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VOLUME XXXIV.]
3IILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, 0 C T 0 B E R 6, 1863.
[NUMBER 20.
Full Particulars of the
Chickamauga.
2 attic
of, from his left wing and centre, and senti their larders are poorly supplied with
The armv enmamosL , r ., 0 it to the support of his right. This ; articles of food, their wardrobes scant
vannali Rcnnhlien^o-iwoo^i ° ie & a " j important movement did not escape j of clothing, and the wood-pile small
account of the P Dr!.? f pi 'p aunexeu , rite vigilant eyes of the Confederates. | indeed. Though poor, they have giv-
It is alreadv I nnwn thas'o a:r l au £ a: j Gem Law, who had succeeded to the j en to the “boysin armor,” until they
deemed it nrndont to* \ command ol Hood’s division after the j find themselves without a blanket or
forces fnvn Glntf-n - - v > 1 - 1 raw his latter was dangerously wounded, or- coverlet to keep them comfortable
Tennessee nml to retlr^f J ' a ^ r dered a battery of ten guns to he push- ' during the winter season. Are they
of Georeiq qini titer . ? ™•? . a ° i et * forward to a position from which it j not worthy of our consideration and
merits ~The enei v ’« “'' ‘I reIIJ 01 ' ce ' j could enfilade the reinforcing column j assistance? Most assuredly they have
ted as fa,-£RinSl St 7 P T u'u ! a » 5t advanccd * This was late in the strong cl i ns upon us, and we hope
cntlie Western1 t - U ‘ 1Ue -i ‘‘ ’ afternoon, and at a time when Pres- there will be no neglect of them,
on the Western and Atlantic railroad, ; t on’s an( ] Johnson’- -r !
< ur own cavalry, unfortunately, setting
no neglect
’s divisions of Buck-' Something must be doue, or we cannot
which he supposed would be only too
glad to effect its escape.
The great battle was fought on the
west bank of the Chickamauga, on
Sunday, the :20th day of September.
Tiie line of battle extended east and
west across the boundary iine between
Walker and Catoosa counties, resting
here and there on the bends of the
Chickamauga river, a very crooked
stream, running east and northeast, and
emptying into the Tennessee above
Chattanooga. D. H. Hill commanded
on the right, Polk on the centre, and
Longsrrect on the left. The command
every subsequent insertion is our charge, j of Longstrect was composed of such
Count nine written words to a line and : of the brigades of Hood’s and McLaws’
every person can tell just what amount j divisions as had come up, and Hind-
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, a e •’ ’f') '"p j tier’s corps, and Kershaw and Humph- see how they are to live from now un-
.»y 1 Oiiea e<. | reys, ol McLaws’ division, had again | til April next. At the present prices,
" life,
some
measure
du£-
famine,
„ —, who turned upon his pursu- j We seethat ill some places associa-
- - “ 1( 1180 11 ,on ‘ ers and once more attempted to make | tions are being formed to supply the
The reinforcing column was poor, and in one or two others, socie-
-1 about to wheel into position, when the j ties, the object of which shall be to
I battery ol ten guns opened upon it a reduce the exhebritant ] ri* is in every
, - ., iei. ‘ii 1 - 'terrific enfilading fire. About tlic same j line of business, to aid the Govern-
.°, s 11 '! , ore I,,z C ' )U . < . JC le "! time, Lieut. Col. Sorrel, of Longsfreet’s J ment and soldiers wives and children
mforced, and e\ cn te.ore all his own „tali; ordered Stewart’s division to ad- j until the storm is past. A considera-
leui oiceuieiLS could aruve. 1 tie 1: eel- vatice and fall upon the Hank of the ! hie amout of good will be no doubt
ti.i comniiiiK u w .is (\ Kent 3 l” 1 ' 1 column. The shock was terrible. The j done in the immediate neighborhoods
enemy halted, staggered backwards, j of these association, but some step
(<•!! into confusion and finally fled, fol- must he taken to roach all sections—
'owed by those to whose assistance j some effectual inode must be divined
they had gone. Indeed, they were! for supplying to a great extent, the
badly whipped on this part of the line’, wants of the needy everywhere. Ex-
and lost largely iu prisouers, killed and perience teaches us that free mar-
wounded. About
General Bragg advanced upon the en- a stand. Th
emy, driving ill his outposts and ekirm 1
ishers, and gaining important advan
tage. He considered it best, probabl
sed by the vigorous movements of]
Bragg, from whom he expected only j
a feeble resistance. Even as late as j
Sunday morning, when the Confeiic- j
rates deployed on the west bank of the j
Chickamauga, lie was hardly prepared :
for a serious attack from an army I
[From the Charleston Mercury.]
