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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME \WV.] 1111. L E I) (. E VIL L E, GEORGIA,. TUESDAY, JiSUABf SU5IBER 33. BOUliIIT ON, NISBET, B ARNES & MOORE Publishers and Proprietors. «;«•: o*e«»A amtai. COXFEREJffE. j|ol jOd.II.MSBET. S <£|;e Caitfcbrra^ ^ nicn rfot&jft in MilledgeriHe, Gr.. U pul>l‘* JlCt} r ffancoch and Wilkinson Sis., ^ or "^ite Coiiri House.) | < )n At $12 a year in Advance. From lhe Athens |fla.) Banner we copy the follow- j: ft pioceedings of this body, which convened in Ath- vii-. Jann-ry 4th', li-65, Bishop Pierce presiding .- The attendance Was smalt, owing to ftie riifieulty of trails; ortation A short time was spent in religions x rcises lor t' e church and the country. J. Blakely 8 nitri w‘n. appointed c i tin mu' Geo G. X. Mc- itonald Assist- i i S<-< r«;» •. The fniJowi>-‘ • ted: On I uliih W Bigham. • ; ; pen, Atticns i : 0{is by Societies,(Obit Noliie? ions for office, 1 poice' tor individual ' adve. i ieg. U Evans, J W Burk I) K AleVVoiin is was appointed Treasurer, pro tern. of tie M ssionart Society. T VV C Mallory, .1 K Hearing. J O A Cook, Robt X Andrews, James T Lowe and Win It Merritt, were continued on trial. W T Caldwell and E Iv Akin were continued in class of first year. Jas A Baugh and J L Fowler were diseotinued at tli eir own request. • The following were admitted into ful connection and elected to Deacon’s orders: W AJJodge, W C Dunlap. B J Baldwin, Morgan Callaway, John W Xeese, J Tabor l'avne.J It Par ker. i The following are the deacons of one year : Isaac S T Hopkins, G 8 Johnson, L R Redding, W W Stewart, R A Holland, Benj. W Williams, R A' Scale, Tims. J Embry, Briton Sanders, Sanford Leeke, Clin S Means, John It Gaines, John M Lcwrv. A J Jarrell. The following traveling preachers were elected and I! D Murphy, G . Rogers, Wesley Lane. Norman D Morehouse. Morgan Callaway and W A Rogers were elected, but not ordained. The following local preachers were elected Deacons: W K Ji ne , Charles J Oliver, A J St< wart, h S l’en- ningion, John S Travis, J J Pickett. W E Robison, W II McAfee, Fiancis E Hughes. M W Galloway, Thomas P Jay, E P. Bl own. W E Johnson, E II j Clarke, A G I-Vnipsy, DC Biickell. I The following local preachers were elected to Elder’s | ordos : Isaac M Kenney, L Shelton, T A Pharr, James Sales of Land aud Neg oe3. by Administrators, Ex-| Griffith, Park, ecutors or Guardians r ■ e inquired bylaw to be lielo j The names of the preachers were now called and ou ihe first Tuesday i-i • ie mo ilh; between the hours | their eharactors passed. cl 10 iutha forenoon e ’d three in tlie afternoon, at tin | An interesting letter was read from Dr. Lovick i ADVERTISING. Tit ANSI ENT.—Fiva Dollars per square often lines for each insertion. rri jutes of e-pect, Resold j.-ihs exceeding six lines ) Pj n.uuuicatiw-13 or E Ji tori. benefit,charged as transient Legal Advertising. Sheriff's sales, per levy of ten lines, or less,$10 00 “ Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, 20 0ft Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, 10 00 Citations for Letters of Adm'iaV,. ration, 10 00 “ «• “ Guaid'^rship, 10 00 Later fro in the Ujisted States. The attack on Wilmington—A Wrangle about it Admiral Porter gives his official report of tie attack on U ilnriu.gton, in which he furnishes, with minute precisions, the .details of the eveni the arrival of the fleet, the detention #' thetrans ports by the storm, the explosion of a boat laden with two hundred and fifteen tens of powder with in five hundred yards of Fort fisher, ter the pur pose of blowing down that concern* but w hich only biowed out some ot the lights and brok> some of the glasses of the fleet; the attack by the fleet, done in splendid style, on its own hook, Butler not having vet come-up; the neijt days combined attack by the fleet and ButUrs troops, if! w hich the latter, under Weitael alter landing und capturing one'or two outposts and two liun j ‘.’red prisoners in rear of Fort Fisher, came to the Columbus District.—A Wright, P E: Columbus: | conclusion that Confed rate grape and canister were C Clarke, one to be supplied, James Harris, sup’y. Culioden arid Knoxville mission, Morgan Belle h Forsyth Circuit, VV J Cotter; Damascus colored mis sion to be supplied Griffin Female College, VV A Rogers, President: Chaplain 1‘Jth Georgia itegimert: A J Jarrell; Chaplain in Araiv, J O A Cock, D E Starr. Macon District.—Josiah Lewis, P E; Macon Mul berry Street and Vineville, E I’ Birch ; colored charge John \V Burke; East Macon. S S Sweet; first Street nd mission, C R Jewett; Milledgtville and Bethel, G \V Yarborough ; Sparta, 15 F Breedlove ; Buffalo mission to be supplied ; Factory mission, V MM-iris, Hancock. J W pulley; Putnam and colored mission .1.1 Singleton, and one to be supplied, EntnntoU, G G McDonnel; Clinton and colored mission, J W turner, Perry. WG Allen; Foit Valley, J M Marshall; Eve rett mission, J Dunwoodv; Macon and Houston mis sion, to be supplied; J M Bunnell, Presidenl oi VV es- leyan Female Collage; J VV 11 uike, Agent Book De pository Letters of application for dism'n..rorn Adm'nlG Oti j ordained elders: ,, << i. *. -i i'.p <r n ](} out Julius T Curtis, John A Reynolds, i_„.i ‘ ir. on ! } V L Anthony, W VV Oslin, R A Appl'n for leave to sell land and negroes, Notice to Debio's and Creditors. Sales ot land or negroes, pe<- square, “ perishable property, J 0 days, per sq Esi ay Notices, 30 days, Fo eclosnre of Mortgage, ,>e- sqerre. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. IG 00 12 -to iff (to 4 00 10 00 j 4 00 _ ,urt bouse iu theeojuty in which the property is ? Not iVe of tli e<e sales must be given in a public ga- letle Kl dayspievioustothe day n s.;ie. Notices for the sale of personal property must be rivvnui like inauuer 10 days previous to sale day. .V , ces io the debtors aud creditors ot an estate il .o be punished 40 day s. (I ■■■ . i application will be madeto the Court of j and ex fif esse v nr leave to sell Land or Negroes, mnsi be I whereas, the a nsli ip, oil from in i!'