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YJLU.VE XXXV.] MIL LEDGE YILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, !S6; NUMBER 40. i Uu ;I rOX.NMSBET, BARNES & M OGRE Pablishers aud Proprietors. •*. n I OH B9UUIITOX, ) 51. XIH 8 *2 'C. S £ililor*. (A flit fcjc (b:a 0 x puddtxhed IVcekh/, a""'.? t !£nZZj (or>pv xllC ( ) r ujrf'y— *11 X* fill a year m Advance. Official Report of *«< u Joseph K. Jolsu*«ion Rclatire to Operation, of the Am., of Tea- .■es-ee, V|J „ TnjLE( G A., Oct. 20, 18C4. (Jen S Cooper. Adjutant and Inspector General. Sill: I have the honor to make the following re porter the operations of the .&rrny of Teuessee while it was under my command. Want of the *jj/f,vtscrH' c> C a• ’ ! reports of the lieutenant generals, for which 1 Wilkinson, Sis., j have waited until now, prevents me from beii g circumstantial. In obedience to the orders of the President, re ceived by telegraph at Clinton, Mississippi De cember 17th. 1863, 1 assumed command of tin Army of Tennessee, at Dalton, on the 2?th of that month. Lotte:s from the President and Seeretaiy of War, dated respectively 23d and 20^h of Decem ber.') mpressed upon me the importance of soon commencing active operations against the enemy. The relative to.ces, including the nio*al effect of the affair of Missionary Ridge, condition of the artillery horses, and most of those of the cavalry, and want of held transportation, made it imprac ticable to effect the wishes of the Executive. On the 31st of December the effective tolal of the infantry apd artillery of the army, including two Brigades belonging to the depaitmentof Mis- lu pp j sissippi, was 26 826; the effective total of the cav* , {)()(| airy, including Roddy’s command at Tuscumbia. ' 1 was 5,613. The Federal force in our front,- exclu- Lottors of application for disin’n.from Adm nl6 0(. | s j ve 0 f cava ] r y and the '.Hit aud 23dcorps at Kuox- *• •• “ “ “ Oyarn'll 16 00 I vide, was estimated <J 8rt OrtO. Appl'it for leave to sell land and negroes, 16 00 The winter was mainly employ ed its imptoving jo jj) the discipline aiid equipment ot the aitny, aud Z '' hrino-ing hack absentees tfl the ranks. Af the end aD\ crilTISING. ;v r.—Fivj Driiars per square often lues tor each insertion, j--, . a, ,m of reflect, H solutions by Societies, (Obit .4 cxeecling six liaasj Nominations for office, ■a i.it • itious or 15 litorial notices for individual lit charge l as lrunsient advertising. Legal Advertising. .Sheriff's sales, per lovy of ten lines, or less,$10 Of) “ Mortgage ft fa sales, per square Tax Collector’s Hales, per square, Citations for Litters of Administration, “ “ “ - Guardianship, tao ort irt (irt airy taking charge of the position it had left. On th. 23>I Lieut. General Hood reported that Hindman's and •Slev( nson's divisions of his corps, being attacked, drove back tliqenemy, taking a line of Me breastworks, but were compelled to withdraw by the tire of fortified artillery. On the 24th Hardee's skirmishers formed a line of battle, as did Stevenson’s of Hood's corps, on the.2otk. On the Orth, after a furious cannonade of several Fours, the enemy made" a general advance, bur was everywhere repulsed with heavy loss. The a-samts were most, vigorous on Cheatham’s and Cleburne s division of Hardee’s corps, and French'* and Foutln-r- ■ tone’s of Loring’s. Lieutenant General llaidee report? that Cheatliaia’s division lost in killed, wounded and missing, one hundred and ninety-five. Tie- enemy opposed to it, by the statement os a staff ofiiutr sub sequently captured, lost two thousand. The In - of Cieburne’s dirud- n eleven—that of the enemy <-u hi- front one thousand ; and Major General Luring r»; ort ed two hundred aud thirty-six of low coips killed, wound Notice to Debtors and Creditors. Sales oi laud or negroes, pur square, • * perishable property, 10 days.ppr sq. 4 00 Estray Notices, 30 days, _ Irt 00 Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square. * 4 00 LEGaL AD VERT I-SEM ENTS, g y^-suf Land in ! Negroes, by AdmiuisTratois, Ex- eentors or Guardians, arc required by law to be liclu mi the lust Tuesday in the month ; between the hours o IP inlhu forenoon and three in the afternoon, a 1 tie- (J nn t iioase in ttieeounty in wnicli the property is 8 ^Notu*u"»fthese Aal'JS must be given in a public ga- 10 days previonsto the day of sale. Notices ror the sale of persona! property must be unlike manner 10 days previous to sale day. ucas to the debtors and creditors ot an estate also be punished 10 days. lice that a indication will be made to the Court or of Apii! more than five thousand had njoined I their regiments. The horses of the cavairy and artillery had been much reduced in condition by the previous cam- Gen. Hood’s troops on Rocky Face mountain. All corps was transferred from right to left, \\ heeler’s tav were repulsed. In the afternoon a report was re ceived that Logan’s and I J- dge's divisions were in H.uakc Creek Gap. Three divisions, under Lieut. Gelt Hood, were, therefore, sent to Resaca On the MJth Lieut Gen. Hood, reported the ene my retiring. Skirmishing, to our advantage, con tinned all day near Dalton. Mxj. Geu. Hates re pulsed a vigorous attack at night. On the 11th Brig. Gen. Canty reported that the enemy were again approaching Resaca Lieut Gen P !k arrived there in the evening wi ! h Lor ing’s division, and was instructed to defend the p ace with those troops and Canty's. The usual skirmishing continued near Dalton* Rocky Face mountain and Snake ’’reek Gap. at . itssouth end, completely covered, for she enemy, the operation of turning Dolton. On the 12th j the Federal army covered by the mountain, mo ved bv Snake Creek Gap towards Kesaca. Mxj. j Ger.t Wh eh r. with 22.*(/ of ouss. attacked and de feated more th oi double t hat number of Federal cavalry near Varueli's station At night pur ar tiliery and- infantry marched foi Resaca. The cavairy followed on the 13th. On that day. the enemy approaching on the Snake Greek Gap road, was ch-cked by Lining's troops, which gave time for the formation .of Hardee’s and Hood’s corps, just arriving: As the enemy was formed the left of Polk’s corps was on the Oostanaulaand the right of Hood’s on the Connasauga. There was brisk skirmishing during the afternoon on Polk’s front and Hard s’s left. Ou th) 14th the enemy made se veral attacks, the most vigorous on Hindman’s division (Hood’s left )A11 were handsomely repulsed. At 6 p in.