TI1C SOLDIER S DREAM.
‘•is HU BLANKET OS THE GROUND.”
Weary, weary lies the soldier
III his blanket on the ground,
With no sweet ••Good night” to cheer him,
And no teuder voice’s sound
Making music in the darkness.
Making light his toilsome hours,
Like a sunbeam in the torest,
Or a tomb wreathed o’er with flowers.
Thoughtful hushed he lies, and tearful,
As iiis memories sadly roam
To tlve “cozy little parlor”
And the loved ones of his home—
And his waking and his dreaming
Softly braid themselves in ene,
A1 the twilight in the mingling, .
Of the starlight and the sun.
And when sleep descends upon him,
Still his thoughts within his dream
Is of home, and friends, aud loved ones,
And his busy fancies seem
To be real as they wander
To a mother’s cherished form,
A- she gently said in parting
“Thine in sunshine aud in stonn,
Thine in helpless childhood’s morning,
Aud in boyhood’s joyous time,
Thou mustlovemenow—God watch thee
In the manhood’s ripeced prime.”
Or, mayhap amid the phantoms
Teeming thick within his brain,
His dear lather’s looks o'er silvered
Come to greet his view again.—
And he hears his trembling accents
Like a clarion ringing high,
“Since not mine arc youth and strength, boy,
Thou must victor prove, or die.”
Or perchance he hears a whisper
Of the faintest, faintest sigh,
{j mietiiing deeper than word spoken,
Something breathing of a tie
Near liis sou! as hounding heart-blood ;
It is hers, that patient wife,—
And again that parting seemeth
Like a taking leave of life;
And her last kiss he remembers,
And the agouiziug thrill, j
And the "Must you so ?” aud answer
“1 but know My Country's will.”
Or the little children gather.
Half in wonder, round his knees,
And the faithful dog, mute, watchful,
Itt the mystic glass he sees ;
And the voice of song, and pictures.
And the simplest homestead flowers
Unforgotten crowd before him
In tliesolemn midnight hours.
Then his thoughts in Dreamland wander
To a sister’s sweet caress,
And he teels her dear lips quiver
As his own they fondly press;
And he hears her proudly saving
(Though sad tears are in her eyes.)
“Brave men fall, but live in Story,
For the Hero never dies'.”
(>r perchance his brown cheek flushes
And his heartbeats quicker now,
As he thinks of one who gave him—
Him, the loved one,love’s sweet vow ;
And. ah, fondly he remembers
He is s'Ul her dearest rare—
E’en iu his star-watched slumber
Tuat she pleads for him iu prayer.
Oh, the soldier will be dreaming,
Dreaming often of us all,
(When the damp earth is his pillow,
And the snow aud cold sleet fall,)
Of the dear familiar faces,
Of the cozy, curtained room,
Of the flitting of the shadows
I11 the twilight's pensive gloom.
Or when summer suns burn o’er him,
B inging drouth and dread disease,
And the throes of wasting fever
Conte his weary frame to seize,—
lit the restless sleep of sickness
Doomed, perchance, to martyr-death.
Hear him whisper "Home'’—sweet cadence,
With bis quickened, labored breath.
Then God bless him, bless the soldier,
Aud God nerve him for the fight.
May he lead bis arm new prowess
To do battle for the right:
Ld him feel that while lie’s dreaming
In his fitful slumber bound,
That we're praying—God watch oc'r him
In his blanket on the ground.
Charleston, S. C. C. H. G.
000 prisoners were
\ taken. In addition to the guns cap-
• lured by Kershaw, I food’s division took
I twenty-one—thirteen of which were
brought off'by Laws’ brigade and eight
by Henning’s.
But the manoeuvre by which the
j Federal commander sought to reinforce
| his right wing, did not escape the 110-
i tice of Polk, Walker and Hill. They
] detected the movement and again at
tacked the enemy’s centre and left
wing, now reduced by the reinforce
ments sent to oppose the victorious
Longstreet. This time their assault
was successful. The foe was drivcu
back at every point, on the right, cen
tre and left. The day had been won;
tiie enemy were flying from the field.
Night alone put aa end to the conflict,
and saved him from ruinous defeat, if
not from annihilation.
Of the loss sustained by either side,
! am not sufficiently informed to speak
with any degree of certainty. The
number of killed is small compared
with the number wounded, which is
unusually large, and the wounds are
unusually slight. Many of the wound
ed of the enemy fell into our hands,
and all of his dead, together with about
forty pieces of artillery, several thous
and small arms, between six and eight
thousand prisoners, and between tweu
ty-tive aud thirty stand of colors.
