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V.I LIME XXXV.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, S E FT E M B E R 6, 1864;
NUMBER 15.
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OL'R NEW TEB1I5.
On "tn<l after March 2.1,1864. the Terms of Sub
• rrioti >n to the Confederate Union, are Tk.n Dol-
, vR , invxribly in advance. AH indebtedness for
.ription to this paper, prcvidiiato June 1st, 1863,
uttherate of Three Dollars per year.
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lines for each insertion. . .
Tributes of respect. Resolutions by Societies.(Obit
uaries 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 uism’n. from Adm’n 8 00
J 14 <• *• “ Guard'll 8 00
Appl'n for leave to sell laud and negroes, 8 00
Noties to Debtors and Creditors. t. .10
Sales ot land or negroes, per square,
perishable property, 10 days, per sq.
Kstray Notices, 30 days,
foreclosure of Mortgage, per square,
legal advertisements.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex-
scu’cis Cl- Guardians,are required by law to be held
•n the first Tuesday in the month; between the hours
, )0 forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
C .urt house in thecounty in which the property is
" N .a.-e of these sales must be given in a public ga
zette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices tor the sale of personal property must be
v-n in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notice* to the debtors and creditors of an estate
i dental card.
DR. J. B. MURPHY,
R espectfully* informs the citi
zens of Baldwin and the adjacent
counties, that fie lias returned lo Mill-
cdgevilleHand Opened Hn office in the
Masonic Hull with the view of practicirg Denti»try r in
a!! its various branches; being well supplied with a good
stock of Materials he is prepared to attend toallDen-
tial operations in the most approved manner.
Aug. 23d,1863. (Pd.) • 13 4t.
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
To all tchom it may concern.
TIf HF.REAS, John Brown, applies lo me for
YY letters of Administration on the estate of
William F. Crosby late of said county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons interested to he and appeal at uiy office
on or before the first Monday in October next, to
show cause if any they have, why said letters
should uot be granted to the applicant.
Given under my hand officially this 15th Au
gust lefil. • DAVID BEASLEY, Ord'y.
13 5t.
Nheruian au Negro Troop*.
A Mr. Sporm, a Massachusetts recruiting agent in •
Sherman’s department, notified him of Ids appoint- i
uient, and the lollowiug is an extract from Sherman's j
reply: *
On applying to Gen. Webster at Nashville, lie will j
grant you a pass through our lines to those States, and, j
as 1 have had considerable experience in those States, j
would suggest recruiting depots to be established at j
.Macon and Colum bus. Miss, Selma, Montgomery and |
Mobile, Alabama, and Columbus, Milledgeville and |
Savannah, Georgia.
I do not see that the law rest riots yon to black re
cruits: but you are at liberty to collect white recruits
also. It is waste of time and money to open rendez
vous in Northwest Georgia ; for I assure you I have
not seen an able bodied black or white, the e, fit fora
soldier, who was not in our army, or the one opposed
to it.
Speech ©f Hon. €. L. Vallaadlgham j fersou, and Madison and Clay—wen whom yon
We find the following extract* of a speech de- j us *‘‘j to swear by. and w ho settled national dtfti-
livt-red by Mr Vallandigbain, at a peace meeting ; culties by compromise
held at Day ton, Ohio, on August 13th.
On the-T Ifith, Mr. Vallandigham arrived at
Syracuse, N Y. where he was to speak at the
mass Peace Convention to be held last Thurs
day r
You do well, without distinction ©f party, to j
demand a redres*s of your grievances, and insist j
on a cessation of hostilities. It is vain, as the at- |
tempt to destroy one of those trees by lopping its j
branches, to thiuk of continuing the war, and |
avoid increased taxation and greatly multiplied i
calamities. I am here, then, not lo speak of those j
topics which ordinarily engage the attention of j
political meetings, but to refer to matters ol bigh- '
8ucb a man the Democratic p.-irty will bring
forward for the suffrages of the people. When
his name has been announced 1 will be ready to
You speak of the impression going abroad that 1 } er inter st to you as a people,
am opposed to the organization of colored legi- j I expect speedily, by the grace of God and I
meets. I ask no higher authority—to be at Chicago; and
My opinions are usually very positive, and there is | the eyes and hearts of the nation are turned in
no reason why you should not know them.
From (be Talley.
Thus far wo have nothing additional from the
Uppei Potomac, f heridan, since hie retreat from
Strasburg to Winchester, has been acting entire-
__ ly on the • efensive, and seems more solieitious to
discuss the relative merits of the several pa/tics j protect the frontier from'invasiou than to march
with the same freedom that they did thirty years • 01,1 **iid offer battle to his active adversary. Of
ago. That right I have retained, though persecu- ! the position occupied by Sheridan it does not b«--
ted. arrested, having my home broken open, my , come us to speak; but it has already besn made
body seized, subjected to military control, banish- j public that Averill is guarding the fords of the I’o-
ed through the Southern liues, thence, after an
absence of a year and forty days, I come to this
work with the same love of liberty, the same de
votion to principle, as in former years > And I
come with (be same resolution, that whether come
life or death, imprisonment or exj^e evil or good
fortune, I will proclaim to the last bout of my life
my convictions of truth and right,’ and remain
forever “God’s noblest work, an honest man.”
t»'um\ and tl^it the Confederates again occupy
Martinsburg aud hold complete possession of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Iron* that point to
within a tew miles of Harper’s Ferry. VVe may
add here, that for several days past Sheridan has
been expecting an attack,-as movements on tho
part of Early were supposed to indicate such an
iutention.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
UI^HE Rev S,E. Brooks, assisted by his wife,
A. will resume his school tor boys and girls at
the w-st end of ihe Darien Bank Molding, on the
first Monday (the 5th) of September n* st.