-. Hood advanced with Stevenson's and Stew divisions, supported by two driving the enemy from his He was inntiuctvd to be ready to continue the of fensive n#xr morning. Atrtji. m.. 1 !e S r IiP ,j (hit Lieut. Gen. Polk’s troops had lost a position - com- >n tlie Tftth, 12th, 13:h, 16th raid 26th of June: and usoto Lieut Gen. Lee on the HHh May,3d, 11th and b m June. I did so in the belief that thi* cavalry would serve the Confederacy tiett-.-r by causing the ■ .efeat of daj. Gen. Sliermau'a army than bv reiielling a raid in M sslssippi. Resides the causes of my removal, alleged in the telegram announcing it, variousotheracensatioi.s have been made against me—some published in newspapers m >neh a manner as toappearto have official autlierity. and others circulated orally in Georgia and Alabama, and imputed t-> General ltragg. The prim-ipal are, that I persistently disregarded the instructions of the President; that I would not light ♦ he enemy; that I refused to defend Atlanta : that 1 refused to communiate with Gen.Bragg in relation to ot VVaiker’sAifigades. ! ground before night. ! ?iV' X m i- X Laiid or Negrm s, must be linary for leave t „ id i-.ie'd for two moTiths. , . ' / c,. for lettevsofAdmimstraJioVGuardianship, A ■ . n ut be published Jit days—for dismission from A Imiuistration, monthly six lrmn Gjiirdiaushiii.ltt days. Kales for foreclosure of Mortgage m m Hit.kli/ for foil r months—for eslablisl.ing lost papers - fill spore of three months—tore.ompelln gtitie: ; cocutors or .id ninist rat ora, w here bond has beei .. v ,. j, by the deceased the full space of three mouths Publications will always he continued according t- liese,the legal fequiiemenis,unlessothei wi dt-red, with about three-fourths of his troops. Iron Tuscumbia and Dalton, and auived at '.he end of February. On the 2d of April, however, he was sent hack to iiis former position by the Secretary of War. On the ISth and Ifitli of January, Baldwin’., and Quarles’ brigades returned to the department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, to which they be longed His Excellency Joseph E. Brown added to the army two regiments of State troops, which were used to guard the railroad bridges between j ' Vi . is . countermanded Dalton and Atlanta. point named &V Maj Gen Martin ] On the 15th there was sev-re skirmishing on j the whole front. Major General Walker reported no movement near Calhoun. Lieutenant Gen- r . | al Hood was directed to prepare to move forwaid. wrn.wed horn Major General Lntrmeer wus instructiM! to devi t:) r Hi frwm ] tutfi s—i\>r dirfinissiuu u^t bepubli>lic’d ■rod Book «iu-j Jok vioi’iij oi nil kind^j PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED A T THIS C ; V S € E . his light lending support! d hy two brigades from Polk’s aud Iiardie’s corps When he was about I to move inform; tinn cairn- from Mb j G^n. Walker j Chat the 1’ederul right was crossing the river. To) meet this movement Lieur. Gen Hood’s attack! •Stewart’s division not re- j ceiving the order from corps headquarters in time, j On the I7tl: of Februarv the President ordered j attacked iiusincessfully. i he army was ordered | me, hy tclegiaph, to detach Lieutenant General j *° erbss ti-.e Oostanaula that night destroying the j Hardee with the infantry < f his corps, excej.t rtte- I bridges befctn vensen’s division, to aid Lieutentant General Polk against Sherman in Mississippi This order was obeyed «is promptly as our means of tiauspor tation Tlit Maj'. arm} our Creek Gap Mountain. We were successful at both places. At the latter Clayton s brigade, after a sharp ac tion of half an hour, defeated double its number ed nij missing: and tlie loss'of the etieinv, by their ! in retreating own estimate, at between two thousand five Luu-lred j ui,. i i ):i < a ■ and threeshouse.r.d whi ii we think, very smuil. ' i,. keeili On the l-t of July M»j. Gen. Smith's division w-ss j ,,i,G ordeied to support the cavalry on our left. Their . tl'ec- tive total was about flit* tn hundred. On the 2d the enemy’s right being nearer to Atlanta .by se'ern! miles than utr left, the army fell back dui ing the night to Smyrna church'. On lhe-uh, Maj. Gen. Sniifh reported that lie should he compel!,J to withdraw on the morning of the 5rii to f lie line of entrenchments covering tke railroad bridge i and Turner’s ferry. The army was therefore ordered fn retire at.the same time to that line, to secure our bridges. The cavalry crossed the Chattahoochee— Wheeler observing it tor twenty miles above, aud Jackson as far below. The enemy a ’ ■ need, as usual, covered hy entrenchments. Skirmishing continued until the JMn. t fur inf-mtry and artillery were hrouglit to the si>uthw< st side of the river that night beeuu-e Iwii Federal corjtB had crossed it above Powers’ . te^ on the Sth aud entrenched. Lieut. Gen. Stuart tool; command of the corps on the 7th. The diameter of l’eachtue; i re< k and the numerous lords in the Chattahoochee above its mouth, prevented inv attempting to defend that part of the liver. The broad and muddy chaunel«>f *he creek would have s parated the two parts of ihe army, lr and the river below its mouth were, therefore, taken as our linn. A position ou the high ground south wt the creek was selec ted for the army, from which to attack the enen*. while crossing. The engineer officers, with a large force of negroes, were set to work to strengthen the fortifications ot Atlanta, aril to mount on them seven heavy rifh.