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A V.I LIME XXXV.] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, S E FT E M B E R 6, 1864; NUMBER 15. |)OaaHT‘)S,XISBET, BARNES t MOORE Pdblishers and Proprietor*. %. * . Roifi» rox.^ di J05.1I. XI5BET. S CI)C Caitfcbrr.t/r ^ mon J / Vrckltf, in Milled Seville, G(l., T* published. jj anror ]. an d Wilkinson Sts., ( o P yo*ite Court House.) At $10 a year in Advance. 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. ADVERTISING. Transient.—Two Dollars per square of ten 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.