TERMS.
The fall term of 16 week's, $4(1,60.
Fuel — ....$2,OC.
Music on the pip.no ’. ..$40,00.
Produeers must pay in provisioi s.
In every case payment halt in advance"
Milledgeville August 12th, 1864.
Tiiongli entertaining profound reverence for our
Congress, I do doubt iheir wisdom in the passage of
this law :
1. Because civilian agents about an army are a
nuisance.
2. The duty of citizens to fight for their country is
j too sacred none to be peddied off by buying up the
j refuse ot other States.
| 3. It is unjust to the brave soldiers and volunteers | jects that
who are fighting, as those who compose this army do, j j ow> j can
to please them on a pur with the class of recruits you : wor Vh a „
are after. 1 1
4. The negro is in a transition state, and is uot the
equal of the white man.
5. He is liberated from his bondage by act of war;
aud the armies in the field are entitled to all his assis
tance in labor and fighting in addition to the proper
quotas of the Stat
that direction. Even Republicans, in the silent j How Ladies are Treated in the Yankee Lines,
slumbers of the night—the hearts of hundreds of
thousands of them aie turned -to the Chicago Con
vention— pray that wfsdom may direct its action,
as 1 have uot the least doubt it will When its
work is finished, then will I be ready to devote | yankeeTn^s'
myself, from morning till night, and from night j A lad of , neit , hborInR COU nty. who t bfnk S
till morning, ,f need be, to a_discussion of the sub- I hat {he ^ wh * h u n £ rrates ahonld be ma de
The raid in Sherman's rear.
The Cincinnati Commercial's Nashville dis
patch states that the first train from the front
since Wheeler's raid reached Chattanooga on the
Heavy traiusdett there at uuee for the front,
18th.
12 tf.
8 00
2 00
5 on
2 00
be
A dices TO me ;,;A,
must also be pnnitdmd 40 days. _
Notice that application will be madeto Hie Court
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
iiuhlislied for two mouths. .
1 (’’/ ,linns for iottersof Administration Guardianship,
4kmust be published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration, monthly six months— tor dismission
' TuWf-r d ffir n eciosuIe ^Mortgage must be published
monthi, for foilr months-for establishingdost papers,
fnr t hr i it U snare of Hirer month*—1<»1 ConipelllTsg title .
l/oi^Kxw-utors or administrators, where boiol has been
Jive,, bv the deceased the full space of three months.
* Publication? will always* be continued Accordii p to
tkede,tke legal requirement*, uiileesotherwiewraerea
Book and Job work, of all kinds,
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
x ’r T *1 * S O FFK E.
GEORGIA, Pulaski Couuty. ^
Ordinary's Office for said County.
W M ALLEN, guardian of Thomas J. Jt linings
applied to the court of ordinary of said coun
ty for letters of dismission from the guardianship
of said minor, and property.
These are therefore to cite aud admonish all
persons interested to be and appear at my office on
or before the first Monday in October next, to show
cause if any they have to the granting of letters
of dismission from said guardianship in terms ot
the law. Given under my band and official sig
nature this the 10th day of August. J8(M.
12 fit. JNO- J. SPARROW, Ord’y. | duties oflocal ga rrisnns, such its we had at Memphis
— i A icksburg, Natchez, Nashville and Chattanooga; bu
| in harmony, will sit in harmony, adopt the light
j kind of a platform, nominate a true candidate,
and, fbrthe*more, that that candidate will receive
a constitutional majority of the votes that will
i elect him President of the United States. [Great
.... . i cheers J In the spirit of patriotic men, who love
*, bidding and bartering for recruits white and liberty and their country, and laying upon the
MiSSii’. ° y I r ^ i “ forceIneI ' t ou [ armies at k altar all our private griets, all our prejudices aud
the tunes wneu such reintorcemeuts would have en- - j ,• ’ - - v. J
ab edu, to make our successes permanent. passions and preferences for one man over
7; The law is an experiment which pending war, j B ? oth '' r ’ maintaining only fidelity to pnnci-
is unwise and unsafe, and. has delayed the universal/ pie, we wnl come together and make such a nom-
draft which I firmly believe will become necessary to ; inat : on as will be acceptable to all.
overcome the wide spread resistance offered us ; and j Then Lincoln’s reign of arbitrary power will
I believe the universal draft will be w ise aud belie- i come to an end. Then will commence the work
fieial; for, under the Providence of God, it separates ‘ of rebuilding the magnificent structure which our
. .. , j . ., . j 4 r i , Miiat iuo mas which iu u»i rates smiuiu umu
t will he involved m the struggle to ol- kuQwQ ^ ^ us t0 b]ish Jf
‘.an assure \ou, as far as my judgement is *; 1 * «■>•
lything, that that Convention will meet Bristol, 1 exn., July 2Jth, 1804.
