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THE CONFEDERATE UNION.
VOLUME XXXV.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1S64.
YUMBER 8.
HOUGHTON, NISBET, BARNES & MOOR®
Publishers and Proprietors.
BOUfillTOS,^ Edi< . r *.
J 0*4. H. N1HBKT. ^
ftjjt Confederate ton
lx publish^ Week!,/, in Milledgeville, Ga.,
fi nrt ,rr of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts.,
Opposite Court House.J
At $10 a year in Advance.
OIK NEW TERMS.
On and after March 2.1,18R4, the Ter-ntc of Sub
icription to the Confederate Uni*»n. are Ten Dol-
i uts, invaribly in advance. All indebtedness for
subscription to this paper, previous to June 1st, 1863,
, g nt the rate of Three Dollars per year.
The News.
Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury. Chase has
resigned. Fessenden, of Maine,succeeds him.
Gold in New York, on the 30th ult. was 250.
For the Confederate Union. j From the Cincinnati Commercial.
His Excellency Gov. Brows; vai.i^anoioham’N speech.
Sir .-—I notice from the Milledgeville paper i M EX of Ohio: Today I am again in your
the memorial of four Governors to Congress, and ' aud U P°» the soil of my native State. To
.i* J , A ir a \f i d **y I "m once more in the district, which for ten
;the correspondence befWeen yourself and Mr, ; ye ' r „ ftxtei)ded (o me the h j K h e8t confidence .and
Gen Johnston’s new position is 8 miles south of Men?min^er, the Secretary of the Ireasnry, re- ; three times honored me as its representative to
Marietta. i lative to the blockake running l>y the Stales for the Congress of the United States.
1 their oxen soldiers' use—and I think the public
will concur in the opinion, that the course of the
Secretary is not only extraordinary, but illegal,
Frem the Army.
Letter from our Occasional Extraordinary Corrcs
pondent—Most Terrific Contest of the War—/in
mense Slaughter of the Faring—Heroic Gallantry
of the General and his Staff.
ADVERTISING.
Transient.—Two Dollars per square of ten
lin-s for each insertion.
Tributes of respect. Resolutions bv Societies,(Obit
wanes exceeding six lines.) Nominations for office,
Communications or Editorial notices for individual
benefit, charged as transient advertising.
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff's sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $5 00
“ Mortgage fi fa sales - , per square, 10 00
Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, 5 00
Citations for Letters of Administration, 5 00
“ “ “ Guardianship^ 5 00
Letters of application for dism'n. from Adm’n 8 00
.. “ “ “ “ Gtiard’n 8 00
Appl n for leave to sell land and negroes, 8 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 6 00
Sales ot land or negroes, per square, 8 00
** perishable property, 10 days, per sq. 2 00
Estrar Notices, 30 days, 5 00
.Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, 2 00
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex
ecutors or Guardians, are required by law to be held
•n the first Tuesday in the month ; between the hours
of 10 in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court house in the county in which the property is
situated. , . ...
Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga
zette 10 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be punished 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
published for two months.
Citation« for letters of Administration Guardianship,
A c , must h<* published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration, monthly si.c months—lor dismission
from Guardianship. 10 days
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published ;
manikin far four months—lax establishing lost papers, |
for the fall spare of three months—forcompellingtitles |
from Executors or administrators, where bond has been j
givey by the deceased the lull space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless other w ise ordered.
Book and Job work, of all kinds,
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
at this office.
The Enemy have been advancing against our
forces on James and John's islands near Charles- j
ton. An attack on Fort Johnson was repulsed.— \
The enemy advanced in barges. The comman- i
derof the expedition and 140 prisoners were cap
tured.
Gov. Clark of Mississippi, has called out every j
able bodied man in the State, to aid in repelling j
the invader.
!
The enemy have again occupied Jackson, Miss, j
Gen. Vaughan of Gen. Johnston’s army, lost a
foot in an engagement a few days ago. This is a
calamity to the Confederacy, as he is known to be
a splendid officer.
I was ac
cused of no crime against the Constitution o r
laws, and guilty of none. But whenever and
wherever thus charged upon due process of law,
I am now here, ready to answer, before any civil
inexpedient, and highly improper. But the con- court of competent jurisdiction, to a jury of my
duct of tliat official is not confined to breaches of countrymen : and meantime, to give bail in any
, -. , . ,, „ ... „ , sum which any judge or court, State or Federal I
the law, ill regard to the rights and privileges of, „ .- < J , , . .
“ . , c 6 | may affix ; and you, the hundred and eiglity-six I
the States. I desrt*e to show how, and in xchat j thousand Democrats of Ohio, I offer as my sure- (
manner, he regulates Confederate blockade run- ties. Never for one hour have 1 remained in tx-
ners, compared with Foreigners engaged in the ile because I recognized any obligation ot obe-
same business. j dience to the unconstitutional and arbitrary edict.
I Neither did personal fear ever restrain me. And
• . xrunci uiu uciwuai icm t»ci icaiiaiu uic. miu episode in our brigade hit-lory tor present description*—
-e me first re-call the attention of yourself. to.day j re turn, of my own act and pleasure, be- I an affair which, iu brilliancy of execution, has oftei
and the public, to the fact that, the law of Con
gress directs that tie ' Regulations” (wbfch have
been made ‘ Restrictions" in the strongest, strict
est sense of that odious word) shall be 'uniform,”
by which people of common sense would under-
wether county, Georgia
The wheat crop has turned out much better than
was expected. We hear of excellent bread made
of sprouted wheat.