-s Maury. The Chief ■te his attention—iiis'. it. On the !6th the enemy crossed the Oostanaula. Lieut. Gen: Hardee skirmished with them success fully near Calhoun. to tlie works between the Decatur and Marietta roads, j t.) put them in such condition tout they might, be held ! hy the Slate troops, so that the army might attack the enemy in Hank when he approached tlie town—this in the event that we should be unsuccessful in attack ing the Federal army in its passage of Peachtree ere k. After the armies were separated .by the Chatta- liooclme, -kirniishingbecame less severe. On tlie 1 iih a division of Federal cavalry crossed the river by Moore's bridge, near Newuan, but was driven back bv Armstrong’s brigade, sent by lirig. Geu. Jackson to meet it. Ou the lath Governor Brown informed me, orally, ihe operations of the armv; that I disreearoed his entreaties to change my course and attack the enemy ; and g't o -s • x.igei-atious of the iosse® i f the army. I had not th - nd vantege of receiving the Presider.t’- insiiuL-tioiis in ielation to the manner of conduct:i:g | the campaign. But ns the conduct of my predecessor. before odds less than those confronting ppaivntly been approved; i*nd as Gen eping on the defensive and retreating towards bjective point, under circnnistanceslike mine, was adding to his great fame, bi th in the esriniatioi: of tlie administration and, people. I supposed that, ry course would not be censured. I believed then, as I do now, that it was the only one ut my comftaud which promised succ-e-s. I think the foregoing narrative shows that the army of Tonne see di 1 fight, and with at least as much effect as it hadc^cr done before. The proofs that I intended to hold Atlanta are, the tact that under lhy orders the work of strengthening its defences was going on vigorously, the cotnmunica-. tion on the subject made by'me to Geu Ilood, and the fact that my family was iu the town. That the public wo: kshops were removed and no large supplies deposit ed in tli-; town, as alleged by Gen. Bragg, were measures of common prudence, and no more indicated the intention to abandon the place than tne sending Ihe wagons of an army to the rear on a day of battle proves a foregone determination to abandon the field. . While Gen Bragg was at Atlanta, about the middle of July, we had no other conversation concerning ihe army there than such as t introduced. He asked me no questions regarding its operations, past or future ; mad.- no comment* upon them, nor suggestions, and had not tlie slightest reason to suppose that Atlanta would net be defended, lie told me that the object of his journey was to confer with Lieut. Gen.. Lee, and communicate with Gen. E Tv. Smith, in relation to reinforcements for me. He talked much more of affairs in Virginia than in Georgia, asserting what I believed, that Sherman's army outnumbered Grant’s and impressed uie with the belief that Ids visits to me were unofficial. A copy of a brief report by Gen. Hood accompanies tiffs. :• Most respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. E. Johnston, General. ^jlXFY DAY A fiom date application will le ► ‘ made to the honorable the Court of Ordinary ol Pulaski county for leave to sell, the real estate of John M. Daniel Jr. deceased. B. H. HARRELL, Adm’r. Jail. 30th, IStio. j. j. s. 85 9t.- When a subscriber finds a cross mark on i his paper he will know that his subscription has j expired, or is about to expire, stw must be rcn#\\- j ed if he wishes the paper continued. {■jp We do not send receipts to new subscri bers. If they receive the paper they may know : thnt we buye received the money# ESP Subscribers Wishing their papers changed from one post-office to another must state the name of the post-ofiice irotn which they wts changed. At night it was reported that a United States brig | ;1,1U - l .n’ L ade was occupying Dug Gap, from which it had | opportunities driven our tioops. Granbury's Texan Brigade, CII g a g returning from Mississippi, had just arrived. It 1 was ordered to march to the foot of the mountain immediately, and to retake the gap at sunrise next morning, which was done. In the night of the 2Gth the enemy retired. On the 27th of Febrm ry, I suggested t > the Ex- j ecutive. by letter through Geu Bragg, that all . ll) ” i preparations for a forward movement should be 11,1 made without fuitlier delay- In a letter (1st. cumstances should j.ut the changes of battle our favor, keepingso near the United States army as to prevent its sending reinforcements to Grant; nd hoping, by taking advantage of positions-and to reduce the odds against us by engagements. I also expected it to be ma terially reduced before the end of June by the ex piration of the terms of service of many of the reg iments which had not re-enlisted. In this way we fell back to Cassville in two marches. At, Ad* of Atlanta, a telegram was received from Genera! j Cooper informing me, by direction of the Secretary of ! War, that as I had failed to arrest the advance of the ; enemy to the vicinity of Atlanta, and expressed no ! confidence that I eould defeat or repel him, I was ;e- ; lieved from the command of the army an department of Tennessee, which would be immediately turned over | to Gen. ilood. This was done at once. On the moru- j ing of the 18th the euemy was reported to be advanc- i ing, and. at Gen. Hood’s request, I'continued to give i orders until afternoon, plecingthe troops on the position GEORGIA, Appling county. (DIXTY DA VS after date application will be made to iM the Court of Ordinary of said county for an order to sell n portion of the negro property belonging to the estate of Isaac Ogdon late of said county deceased, this January 13th, IS65. 33Jt (j l.) ' SARAH L. OGDON, Admi x. GEORGIA, Appling conuty. * V^7~IbL BE SOLI) on the first Tuesday in April n-xt, » » at the Court House door in said county, between the legal hours of sale, one negro girl, about In the absence of tlie genuine address of Lin coln, ou the 4*4 of March, we append one pre pared for him iu advance, by the London Punch, which wifi be read with iulerest. • Well, we’ve don it. gentlemen. Bully for ns. Cow hided the Copperheads considerable; Arim nobis, of course, but still 1 reckon we have a hand in the glory, some. That reminds mo of the Old 'Voild story about Hand of Oh ry, which 1 take to have been the limb of a gentleman who had been justified on the gallows, and which tho w itcln b turned into a patent moderator lamp, as wou.-l lead a buiglar safe into any domicile w hich ;;cm ignt wish to plunder. We tint bnrgkrs-quite r other bin fancy it Uly Grant conk! p.t holt c f Ut k:lid J description . f rl,ing to help him iu R.-chinonfi, be d not lc sc tin Gin isti-n proud as to refuse the hand of « malefactor ’ (Right, right?) ed r'ght or It it land, thatno i»dds. g,»j tl-.-men. (Laughter.) Now 1 am sovereign . f ibe sov< r- eieijf** people oftlie gr?at and united republic for four years next ensnii g ,h- n.-rcof, a® I used to say when I was a ir.wyo.