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VOLUME XXXV.] MILLEDGEV1LLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AH « 0 S T 28, 1864. MKBEK 13. for closinj. V our power and wasted our resources RrtlKUITOX VISUET.BARNES&MUORE upthewar. Butitisnotin the power of the hu oou.iui i man n ii,i(] t to shi Publishers and Proprietors. M.X. BOIKHTOM, { E«l« *•»""* JO*. II. WMHBT. < . (Jijt (Linton lVcelcly, in MiVetlgerille, Ga., T *nor*~r of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., fopposite Court House.) At $1.0 a year in Advance. OIK NEW TERMS. . shut out convictions, which un doubted facts command; or to stultify itself, a gainst the plainest conclusions of reason. Oui belief is not under our control; aiid no man can make it entirely submissive to his volitions. He may be silent, and refuse to expose wickedness oi folly; but they will exist nevertheless. [ Chat. Mercury. Exrhanse Notice No. 11. Richmond, Va- June 28,18G4. A LL officers and men of the Vicksburg- capture of July 4th, 1863, who reported (or duty either at Enterprise, Miss; Di mopolis, Ala; Jonesboro, Tennessee; Vienna, Natchitoches, Shreveport, or Alexandria, La., at any time prior to April tat. I 1864, and whose names have be«-n forwarded to On and after March 2d, 1861, the Terns of Snb ; rne by o,e proper officers, are hereby declared ex- notion to the Confederate Union, are Ten L)ol- changed. KO. OULD, All indebtedness for scriptio i.ars, inraribly in advance. •inscription to this paper, prevrous to June 1st, 18M, ji, at the rate of Three Dollars per year. iged. jy 16 10 6t. Agent of Exchange. favorable result of this policy, but the Chicago Demo crats will tiud it worth while to try it seeing that is the only chance they have —Examiner. l.nlcst from tlie IXorlh. The Failure before Petersburg in the Aorth—what has come of the Summer campaign. Most of the Northern papers admit the reverse before Petersburg, The N- Y. VVorld grows quite disconso late over it and says that all has gone wrong again in the field; Siierir.un has been cheiked, and is appar- Th» Chincie Sugar Cane and Catllr. At different times articles hav%appeared in the pa pers in regard to the pniprietv of feeding llie Chinese sugar cane to cattle—some contending that it is inju- rous, others that it is beneficial. The fellowing letter to toe Fayetteville Observer is from one of the best farmers in this Sttite. The writer’s testimony is in fa vor of feeding the car.e to cattle after wilting it in the sun a day or two. Rockingham, July 20,1804. Gentlemen :—I notice in your paper of the 14th a letter from a Uiglily respectable gentleman and physi- y r pen ence of the Journal. j toriefy, was mortally wounJeJ and died. He The Coniiunation.r G«i. Early-. Anti-acor- ■ w-Jfc a brave officer, aud undoubtedly a severe loss baiir Campaign. J to the enemy. Since his death he is found only i to have a Colonel's commission. Had he lived, ; however; he would have passedf hi nisei off for ! a Major General, and, no doubt, exchanged as such.- ... ,i„ ,i . , r . ,i.. u .] _ pr— | cian of Clinton, Sampson county, upon tlie great itan- eiillv on the uefeusive, the boiuers ot Pennsylvania ; , . A,- ... - ’ *... -,r ,,, ■ .... * • , .... i ., I V, "i' 1 ger to be apprehended in soiling cattle with Chinese ale again wild with terror, aud apparently not without j * 1ID ... r „„„ ' v B Bivouac near Bunker's Him. Va., ) Aug. 1st 1864. i you last, heard from us, we were, in camp between Berryville and Charlestown, with a promise that v» e should there enjoy the rest and comforts which a hospitable neighborhood of fered so abundantly. But :ur stay was destined to be shoit ADVERTISING. Tlie Yankee. I’rcniilciicj’. Whatever may turn out to be the meaning, the fact itself begins to shine out clear—that Abraham Lincoln j „ r\..r cnnire of ten 1 is lost; that he wiil never be president again ; not even • Transient-Two Dollars per square ot ten pregi(J ’ ent of the ywikee rel { lnant) of States, to say lines for each mseition. ... /a nothing of the whole six and thirty—or, how many Tributes of respect. Reso.utions by Societies,(Oiit anj t)l B re countill> , ••Colorado'’ and * Idaho” and other I navies exceeding RlX h“ eB ;) A ol ”' na '1? lfi Yahoo commonwealths lately invented ? The obscene C*# n«nuntcations or Lditonal no i( u. o | ^pe of Illinois is about -to lie deposed fi om the Wash- j benefit, charged as transient aavertis g. ington purple, and the White House will echo to his jokes no more. It is-in no spirit of exultation we coir- Leg.AI, Ada ERTI. ing. template this coming event; for Abraham has been a! Sheriff's sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $5 00 j good Emperour for us; he has served our turn; his j, , Je luuie)>tood ,| lllt llI)UMlal 'j"', Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, 10 00 J u^“u, uHlionsessemTahv !* ktn A 1 !* co, '' )le(1 . The while men | blacks, a nd seemed to be so sure of their success that 1 | he made absolutely no provisions for a possible failure i j ou their hart. So the country has suffered another i ! military humiliation because Lincoln and bis military ! | agents have proceeded upon the theory that the blacks ’ i are as good soldiers as the whites. Nay, better, be- ! cause the latter have necessary supports of of her troops when a critical point is to be carried, which was not | deemed essential iu the case of the uogro troops at Pe tersburg. The heavy losses ainoiur the white officers of <!■*» ooloredtroops,show with what splendid courage then men tried to urge forward the timid troops they led- 5 00 Tax Collector's Sales, per square Citations for Letters of Administration, .i »'* “ Guardianship, Letters of application for dism'n. from Adm’n 8 00 ,, ' *• «• “ Guard’n 8 00 8 00 6 JO 8 00 2 00 5 00 2 00 Appl'n for leave to sell land and negroes, Nutics to Debtors and Creditors. Kales ot land or negroes, per square, perishable property, 10 days, per sq. Lstray Notices, 30 dajs, Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, legal advertisements. Sa les of Land and Negroes, by Administrators Ex- f-ntors or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month ; between the hours •“ 10 in the forenoon and three m the afternoon, at the C .art house in the county iu which the property is 8 ‘ l Noriceof these sales must be given in a public ga- vette lOdavs previous to the day of sale. Not ces for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day " Notice" to the debtors and creditors of an estate] mast also be punished 40 dnjfih Noti < Irdiuar^ — — published for two month . . ('nations for letters ot Admim . . , - A- na-. be published 30 duys-tor dismission from AdnVinist'r'ition, monthly six months-for dismission ; ' , Rai?