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VOLUME XXXIV.]
M ILLE DG E VIL LE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, J l L 1 28, 1863.
[NUMBER 10.
[tor the La Grange Repoiter ]
“Among I be Fnllrn.’’
UY LOUISE, OF NEW ORLEANS.
Have you seen my soldier boy?
lie was dies-sed in coat ol grey,
With a brow as blight as day ;
And I’ve heard his mother say,
XJis eyes were mine.
Have you seen my soldier hoy,
Did yon say he shared the tight’
llis mother dreamed last night,
1 list he stood — not in his might
Tali and flue—
Hut as a child once more,
Just within the nuisery door.-
With his playthings o’er the tluor,
Sighing, mother three tinns o'er.
All is well. #
Have you seen my soldier boy ’
Why look ye all aside?
Oh. God! you say he died—
Our youngest botn, our piide,
Gravely fell!
And his mother,—must she know?
Forgive these tears!—tire blow,
Will crush her with its wot!
Lut—all’s well!
rule as militia officers, as their offices are landing. He wanted Jo erect more l and the 7th l a. 750. No ooe knows
not now so important that they cannot he j batteries and otherwise lortify the . muc * 1 in regard to the 4Sth New l ork.-r-
spared to do local and temporary service l s l aI1( ] more strouglv, but the planters ! TI,ere were onl >’ ,wo re r , ?l ents ! eft 0,1
in the defense of the State. vvoul(1 „ot furnish 'their hands, and,
In protecting State officers against con- therefore the work could not be done.
scription, ia\c ,.rte upon what I coined- qq, the call of the Governor and (Jen- „„ Folly Island two' ( Hiio, three Pennsvl- j It gives the only connected,intelligent,
er an important principle. If any of them , , , „ „ „,i_ 1 J - -- - - 1 J ° ’
now refuse to ait! in the defense of their <Tal no adequate response was made.
rnnor tbn Their hands were making crops which
St. Helena Island, the 54th Massachusetts
and 2d regiments of South Carolina ne-
erros—both black regiments. There were
The Invasion of Pennsylvania-the
Eattle of Gettysburg—the Retreat
to Hagerstown.
We give be Jew an extract of a letter
from an officer of Northern Virginia.
homes.it will be proper that the State -Iheir iiuuds \\ere niakuijg crop
withdraw this protection from such in the would lie needed as much as these
future- works. Hut if Charleston falls, those
Let no one despair of ottr ultimate success. 1 who sowed may not reap-—those wjio
We should not expect to he victoiii
every field
| of our atniies in me past, nave inane, us an i.i: - peopl
vania and some New York regiments,
besides others whose State was not known
to the prisoners. Only the, llth Maine-
regiment was at Fernandina, and only
one regiment was at St. Atignstine. The
Yankees have four light batteries upon
mt expect to he victotions upon planted may not gather. Tlie Yankees j F(( „ Ls , all(1> " ,, t p. s.liattery
lie splendid r.cliievesnent.s r ItJ ay I»e n 10 l*e bcnelitteil by tliesi’ eroj^N ; a <"onnot-tioitt battery and the 3d llltodi
.in ic past, ,af. "lAM.iisan than either our soldiers or people. I Island batterv. Folly -I si and is strongly
i historic people, and have cleat ly foreshad
owed the final triumph ot our arms, and
j the future glory and grandeur of the Con
| fc-deracy. .Such a people, inhabiting such
| a country, and having such mothers, wives,
j sisters, and daughters, need •only he tiue
j to themselves and humbly trust in Altnigh-
j ty Power, to be invincible.
I Liven tinder my hand and seal of Execu
tive Department, this July 17th, 1863.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
don’t believe in that short-sighted sel- | fortified. They have the same guns and
fishness that tries to conceal itself un- j mortars (13-inch) 'which were used in the
der a patriotic excuse. reduction of Fort Pnlaski. *
The same difficulty of getting labor
is experienced here. Out ol the whole
slave population an outcry is raised il
six hundred hands are asked for to
help complete works that may protect
half tlie State from ruin. If, when the
and intelligible account that has yet
been given to tlie public, of the move
ments of Gen. Lee from his crossing of
the Potomac to his return to Hagers
town, af r the battle of Gettysburg :
The Great Pennsylvania Campaign,
ly The advance of the second corps
TlieGth and Sth Maine, with two other i
....... , , , ,, ., t insburg, ami was oceupyin
regiments, left 1<ollv Island on Friday ^ , . . * J r
J town. (ten. JeiiKius was at Chambers
rossed into Maryland on Thursday,
June 18th, neat iShepherdstown. Gen.
If Imdes had already crossed below Mtir-
Hagers-
for fSecessionville.—Charleston
1 Itl.
:\lr rear If,
burg, and Imhoden about Cumberland.
The second corps, (excepting Rhodes'
LEGAL ADVERTlPKMKN’l S.