- (You and Bully for you! j Yes. gentleim n, but y.ii^ur'#* do something more than bully lor me—ycu nyjsj fipriu for me it you please, and whether you please or not. As the old joke sais. there’s no compulsion, only you must. Must is tor the king they say in the rotten Did Wbrld. We!!, I’m king, and you shall ho viceroys over me. But 1 leh again, and irt fact l repeat it, that there’s man’s work to do to beat these rebels. They may rut; away, no doubt. As the I; ishani says, pigs may fly ; but t ey's darned- unlikely birds to do it Tht*y must be well whip ped. gentlemen, and I must trouble you for the whipcoid [You shall have it J Rebellion is a wicked thing, genntleny it, an aw ful wicked thing, and the mere uomenclating thereof would make my hair stand on end. if it could be more stand on enderthan it is. [Laugh ter]. Truly awful that tfc«awfui, that is, when it If performed against mild, .Lee, constitutioiial sway like that of the White l!o..s ( . but of course right and glorious when perpetrated against fero cious. cruel blood tlrrsty old ryiaet® like Georgia the third \Ye must punish ih- se rebies for their own good, and teach tin in the bossings of th** n-.iglry and transo ndcn.ta! Union. [V\o will, we will 1 ] All v> ry tall talking, gentlemer, but talking wont take Richmond. If it would, and there had bec-n six Richmonds in the field, we should loi*g since have taken them all. If Rich mond would fall lik : Jericho, by every mail blow ing of his owYi trumpet, wo ve Lraes enough in our band for that liltle Rat in acoustics. But when a cow sticks, as Grant do ’s, in the mud, how then? [Great laughter j Incontestably, gentle men, tiiis great and mighty nation must give her a shove on. chove tor Richmond, gentlemen, [That’s the talk!] Now about these eternal blacks, you expect me to say something touching them, though I supposee we’re none of us too fond of touching them, for reasons in that case made and provided, as I used to say. Well, listen. We’ve got them on our hands, that's a fact, and it reminds me of a niggerston. Two of these blacks met, and one Lad a fine new hat. "wharyou gotdat hat, Sambo?” says t’oth er. “Out ob a shop, nigger,” says Sambo. „Spex so,’’ says t’other: “and what might be de price ob dat hat ?” “Can’t say zactly, nigger ; de shop- de premises GEORGIA, Baldwin County. 'VTT’HEKEA's, Joseph S 8co;rin and Susan E. V V Scegin, have made application for letters ot Guardianship for the poisons and propel I y of John and Charles Scegin. minor children- of John Stogin, late of said county. d» ceased. These are therefore to cit<5'ntid admonish al! per son.) adversely concerned, to file their objections on or before the first Monday in April next Given under my hand and official signature this i-Hh F-bruarv, IcfGi». ■Mot J ti JOHN HAMMOND. Ord’y- , GEORGIA, Baker County. i TirilERHAS, J. G and Elizabeth McCtillors VV have made applfl-ation to mo for letters of ; Administration upon the estate of Wiley E. Me- j Cullers, deceased. These ar<5 therefore to cite and admonish al! per- | sons concerned, to he and appear at my office on | ;he first Monday in March next, to show cause, if ary they have, why letters shall not. issue to the applicants. _ J Given m der my hand and official signature this i 1st day of February, 1^05. 3C 5t W. W. JORDAN, Ord’y. witiiout fuitlier delay. In a letter dated j March 4th, General Braggdesired me to. have all j things ready at the earliest practicable moment for the movement indicated. In replying, on the j 12th, I reminded him that “the regulations ot the j War Department do not leave such preparations j to commanders of troops, but to officers who re- t ofive their orders from Richmond.” On the 18th ] a letter was received from Gen. Bragc, sketching a {dan of offeiisi'e opeintions, ..nd ffnimerating j tiie troops to be used in them under me I was in- j in rear vited to express my views on the subject In do- ; back hi ing so, both by telcgtaph and mail, 1 suggested modifications, and urgt J that tho additional troops named should be sent immediately, to enable us vide, about midway, on the 171h, Polk’s cavalry, j selected near Peachtree creek under Brig. Gen. Jackson, met the enemy, and Hardee, atter severe skirmishing, checked them. At this pout, en the 18th, Polk's and Hood's corps took the direct road to Cassville: Hardee’s that by Kingston. About half the Federal army look each read. French’s division having joined Polk’s corps on the 18tli,on the morning of the l'Jtti when half the Federal j army was near Kingston, the two corps at C/issvilie ! were ordered to advance against the troops that had : followed them from Adairsville, Hood leading ou tile In transferring the command to Gen. Hood I explain ed my plans to lii n—first, tp attack the Federal army while crossing Peachtree creek If we were succe lid, great results' might be hoped for, as the enemy would have both the creek and the river to intercept his re treat. Second, if unsuccessful, to keep back the ene my by entrenching, to give time for the assemlffing ot the State troops promised by Gov: Brown; to garri son Atlanta with those troops, and when the Federal army approached the town, attack it on the most ex posed flank with al! the Confederate troops. These troops, who had been for seventy-four days right When this corps Ini advanced some two miles, ''i the immediate presence of tin- enemy, laboring and one of his staff officers reported to Lieut. Gen. Hood J fighting daily, enduring toil, exposure mid danger with that the enemy was approaching on tin- Canton toad. I equal c ■' than w! J. Com-on <Jpee»sed. for distribution and b'ecefi creditors, this 13th dav of January 1865. 