-" 1 ffir 1 foreffiosure ^Mortgage must he published ,1 , V , L„r months for establishing lost papers, 7" Bister of three mo nth s-Un eompellingti. les / ,r thr jull n ^ administrators, where bond has been d the full space foreign ; and we may be almost sorry to part with Inin, n 00 i lie was, in the eyes of nil mankind, an unansr^-ruble - p() j argument for our secession ; lie stood there a living justification, seven feet high, on the steadfast resolu- | tion of these States to hold no more jsilitical coin- 1 mmiion with a race capable, not only of producing i such a being, but ot making it a ruler and king. Certainly his elevation to that position astonished the world ; but it amazed nobody so much as the ! creature himself: hr knew he was neither rich lior j rare,and wondered how the devil he got there : or as | he expressed it himself the other day to a Canadian ! editor, “It seems to be strange that 1, a boy born us I it were, in| the woods, should have been drifted into (he apex of t his great event.” Why strange? One .lninat.ded them are the very pick of the army, both us regards edueution and personal bravery — Taken on the whole, the subordinate officers ot 'oin white regiments cannot begin to be as efficient ns thc inen who are specially picked out to lead the colored troops, if possible, to victory. Ail the conditions exist ed for making good regiments of the negro conscripts, but this conspicuous instance shows the marked infe riority of the colored to the white race in the that deuianls the utmost bravery and good duct. Thus terminates the summer campaign. Gen. Grunt is a tenacious military leader, and intends to get all the work he can out of his soldiers ; but troops who arc so constantly disappointed of victory, alter undergoing terrible sacrifices, t annot be expected to be property there is in it to destroy when given in *i wet and green condition, 1 have no ; means of ascertaining, but 1 will agree to pay for any i cow who. when fed as I describe, shall he injured ! thereby. Some years ago, my attention Was called to the i danger of feeding it in u wet and gre«m condition by j the Southern Cultivator, who while admitting that it should not be fed iu ii wet and green "state, roundly denied that any instance could be produced in which it , had ever proved injurous when used as above stated. Respectfully, W. F. Leak. .In order to be on the safe side it would be well to follow Mr. Leak s directions, but we know that many j feed the cane to cattle green,and we have heard of no i injury resulting thereby. FORT GAINES. Having again cleared the way of Yankees, we were soon on the way again to the Potomac — The track of the enemy's retreat was strewn with destroyed wagons When you know that up wards of a hundred WHgona were destroyed, including caissons, forges and limbers, yon can imagine that Crook’s retreat, alihough over nado in confusion, rirmiah of n few hours, we Martiusburg, that odious nest destroyed the bridges and rail pushed on iu'two or ihree E, crossed a force at Williams- it captures of cattle and and returned to rest in camp victorious and confideut ar my. definitely stated & to numbers, wa*hovering a- j not *PP«»r to , jour readers what this ar- bout (W wagon train. Our train was between j !' S accomplishing here but . they could see . c • c . . . . . , the immense amount ol wheat, Hour and cattle, STtoCSiLiSyuxaer* r i*4-^ , " , , , appreciate our work. The eneigy, caution and Admit noon a heavy cloud of dust was raised j j'L r : .i _ ... _ upon the right of the road, which proved to boa day we had intinuHion tbot a force of Yaukees in is to numbers, was hovering a- daring of Gen. Larlv, eutitlea him to a distin- wu. wincu uruveu iu liu a ; 14 1 1 l-j,,! _ j » ^ , i 1 * i ffuisned place amon^ the Lieutenant Geneials body of cavalry two or three hundred strong, a j K «r . . . ,i,„» i.;. J n(1 i. ot our army. We can assure you that bis slnii- deis are not in the army, but confined to a tew out of the army, • who are always ready to find •risis con- parry of AveriH's cauiniaml We were oh the slope of a_ hill when thcalarni ' was given of the approach of the enemy. Our ! column v.as halted, aud having gained the sum mit of the hill, the action w as much more distinct to us thau to those nearer, the cloud ot dust be ing almost impenetrable. It stems this cavalry had been iu ambush near the road, and as soon as our wagon train csjuc full rifle pieces in position, fault. may be drifted into any apex, if lie oi.ly embarks upon I *" «« expect euro oe m proper .. i ..:_ r . 1 , T, 3 , — * | morale, for immediately pushing on the campaign. Indeed the problem is no longer the destruction of r-'e that*application wifi be madeto tire Court of °ry for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be ^ i.-tration Guardianship, if three month, ed according to rdered. roin Executor viven by the decea ' Publications will always be continu tliese,the legal requirements, uulesBotlierwiee Book and Job work, of ail kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED at this offick. When a subscriber finds a cross mark on hi- paper be will know that bis subscription has expired, or is about to'expire, and must be renew- j ed if he wishes the paper continued. a chain of circumstances: and those who sntfcr at Abraham’s figure and desired to observe that Noah’s j ark did actually drift to an apex : aud it contained, together with every other beast after his kind, a pair ! of baboons. If they drifted to an apex, so may lie.