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F 1!.- -i' Guiriliituir, aieruqiiii eU by !n» to l,e lit-lo
i i;,e first l’uesday in tlie uioulliibetvreer. die lioorsot
Min t.ietoreSoou and three in tlie afternoon, at tin.
t'.art iiuUae in the comity in wl icli lie]iro])erty is ait-
Bated.
.X’.itice of these sales must be given in a publii ga-
, ; t. pi fiays previous to the Jay of sale.
Xol i/es for the sxle of personal property must begi v -
r n i:i like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
X'otieesto the debtors and creditors of un cstatemust
h ;-n h • published 40 days.
X .tie. .:cit application will bo made tolhe Courtof
ic t.narvforleavetosettLand or Negroes, must be
• 'il !idied for two mouths.
' / id i i<f .'.etterso ’ Administration Guardianship.
A , must be published 3'J days—for dismission from
A l iiinistr itkoii. mintlily sic m u/hs—for dismission
l: . u Cu.ir.Itanship, 40 days.
Hit!.-a for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
. ..tH.'yf.ir four months—for establishing lost papers,
j.trih' full space af three months—forcompeUingtitles
from Executors or administrators, where bond lias been
given by the deceaced, the full space of three
ifhs.
P.i’ilieations will always l,e continued according to
— , theiegalrequirements, unless oilier wise ordered
To ^.dveriisers.
Persons sending advertisements to this
j it] er. w ill oLseivc the follow ing rules :
All notices must he accompanied with
tie cash, except from persons with whom ,
we have contiaets. 15 cents a ljne, for
the lirrt insertion, and 75 ten!s a line for
every subsequent insertion is our chaige. i
I'ount nine written words to n line and
just what amount
—- - I Adjutant and Inspector General's Olliee,
to ti:h 1’koi’i.e <>m:;iaai4. | Mill’edgevillc; July 17, lMi:;.
The late in votot disasters to t t;r aims |
Vicksburg and Port Hudson together
at
with (Jen
Bi i
igg’sretreat with his army
t« our very borders, while they are no
cause of despair ot ultimate success, if we
are true (o ourselves and place ottr trust in
God,'admonish tts that if we would pr<
Cencrul Orders A", iti.
'I he Commander-in-Chief, having h
although it may soon be. We urged quired front each county,
m-
with regret that some of the counties in
the State have not made preparation to
respond to his call for eight thousand men
under the, late requisition of the President
tcct ottr homes from the ravages of the | for home defense orders,
enemy, it is time for every Georgian aide j 1. That the commander of each regiment
to hear arms, to unite himself without de- ! and independent battalion of the militia of
lay with a military organization and hold i this State in each county that has not
himself in readiness at a moment’s warn- tilled the requisition made upon it, order
ningto strike for his home and the graves | every man under his command, who is be-
of his ancestors, with an unalterable deter- j tween the ages of 18 and 4-5 years of age,
initiation to die free, rather than live the j to assemble at the regimental or battalion
slave of despotic power. j drill ground on Tuesday the, 4th day of
Tens of thousands of our fellow- citizens ! August next amL?li*HtFeleven o’clock on
have volunteered for the war, and those of , that day lie forffi them into line, anil coiHinunicatiou—our railroads—our
them who have not been slain or disabled, j read, or have read, the Governor’s proe- j rivers our last avenue to the ocean—
are still risking everything for our success j Initiation of this date, and this order, after enemy’s best to the interior,
in distant fields upon the borders of the I which lie will invite them to volunteer to
North En.t ctr.r«ii. Ar.».c<t. division) occupied tlie battle Held of
Rev. P. H. Me, 11 returned to this phiu* Autielam the 20th, 21st, and 22d of
1 tide of invasion conigv -'one point is j j as t week, from a tour through the conn- j June,and marched bejond Hagerstown
found weak and unguarded, the blame i ties in North East Georgia, whither he had oi; the 2Jd. The reception of these
will, no doubt bo thrown upon Gener- gone for the purpose, of addressing the j gallant victors of Winchester all
a'.Whiting, when in fact it will justly |*«<>ple upou the subject of home defence, throusrh the lower valley was refresh-
attach to "those whoso near-sighted sei- I We fccl much cheered at the report the
fishriess refused the 'necessary labor, j
as well as to those whose contempt;- I
hie and traitorous demagoguistn has J
urged them to such course.
It is not too late to take warning,;
ing, and tit Shepberdstown lair ladies
crowded the streets, and welcomed the
comities. The people are fully awake to , . . .
the necessity of prompt organization, to soldiers w if h How ersjnd smiles, k. hat ps-
repel the invader. In the counties of burg was black Ltiiou, but Httgers-
Habersham, White, Hall, Banks, Frank- town turned out wild with joy at our
lin and Madison the number of men re- ; approach. On the 24th the corps push-
Governor
upon the owners of hands to come for j Brmvn, was raised without difficulty; and
ward und respond promptly to the calls *" nea [b’ them the number largely
„r,i i- 1 . - i j, exceed t ie quota. J be Doctor iiatl large
oi the Commanding General. Kemem- , , , b j
, ... ,i , i r , audiences at every place at which he spoke;
her it is not 1 hat little spot of ground j an|l his rece)jtif f n \ vas f)f t!ic lno& t cor-j
i*ti 11t?ci \\ iliniiujtun, tlmf i- s to bo do- j character. He says the reported cJis- |
feuded or to lie lost. I hat is the small- | affection in the tnouutain counties is great- :
est matter. It is our great lints of lv exaggerated. 'There are some desert- |
■don through Greeucastle*to Cham
bersburg.