33 9t (j. l.) NANCY ». C#BR«ON, Adin’x gliteen | keeper didn’t happen to be on fnge. Sold as I he pi operty of the estate of John | [Laughter j Well; we’ve got the niggers, and I •nil Ihe right of our original position. H troops and formed then* across that road — 1 When it was discovered that the officer was mistaken, the opportunity had passed, by tlie near approach of j tlie Federal army. Expecting to be attacked, I drew I , ,, , , . , ra»um uj. j u ., t | )e troops iu what seemed to be an excellent posi- shouid the enemy advance, to beat him and then I ll J, n _ a h.Jfi ,idge, immediately in rear ot Cassville, : move forward; or should he not advance, do so our- with an open valley betore it. The fire of tlie enemy’s i selvt-s. General litjRgg replied by telegiapli on j artillery commenced soon after the troops were formed, j tlie2lst: “Your dispatch ot Iffth does not iudi- j and continued until night. Soon after dark Lieut, cate acceptance of plan proposed. Troops can | Generals .Folk and Hood, together, expressed to me | only be drawn from other points for advance. Up- on your decision of that’point, further action must depend.” I replied, by telegraph, on the 2’2d: “In my dispatch ot 1‘Jth I expressly accept taking ul’ulness, more conlident and liigh-spirited •n the Federal army presented itself near Dal ton, were then inferior to none who ever served the Confederacy. Under the excellent administration of Brig. Gen. Mackall, Chief of Stuff, the troops were well equipped and abundantly supplied. The draught animats of the artillery and quarfermastt l ’s department were in hot ter condition on the 18th of July than on the 15th of May. We lost no material in the. retreat, except the four field pieces mentioned in tlie accompanying re port ot General Hood. GEORGIA, Berrien county. ^X/TIEREAS, Artimishia Crumpler applies to H rue for jptters of Administration with the will annexed on the estate of John B. Crumpler, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish ail per sons interested, to be and appear in my office within the time prescribed by i.nw r , to show cause, it any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Witness my hand officially, Feb. 13, 1865. 38 5t I’d §10 W E.*CONNELL, Ord’y Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LI, persons indebted to the estate of Willis llarjvli, deceased, are requested to make im- inediatff— payment, aud those having demands against said deceased, will present them duly au thenticated. SOPHIA HARRELL, Adm’rx. Feb 9th, 1865. j j s 36 Ot the offensive; only differ with you as to details I assume that the enemy will be prepared for ad vance before we will, and will make if to our ad- vantugi; therefore I propose both for offensive and defensive, fo assemble our troops here immediate ly.’’ This was not noticed; Therefore, on the 25th, decidedly the opinion, formed upon the observation of ! I commenced the campaign with Gen. Bragg’s army I the afternoon, that the Federal artillery would render i of Missionary ridge, with one brigade added—Mt-reer’s; j their positions untenable tlie (text day, and urged me j and two taken away—Baldwin’s and Quarles. Tlmt j to abandon tlie ground immediately and cross the | opposed to us was Giant's army of Missionary ridge, Etowah. ! then estimated at eighty thousand by our principal I 111WO months, after date application will be A made to the Court of Ordinary of Baldwin county to sell a portion of the slaves belonging, to the estate of Thomas II. Morris late of said deceased HARRIETT M. MORRIS, Adm’x. Fobuary. 14th 1865. (J it ) 36 9t county, GEORGIA, Wilkinson County. Ordinary’s Oflibo for said County. TIT - HERE AS, Julius W. Evans applies to me | ♦ j for letters of administration on the estate of j W. J, Garrett, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all per sons concerned to be and appeal at the Otdirary s office in and for said county, within the time pre- ! scribed by law, and show cause, if any they can, why said permanent letters, of administration . should not bo grant* d to the applicant. . Given under my band and official Signa'urc this | 7th February, 1865. j ,:>6 5t (Pd §10) JONA. RIVERS, Ord y. j GEORGIA, Baldwin county. ^ j ~\\T HERE AS, Joseph 8. rieogin and Susan E. Scogin, have made application hy petiuou for letlers of Administration on the estate of John j Scogin, late of said county, deceased These are therefore to cite and admonish a’:l pi r- sons adversely conceited, to file their objections , on or before the first Monday in April nex . _ i Gi-ven under my hand and 'official signature this J4fh February, 1865. 3Gf»t Jii JOHN IIAMMOND. Ord’y. two to depend on the ability of their corps to defend the ground,that I yielded, and th# army crossed tlie Eto- | wall on the 20th, a step which I have regretted ever T - , , ,• , i since. Wheeler’s cavalry was placed in observation I again urged lira necessity ot reinforcing the Ar- , abovej nnd JiMsks011 . rt below the raiiioad. my of reunessee, because the enemy was codec Onthe 22<1 Major General Wheeler was sent with all ting a larger force than that of the last campaign, j lfistroops, not required for observation, to the enemy's wifile ouis. was less than it had been then rear ; aud on the 21th beat a brigade at Cassville, and On the 3d of April Lieutenant Colonel A. U- j took or burned two hundred and fifty loaded wagons.— Cole arrived at Dalton, to direct the procuring of ’ In themeanti ee, the enemy was reported by Jackson’s artillery horses aud field transportation, to enable I troop-*, moving down Ihe Etowah, as it to cross it near the army to advance. Stilesbon.’, and crossing the 23d On the 24th j ■, oo t i « and iliiiueefl curis reached the road from On the 4th under orders 32 of 1864. I appl.ed Sfile , boni . to At | iinta , ;l f L i w mital Sl>ll ,h of Dallas ; to the chief of the conscription seiviee tor OIie I a n j Hood’s four miles from New Hope Church,on the | road from Alatooua. Ont.he25th the enemy was found | to he intrenched near and east of i >a!ths. Ho ; corps was placed wit It its centra ct New Hope Chinch, anil Lieut. Gen. Ilardee, whose position I thought weak- ■■ officers, increased, as 1 have stated, by two corps,a t t, was confident that he could hold it. The other j division and several thousand men. The cavalry of | (O officers, however, were so earnest an*l unwilling , tuat army was estimated by Major General Wheelct .! ..1 Al-,4.. ..r*!,,.:., - - 4,-v .l.i’.^j *1.,. : nt t iNone were iec* iv- thousand negro teamsters cd. On the 8th of April Col. B. 8 Ewell, Assistant Adjutant General, was sent to Richmond to repre sent to the President my wish to fake the offensive wiWi proper means ami to learn his views. A few days after Brigadier General Pendleton arrived from Richmond to explain to ni*- (he Piesident’s wishes ou the subject. 1 explained to him the GEORGIA* Baker county. Ordinary's Office of said County. AITHEREAS, Curtis Screws 1; vs ma le : YV tion to me for letters the estate of John C. Butler, late of said county, j deceased. These are therefore to cite all interested, to ap-, pr> ar a r office o:i or before th* 5 first. Monday in April to show cause, if they can, why said letters j six' uid not be granted the applicant. Oi.