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J. KNOWLES and 3. ROSE,
EDITORS A M> HIOFRU i'OHd.
FORT DONELSON.
NORTHERN eE!HIJIISCEiICE«.
Incidents of the Surrender-Appliance of Ike Baffle Field, ic.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, writing from Dover, Tenn., Febru
ary 18, gives a long account of the surreu
der of Fort Donelson. W e copy a portion
of his remarks;
1 bed proceeded up our iines about two
miles, and within a line of the rebel works,
when cheer after cheer made all the forest
ring again, in a few moments two horse
men came down the hill at * rate of speed
not outdone upon the Long Island race
course, with the intelligence that two white
flags, the signal for an unconditional surren
der, had just been raj < and upon the highest
pomt ol‘ the rebel fortification, I hastened
on to join the 58th, and found them jur.i en
tering the find of the enemy's woti ■ B.
l* <i•• reaching the pomi whem the Parrot
guns were placed on Saturday moraine:, I
found an enfilading battery had born placed
under cover of a thick undergrowth, io ivpe.l
any charge which might bo made upon the
Parrot gun? That buttery had dune fear
ful work—the .-.mall trees within its range
were clewed ofl,‘almost without au exception,
from three to four feet from the ground.—
Before passing inside »ho lir.-t of tin* rebel
works, where, the Fifty-eighth had just rained
«*ur flag, saw twenty or thirty yards outside
ilie works three dead bodies laid by au ex
tinguished camp fire, all of them more or
less hurried. They were probably killed bv
a shell from one of our Parrot guns, and
had fallen in the fire. The face of one of
them was perfectly charred. lie lay upon
Ids back, with his arms and legs extended,
Ids head the ashes, turned backward
nearly under his body—his nock being brok
en and some of the bouts protruding thro T
the roasted skin and flesh. Another was
burned upon both legs and one arm, till the
parts looked like roasted beef. The third
had his mouth mashed, apparently by the
fragment ot a shell, considerable portions
of his clothing being burned off. A few
rods distant, in different directions, lay four
other dead bodies. One of them he]d in
his hand a small pocket almanac. Across a
ravine upon a hill to the right of the earth
works was the camp of a Mississippi regi
ment. The men were gathered in little
groups all over their camp, with their arms
in their hands, in a perfect state of conster
nation. Col. Bauscnweiu ordered the pris
oners to fall into line and deliver up their
arms. The men came forward and piled up
their guns—of all descriptions, like those,
at Somerset. In this camp there was about,
a cord of guns and two or three bushels of
bowie-knives and revolvers. Passing a little
so the North of the last-named camp was
the camp of the Isaquena Artillery, from
Louisiana. This was really a fine-looking,
well-uniformed sot of men. Their uniform,
like all their artillery, was of light gray,
-with red trimmings, their caps having a wide*
ed baud, lhe three officers in charge of
this battery were Lieuts. Spencer and Gib-
Mississippi, and Lieut. Wilson, of
Georgia. They delivered their horseu and.
swords to Lieut. Col. Kempel; also, the six
tine field pieces, together with all the ap
purtenances thereunto belonging. I found,
the above named officers well-raised, gentle
manly fellows.
Lieut. Spencer was quite sullen, and sa‘id
he considered their army had been sold ]j*y
Floyd. I told him 1 bad no doubt his dis
position was good enough to do a thine*.of •
that kind, us the aforesaid gentleman had j
drove a most flourishing trade in stealing
which L considered only the first degree of i
rebellion. The Lieutenant said he hoped !
xve might get him, as they hud no further j
use for him. These men were respectful
and even genteel in their conversation, rill
1 expressed the hope that they might soon
become good I'nion men, when Lie it. Gib
<oik replied, “I hope, by (I—it, when that
takes place that I may die.” This was the .
battery which tired upon us on Saturday!
morning. 1 commended their skill in trunin'-
ry, and stated the fact that they had come
near killing me and my friend Col. Kempel. !
fine of them asked if we were the two gou- ‘
tlemon who were on horseback near their
battery. 1 told him we were. “ Well, sir,” !
said he, • i pointed that gun diieotlv for you,
:<nd l congratulate you that you are alive.”
Lieutenant M ilson said, “1 fired the gun.
and am d—d sorry 1 didn’t kill you.”
W lien the Tennessee prisoners were in
line, many little incidents of an amusing
character took place: one of which T will
relate. I said to them, “Gentlemen, whirl
could ever have induced you to
dial old Hag.' A pleasant looking old.