I should say here that Early bore off
to Waynesboro’,and was at York when
tiie rest occupied Carlisle. At Green-
castle and Chumbersbnrg the stores
were taken possession of by the Quar
termaster, the contents seized, so tar as
they were useful to the army, (i. e. to
the Quartermaster) and appropriated
according to an accurate distribution
P»nusylvania, somewhere near eight
oiles from tire South Mountain, which
; i lie east! rn boundary ofthe Cuml X*
and \ alley. It, is a heautiiul town «t*
•nine -5000 inhabitants, and the centre
»t the following roads: a Voad from
• bdtimore; a road from Frederick; both
on the southern side ofthe town, and
the three roads just mentioned; be
tween these two former roads aud about
J of a mile from the town were two tall
hilis, one wooded and detached, the
other, the front of a range that swept
backward to the South. These posi
tions boldly commanded the town and
vicinity, and Meade occupied them.
Wednesday, heavily intrenching du
ring tbe night. On Thursday morn
ing, Ewell’s corps lay beneath the first
eminence and the Baltimore road; A.
P. Hill occupied a position to the west
of the town and near it. Longstreet
was not yet up. During the morning,
occasional artillery and infantry skir-
Vfyishing alone broke tbe silence that
* -b\ng over the expectant hosts. The
<!i\ was warm and beautiful, tbe ene-
my%<yuvalry stretched up to the south
of the York road, threatening our rear,
but was\josely watched by the inde
fatigable SfuartiLwhose recent seven
days and nightt/marcb from the vicini
ty of Washington was the most won
derful cavalry achievement of the war.
“ At last Longstreet having passed
to the south ol A. P. Ilill, opened at
four, P. M., followed by Hill and Ew
ell. Theft ensued undoubtedly the
fiercest cannonade of the war. This
terrific lire lasted till night. About
dark Ewell charged the position on the
wooded hill. The enemy had several
lines on this eminence and cannon in
position,with abattis and planted sticks
in rows to prevent our advance. The
sides of the hill were rocky and precip
itous to almost an inaccessible degree.
Our lines, however, gallantly marched
up under a fearful tire of musket balls
and grape. A partial advantage was
gained by Johnston’s troops, and lost
by accident. But it was beyond mor
tal endurance to stand before that ter
rific blast of shot, and the men were
withdrawn, after suffering heavy loss.
Coufedi racy. On account of the near ap
proach of the enemy jto the iuterior. the
call is now upon those at home, who have
marie comparatively little sacrifice, to vol
unteer to defend their own habitations and
the number required of the county. If
they refuse to volunteer, he will then pro
ceed to draft to the number required, by
placing in a hat, the names of all persons
within the limits of his command ofthe ages
1 roperty, and the homes and families of | aforsaid, who are not in the actual military
their neighbors who are in the at my, a- tervicc of this State <>r the Confederate
gainst the tlneatened attacks of tlie eu- j States, or in one of the companies formed
etny. or forming under this catl, .whether they
Is there a Georgian able to bear arms, are present or not. And he will cause to
so lost, not only to patriotism, but to all j be drawn out of the hat, indiscriminately
.VIorgnu’M flnrrli fo TcuucMcr.
It Las been stated that General Morgan
crossed the Cumberland with a force of
fi\e thousand men, and was lnanchiug up
on Nashville and threatening the rear of
Uoseneranzs’ lines; that he had taken
Carthage, Gallatin, &:e. A correspondent
ofthe Atlanta Confederacy, who went
\rith the expedition, gives the following
account of what was, and was not done.—
, tmuemtne - , During the afternoon the other corps
. telling when ‘ ,J - V C’hief Quartermasters aud sub Quar- . had attacked the positions on the south
uir down upon I termasters. A Major General got a 1 without success. On Friday, July 31,
ers skulking in the mountains, hut their
numbers do not exceed skulkets in other
counties.
We hope the people will continue in the
good work ; as there is no
the Yankee hordes will pour down upon ...
us from Tennessee. It every man will do bat.but tts to tlie rest,bats,shoes, boots, j-hy battle was renewed early in the
Ids dutr.tbey will be driven hack faster calicoes, whiskey, tor the most part, 1 morning, and, with the exception of a
than they came. We firmly believe that ; that great nnfatiionable sponge, the \ i„]| f rom t eu a. m., to one o’clock, p.
active Quartermasters Department got m> ) as tcd all day. The Confederates
them. At .Shippensburg the track of ,jj ( | 1Jot SUCC eed*in holding any of the
the railroad was torn up and a bridge crests,although one or two were reach-
again closed on the
every person can tell , .
