their good name in my keeping as their commander, I need hardly offer apology foi*thus intruding upon your columns the justification. I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, P. H. COLQUITT, Colonel 46th Ga. Vols. P. S.—Will the papers which have copied the article from the Mercury do my command the justice to publish this. P. H. C. ——■— —- Vicksburg. Not a line of newo for o\ir oarly aJi. tion, and yet the mysterious hints about “contraband tidings” from the telegraph correspondents in Mississip pi are very inexcusable, if important events are not now in actual progress. We think they are. But in asserting such a belief as this, we are throwing discredit upon our Press correspon dent who formally announced last week that the fate of Grant’s army would be sealed in five days. If it were sealed at all within that time the wax is cool, and it is high time to break the seal and let us into the mystery. The public anxiety about Vicksburg surpasses that ever yet felt in any pe riod of the war, and this anxiety is vastly increased by the - absence of even that modicum of iufornoatiou which has been engaged in respect to all the other campaigns. The darkness is total, with the exception of now and then a glimpse of light by some adventurous blockade ruuner from tbe beleaguered city. Every thing on our side is, as no doubt it should be tabooed. It is out of the question that military operations should be safely conducted within a few miles of the enemy, without preserving the most rigid reticence. Every body must see and acknowledge this fact, and that it alone sufficiently explains all our ignorance of Gen. Jobuston’s re sources and movements; and yet not. withstanding this many persons are making themselves unhappy by draw ing unfavorable auguries from the silence. We think there is no good rea son for despondency. Vicksburg is in peril—the Fedearls are in dead earn est and meau to spare naming to insure her downfall. Bi t so Kith- rnoud was in peril several times, and so every point is in peril whose late hangs on the chances of war. W e may be well justified in feeling a de gree of anxiety, but we do not think there is occasion to despond. The let ters from Mississippi are generally assuming a very cheerful tone, and we believe affairs are brightening there every day. The favorable crops .eport- ed in that State are exceedingly pro pitious and they are coining forward now to relieve the wants of our army und the pressure upon the railway transportation. The War in Virginia. A gentleman who left Winchester Tuesday morning, arrived in this city last evening by the Central train. Intel ligence brought by him confirms, and to some extent, corroborates the news contained in the telegraph from Har risonburg,published in another column of this paper. We give his account. General BxveTl surrounded V\ m- chester on Saturday evening, where there ensued some skirmishing and driving in of pickets. On Sunday morning Gen. Ewell formally demand ed the surrender of the town. Milroy replied that he would not surrender, aud threatened, if an attempt was made to storm the positiou, to fire every building in the town. Gen. Ewell sent him word that he would carry the place by assault, and if a single house was fired he would give no quarter, and hang every Yankee he captured. Soon after this parley at a given signal, the assault was made from several quarters at once. Tlie outer works were speedily carried, and iu two hours the Yankees capitulated. General Ewell at once pushed on with a part of his force towards Martins- burg, leaving Gen. Early to take care of the prisoners, &c. On taking pos session of the town, Gen. Early learn ed that Milroy, with six hundred cav alry had whilst the fighting was go ing on cut through a weak point iu our lines, and made his escape. The Yankees fired no house and made no attempt to destroy their stores. We took between six aud eigiit thousand prisoners, much ammunition and stores and a very large number of wagons and fine horses. Our loss in killed and wounded in this important action is believed not to exceed fifty. The story of General Smith’s death is without foundation. Wheu our informant^left Winches ter it was reported that General Ewell had crossed the Potomac at Williams port and, marching down the north bank, taken possession of the Maryland Heights, opposite Harper’s Fery, whilst another body ot our had approached aud occupied the lat ter place by the direct road from Charlestown. At Harper’s Ferry it is said we also captured immense stores, much of which had recently been scut from Winchester by Milroy. It was also said that Johnstons’s division had captured at Berryville a reinforce ment of two thousand men on their way to Milroy from Harper’s Fer ry. It is thought very doubtful whether Milroy will be able to make good his escape, as tlie whole country from Winchester to the Potomac is swarm ing with our troops and Jenkins, with a large force of cavalry, is hovering along the border. From Fredericksburg we have noth ing of importance. About noon yester day heavy explosions were heard in the direction of Aquia creek. It was believed the enemy was blowing up the wharves and buildings at that point. A large force of our cavalry crossed into Stafford at Falmouth, with the design of picking up Yankeestrag- glers, several hundreds of whom are prowling about the county. Twenty- seven were caught yesterday morning and sent to this city by rail. The poor people of Fredericksburg are reaping a rich harvest of spoils from the ene my’s deserted camps. In Falmouth coffee is selling for a dollar a pound, and lemons five cents apiece. The situation on the Peninsula is unchanged.—The Yankees, variously estimated, according to the fears, and imagination of the scout, at from eight hundred to two thousand, occupy a puolljuu un till. UUltillmoli I/ukU Diascund creek, forty miles west of Richmond. Their pickets are thrown out to points ten miles nearer this city. It is presumed they will stay where they are until they eat out the substance of the neighborhood, aud then proceed to fresh fields and pastures new.—They have their own way on the Peninsula, and there is none to make them afraid. Richmond Examiner. “ Stonewall” Jackson. J UST published, and for sale by N. S. Morse &. Co., Augusta. Ga., a complete BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF “Stonewall” Jackson. By Charles Hallock. Being a full and accu rate account of the Leading Events ot' his Lite, his Dying Moments, and the Obsequies at Richmond and Lexington. This work contains many anecdotes of tbe illus* irions soldier, that have never before been pub lished. For sale by all Book Stores aud Nows Agents. Piice ijtl.50. The trade supplied at a liberal discount, ty All orders addressed to us will bo prompt!/ filled. N. 8. MORSE & CO., Augusta, Ga. June 23. 1863. 6 3t A Book Bindery for Sale! C OMPLETE in all its parts, containing 2 Iron Standing Presses, Lying Presses, Ruling Ma chine, Iron Paper Cutting Machine, Brass Roll and Stamps, together with every material .requir ed for au extensive business. W. THORNE WILLIAMS, Sdvatuah. Ga. job* ir mi- *

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, June 30, 1863, Image 1