The following letter was written to a friend, by
a lady who was lately a music teacher in a col
lege of Southwestern Georgia. It explains the ! (he last oue of which is reported" to have been caj,-
circudistances under w hich she was louud in the , tured near Kingston by a small force detached
j from Wheeler’s command. Since the occupation
of Ctevland Wheeler's movements have been
mysterious, probably occasioned by his endeavors
to avoid Kilpatrick, who, with a strong force, is in
pursuit of him. Wheeler’s force consists of three
„ _ „ _ . r T , , , divisions and one brigade, with ten pieces of «r-
My Dearest C : You are, I know surprised I ti , lel y i in a H about five thousand men
to find that I am again in Dixie, as the time I -p be Nashville Times of "the22d contains a re
wrote to you I was en roukfor Yankeedom, and I port wheeler's rebel force l ad crossed the
fully expected to stay in East Tennessee, not be- ■ river at Chattanooga, though tLere is a report
cause I loved to stay in the enemy s lines, but be- j tl)at he ha ^ ie 7 0 Eagt Tennessee, which is
cause 1 felt it my duty, under the circumstances. | discredited The Knoxville fortifications (says
the shee|> from the goats, and demonstrate what
citizens will fight for their country, and what will only
talk. "
No one will infer from this that I am not a friend of
the negro as well us the white race. I contend that
the! reason and rebellion of the master freed the slave,
and the armies I have commanded have conducte
fatheis'reared Hnd placed in our keeping Theu
will begin the work of reducing taxes, of stopping
drafts, of arresting the fearful destruction of war,
of staunching the flow of blood, of re-establishing
the st«te of things in the land which is desciibed
in sacted Yiistoiy. which our fathers enjoyed, and
to safe points more negroes than those of any general which we hope our children may yet see, when
officer m the army; but I prefer negroes tor pioneers, j “ev- ry man shall sit down under his own. vine,
teamsters, cooks, and servants, others gradually to
experiment in the art of the soldier, beginning with the
Iff* When a subscriber finds a cross mark cn
bi« paper he will know that his subscription has
expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew
ed if he wishes the paper continued.
!3P We do not send receipts to nYw subscri
bers. If they receive the paper they may know
tliat we have received the money.
nr Subscribers wishing their papers changed
from one post-office to another must state the
name of the post-office iroin which they wish it
changed.
Tax Collectors Klnuk Receipt Itooha,
Will be furnished from this office for $10 per
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 of the kind they
wish.
GEORGIA, Berrien Couuty.
W HEREAS, Mary A. E. Jones, applies to me
for letters of Guardianship of the persons
and property of William M & A. A. Jones, mi
nor children of W. A Jones, deceased. . . ^ ^
All persons will take notice and file objections, .pig men
if any they have, in terms of law, by the first j
Monday in September, or said letters will be ,
granted. W. "E. CONNELL, Ord’y.
August.2d. 1864. I’d $5 12 ;>t
Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
h LL persons indebted to the estate of Daniel
J\ Turner, late of Berri*u county, deceased, are
notified to come forward and make immediate
payment to the undersigned, and all those having
claims against him, will present them iu terms of
law, and within the time prescribed by law. *
JAMES TURNER, Adm’r
Ang,ist 2d, 1"G4. Pd $G ("’ ec) 12 fit
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL mNtons indebted to the estate of James
Ewing, late of Pulaski county, deceased, are
requested to make immediate pajmeut. All pei-
soiis ha'ing demands against said estate, will
render them in duly authenticated within the
time required by law.
JAMES O FARNLLL, Adm r.
August 6-, 1864. (J J s) 12 Gt
o blit
I would uotarawou the poor race for too large a pro
portion ol its athletic young men, for some must remain
to seek new homes and-provide for the old aud young,
the feeble and helpless.
These are some of inv peculiar notions, but I assure
you they are shared by a lurge proportion of our fight-
and fig tree, with none to make afraid.’’ If you
want more taxation, a larger p .blie debt vote for
Lincoln. If you want renewed dralts of men to
carry on the war. vote for Lincoln. If you want
him to take the first, second and third born sons,
| to carry on the war, vote for Lincoln, if you
j want to find your currency in a ruined condition,
your greenback's worth thirty cents on the dollar;
: if.you want the price of everything you buy to go
I up, and every thing jou sell to go down—tor the
— ———»» —■ the day is not far distant when your merchants
From the Richmond Sentinel, 2oth. will be obliged to demand gold and silver for
The war i- Virgiuia. , what you buy, aud they will pay you for your
produce in “legal tenders’’—if this is what you
From the Valley. want vote for the Republican party.
XV e have authentic intelligence from the Lower Is it not better for one and ail of us to stop this
Valley up to. 9 o’clock Tuesday morning. Sheridan i war, aud begin where we never should have left
has retreated out of Virginia, save at Harper’s Ferry. \ off—and try to get back the Union, ifitispossi-
f hey still bold Harper’s Ferry, and extended their bit? Do it by constitutional means, with peace
pickets to IIalltowo,four miles towards Charlestown, i , ;ud quiet in the land; with no more armies, no
Uurtroops occupied bhepherdttown,oij the Potomac.— more dla ft 8> no. more bloody battles, no more
\\ e arrived on 1 lie Baltimore and Ohio rui roud lust I . . , , _ . . . . ,
in time to continue jhe suspension of travel. The | u,ourn,, 'S 1D . th « lftnd : “O “ore bringing back
damage lately inflicted by uk hud been repaired, and i J^wnied or^ bick trom the camp ©r^the
NEGROES FOR SALE.
T HE undersigned has two likely negro women
for Sale. Julia, 22 years old, good house ser
vant, washer and irouer, arid can spin and weave
well; Delia 30 or 32 years old, good cook, washer
and ironer, also good house servant," both these
women were raised at a hotel.
* ZACK McCOMB,
Milledgeville July fith 1864. 8 tf-
ASSESSMEXT OF THE GENERAL
STATE TAX FOR 1864.
11.
Exchange Notice Ao.
Richmond, V.v June 28,18G4.