Monday was devoted to the care of
the wounded, the burial of the dead,
and the gathering up of the arms and
other trophies of the battle. The en
emy withdrew to Missionary Iiidge,
Suuday night, and on Monday night
continued his retreat to Chattanooga
and the Tennessee river. The Confed
erates followed up and took possession
in front of the town, where they still
remain. The Federals are crouching
on the river bank behind entrench
ments, and are busily engaged in erec
ting additional defenses. They have
a good position in the bend of the riv
er, strongly fortified in front, and their
flanks well protected. It is hoped
Gen. Bragg, *Nvill find some way to
maneuver them out of their hole with
out a direct attack.
Winter and the Foor.
The season of heat, of buds and
blossoms, fruits and flowers, is gradu-
T he best physician is he who insin
uates hope into the heart, at the same
time that he prescribes a cordial for
the disease.
come up,
man s, Preston’s, Stewart and Bushrod
Johijsou’s divisions, of the army of
Tennessee, the three last constituting
the eorps of that intrepid officer, Ma
jor General Buckner. These forces
held the extreme left, and were op
posed to the right w ing of the enemy,
which rested upon the mountains and
occupied a strong position. Hill’s
corps, on the right, was composed of
Brickinridge’s and Cleburn’s fine divis
ions. I ain not yet informed of the
composition of Polk’s command, which
occupied the centre, nor of Walker’s
corps, which was held in reserve.
By order of Gen. Bragg the attack
was commenced about 10 o’clock Sun
day morning on the extreme right, and
was taken up by each succeeding divis
ion to the left, reaching Longstreet’s
left at 11 o’clock, and thus taking one
hour for the wave of battle to roll from
1 one end of the line to the other. On
1 the right and in the centre the attack
was not successful in the early part of
I the day. The enemy had massed a
j heavy force on this part of the field,
| and maintained his position with so
I much stubbornness that Walker was
I ordered up with liis reserves to the
support ot Hill and Polk. He moved
j forward in superb style, and fell upon
| the enemy like a thunderbolt; but the
i Federal columns still stood their ground
aud fought with desperate gallantry,
j In the meantime Longstreet had
j been steadily pushing back the enemy
on the left, meeting no check, and
! carrying everything before him. Under
j liis orders, Buckner executed a success
ful flank movement, whilst Iiood and
others made a vigorous assault in front.
The effect of this combined attack was ally passing away, and sombre autumn
to force the Federals to abandon that, with her wafting winds and decayed
part of the field, and to seek a position foilage, is about stepping forth to play
on a high ridge. They had not more her part in the fleeting year. Win-
than formed their lines, however, be- ter, too, with her frost and snow, her
fore the brigades of Kershaw and j chilly days and freezing nights, is mov-
Humpbries, of'McLaws’ division, 1111- ing onward, aud will soon be upon us.
der command of Kershaw, (McLaws Those who are possessors of comfort-
not yet having arrived with the re- 1 able houses and an abundance of mon-
inainder of his division,) were ordered ey with which to supply every article
to assault the ridge. Here a desperate | the country affords, essential to corn-
struggle ensued. Kershaw carried the | fort are now preparing for the cold and
position again and again, and lost it as ] chilly time, when warm liresand thick
often. It was evident that the enemy wrappings will be brought into re-
had the advantage both in position j quisition. Happy are those who are
and numbers, but the brave Carolinians | able to thus prepare and “laugh to
and Mississippians did not stop to ' scorn” the icy moanings of winter. But
count the odds against them. Gen. j there is a class in our community—a
Longstreet very properly, however, class in c\eiy community that aie
sent (/racie’s, Kelly’s and Trigg’s brig- not able to take any steps to protect
ades of Preston’s heroic division, to 1 themselves from the bleak blast of De-
tlieir support. A vigorous and siniul- cember—that have no resources for
taneous assault was then made, and the j supplying themselves with provisions,
enemy finally driven, with great slaug- | with wood or articles with which to
" ’ ’’ 1 keep them comfortable by night as
well as by day. We allude to that
class of persons known as the “pool ”
—poor because their meaus of making
a livelihood have been cut off—poor
because they were in moderate circum
stances, and at the beginning of the
struggle, sent their brothers, husbands
and sons to wrest our freedom from
the foe, relying on assurances of “men
or means” for a support until our.
“bruised arms” were “hung up for
monuments” and even jointed peace
and prosperity regained. This is the
class of persons to whom we desire
calling “special and particular” atten
tion.