- bed for two months. r,V » >o,t* for letters of AdininislreDo i C, &e.,‘nastbe published 30 days—or i A i.niuistration, monthly six mo ulus—fox o omission Iro n Gaardiauship,40 days . Ra!.-s for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published in ’ >lI K ‘ ,v fox fo u i* mouths toi establishing lost pa pi is, for i hr fill! h mre of three months—forcompelhogtilles from Esecn o» -or administrators, where bond has been v |. ;) 11 v ;•(! deceased tbefull space of three months. Fublica-'Oiis will always be continued according to ^liese.tlie legal requirements,unlessotlierwiseordered. Book and Job work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AXD NEATLY EXECUTED A 'F Till* OFFICE. HP When a subscriber finds a cross mark on hL paper be will know that his subscription has expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew ed if he wishes the paper continued. We do not send receipts fo new subscri bers. If they receive the paper they may know that we have received the money. . Subscribers wishing their papers changed from one post-office to another must state the name of the post-office irora which they wish it changed. Pit-i ce, who was unable to attend the Conferee Charges were made against the Rev. M. F. Alalsby for ass ult and battery, and brutal treatment l<> a ne- "io hov. The case was investigated and the following preamole and resolutions were adopted : VV hereas. the charge against Rev VI Malsby, of as sault and flattery, is admitted by him as a fact, while at the same time lie acknowledges that lie did wroig, and expresses (lie deepest penitenre for the act; ana whereas, the Conference believe him to have already suffered greatly for the hasty act—then fore, Reso’ved, That the charge be dismissed by a re primand from (lie Bishop, for the exhibition ot hasty and ungovernable temper. The second charge was not sustained—the evidence proving that it was an act of self defence. He was accordingly reprimanded by tlie Bishop and bis character was passed. Rev R J Harp, of the Louisiana Conference, now ncting as Superintendent ol Soldiei’sTract Association, was introdiu-i d to the body,aud made some very sat isfactory renunks in regard to the present oonweefion of the Association lie also presented the annual re port—show ii.tr it to be in good condition and exerting u good ii.fiin nee on the army. VV a J Fulton having tied from the State under sup’v ; Butler C A Mitchell; Lanier, R t* VVillian>s< n. W Brooks: James town, I> R Redding, t'patoie, VV VV Tidewell; Centreville, VV VV Si!-wait; Beilvue, D T Homes; Geneva, J T Payne; Muscogee, II 1' Hatch- ford: fill .Pattillo, Levert Female College; chaplain 3d Ga cavalry. L Rust. Amerieus District—L J Davis, B E; Americas C W Key; eoTch 1> O’Driscoll; Sumpter, S Anthony, VV’ T Caldwell; Dawsou. T T Christian, D Crenshaw; Whitney'mission, J P Duncan, J H Stewart, suo’y; Randolph'VV 15 Merritt ; J II Harris, sup’y ; Cuthoort and Eminms, VV J Hinton. J 15 Ward law. sup’v Foit Gains, J T Turner, Lumpkin and Green Ilill, J T Nor ris ; J G Grady,E K Aiken: Chattahoochee mission to be supplied,' Webster, B J Baldwin ; Georgetown and mission, VV S Turner; Starkville and mission, T S L Harwell,one to be supplied : Vienna, J M Arm strong, one to be supplied; Vienna. J M Armstrong", one to be supplied -. Vienna, J JI Armstrong, one to be supplied ; Isabella, to be supplied, Pataala mission J Rowe, R B Lester; missionary to Jackson’s Brigade- in the army, M Calloway. Sandersviile Disirict.—VV 7 S Baker, P E ; Sandere- ville, J I)lAnlhnny, one to be supplied; Iiwhiten, J M lowry: Jeffersonville E O II McGehee. J VV Traywick. sup’y Dublin. C A Moore ; Jacksonville, J E Senteil; Keidsville, I’ G Harris, VV F Coley sup’j ; Jit Vernon, VV’ T Michael, Bryan to be supplied; Statesboro, R II Rogers ; Darien and Melntcsh to be supplied; Swainsboro,’ Wesley Lane; Binesville V\ M Watts, one to be supplied ; R N Andrews in the Army; -Lovick Pierce Sunday School Agent; G 8 Johnson. M A Clouts, G C Andrews, G T Embry trans ferred (o Florida Conf* reuce. Next. Conference to beheld at Washington, Geor gia. Courting. SHOE MAKING ! 1 WILL make and repair shoes at OLD e& J PRICES, and must have, for all work done, provisions at old prices, viz : wheat,’ flour, corn, meal, ground-peas, figld-pi as, pota toes, pork, bacon, laid. beef.tallow, chickens, eggs Courting iz a luxury, it iz sallad. it iz ise wa ter, it iz the pla spell ov the soul. The man who has never courted has lived in vain ; he has been a blind man among land scapes and vraterskapes; he has been a deff man in the land ov hand or- gins, and by the side ov murmuring canals. Pouiting is like 2 little springs < t water that steals out under a little rock at the toot oV a mountain, and runs dow n the hi I, side by side singing and dancing and spattering each other, eddy tog and frothing a keskading,- now hiding charges vt-iy disgraceful to bis character asa Christian | under the bank ; now full of shudder, till byembj minister in- ivns . xj» lied from the conference. 1 tha jine end th-.-n thay goslow. I em in favor ov lhe Book Committee of the Georgia Annual C-.-n- ; jong courting ; it gives tin* parties a chance to find fereiicesubii'it the following as their nnual’eiKjtt. our each other’s trunl]*e!Lards, it is good exeicist, lhe bu.mcis of the Depository hasbeen succeesfu ly • i„„essent as 2 little merino lambs. coii<uit*ted (iurmiT the year. Tiie report of the * J agent, Rev J VV Bu.ke,lforth*e year ending October l, Courting ts like strawberries and cream-want 18ti4. shows that the .sales of the year amount to $'-‘12, to be did slow, then you git the flavor. 