A LL officers atid men of the Vicksburg capture
of July 4tb, 1863, who reported lor duty cither
at Enterprise, Miss; Dtmopolis, Ala; Jonesboro,
Tennessee; Vienna, Natchitoches, Shreveport, or
Alexaudiia, La., at any time prior to April Ist.
E“64, and whose names have been forwarded to
me by the proper officers, are hereby declared ex
changed. RO. OLLD,
jyld I06t. Agent of Exchange.
Administratrix Sale.
I >Y virture of an order of the Court of Ordinary of
> B;tk.-r county, will be sold, on the first Monday
m October 1364, at the Court House door in said coun
ty between the legal hours of sale, Philip a man
years old and William n bov 9 years old. Sold as the
property of Elizabeth Bateman, dec’d., for the benefit
of the heir-* aud creditors of said dec’d. Terms cash.
MARTHA J. DUNLAP, Adinr'x.
August 16th, 1864 ^^ tds,
GKOmTlA, Baker County.
S IXTY’ DAY'S after date application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Baker coun
ty , for leave- to sell two negroes, viz. Phillip,*
man about 27 years old, and William, a boy a-
bout 9 years of age, as the property o> Mrs. Eliza-
b-atli Bateman deceased, for distribution
MARTHA JANE DUNLAP, Admrx.
August 1st, 1864. 13 fit.
NOTICE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, J
Millkdgkvillf., August 22, 1861. S
Whereas, under the 734th anil 735th Sections of the
Code, it is made the duty of the Comptroller General to
examine aud add together the Digests of Taxable
property of the Sta e,returned by the various Receiv
ers ot Tux lteturas of the State to the Comptroller
General's Office ; and by Act assented to December 12,
1863. the Governor and Comptroller Geutial are fur
rier authorized and required "‘in assessing the tax for
the ensiling year, to assess and have collected such
percent as shall be sufficient to raise an amount ot
money, added to the other resources of the State, to
support the Government for the political year 1864,
piovidci. that the amount raised shall not exceed oue
per cent upon the value of the taxable property of the
S ate. estimated in CJpnfederateTreasury Notes.”.
lu obedience to the requirements of the Coda, the
Comptroller Generul has footed up and added together
the Digests; and, further to carryout the require
ments of the Act of the 12th of December, 1863, it is
ORDERED. That the rate of taxation shall lie ONE
DOLLAR ox me ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS on
the property returned, and double that amount on the
default property, that being the per cent, necessary
to raise the amount required by the Act of December
12, 1863, upon the Digests, us returned.
Joseph e- brown,
Governor.
PETERSON THWEATT,
13 T»t Comptroller General.
CITY TAX NOTIGE. “
j HAD two mules taken from me, in Winkinson
l county, near Irwinton on the 30th July last,
• by the Y’ankees.
Description.—One a black mare mule, with
bald face, hind feet whit- neaily to the upper
joint, and white spot under her belly, about 12 or
13 years old, and over the average size. The oth
er is a mouse colored horse mule, about i or 8
years old. and has a small dark streak down his j
hack and is of the average size. j
Any informati©n of said mules will be thank- :
fuiiv received; aud I will pay for all trouble and 1
expense. S. J. STUBBS.
Au<r 18th 1864. Pd 13 4L
MULES ^STOLEN.
fpHREE mules were stolen from me, on tbe30tb |
A July last, by the Yankee Raiders, who were |
recently captured near Athens, Ga. Auy intor-;
mation concerning said mules will be thankfully
received.
Description —One is a white horse mule i
about eleven j e« r s old; oue a black mare mule j
•‘landed on her i aws an d hip; the other is a small
mouse colored horse mule.
Address me at Irwiuton Wilkinson co. G.
ROBT. N. PARKER.
18th 1864. pd $8. 13 4t-
■Pulaski Postponed Sheriff) Sale.
yV^I-L be sold before the court houstfdoor in
' » the town of Hawkinsville, on the first Tues
e-day in October next, the following property to
One negro woman, about 40 years old, also one
negro man Sam, about 24. years old, also a boy.
about 9 years old, also Ashley, a boy about 2 years
old. also one boy. about 2 months old, said prop
erty levied upon as the property of N. N. Harrell,
to satisfy sundry Fifas issued from the Superior
cours ol Pulaski county.
J AS M. BUCHAN, Dept, sheriff.
Aguust 15, 1864. 13 tds.
the Taxes assessed by the Council for the present
year, and all those‘concerned are requested to come
forward and settle at once.
By order of the council.
13 4t JAMES C. SHEA,Clerk.
STOP. THE. RUNAWAY!!
R UNAWAY' from Macon Ga., on the 14th ol
July instant, a negro boy named Charles,
aged 20 years; 5 feet 10 ’ inches high, dark com
plexion, flat nose, and weighs about 165 or 170
lbs.
I will pay a suitable reward for his delivery to
me at this place, or for his coulieniont until 1 can
get him. JOHN CONN.
Milledgeville Ga , July 27th 1664. 11 tf.
GEORGIA Bulloch comity.
riMVO months after date application will be madeto
A the Court of Ordinary of said couuty., for leave to
sell all the Lands aud Negros belonging to the estate
of Simon P. Williams late of said county dec’d. for the
benefit ot the heirs aud creditors, this 5th July 1864.
BENJAMIN C. LEE, Adin r.
(d. b.) 8 9t
G EO RG14 Bulloch county.
ni'iwo mouths Hfter date application will be made to
1 the Court of Ordinary of said cdui.ty, for leave to
sell all the Laud and Negroes belonging to the estate
of Seaborn Hendricks late of said couuty dec’d,tor the
honefit of the heirs and creditors.this Julv 5th, 1864.
no MITCHELL B. H ENDR1CKS Adm’r.