The country owes them a deep debt
of gratitude, and the people at home
an unflagging and substantial support.
Their purses are not filled to overflow
ing, and in consequence of extortion,
ter, from the crest of the ridge and
down its side, Preston and his entire
command behaved with distinguished
gallantry, and like the veteran Ker
shaw and his loyal followers, excited
the admiration of all who witnessed
their conduct. Kershaw captured
nine guns, a number of small arms, and
some prisoners; and Humphreys took
435 prisoners, four regimental stand
ards, and one headquarter flag.
Hindman, whose position was next
on the left, was not idle while this
struggle was going on. He engaged
the enemy in his front, and after a
fierce encounter, compelled him to le-
tire along with the rest of the Yankee
forces.
The advantages which Longstreet
had gained on the left could not but
arrest the attention of Rosecrans, who
consequently detached a heavy force
kets, &c., where people have to pre
sent themselves in the undesirable at
titude of beggars, are greatly bene
ficial to our common enemy the specu
lator. Some other mode of supply
ing their wants should therefore be
adopted. Let there be prompt, ener
getic action in the matter, all over
the country. Time will not wait for
us. We must act at once. We have no
pet scheme to offer, but leave that to
other more able to devise one. We
simply urge upon some movement—
point out its necestity, and our duty
to the poor.
Duel Between Badics.
We find the following paragraph in
the Philadelphia Inquirer:
On Monday forenoon several ladies,
while on a visit to a friend’s house, a
short distance from Gray’s Ferry,
were amusing themselves by singing
and dancing, when one of them, a
resident of Baltimore, sung a verse of
the Bonnie Blue Hag; one of the other
ladies jestingly said, “you are a rebel;”
at which another commenced the
Southern Marsellaise. When it was
finished, the lady who had been called a
rebel said, “I wish we had pistols, I’d
light a <luol with you for calling me a
rebel.” At this, a daughter of the gen
tleman at whose house they were,
said, “we have pistols iu the house,
but they are not loaded.” They were
brought; “and, in order to give it the
form of a duel, distances were meas
ured in the room, the ladies took their
places, and the word was given, one,
two, three, when the lady who had
called the other “a rebel,” said, “I
will sit in this chair, as 1 wish to die
easy.” Word was again given, and
the Baltimore lady, who had a
self-cocking pistol, pulled the trigger,
and bang! went the pistol; a piercing
scream was heard, and in an instant
the room was filled with members, of
the family when it was discovered that
two of the ladies had swooned; the
Baltimore lady was standing motion
less, and the one who wished to “die
easy,” sitting pale with terror in her
chair; one ball had passed through her
dress on the left side, grazing the skin
while in the leaf of a table on which
she had rested her arm were eight dis
tinct shot holes, and one bullet bed
ded in the wood. The pistol had been
loaded by a boy on the Fourth of July,
but the charge had not been fired. The
ladies were soon restored to conscious
ness, and commenced to realize the
dangers of meddling with fire arms, a
warning, it is needless to say, they
will not disregard for the future.
“ Something Rotten.™
A gentleman recently returned from Warren
county, informs us that the Confederate Agent, en
gaged in purchasing wheat for the army in that
county, is having it made into flour on the spot,
when it is immediately forwarded in sacks to the
proper depots. Why has not this been done in
this county 7 Or why is the wheat of the county
sacked and shipped to Columbus, a distance of
150 miles, there to be ground and the flour sent
back over the same route to Augusta and Virginia.
We know of two cases in the county, which we
I will mention. Mr, J. H. Hines owns one of the
i tinest mills in the county, running four pair of
stones. His mill is within six miles of station No.
j 12, C. R. R. This gentleman sold his wheat crop
amounting to four hundre . bushels, to the govern-
! merit (after refusing fifty dollars a barrel for all
! his flour) at four dollars a bushel, and this wheat
he has been required to take from his mill and haul
to the depot to be ground in Columbns.
Another, Mr. R. L. Warthen. who controls a
mill which makes excellent flour, has been for two
woeks hauling wheat to No. 12 C. R- R-,a distance
of 12 miles, to be ground in Columbus. Wheat
which he was patriotic enough to sell to the Gov
ernment when he could have sold it at an advance
Samtfr is Kuius.
“ Ye batter down the Lion’s den,
But yet the Lordly Beast goes free,
And ye shall hear his roar again,
From mountains height, from lowland glen,
From sandy shore, aud reedy fen—
Where'er a hand of freeborn men,
Rear sacred shrines to liberty.
The serpent scales the Eagle’s nest,
And yet the Royal Bird, in air,
Triumphant wins the mountain’s crest.