Irishman quickly replied, “ Please, ye*e hon
or, what made you light against the uewr
(Uig. 101 lme that stow. Well knowiiag;
that Pat would have the word, I passetlL
**** * ~ *
L tiave talked with prisoners who were iii
ihe affair at Fort Henry, who say that our
gunboats did no darnayc hero compared •til'h
■ii'hot they did at that place. At Fort Heu
vy the country is level, and there was noth
ing to interfere with their range—while here
they could do nothing only at very short
range, or too long range, on account of the
peculiarities of the location. It was sup
posed that mortars would be necessary be
fore the work was done, and they were ac
cordingly sent for, but did not arrive till
Sunday night—the day of the surrender.
VISIT TO THE BATTLE-FIELD.
A correspondent of the Chicago Times
writes:
Fort Donelson, Tcnn., Feb. IT.—I was
invited on Sunday morning by Gen. MeOler
naud to take a ride over the battle-field. It.
would be difficult to describe iu a few words
the scenes which have met my view. The
battle-ground was chiefly confined to the
space outside the rebel fortifications, extend
ing up the river bank a distance of two
miles, to the point where Gen. McClernand's
forces rallied from the retirement which fchev
were at first forced into by the impetuous
charge of the enemy. It must be remem
bered that it was here that the grand sortie
was made by the rebels up the river bank,
with tin intention of turning our right flank
and cutting their way out. .Some ten or
twelve thousand men composed the force
sent out for this purpose. They advanced i
under cover of a deadly fire of artillery, and I
steadily drove MeClernapd’s force before
them a distance of fifty or sixty rods. Our
troops here made a stand, and having been
re inforced by oue or two regiments, began
j the assault, before which the enemy were
! forced to retreat. The ground was coutest
|ed with desperation, aud the slaughter on
j both sides was immense. The whole space
of two miles was strewed with dead, who
i lay in every imaginable shape and form.
Federals and Ib-be! were promiscuously
mingled, sometimes grappling in the fierce
death-throe, sometimes 1 reing each other as
they gave and received the fatal shot or
thru ’t. sometimes lying ncroSfe one another,
and again heaped in piles which lay six or
! seven feet deep, I could imagine nothing
more terrible than the silent indications of
1 agony that marked the features of the pale
I corp e? which lay at every step. Though
; dead and nod to every imveie, they still
writhed and .®r-rmcd rr. turn to catch the
1 pacing breeze lor a cooling breath. Flav
in'/ eves, gaping monih< clenched hands,
and strangely contracted lirnbs, seemingly
: drawn into the smallest compass, as if by a
mighty effort lo rend asunder some irrefut
able bond which ludd them down to the tor
ture of which they died.
One sat against a tree, and,with mouth and
! eye- wide open, looked up into the sky as it
I to cut eh a glance at its fleeting spirit. An
i other clutched the branch of an overhang-
I ing tree, and hung half suspended, as in the
l death pang he raised himself partly from
'tin* ground; the other hand -grasped his
| faithful musket, and the compression ot tlie
j mouth told of the determination which
: would have been fatal to a foe had life ebbed
a minute later. A .third clung with both
hands to a bayonet which was buried in the
ground, in the act of striking for the heart
of a rebel foe. (I real numbers lay in heaps,
just as the tire of the artillery mowed them
down, mangling their forms into an almost
undistinguishabU* mass. Many of our men
f had evidently fallen victims to the rebel
jj sharp-shooters, for they were pierced thro’
t the head by rifle bullets,aome in the forehead,
* some in (he eyes, others in the bridge of the
( nose ; in the cheeks, and in the month. This
? circumstance verified a statement made to
j me by a rebel officer among the prisoners,
j that their men were trained to shoot low and
j aim for the face, while ours, as a general
j thing, fired at random, and shot over their
y heads.
) The enemy in their retreat, carried ofl
i their wounded and a great many of their
“ dead, so that ours far outnumbered them ou
the field. The scene of action had been
mo iiy in the woods, although there were
>. two open places of an acre or two where the
! fight had raged furiously and the ground
was covered with dead. All the way up to
their entrenchments the same scene of death
j was presented. There were two miles of
j dead strewn thickly, mingled with firearms,
; artillery, dead horses, and the parapherna
j lia of the battle-field. It was a scene never
| to be forgotten—never to be described.
A CAIU).
, The undersigned, General Agents to Bartow
Hospital, I »»' rr leave to state to the public tnat the
Bartow Hospital Association desires to extend the
sphere of its operations by equipping a large brick
1 building adjacent to the Medical College, now oc
i copied by them, lor the reception of an additional
j number of sick soldiers. At present, the accom-
I tnodations are sufficient for about 125 patients,
.and the ward-* are generally full. In the event of
; i.-i successful attack by the enemy, upon Savannah,
.Bartow Hospital wiil be promptly removed from
•that city to Macon or some other interior locality.
