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.THE QUTT-MH BANNER.
* . iir&MIED EVERY FRIDAY.
‘ T-M, 0 / SU3SCKIPXION.
IX ADTAXUR.
For one year •,.... • • $3 00
For #ix months -.4 2 00
For three months ,% 1 00
Kor single coj>y 10
CLUB BATES FOB SUBSCRIPTION.
For a club of live $12.50
For a club of ten $22.50
For a club of twenty $40.00
jos PRiniTirra.
5Ve have attached to newspaper cstabfish
liu-nta complete Job Office. Hand-bills of all
klnda? Programmes, Cards, Planks, Pamphlets,
&9., executed in the best manner.
ih.
James li.’Mwdo.v
OFFERS his services to the public generally
as Collecting Attorney and Agent for the
Sale of Peal Estate.
Room, at the Publishing establishment of
the -‘Quitman Banner,” over Culpepper, Creech
Si Co's store.
Quitman. Feb. 1, 1807. 1-ts
JOHN O. MTAIJi. JAS. 11. lil NTKU,
HUNTER & MeCAI.L,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
QUTM.V.N, GEO.
January 2ft. 1807. I-ly
SVM. A. LANK. AVM. 11. I.ENNKT.
RENNET & LANE,
Ufforncns nt Y;ifo aitb Solicitors
IIV CIIANCKKY.
QUIT MAX, BRrOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
T»Y* Office at the Court House.
February 1, 1867. ly
LAW CARD.
CAR EY wTsTYLES
TTAVING RESUMED THE I‘HACTICE, will
L receive and promptly attend to business.
/H'T* Office at Quitman. Ga.
March 24, 186&. 10-ts #
William L. Evans,
Attorney anb (founstlor :tt f afo,
\V.VntSBORO’, GEORGIA,
"ITfIEI. gilt l prompt attention to all business
\ V entrusted to bis care in the Itninswick
Circuit. tebl7-ly
si T. KINbiSHERY,
Jttornni anb (f ounstlor nt Jafo,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA.
(Office, in the Building next to J. S. Cummings.)
Will practice in tin* Southern Circuit, in tire
counties of Decatur in tin 1 South-western, Clinch
in the Brunswick, and Hamilton, Madison and
Jefferson in tie* Middle Circuit of Florida.
January IS, 1867. ly
FITCH & POPE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
OFFICE ltd; BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH GEO.
Ilcxnr S. Fimr, J. J. Pore.
V. S. Attorney.
■y-a- Special attention given to Cases ill Admi
ralty and in Equity.
July 13, IS6U. ly
Dr. E. A. JEERS,
QCITMAIT, GEO.,
EKSPECTFUU.Y asks tlie patronage of the
i citizens of .Quitman and surrounding coun
try. ' [jau2o-tf
DEft- rISTRV
I) u . D . L. IM C Iv s ,
nAVINCr located at Quitman, Geo., respect
fully offers his services to the citizens of
Quitman and surrounding country, in the prac
tice of Denial Surgery. Oct.Vly
U. VAX ( IMSMIS.
X>ES3XT e X , I SIT,
STOCKTON, NO. 13, A. & G. 11. R.
.(Formerly Dvs. McDonald A 1 an Gieson, Macon,)
IAESI’EUTFUI.EY offers his services to the
v citizens of Clinch and surrounding coun
ties. in all branches of the profession.
Vi ; _ Will visit Quitman or any other point
requested.
references:
J. D. P'initli. M. If Macon. Georgia.
I apt. H. F. Moseley, Valdosta. Georgia.
.1. G. Moore, Valdo-ta, Georgia.
Dr. 11. Briggs and Mr. J. D.Charlton. Valdosla.
Rev. O. 1.. Smith. D. D.. Echols county, Geo.
('apt. .1. Wells. Valdosta. Georgia.
Capt. C. 0. Williams, Eowndor county, Geo.
W. .1. Mabry, Valdosta, Georgia.
March 1.1867, 5-ts
W. E. BARNES,
Watch Maker* and Jeweler,
•QUITMAN, GEORGIA.
\Vatehes and every dcncrip
j tivm of repaired promptly jLTjll
n atly and satisfactorily. _
pSSr He may be found at Mr. Finch's store.