-i-n under my hand aud official signature, i this loth day of Feb, 1865 . 37 r>t VV. W. JORDAN, Ord’y. Polk's nnd Hardee's ordered between it and the At lanta road, which Hardee’s 1 ft was to cover. An hour before sunset Stuart’.-; division, at New Hope Church, was fiercely attacked by Hooker’s corps, which it repulsed after a Lot engagement of two hours. Skinni-hitig was kept up or* ihe ofith and 27th. At half-past o j). rn. ou llie 27th, Howard's corps as allied Cleburne's division, and was driven buck about dark with great slaughter. Iuthe.se tuft actions our troops were not intrenched. Our loss in eu'-h was ubOui four bundled ami fifty in killed uu 1 wounded. On tlie 27th j the enemy’s dead, except those borne off, counted six- , v - . ' i ' hundred. We, therefore, estimated tlieir loss at three was uot sufficient even for defence, and to enable tbll .,., ind nt WllH proVlil b!y greater m, the 25th, us to take the offensive i* tlie enemy uid not. as we had a larger force engaged thou, both<jf artillery On tlie 1st of May i reported the enemy about j infantry. modification of the^plan communicat- d by Gener al Bragg, whicli seemed lo me essential, which required that the intended reinforcements should be sent to Dalton. I urged that this should be done without delay, because our present force GEORGIA. Wilkinson County. Ordinary’s Office for said County. • WHEREAS. Wiley Holland appues to me for " Vrnnnent letters cf administration on the * i Milly Ptarco late of said county, dec d r- therefore to cite to advance. On the 2d Brigadier General Mercer’s j command arrived—about fourteen hundred off'c- [ tive iiifnrfhy. On the 4th I expressed myseif satis- .. ’’ a " fii d that the enemy was about to attack with his* f Admiui8tia ion upon ul ,j te( ] f ujCe8 , and again urged that a part ol Lieutenant Genera! Polk’s troops should be put at my disposal. I was informed by General Bragg that orders to that effect were given. Major General Mai tin. w hose division of cavalry was coming ftou. Last Tennessee, had been halted on the Etowah to recruit its horses, was ordered with it to observe the Oostanaula from Resaca to Rome; and Brig Gen. Kelly was oidercd with his command from the neighborhood ot Resaca to re port to Major General Wheeler. The effective artillery and infantry of the Army of Tennessee, after the arrival of Mercer’s brig ade, amounted to forty thousand and nine hundred: the effective cavalry to about four thousand. Ma jor General 'Sherman’s army was composed of that of Missionary Ridge, (then eighty thousand,) m id admonish all ilicii-iux. , .-. J- i OI .Mission*!y Xliugu, ^ineil cipiaj .uuur.iuu,) **i rf ’ons cancel ued to be and appear at Lie t 1 ’ creHSe d by -tveral thousand recruits, five tbous- •' * 0 tf* 1 ~ in and for said county, within Hie * am j t ) |eu lint ] er n 0V cy, the 23d corps (Schofield's) J'-escnbed by iaw, and show cause, if any 1 y i f roaa Knoxville, and two divisions cf the lfith, can. why said permanent letters of administration j s ' or ,j 1 Alabama. siioulfi not be granted to the applicant. | Maj. G*-n. Wheelci estimated the cavairy^of that _ Giy, *! UI1 fi cr nl y hand and official signature this a - at {jf teen thousand. 'tn h ebruary, 1865 Oil she 5th of May this army was in lino be- •>o .it (Pd $10) JONA. RIVERS, Ord y. i tween Ringgold and Tunnel Ilill, aud aft*.r skir- ‘ i mishing on that aud the tollowing day, on the 7th 'L.jUGIA Wilkinson county. j ., reg8e fi back our advanced troops to Mill Creek Ordinary * office of. said county. \ L On the same day Brig. Geu. Canty reach- \'J “KUEAS. Jo m Holder applies 1- me for letters . ’ A w j t h his brigade, and w as halted T * r ‘f adnnnistriition,de-boniM-non on the eptatont- eu v>11 * b a Jivision of Hooker’s — estate ot 4 ■!*Ilotiler, late of said.county dec’d. I there. Those are therefore to cite ami admonish all persons , On the 8th at I P- ra -v . . .. eoacemed, to be and appear at tlie Ordinary’s > illee, in 1 corps assaulted Dug (lap, which was bravely field and fur said county within.tlie time prescribed by law, ■ ' " 1J ’‘’ and sliow cause’if any they can, why said letters <>l nd- by two regiments of Reynold’s Arkansas brigade «'! i snow cause if any they can, wliy saiu letters of vd- and GnVsbv’s briifaJe of Kentucky cavalry, hglit- an-*‘i,t™V' JU de-bonis-non should not be granted to the ; ing Qn £** until t ’ the arriva i 0 f Lieut. Gen. Har- .Given'under myfiand and official signature this 7th, \ de « with Granbury’s brigade, when tho enemy was 1S(VV JO Ot. Pd. 10 JONA RIVERS, Ord’y. put to flight. _ . On the 9th five assaults were made on Lieut. The usual skirmishing was kept ap on the 28th.— Lieut. Gen. Hood was instructed to put his corps in position daring tlie night to attack ilie enemy’s left flank at dawn next morning, the rest of tlie impy to join in tic. action successively from right to left. Outlie 29th Lieutenant General Ilood. finding the Federal h-l't covered by a division whicli bad intrench ed itself in the niglft, thought it inexpedient to attack, so reported, and asked for instructions. As the result ing-del iv made the attack inexpedient, even if it had not been so before, by preventing the surprise—upon which success, in a great degiee, depended—lie was recalled. Skirmishing continued until thp till of June, the enemy gradually extending his intrenched line towards tiie railroad atAcwortb. On tlie morning of the 5th tho army^waa finned with its left at Lost Mountain, its certre near Gi’gath church, and its right near the ruilroTO. Ou the 7th the right, covered by Ni onday creek was extended across the A#worth and Marietta road Tiie enemy approached undercover of succes sive lines of int'-cuctiuieuts. There was brisk au'd incessant skirmishing until the 13th. On the 14i!i the brave Lieutenant General Polk, distinguished in every battle in which this array had fought, fell by a cannon'hot at an advanced post.— Major General Luring succeeded to file command, which he held Uutil the 7tlr of July w ith great effi ciency- Outlie I4th of June a letter from Gov. Brown in formed me th'4 he had organized a divisiou of infantry, and placed it under iny orders. These troops, when ready for service, about the middle of the month, under Maj. Gen. G: W. Smith, were employed to de fend the crossing of the Chattahoochee, to prevent the surprise of Atlanta by the Federal cavalry. On the 19;h a new line was taken by the army.