1 .iav 32u,gff, on which a net profit of $40,470,22, has been saw folks get acquanted lull in luv, git married realized, making the net capital of the Depository at settle down and git to wurk in three weeks from that -date $:•/, 014,84. _ date. This is just, the way som folks lam a trade VV hen we retrospect the past and recall to mind the —akounts for the great number of almity mean ins^rrili.j, i amount of capital, with which the deposi- mec hani C ks which we have, and the poor job tha «;ry was munch’ d into being and the manifold d.fheul- Perhaps itis best H I should stait some tics winch iiavc been encountered in its management ‘ , . e during the l,;st lour years, we cannot but pay a fit tri- I good advise tew voting men who are able to court bate to (he persevering industry, the untiring energy j with a final view to matrmtony : as it was. and financial skdl of the agent, which under the blessing In the fust place, young men yu want tew git ol God, l ave raised it from a small and humble begin ; y ure system awl write and then find a young wo- ning t lisli the pn cut commanding portion, -and esiab- Jted it U]sin fitirin and we trust an enduring basis. Y iiecommitee recommend the adoption of the follow ing resolutions : Resolved, That the presiding Bishop be requested to re-appoint Rev J VV Burke as agent for the ensu ing year. Resolved. That the ngi-nt is hereby insiruoted to pay to Rev E H Mvers, ~ r ”- °“‘ u — above named articles, bung on your leather to , purp „ S e of nssisring that paper. 3rd door below 1). JI. Edwards corner, on lla 1- | A preamble and resolutions were a< surv notes tor the cock Street. Jan. 10. 1805. SAMUEL SINGLETON', 31 3t NOTRE. S IXTY, days after date application will be made to the Ordinary Court of Wilkinson Coun ty. for leave to sell, a portion ol lhe real and person al estate of Williiatu Lord Sen’r. dec’d late of said Countv G. VV. LORD Lx r. Nov. 4th, 1804. pd $8. 24 9t. Administrator s Sale. I V y virtue of an order of the Court <-f ordinary of .F Pierce county, will besoM on the first Tuesday in Febuary 1805 at the Court house door in the town ot Blackshear, between the legal hours ol sale,one lot of land uornber 84 in the 5 90 district of originally Ware now Pierce county, sold a? 5 the property ot Daniel J. Stnne late of Pierce county deceased for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased, terms made known on the day of sale. . , . JOHN STRICKLAND. Adin r. November 8th 18C4. I’d. $-8. tds. man who is willing to be courted in the square. The next thing iz to line out how old she is, which you can dew hi asking her, and she will say thai she is 19 years old, and this you will find wont be far from out of the w’a. The next best thing is to begin to moderate: say onse every nite in the week for the fust six lit or of the "Southern Chris- I mouths increasing tlie dose as the patient seems 41 and dollars in Con- J require. It is a fust rate wa to com the girl's mother a lee- tle on the start, for omj thing a woman never des- pizes. imd that is a leetle good courting, if it is done strictly on the sqnaie. After the fust year you will begin to be well acquainted and will be gin to line the bizziness. There is one thing I alwas advize, and that is, not to swop fotographs oftener than once iu ten days, unless 3 - ou forgot how the gal looks. Okasionally yu want ttw look seriy and draw ! in yure wind as iho ju had pain; this will set ! the gi:i to teezing yu tew find out wat aiise dopted on the sub ject of marriage among negroes, and requesting that tlie Legislature be memorialized in regard to the better securing the nmliimoniai relations ui slaves. Credentials of Rev VV G Parks, heretofore expelled, were restored. Conference adjourned ni H II o’clock yesterday, to hear an address from Uev LL Lipscomb The following is * T-e ;|:oi:t- i ts tor the year: i Augusta D.s- :usta ; Si Johns | J E Ev-o * er: Asiuiry. & Trinity • , M VVvnn: tit Id, F ¥ GEt)KGIA Baldwin county. \\THEREAS William Supple lms made application t t for letters of administration on the estute of Pat rick Cain laid of sniil county deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all per- ^ i _ ^ _ sods adversely concerned t o file theirjobjeetions 09 or jj a , n (,y j jj Wa- before the first Monday in February next j c .| iiyto 7 n ’ H| :lin , v ill ( Given under my official signature this 29th Decern her 18tit. 30 at. JOHN HAMMOND Onl y. Sav An.ire Reyim Sylvania ; James Jones. Bethel and Oil'd Mission, N 1> Morehouse. Waynesboro: Ij L Ledbetter, VV C Rowland; Burke Coi’d Mission, T 15 Lamer; Lmisville, Col’d Mission and Concord Mission, D It McWilliams, A T Maun, II D Murphy; Columbia and Col’d Mission, It A Conner, A N Hollifit-ld ; Snow Hill Red Clay Mission; It J Harwell; Richmond and Col’d Mission. I S Hopkins, D VV Cuilioun: Warren ton : James H Dickey ; Gibson Jliesioii; Julius T Cuitis, one to be supplied; II Potter Sup’t Georgia Relief and Hos pital Association-; VV JI Crumley Chaplain to Geor gia Hospital in Richmond; Lewis B Payne Chaplain io Cuinming’s Brigade; Chaplain 23d Ga lteg’t W A Dodge; Editor Southern Christian Advocate; E H Jtyens. Brigade, T 15 Hnrrin Dahlone’ga District. —VV P Pledger,? E ; Dahlone- ya and Lumpkin mission, L Q AHen , Cuniming, JI G hburn ; Clarksville, Jos Chambers ; yton Blairsville and Morgantou missiouto be sup- plied ; El.jay, L H N’eese; Canton, J P Bailey ; Gains- ville ; 15 VV Williams ; Gainesville, Goodman Iluglies ; Hartwell, £ G Jlurrah; iu the army, Britou Sanders; GEORGIA, Pulaski County. ^AUient District.—R VV Bigliam, P E; Athens: H ~Wf HEREAS. Mrs. bailie E Coney applies to h Parks colored 1 liarge VV P Pattillo ; Watkiuaville It me for letters of administration on the « state and eollond missions, I) J My rick..I L Foivle* ; Fac- of Ezekiel W. Coney, late of said couut.y, de- 1 tory mission - 'to be supplied; Jefferson and colored ceased These are therefore to cite and admonish all per sons concerned, to he and appear at my office on or before tlie first Monday in February next, and show caus», if any they can, why letters of ad ministration should not be granted the applicant in terms of the statute.