February 22, 1866. ly
SAMUEL W, BROOKS,
WHAREIIOIiSE & (OMMISSIOX
MERCHANT,
KEEP? constantly on hand a general assort
ment of Family Groceries, Liquors, and
various Other articles.
Quitman, December 21, 1 86G. 43-ts
DRV (.OOBS t\IJ I'ROVIMOAS.
Is. AV. LEYERETT,
HAVING purchased the stock of Dry Goods
* and Graperies kept by M. Llukins, has
inside considerable additions thereto and respect
fully invites Mi La?ndS and the public generally
to give him a call, as he is determined to sell as
cheap sis any bouse in Quitman. He is located
at the old .stand of Mr. llukins.
January 4 1867. -°»ni
m mallox! *• friersox.
MALLON & FRIERSON,
Booksellers mill Stationers,
Savannah, Geo.
Miscellaneous Book?. School /nfjfjrs
Books, and School BeqnMtes&agpfz >’
of all kinds, kept constantly on hanc.v.ftaJa,-,V
• : h ra.. Sunday Schools supplied at a liberal dis
count.
350-Orders from the country solicited.
February 22. 1807. lm
II A PALMER. a- H. lIEPPISU.
PALMER & BEPPiSH,
. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN'
Hardware,
Her, Lead. >!u .1. <bj -.
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IF. 1L FILDES, Editor.
VOL. IT..
QUITMAN
Carriage Repository
A Sit-
I mwm mm,
11. ILUTGE FT
rpAKES pleasure in saying to the citizens of
I Quitman and surrounding country that he
has resumed his former position, as Manager of
liis Carriage and Wagon Shop, and is now pre
pared with workmen to furnish work at reasona
blc prices, and to serve the people in his line to
the best of his ability.
lie has now likewise in sticcc»ofu] operation a
fwi'ist •Hill,
and will grind every Tuesday and Saturday forlhe
public, and keep constantly on band a supply of
Meal and Grits to sell, or by contract will I'ur-
I nish such quantities as parties may need at their
own houses.
I In connection with his Carriage and Mill busi
ness, he will soon be prepared to
Plain Lumber , Furnish Moulding for any
kind iff' work, make Sash, Doors or
J Hinds, Carriage or Wagon Spokes,
and do a variety of other arork.
Parties wishing anything in his line, are re
spectfully solicited to give him a share of their
patronage.
Terms, Cash.
11. PADGETT.
Quitman, Geo., January 25, IBti7. ly
1). 11. Carroll* L Ui Harris. S. 11. Harris*
D. B. CARROLL & CO.,
QUITMAN-,.., G A.
m ■:-q mm"
|tIHM?CiSHSTOM.
In Barnes’ New Building, next door
to Creec.li &. Wade.
! *M 7 E bare just opened a New and Splendid
\ f .Stock ot
FALL AND WINTER
READY lIADF. fl.OTIliYd,
Boots, Shots, Hats. Gaps, &c.
Also, Flour, Salt. Coffee, Tobacco, and
Family Groceries,
generally. Crockery, Class, Tin and Wood ware:
I Domestics, Yarns, etc., etc.
,p*T' The public generally aro respectfully in
! vitod to call and examine before purchasing clse
{ where. a\s we sell for cash, and at low prices,
j we feel confident we cun offer extraordinary in
i ducements. Ootl-Cni
m ■±2 m w
leu u a a,
p'/m >• i
■ «*>■■£■/ I I
QIITMAN, GKO.
LEVIHETT, STABCIL Si HI
n AYJXC formed a co
partnership, hereby ; U
notify the public that they xCli
will conduct strictly a rT
Family Wroceiy q
Business, at the
OLD STAND OF Mr. M. lIUKIXS,
Where will In* kept on hand
FRESH SUPPLIES u
of every description of Graecries, consist
ing in part of A®
Flour, I ll
L'otfrr. V
Sugar, W
Butter. •
Lard.
L'bcoso. In
Potatoes,
° ni, :",:;,p. 51
And everything nec-ssary for Family Con- ml.
sumption, which they will sell at Keasona- j [tj
Ide prices for cash. , ,
TtH" Überul prices will be allowed in ; Hy
cash or trade, for all kinds of Country Pro- j U
ducc* . ■
Their present stock of Dry Goods, Clothing.
Ac., will be sold at remarkable low figures.
January 18, 1867. Urn
Stock still Complete
AT Till!
GROOVEB¥ILLE STORE!