— j However that may be he is certainly now about to j come down, and even to be draggled or kicked down. I The prognostications of last spring were infallible— j that “the rebellion” must be crushed this year—at least : very signal and decisive successes must be gained over ; ii- or else the.war could no longei be carried on under | Lincoln’s Government :let what might come oftl.e war i and the Union, he would get no more armies to tling into the red pit of Virginia for slaughter. Now to put aside, for the present, the total loss of | what Yankees fondly believed to be their conquests in j theTrans-Mississippi; pretermitting also,the dead-lock j to which Sherman's army has been brought, with nil : Kentucky, Tennessee and the half of'Georgia lying i between him and his own country—and looking only 10 this most colossal invasion of Virginia with three : huge armies all bound at once for Richmond—the thing is over. Grant’s army is rapidly going away from our front at Petersburg, and returning to Washington or elsewhere. Of course Grant wilLnot put up a notice on the shore of the Appomattox that he hereby abati dous his enterprise : neither will Stanton officially noti- fy that the armies ot "the Union’’ are found wholly tin a- hle to advance one yard out ot the protection their ships, and therefore they discontinue the cam paign with a lyss of one hundred aud fifty thous- ] nn<i killed, wounded and missing. This would be unreasonable to expect , nevertheless, the enter- i prise is abandoned ; and this is necessarily, so far us Lincoln is concerned, a filial abandonment : Rich- 1 mond is no more to hear U.e roar of Yankee siege guns under that potentate’s reign. One cannot but arrive at this conclusion from sev eral indications;# , om the greatly increasing excite ment at the North touching tlie Chicago Convention, which is to nominate a Democratic, Preside) Lee’s army and the capture of Petersburg, but tl: defence ol tlie loyal States against the rebel armies. No doubt Gen. Grant will keep a large force operating on llie James river; but we can never afford to present to the world the spectacle of an enemy marching, unhin dered, through ©nr own territories. fSF” Subscribers wishing their papers ehanf from one post-office to another must state the name of the post-office irom which they wish it changed. The check at Atlanta—the blunders of the Lincoln Government. L>espite the efforts of the Lincoln Administration to smother their defeat before Atlanta, the truth begins to peep out. The World, referring to it, says ; Itisnowseen that, notwithstanding the" n assuring dispatches which were allowed iu be made public,semi officially, respecting the great butties of Wednesday and Friday, our troops did suffer a serious check, and that, on Friday, the rebels seriously disarranged Gen. Sherman's plans. Tlie following extract from a Tri bune editorial yesterday tells the story: The Seventeenth corps, Gen. Blair, held the extreme left, and held it negligently Two rebel corps, Stew art's and Cheatham's, got upon G«-n Blair's Hank, sur prised him, and rolled up a large portion of his line without ceremony. It was in consequence of this un expected aud unnecessary disaster that Geutral Mc Pherson met Lis death. t The World, after admitting frankly Sherman’s de feat, argues that “all, 01 nearly all, the disasters of this Avar are due either to Mr. Lincoln's direct inter meddling with army movements, or to the appoint ment of generals by him who are notoriously unfit and incompetent.” In this citation, it says : Gen. Grant’s first campaign against Richmond failed because political considerations compelled Mr. Lincoln to give Sigelau appointment in the Shenandoah val ley, and Butler another on the Peninsula. Hunter, whom he adequately appointed, was given a command because ©f liis standing among tire anti slavery politi cians, aud also on account oj Ids intimate personal rela tionship to Mr. Lincoln, which existed previoilk to the war. Against all decency and iii direct defiance of the law, Mr. Lincoln insisted upon flic appointment of Mr. Blair to an important command in Gen. Sherman's army. The result in all these eases is before the coun try. Butler failed in his campaign ; Sigel in-his ; and it was only through r. merciful Providence aud the quick military perception ot the gallant deceased Gen eral McPherson that we have saved the most tremen dous disaster of the whole war, at Atlanta. Jt is con fessed that Blair held his line negligently, and, in short, did not know how to command his corps; and the direct inference-is, that, with a competent officer in his place, a brilliant victory, instead of a heavy re- pulse, would have crowned the efforts of our armies at Atlanta. This deplorable result, in addition to the "assent ^ failure of the negro soldiers at Petysfiurg, tells its own to a Bill touching the future status of these Confeder- j Btor y the failure of Mr. Lincoln s measures, and the ate States—a matter which, though of small impor- i misfortunes which mxanably attend liis military ap- tance to us, is ofthe deepest moment, it seems, in that j pqintmcnts. Count'y; inasmuch as he has a nliTn of his own for re-ad- j nutting States to the Union on the application of one- [ tenth of their population; and this would, they say, I give him the control ofthe Presidential election. So _ , , ...... I w hich is 10 nominate a Democratic- President ; from v, e do not send receipts to n a thedating violence with Avhieli some neAvspaperscoun- bers. If they receive the paper they may know - ael resistance in arms against the draft of half a million that we have received the money. j of men -. aud from the singular movements of some of j iced i Tincoln’s oavji Bl.ek Republican supporters in 4he. ; - M ashingtou Congress, as yesterday detailed in the’ Examiner. They waited for the moment when their sovereign’s fortunes AA-ere declining from their “apex” to give him a treacherous shove down the hill. Two I . of his most vehement and efficient allies, chairman ! -— — " "* I respectively of the Senate and House “Committee oil Tnx Collector* Illnnlt Ilecei|«l Book«, j tiie rebellious States,” Wade, of Ohio, and Winter . , , , _-r- „ t fewi „„ v Davis, of Maryland, give him this blorv under the Will be furnished from this ofhc . * P j fifth rib. They present, in their official capacity, what j quire, and $2 for binding. There will be 12 re- ] almost amounts to a legal impeachment, save in mat- j ’ , . njao „ Pnlleetnr* or-I ter of form, against their fond and too indulgeut nuis- ce.pts to a sheet or 288 to a quire Collectors or ^ ^ to ’ t ^ nff to Ljg fjt „. charge him % th ano dering receipts avx 11 send a copy of the kind they jr ance , usurpation, knavery, in withholding his wish. . - The Campaign. There is a Greek proverb which says, *tver stupidity, the Gods themselves are powerless. ’ _ Stiriid ity is mill without' intelligence- I^ence, it they inform liinj that an election carried by this artifice ! usually accompanied with obstinacy. The j must be resisted-and that lie is inaugurating a civil j causes of' things are not clearly appreciated or j ;yar for the Presidency. It Grant had only taken causes oi u g , ' „ ..prsis- Richmond, would they have dared to set their names seen by the Intelligence. J, ^ , .