And sworn for strife, yet takes his rest,
And plumes, to calm liis ruffled brea.t,
’Till, like a storm-bolt from the West,
Ho strikes the invader in his lair.
What's loss of den, or nest, or home,
If. like the lion, free to go —
If, liko the eagle, winged to roam,
We span ihe rock, and breast the foam,
Still watchful for the hour of doom.
Wb en. wilh the knell of thunder boom,
We bound upon the serpent foe.
Oh! noble sons of Lion-heart!
Oh ! gallant hearts of J^agle-wing !
What though your hatiered bulwarks part,
Your nest be spoiled by reptile art—
Your souls, on wings of Hate, shall start
' For vengeance, and, wilh liglituing dart,
Rend the foul serpent ere he sting !
Your battered den, your shattered nest,
Was but the lion's crouching place—
His, or the eagle's place of rest—
It heard its roar, and bon- liis cresf,
But not the soul in either breast!
This arms the twain, by freedom blessed,
To save arid to avenge their race
Marriage.—Marriage is a change
ol existence—a death-birth as our Ger
man friends would say—an Exodus—
a transit from one 1 He to another, and
with as impenetrable a veil of doubt
and uncertainty spread over that other
life, as is over that life, to whose do
minions death is the portal. Where
we are we know, many a man about to
be married well exclaim: “where we
have been we also know; whither we
are going no man knowetli nor can
know till he lias merged into the
gone. Charles V. said no man could be
said to be truly brave until he had
snuffed a caudle with his lingers; my
idea is, that no man’s courage cun be
as severely tested, as by entering into
the holy state of matrimony, provided
always that the man lie of a contem
plative, reflective nature. This cour
age is more required on the woman’s
part than on the man’s. >She must
infallibly know less of him than he
of her, as he beholds her ever in the
world she moves in; whereas, he when
he leaves her, mingles and is lost in
the crowd of outer life. Whether he
keeps himselfapart among the virtu
ous, or has his haunts among the
vicious, she can only hear by report and
report is not a witness to be making
searching inquiries necessary for com
plete satisfaction. Then again he has
more resources than she, if the home be
made unhappy by the assorted union.
The tavern the tlieatre, the meeting the
mart, are all open, for him. He can
be away from home when he likes; and
when from home to all intents and
purposes, he is a bachelor again. Not
so she, your lady. Once a wife, a wife
forever. She may not, cannot would
not, dare to leave him. The laws,
her children, her womanly instincts,
alike forbid it. She can never lay
down her wifehood and become a maid
again. And even if she do seperate
from him, and return once more to
her father’s house, the gay heart, the
unspeakable palpitations of maidenly
desires and hopes, the budding promises
of coming life—these are 110 longer;
the butterfly is freed, but its wings
are torn and unfeatliered; it can fly 110
more. Hence there is nothing more
lovely, than when a maiden leans her
fair cheek upon her lover’s breast,
and whispers. “Dear heart! 1 cannot
see, but I believe—the past was beau
tiful, but the future T can trust—with
thee!”
RrccU«'Ui*id$c’s Division in flic iirvai EC;iiil<-
011 i'iiicUainaii^n.
On Saturday morning Gun. Breckinridge's di-
vision was on ike extreme left of our line of battle,
and was not extensively engaged. As the day ad
vanced the battle grew fiercer on the right, and
this division was ordered to the support ol the right
wing on Saturday evening. O11 Sunday morning
the general engagement of the day commenced aud
the battle raged through the greater portion of the
day without a decisive result. Iu the evening
three lines were formed, Breckenridge's being in
the rear. The first line advanced on the enemy
pouring a destructive tire into his ranks, aud when
their assault had accomplished all it could, those
who had fallen lay down lo allow the second line
to advance, which likewise made a gallant charge.
But the enemy contested the ground with power
ful resistance, and finally Breckenridge’s lino ad-
j vanced over the bloody ground aud charged the
enemy with an impetuosity which overcame his
stubborn resistance, and some time after daik suc
ceeded in driving him completely from the field,
and the division slept a mile beyond tho positiou
which tho enemy had held by tho most desperate
fighting. This most gallant charge completed the
work of the day, and the field and the victory was
ours, but the thinned ranks ol those who fought
aud the long lists of killed and wounded, especially
in Breckinridge's division will tell how dearly tho
victory was obtained. The deeds of Breckenridge
at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro and Chicka
mauga are all of the same character. No more des
perate charges, or deeds of greater daring have
been performed during the war.
On Monday at 8 o’clock scouts returned to the
camp after a vain search for tho enemy. Ho had
departed under cover of night, leaving liis dead
and wounded on tho field.