B. F. LINTON 6l CO.,
BEALKKS IX
General Merchandize,
IS TIIK PLACE FOR
BROOKS (01 MV FARMERS
TO GET
CHEAP GOODS*
TT r E have now on hand a gcnf-ral assortment
▼ ♦ of everything usually to be found in a
country store, consisting of
Dress Goods.
Domestics,
Ladies* Hats.
Ladies’ Shoes.
Gets* Hats,
'Caps, Boots, Shoes, &c.
We also offer a select stock ot
Stores.
Hardware,
Crockery,
Saddlery,
Harness,
Iron,
Nails, &c.
O-ro <3 cries,
i * LIQUOUB,
And a sjdendid lot of the celebrated
mmma see mss.
i We a»-t* determined u» sell as low as any one
‘ else in the conuty. Give ns a call and you Will
i not go away dit satisfied.
B. F. LINTON & CO.
L Groorerville, Jan. 18, 1867. 13-ts
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWfiD BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., MAHCII 15, 1867.
n E M O V A L.
FAIjL.
A Nd
WINTER
STO CSC.
Culpeper, Creech & Tillman
EESPEGTFUI.Iv notify tln-ir frirnds ami tlio
1 public generally, that they have removed
to their
New Brick Store,
Adjoining the one previously occupied by them,
and that they have on hand a
®Ol w Bairn
(comprising everything generally kept in a Dry
Goods Store. Also a very heavy stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES
HARDWARE, ETC.
/’•#- They fender their sincere thanks tojheir
friends for ihe patronage, so liberally extended,
and solicit a continuance of the same.
We arc prepared to scll at
The Very Lowest Prices.
Quitman, Oct. 5, 1800. 38-ts
SO.fBETSIi.Ma GOOD!
E. & T. AVEEA,
(piiiiiisin, Georgia,
-VroflFY the public Hint they
J, 1 have njiuncil in tli.'ir miv f[Jjt !l J V
building, a choice lot of Family
and Fancy Groccrieß, Liquors, To-aMS&i-BlaiL
Liioco, Segura, Ac.
CONSISTING IN PART OF
Flour, Coffee, Sugar, Rico, Cheese, Pick
les, Can Fruits, Sardines, Worcester
Sauce, Preserves, Peppnr.-Spicc,
Crackers, French and Eng
lish Mustard, Macaroni,
Dried Apples, <fcc.
Confectioneries:
’Jandies of every description ; Nuts of various
kinds; Figs, Haisins. Ac.. Ac.
\y.. Iso many other articles in the “Eating
line" not to be met with everywhere.
Give us a call, price our goods, and we feci
sanguine you will purchase of us.
We arc about to establish, in connexion with our
store, a first class
JB^.ESLESn.’Y',
aving alread y secured the services of an expe
lienced Baker, and will be ready in a few days,
ri supply all demands in that line.
toSeptember 21, 1866. 36-6 ill
NOW READY!
Till! subscriber has received and opened his
FALL AND WINTER
Stock of Goods,
A? GRB3VEKVILLE.
It is Largo, and comprises every article of .Mer
chandize suited to the wants of the country. -
Persons would do well to call and examine be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
The Ladies are invited to examine his stock of
Dress Goods,
consisting of the latest styles and various quali
ties. Together with his usual assortmcnt of
Ladies’, Misses’ and Men’s Ilats
and Bonnets ;
Ribbons, Flo webs, Wukvtiih, I’ixmks. Gi.ovks,
LADIES' MISSES’ MEX AND ' 7/ILDJiEX'I
DIDIS AND SHOES.
Groceries, Hardware,
CROCKERY,
Saddles , Diddles, Girths ,
With many other articles too tedious to mention,
which will he sold at the lowest market price.
JOHN M. BAY.SOIL
Gfddverville, Oct. 26, 1806. 13-tl
11. W. Mbeczb. E. C. Andeksox, Jk.
Mercer \ Anderson,
BANKERS
AND
C’ottmi ission Jflet’chauls
Alice No. 10 Stoddard s Upper Range, Bay St.,
SAVANNAH, GEO.
l.s r..V MASOE, COIN, « -M l IIIIEVI MONEY, AC.
Will buy and sell Cotton and other Produce
on commission. Also Stocks, Bonds and Securi
ties generally--collect paper and make prompt
remittances. Business solicited.