Rain is much needed in and around Milledgo
ville, and the corn is suffering for the want of
it.
The enemy destroyed the Paper mill at Mariet
ta, not the cotton mills at Roswell. It is reported
that they burnt the Ga. Military Institute.
Latest Ifews.
The Yankee accounts say that General Kirby
Smith, with a large force, has crossed to the East
side of the Mississippi river. We hope so. Ger.
Early is making for Maryland, Washington, or
somewhere in the enemy’s lines. He captured a
force of 900 men at Martinsburg. We hope he
will take down the Potomac and make a descent
upon the Yankee Colony of Africans established
on Gen. Lee’s estate near Arlington heights. The
enemy were whipped at Jackson, Mississippi, and
forced to' beat a retreat, by raw troops. There
has been some fightiDg on the islands near
Charleston. The 1st Ga Regulars were engaged.
We hear that Capt. L. H. Kenan, of Milledgeville,
was wounded in the leg. and Capt. Frank Hill, of
Athens, slightly in the hip. Gen. Grant seems to
cause it
le urn.
Only by an exertion of an arbitrary power, its-
self against Constitution and law, and consum
mated by military force, I was abducted from my
home and forced into banishment. The assertion
LFrom the Savannah News.]
“A Small Business.”
Th^Republican of this morning attempts that
which even the boldest and most unscrupulous of
toadies to this administration have shrank from,
viz: a'defence of the Secretary of the Treasury.
EniTORs Appeal ; It is strange to me that our brig- Mr. Memininger. He publishes a portion of the
ade had no chronicler during this arduous campaign. orre«pondeuce between Governor Brown ai d Mr.
In view ot ite strugtrles.fervices.sufferings and achieve-■ \i • , ,
merits, 1 shall waive .hat natnril mod Jiv which fethe j .d JTT’ “if" ™ r , k . S: . f ,
most remarkable trait ofmv clmracter. ‘and endeavor I •* U Wl11 ** *” eu ,bat Gov Jtrown seeks to make
to do the brigade of Gen. ilullie simple justice—onlv o, PP T* hat * Ir " Mem,T ' in P er bas“prohibited ’ihe
this and nothing more. ' ' ^ a, ° °* Georgia from exporting a quantity of cot-
A history of all the gallant exploits of this brigade | 11 • The law and facts, as given by himself,
would require volumes. 1 shall, therefore, give von wh illy tail to sustain such a charge. The proviso
but one skirmish as a sample of its general conduct.— quoted from the Act. of Congress does not mean
From this incident the imagination of the awe-struck what he wishes td make th 3 people believe it does
public can construct a connected history,even ns from mean, and Gov. Brown ki.ow-s it or he is charoe-
bo “« t h« naturahst describes, with unerring ; able with a degree of ignorance'that is di«erace-
sktll the antediluvian Mammoth. , fu , to him as governor of a great Rate * T?e
whole question in controversy is simply whether
the Confederacy shall have equal rights of ship
ment on board' the Little Ada with the State of
| Georgia. The Government, under the authority
of Congress, w hich has supreme control over
I select then the affair of *‘Lit tikill Crc*k’
I lie
my constitutional and legal right, to j been surpassed by us on other fields, but I e
as only a “small bone of the fossil."
hoose that
ed “because laboring Lli some t fleet to prevent
the raising of troops and to encourage desertions
from the army, and responsible for uumeronrs acts
of resistance to the draft and to the arrest of de
serters, causing assassination, miming and mur
der or that at any time, in any way. 1 had dis
obeyed or failed to council obedience to lawful
authority', or even to the semblance of law, is ab
solutely talse. I appeal for the proof in every
, # , I - uviiM, uiivi lUltCU IUIU UallloHIHCilba A UL itOoC 1 Ill'll
Hon, John Bell, of Tenn. is residing in-Merri- stand, applicable equally to all parties engaged or insinuation of the President that I was arrest-
in the business.
By the celebrated Secretary’s “Regulations,” I
they UNIFORMLY demand of Confederate Import- i
ers and Exporters, one-half of the room in each
; stehmer for the C. S. Government at the rate of ■
five pence per lb. freight, payable in cotton at
j Wilmington at ten pence per lb. They uniformly
require a bond of each and every other shipper of ! speech I ever made upon these questions, and to
cotton, a bond for tw ice tlie value of the cotton— the very record of the mock military commission,
j that the proceeds of the shipment shall be re- alld sentence of which i was out-
j tnrned t0 the Confederacy within 60 days, in ar- j "So.'the sole offense then laid to my charge was
; tides not prohibited by law—or that the proceeds : words of criticism of the public policy of the
! shall be paid to their Agents abroad, and be re- j Administration, addressed to an open and
funded hire in cotton at ten pence per lb. And Public meeting of my fellow-citizens of Ohio,
I they uniformly demand from the ow ners of the ’ asat^nbled. And to day,
I , , V enrne is that, in the way which they
vessels, a bond with good security for twice the call treason, worship I the Constitution of my
value of the steamer; that she sball return imme- fathers. But for now more than one year no
I diately, bringing half the room in freight for the P ldd * c man been arrested, and no newspaper
suppressed within the State, adhereing still to
Outhc morning of the :23d ult., Gen. Bullie occupied
the most important position in our line—a position
upon the holding of which depended, not only tlie safe
ty of.tliis nruiy, but llie salvation of the Soutnerif Coll
federaev and the freedom of unborn millions.