'G ruler there circumstances and in view of the fact
that Bartow Hospital is now in successful opera
ion, the General Agents desire the public to uu
• lersland that the Institutiou wilt contiuuc to de
-•.> ml upon the liberality of the people of Georgia
Jor it.® proper support. And they respectfully sub
unit whether it i" expedient to prematurely start
new enterprises of the same s ( >ri, while those al
.'read y , -iable hod are in need of daily sustenance
>iitd support. Om- appeal is then J’or further con
tributions in money, provisions and other Hospital
fitorcs for the fine tom Home. Planters will do a
p rest service by sending in supplies of corn, pota
toes chickens, butter, Wc., and ,tho ladies of town
Jund country will cheer the hearts of Georgia’s own
fiick soldiers by contributing such delicacies and
e-ther articles that they know to be useful in a
jilek room.
Contributions labelled Baptow Hospital,” care '
*< cither of the undersigned, will be conveyed to
v s by either ol the passenger trains of the liail
y-oads, ff''i "j ehunje. It i® desirable tiiat a list of
G'donors' names and value of each donation ac~
-mpany e.icli package, so that proper acknowl
t figment may be made of the same. Address
Hr. t,. Ik \\ . ANDREWS, General Agent
tor Central, South West and South Hast
Georgia, or
Bev. SIGNKV M. SMITH, Forsyth, Gen.
Agent for Northern, Northwestern and
Northeastern Georgia.
f Airrrn the Fight.—A correspondent of
j Uie St. l/ntis Democrat, writing from Do
ver on tin 1 18th says :
I The little village of Lover, iu the mean
lime, presents a strange scene of “noise and
j confusion.” Males and horses wandering
hungrily about, with stray bits of harness
i deserted, and the contents turned fopsy turn/.
wagon loads of dead and wouuded jolting
over the road, cofninissary and quartermas
' ter teams with swearing drivers, lornr lines
of prisoners wending their way to boats,
t-tray soldiers escaped from their commands,
boat-men, orderlies, stall officers, newspaper
correspondent's, and 80,000 soldiers,—all
mingled and commingled together, form a
■ Ecene ‘which at least in this part of the
world, has rarely been witnessed. Our offi
. cers are hard at work in reducing order out
oi chaos, and probably iu another day, order
i will'once more reign in Donelson.
I The lanivees after Negroes. —The
Memphis Avalanche of the 28th ult. says
A gentleman who left Clarksville on .Mon
day, states that about one thousand negroes
had made their way to the Federals at Fort
.Donelson, and the owners of the slaves, who
can show that they are loyal Lineolnites, are
permitted to recover their slaves, and that
ail others are contraband.
Occupation of Columbus fa/ the Enemy. —
M e learn that the Federal forces, eight Kegi
ments strong, occupied Columbus, lventuky,
on last Tuesday, the 4 instant.— Memphis
Appeal* i
Affairs on our Coa«l.
We have recieved some interesting items
of intelligence of Yankee operations on our
coast, that are worthy of the attention of
our readers, whilst in themselves they are of
no significant moment.
Borne days ago the fleet entered the bar- ;
bor of Fernandina, and took possesion of the
town, no resistance being offered on our part.
It had previously Lt-en det-rmir 1 to evacu
ate the place aud abandon the defence.- of
island as they were insufficient to encounter
the heavy guns of the enemy. Besides,
should the defense prove suceesful, it must
have necssarily been accompanied with a sac
rifice wholly unwarranted by the military im
portance of the place.
The occupation took place on Mouday
la a t. and a- the train of cars was about,
moving off with the remaining troop and
inhabitant? a shell from one of the enemy*
gunboats exploded in one of the car,-, kill
ing George Savage and -Th mj -n, and
seriously wounding a -brother ol.the hitter.
In the excitement that en-ued, the tiaiu wa
abandoned, the occupant’s taking to their
heeis
We are mortified to learn that all our puns
on Amelia Island, amounting to over twenty,
fell into the handsof the enemy. (Ten Trap
: ier owes the public an explanation of such a
! disaster. It had previously been determined
to evacuate the island—why was the remo
val of the guns delayed until the enemy
were in sight ? The circumstance argues the
grossest remissness some where, and we hope
; lhe government will institute a thorough en
quiry into the unfortunate affair.
The day*after the occupation of Fernan
dina, the enemy’s gunboats went up to Ft.
Marys and took possession of that town, also
without resistance. No damage was done to
the place, nor to Fernandina, the contrary
having been incorrectly reported. But few
persons were found at either, and they were
not disturbed. The Federals seem disposed
to pursue a conciliatory policy, with the vain
hope of winning converts to their cause.—
They will find none so degraded on the soil
of Georgia.
One gunboat ascended the Ft. Marys, and
the officers took special pains to assure such
of the inhabitants as they saw that no harm
was meditated, and request them to remain
(at. their homes*and attend to their business.
A number of negroes had gone to the gun
boat, but all such, we are informed, were
immediately taken in hand and put in irons.