, . . t ru • t? r. • t ' the nobler impulses ot our , . _ ,
u", i ' 1011,1 will in this emergency refuse to take up ! requisition, to take the places of such as i On the morning ot the 20th of June th
Notices, Nominations for office, and all - - - - - - — 1 ■
r nature, that he I cue third more names than will till the ! sa I s •
arms for the defense of bis home and his j may by drawn among the uumber required I com maml left Alexandria, Gen. Morgan
lotnunications for individual benefit, are family when the enemy comes to his very I who are not able to do service. No one ! ^ ie head. By <i o clock in tbe evening
’ ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ will be discharged, however, who cannot , alh he troops bad crossed the Cumberland
satisfy tbe commanding officer that he is nrK ^ wen * within four miles of Carthage,
unfit for as much as two weeks active duty . '•’he troops were in magnificent spirits.—
at one time. When the number is full, the | Everything worked like a charm. Ihe
lab’t names drawn which are over the quota ! enemy were in total ignorance of ourprox-
after those unfit for service have been de- j hnity. All the appointments tor the
ducted, will be dropped from tbe list, bav- | a ttack bad been made, and by 9 o clock
; d as advertisements. Legal adver-
.h;',cuts are charged according to tlie
: !,-s under the head of this paper, on the
rst page.
A NEW DAILYTn MACON.
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lil ARY. inst., the undersigned will com-
i* the publication of a new Daily I’a-
pr ia Macon under the title of
Tiie Daily Confederate.
JIEHM S:
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six months, “ “
■ three “ “ “
“ one month, •* “
Advertisements inserted on tbe most lib-
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From an experience of a quarter of a
rftiturv in the business of Journalism, tbe
Editor feels confident in being able, "to fur-
-1, tr. the reading public such a paper as
• ill be acceptable. The latest intelligence,
v in .11 and telegraph, will be given, and
i: • t’but will be spared to deserve a lib
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i C Eleven copies of the Daily will be
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■ <to the office, next door below Iloss
& Coleman's Cotton Avenue, np-stairs.
. . .vi name entered without the cash,
at.il no paper c mtinued longer than the
same is paid for.
L. F. W. ANDREWS.
Macon, Feb. 2j. IS63.
lor the Ilcfruu of Atlanta.
Li pursuance of a call by Major Lee,
minandant of this military post, there
i- a general, and we might say,.almost
ii'.ersd turn-out of the citizens of Atlan-
• Wednesday afternoon, to signify their
illiitinei
V til
s, as well as intention to stand
defense of Atlanta, in case their
• i s ever become necessary,
i He number of pci sons present on this
■ i. g (iccasion, was large—every age
a . pKad ‘cd, from the hoary-headed
r* : , the stripling ot l(i. From the uutii-
'■r iiri'»eut, wo bhouhl judge that more
o hall ofthe ladies of the city had de*
trained to signify by their smiles this
curving evidence of tlte spirit ot pa
’■' m that pervades our whole pco-
I
Die persons who had thus responded to
ill of Major Lee were improvised into
' 1 ;mi , with tlie exception of those
1 " had s ane previous organization.’
Alter the preliminary steps had btvn
tal-en to arrange the whole mass of males
ll! ’>o sotnetliirg like battalions, they were
> •■.iii. 'j i :i iioiit of one of tlie stores on
'* !ietta street and were addressed by
1 M- (j.irtrel!, who occuiiietl a stand on a
Drth in fiont of the second story of the.
door to destroy the one, and insult and
'cruelly injure the other? If there is a
Georgian possessed of so little courage oV
! manliness, let his fellow citizens mark and
remember him. If he hides himself be-
i hind some legal exemption, as a mere pre-
| text to avoid duty, let him be exposed to
the censure lie deserves ; or, if in his aux-
j iety to make money and become rich, he
i turns a deaf.ear to the piomptiugs of pa-
' triotisra, and would sacrifice Ins liberties
to his avarice, let him he exposed with in
dignant scorn to public contempt. The
time has come for plain talk, and prompt
1 action. All that is dear to a people on
earth is at stake. The Lest efforts of eve
ry patriot are required to save our cause
from ruin, and our children from bondage.
(Ye are determined to be a free people,
cost what it may, and we should permit no
man to remain among us and enjoy the
protection of the Government, who refuses
to do his part to secure our independence.
If all our people at home will organize
for home defense, and the Secretary of
War will issue and enforce such orders as
will compel the thousands ot persons in
Confederate service, who, on account of
the wealth of parents, or political influ
ence or other like causes, tire now keeping
out of the reach of danger, as passport
agents, impressment agents, useless subal
terns connected with the different Depart
ments, including other favorites of those
in position, stragglers, &c—many of whom
arc suspected yl riding over the country
at public expense, engaged on private
speculations—enrolling officers in counties
where the officers exempt are almost as
numerous as the conscripts now in the.
counties subject to enrollment, and tlie
host of officers in uniform, aud others who
are daily seen in every city, town and vil-
; lage and upon every railroad train, and in
' every hotel in the Confederacy, to return
J immediately to their respective commands
in the field, we should soon have armies
I strong enough to roll hack the tlark cloud
; of war which now hangs over us, and drive
' the invaders from our soil.