Gen. Bullie, with that supernal prescience which
characterizes all onrrouimundirfg officers, knew- that
On this evtntfnl morning, Sherman-had taken twenty-
five coektaiis, ami issued a keg of whisky to each one ! op Georgia is entitled to ship the whole cargo-, in
of his besotted followers, with a view of making nq as- j other words, he seeks" to' exclude the Confederate
sault on our works, and that lie lied perfidiously ap- I Government altogether from shipments by a vessel
plied a galvanic battery to the rotting corpses of the j owned, not by the State, but bv private parties,
corps of Hooker Howard and rainier, wind, we had an d he does so with a full knowledge, and iu con-
several times Ueforeauinliiluted,with a virw oftorcni" — 1 *• c.i ^ ■! •
them into another fight and anotherannihilation. ° 1 ‘ Pm Pf. °. f ’ regulation of the Department requir-
foreigu commerce under the constitution, and in
order to meet the necessities of the army, claims
the right of shipping one half of the cargo ofevery
vessel that depaitsfrom onr ports, both going and
returning. Gov; Brown seeks now - to defeat that
light of the Confederacy and claims that, the State
Our preparations for the shock— t ho fiercest that ever
ing that all vessels shall be loaded, to the extent
were rapidly, silently made.— ' oP <, , ne ball their cargo, by the Confederacy.”
tuff retired for consultation.— j Now, “the simple statement of facts,’’ wbic
Government; and compelled to take out one-half
of another cargo for it also, without any provision
against capture or wreck of the vessel, but demand
ing the lull amount of the bond in addition to the
loss of their steamer. And compelling every ves
sel
their
the Union, for the expression of political opinion;
while hundreds, in public assembly and through
the press, have, with a license and violence in
which I never indulged, critisized and condemn
ed the acts and policies of the Andministraiiun,
■ , .. • .i i. • - and denounced the war, maintaining even the
once engaged, to continue in the business, on pr0 priety and necessity of the recognition of the
ir terms, whether profitable or not. Where I Southern independence,
say, are the uniformities of his “Regulations”? Endorsed by nearly two hundred thousand
Let us see how Fouigtiers are treated. Their fj' eenien °f the Democratic party of roy native
, -i»j»-i . .. .. State, at the late election, and still with the svm-
vesse.ls come in chartered to takeout cotton at : ■>
- ms IO , .. „ , . , . . pathy and support of millions more, I do not
. | thirteen pence per II,, and they bring Erlangtr nie au any longer to be the only ntan of that party
u take j B on j St ” no t fine yet. to obtain it with. No “«nt- who is to be the victim of arbitrary power. If
Abraham Lincoln seeks my life, let him so de
of taking Richmond, is by cutting the Railroads
have been brought to a stand still. He can’t
Petershurg^and the only hopes, the Yankees «ay j^ r m” regulations are applied to them. They
, take all their cargoes out in cotton. Aiu bonds are
in the rear and starving Lee and his Army out.—
f'herman is still busy in his “on to Atlanta.” If
Johnston can keep him back ten days. Sherman
will get stung some when in his rear, and fall
backwards.
UP 5 " When a subscriber finds a cross mark on
his paper he will know that his subscription has j
expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew- |
ed if ho wishes the paper continued.
r5T We do not send receipts to new subscri- )
bers. If they receive the paper they maj’ know j
that we have received flic money.
Subscribers wishing their papers changed j
from one post-office to another must state the |
name of the post-office lrom which tb*y wish it ]
changed.
Tnx Collector* Rlnnk Rrcripl Kook*.
Will he furnished from this office for $10 per j
quire, and $2 for binding. There will be 12 re
ceipts to a sheet or 288 to a quire. Collectors or
dering receipts will send a copy ot the kind they
wish.
rVSome miserable scoundrel stole Mr Rose’s
pocket book out of a drawer in his office, thereby
depriving him of some $200, or $300. We hope
those who owe him for subscription and advertis
ing will settle up and help him along these hard
times.
The Marietta Paper Mills.
The evacuation ot Marietta by our lbrces, in
volv»« lb* -**»— F*i’ CI Mi"” w*
have heretofore received a supply. We are not
able to say, at present, what the chances will be
to make arrangements with other mills lor paper.
Until we can be assured of a regular supply, we ( pays in cotton at ten pence per lb., producing
will issue a half sheet. By the use of small type, j 25,000 lbs. of cotton, worth in Wilmington, $.'>0,-
oui subscribers will get as much reading matter as j
they did when the whole sheet was printed in ;
large type.
required of them—and they come and go as long as
they please, and no longer: and if wrecked or
captured, they lose their vessel only.
1 have prepared ail estimate showing the dif
ference thus made between our vessels and ves
sels from abroad, taking J00 bales of potion for the
example.
In a foreign vessel, 100 bales cotton, 50,000
lbs., freight 13 pence per lb. is $11.525, for which
they buy with Erlanger Bonds, for which Mr.
Memininger furnishes them cotton irf* Wilming
ton at five pence per lb., for the par of the bond,
which will eive them for tho inn
of cotton outward 62.300 lt>s. of cotton, which is
umrtVi in ruTrtncu in Wilminfrtn»i
In a Confederate vessel, 100 bales cotton, 50,-
0U0 lbs., freight for the C. S- Government, at five
pence per lb. is $4,625, which Mr. Memininger
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
4 LL persons having claims against the estate of
J\ Abel T. Wright dec’d.late of Pulaski countv Ga.,
«re required to render them in duly authenticated with
in the time required by law, and those indebted will
make immediate payment
June 7th 1^04.