When the battle had ended there was a scene be
hind most sad to contemplate. Hosts of the gal
lant dead and bleeding heroes of many hard fought
battles marked the field over which our valiant
troops had passed
Iu addition to those already published, we have
heard of Col. Nuekols of the 4th Ky, wounded in
Ideas About tVomrs.
A French book, recently published
at Brussels, contains, among other in
teresting matter, a collection of curi
ous aphorisms about woman taken from
the writings of various authors.—We
copy a few of them.
Ouimfort.—In the choice of a lover
a woman considers more how lie ap
pears in the eyes of other women than
in her own. Love is more pleasing
than matrimony, just as romance is
more pleasing than history.
Bonijueart.—It we speak ill of the sex
generally, they will rise against us; if
we do tiie same of any individual wo-
wan, they will agree with us.
Charles Lemclsc.—Most of their faults
women owe to us, whilst we are in
debted to them for most of our better
qualities.
Daniel Stemc.—Most women are en
dowed with such naturally endearing
charms, that even their very presence
is generally beneficial.
Madame d ■ Stacl.—Love in a wo
man's life i> a history; in a man’s an
episode.
Catalina.—Only lie who lias nothing
to hold from a woman, is truly sincere
in her praise.
Diderot.—There exists among women
a secret tie, like that among priests of
the same faith.—They hate each oth
er, yet protect each other’s inter
est.
Stahl.—No woman, even the most
intellectual, believes herself decided
ly homely. The self-deception is nat
ural, for there are some most charm
ing women without a oarticle of beau
ty-
Octave Fcuillet.—Providence has so
ordered it that only two women have
a true interest in the happiness of a
man; his own mother and the mother
of liis children. Beside these two leg
itimate kinds ol love, there is nothing
between the two creatures except
painful and idle delusion.
Alphonse Karr.—Say of a woman
that she is wicked, obstinate, frivolous
but add that she is beautiful, and be
assured that she will ever think kind
ly of you. Say that she is good, kind
virtuous, sensible, but very homely,
and she will never forgive you in
her life.
Madame de Manitcnon.—In everything
that women write there will be thou-
sandsof faults against grammar, but
also to a certainty always a charm,
never to be found in the letters of
men.
Ihielos.—Great and rare heart-offer
ings are found almost exclusively
among women; nearly all the happi
ness and most blessed moments in love
are of their creating, and so also friend
ship, especially when it follows
love.
Madame Fee.—A woman frequent
ly resists the love she feels, but can
not always resist the love she in
spires.
./../. Rousseau—Men can better phi
losophize on the human heart, but
women can read it better.
Michelet.—It is a universal rule,
which, so far as I know, has no ex
ception, that great men always resem
ble their mothers, who impress their
mental and physical mark upon their
sons.
of o0 per cent to others. Wri the District Agent j h C ol. Caldwell and AJjt. W. D. Chipley
it,form the public why there is this discrimination. L f 9fh K serious!y WOUD ded; Cant Moffatt,
and why when our army at Charleston has no flour | f G h K £ ortally v ,ounJed ; Capt. John Willet.
aud urgent appeals are being made through tl,« , c t A / D . Madeira, Capt Deadman. Capt. Tom
press to supply them, the wheat has to be removed | anJ u iiob K^fing* of the 2nd Ky , were
from good mills here to be sent to Columbus, or ■ woun<ie d; Capt Millet and Capt R. Williams of
anywhere else, at a heavy expense for transport* ^ 4th K £ oun j eJ . Lt . Col.Thomas Beaumont
♦ irvi, koetdou tliPi minvnnlahlrt (Ipijlv. Jkimp fixnla- - . ... -
tiou, besides the unavoidable delay. Some expla
nation is certainly necessary to prevent the belief
generally entertained, that “ there is something
rotteu” elsewhere than Denmark.
[ Sandersville Central Georgian.
“Tombstone wit sometimes contains as much
truth as merriness. Here is a specimen ; A w ag
going into a churchyard, saw this inscription on a
tombstone :
• As I am now, so you must be.
Therefore prepare to follow me’—
To which he affixed the lolluwing :
‘To follow you I’m not content,
Unless 1 knew which way you went.’ ”
* M
• The clemency of princes is often policy to gain
the affections of their subjects.’
of 5(Jth Tennessee, killed ; Capt. St. Clair Morgan
ot 10th Tennessee, killed ; Capt. Tom King, of
Georgia, killed; Capt J. S. Donelson of 151th
Tennessee, killed ; Col. E. M. Seago of 3'lth Geor
gia, lrom this place, mortally wounded.