ByTcference to the General Order here
with published, it will he seen that a draft
will be had on Tuesday, the 4th day of
i August next, in each county in this Btate,
! which neglects or refuses to furnish the quo-
j ta of men required of it.
Though some few ofthe counties have
I exhibited too little interest. I cannot be
lieve that a single one will have its chai-
acter stained by the necessity for a draft
for men to defend their own homes.
To those counties which have nobly and
promptly responded, and especially to
those, which have tendered much more
than their quota,I return my sincere thanks.
While the militia officers of this Slate
have generally responded promptly and
willingly. 1 regret to hear that some of
them, in contradiction of all the professions
thev have made, that tiny remained at
home for home defense, now refuse to vol
unteer. To all such l hereby give notice,
that-if they fail to connect themselves, as
volunteers, with the organizations now
two hundred determined, cool men could
scatter a regiment of Yankee raiders.—
Suppose two hundred of our mountain
marksmen should be in ambush upon the
approach of a regiment of Yaukee cavalry;
aud every man should hold his fire until
the enemy were in range ; let each man
take good aim and all fire at a given sig
nal ; why shouldn’t two hundred saddles
be emptied at the first fire l It can be
donei All that we need now is organiza
tion, coolness aud a determination to die,
if need be, in defence of our homes '?
f Athens Banner.
Till PIIR'H-
ing,with the number who have volunteered
the quota required.
W-hen there are two regiments or inde
pendent battalions^in a county, tbo com
manding officers will meet prior to t he day
fixed for the draft,, and agree, il they can,
what part of the quota each is to furnish.
If they cannot agree, each will draft the
number requiicd, if he has so many, and
when the names are returned to headquar
ters with the facts, the number will be ap
portioned by retaining such part of the
men drafted by each as will equalize the
burden and fill the quota.
2. Tiie fact that a person within the
ages mentioned is not from any cause sub-
A. M., June 21, Carthage would have-
been in ottr bands.
The enemy’s force amounted to about
fifteen or sixteen hundred effect! vo. men.—.
Ottr force was amply sufficient to have
whipped double that number. Ho confi-
F It Off, A.’ll ATI ON OF
DENT.
Whereas, it is provided by an act of
Congress, entitled an act to further provide
for tlie public defence, approved on tlie
IlitTi tidy of April, 1S62, and by another
act of Congress, approved on the 27th
i . ,, ,. ’ I September, 1S62, entitled an act to amend
dent were the men of success that thev i 1 . .... , . .
I i. . , . i, \ , an act entitled an act to provide tiutner
felt not only like the ancient Roman, that .. .. 1 ,
,i J ,, , . . lor tlie public defence, approved Ib’.h
"Carthage must be destroyed, hut that > . T> . / r . .
,, ,, fa , • • April, 18t>2, that, the President be author-
i Carthage was as good as in their posses- . . ,, . , , ...
i .. ° ° 1 tzed to call out and place in the military
service of tlie Confederate States, for
three years, unless the war shall have been
sooner ended, all white men who are resi
dents of the Confederate States, between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five years
at the time the call may he made, and who
are not, at such time, legally exempted
But I have not yet told you all. Car
thage having been taken, and its stores,
&.C., disposed of, Gallatin was destined to
have a visit from us.
There was but a small force at Gallatin,
ject to be takeu into service as a conscript j onl { so ‘ ,,e 1,v ® or S1X hundred men. Iliese i( _ outI1 11UJC>
docs not exempt him from draft by the | ® onl ‘ 1 havc ’ been easily disposed of, and i f military service, or such part there
State for home defence. If he has pur- | *••«“ we should have destroyed the rati- , of asiu his judgment may he necessary to
chased a substitute or has procured ««,il tnnnpl. ....1 l..v n <1.. i ° 3
appointment under some Confederate
officer having hut little, duty to do,
to keep him out of conscription, or if he
is an unnaturalized foreigner and is liv
ing under the protection of our Govern
ment aud iawst in these and all like cases
he is bound to defend his domicil, and lia
ble to be drafted by the State and com
pelled to do so.
3. When the number drafted is not suf
ficient, with the volunteers in the county
to form a company, their names will be
sent to these headquarters and they will he
distributed among such companies as may
ho most convenient.
road and tunnel, and have placed the load
out of running order for at least three
weeks. To fully appreciate the impor
tance of this move, 1 must inform you that
at the present stage of water in the Cum
berland river, supplies for Roscncratis’
army cart only be transported by rail —
The railroad tunnel having been destroy
ed. tiie army at Murfreesboro’ wculd, con
sequently have been greatly embarrassed
for supplies, and there is no telling what
results might have followed had this expe
dition been allowed to proceed.