- ; to such a document as this? AU the world suddenly,! tency in the dictates ot the aviII. it i rvithin oiie week, in short since the blow up ofthe canr- nacy which usually accompanies stupidity,^yoii j p U jg ri Petersburg, seems to feel instinctively that IJlIIlllIxJIlID. How long, O, how long, will tneconntry be compelled to suffer this terrible and perilous trifling Avitli its most impoi taut aims aud military interests. We are pained and humiliated to li&ve to record the disgraceful capitulation of this strong work, provisioned j * a view, they put two for six months and Aritli au effective garrison of C00 1 which soon coinuieuc d shelling vigorously, Avhile men. We give the following account, based not upon a squadron of horsemen charged upon our unpro rumors, but upon official data: *—.- J *—- r r - | On the 7th, Col. Charles'Anderson, of the 21st Ala I bama, being in command of the garrison, composed of a pnrt of his oavu regiment, the battalion of Pelham ! Cadets, a portion of Culpeper's Artillery, and some other troops, numbering COO menj coimnunicated with the enemy’s fleet by flag of truce, without the sanc tion' ot his Commanding Geueral, Geu. Page, at Fort Morgan. Gen. Page inquired of him, by signal, what his pur pose v-as. Noreply or acknowledgement was return ed, although his attention aa us called by signal gnus.— He Avas telegraphed repeatedly by Gen. Page, “hold on "to your fort.” On t lie same night Geu- Page passed over to Fort Gaine- iu a boat and Avas a-tomsked to leant that Col. Anderson aa-rs absent in the Yankee fleet for the purpose of arranging terms of capitulation. He left peremptory orders for him on his return, if not accompanied bv tlie enemy, that all terms of surrender were annulled, and himself relieved of his com mand. ' On llie morning ot the 8th ho called liis attention again from Fort Morgan by signal guns, and telegragh- ed to the same effect. Still no reply. At half past nii e o’clock the enemy’s flag was run up on the fort.— His superiors aunounce the conduct of Col. Anderson ! pie but important lesson to those who should as “inexplicable and disgraceful.” And so the coun ] have knorvu liet'cr An accideut of this sort fre try will pronounce. Col. Andersou had pre\’iously telegraphed to Lieut. Col. Williams, of his regiment at Foit Powell, “if your fort is untenable, save your garrison.” Tlie latter part of the order was attended to first, and so tAvo forts have been surrendered to the | , , , , ———•< , ■enemy. Itis rot thus that the Confederate cause is ! our column Avlnle Ave Avere going through Go be upheld. We mu«t Lave officers avIio do not j «mcker!s Gap. He is Captain General of all of know how to surrender outposts of such importance en- Descrfers from Ohio regiments are coining in in small squads daily. Although Ave are not willing to confide in jhe statement of any sort of Yankees, they assure us that the spirit of discontent is in creasing daily in their army; and that the "new levy” of ti oops are guarded carefully to prevent de sertion. We have been placed in a position lately to hear j u ”* ,i \ "7” ' a tree expression of Yankee sentiment. ’J'lie peo- tectea train, carrying on about thirty wagons be- . . , . , ■ - . f rra ... „ „„ n in i / ; pie of the south must not value to much this evi- Gen ZLl iT 'L r Rri p 'l C °' k (U0 d i 5cnco of discontent among the Yankees. A large Gen ) catne up with hm Brigade of Georgians, and | paity in the - NortU hat . the Lincoln dynasty but try troops declared to be only loads of calico, were recaptured, together with the mules; the eti omy’s artillery, and a quantity of small arms were a>so taken. It is rather doubtful it this boldness ! ofthe Yankees did us any harm. We. lost only 1 oue poor fellow, a Avagouer from Grimes’ brigade, I iu the skirmish. It avhs asserted that a M. kill- I ed a Yankee Sergeant with his oavu hands; but i Ave heard a “shooter” claim the same thing; and iu corroboration ofthe latter statement Geu. Cook ; said he (the Yankee) Avas killed by one of his | men, Avho threw himself between him and the ' Yankee when ho was attacked unarmed. The ] feeue was quite an exciting oue for a few mo ments, and has its good effect. It taught a sim- tablish our supremacy. Holden hoav Rnovvs Avhere his frionds of the ar my are. An election was held at Martiusburg last Thurs day, resulting iu upwards of 1806 votes for Y'ance. against P.16 tor lloideu: Five men out often from the 2nd N. C. Regiment, who voted for Hol den. deserted the night after the election. Send _ tip your papers to us soon, that we may knoty the result of the election in the Avbole State. UUD. quently occuiring, would put in serious jeopardy our entire transportation, ivhich Ave assure you is tiOAv quite small. That -* audacious lltbcl Chieftain''—Mosby — The Nimatinn ai Allniitn. The Herald has an editorial on the situation at Atlanta and the recent battles there, in which it General Hood has done at Atlanta what he was Rit- peinted-for. He has assaulted the Union lines, fought two or three bloody battles, and given the Southern The late raids into Maryland and Penrfsylvania | baboon of Illinois aud the tailor of Tennessee ; and lrf - 8uccewjiu the Lvour forces wo fear, will go far to prove the j fends.outthat “theivCry winds have been whispering ; he a ^ alllted ^ ur wisdom of the'Greek proverb The first two raids I £ for that is, for two weeks,_since ie „ ler Newton, G wisdom ortneureea. pu j- ! Petersburg blow up. All ! the Emperour is a talleii w,auw, “ 7 r . . , . .1 j;,a hot I f'tnci>mi; < r lik.w up. y \n ! the I^mperO into these States, culnsimateu in t le ^ “ ! tree , no bird ofthe air willever a^ain feather its iicbt ties ofSharpsburg and Gettysburg, in wnicn we „ n( ] cl .