July 13, 1866. ly
BILLIAR D SALOON
liOWLIRf. / LLEY
FOR SALE!
rpHE Lot. Building, Billiard Tables. Bowling
1. Alley. Bar, and all the apparatus, known
as the ••Quitman Billiard Saloon,” will Ir.* dis
ported of at private sale. Advantageous terms
can be secured by an approved purchaser, if ear
ly application be made.
Apply to
CAREY W. STYLES.
Quilman. January L 1867. 10-ts
General Siipcrintemleut’s Office,
ATLANTIC A GULF RAILROAD
Savannah, February 15, 1807.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,
To TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY, FeIIHL’AUV 1“t1I.
MAIL TIl lIA WEST.
Leave Savannah, B.JO r. m.
Arrive at Thomasville 7.45 a. m.
*• •• Live Oak 6. JO a. m.
“ •* Jacksonville 12.40 p.m.
« •• Tallahassee 3.291*. m.
MAIL TRIIS EAST.
Leave Tallahassee 10.15 a. m.
“ Jacksonville, .. 2.10 p.m.
“ Live Oak 8.00 p.m.
“ Thomasville 645 p. si.
Arrive at Savannah, 6 00 a. m.
This train will not leave Savannah on Saturday
night, nor Live Oak and Thomasville on Sunday
night.
There >vill also be an Accommodation Train
between Thomasville and Station No. 9, (Tebeau
villo,) leaving Thomasville at 8 a. m., on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, and arriving at
ThomasvlHc, 5.15 p, m., on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. 11. S. HAINES,
Feb. 22 1 m General Superintendent.
General Superintendent** Olltce,
ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD,
Savannah, November 30, 1866.
TiIRO V GII TICKETB•
Thomasville to Quincy $lO 00
“ “ Tallahassee 9 00
' “ Monticello 8 00
“ Madison 7 00
Quitman “ Madison C 50
Valdosta “ Madison 5 76
For the accommodation of passengers between
the above .Stations, a passenger couch is attach
ed to the freight train on the following days :
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Leaving Thomasville .7.15 a. m.
w Quitman 10.10 a m.
“ Valdosta 12.45 p.m.
Arriving at No. 12. in time to connect with the
through passenger train for Florida.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, leaving
No. 12, on arrival of Passenger train from Flori
da. and arriving as follows :
At Valdosta 12.25 p. in.
“ Quitman 2.33 p. lit.
“Thomasville 5.15p.m.
By taking this train, passengers to and from
Florida will avoid any delay on the route.
47-ts 11. S. HAINES, Gen’l Supt.
HENRY MEINHARD. ISAAC MEIN'HARD.
Mein hard Pro’s & Cos.
DEALERS IN
Hoots, Shoes, Hats,
(iciitlcineiiNFimiisliiugGoods, kc.
No. 100 Biyan arid 72 St. Julian Sts.,
SA VANS All, GEORGIA.
August 17, IB6o'. ly
80, FERST & CO.,
whoi.esai 4 k dealbrs is
Wines, Liquors Ses'nrs
Fancy Groceries, Tobttcco,
150 CONGRESS STREET,
SAVANNAH, UNO.
November 16, 1866,' 6m
FRANCIS E. TIMMONS,
A X D
BRASS FOUNDER,
MA XI K AC'Ti; If Kit OP
STATIONARY ENGINES,
SAW MILLS,
Iron Fronts for Stores, &c.,
Sugar Mills, Sugar Hollers,
Columns, and Gilders, Fipe», l’ulleys,
Wheels, Railroad Wheels, and
Machinery Castings of
every description.
firncur. attention paid to
General Jobbing Machine Work.
No. 170 renwick Street,
Opposite the Water Tower,
AUGIJHTvV, GEORGIA.
j February 8, 3m
! Jno. W. Anderson, Ged. W. Anderson, Jr.
j R. H. Anderson, A. H. Cole.
Juo. W. Anderson’s Sons & Cos
COTTQX FACTORS,
i Jrorfeuirhing ititir Commission
MERCHANT®.
CORNER DRAYTON AND BRYAN STS.,
SAVANNAg, GEOIiGIA.
November 16, 1866. 6m
Bolshaw & Silva,
WUOLKSALE AND RETAIL DKALKKS IX
j CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, CUTLERY,
KEROSENE LAMPS
j House Furnishing Goods,
&c., &C., &c.