To return to my “muttons,” however.—
Just as the evening was closing in, and
we had finished examining the Yankee
his jud
public defence.
And whereas, iu tny judgment Ihe ne
cessities ofthe public defence require that
every man capable of bearing arms, be
tween tlie ages aforesaid, should now be
called cut to do his duty in the defence of
his country and in driving hack the in-
burned. The citizens, who turned out
in large numbers to witness the pas
sage ofthe rebels, were generally qui-
ed ; and night
smoke*wrapped Jield. From 3£ to *5,
m., Gen. Stuart succeeded in dri-
P
et. Occasionally you found a spirited j v j ng back, very handsomely, the ene-
girl, or a spunky parson. But, if one > my ’ s cavalry threatening our rear,
fact was more remarkable than auy J-phe fight was quite severe and the loss
other, it is this: That portion ofPetm-
sylvania which our army occupied, was
completely subjugated ; very few hav
ing the courage to raise their hands.
Foraging thrived. For a little Con
federate note, and often for nothing, a
soldier could get quantities of onions,
apple butter, cow butter, ham, good
Dutch loaves,cheese,und every delight
ful thing in the grand category of the
proiTiTcxTons of the great Cumberland
Valley.
“ (Jui Friday, the 20th, we took up
the line of march through Chambers-
burg, on the Harrisburg road. The
splendid band in the 4th Louisiana
brigade, Colonel Williams, preceded
the column, playing " Dixie” and the
Marseiliaise, whilst our redcross ban-
unknown. Thus ended the great bat
tle of Gettysburg, the most remarkable
conflict of the war. The loss of the
enemy was probably 2*5,000 men—
perhaps 30,000 during the three days.
He was severely handled—for it is be
lieved that he fell back with the great
er portion ofltis force on Friday night,
towards Boonsboro.’ What their pa
pers say you know better than I. It
is reported with us that tfiey claimlit-
tle or nothing, hut I don’t believe it.
When I turn from this to our own loss
my heart sickens. It was frightful.
The loss in general officers was remark
ably great. I believe the following to
be correct:
“Brigadier General Harnett, killed;
Major General Trimble, leg amputated
ners flaunted proudly over the dark ! and captured ; Brigadier General. J. R.
columns of our gallant troops. The \ Jones, severely wounded ; Brigadier
scene subjugated that town. We pas
sed through Shippensburg to the sound
of martial music again, and went on to
Carlisle. The troops were not allowed
to pi unde;’. Horses were taken and
receipted for by authorized agents. So
with cattle, und Hour. “ Foraging,”
was tolerated, but tlie soldiers were
vatlers nntv within tlie limits ot’the Con- j expected to pay for tlieir supplies. It
federaoy: i was thought, and perhaps rightly, that
Now, therefore, I Jefferson Davis, Pres
ident ofthe Confederate States of Ameri
ca, do by virtue of the. powers vested in
me as aforesaid, call out and nlace in tin*
military service ofthe Confederate States,
all white men residents of said States be-
lie.ensed plundering would demoralize
the army,'and render if useless for great
achievements. But this was occasion
ally carried to absurd lengths. We
overheard an officer with lachrymose
tween tin*, ages of eighteen and forty-five | countenance, deprecating the destiuc-
tion of a cherry tree by some hungry
uul 1 do hereby order and direct! rebels. The burning of rails was at
i - |. ., , ,,-vr that all persons subject to this call and not [ first prohibited, but after a day or two
out their consent, and authorizes them j n | hvere.d a pciemptory_ order from the “Ma- l , iin KPrvipo Hn nnnn lip. ! Iu 11 !ii._J
L As the law of Congress prohibits the : mal1 aml prisoners captured that afternoon, U ot legally exempted from military ! tion of a cherry tree by some hungry
President from ordering the troops organ- a " offi “' r of General ^ heeler 8 staff rode ^ rvice| , -- ' .
lzcd under this call out of the State, with- : U P t°Gen* Morgan s headquarters and de
| livered a peremptory order from the “M
to set off
their muster rolls to picscribe the limits 'J or Dencnd commanding, ^for us
within which they
teeis will be acce
Prodded, they will in each case prescribe j bec *.
ails to picscribe tbe limits '.I” 1 “"fc; uo ^ “ i„ g enrolled, forthwith repair to tbe con „ ° , T
bey are to serve, all volun- j •« P«rsu.t of the l’ edera force under Col* j ^ t B osUbIis h e d in the. respective ^ <* ® ta,d lou S
scepted with this privilege, j - ,ailcl ’ 1(11 ' lll ' m o 1 1 ■‘ !i - cllllCj fStatcs of which tbeymay be residents, un- ; • c ‘ "hat "
now in the military service, do, upon be i j t was generally permitted.
enough at Carlisle
anted. Harrisburg
a reasonable boundary within tbo Slate
(not less than ouc fourth of its feriitory)
which they will engage to help defend.—
jyi companies formed of operatives in fac
tories, or woiksnen in Confederate or State
Machine shops, or railroad Machine shops,
or other Rail Road employees, and all
persons engaged in tbe manufacture of iron
if they can form a Company of 14 men,
may limit their service in tlieir muster
rolls to the particular locality of tlieir .