|,i s branches; a dying Gorilla, against whom the lost thousands of our best troops—retreated trom j aiimliest cur can lift up its leg. t ,e30 States—andilid for our enemies what they Taking it as certain, then that the enemy’s present could not do for themselves—recruited their ex-j sovereign is as good as gone, next comes the most hausted armies A repetition of such stupendous i interesting consideration of who is to be his successor, folly, it might be supposed, was quite an impossi- | ItJiMmUteryffidiMiUh^nt^^ o^what, bility. But the “Gods are powerless;” and, again, when our enemies are unable to recruit their ar- and our * r raild army iu Georgia is in need of add the pride which generally accompanies high Ab r almui’s game is played ; and the New York Her- \ j^rn'alsThat are deepert in the'Dav'is' interes'l” an"'ox* station, you have a stupidity and obstinacy whicti ; old at once culls for a new National Convention, at portunityto g| lon t victorv. For there does appear to be ineorrigable. ! Buffalo, to nominate some other men instead of tlie X.. . -. »» a„,1 Pooifivlvatiin baboon of Illinois and the tailor of Tennessee : and; ,i. e battle of the 22d IVlien oil the 20th rriglit, held by Howard, Hooker, Pal eary and Williams—that is, when he assaulted the army of the Potomac in its western apotheosis ; for every one of the above named geneials Aveiit Avest from that glorious anny--he found moie thau his match aud wu» hurled buck in utter discomfit ure. HoAA'ant. NeAA'ton Geary and Williams had help, ed to hold the lin^s at Gettvsburg, and were not to be driven by anything that the enemy has e\'er had iu liis Western army. But Avken tiA'o days later, the ene- ! my assaulted our left, held by General Frank Blair, he i .seems not to have been resisted so well. But liis nominal success Aiill prove tube a small mat te-, even if hedid, as lie claims, drive .Blair from his ppsition. With the Cheers over Ilood, the Southern journals couple anathemiis against Johnston, avIio did not fight these battles weeks ago. All this must ex cite a grim smile on the face of that old doctor of strateg just sue lie knows Iioat costly and how worse than valueless such victories are. He can, therefore, afford to aaiui the ten or twenty days that will justify him before the Southern people, ilood gives battle to Sherman to drive him out of Georgia : to compel him to loosen his hold on 4,tl«nta ; and such aa ouIi! be the effect of a great rebel victory : but it .Avill be seen that Hood's recent assault ivili net even- interrupt the progress of Sherman. His lines are tighter around Hood e\'en now than they were before the battle ; and when the Southern journals find that the late struggle is not fol lowed by the results of victory they will hurrah less; and they Avill probably curse Hood for the useless slaughter of fifteen thousand rebel soldiers. If Ilood will only beat Sherman e%'t-ry day for five days iu suc cession as he did on the22d, Sherman’s success in this whole campaign Avill be the most brilliant that ever fell to the share of a soldier. Let the Richmond pa pers hurrah over “Hood’s victory.” We can; like Frederick, afford, just now, to pardon our enemies the follies they utter, in c^moderation ci'the follies tlo-y commit. Wade and Davis have so suddenly found out tlie enor mities ofLiucolu ; nor whether they mean to aid the Fremont party of impossible ultra Radicals, onto lav B » pipes for themselves,. Wade and Davis: but th» most reinforcements-, a portion of the army of \ irgima interesting matter to us is the keen and active agita- is sent into Maryland and Pennsy lUfinia; and, as | tion in the two branches ofthe “Democratic Party.”— if to stimutate the tardy Pennsylvanians to rush j The Peace Democrats openly rvoav that they will to "arms against us, Chambersburg is burned j labour in the Chicago* Convention of this month to get down. When the spring campaign opened, there were J three great pivots on which it turned, backed by i powerful armies, and these were in Louisiana, ' Georgia and Virginia. If we were victorious, at any one poiut. our policy was plain- to throvv our . J * * J1 «1. A nalntu tint VPt victorious troops rapidly upon the points not yet won. We whipped our enemies iu Louisiana.— The victorious troops, disengaged by our victory, j thould immediately have been thrown upon the , disputed point nearest, which was then Chatta- f nooga But this was not done. We then whip-i |'*d our enemies in Virginia. As soon as Genera! ; a „ t / lf ,y consider fair to the .South, which, it they do Grant went to digging before Petersburg, it was a I accept, they propose to raise the cry ot' war to the confession that he could not take Richmond Im I bitter end.” Tim Dag Jlook, hoAvover, declares that a “platform” of instant ami absolute Peace. We learn that the “War Democrats” are beginning, through some of their influential papers, to gi\'e their assent to un armistice, as one of the “planks” of the Chicago Convention—an armistice to af.bw negotiations for re construction. Iu other Avorcls, these War Democrats propose that, leaving thq military lines of each party Avhere they now are, the Confederate States should be invited to semi Delegates to meet the Yankee Statw in convention. The New York Dag Book explains the plan thus ; “The War Democracy proposes this plank as a flank movement on the Peace Democrats. They hope by this means to get their support in elect- will offer such terms : their candidate, when they paign was at end. and we would be triumphant at . ft|| every point. Was not this the course, aa hicli the plainest dictates of common sense required should be pursued? Yet, what was done? General Kir by Smith havimr defeated and routed Banks, in Louisiana, i s left there, for mouths, to pass the Gvne, without a foe; and as soon as Grant has failed in Vi rK \ tl i a instead of a portion of the troops expected to filter into any It asks if huffi-spirited Southern men cou d be ex pected to asseinole in General Convention Avitli u sAA'ord suspended over their heads :—and with u rope rom.d their necks, the writer might have added. He concludes, untl uifists upon this i s the first principle to be observed iu the Chicag > Convention—“When aa - c acknowledge the riglits of the States, as laid doAA-n in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions—then there Avill be some hopes of a restoration of the Union, but ot tl, » inticau o e , i u ■». ororl I avu* uesome uojies oi a resioiaiiou ui me uu.™, --i' Army of Virginia, which could be spa , no t fill then.” As to hopes nothing need be said at pres t lK defence of that State, being sent to Gpor | enti ^ ass uredly the policy indicated by these Peace gia—twenty two thousand men are detached and j Democrats ivoulll give the*only chance of thateveut sent on a raid into Mar-land aud Pennsylvania.