WILLIAM WRIGIIT Ad’mr.
j. j. s. 4 6t.
IEORGIA. Mitchell County.
IXTY days after date application will be made
to the Court ot Ordinary of said county, for
re to sell a negro girl about fifteen years old,
) bixty-two and one-balf acres of laud, ra the
perty of Green B. Sawyer, deceased, tor diB-
mtion.
H. P. BROOKS, Adm’r.
Jay 24,1864. 1M ?8 , 2 9t
MULL FOR OIVOKCE.
en Matthews ) Returnable to February
v% /Term Baldwin Superior
rvey Matthews, j Court, 1864. ^
[■ appearing that the Sheriff has returned as
to defendant, in above stated case, not to be
nd in his hailiwic.< : And it fmther appearing
n evidence, that the defendant is not in this
te,
ORDERED, that service by publication be per
iod on defendant by publication according to
. in the Confederate Union.
By order of Hon. I. L. HARRIS,
Judge Superior Court Ocmulgee Circuit.
Sxtracrfrom the minutes.
B. P. STUBBS, Clerk
kpril Uth, 1864 . 48 tf
Special Correspondence of the Mobile Register.
Senatobia, July 8-—Northern dates to the30th
ult, are received- The , following is a synopsis of
the news:
Hancock’s corps was severely handled by A. P.
Hill on the 22d. near the Weldon Railroad, losing
2 500 men, but afterwards occupied a strong posi-
tion.
The Federal casnalities during the last week,
around Petersburg, were from six to eight thou
sand men.
An army correspondent savs the object of Grant's
manoeuvers is to relieve Hunter and obtain per
manent jossession of the Weldon Railroad thus
severing the Confederacy. Foster is makings
movement on Chaffin’s Bluff, the success of which
will render the capture of Fort Drewry, the rebel
rams and Richmond easy.
An Indianapolis correspondent says the naviga
tion of the Ohio is extremely dangerous.
Drafting in Indiana is played out.
Gen. Wharton captured and destroyed, on the
18th. between Kingston and Dalton, five frieght
trains loaded with supplies
Captain Glover also. nearResaea, captured two
trains with supplies.
The Chattanooga Gazette of the 25th reports
the rppulse of Gen Pillow, ard the capture of Col
onel Faulkner, 7th Kentucky (Federal,) at Lafay
ette. The Federal loss was 100: the ‘'rebel” loss
100 dead cu the field [a Yankee lie.]
During the debate in the House oil the 25th.
Fernando Wood spoke for peace. He said the
war was unpopular, as shown by the necessity of
drafting; that an out and out peace President
would be elected next fall.
The speech and the Abolition rejoinders created
great excitement.
S IXTY days fiom date application will he made
to the court of Ordinary of Mitchell county for
an order for leave to sell all the land belonging to
the estate of B. M. Cox, late of said county de
ceased. _ . _
it. r. D. W. C. & S. H. COX, Adm'rs.
Aprii 30th, 1«64. 51 9t.
TTUVO MONTHS after date application will be
U made to the Court, of Ordinary of Pierce
county Georgia, at the first regular term after ex
piration ot two months from this notice, for leave
tn sell the lands belonging to the estate of James
R.Thomas, late of said county, deceased, for the
benefit of heirs and creditors of said deceased.
BANNER THOMAS, Adir.’r.
lYid of James R. Thomas.
Mhj 2, i=G4. 51 9t
Administrator's Sale.
Y\ ILL be sold in the town of Monticello, Jas-
pet County, on the First Tuesday in Ang-
tistnext, wit\,; n the usual hours of sale the fol
I ,r °WeTty belonging to the estate of Lewis
vee late of said county, deceased, to-w.t:
c-nza, a woman 52 years of age, and Sarah a
woman .2 years of Sold for the benefit of
Cash * rS Credlt0ts of 8aid decea#ed - Term *
ARTHUR A. McKEE, Adm’r.
»r „ n , of Lewis McKee, dec’d.
May 30, 1804.
000 in his currency.
Let the steamers be supposed to average 600
hales cotton—one-half taken hy the Confederate
States Government each trip under their uniform
“ Regulations'* applicable to vessels of the- Con
federacy only, 300 bales at the Wilmington prices,
will make a difference in each tr p, in favor of
the Foreigners of $223,800 each steamer.
I pretend not to know the cause, or causes of
this uniform partiality, by which Mr. Memininger
not only places the Foreigners so far above the
citizens of the Confederacy, but above the States
composing it also, and bath in express violation of
the laws of Congress. If it be in the execution of
the compact made by his agents abroad, by which
he is compelled to deliver cotton at five pence per
lb. in Wimington for which he could get two dol
lars per lb. there; then, all will admit, he has
added another, to many previous, demonstrations
of his unfitness for his office. Those bonds were
selling in London recently at 65 per cent., (more
thaw-one-third less than par) so that parties deal
ing iu them, get their cotton in Wilmington for
less than seven cents per lb.
dare; but he shall not restrain me of my ner-
senal liberty, except upon “due process Of laV.”