employment, and they will be accepted j nearly 200 miles away, to overhaul tnem .
for such local defence, and in no case or- j *h° °d ,ei | baud, lieia weic Carthage
dered out of tbe county without their and Gallatin with all tlieir stores of evciy
consent ! description ready to fall, like peaches, m-
.. . , r : der pain of being held and punished as
5 oil can appreciate our feelings on the dcscI * ters iu the * vcut 0 f ,l iei r failure .o
receipt of the above order. 1 ..ink of it ! yb th ; s ca „ as provilied in Baid Uwa .
Here we were nearly 2 hundred miles be- , AlJ(1 , do flirther order aI)d dir - ect tlmt
bind the force wo were ordered to pursue ; ( , je cnnilli ofticers 0 f tbe several Slates
no mfoimatioa whatever in regard to them cpt . d at ° once t0 email all persons em-
or I heir movements, except that they were £ raCpd witllin tL() , enus c f p.-oclama-
stnkmg towards Last 1 ennessee. besides tion and m)t liertftoforc enro! l e d.
we know that Pegraai and John Scott : And j d(J further order> that it slla ,l l)C
were already on tlieir track, and' it those i •
„< V , , lawful for any person embraced within
energetic officer could not catch .hem near
at band, what chance had we. who were
.5.-Neither ministers of religion, tele
graphic operators, Justices ofthe Inferior
Court, or County agents charged with the
duty of relieving the necessities of soldiers’
families, not exceeding two of the, latter to
each county, will be drafted under this
order for home defence.
HENRY C. WAYNE,
Adjt. &: Insp. Gen.
in fi oi
•Effing. We took notes of this address, ; ca ]] ed for, and to enter the service as iuvi-
: wild be glad to publi.-h it, especially ' d j ., p roc | aina tion calling for the S.0C0
' the benefit of our iity fenders., hut the b ; P the fo „ rt h day of August next, J The enemy has got a foot-hold on
'■■‘"t.ii S p aee absolutely forbids. Tl> c ! ,iic protection of the Stateagamst conscnp-1 Morns Islaud, and the City of Charles-
‘ and elo- i t ; cn W1 ll be withdrawn from them,and they ton is greatly endangered. As
a -ire.-s was spirited, patriotic,
usual,
Yent, and received with enthusiastic ap- | i t lurne d over to the enrolling officers j the people find fault with the Com-
If, however, j ma ndiug Generalaud ofticersin charge.
phase.
: under the Conscription Act. > | »**»..■— 0 — ....
. '• e no nit doubt, fiom the evidence be-i officer, when approached y waa not this guarded against?
■ o, r eyes on yesterday, that the £>00 c0T;s , cr ipt officer, will make an a '■ ant a j Why was uot the lower end of Morris
r<?f l uire d of Fulton county tor local . be has not heard of or seen ^ ,8 .P r ° cla fi ‘ ! Is | a nd so fortified as to he able to
, ens,: ' to fill its quota under the requist- or lia d notice ot it, he shall have tn e , attemi)tg 0 r the e remv to
1 ‘ 1 't the President of the Confederate d from tLat date within which to join ( rn «™® u11 attem l >tS ot tiie e,,em y to
,p e. will be promptly filled, and 'h-R , one 0 f (he companies now called o., as a . an c ’ . .
‘ "aid ,h e enemy ever attack Atlanta, it volonteer . As frequently happens, however,
V| ; 1 be gallantly defended by her own qq,is rule does not embrace any one con-1 y ie fault was not with the command-
' :::z eiis. Intelligencer• 1 necte d with the staff' of the Commander- ( j n g Q enera i and officers in charge, but
rjjnv. ,r- .. :11 i „ in-Chief,as they are expected | with the people themselves. General
rniv lk ,, " .. HKiiin,a5tucyuiovA r vv \ VMHI luc ululmc i inriuoci v ucucim
1 ’«*J« to u“ S Court oforumury of Berrien selves in readiness at all tin ? S ^j^bese 1 Beauregard wanted to level the hills
i !. . ... i i m tLp ordeis, and are not expected to join tu , i—n—i —il..
| companies. All Justices of t
Coustahles are to be subject
T fur leave to self the land beiougiug to the ordeis, and are not expected o .1“ d ; on Morris Island, be!
«' o( Georg. 1’auik, decease.', „ , : companies. All Justices of tue leaLe » u Yankees sheltered
UEDKGE PAULK, Adn. r. Cou ^ tal( ie 8 are to be subject to tbe same tbe lankees sniftered
r*«»dle, June 14, 1863. ° yt - I
behind which the
themselves on
to hands. Then, too, how could we face
again the ladies who had rushed out to j
meet us aS we marched up waving their
handkerchiefs and bidding us ‘God speed?’