— | which they seem to have go much at heart,on this point ^ k"*“- contest Admit in-j uuv portion of our soil, or blockade any of our port*; j 1 l!it General Johnston had sufficient troops ; ' t j ien the Northern States will, for the first time, be o. hazard a battle against superior numbers, no I j n a , K1s jtion to propose to us reconstruction of the one Will pretend to say that he could have crushed union, or a Convention of States for the purpose ol the enemy, so as to render reinforcements entirely ! negotiating that .It may safely be promised that such unnecessary If reinforcements from the ariniSs I proposals would then be at least considered; at preseut. in Louisiana and Virginia had been sent to the ar- oue cannot say Avliat xvould be the^n.-suit oi that con my in Georgia, the whole campaign, at all its great points, at this moment, would have been triumphantly at an end. and our armies would be marching through Kentucky on Ohio. Now. we know that the Deity reigns in the a;- fairs o! nations as of men; aud it may be (as we humbly trust it will be) that we shall yet ovei- pome all the stupidity aud folly, which has abuged sideration; ffift, in'short, let onr Nbrtl.ern brethren trv us. With such a change iu the existing relations, no doubt tkeie may come also a great change over men’s minds. The hideous apparition ot the b.ood- holtered Lincoln will belaid; the bayonet;will be no louder pointed at onr throats, onr dead avu' have been buried out of our sight, and it is vain, as the humorous Abraham say*, to grieve after spilt milk—for so'tlie facetious man calls bjood, Wo do not answer for a try. Johnston ku.iAvsjust how easy it is to Arin uch “victories” as this that. Hood has avou, ami trusted to their courage and discretion. The armyand the people of Mobile (and the aa'Iiole male population i-< now an army) Avill have to repair by their courage und loyalty these fatal blunders, to call them by the mildest terms. We. have the means to do it ; and the evidences are all around us in the sullen determination of the people that the nerve is also-here. If the enemy expect to find the defense of these (Av«a Confederate f >rhrthe measure of the resistance he will encounter at the city he will be greatly disappointed. We ImA e noAV not only to fight for our homes, but to redeem Confederate honor irom the disgrace of these unpar donublc defections.—Register. Okra for Winter. Take, the pods AA-hen tender, cut them into slices or cross cuts half an inch thick, spread them out on a board, or string them, and bang them up in an airy place to dry and iu a few days they will tie Toady to put aAA-av in clean paper bags for winter use. For soups they are as good as Avhen fresh in summer. ' Tomato for irinter. Gather tlie Tomato when they are quite ripe, least full of Avater, aud most full of the Tomato principle, that is to sny'in snnny AA'rtither in July or August. It. is better thal they should be small, or only of moderate size Scald them in boiling water. Reel them, and squeeze them slightly. Spread them on earthen dish es and place the dis'ies in a brick oven, after taking the bread out. -Let them remain there until the next morning. Then put them in bags,nndhang them iu a dry place. Forsoun they may be used without prepa ration ; for steAvs soak them in warm water a few hours beforehand. Lima beans for winter. Take, the green Beans, a little younger than they are usually pulled for boiling in futnmer, and spread them thinly on the floor ofthe garret or any airy loft. They will dry without further trouble than turning them oyer once or tAviee. When Avanted for use sock them in warm Avater for twelve hours before cooking — A Dublin the Army.—A correspondent ofthe Columbus Sun writes faom Atlanta: An unfortunate affair came off a few days since, within a feAV hundred yards of where I write, be tween Lieutenants Ramsay and Turner, of Cap tain Huall’s battery, Gen. Wheeler's corps. It seems that the difficulty originated in regard to that section of tlie country, and Yaukees. His name js a terror to every Yankee wagon driver and Quartermaster in this Department. He so ! fully impressed the Maryland peopie that his lit- I tie squad was A. P. Hill's advance guard, and ] that the 2d Army Corps was at the mouth ofthe Monocacy supporting our left flxnk, that it was j actually believed not only by the Washingtonians, ! but by some of our officers. Such a man is Avortb . having ! B.ut to return to our narrative. Onr camp was aroused at three o'clock Monday, the 18th July, I by the occasional discharge of artillery, and we were soon eu route for the scent of the conflict.— : The 6nemy crossed the Sheuanadoah at Snicker’s I Ferry and below, in a considerable force, occupy ing with his artillery the heights on both sides of the river. We could get no position lor artillery, which gave to him the advantage of employing i his batteries entirely' upon our infantry columns, j General Rodes engaged the enemy about 4 o’clock ] and the tale is soon told: The Yanlkss were ! driven pell-me’.l into the river, with a heavy loss in killed and Avouuded; but few prisoners fell into I our hands. General Cox and Grimes lost more heavily than any other brigades. We have to lament the death of Col. Owens, who fell leading Grimes’ brigade. His remaius were deposited in the yard W the venerable old I Stone Church near Berryville. The Petersburg Mining Business- Nothing since the war has the abolition press ta ken so much at heart as the disaster of the 30th ult- at Petersburg. Their grief over it is long as Avell as loud, chiefly, as we suppose, for the reason that tlmy Avere confidently looking for the most triumphant results from this grand ex plosion. From another account it will he sren that Grant had, in hisoAAii opinion, successfully befogged Lee, aud seduced him away from Petersburg with a. large portion of his force, so ns to leave behind but a comparatively small garrison to re pel the murderous assault which was to folloAV the springing of the mine. It v.-as a sore lact then that even this srtiall remnant of the garri son should have proved sufficient to repel the charge and inflict such loss upon the enemy. In short-, the descent from high hope to deep dis appointment Avas too sudden for Yankee philoso phy . . . The New Nork \Y orld says: “1 1xp recent disas ter at Petersburg is . having a most depressing effect upon the count ry. Indeed, no defeat ofthe whole war has created so much dismay.” A cor respondent of the same paper puts ffoAvn the Yan kee loss on this occasion at “over eight thousand lire!..’’ I’roin the same journal wc copy the following The Boston Traveller gives currency to some very extraordinary statements respecting the Ar my of the Potomac. ’It says that the private sol diers have giveixtheir officers quietly to understand that they must not expect them to assault impreg nable esrthAvovks hereafter; that the campaign so far lias been one ot useless butchery, iu Avhich no I regard has been paid to the lives of the troops.— This same paper hints, so did the Tribune the oth- or day, that the reason the colored soldiers were given the pest of honor at Petersburg was be cause the white troops A\ere indisposed to make ] . Col. Stallings, the gallant commander of the 2d ; j N. C. regiment, and Col. Wood, of the 4th N- C. j The ] also fell in this battle. These officers were young ; 0lmiali stateB that t . iere i„ a great deal tif dissat- meu ot bright promise; veterans of the hardiest | J isfaction in , he army , all( j that an unusual num- type, schooled under Anderson and Kamseur by ; ber of resignations of officers has been tendered, the severest discipline, and with the generous im- j pulse and brilliant daring of true pati iots, their ] memories will ever reuiaiu fresh in the hearts of ' the men of this brigade. The remains of Col. j Wood were buried with appropriate ceremonies at j 7a7tere are'hot ao” bad m"they"ar7 repnwentdi'to the residence of a patriotic gentleman in Clarke 1 be county—Col. Ware’s: aud Col. Stuffings’ remains i ’ - — Avere deposited in the church yard at Berryville, The Rochester Democrat, another Republican among whom are five Generals. The Boston Ad vertiser also alludes to rumors it has heard to the samo effect. All this is calculated to add to the despondency of the country; but we sincer, ly hope the ceremony on both occasions was performed by the Rev. Geo. Patterson, Chaplain of the 3d N. C. regiment. The loss in the 1st and 3d N. C. Avas small.— alleged bad treatment of the men belonging to | Luke Kornegay; Co. D. 3d N. C was killed, and Turner’s section, by Ramsay, who was command ing the batff ry. A challenge passed; wait accep ted; distance, ten paces; weapons, Navy repea ters. FoflY shots were fire^ by eacli party, Two of the shots took effect upon Turner; killing him soon. Three took effect upon Ramsay; he is liv ing. Thus have llie services of two valuable officers private Ennis, Co. K. wounded dangerouslft pri vate Rogers, Co. B. wounded dangerously; pri vate Edge, Co. C. seriously; pivate Riggs, Co. G wounded in the hand; these men were all of the 3d N. C. regiment. We are thankful that our gallant Colonel escaped again the dangers ol this battle. The enemy noiv made a demonstration toAvards been lost the army. Their seconds wi 11 lie cash- : Fort Royal,aud A% e took up line of march through The Militia of Florida Called Out. Gov, Milton, of Florida, has issued a proclama tion, calling on the people to organize for the de fence of the State. He says: Current events admonish us of the absolute ne cessity of immediate preparation to defend Florida against the raids and attacks of an enemy ivho are attempting to subjugate the people of the Confed erate States by the basest means, regatdless aliko of the laws of civilization and of sentiments of hu manity. Murder and robbery mark their Toot- steps, and. with instinctive eoivardice and mean ness, they offer the grossest insults to unprotec ted women and children. Aided by deserters. More war upon (he,Women. [From the New Y’ork Commercial Advertiser ] Berryville, towards Stiasburg. via Wbitepost and , they arc making destructive incursions jii various NeAvtoAvn. But arriving at Newtown on the 21st, ] p a n a 0 f the State; and the time has arrfved when after 1* miles march, Ave found the toAvu in con- ; CV ery citizen capable of bofiring arms (not actual- siderabfo excitement about a battle which had ; ] y j„‘ t] )0 military service of the Confederate* General Sherman findi. v at Roswell in Geor- I be en fought by Maj Gen. Ramseur, and of which | States) should take up arms in defence of hi* ia four hundred factorv^irirls employed iu a the most exagepated -disasters were rite. We AAiere country mnd State. The services of all are deman- irL*uM ^ nrririt. ordered the ordered_np to Ramseur's support, but after march j e j am ] required' As fathers, husbands, brother* required ing to Kearnstowu we found that lie Avas able not I — aa freemen—I call upon you to defend, at every" mi iu I,. 1.. .1/1 V, i. n.,a.l. r, ii ilia n n amin urn a ^ I 1 .1 . . - - .. (turioii* flirt* about the last Vnulxee Cougrr** — an Amueiug Mugtu i i‘|-< > cty]»<'. A* Washington letter writer gives some curious facte about the last Yankee Congress. He says •• Mr. A mos, ot Massachusetts, is the richest, AA'ortli over $2,000,000; aMr. Baldwin of the same Slate the largest; Mr. Clay, of Keutuckv, the tallest: Mr. Cox, of Ohio, the smallest; Mr. McClung, of Missouri, the shortest; General Dumont, of Indiana, the most pro ductive ; being the father of nineteen - children ; Mr. Stevens, of l’ennsylvania, the oldest, sevenry-two years ; General Gni field, of Ohio, the youngest thirty- two years : Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, the hnndsoin est; Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania aud Mr. Vorheih of Indiana, the best speakers; Mr. Cox, of Ohio atnl Mr. Washbume, of Illinois the bei Knsson, of Iowa, and Mr. Pendleton est debaters ; Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, the largest far mer, having 6.500 acres of land. 275 sluves, 200 sheep and 150 blooded cattle; while Mr. Gruunell lms 6000 acres of land and 6000 sheep ; Mr. Wallace, of Idaho, lives the farthest from Washington aud draws $630, for mileage and Mr. Davis, ot Maryland, the nearest, his mileage being only $32 ; Mr. Frank, of New York, the best penman, aud Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania the poorest. The House tius twenty-five members with bald heads, thirty Avith tnoustaslies mid two aa-UIi wigs. Ria, iarge^cottou factory nt that point, Ordered the whole ofthe unfortunate creatures “to be sent north of the Ohio.” General Sherman has shown on two or three occasions that ability as a milita ry commander is quite compatible with something not far removed from imbecility in respect to civil matters. He writes stnpenduously foolish general orders ou things political, and is evidently incapa ble of administering a village on practical princi ples- But it is hardly conceivable that an officer wearing a United States commission ot Major Gen-I "'i- ilu lI ll, '"T'u u - r.t .