G 8 St. Julian and 101 Bryan Streets,
(Next door to the cor. of Whittaker,)
SA VANN AII GEORGIA.
' July 13, IS 6. ly
SKstflliuteotis Seeing.
[From the Macon Telejrrai>h ]
The Chaise of Gen. Gordon's Divis
ion al SpottsylraniaCourt House,
May I'Jlli, ISO 1.
On the 12th of May, 1801, near Spott
sylvania Court House, Virginia, Briga
dier General John B. Gordon, of Georgia,
made a charge that was rewarded on the
spot with promotion to a Major-General
ship—a charge, like Desaix’s at Maren
go, that changed the fortunes of the day,
snatched the full blown wreath from the
hands of Grant, and probably gave an
other lease of life to the imperilled Con
foderacy.
Maji r-General Edward Johnson—with
out fault, for always heroic, was hasten
ing up cannon at the moment—was ut
terly overwhelmed. Gordon, then a
Biigadier, was in command of a Division,
consisting of Johnson’s North Carolina,
about 400 men of Terrill’s Virginia, and
of Gordon's Ga. Brigade, now under the
immediate command of the gallant Evans,
of Ihe latter State.
The Division was placed in reserve,
some distance directly in rear of Major-
General Johnson at the salient. Hear
ing the sudden outburst of tiie trernen
dous assault that stormed the sali< nt,
with the quick military instinct never
known to faltcfj to hesitate, or (we think)
to err, Gen. Gordon first threw forward
Johnson’s North Carolina Brigade in a
direct line, which, of course, speedily
met and engaged the flushed host of the
victorious enemy. “Johnson’s men fought
like lions,” saiil Gordon, (who is little
chary of compliments unless richly mer
ited,) and to them unquestionably be
longs the credit of having first checked
the enemy, in front, on this portion of
the line. “They fought, like lions.” Such
rvas tlie wont, ever of the soldiers of that
noble State, from whose modest lips,
after such deeds, was never hoard the
faint whispers of commendation or self
eulogy.
The attack on the salient commenced
about half past four o’clock, and this
check was given os night was vanishing
before Die gray dust of rising morn.
Knowing tlie immense preponderance of
tli Federal forces, General Gordon im
mediately dispatched from his Georgia
Brigade small detachments to open lire
on the enemy’s line, to distract him, and
thus impose upon him the deceptive ap
pearance of far greater numbers than his
command possessed. Many of these
brave men were killed or captured; but
Gen. Gordon, with .emphatic earnestness,
had impressed upon them tec tremendous
peril of the Viomcnt, the necessity of ex
posure even to the extent of self-sacrifice,
for the last moments of the Confederacy
seeniedat hand. It was in this spirit of
self war yrdorn, they opened lire with
mos and fenniued fury upon the dense
mato of ho Fedorals, now moving like
son e b oad majestic river in its resist
less co irse before them. Now transpir
ed an incident that could find develop
ment only under the quick stimulus and
stupendous excitements of a mightybat
tle; when the faculties and senses of the
truly bravo, never overwhelmed, seem to
gather preternatural energy and acute
ness (corn the darkest frown of most ap
palling dangers. An incident occurred
which a Frenchman might pronounce an
inspiration, whicli veterans would deem
remarkable; but which the historian, in
the calm analysis of philosophic medita
tion, would probably designate a stroke
of rare self-possession and military ge
nius. The fogs and mists of morning
hung in impenetrable darkness over the
wilderness, and fortunate, perhaps, it
may have been for Gordon and his skele
ton Brigade that it was so; else the vast
disparity of numbers, (present on the
spot,) if known to the Fedorals, might
have inspired the confidence which seems
very strangely to have forsaken them at
the most critical moment. The storm ot
battle was all around him, hut with Die
delicate intuition borrowed, perhaps,
from the very extremity of the peril, he
divined from the whixlling of the balls (he
could not see) flying in all, even inoppo
site directions-, ihat the mighty torrent
had probably passed him, and was rolling
in unresisted triumph far away to his
right, inside the Confederate iiitrencli
.ments. And.it was so. At the flash of
this terrible conviction, Gordon wheeled
and double-quicked his Georgia and Vir
ginia brigades to meet the startling as
pect of this overwhelming new danger.