SARAH HENDRICKS Adinr’x.
(n. b.) 8 9t
T WO months after date application will be
made -to the Court of Ordinary of Pulaski
county. Ga , at the first regular term after expira
tion £ two months from this notice, for leave to
sell t§Land belonging to the estate of Council
lor Mauldip, late of said county, J"' ^
benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
TUCKER MAULDIN, Adm r.
Aug. 1st, 1864. , [JJ»] 11
the cars were to commence running the next day. The
railroad men will now have to. begin their work .mew,
and will,doubtless, consider Early a very troublesome
superintendent of transportation.
Sheridan avoided a tight in his retreat, making no
stand save a small attempt'at one at Charlestown.—
His anx'ety seeinel to be to escape.
We learn that Sheridan caused all the wheat stacks
to be burned in his advance trom Winchester to
Straftburg. In his flight back, he hnd not time to per
petrate the same viilainy upon the farmers between
Winchester and the Potomac. A number of dwellings
were burned and citizens arrested aud carried off;
though not to the exteut which reports have alleged.—
A party of Mosby’s men came upon a squad of fifteen
or twenty who had just set on tire a dwelling. The
ladies and the children, whose home it was, were
wringing their hands with distress at the sight of their
burning home, and invoking punishment on the van
dals, when Mosby’s men came. They rushed upon
the incendiaries and took no prisoners. The prayer
of suffering innocence had been swiftly heard, and the
punishment came, and came us swiftly aud as terrible
as it was righteous.
The Georgia Front.
The opinions of persons from Atlanta yesterday
differed very materially as to [lie movements and
intentions of the cuemy. Seme said that everything
indicated that Sherman was falling backhand backed i
the pinion with the assertion that Wheeler lmd
effectually destroyed his communication with Chat
tanooga, and was still npeiating on that linf. This
opinion is not entertained by the General officers’of
tiie Army of Tennessee.’
Others stated that tlie enemy were slowly swinging
around uu our left and actively Using the spade. All
agree that he is in heavy force on the West Point Rail
road in the vicinity of Fail burn. We ii«ar nothing
said of their ad incing this side of that point iu the
direction of the Macon & Western Railroad. Nor is
there aDy truth it) all the rumors of raids advancing on
Griffin or anywhere else.
Working parties of the enemy are reported making
a 'abroad from Marietta, or Yining, to a point on the
Chattahoochee near Campbellton, and also making
w'agon roads parallel with it.
Several corps of our army are in motion for the
purpose of developing the position of the enemy, and it
eanuot be long before .the point is determined.
Gen, Wheeler, with seven thousand men, is still in
Sherman’s rear, and of course is at work. It is re
ported that, he captured and burned a mountain of
stores at Cleveland. Having lost nearly all his cav
alry in the Stoneiiinn, McCook, and other raids, it is
believed that Sherman has no mounted f tree com
petent to meet Wheeler, and tliat lie is unable to drive
nim off. This will explain the prolonged stay of Gen.
Wheeler.
In abandoning his works north of Atlanta, the ene
my spiked and left seven heavy siege guns ami many
muskets, together with x small amount of forage for .
horses, and some clothing, hot much else was louud , f^f a ny personal consideration,
in his ex'eusive cucampments. , | 1 would not have appeared
All is perfectly calm and quiet immediately in the
city of Atlanta—not a gun being heard in any direction.
The people are beginning to go back to their homes,
but are in great doubt about remaining lung. Tlier-
hospital! I tell you the democratic party will, as
far as possible, bringbaek the ancient prosperity.
It will first have to remove the great mass of
wrong which has been tumbling dowu on yodr
heads for three years past. It took our fathers
many iong years to raar np ourYiational temple,
and haw long it will take to restore its beautiful
proportions the wisest of us cannot tell. Bat the
work must be begun. This war must come to an
end.
It has been fruitless: I might appeal to any
suppoter of the administration and ask what is
there to show for the five hundred million dol
lars aud the two million men sent iuto the ar
my.
I stood here three years ago, when this war be
gan, at|d said, “Go on; take all the men you want,
and all the money lou have the power to do it.
And if at the end of four years you have restored
the Union, preserved the liberties of the people,
aud this a prosperous and’ happy nation, 1 will a-
rise here under these trees and make public ac
knowledgement that I was wrong and you right.
1 should have done it and retired to private life,
saying that Lincoln was right aud I was wrong.
To day the four years have elapsed, and I am,
thanks to God, but no ttianks to Lincoln, able to
vindicate my prediction. And what shall I say,
as an honest man? Ought 1 to make public con
fession that 1 was wrong and Lincoln and his par
ly right ? I want you Republicans, to go home,
and to night close the doors after you, wait till ten
or ele'ven o’clock, when your wives and children
are asleep in bed. sit down camly and ask your
selves whether Vallandigliaw should have risen
here and said he was wrong and Lincoln was
right. Four own hearts will tell you no.
Now, 1 call upon you to carry out your convic
tions. Y'ou have prejudices against the Demo
cratic party, ana you have stronger predjudice
against me This I cannot help. 1 know that
my time has not come.
. It doe’s uot need that Republicans should tell
me this. “When ye see the tig tree put forth its
leaves, then ye may know the summer is nigh.”—
(Great cheeriDg, indicative of some secret under
standing b tween the speaker and his hearers ) I
am not going te quarrel with you. Time will do
its work.