^ Given under my hand and official signature, this Dec. 28, ISO!. 3) bt JOHN FALE, D. Ord’y. m\VO Months after date, application will be I mission, M 1- Jla.sby, A G Worley ; Jladison, Albei t Gray; Morgan and colored mission, J L Pierce and one to be supplied ; Greensboro and colored mission, | N W Arnold, Tims F Pierce, W R Footes Aiwood i Factory mission to be supplied; Lexington and colored { mission, VV H Evans; Henry Cranford; Washington-, 1 II J Adams; Wilkes and colored mission, J JI Austin, I oue to be supplied ; Broad River mission, G VV L I Anthony; Liiieohiton and colored mission, J A Rey nolds; Elberton and colored mission, J II Grogan, VV T Norman ; Missionary to Evan’s Brigade T B liar- bin. * Rome District B Arbogast, P E. Rome nndcolor- ■ 1 — . c e t> 1 .us mi.-ston to be supplied; Cave Spring aud Cedar Xmade to tbo Court of Ordinary of Pulaski Tywi| w c Malloy! Mannussis. VV C Dunlap; ‘ - *•- Euharlee mission, Calhoun, Spring Place, LaFayette, Dalton Whitfield, Ringgold, Suinmerfielu aud Sublig Evening meetings are a good thing tew fend. It will keep pure religion in tune; and then if the.gal happens to bo there, bi aksident, she can ask you to go hum with her. As a general thing I wouldn’t brag on tlier gab much when I was courting. It don’t lool^ as tiio you knu tu much. If you will court three years in this wa, awl the time on the 6quare, if you don’t sa tiz a loetle the slickest time in jure life, you can get measured for hat at mi expense, and pa for it. Don’t court tor mutiny, nor bitty, nor relashuns! these things are just about as the kt rosir.e i!e re fining bizziness, liable tew get. out of repair and bust at any minute; court a gal tor fun, for the luv you bare her, tor tbe virtue and bizziness there is in her; court her for a wife and a rnothei; court her as you would court a iarm for tlie strength ov the sile and the perieksbun ov the title, court her as rho she want a mule aud yu nufber; court h r in the kitchen and in the parlor, over ib« wash tub and at the pianer; court this wa, young man, and if you*l n’t gH a good wife, the fault won’t be in the courting. Young man, you can rely on Josh Billings, and ally port; and capturing despatches from Gener al Whiting asking a light battery to be sent him and the regret of Admiral Porter at the failure of VVeitzel: who declared Fort Fisher impregnable to assault, fiom personal inspection within six hun dred yaids of the fort, dec , &c lifhmnnd Er.quircr. The Tribune gives tbe following review ot tbe affair. It is unpleasant plain that tbe great Wilming ton expedition haa ended in a wrangle. Gen. But ler and Admiral Porter did not find themselves able to agr. e on the conduct of the enterprise, which depended for Iris success on their cordial co operation. Tlie dispatch of Admiral Porter, which is confused on prany other points, is clear in this; that the land and naval forces cijuld not be effec tually combined. • It is remarkable that Admiral Porter began bis I attack on Fort Fisher without waiting for the ar rival 1 of the troops. The fort has been repeatedly declared on the highest authority impregnable by a naval force alone. It would seem 1 bat Admir al Porter did not share the opinion of his official superior. There appeared to him to be an oppor tunity not to be lost; as he himself expressed it, the weather was too fine to be wasted Accor-j dingly the Mtflck began at 2 o’clock on Saturday j morning by the explosion o! the torpedo boat Louis iai;a, within five hundred 3 aids of Fort Fisher. We had understood that this torpedo was intended especial^ - to destroy the morale ol the garrison, and that immediately upon ther confusion an as sault should follow by the troops, We do not know how otherwise it was expepted to take ad vantage of the explosion. But admiral Porter j chose to try the experiment when no troops had j been landed or were even near the coast. Unless, ! there-fore he hoped the walls of the fort should be | actually blown up and the men within it destroyed j by the torpedo it is difficult to understand why the attempt was made at all, and even if these conse- , quenees had followed, it is equally difficult to see > how thf-y could have been taken advantage of. If J no land force on our side was at hand to occupy : and hold the demolished fort the.enemy of course cot:id renew possesion of the ruins at his leisure, j and could cover them by the adjacent batter- ' iis. ' But the explosion of tbe torpedo produced no visible »ffect Admiral Porter says the shock was slight, and it appears from his report that Fort j Fisher, which remained unmolested from two fill j half past eleven, was subsequently able to con- ! tinne an engagement of five hoyrs’ duration with j his powerful fleet At the end of tfiat time about j 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon—the guns of the tort were silenced, and the fleet withdrew. On the following day—Sunday, the 23th—Gen. Butler’s troops arrived. Undercover of the fire of the fleet, they, or a portion of them, were landed between 12 and 3 o’clock, on Sunday aiter- noon - Admiral Porter puts the number on shore ! at 3,000. The account which follows is unintolli- i b!e. From one sentence it appears that their ! re-embarkation began immediately and without a demonstration against the fort. From another, it j appears that Maj. (#en VVeitzel and a party of skirmishers xeconnoitcred tlie fort; that a few of tbe soldiers actually entered the work; that one offi eer brought away the flag which bad been shot from iis staff; that a soldier fired a shot into the bomb proof where tbe garrison were concealed, wounding eight or ten concealed rebels; that a rebel orderly at the fort with despatches was kill ed and his despatches captured; and that, while all this was going on ti>e fleet was still shelliDg the fort, and succeeded in wounding a number of our own men. But is is nowhere indicated that any- I thing like an assault took place. On the contrary, j Gen. Weifzel reported an assault impracticable i an opinion in which Admiral Porter, though pro- j perly professing to under value his