Making a quick circuit, witli a forest ->f
pines in rear, he drew up his line in
the enemy’s front.
It was here he met Gen. Leo, and the
scene, as painted by spectators, was
thrilling and dramatic, borrowing unique
interest and epic grandeur from the
presence of General Lee upon the spot.
“Lee looked,” said a gentleman who de
scribed the spectacle to us, “like a mount
ed Mars, the grandest man of the world.”
Retaining the dignity and self-possession
never known to have deserted him in
any extremity, he still manifested visible
•symptoms of Die awful responsibilities
of the hour. And well he might. Gen.
Grant, whose forte of generalship' is
known to be the art of hurling succes
sive masses of men upon any point, with
grand, terrific, remorseless energy, had
broken Lee’s lines, captured the salient
with the heroic General Edward Johnson
o.pfl nearly- 1-iw \i,lk_.lo Jiyiniull. And US
ocean, swelling with sudden wrath, lilts
high her ponderous waves, and hurling
them with her own wild omnipotence,
and bursts the barriers that line the
shores of Holland, and with vast rolling
torrents whelms and sweeps the wide
plain with the resistless fury of triumph
ant floods—thus did Grant pour his
broad, massive columns through the wide
breach, and thus was moving onward
i with the conscious might and motnen
| turn of triumphant, and apparently irre
| sistahle power. It was an awful mo
| merit; tire peril was extreme—the crisis
j had come.
Lee resolved to lead tlie charge, to re
store the breach or perish in it. Just then
General Gordon, elevating his voice that
his whole command might hear, exclaim
ed aloud, “This is no place for you, Gtn.
Lee: go to the rear. Gen. Lee, I will
[53.00 per Annum.
NO'. 7.
ead the charge. My men are Yirgi-
Iniitns aid Georgians) they have never
failed; they vvi 1 not fail— will ym,
boys?”
As the explosive shout, "Never, never!”
burst t). in his lines, Gordon seized Lee’s
bridle, and with an affectionate violence
hurried the grand old Captain to the
rear, hut net beyond the lire.
Is there not a lire of the soul that
sometimes mounts to aflame of phrenzv,
almost divine, in the vrarriyr’s breast? Is
there not a martial order that seems to
transport him, as the whirvviinl wrapped
the prophet above the sphere of humani
ty, and endows him, or develops, for a
time, latent energies of the immortal
spirit, boundless capacities of immortal
action, that sometimes flash out in sud
den blaze along the truck of history with
the splendor and sublimity of almost su
perhuman achievements. As was Nel
son at Trafalgar, Napoleon at Areole, so
was (lonian at rtpottsylvauia, and his
whole command, k lulling with sympa
thetic flame, had struck hands with fate
and bargained to sell their lives at the
dearest possible price. At this moment,
while Die noble response to Lis appeal,
“Never, never!—go pi the rear, General
Lee; g' to the rear,” yet rang in tones
of thunder along his lines, Got don
seized the colors, gave the electric "for
ward 1” and led his liory columns on the
enemy.
As the tornado of tiro burst from the
cloud of covered the plain, and
illumined the dark morning’s mist with
the quick flashing vellies of death, even
Hancock’s veterans, whoso m-itul had
been tried in the furnace of a hundred
battles stood aghast for awhile, in impo
tent astonishment. They rec veredsoon
as such men would recover, and frfught
with wonted courage. But Gordon’s
men were possessed, tiic furies of ohl
seemed to have descend in their midst,
and breathed their will and sacred mad
ness through their ranks. Without a
second’s pause in one unbroken peal,
bayonets flashed and musketry rolled.
Os course this could not h-ing continue—
stunned by Die violence of the blow res
ting before the sudden shock the stag
gered Fedorals give way. As the red
bolt cleaves the mountain pine and hurls
its shattered fragments to the base—as
the dark rolling Mississippi in anger and.
with fury strikes the astonished wave,
and drives it far away into tiie bosom of
the startled Gulf—thus sunk the tower
ing Federal hope ; so recoiled and rolled
back that sea of Federal bayonets before
the impetuosity of this memorable and
most bloody charge. They were driven
over and beyond the Confederate in
trenchments to some distance within
theirown lines, and a broad lane of sick
ening slaughter was the path' of their
retreat.