Y’ou are beginning to say in yotit hearts, the
doctrines are right, whether the man who pro
claims them is or not. That is all I care" I do
not look for personal aggrandizement. If I did I
should lia\e been a major general long ago, and
had millions of money laid bv as the spoils of my
part in the war. Having lost the commiaaion I
shall not turn around now and sacrifice principle
ged me so hard to stay’ with them ; but I was only j si 'J' 8 6 le Chronicle 3j- dent met of 8umluy morning, the
there one night till the abominable Y'ankees arres- I granulating mill, belonging to the Government Powder
ted nie'on the charge of carrying a letter two i 'V olks “? ; “ r th,s cl D't blew up with a terrific explo
res without askiug permission of their highnesses' j ®‘?"v J‘'f e " t mc ,u th * " ,,1 ‘ at the .
H'l.... xj. j • , . I all of whom lOfere, ot course, blown to atoms, hardlv
lhey look me to Madisonville, where they kept ; a ve> tige of them remaining. Portions of the bodies
me under guard for one week ; six soldiers, with wcr e found hanging on the trees—a (host shocking
their bayonets, were in my room all the time, j spectacle. Other portions of their remains were dis
even aroubd rov bed at night. I was then taken j covered about half, wav between the mill and river
to Knoxville, where I was held a prisoner for three j bank. _ The eoncussioti was terrible—the glass in ull
months. I was tried by court martial on several I
charges, but none could be proved except the let- j
ter I spoke of , so I. with a few other ladies, was !
sent out by flag of truce. We came on horseback !
and had quite a pleaseut time. The Y’ankee lines .
are at Strawberry Flaius. They stopped us
there an<Y had some Union women to search us.— .
They were very strict, even ripping the hems of
our dresses and examining the soles of our shoes.
But most of us managed to slip something through j
that they did not see. I brought some letters iu
the lining of my bonnet. Mrs brought her
silver ware out. I helped her hide it in the
provision basket while they.searched her trunk, !
then slipped it under my dress. They confiscated
every thing I possessed, even to my homespun
dress and underclothes, and sent me out without, a
cent in the world ; but the citizens have been ve
ry kind to me. I have now two changes of cloth
ing, and the prospect of a little school which will
pay my board.
Y'ou cau form no idea what the Southern ladies
of East Tennessee have l o suffer. Many of them
have been under arrest aud have been compelled
to take the oath ; others have lost all they bad
and been ordered out of the lines. Many of the !
best families Lave been ordered North because
they refused to take the oath. Mrs. Geu.Vaugbu,
her three daughters, and several others were sent
to Louisville Ky., for receiving letters they did
not show to the authorities. They have secret
spies all through the country, and there
to go and remain with Hie friends who needed my
presence, aud who had been so devoted to uie in
all iny afflictions. My second mother, as I always
called her, died last March, leaving three young
daughters utterly alone, as their father died two
years ago, and they have no brothers. They beg-
thc Tim*«)
Wheeler.
can resist five timrs the force of
Terrible F. tplosion at the Powder Works—Nine
Men Killed.—About two o’clock yesterday aftemoou,
the buildings in the vicinity wereYhattered, aud even
panes of glass were brokeu in the city. The leaves
were also completely strpiped from the trees in the
nighborhood. Persons lesuling near tiie scene of the
disaster say that when the explosion took place, a vast
column of smoke, (Unis. &c., shot a great distance
into the air, and descended iu a perfect shower of
fragments.
'1 here were about 8,000 pounds of power in the build
ing at the time of the explosion.
The following are the names of the unfortunate vic
tims of the accident: Thos. Ford, James Heath,
• lames Shields, Thomas Itceso, Benjuiuin Scar her,
Brantly Kitchens, George Hayes, Andrew Key,
James Atkius. The latter was a detailed guard, aud
lived about ten minutes after the accident.
There is no way of ascertaining the origin of the ncci
deut—whether the result of carelessness or other
wise.
Several of the persons killed leave families, doubt
less iu u dependent condition, to whom the generous
sympathies ol our citizens should be extended.
A Pleasant. Custom.— Lt. Cot, Frv-mnntle, iu his
“Three Months in the Southern States.’ mentions the
following'amusing little peculiarity of Mexican cus
toms:—
“l was told that it was a common thing in Mexico
for the diligence (singe) to arrive at its destination
with the bltuds down. This, is a sure sign that the trav
elers, both male and female, have been stripped by rob
bers nearly to the skin. A certain quantity of clothing
is then, as a matter of course, thrown in at'the window,
Mr. Behnsen and Mr.
to .enable them to descend.
spies au iurougn me country, ana mere is not a Maloney told me they hnd seen Ibis happen several
word said, even m the seoming pjpvacy of the times; and Mr. Oetliug declared.that he himself, with
fireside, that does not reach their ears. There aro three ladies,arrived at the city of Mexico iu this pre
two negro regimeufs at Knoxville; they are of dicainent.”
course a cowardly set They have occupied the
Presbyterian and Baptist churches for negro
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Milledgeville Aug. 20th, 1864. , . [ )u t nre ln great >iouut about remaining lung.
Y TAX BOOK is now open for the collection of will not likely be ally more shelling of if, and if a bat-
’’ ’" ’ *— **- - ’’’ :l c — “ —* tie is fought it will take'place several miles to the w-est
or southwest.— Confederate.
The Skies Brightening.—At the incipiency of th*
present campaign the Northern press called loudly for
“something decisive.” Without military success, it
was admitted, the United States would be put out from
the great number of nations for the next hundred years.