’1 he unconstitutional and monstrous “Order
I hirty eight,” under which alone I was arrested
thirteen months ago, was defied and spit upon at
your State convention of 1863, by the gallant
gentleman who bore the standard as your candi
date for Lieutenant-Governor, and hy every De
mocratic press and public speaker ever since, is
dead. From the first it was against the Consti
tution and laws, and without validity ; and all
proceedings tinder it were aud utterly are null
and void, and of no effect.
_ 3 he indgnaut voice of condemnation long
since went forth form the vast majority of the
people^ and press of America, and from all free
countries in Europe with entire unanimity. And
oAA.uHj, ruo, tne “platform” oFan earnest,
numerous and most formidable convention of the
phatic letter of the acceptance by the candidate
of that convention, Gen. John C. Fremont—the
first candidate of the Republican party for the
Presidency eight years ago, upon the rallying cry
of free speech, and p. free press—give renewed
hope that, al last, the reign of arbitrary power is
about to be brought to au end in the United
States.
It is neither just nor fit, therefore, that the
wrongs inflicted under “Order Thirty-eight,” and
the other edicts and acts of such power, should
any longer be endured—certainly not by m8
alone. But every ordinary means of redress has
first been exhausted : yet either by the direct
agency of the Administration and its subordi
nates, or because of want of jurisdiction in the
civil courts to meet a case which no America l
ever in former times conceived to be possible
here, all have failed. Counsel applied in my be
half to an unjust judge for a writ of habeas cor
pus. It was denied; aud now the privile/e of
that writ is suspended by act of Congress and
Executive order, in every State. The Democrat
ic convention of Ohio, one year ago, by a resolu
tion formally presented through a committeeuf
your best and ablest rnen, iu person- at Washing
ton, demanded of the President in behalf of a
very large minority of the people, a revocation of
the edict of banishment. Pretending that the
public safety then required it, he refused, saying,
at the same time, that it would afford him pleasure
to ctfmpiy as soon as he could by any means be
made to believe that the public safety would not
suffer by it.
One year has elapsed ; yet this hollow pretence
is still tacitly asserted, and to-day I am here to
1 prove it uniouuded in fact. I appealed to the
His cotton transactions hare cost the Govern- : supreme Court of the United States, and because
ment ten times the first cost of the cotton in the 1 Congress had never conferred jurisdiction in be-
excess of cost of the provisions for the armyj ha, [ of a citizen tried by a tribunal unknown for
,, .i A , . * s-ch purposes to the laws, and expressly turbid
caused by the ontlay-and if this be a samp'e of deu b P the Constitution, it were powerless to re-
the manner of disposing* of it, the Treasury will (tress the wrong. The time has therefore arrived
be brankrupt. beyond the hope of redemption. when it becomes me as a citizen of Ohio and ot
If Mr. Chase has actually resigned his posi- the United States, to demand, and by my own act
tionin LincolnV Cabinet, ami we could place 1 to vindicate, the rights liberties and privileges
Mr. Memininger there, that would be a roup dr, I never forfeited, but of which fur so many
mn,n. that would soon smash un that tn fieri no- months I have been deprived.
VV lierefore, men of Ohio, I am again in your
of battle.
left foot of each vandal tested on our outer breast
weeks. Then the clarion voice of our general gave
the orful order, “fire.” The first fifty lines of the enemy
melted away like frost before several- summer suus.—
The others, however, advanced with sunken courage
to the slaughter pen. They fought under a terrible
disadvantage. Our men were protected bv breast
works, erected with splendid skill. They alto fought
on this terrible day when the thermometer was 144,
with the advantages of shade aad breeze.
The air above our heads was so black with these
bullets as to entirely obscure the sun, (even more so
than at Resaca, ride, report of that memorable engage
ment by St. John, etc., etc.,) and the motion of the
atmosphere, caused by the impetus of the enemy’s
balls and shells, gave us the advantage of a brisk and
: lively breeze. Thus by the malevolent fury of our in
fernal enemies we fought under a dense shade and a
sweeping breeze, while they were exposed to a scorch
ing suu and siinoou-like heat. Sic semper tyrannis.
F6r ninety-five hours the batt’e raged with feaiful
fury. Line after.line, column after column, fell before
us in their mad assault. At length our effoits for
slaughter became ineffectual. This was - owing to the
fact that the piles of dead were heaped so high in front
of our "works that our men could not get high enough
to shoot over them.
Gen. Bullie seeing this stale of affairs, with Hint mas
terly strategy and intuitive military skill that 1ms ever
been his most prominent virtue and that has saved
this army on several previous occasions, seized a 20
pound parrot gun, aud followed by A. A. G.H.Um-
bug and the est of the staff, similarly armed climbed
to the tops of the surrounding oaks and poured fearful
enfilading fires of grape and canister into the retreating
enemy. No human nerve could resist such terrible
punishment. Such awful slaughter was never before
g en since the invention of firearms. 'The corps of
bokcr, Howard, Palmer, aud several other generals,
tP.TLWinerqy* .to. '<W‘ t<m- aw-WrOn* ^oine seventeen
huudred thousand and nine men, besides a large assort
ment of officers and other heavy guns.
Our loss was not slight. A shell exploded in the
bowels of Gen. Bullie, rendering him uneasy for an
hour or so. Fortunately he is now liimseif again.—
Capt. H. Umi ug'also had several legs taken off, but
has entirely recovered. All the staff were more or
less killed. The general and staff lost each two hun
dred and fifty horses. In fact this furious contest was
characterized in the same remarkable manner as all
the other battles of this campaign—i. e. the general
and his staff did alt the fighting and won all the victo
ries, while the privates stood at "parade rest” and
looked qnietly on tire gallant deeds of their officers,
verbum sat. Hoping that Bullie's brigade may have
the siuiplejustice of this publication done them. I am
truly yours, or anybody elses. T. Oaov.