These tine brigades, under Gordon’s
lead, had become celebrated for rapidity
of movement in battle and this doubtless
produced the erroneous impression that
Gen. Lee had concentrated heavily upon
them.
“I never expected to see him alive’
again,” (*nid it specta or to us), “as 1
saw Gen Gordon at tlie head of his divis
ion, dashing in furious charge upon Dio
enemy f r they were fiftyto one and might
bane slain every man of ns if they had
known their strength. Never was the
phrenzy of enthusiasm with which Gui
don inspired his tiiciq and could hold
them longer under tire than any man in
t e a my.’] The language of a Confed
erate officer more IWppily illustrated than
by the terrible collision of this eventful
day.] It was here we believe, the sol
diers first gave Gen. Gordon the souliri
quent of“Yuung Stonewall.” Their im
aginations steeped in the dews of recent
sorrow for the great warrior, could in
vent no higher style of eulogy for their
beloved young) General. In expressing
the belief that this charge of Gen. Gor
don’s may have changed Die fate of the
day and saved the life of the Confeder
acy the writer is only repeating the cm
phatio declarations of many who were
present on the spot and witnessed the
turn in the tide of'battle in this perilous
conflict and most desperate repulse.
But even in the. presence of the possi
bility that the contemporaneous enthusi
asm of the day may have left a shade of
illusion on our judgment we venture the
assertion that the reader will search in
vain the wide page of history for the ex
ample of a single charge, more timely
more opportune, than this of Gen. Gor
don’s at Spot’sylvania—for one begun
without information, wit Went orders and
guided solely by tlie instincts oftho lead
er, that bore more happy, rapid fruits of
the most brilliant success; for one that
called Avitli more imperious and instant
exaction upon every capacity of gener
alship a: and all the profound and fertile
resources ot difficult and dangerous
war ; for one more pregnant for the
present or fraught for the future with
momentous consequences.
Such, Mr. Editor, rvas this great charge
of Gen. Gordon at Spottsylvania on the
twelfth of May, eighteen hundred amt
sixty-four -an achievement that soars |
above the level of ordinary tactics, as if j
Fortune had purposely designed to tcacli
and illustrate the truth that there is an
element of"omnipotence in patriotism
when the great principle, kindled with
t’ e sacred fires ■ f passion mounts to its
highest flame, and roaches Die giandeur
of perfect development on the held of
j bail 10.
Who are Affected by Ihe Amend
me nt.
It is believed our people do not gener
eratly understand who (are affected by
the Constitutional Amendment and ex
cluded from office and from the ballot
box by the late 1 ill.
The following persons ape excluded :
Ist. All persons who, Before the war,
: were members of Congress or officers of
the United States and took an oath to
I support the Constitution of the States,
and afterwards engaged in the ribel
-1 lion.
2 1. All persons who prir r to the war,
were executive, legislative cr judicial
officers of the State aud took the like
oath and engaged in the reoellios.
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Oliitmiry uoliees, Tributes of iicspeot, ainl njt
articles »t a personal character,' charged for ill
advcrtiHciiienls. i 1
For announcing CrtUiUdatfai fur office, $i9.00 ,
This embraces Oovernot's, members ot
the Legislature, and jmlfei'ul oHl(*cln
from a Judge of the Supreme Court dowlf
to a Justice of Die peace, who at ah,fr
time held the office and took the oatlt
and afterwards engaged in the rebellion."
Who, then, are not excluded? Ist.
No ono is excluded because he held all
office under the Confederate States iVnuf
President down, if he does not fall WitlU
in one of the excluded classes tiLoVb
specified. The simple fact that he &nn
a Confederate Senator or a Confetlefalo
Gencial or that he took an oath to sttp-j
port the Constitution of lilt! United
States, does not exclude him.
2 No State or county officer is exclu
ded on account of his having held the
office and taken the oath and engaged
in the rebellion if lie were not an cxpcii-’
tivo legislative or judicial officer themforo
neither a lawyer, sheriff, clerk, tax col
lector, receiver, county treasurer, coroner;
surveyor, constable, or road coiiitniifaioli*
oris excluded.
Bd. As no man umh v twenty-one 3’Cgra?
of age, when the war began, held any.
such office as disqualified, and none of
them took thu oath to support the Consti
tution of the United States during tlio
war, and as tlio war commenced nearly,
six years ago, no man in Georgia (i ndel
tweiity seven years of age can lie exclu
ded. f ,
4th. Militia officers arc not excluded;
sth. The whole mass of our people
who fall within mine of the cxeludea
classes above mentioned are free i’roui 1
the disqualification and may vote atnf
hold any office in the State, without re
gard to the part they took in the war,
Atlanta, .