On the whole, our emotions were, by no ;
means, of the pleasantest.
The morning came, the orders to re
turn. were issued, and with many a linger
ing look and smothered oath we quitted
the prey almost within otir grasp, ar.d
started on what we well knew would be a
useless chase.
Tbe result of our ride to Carthage was
a mu;l, a sutler’s wagon, some 25 or 30
prisoners, aud a deal of bitter mortification
and disappointment. May I have a differ
cut tale to tell you when I again wiite you
of an expedition of Gen. Morgan’s.
1’7/at the Prisoners Say.—The prisoners
taken in the unsuccessful assault upon
Battery Wagner on Saturday morning are
not very communicative. The f. Lowing
facts, however, have teen gleaned from
tlieir concurrent statements: Four com
panies of tbe 7th Connecticut were thrown
out as skirmishers, supported ly tbe 76th
Maine and 4Sth New York Regiments.—
The four companies of the 79th Conn, had
209 men, the 9th Maine from 500 to 800 .
/
was in a panic—and some of our engi
neer officers went to the hanks of the
Susquehanna and found them fortify
ing tlie enormous heights on the south
ern side. Early and Jenkins .vere at
York and beyond, seeing after the
bridges up as far as the liver, all of
which were destroyed. * On the 30th,
Johnson marched back from Carlisle
to Fayetteville,leaving Rhodes at Car
lisle. On Wednesday, July 1st, A. P.
Hill marched from South Mountain to
the neighborhood of Gettysburg, fol
lowed by Johnson. Early reached the
same vicinity on the same day from
York,andRhodesfron. Carlisle. Meade’s
advance of three or four army corps dis-
tc States of America, at pitted the occupation of the town, giv-
thc city of Richmond, this ing battle to the north aud east of the
town from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M, The
result was a glorious victory to the
Confederates. The invincible and gal
lant Early, who ought to be a Lieuten
ant General, drove the force opposed
to him for miles, and occupied the
town. The 11th corps of Chancellors-
ville memory, gave themselves up by
thousands. Gordon’s brigade made
what is regarded a most orilliantcharge.
It could but besuccessful with such men
and such a leader. The Favettville
road was “ cleaned out” by Hill.
person
this call to volunteer foi service before en
rollment, and that poisons so volunteering
be allowed to select the arm of"of service
and the company which they desire to
join, provided such company be deficient
in the full number of men allowed by law
for its organization.
Given under my hand, and
the .Seal of the Confeder
fifteenth day of July, in
the year of our Lord one-
thousand ei^lit hundred and
sixty-three.
(Signed) Jefferson Davis.
By the President :
(Signed) J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State
J
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The loss of the Confederates in killed
and wounded was probably GOO. The
Yankee loss in killed probably reach
ed 400, and his wounded 2,000. We
captured most of his wounded and 5,-
2^0 additional prisoners.
“ Gettysburg is in Adams comity.
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1 tf
General Jones, ofthe cavalry, captur
ed ; Brigadier General Archer, wound
ed and prisoner; Brigadier General
Armistead* wounded and prisoner;
Brigadier General Barksdale, mortally
wounded and left; Brigadier General
Kemper,killed : Brigadier General Jen
kins. slightly wounded.
“ The list of Colonels and other field
officers lost is enormous. The field of
ficers of the First Maryland battalion
were severely wounded. All of the
field officers of Pickett’s division, ex
cept the commander and one Lieuten
ant Colonel, are killed and wounded.
This division was almost destroyed in
one brilliant charge ; and, as its gallant
commander looked over the pitiful
remnant of Ins bravs hoys, he bowed
his head and wept like a child.
“ All our wounded that could bo
transported were removed beyond the
Potomac. Those severely wounded
had to be left. The Confederate loss
in killed, wounded and prisoners (of
which there are few) must be twenty
thousu nd.
“ All day long of July 4jb our army
lay iu line of battle, iu a new position
overlooking the town. Scarcely a pick
et shot disturbed the day—long quiet.
Meade was withdrawing, hut we did
not know it. Our trains were quietly
moving back to Williamsport, and are
now safely parked there, with the loss
of but twenty vehicles,of various kinds,
and teams! This was brilliantly
executed.
“ On the night of the 4th the army
began quietly to fall hack by Fairfield
towards Hagerstown. We marched
slowly, for the whole army took one
road. About 2 A. M., July 6,1 hal
ted, with some men, near a Confeder
ate hospital, where I found several un
buried dead. One noble form lying
between two wounded men—and sev
eral others dead on the straw. They
were North Carolinians—many severe
ly wounded. All needed water and
other attentions. One poor fellow lay
there with his bowels out and some
fiDgers off, in the .last agonies, with no
covering and no water. Another was
delirious, aud spoke sensibly on but
one subject—he w’anted water! wa
ter ! which he drank with fierce thirst
as I held his head. Not a nurse nor a
surgeon in all the building was left!
All gone, cowardly gone. There these
poor maimed men were left to wait for
nours, nay, it might have been days,
for some Yankee attention—poorly