Wayside Dome at Cordon
Mr. EditorAt the request of the Secretary I
seud you theMiuutes of the Meeting held in Gordon,
to-day, to organize a Soldier’s Wayside Home in this
place.
To say that a Wayside Home should be organized
iere is not saydng enough,to say one must be orga
nized is perhaps saying too much, but, to use the lan
guage of the President who was elected, (Colonel
.Rivers) “Where there is a will there is a way.’
Wilkinsou County has made a pretty good start for
only three districts, the subscription iu the same
amounting to over ($5,000,) five thousand dollars, but
glie can and will do more.
You will perceive that you ale requested to publish
the proceedings aud I desire to add my feeble request
that you urge upon your subscribers the absolute
necessity of subscribing to this truly laudable ob
ject.
The Gordon Wayside Home will soon be a reality
and our sick, wounded,starving heroes will be blessed
with the sight of ample and substantial cheer upon their
arrival or departure from home.
Col. Rivers the President elect is the very.nian for the
place. He is an active,energetic working tnnn and to
add to these qualifications he is devoted heart and soul
to the project aud is determined to know no such word
shook this Continent—\
Gen. Bullie and his staff retired for consultation.— I Now, “the simple statement of facts,” which
Capt. H. Uuibng, his A. A. G-, drew a small pistol . ev en Mr. Suced will not dare to controvert, “is
trom bis bolster, and in an expressive and impressive j sufficient to condemn his case, and show him up
voice, “Mill you—— . . | as a quarrelsome factionist and mischiel maker.”
. °. eD vH? lhe ’,™. th V. U !: a c,e ? r ’ I The facts are these: *
Governor Brown places the same construction on
wife.” And gluck, gluck, magic sounds
satisfaction announced that his feelings
offended. 1 he staff quietly indulged and were ready | any more “chargeable with a degree <
for tbefraj. is disgraceful to them as Governors of great Stales ”
The enemy advanced ... one hundred and fifty hues j f| mll is the Congress of the Confederate States-for the
battle. 3 hey win allowed to approach until the lower bouse of that body unanimously decided, and
ft .footrof each vandal rested on our outer breast- the Senate concurred, that their interpretation was the
correct one, viz: ThnMhe States were not to be inter-
furred with, and that the regulations were not to bear ’
upon the States, hut the States were to enjoy all the
rights and privileges that the Confederate States were
cuddled to. The proviso reads thus : “That nothing in
this act shull be construed to prohibit the Confederate
States, or any of them, from exporting any of the ar
ticles herein enumerated, on their own account”—
Now, it that means anything, it means t,o place the
Slates on perfect terms ofequulity with the Confeder-’
ale States, otherwise, why was it inserted ? Under
Secretary Memmingei's interpretation, a State, at
least the State of Georgia, has no more advantages
than an individual, for the humblest citizen can, by
complying with the terms demanded ofthe States, en
joy every privilege the State does. Mr. Memmingcr
justifies his interpretation,on the ground, that the law
requires that" the regulations shall be “uniform.” His
uniformity consists in permi-ting the State of Virginia
to do thut which he refuses to the State of Georgia.—
In this—the steamer City of Petersbuig, chartered of
a private company in Viigima, Inis Iw-en permitted to
M and return three times, w ithout yielding one half of
her loom to the Government ! The State of North
Carolina litis teen permitted to do the same thing
repeatedly wit h the steamer A. D. Vance. The steam
er Little Ada is, to all intents and purposes, the piop-
ertv of the State of Georgia. She has been chartered
by the State to take out her cotton exclusively, n*d
so long as that charter exists so long does she own and
control her. Mr. Sneed savs, “soenieful has been tlie
Secretary of the rights and even feelings ofthe State,”
ice. I heg to take issue with him on that point so tar
as the State of Georgia is concerned. Mr. Memininger
has “uniformly permitted the States of Virginia ami
North Carolina to import supplies duties free, yet the
Collector at Wilmington was directed not to permit the
blankets and oilier uipulics of the State of.Gepuria
Mr. Sneed further says—“the whole matter in contra-
versy is simply whether the Confederacy shall have
eqnnl rights of shipment on board the Little Ada with
the State of Georgia.” IIow stands the case 1 The
Confederacy claims one half of the State of Georgia's
vessel at. just about one-fourth of the rat* the State
chartered her at. I am satisfied, if the Confederacy
will join the State on equal terms, the State will relin
quish one half of her charter in the steamer to her-
By such an arrangement, the Confederacy will getout
ten times as mnch cotton ns she now does under her
regulations. . But for these regulations the 10,000 bales
of cotton that were destroyed in Wilmington would
have been oil tiie other side and to the credit of the
Government and its citizens.
If the pioviso of the act, intended to place the
State on equal terms with the Confederate States,
w hy dots Mr. Memminger refuse the State of Geor
gia that privilege which he is daily assuming for
the Confederacy, viz - The chartering of ships to
take out whole cargoes of cotton? Would the Sec
retary yield one half of such room to the State
of Georgia, were slie to demand it, and that,
too, at a freight less than one forth of what he
pays the owners of the vessels? If he would not.
then why aud upon what grounds does he demand
such terms from the State of Geoigia?