[The above facts have been prepared
for the Era by one ofDicfiiiittegaJ minds’
in the South, and we accept its stale*
meats us critically correct.— Ed. Era.
Tlie Virliicoll’utirncf.
in several articles, from time to time,'
we have had occasion to compare tlio
Hungarian struggle with Dio Soulhevu
revolution, showing a singularly closo'
analogy between them in rise, progress,"
defeat and subsequent horrors. Wo have
not space to repeat what was Dins fre
quently written, blit it is impossible to
pursue this parallel and not be struck
by its remarkable similarity. We can 1
only say that if the people of the .South'
exhibit even a modicum of tlie resolution 1
shown by Hungary' in rejecting over
tures of infamy, Die reward that lin.x'
come to Hungary will infallibly coific to’
her. Glorious as Hungary was in the)
day of battle, she surpassed oven her 1
heroic self in the day of disaster. She
fought for Constitutional Riglils; she
failed through foreign pressure,; she ivas’
worse than liru/adicrril ; she xvas confls-.
cated; her women were even punished
with stripes. The same appeals were
made to her as have been persistently 1
offered b»us and the sarn'e bribes sedu
lously put in her way. But she kept'
her soul spotless and her garments white.'
She folded her arms and—endured. For
several years, this noble and patient
Hungary was a spectacle fbr the gods.
She exhausted even a Ilatnpbiirg, in the.
end. The phantom of her lost liberty
hovered over Sadowa and made Vienna 1
gloomy. The following cable dispatch 1
nJly concludes this story :
Vienna, Feb. 21, 1807.
The restoration of the. CirnAduHon of
1848 to Hungary, by the Emperor Francis’
Joreph, haa had the effect to remove the trou
bles heretofore existing in that country:
The people are now poet and contented.
If the Austrian failed, so may the New,
Englander, if the Hungarian triumphed'
by absolute vis inertia ?, so muy the!
Southerner. All honor to Francis Joseph’,
who is wise at last. The very people
who groaned beneath his iron ffiand can'
afford to Mess it when it turns to flesh 1
find blood. —New Era.
S“g“ The Tennessee Legislature has'
adopted a resolution unanimously call
ing upon tlio General Gove nment to'
send troops to that Stale for the protec
tion of the people. The
voted for it, it is said, upon the ground
that if the Government should respond 1
to the request Gov, Brownlovv wofild pots
call out the Radical militia,(which they
consider infinitely more objectionable
Fred. Douglass does not claim, says a?
Northern paper, social equality for the
negro. In a late Lai to:' lie makes a 1
broad and well-founded distinction be
tween the public and private rights of if
citizen ,
Ei'mCiied Negro Xo.mimation iiv the'
President.-—lt is rumored in Washing-'
ton that the President will" nominate to'
the Senate a negro for some ’ inportftpt'
office. The rumor grows out of tlie fact'
that a petition has been presented to tlio
President asking him to appoint Fred.;
Douglas .Commissioner of the Fi'oedmfen'T
Bureau.
A Virginia paper says in more than'
one-half of the comities of Virginia the
negroes outnumber Dio whites. They can
command tho Legislature. The majority
of the Legislature, under the Sherman'
tiill, may tie negroes, Allowing fur the
inti mice of property and intelligence, a"
number of tho mc'iubcrs of the Legisla
ture nvay be negroes.
Starvation iN North Ai.araua,—A re
cent number of th Mobile Tribune has a
stirring article on the extreme destitu
tion in North Alabama. It mentions sev
eral cases of actual starvation, and 1 , has
assurances that suffering is rapillly on’
| the increase. We are glad ,to sec tho
‘ announcement that the Southern Famine
Belief Commission in New Vork liaVC
[ made arian. enients to ship immediately
fifty thousand bushels of corn, to be land
’ ed in equal parts, at CharleStoft, Savan
nah and Mobile.
“File right,” said all officer to his
pany. “Bedad,”said an Irishman who
stood near sharpening a saw, “It’s inn,
j own property and I’ll be after doin’ as r
5 plaze Avid it.”