judgment in ! comparison with thatjof an able and experienced j officer who had examined the ground iu person, does hot concur —But notwithstanding General Weifzel’s report; Admiral Porter proceeds to re mark; “We drew- off at sunset, leaving the iron ciads to fire through tho night, expecting the troops vfcould attack iu the morning. The reasons i why they did not so attack are set forth in the let I ter of Gen Butler. Qur readers, if they have been able to follow us thus far, will probab!3’ agree that the whole busi- n-*ss on which we have hesitatingly commented, is in great need of elucidation. For our part we have WUiiy to suggest again that there are two sides to the story, and that but one has yet been heard. We deplore the failure which has occurred, and still more keenly do we regrot that any feeling of hostility sk«uld exist either between the two branehts of the military service of the United States or between tbo leadeft of the forces which were inean4 to co-operate against Wilmington. We care not to take sides in such a controversy We care only that Ihe whole truth should be knov^n, aud that blame should lie where, on the merits of tlie case, it properly belongs. Mean while Wilmington remains, and is like^- to remain in possession of the rebels. From tbe Reihmttud Whig. The Puice of Independence—Kefor^ces are often mad- to history for examples of constancy and fortitude under disaster, on the part of nation- which, by tbe exercise of these qualities, * have retrieved, reiitly, the most, desperate tor- tunes, ai d ,'ieM-rved their independence in spite of circumstance-, if seemingly hopeless adversity There is no d' \bt that history is full ot such examples, from the day when Leonidas fought «t Thermopylae, to the day when Washington fought at Trenton. The\ have, in fact, been so frequent ly quoted that the force of the illustration is lost in the familiarity of t 1 e example. Everybody knows and acknowledges the heroism with which the Greeks struggled against the preponderating power of Fersia. the obstinacy with which the Dutch sustained their seventy 3 - esrs’ contests against Spain, and the valor with which Fredrick combatted . his host of European enemies: but. while everybody knows these things, everybody may uot be ready to imitate what he is so very willing to admire. If.indeed.it were plain that the people of these Confederate States were auinia ted with the spirit of the CJreeks. the persistency of the Dutch, and the fortitude of their own revo lutionary ancestors. tlieTesnlt. of the struggle in which they are now engaged would not be for a moment doubtful. That these qualities are at least latent in tl#‘ Confederate people we are bound to take for gran ted. Unless we admit their existence, it would be belter for us never to have commenced this war There was always a possibility that the moment for the exercise of all these lotty attributes would finally come upon us; and should it find us timor oub, hesitating and doubtful, it would unmask us to the world as a people of charlatans, and exhibit our attempted revolution as a sorry imitation o! those nobler episodes which have adorned ihe bistor3 - of the human r; ce. We have been in the habit of flattering ourselves that we have already developed a high degree of those qualities which excite the sympathy of the world iu behalf ot struggling nationality; that, we have already equalled the heroism of the Greeks, the obstinacy ot ihe Dutch and the fortitude of the American colonists. No one, itis true, can truthfully deny the valor of our soldiers, or withhold a proper trib ute of admiration and sympathy from those por tions ot our population who have so heroically braved the fury of (lie enemy, and suffered so many privations, for the sake of our cause. But we are 3 - et very far from having equalled, or even approached, that high standard which chal lenges alike our commendation and our emulation. We may be. a very heroic people—we may endure suffering with fortitude, and struggled bravely against adversity; but all this remains 3d to t.e proved. The partial proofs wo have already giv en do not by ajiy means complete the weight of testimony which is required. If we were tor in stance, to abandon this contest now, to acknowl edge ourselves beaten and conquered, to abnegate, -. .— that separate existence for which, during*four j an uproar of shots, r,nu the report of fire* years, we have bled and fought, we should be I arms. Blazer’s men gave way before the known in history simply as a very foolish people, j valor of oui troops, aud af tempted to save who undertook what they had not the nerve toi ,1 1 _ 1 A 1 c , carry through and who iu compensation for inueb (C sc cs l>y ihght. On one side of the Capture of a Gu rrfila Hunter. • One Captain Blazer, \ man remarkable for skill and courage, was, some time since detailed from the infantry of the Yankee irmv to opeiate as a guerrilla hunter in Northern Virginia. lie was given a lieu tenant and eighty picked mounted men, armed with Spencer carbines, and direc ted to devote himself especially to the capture of Moshy’s men. In the course oi several months, by indefatigable scout ing, he has managed to pick up a number of detached squads and individual mem bers ot Colonel Mosbv’s eommaud, and has made for himself a creditable reputa tion for energy and vigibincc, both in the \ alle’y and in Northern Virginia, east*of the Blue b’idge. But. hitherto, it has never been his fortune to encounter an enemy equal to himself in numbers. Of late, he has been expressing himself as panting to encounter some innumerable, unlimited number of guerrillas. The ful- fillmeut of his wish, as will be seen, was not long delayed. Last Friday, Capt. 1’. T. Richards, commanding companies A. and B. first squadron of Sfosby’s command, made an expedition into Clarke to hunt up and to do battle with the doughty Blazer, if the latter so willed it. On reaching the neighborhood of Cabletown, seven miles west of Snicker’s Gap, scouts