Mr. Sneed’s blind prejudice against Gov. Brown
m'ny cause him to continui his assaults upon him,
but they will not deter the Governor from protec
ting, when lie has the power, and when he has
not, of protesting against any assault made upon
the dignity and sovereignty of the State of Geor-
gta.
L.
main, that would soon smash up that tottering
concern—and I am sure, as far as despotism is I N ' 1 ® relore > ^
i f!p«;r*ble. he could eoual anv in Fedemldnm mitlst to day. 1
The three hundred dollar clause is to be repeal-J desirable, lie. could equal Rny in Federaldom,
ed. . S3
The Memphis Argus of the 30th contains an ac-.
count of the capture of gunboat. ‘27 by Shelby, and )
the blockade of White river at CferendoD.
Two transports cnu»ht above, cannot pass. {
Transports with supplies for Steele had re- '
turned to Memphis, not being able to pass the bat- *
teries. i
Rumors are current, and believed ly many, that
Steele had surrendered to Price, ’ j
The editor of the Chicago Times asks “if it. re-
wbether exercised over States or individuals.
I am very respectfully, &c., &c.
“A Blockade Busker.”
The Fight on the Weldon Road.
The .Petersburg Express gives the following
account ofthe fight which took place on Thurs
day evening, the 23d instant, near the "Weldon
Railroad, iu the vicinity of the Six Mills House:
don Muhnnn was sneedilv desnateherU at tlie
owe daties to the State, and am
here to discharge them : I have rights as » citi
zen. ar.d am here to assert them : a wife and child
and home, and would enjoy all the pleasure!
which are implied in those cherished words. But
I am hcro-ftir prove ana - mit iurtnfteiice , fur quio**-*
not for convulsion; for order »dJ law, not an
archy. Let no man of the Democratic p*tty be
gin any act of voilence or disorder; but let none
shrink from any responsibility, however urgent,
if forced upon him. Careful of the rights of oth
ers, let him see to it that he fully and fearlessly
exacts his own. Subject to rightful authority in
m. ii n.
3 tds.
Administrator's Sale.
WILL be sqjd in the town of Camilla Mitcb-
'lVuu.-r> C0Umy ‘ 0ri the firsl Tuesday in SEP-
‘U1HLK next, within the nsual hours of sale,
jV p °* low . in K property belonging to tlie estate of
J> r. Bostick, late of said county, deceased, to-
J'tj Rachel a woman about 40 years of age.—
bold for distribution. Terms cash.
T R. D. FAIRCLOTH, Adm’r.
June 18th. 1864. (pd $8) 6 tds.
| precipitately upon the appearance of our forces;
—— ; J but it was soon ascertained that there Was a heavy
From tub Trass Mississippi Department.] body of infantry ia the woods, east of the track,
VV e bad the pleasure yesterday of a cal’, fiom . massed for the purpose of supporting the cavalry.
Mr. Frank G. Watson, ‘ordnance agent for the ! Gen. Mabono threw forward a heavy line of
Trans-Mississippi Department, who bad just afriv- j skirmishers, engaged the attention of iho blue
ed from the other side of tlie Mississippi. He cross- j coats, and then put into execution one of those
ed the river on the 23d June, and brings late, in- ‘
teresting and encouraging intelligence
He reportes that all the available cavalry of the
department, some 20,000 in number, had started
for Missouri, under command of Gen. Wharton of
Texas.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Shelby, he informs us, bad
crossed the Arkansas river with 2500 men, and
was already in Missouri. Gen Marmaduke had al
so crossed the Arkansas, and Brig- Gen Jaa. P'
Major had left Texas with 5000 men, tor the same
^Major Gen- Price wss in chief command in Mis
souri and would advance with the infantry and
artillery as rapidly as possible. MsJ Gen Buck
ner has command in Arkansas, and Gen. Magru
d< Tbe Yankees have evacuated little Rock.
Mr. Watson says that the report that Gen. R.
Taylor has been relieved, has no foundation, as far
as he ia aware, and that the genera!, instead of
resigning, was making hw way towards New Or
1 Mobile Argus and Crisit, My 2-
flanking movements for which he has become
somewhat noted during this campaign. About
twilight Perry’s brigade, now commanded by Gen.
Finnegan, aucceeded in swinging around, and
brought up in rear of the enemy. A volley or
two in the rear put the enemy to thinking, and
another volley or two brought about a very lively
double-quick on their part. We succeeded in se
curing only four hundred and eighty-tbrec of the
invaders, the remainder running so swiftly that
that it was impossible to overtake them.
The prisoners were marched into the city yes
terday fia-enoou, about 10 o’clock, and turned
over to Major Bridgeford, General Lee's Provost
Manhal- There were ten commissioned officers
among the number, but none higher than the
rank of Colonel. These prisoners, in point of
appearance or morals, are no improvement upon
former instalments. They seem to havejbeen col
lected from every quarter of the globe, both civ
ilized and uncivilized, and elicited from a spectator
our vicinity the remark, “That Grant bad scraped
all creation with a fine tooth comb for men to re-
inforce bis depleted ranks.”