-i - , eral should have so far forgotten the commonest J , *° d,8C *f the presence offfil.e enemy untilbeartng arms will hesitate or tail to take up am* dictates of decency and humanity, (Christiani- ! £ lose “P 0 ' 1 theu.xvbe.i- he rapidly deployed b» all d vindicate the cause of freedom, or wit! shrink: ty apart,) as to drive four hundred'penniless girls j b "^ d f, 8 but ^"d the Yankee line overlapped i s , , roul the high and hoiy duty of defending the Gov- ' ’ ’ " mili>< mvav fn.m tl.irir hn.npm.nd about the length of a brigade. Ihe euemy open- | erllinent from which he claims protection, and ouiy to hold his position but the enemy were a frais ofhitn. Without assuming to be a critie-of military af fair, we will slate the army gossip relative to Gen. Ramseur’s failure, aud your readers can form their own judgement. Gen. Kamseur was rear guard of our army, und receiving information fro^i the cavalry that a small force was in line in his rear, he advanced upon them- The General fail- hazard and at every necessary sacrifice, -yonif property and your homes; the honor of your wives, your sisters and your daughters; the high charac ter ofj'our State and your rights as freemen. Tit# orders necessary for the preparation to re pel the threatened dangers have been issued and iC is hoped will be promptly and cheerfully compli ed with. * It cannot be presumed that any one capable of* hundreds of miles aivay from their homes and friends, toseekthe r livelihood amid a strange and hostile people. We repeat our most earnest hope that further iuformation may redeem the name of General Sherman and our own from the frightful disgrace which this r’ory, as it noiv comes to us, must else inflict upon one aud the other. ed vigorously upon them before they could form, ] which alone can protect the rights of himself and. and driviug the brigade oil the right, the oue next j j,is fellow citizens. tu it, the next aud so ou, until all, GeneraWv. D , Accompanying the proclamation ofthe Gover- Johnson’s Brigade included, were forced to re- j nor j s an order from the Acting Adjutant aud In- tire, leaving four pieces of artillery on the field a i spcctor Geueral of the State, requiring that “eve- hut saving the caissons and limbers. • j- y able bodied white male inhabitant iu this State* Gen. Johnson had fought the Y'ankces with ] sixteen years of age and over, not manifestly una- ! such success in bis front, that but forhis (the one- j ble to do military duty, and not now actually m Gpv. Brown’s Proclamation.-Wo copy the ! ln y 8 success on our left, he would have been de- ] the military services of the Confederate btatea.0# proclamation of Gov. Brown to the “Militia” of the feated. holding evil office nnderthq ^ Cherokee counties of Georgia, as-an illustration of 1 The Hue ivas soon retonned.liuwever.Hiid the eu- ! oinmeut wh.cb , or . 0 :., nrn p-'j l » 1 *!I the vigor, energy aud method of the efficient Exe- : emy was too discreet to follow up his partial sue- ] J’ 10 ?. cl ‘*f cutiveof our neighbor State, as well as for the ! cess. We lost 150 prisoners and 4 pieces ofar- be immediatelj*“F®lledand«^t^se«Anto corn- valuable facts thereiu stated, and as a model for ] tillery-, and a tew ivouudotl. Among the wounded I Tf n,t;S ; b p mfi , ret i C i e c m f T Jmnire ” action iu our ow n State in similar cases.. He lias \ was Geu. Gaston Lewis, of J* r . C. This disaster, j &tate,.ai» £ J H done tbmgfi marvelous to the comprehension of j though slight, was the only oue which marred the ~ "" 1 " ~ men familiar only with inefficiency in high places, j brilliancy ot the campai^u. I ,l. rr/r S ,7irn ^ 0 f, € F r °, &oMj er * Yankee officer*.— Ly bis energy the entire population of Georgia in { On the 21st we encamped hear Strasburgr, about j r ^ X or H ^f rica11 liasa Lwnsinna corret- the iear of our line, has been stirred up. and push- ; the scene of General Jackson a 'ictory over ^ ^ % KoUier b a y ftDkec ^tfiocr. After ed to the lront thirty thousand strong, where they .Shields in hiabrfflmnt Y alley campaign in o-. I re^t^Tg tlie act of alleged crueltv, he sa vs : Early outlie morning of the 24tk tneoiigrea-j . ^p he Fifth Mas6acllligett(( cava i,y ia^upposed to L* I /Forward, aud our army was in motion to- j f roln a Chrittitu. State—is sujiposetfto be loiniuaudi-l st pnrliuiiieiituiians ; Mr. | are not merely eating rations and filliug the raus- : Early iflletoii.of Oliio, the readi- . ter rolls, hut fighting like veteians. And having j sounded _ _ ^ _ thus provided all that is necessary for resisting i Awards Winchester. . , j by Christian*—by men ofluii-outaminatod morals anJ and diiviu".the enemy, he turns his attention to I ^Ab«ut 2 o'clock we encountered Crook in line j K0o d staudiDg; but we see daily occurences of crime, the Cherokee couuties—the counties in Shermau’s I- of battle, between Kearnstowu and \Y inchester.— ] At the moment of my writing many are suffering liv. rear-with the object of thus raising a force which ! Coming down upon both tiauks at once, Breckin- fog deaths-aye, Averse than crucifixion ! Theseoffeu- . r . h . . . , ^ . i • -..si IT.ai u nn tKo at» »i,a (Ifts : t it'MP. »\mcrifiin mminttls: worse thau ItiOf® . will embarrass his retreat and ensure his destruc tion. We feel confident that he will succeed, aud that the doom of the invader is certain and closely impending. Could’nt we borrow Gov. Brown a few weeks? £ Mobile Register. ridge on the right and Early on the left, the one myscaieely made a stand, and was soon flying to wards his base ofl the Potouiae. We captured up wards fif two hundred prisoners, killed and woun- ecd a considerable uumber, while fifty would cov er oor entire loss. Gen, Mnligau, of Western no- ders; these American criminals: worse thau thoe® engaged iu the tr.ussacre of St. Bartholomew, ara permitted to continue their duties iu defiance of juo- face. , . “It would be far better to be in the bonds of accur. sed slavery thau to breathe the breath of lreedom in socha wittieriugatmosplie.e.”