reported Blazer and his forces advancing from the direction of Winchester. Captain Rich ards drew up his men in line of battle and awaited his approach. Blazer heralded his advent with a shower of bullets from the Spencer carbines and then rushed down upn our troops. Captain Richards, instead of awaiting his onset, determined to meet him in full career; and when the enemy was fifty yards, distant, gave the* order for his men to charge. It lias since been ascertained that Bla zer believed himself attacking a greatly interior force, who would fly before Lis on slaught. lie discovered his error too late to save him from its consequence. The opposing squadrons rushed together with a crash. There was a momentary struggle. .. .. t Gen Butler’s letter states in substance that tbo if you kail t make these rues wurk.just .sen, for ; strf ngth of Fort Fisher had not been materially bun. and he will show you how the thing » did- imps £ ed by tlie{ ; ra from lhe ilaetf and ifs it shan’t cost you a sent.— (Josh Billings. Georgia aud Got. Grown. guns still swept tha narrow strip ot laDd by which alone it was possible for an assaulting col umn to approach. A portion of Gen. Leo's for ces had been sent from Richmond to strengthen A great many j’-nsors derogatory to the high , tbe garrison, and^Jen. Weitzel, who advanced bis character amt patrimism of the people of Georgia skirmish line within fifty yards of the fort pro- Cmiuty, Georgia, at the first regular term after expiration of two mouths from this notice, for leave to sell the land belonging to the estate of Aleiamler Gdleman Jate of said County, deceased, for the benefit of tbe heirs and creditors of said de ceased. HORTON HENDLY Adm’r. Nov.fith 1804. ^ yc- GEOliRiA Pulaski county. JHtkEAS Mrs Fannie R. Anderson applies to eU p’y for ittt*!* s of Guardianship for t lie persons and Carolina and .Mary Mayo Anderson T 4 uldreoof John J. Anderson deceased. e ’ t Mr flierefore to cite and admonish all perrons * (.A , e ,, *° he mid appear at m3' office, on or before “ 1 -""inlay in Fehru#y next and show cause it l • ,,J ey can, why letters of Guardianship should not granted, the « M id Fannie It. Anderson in terms of 111 e statute. S n lln, f er niy hand and the seal of office this 17th Ua >ol December'18154. _ M 1,1 JOHN FALE, D, Ordy. ^hEOROlA Pulaski county. \\ HEREAS, L. L. Ilarrcll administrator ot Z. L ’ ' Davis deceased, has made application to this y>art, tor letters of dismission from said administra tion . 9 , 3 iiese are therefore to cite all persons interested to f*Mid appear at my office, on or before tlie first Mon- V in July next, and show cause it ®ny they can, Wl ‘y mid letters o! dismission should uot be KT-oited the applicant in terms of the law. .[oven under my hand und seal ofoffiee, in Hawkius- VUlc ’his January 2d, I860. 31 0t JOHN FALE, D. Ord y. 111a. to be supplied, iu tlie army, James T Low. Atlanta District.—W U Branham, 1* E; Atlanta, Wesley Chapel, A M Thigpen ; colored charge, Jas IJ Pu vne ; Ti init V, A G Iliiygood, city mission, to be sup plied ; Atlunlii "circuit, S Leeke, 8N Cruven, sup’jfc; j Decatur, John J Morgan Covington unit Oxford,\I W Vaiborough, A Means sup'y Newton and colored 1 mission, I) KelSey, oue to be supplied, O S Means, sup’3 ; Monroe, W A Florence; Marietta and colored eliarge. R A Holland, Joseph Gross,''sup’y Alpharetta, J R . Gains,, one to.be supplied ; I’owder Springs and Dallas, J \V Neese; Paulding mission, A J Devore; Lawreticeviile, S A Glaike. Lagrange District.—J 15 McGhee, P E LaGrange, E w"sp*er; Troup and colo.ed Jlission, Thomas J Embry, P A Heard; West Point, Bel bet and Long Cane. lt If Jones; Greenville and colored mission, J Blakely Smith, J K Dealing; K F Dearing; Coweta, RF Jones; Coweta, R F Jones; Coweta colored mis sion to be supplied ; Newiiau and Palmetto. J II Cald well Franklin, W M D Bond; Houston mission, A Dorman; Gurroltoii to be supplied ; John Murpl.y; Harralson mission to he supplied; Wliileville, li Dixon WJ Wardlaw, colored uussien, Jackson Rush; <1 T Pearce President LaGrange Female College ana Agent Soldiers’ Tract Association; Chaplain Uth Georgia Regiment, W A Simmon s missionary, to Stovall s brigade, J W Mcgehee, missionary to China, ' 4jj en- rk . ... w p rook F. P : Griffin, Charles Griffin District.—U r ' „,i K*me*vi 'e A Full wood, W A Rogers ; Zebulon aml Bain£ v »-.e, It A Seale, C W Parker; Pike and c0 ^ muMon J L Lnpe; Fayetteville, It JJ Waters; P Arnold, oue to bo supplied ; McDonough aI ‘ ,, «on, M A Leeke, one to b* supplied; CulTeden, George and their governor have been put in circulation within the past week or two, and have unfortu | nately gained some credence. But we are grati fied to be enabled to say, ou thf authority of Gen. Beauregard, who had a peisonal interview with Gov Brown*on Satuiday last, that there is no foundation whatever for such reports. Tbe gov ernor lias no thought of convening the'Legisla- ture for purposes attributed to him, but only to carry through the unfinished business of last ses sion. * . . r As for making dishonorable propositions for peace or inaugurating a movement for taking Georgia out of the Confederacy, he has and never had a thought. He moreover characterizes the late meeting in Savannah as intamous and unpa triotic, denouncing those who participated iu it in unmeasured terms By all who are acquainted with tbe private views and opinions of Gov. Brown he is still regarded as sound as the most loial citi zen of the Confederacy. Let tho croakers gnaw upon the bone then, no longer. • We also learn through the sffme source, that there is no foundation for the repdYt put in circulation with reference to the Union meeting 6ai<t to have been held a few days since at Thomasyille Georgia. Such a meeting was projected by a few Yankeei zed individuals, but a general uprising of the sub stantial citizens of the county put a stop to it, «nu some of the ring leaders forced to leave the coun- this connection we would caution tbe peo ple every where against lending tco wii.iog an ear to the thousand aud one rumors that are from day to day put in circulation tor some malicious and base purpose They aro nothing more nor loss than insidious and poisoned arrows aimed at tbe public spirit of the people, designed to sup- plant courage with timidity aud hope with des- pair.