The spring campaign of ’64 was declared a distinct
turning point in human history, ns were the battles of
Marathon, of Tours, mf Pultowa or Wutevloo. Well,
the campaign is nearly over. The Yankees have
come np manfully to the shambles and been slaughter
ed. The most collosal attempts that could be organi
zed for our destruction, have aignnlly failed, and as
predicted, Yankeedom bids fair to “die the youngest
of great republics.’’ A conviction seems at least to
havfe taken hold of the public mind at the North that
our destruction is a hopeless undertaking. Ihe war
is fast assuming a defensive character hn the part of
the enemy, who boldly declare that hereafter Geu.
Lee will dictate the movements of Grunt The war is
fast drawing to a close. The signs are that ere the
ides of March next, the carnage tliat has blackened all
the land with “mourning garments,” -qrill have almost
entirely ceased. The Chicagocan iidatq for the Presi
dency will be a peace man, aud his election is certain
unless some great calamity befalls us before November.
He will take a bold, dignified and man!y_ stand for
pence, and the masses will sustain him. The pill is
working well. Let us remain firm aud fearless, push
ing the shoddy hordes deeper and deeper into the mire
of ruin, until finally our glittering bayonets pass into
the enemy’s laud, the peace parly seize the reins of
the tottering Government and sue for a cessation of
hostilities on terms of our own choice. What I’oltow a
done for Russia the campaign of 1864 will dolor the
people of the Confederate States. Let us put out our
entire strength and ward off defeat, uutil great change
is wrought—a change as certain as aro the balmy
breezes following chilly March, forerunners o. genial,
laughing spring. Unconquerable determination is all
we need. Thus compelled, the naked .wretches of
India saved themselves from oblivion ; the obscure
baud of Italian ruffians becowe the Roman people;
aud the groat nations of Western Europe gained their
present high position in the scale of civilization und
national grandeur.—Meridian Clarion.
appeared berg to day but to
express the immense satisfaction I feel for the
most extraordinary change going on in the entire
country. Every neighborhood can bear testimo
ny to the fact that scores of men who voted for
Lincoln four years ago will not vote fur him in
November next. Whereas a little while ago the
ciamor was all for war, the cry now is. let us stop
fighting aud see what we cau do to settle this
question, as reasonable men.
If we caunot do it in four years, without spend
ing any money, without increasing the public
debt, without calling for further drafts on the able
bodied men of our households, theu it will be
timo enough to try war again, and yon cau elect [
some other man to renew the conflict- But, for
God’s sake, give us four years for a breathing |
spell. Let our youths of sixteen years grow up to j
men of twenty before they are taken from us —
Let us have more men in the harvest field and
workshop. Let our currency regain its proper
value. Let us restore the observance of the Con
stitution Then, if in the language of Chandler,
of Michigan, flie interests of the country demand
a little more blood-letting, go and take the respon
sibility.
I think we will put forward a peace candidate.—
Why not ? Suppose wo were to nominate a war
Democrat, pledged to prosecute the war, in what
respect would such a ticket be better than the
Lincoln ticket ? You would have all the evils of
the war still to press you down, increased taxes,
drafts, and the slaughter of your sons. What
wtfuld you gain by his election over that of Lin
coln ? Y’cu say that he would not interfere with
the negrftesSouth. Well, that is no consideration
witli me. \Vhat do we care for the negroes down
South, when our liberties and lives are at stake ?
We want a man who will try compromise in the
settlement of our national difficulties, such a man
hundreds and thousands of Republicans are look
ing for. If they want a war man, they have as
good a one as they could, get in the person of Lin
coln, I would as aoon be drafted under him as
under a war Democrat. And I would agree with
Abraham that it is uo time* to swap horses while
swimming a river. What we want is a man who
will go back to the policy of Washington and Jet-
mg
exchanged by way of Charleston, have been ordered
to report for duty as follows:
Brigadier General Archer ordered to report to Head
quarters of the Army of Northern Vligima.
Major General Edward Johnson ordered to report to
headquarters at Atlanta.
Brig. General Jeff. Tnompsun ordered to report to
Lieut. General E. Kirby Smith.
Niles’ Register Revised.
T'*e discontinuance of Niles’ Natioual Register,
the most useful publication ever issued from the
press of America, was a source of universal regret
to the whole country. W’e have the satisfaction
to announce to our readers that that journal is
now-revived, in the publication of The Country
man. To show that our journal is modeled after
the Register, in the number, and size oftts pages,
its typography, and all the other features which
gave value to the standard publication issued by
Mr. Niles, is to challenge the patrona/e of every
one who desires to have, and preserve for bidding,
the most useful of weeklies.
Besides the features of .Niles’ Register, Tba
Countryman has others, which should render it
still more attractive—to wit, a department of ele
gant literature, rejecting the style of Y’ankee lite
rary journals; and modeling itself alter the best
English miscellaneous weeklies, but, at the samn
time, being stamped with an independent,
friends in L., and believe me, my dear C., your Southern tone, original with, and peculiar to it-
ever devoted friend. se if. * »
A. E. L. An altogether novel feature with, it, is that it is
— 1 published in (he country, on the editor's plants-
, . .. _ . , - .. tion, nine miles from any town, or village, aud de-
Th* A misfire Movement in (he Iforth.^ votes much attention to agriculture, rufal Sports,
The Washington correspondent of the New York | and everything that interests the country gentle- •
Herald writes thus concerning the armistice qurs , man.