All Important Event lo Imppru liner years
Hence.
The date of the end of tho world is satisfactorily
fixed for the year 1806. There is an ancient pre
diction, repeated by Nostraiemus iu his “ Centu
ries,” which says, that when St. George shall cru
cify the Lord, when St. Mark shall raise Him. and
St. John shall assist at His ascension, the end of
the world shall come. In the year ls'00, it will
happen that Good Friday shall fall on St. George’s
day, Easter Sunday on St. Mark’s day, and Holy
Thursday, or Ascension Day will also be the Feast
Of St. John the Baptist.
All Opiuion of ilic Hat-barily of the Lincoln
(wovcrnsnciit Ahroail.
The inhuman manner in which tho Lin
coln Government is waging the present
war, is beginning to excite the attention
of European nations. This is not to be
wondered at. Half civilized savages,
even would not commit such barbarous
deeds. The London Herald, in comment
ing upon Liucoln’s bloody course, makes
the annexed remarks :
To embitter the desperate struggle to
the utmost, the Federal Government has
thought proper to threaten a barbarism
which we believe to be almost unprece
dented. Some time ago two Confederate
officers weio taken while on recruiting
service iu Kentucky, aud hung as spies
by Gen. Burnside- For this cowardly
murder the Confederates threatened re (
tuliation, selecting, according to rule, two
officers of the same rank as the murdered
men from among their prisoners. '1 hey
chose their victiinsby lot,and sent to warn
the Federal Government of their intention
offering, however to spare tho men if they
would for the future observe the laws of
civilized warfare.
The answer of Mr. Lincoln is to select
two Confederate officers, whom he threat
ened to put to death if. the Confederates
carry out their menace of retaliation.—
By this dastardly act the President adopts
tlfe Crime of Gen, Burnside, and the simi
lar crimes of Butler, McNeil, and Milroy,
and lowers himself with the level of the
murderers whom he employs and delights
to honor. Of course, if such a threat be
cat t ied out, the war will become one of
extermination ; no quarters will be given
and every victory will be followed by a
massacre, But, amid the horrors of buch
a strife, we shall not forget to whom the
honor of originating this system of recip
rocal murder is due, nor tail to bear in
miud how long the Confederates have
persevered in extending the courtesies
of Christian chivalry to a foe who tights
in the spirit of an Indiau scalp hunter or a
fiepoy mutineer, whom no ramonstrance
can warn, and whom no forbearance can
shame into-honor, civilization or human
ity-
We are glad to see that the foreign
press fastens upon the proper parties the
stigma of originating the retaliation doc
trine. The North is wholly to blame.—
Lincoln and his bloodthirsty advisers and
satellites have truly during the war en
deavored to surpass the savage cruelties
of even the king of Dahomey.
‘ The moderation of happy people is owing to the
calm that good fortune gives to their temper.’
William Barker the t’rasg Patriet—A Ter*
rihlc Katttnare, by Arlcmae Ward.
I he following short and sweet" romance, in
*0 chapters, points a moral and adorns a thrillir g
talo which will not be lost upon nttr government
-ontraclors aud others who desire lo contract an al
liance with a matter of money :
I
“ No, William Barker, yon cannot have my
lighter s hand in marriage until you are h*r equal
in wealth and social position.”
J he speaker was a haughty old man of some 60
years, aud the person whom tie addressed was a
tine looking voung man of 25.
With a sad aspect the youngmau withdrew from
the stately mansion.
II
Six months later the young man stood in the
presence of the haughty old man.
** What' you here again ?’’ angrily cried the old
mao.
“Ay, old man,” proudly exclaimed William
Barker. “I am here your daughter’s equal and
yours.”
The old man’s lips curled with scorn A deri
sive smile lit up his cold features; when casting
violently upon the marble centre table an enor
mous roll ot'greenbacks, William Barker cried—
“ See ! Look on this wealth. And I ve tenfold
more ! Listen, old man ! You spurned me from
your door. But I did not despair. I secured the
contract of furnishing the army of the with
beef ”
“ Y'es, yes,” eagerly exclaimed the old man.
“ aud I bought up all the disabled cavalry
horses I could find—”
“ I see ! I see !” cried the old man. “ And good
beef they make too !”
“ They do! they do ! and the profits are im
mense.”
“ I should say so !’’
“And now,sir l claim your danghter’s fair hand!”
“ Boy, she is yours. But hold ! look me in the
eye Throughout all this have you been loyal ?”
“ To the core !” cried William Barker.
“ And” coutiuued the old man. in a voice husky
with emotion, “ are yon in favor of a vigorous
prosecution of the war?”