—Memphis Appeal nouuced an attempt impracticable, except by the operation of a regular siege, which was not con templated in the orders under which Gen Butler was acting The troops, therefore, were re-embark ed and returned to Fortress Mcuroe. Of tbe casuaiities to tho fleet Admiral Porter says: I regret to have to report some seVere casuaii ties by tbe bursting qf 100 pounder Parrott can non. One burst on board the Ticonderoga, kill ing six of the crew and wounding seven others; another burst on board the Yankee, killing oue officer aud two men: another on the Juniata, kill ing two officers and wounding and killing ten oth ers; another on the Mackinaw, killing one officer and wounding five other men; another on tbe Quaker City, wounding, I believe, two or three; another on the Susquehannab, killing and woun ding seven. I think the bursting of the guns/six in all) much disconcerted the crews of tlie vessels where tho accident happeued, and gave one and al! a great distrust of the Parrott 100 pounder, and. as subsequent events proved, they were unfit for service, and calculated to Rill more of our men | than those of tbo enemy. Some of the vessels were struck once or twice. The Mackinaw had' her boiler pi rforated with a shell, and ten or twelve persons were badly scalded. Tbe Osceola was-atruck with a shell near the magazine, and was at one time in a sinking condition, but her efficient commander stop; ed up the leak, while the Mackauaw fought out the battle, notwith standing the damage she received.. The Yantic was the only vessel which left the line to report damages. The man wlio ie “ahead of hie age” muet have been “born before bis time.” r3 r tnrouen amt wnom contj loss and -suffering, gained nothing but the memory of a few barren victories. If tbe fate of Carthage is to overtake us. it must not come until our wo men, like those pf Carthage, shall have given tlmir hair for bow-strings. Should we ever suc ceed without further trial Reestablishing our in.le. dendence, we could claim nothing more than a de cent piace among people who Lave risen to nation ality by force of their virtue and endurance. We cannot rival the Light of Grecian glory until we realize the depth of Grecian adversity. It is precisely for this reason that the historical examples so often quoted as bearing upon our situ ation are feh to be inapplicable, aud lacking in analogy which gives life to an illustration. This Confederacy has not yet even approached that condition of misfortuue and disaster which alone can call fur the exhibition of those high and noble qualities to which we have referred. Its territory is not overrun; its armies are not dispersed; its people are not suffering from famine or lrom pestiience. On the contrary, its authority is dominant over an area as vast as tLat of half Europe; its armies, after tbe usual and always probable alternations of victory and defeat, still hold the field, and are ready.for renewed contests with the invader; and its people, except in those districts which are the immediate theatres of war. are as well,*if not as sumjRuously fed as at any former period. And yet, there are some persons who say that they are tired of the war; as if to be tired of the war, in any other sense than to wish for an honorable peace! were uot to bo tired of honor, tired vf independence, tired of life. Tardy Justice Io Gen. Jotunian. We notice in the Examiner, of the 29th ult., the following preceedings, which show that Con gress, at least will do justice to one of our ablest aud most patriotic military chieftains. Mr Baldwin, of Virginia offered tbe following resolution. Resolved, That the attention of tbe President be respectfully called to the following resolutions heretofore adopted by this House, and to which no response has yet betn made: “1 A resolution, of May JO, 1804, calling for certain correspondence with Gen. Joseph E. John ston, therein described. “2. A resolution, of November 18, 1804, calling for an official report made by Gen. Jos. E. Johu- ston, of bis latecampagn iu Georgia.” Mr. Barksdale of Mississippi, said he was op posed to the resolution, and hoped the House would not adopt it. Mr. Baldwin, of Virginia, said be could seo no objection to the resolution. In last May, the House adopted a resolution respectfully calling upon the- President for copies of certain corres pondence wiih Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. I11 Nov- vember, again the House adopted a resolution, requesting the President to furnish tho House a copy of the official report made b3* Gen. Joseph E. Johnston of his late camDaign in Georgia. To neither of these resolutions had any response been received frdm the President He thought it due to the House that the President’s attention should be called to the matter Mr Barksdale said he would move that the res olution be re'ferred to the Military Committee The vote being taken upon the motion, tbe House refused to so refer-only thirteen members voting in favor ofii. So Mr. Baldwin’s resolution was adopted. — ■ ■ ■ — A piece foV the pocLct. Among tbe victims ofa steam-boat explosion some years since, was Stephen Allen, a man of high and excellent moral character, fomerly ma3 - or- ot New York, beloved and esteemed by all who knew him. In his pocket book was found the following col lection of admirable counsels to all, and especial ly to the young: “Keep good company or none. Never be^idle- If your hands cannot be usefully employed, at tend to the cultivation of your mind Always speak tho truth—Make few promises. Live up t0 3’onr engagements.