tion : This particular feature in our journal—with oth-
The armistice question is almost the only topic er characteristics—is happily complimented by tho
in Washington It is known positively that highest authority iu the Confederacy—the Char-
prominent republican party managers regard it 1 leston Courier. At the risk of shocking the senai-
as vitally import uit that Mr. Lincoln should im- ! tive ideas of modesty entertained by that most fa*-
uiediately take steps to open negotiations in this ! tidious of all journals, the Savannah Republican,
respect. ■ we w ill quote here the endorsement bytbeCou-
A conference was held a few days ago of New rier, of our journal:
England leaders, in which it was concluded that j The "Countryman.—To families and readers
the only safety of the administration party, under of healthy rural tastes, aud all w ho love to sauff
existing circumstances, is in proposing negotia- ' the fresh air “on the outside of a horse, or after a
tions for the termination of the war. These nee- ! good dog,” and who love moreover to read for
essarily involve au armistice, which will allow : mental nutrition, as well as excitement, we coot*
a postponement of the draft until after the elec- ■ mend The Countryman, a live independent paper,
tion. and will also permit soldiers to be sent home i edited and published by the proprietor, and not by
to vote. i auy clique, or sect, or clan, or. party. Jtisaxno
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, has paid a ; de! of its class, and of a very desirable class; aud
visit to Washington, to reptesentto the Presideut | we would deem its general and extensive circulu*
the opinion of the Republicans of New Eugland | tiou an encouraging indication of growing health
that this necessitv exists. Mr FpsKpnften the 1 and vigor, in the public mind, and iu our progres©
towards a proper, and needed self-reliance and in-
schools. Three officers I know of married negro
women ; they were married iu church. They are
living in the best houses to be hod in the town,
(confiscated property.) They ride out with the
•‘ladies of color” every day, and are having them
educated in music and other accomplishments.—
Mrs. Snapp, of Knoxville, is now in jail there, a-
w : aiting her trial for murder. A negro soldier
came to her house to escort her daughter out rid- 1
ing; she refused to let her go, and ordered him )
out of the house ; he would not leave, but spoke j
very insultingly to her ; she then shot him dead,
and was immediately arrested on the charge-ot
murder. Another incident and I will close. A
lady living on Chuckcy river was shot about four
weeks ago by a negro soldier. He went to the
house and demanded her pistol ; she refused to
give it up, when ha shot her through the head.— ■
Some of the citizens took him to Kingston The
Y’ankees said he bad done right, and turned him
loose!
Dear C., may your home never suffer as mine
has.
The Yankees aay they can never crush the re
bellion in East Tennessee till they grind the faces j
of the reble women to powder. I am tbinkiug 1
they have undertaken a hard task, for the ladies
are more devoted than ever. With all her so-call
ed Unionism, and amid all her sufferings, I am
realy proud of Tennessee.
Write to me soon. Remember me to all my
that this necessity exists. Mr. Fessenden’ the
new Secretary of the Treasury, who is cognizant
of the movement, is understood to Rave declared !
that if something of this kind is not done prompt- :
ly, he will be compelled to retire from the Cabi
net.
The President is warmly in favor of the experi
ment. He thinks that, “if it cau do no good, it
will do no harm to try it on.” It is the last card
to played to confuse the Chicago Convention
and take the wind out of the sails of the peace
men. That it will be done, and speedily, there is
no doubt. The Republican leaders- here are not
only full of it, but they insist that without it they
will be defeated.
General Steele.—The Texans have at last succeed
ed in niaking a song of Y’ankee Goueral Nteela and
hero it is ;
“Genera! Frederick Steals oouies stealing along.
Stealing our bogs and stealing ourcofn,
Stealing our sheep and stealing our cows.
Anil stealing the steel from off our plows,
Stoat on General Steele, ere long you may feel
Tiie blighting effects of very cold steel "
There is cvideutiv at present a strong current in tlw
North in favor of peace. All the elements of ^the
opposition are (rallying against Lincoln. The New
York News, the Metropolitan Reeord, the Freeman’s
Journal, tho Albauy Argus, the Chicago Times, the
Cincinnati Enquirer, the Hartford Times* the Harris-
butv Patriot, the ColuUibua (Ohio) (’ri.-is, the Journal
of Commerce, the Coueord (N. H.) Patriot, the Con
cord Standard, the New York World, the New York
Day Book, the Boston Courier—all advo cate peace.
dependence, iu thought and opinion.
We appeal "to the reading public of the Soutli,
to give ua one thousand additional subscriber.*,
which is all we ask of them. We shall be well
satisfied at obtaining tliat number, in addition to
our present list.
The Countryman is a handsome quarto, of six
teen pages, published on the editor's plantation,
near Eatonton, Ga., to which all communications
should be addressed.
Our terms are $5 for three months, or $20 per
annum-
We would be grateful to the editors of all South
ern journals to assist us iu extending our circula
tion”, aud to all our present subscribers and our
friends and acquaintances everywhere, to aid us
in procuring just 1000 more subscribers, who*©
subscriptions weueed, to meet late increased ex
pense* for.the improvement of our journal.
J. A. turner.
Eatontou.Ga. 15 2t.
A ‘Mournful Preeminence.—Of 57,853 death*
in the Confederate army up to A&uts 1st 1864,
among the sdfctigrs from Georgia, Alabama, North
Catalina, SouflnC^ypiiua, Texas, Virginia. Missis
sippi, Louisiana, ArfcaasaSj and Florida, the great
est loss, 9,504, falls to tueahare ot Georgia, th©
losses of the other States ranging as follows:--*
Alabama, 8,987; No(th Carolina, 8,261; Texas, 6,-
377: Virginia. 5,943; Mississippi, 5.367- South
Caroliua, 4,511; Louisiana, 3,039; Arkansas, 1,9*
<•*; Florida, 1.119.