— Rood’s corps, with its right on the Marietta and Can ton road; Lining's on tlie Keunesaw mountain, aud Hardee’s with his left extending acrossthe Lost Moun tain apd Marietta road. The enemy approached, as usual, under cover of intreiichmentB. In this positioti there was incessant fighting and skirmishing until July 3d, the euemy gradually extending his entrenched right towards Atlanta. Ou the 20th of June, Maj. Gen. Wheeler with 1100 men routed Canard’s division of Federal cavairy on our right. On the 21st, Hood’s at fifteen thousand. Tne reinforcements which joined our army amounted to fifteen thousand infantry and artillery, and four thousand cavairy. Our scouts reported much greater numbers joining the United States army ; garrison and j bridge guards from Tennessee and Kentucky relieved I by “one hundred days’ men,” and tiie 17tli corps,wviih two thousand cavairy. The loss of oar infantry and artillery from tiie 5th of May had beer, about ten thousand in killed and wound ed, aud four thousand seven hundred from all other causes, mainly slight sickness produced by heavy cold rains, which prevailed in the latier half ofdJi.e Tiie-e and the slightly wounded were beginning to rejoin I heir regiments. For want of reports I am unable to give the loss or the services of tiie cavalry, which wu; less under in}’ eye ffiau the rest of the army. The eflocth e str n Ah was increased by about two thousand curing tho campaign. The effective force transferred to Gen. Hoou w^s about forty-oue4housand infantry and artillery, and ten thousand cavalry. According to the.opinions of our most experienced officers, daily reports of prisoners, nnd statements of North'TH papers, tiie enemy’s loss in action could not have been less than five times r.s great ad ours. In the casts in which we had the means of estimating it, it ranged from seven to one to ninety-one to one, com pared with ours, and averaged thirteen to one. The Federal prisoners concurred in saying that their heavi est loss occurred in the daily attacks made' in line of battle upon our skirmishers in their rifle pits. Wins her they succeeded in dislodging our skirmishers or not, their loss was heavy and ours almost nothing. At Dalton the great numerical superiority of the*-»- my made the chances cl battle mnch against us,ami cv,-u , if beaten, they had a sa;e refuge behind the fortified pass i of Ringgold and in the fortress of Chattanooga. Our refuge, in ease of defeat, was in Atlanta, one hundred miles off, with three rivers intervening. Tlie reford, victory for us could not have been decisive, while de feat would have been utterly disastrous. Between Dal ton and the Chattahoochee we could have given bat tle only by attaeking-tke enemy intrenched, or so near intrencinuents that theoaly result of success to us would have beeu his failing back upon them : while 1 defeat would have been our ruin. In the course pursued, our troops always fighting under cover, had very trifling losses,compared with those they inflicted : so that the GREEN AND DRY HIDES P URCHASED AT *TIIE GEORGIA PENI TENTIARY, FOR WHICH 'J HE HIGH EST PRICE WILL BE PAID. Miiledgevilitf, Feb. G, 1865. 35 6t Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ^ I.L PERSONS inoebeted to the estate of Irwin v * !>. Hamilton deceased, are requested t- come for ward and settle without delay. And.those having de mand-* against said estate, will present them duly an theiiticated. JOHN J. HAMILTON, Adm’r. January 30th, ISAS. j. j. s. 35 fit NOTICE T S lo r*-by given, that 1 shall apply for duplicates A ot the two following 4 per cent, certificnt* s, viii* h w le i*>st onthe 20th November last, by * ailing iu i'he hands of the enemy, to wit: No 2633, in favor of J. L Maddux, for nine hundred dollars, dated 15th March, 1864, signed W. B. Johnston, C. S. D ,5 p*3’.—and No. 259«, in favor of Tnos J. Smi’h. for four hundred dollars, dated !8th March, 1864, signed J. R. Sneed, C. S. i>p’>- THOS J. SMITH. Feb 2 th, 1865. Paid. 39 4t GEORGIA, Wilkiusoiwcounty. f * ' r UUREAS. Wiley Holland applies to me for letters if cf administration de-bonis-uon ou the estate of D. S Fierce, late of said #ouniy dec’d. These are therefore to cite and admonish nil persons concered, to be and appear at the Ordinary's office, in and fur said county, wiiltin the time prescribed bv law, ai.d how cause, if any they can,v*hy saj<Getters should not b*> granted to the applicant. Given under my hand and official signature this F« b. 2»tli I8C5. Pd. 39 5t F. CHAMBERS, D. Ord’y. GEORGIA,.Twiggs county. WHEREAS, Benjamin .T Ray administrator with T t the will annexed, upon the estate of JtMnes K, Ray deceased, lias applied for letters of dismission. These are therefore to cite Rnd admonish, the kindred end creditors.of said deceased that letters of dismission wit! issue to said B- T. Ray. at the September term of r j the court of Ordinary’of said county, unless valid ob- enemy’s numerical superiority was reduced daily and j jection be made. Given under :ny hand and official signature, Feb. 24, 1865. 38ot. J. E. JVIflDONALD Ord’v. rajiidiv. and we could reasonably have expected to cope willi the Federal.army on. equal ground by ihe time tlie Chattahoochee was passed. Defeat ou tin* side ol the river would have been its destruction. We, if beaten, had a place of refuge in Atlanta too strong to he assaulted, nnd too extensive to be invested. I had hoped also that by tiie breaking oftlie railroad in I its rear tlie Federal army might be compelled to attack ns in a position of our own choosing, or to a retreat, j easily converted into a rout. After we crossed the > Etowah five detachments of cavalry were successively j ;l t my office on or before the first Monday iu March, to gout, with instructions to destroy as much us they | ^how cause, i4 an** they have • ■ - - - GEORGIA, Baker county. Ordinary's office of said county. V [THEREAS, F. I). Kea makes application to me T for letters of-administration upon the estate of Duviij L. Johnson late of said county deceased. These are therefore to cite all interested to appeal ! ean.t exactly