—Keep 3'our own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person, look him in the face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. Good character is above all things else. Your charac ter cannotbe essentially injured except by your own rets. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be such that *no one will believe him. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors- Ever live, misfortunes excepted, within your income. When you retire to bed, think over what you have bet-n doing during the day, make no haste to be rich, if you would prosper. * Small and steady gains give competency, with tranquility of mind - Stwpt. play at any game of chance. Avoid temptation, through fear you may not withstand it. money before you spend it. Never run into debt unless you see a way' to get out again. Never borrow, if you can possbily avoid it. Do not mar ry uniil you are able to support a wife. Do not speak evil of any one. Be just before you are generous. Keep yourself innocent, ifyou would be happy. Save when you aro young to spend when yon are old. Read over the above maxims at least once a week.” road was it wood, on tlie other, a fence, enclosing fields. The fugitives made for a giqt in this fence; a number were shot down before reaching il; others succeeded in reaching the field, hotly pursued by our men. A pursuit and a fight was kept up four miles; our men never halting until Blazer’s organization was destroyed—him- selt and bis men either killed, captured or dispersed in the woods. The whole affair lasted not more titan twenty minutes. In tins brief time, Captain Richards bad cap tured Blazer, and thirty of his men, kill ed outright thirty others, among whom was his lieutenant, and scattered the few remaining members of his troops to the winds. Blazeradmits that he was beaten aud broken ujr In a fair figlit. The strangest part of this story is the small loss sustained by our men. We had one man killed and five slightly wounded Tho latter are believed to have been shot by cur men in the excitement of the charge and the pursuit T5II2 BI;ESS£» BABY, WHAT “rCNCH” SAYS ABOUT IT. The Loudon Punch has the following • Prince Bnby’s Court Circular.—The great satisfac tion which was given to the mothers of England by the faithful narrations about Prinoe Baby, which were supplied during the recent tour of Prince Baby’s royal parents,.and tlie delight which was felt in reading, in a subsequen' court circular, that he had been out for an airing, has induced his friend and godtnther, Mr. Punch, to make arrangements for tlie regular prepa ration of a court circular that shall he devoted only to Prince IJaby. Tlie following is the chronicle of the past week: “Sunday—n. R. H. very good indeed. Slightly incensed after church at being interrupted iif suck fog the velvet on mamma's prayer book ,■ but instantly E acified. Grubbed nt-a wine-glnrs and threw it down, ut onl\ - laughed at the pieces, and wanted another. “Monday—H. R. II. did uot cry during the whole day. Observing from the window his royal parents going out for a tide, distinctly remarked ‘ta-tar,’ inno cent iy unconscious that they were out of hearing. “Tuesday—FT. R. H.'s usual amiability was disturb ed by a -pecial petition, on the part of his head nurse, that lie would put tlie coral into ti is mouth, instead of Shem, Hem, aud Japhet, whom tie endeavored to in troduce there all at once. Ho was graciously pleased, however, to substitute the elephants for the family of Noah. ' . .“Wednesday—II. R. H. evinced a great desire to , eat his toes. During a ride in the afternoon, he dis- tiuctly pointed at a horse, and made a remark whicli tlie head nurse is inclined to believe was ‘see,’ but which the second nurse considers to have been ‘gee!’ “Thursday—II. It. H. vcr3’ sleepy; but the ‘medical attendants did not think that the symptoms were in the least alarming, though his remonstrances on being moved certainly were. He was pleased to break a sevres cup in the forenoon, and to laugh very much at tlie crash. “Friday—II. R. Ft. much displeased at a bib being inserted under his double chain, and he spat out Ins nutriment with much vigor. Afterwards a sudden dash at tils royal mother's Dagmar brooch slightly hurt his hand, but he was delighted when the naughty brooch was well whipped. “Saturday—H. R. H. in the highest spirits, and kicking vehemently. An attempt to swallow his red rock was happily frustrated, and liis ro3 - al fattier’* watch went into his mouth instead. He epio3‘ed his evening bath exceedingly, and utterly refused to allow himself to be removed from the water. At length an Angola kitten effected a diversion, and H. Ii. H. con cluded the week by going to steep witli tlie affectionate kiiten's tail in his hand.” A PUKEillansmops Set.—It is said that tbo land forces under Butler who came along with Porter to close our/mrf, got awfulK sea sick. They laid down on their backs and on their stomachs, they grunted; they groaned; they cursed; they prayed,-.they cast up accounts; they paid tribute tp Neptune; they threw up the coats and the waist coats of tbeir stomachs, they threw up their boots; they became cataracts; they said New - York; they spouted at each other and on each other; They de filed the vessels from stem to stern; they cursed their fathers and their mothers, likewise Beast Butler, whom an Irish gentleman denominated “the baste;’ - they had a high old time, and if they spoilod our Christmas itis some comfort to know that they were as miserable as human nature coultf well be. Butler himself was off his grog and tbe biack soldiers looked blue and green, diversified by a mottled ye'ilew. A sea-sick nigger brigade is a sight for gods and men,' Iff any of them did sink we have no doubt they bailed it as aprovi- dential deliverance from their woes, which were 'intolerable. An ugly coast is this North Carolina coast.—Journal. -We often gain lAppiness at thd expense of oth er people. Both anger and love sometimes spring from a desire to gratify self.

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, January 24, 1865, Image 1