Men of Ohio ! You have already vindicated
j’our right to hear : it is now my duty to assert
my right to speak. Wherefore as to the sole of
fense lor which I was arrested, imprisoned and
banished—free speech in criticism and condemna
tion of the Administration—an Administration
fitly described in a recent public paper by one of
its early supporters, as “marked at home by its
disregard of constitutional rights, by its viola
tions of personal liberty and the liberty of the
press ; and its crowning shame, by its abandon
ment of the right of asylum, a right especially
dear to all free nations abroad-” I repeat it here
to-day, and will again, and jet again, so loDg as
I live, or the Constitution and our present form
of government shall survive. The words then
spoken and the appeal at that time made and now
enforced by one year more of taxation and debt,
and of blood and disaster, entreating the people
to change the public servants and their polity,
not by force, but peaceably, through the ballot-
box, I now, and here reiterate in the utmost ex
tent. and with all their significancy- I repeat
them, one and all, in no spirit of challenge or
bravado, but as earnest, sober, solemn truth and
warning to the peopfe.
We learn that Gen. Hindman was thrown from
bis horse on the 4th apd severely injured.
with their assistance he cannot tail. He seems to rely
so much upon their influence and personal attentions,
or I really should say attractions that he almost said,
that, with the animating presence of the ladies at the
wavside table, that the soldiers would not require pork
and bread: the women being sufficient with him to
constitute a meal. J. M. F-
Gx. f July,4ti>j 1864.
Pereuant to previous notice the citizens of Jone*,
Twiggs, and Wilkinson Counties met for tlie purpose
of organising a Soldior’s Wuyside Home.
Ou motion Hon. John Fitzpatrick waa called to the
chair and Col. R. L. Storey requested to act as Scare
tary.
Rev. Thus. Hughs was requested to invoke the
aid of Deity, to which he responded iu fervent prayer.
It was pioposed to organize permanently and Col.
J. Rivers being the unanimous choice of the meeting,
was elected President; Judge David Solomon. Vice
President; Colonel S. T. Player Secretary and Treas
urer.
On motion the permanent President was authorized
to appoint two snperentendents of the institution.
On motion of Col. Rivers it was
Resolved, That the counties of Twiggs, Jonee, Bald
win, Putnam and other contiguous counties, be 'es
pecially requested to hold meetings, and to co-operate
and assist in carrying out the main object of this meet-
ing.
On motion it was
Resolved, That a committee of two ladies from each
of the three districts of Wilkinson county be appointed
to ascertain the number of Ladies who will attend and
assist in the management of the Wayside Home ;
whereupon the following ladies were appointed :
Mrs. J. R, Bragg, Mrs. A. O. Flemwter, Miss Ella
Brazil, Alisa Amelia Fisher, Mrs. Metliiiu aud Mrs.
Storey.
On motion it was
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of the
meeting bo furnished the Macon Confederate, with the
request the Telegraph, and Milledgeville papers
copy.
On motion ihe meeting adjourned.
John Fitzi-atbick.
President.
E. L. Stokxy, Sec.
Capt. Girarday is furnishing the citizens of
Augusta with ice in abundance. He intends to
to establish branch manufactories in other large
cities can’t the captain send us a branch, all frozen
over ready for immediate use?
Evacuation ou Roswell.—We have just met
our young friend Capt. Will, Clark, of Missouri, •
commanding the Roswell Battalion, who is march
ing through with his command, en ronte for Tur
ner's Ferry.
The Captain was in command at Roswell, and
was ordered to evacuate the town on Monday
night. Roswell was evacuated at 8 A. M. yester
day, and the bridge on the Chattahoochee River
burned at 11, when a brigade of the Yankee Gene-
pied the post after a hea-
► 4th Tennessee Cav-
keep-the Cotton and
Wooleu Mills in operation.
Capt. Clark brought down with him, as prison- •
er, the Yankee Capt, Austin, of the 8tb'Kansaa
Infantrj’, captured by his command near the Pa
per Mills, between Roswell and Marietta.
Gen Phillips' paper mill, at Roswell, was burn
ed on Tuesday morning" The Gen. sent them
word that “the mill belonged to a m*n who had
sought them from the beginning of the wsr, and
who would continue to fight them to the bitter
end; that he had been taught from childhood to
hate them as enemies to him and his, and that ho
would die hating them; that ho did not ask
any favors from them, and they might burn to
their hearts’content.” These bold words of defi
ance, as a matter of course, did not have any influ
ence iu protecting the property. It was disman
tled completely before the proprietor retreated.—
He remained in sight of the place uutil be saw the
flames consume it.—At. Intel. 7th.
. ———
Joe Brown’s Pets Under Fire.—We are per
mitted, says the Atlanta Appeal, to make the fol
lowing extract from a letter from Gen. G. VV.
Smith to a gentleman in this city. Gen. Smith is
not given to expletives and adverbs, and means
always wbat he says.
“The enemy ran up square against my State
troops yesterday about 5 p. m. The cavalry
forced back and passed through our lines, and the
Yankees came on us right strong. Some misap
prehension of orders caused a iittlc confusion for
a few moments only upon the left of our line, and
perhaps twenty men left the trenebeis. but were
back in a few minutes. The militia behaved ve*
rv creditably; they stood their ground and stop-
jfed the advance of the enemy. We had only eix
rnen wounded and two missing; the dirt they had
thrown up saving them from much loss, and en
abled them to hold tbeir ground against superior
forces. They have rendered a good sei vice to the
army and the country, and have found ont that
every ball fired by the enemy don’t kill a man.—
l ho militia will do. I watched them closely, and
consider them all right—not yet veterans—but
they will fight.”
Tho crops of corn, oats and wheat in Nbrth Eas
tern Georgia, are spoken of by the Athens paperf
as unusually fine.