say—oral least I don’t think you’d like to hear—what might lie the price of those articles; But we must utilize our hats, gentle men. We must make t Item dig and fight, that's a fact. There’s no shame in digging, I suppose. Adam digged.and he is a gentleman of older line than any of the bloated and slavish aristocracy of Europe. And as fer fighting they must feel honored at doing that for tho glorious old flag that has braved for eighty-nine years and a half, be the same little more or less, the battle and the breeze. [Cheers ] Yes. aud when the rebellion’s put down, we’ll see what is to bo done with them. Perhaps if the nougbty boys down South get un common confute hearts we may make them a little present of the blacks, not as slaves, of course, butas legal apprentices with undefined salaries determinable on misconduct. [Loud cheers ] • Meantime, gentlemen, I won’t deny that niggers are useful in the way of moral support. They give this here war a holy character, aud we can call it a crusade for fr edom. A man may call his house an island if he likes, as has been said by one of these fiendish British writers who abuse our hospitality oy not tracking us up. (“War with England!”) Well, all in good time, gentle men. Let our generals learn their businss first. I don’t blame them, mind ycu, that thy haven’t learned it yet, for when a man has kept a whisky store, or a bar, or and oyster cellar, or an old clothes shop for years, he can't be expected,mere- lv because he pats on a uniform, to become a Hannibal, or Napoleon, or even a Marlborough or a Wellington. Likewise, they must keep r*ason- abie sober Friends at a distance will please accept this intimation. [Roars of laughter] When that's done, and the rebles are whipped, and we are in want of more fighting, we’ll see whether Richmond in England, where the Queen’s palace of Windsor* eastlo is situate, lying and being, is a harder nut to crack than Richmond nearer us. [Cheeta.] Gentlemen, one thing* more. Did you ever hear the story of the farmer who had been insulted by au excisemen? “He wur so rude,” said the farmer, that I wur obliged to remonstrate with him.” “And to what effect did you remonstrate?” asked a friend “Well, I don’t know about effect, but I bent tlie’ poker so that I was obliged to get a hammer to i straighten it,” # Gentlemen, we must straighten this glorious Union, aud the hammer is taxes. [Laughter ] You may laugh, but you must pay. I don’t mean to be hard upon this mighty nation, aud onr friend Mr. Uohden [cheers] has already indirectly in formed the besotted masses of British slaves that we intend to repudiate our green-backs except n» the amount they may be worth in the market when redeemed. But the pokei wahts a d al of hammering, nevertheless, and you must pay up. Yoh’11 hear more about this from a friend of min * iu the government, so I only give yea the hint., as the man said when he kicked his uncle down stair--. [Laughter] I believe that’s about all I had to say, and th s almighty Union will be con served to shine throughout the "ecu.a;less ages an ineffable beacon and symbol oi blessed and ever lasting light aud glory if you will only mind the provetb of Saueho Panza, “Pray to God devoutly, aud hammer on stoutly.” [Laughter, cheers, and cti< s of ‘^bully for you!” Tp Wiiat ark We Drifting?—The demo- rallzntion of the tithes continues. Men who were 3tnctly sober four years ago, now get drunk with out any regard to conscientious scruples. Men wiio were formerly considered paragons of hones ty. can now sto il without a blink oi the eye or a palpitation of tho heart—s'eal Lit lie things often without the slightest justifiable pretext, through mere wanton maliciousness. Men who would once have blushed at the ^conception of an ab- scene thought cr the utterance of the profane word can now abandon thamselves to the in dulgence of these things with a gusto that eclipses the most desperate instances of -profanity and vulgarism in former years. Avarice, lust, intem perance. inhumanity, Sabbath desecration, pro- f'ainity. pilfering hold high carnival. To what we are drifting? Life property, domestic tranqitlity are insecure. Even the house of God failed because too weak. \v e coaid never spare u suf- j Given under my baud and official signature this 1st °/ ten prostituted, and the sacred right to worship uc-iect body ot cavalry for this service, as its assistance , day of Februaiy 1865 God ' not secuie irom interruption. To what was absolutely necessary m tlie defence of every posit-4 35 fit. ' W. W. JORDAN Ord'v. * depths is mail capable of descending? Without ion we occupied. Capt. Harvey, an ofleer ot great ; the restraining grace of God and ol law h courage and sagacity, was detached on tins service, ' — . ... u law n with one hundred men, on the 11th of June, and re mained ior several weeks near the railroad, frequently interrupting, although not strong enough to prevent its use.' Early in the campaign the statements of the cavalry in the depart cent of Mississippi and East Louisiana, given me by Lieut. Gen. Folk, just from the command of that department, and by telegraphic correspondence with his successor, Lieut. Gen S D. Lee, gave me reason to hope that a competent force could be sent from Mississippi aud AlaBama to prevent the use of the railroad by the United States army. I therefore suggested it to the President directly, outlie 13th Juue and lfith Jirty, aud through General Brngg GEORGIA, Irwin County. W HEREAS, John W. Fletcher applies to me for letters of Guardiauship for the minor heirs of Iliram Paulk, deceased. This is therefore to cite and admonish, all per sons consumed, to be and appear at my office with in the time prescaibed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why letters of Guardianship should not be granted. Given under my Land officially, this Jan. 28th, 1865. 37 fit. 15. M. COLBERTH, Onl y. . would soon approximate the lowest fiend iu the abomina tions that make up a hell. Verily without rel «[ ni can never expect the favor of Heaven. Though we may gain our independence, it will take many years to wipe away the pollution by which we have covered ourselves during this revolution. “Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen, But when too oft we see its face, We first loathe, then pity, then embrace.” Cvtumbus Times,