“ I am, I am !”
“ Then, boy. take her ! Maria, child, come hith
er. Your William claims thee. Be happy, my
children ! and whatever our lots in life may be, let
us support the government!”
Hints for Husbands.
There is an article afloat in the papers
entitled “Golden Rule for Wives,” which
enjoins upon the ladies a rather abject sub
mission to their husbands’ will and whims.
Iron rules, not golflcn ones, we should call
them. But the art of hviug together iu
harmony is a very difficult art; and in
stead of confusing the positions of the au
thors of the rules aforesaid, we offer the
following as the substance of what a wife
likes in a husband :
Fidelity is her heart’s first and most
just demand. The act of infidelity a true
wife can not forgive—it readily breaks the
tie that bound her heart to his, and that
tie can never more exist.
The first place in her husband’s affec
tions no true \yife can learn to do without.
When she loses that she has lost her hus
band ; 6be is a widow ; and has to endure
the pangs of bereavment intensified by the
presence of what she no longer possesses.
There is a living mummy in the house,
reminding her of her loss in the most pain
ful manner.
A woman likes her husband to excel
in those qualities which distinguish the
masculine from the feminine being, snch
as strength, courage, fortitude and judg
ment. She wants her husband to be
wholly a Man. She can not entirely love
one who she can not entirely respect, be
lieve in, and rely on.
A wife dearly likes to have her hus
band stand high in the regard of the com
munity in which they reside. She likes
to be thought by her own sex a fortunate
woman in having such a husband as she
has. She has a taste for the respectable,
desires to have a good-looking frontdoor,
and to keep up a good appearance gen
erally Some wives it is said, carry this
too far ; and some husbands, we know, are
dangerously complaisant in yielding to the
front-door ambition of their wives. But a
good husband will like to gratify his wife
in this respect, as far as he can, without
sacrificing more important objects.
Perfect sincerity a wife expects, or at
least has a right to expect, from her hus
band. She desires to know the real state
of the case, however it may he concealed
from the world. It wrings her heart and
wounds her pride to discover that her hus
band has not * holly confided in her. A
man may profitably consult, his wife on al
most any project; it is due to her that he
should do so, and she is glad to be con
sulted.
Above most other things, a wife craves
from her husband appreciation. The great
majority of wives lead lives of severe and
anxious toil. With unimaginable anguish
and peril to their own lives they become
mothers. Their children require incess
ant care. “Only the eye of God watches
like a mother’s” says Fanny Fern in that
chapter of “Ruth Hall” which depicts
with such power and truth a mother’s ago
nizing anxieties. And besides her mater
nal cares, a wife is the queen-regent of a
household kingdom.
Bhc lias to think, and plan, and work
for everybody. If in all her labors and
cares, she feels that she has her husband’s
sympathy and gratitude, if he helps her
where a man can help a woman, if he no
tices her efforts, applauds her skill, and
allows for her deficiencies—all is well.—
But to endure all this, and yet meet with
no appreciating word or glance or act from
him lor whom and whose she toils and
bears, is very bitter.
A wife likes her husband to show her
all due respect id the presence of others ;
she can not endure to be reproved or criti
cised by him when others can hear it.—
Indeed, it is most wrong in a husband thus
to put his wife to shame ; and we can not
help secretly admiring the spirit of that
French woman, who, when her husband
had so wronged her, refused ever again to
utter a word, and for twenty years lived
in the house a dumb woman. We admire
her spirit, though not her mode of mani
festing it. Husbands owe the most pro
found respect to their wives, for their
wives are mothers of their children. No
man has the slightest claim to the charac
ter of a gentleman who is not more scru
pulously polite to his wife than to any
other woman. We refer here to the
essentials of politeness, not its forms ; we
meau kindness and justice in little things.
A wife likes her husband to be consider
ate. Unexpected kindness and unsolicited
favors touch her heart. She appreciates
the softened tread whensho is sick; she
enjoys the gift brought from a distance
and everything which.proves that her hus
band thinks of her comfort and her good.
Husband, reflect on these things. Your
wife has confided her happiness to you.—
You can make it unspeakably wretched, if
you are ignoble and short sighted. Let
the contest between husbands and wives
be this: Which shall do most for the
happiness of the other.— Life Illustrated.
——
Among the prisoners captured at Gettysburg by
the Yankees, and still in confinement at Fort Hen
ry, are fifty army surgeons aud ten or twelve chap
lains. No civilized nation holds these non-combat
ants as prisoners of war, and the Lincoln Govern
ment has shamelessly set the usages of chnstiau
warfare at defiance.