Yesterday the Federals made their ap
-1 pearancc at Brunswick, but as the telegraph
ic instruments were immediately removed to
the iutcrior we could hear nothing*)!* later
particulars. We presume they took possess
ion of the place, which had previously been
deserted by both troops and citizens.
There were seventeen Federal vessels en
j tcriug the mouth of the St. Johns Saturday,
I and it is presumed they went up the liver to
Jacksonville yesterday.
The steamer Darlington, with government
stores and a large numbci of women and
children fleeing from Fernandina, was chased
j by a Federal gunboat up St. Marys river for
some distance, when the Darlington ran
aground, anil was taken.
A report of her re-eapture has reached
here, but it is considered doubtful.
j We hear that the progress of the Federals
jup the St. Marys was not wholly uninter
irupted. Two scouting companies, Capt.
Hopkins’ and another, the name of which
. we could not learn, are said to have killed
some twenty-five Federals and captured two
others, at Alberti’s Mills, on the St. Marys.
P. S.—A despatch received after the fore
going was written, states that Brunswick
was occupied at (> o’clock, p. m., yesterday.
Colonel Styles, who had a regiment there
retired, after burning the wharves and store
houses near the water. — Savannah Repuhli
: can oj Mandat/. *
Lcltei 1 From Rev. ITIr. truiiiley.
Richmond, Jan., 1802.
Mr. J. W. Newby: Dear Sir: The
snow has been falling thick and fast tor
many hours, spreading heaven’s pure mantle
of charity.over a guilty and sorrow stricken
land. We rent the white veil to lay away
several of our brave soldiers, who sleep cold
and dark to-night, beneath a fresh covering
of snow.
! The boys are in full glee with their little
sleighs, coasting down the steep pavements.
‘Gentlemen andvladies, wrapped in furs and
robes, are dashing along the streets with
sleighs and tinkling bells, reminding one of
of that strange poem of the immortal Poe.
To day, we sent home the corpse of Scott
Harden, sou of Col. Harden, of Home, Ga
He was one of the most promising boys of my
i acquaintance, having once been a Sabbath
school scholar of mine. I felt a deep inter
est in him. I trust that he was a Christain,
tor lie met the last, enemy as a true soldier
ot the cross. lie threw his loving arms
around uiy neck saying, “As I love you
j next to my father, i give you a father’s
i farewell embrace.”
We could liuger around this scene for the
balance of th% evening, but scene after scene
that has been laid away in ths memory, like
choice pictures to be studied and reviewed
at leisure, or faster than my clumsy pen can
j record them. A few of these 1 will snatch,
; as drift wood, from the stream of oblivion.
Here comes one of Scott Harden’s men
tor a place iu the picture, lie is a conval
esent soldier, small of statue, quick iu mo
tion, with hair and whiskers tinkled with
grey.' He is sixty-five years old, has forty
grandchildren, and a comfortable home in
Georgia. In view of his age and infirmi
ties, the Surgeon* offered him a discharge,
which he promptly declined, saving: “1
have enlisted for the war, unless discharged
by death. How this should shame many
young men whose patriotism lias already
wavered, and who have conjured up all sorts
of ailments and aches to get discharged from
their country’s service ! I am not opposed
to discharges when properly and wisely gran
ted. How many will liud themselves con
demned botli by conscience and public opiu
ion when the war is ended !
This heroic old man of our story is Mr.
Pace, of Paulding county. Mr. Pool, of
about equal age, was sent home a corpse not
long since. He was a hero of three wars,
the I lorida, Mexican, and the preseut war.
Honor to ilia name, and peace to bis ashes 1 1
A fine lookiug young inau, L>. L. York,
about seventeen years old, was brought into
one of the hospitals in a state of stupor, from
which he never recovered. Death soon still
ed the struggles of that heart which r,rented
to lalxn like a mighty engine. When we
shrouded him in the dead room with gar
ments furnished by the Georgia Kelief and
Hospital Association, on the bosom of his
lioeu was found tacked a beautiful note,
written in a delicate hand. Here is what
was written in that note :
“Four Confederate soldier, whether sick
or wounded, when you wear this garment,
remember there k> one who loves and prays
fur you fur the sake of our Lord Jesui
Christ. I wish I knew you, but that is de
uied me, hut I hope you in ay be preserved
from all harm, and be saved m Heaven, it
it shall shroud the dead, may i; be one win
, is tubed in the beautiful garments of salva
j tion. There, I shall hope to meet you where
we will walk the golden streets above.'
There was no name to the note. How 1
would like to know the fair hand that penn
ed that note, and the noble L air that
, breathed suth an earnest pray, r, Yours truly.
W. M. Crt.ulet,
Congre^ioit.ii
In the Senate, Mr. Barnwell, of South
i
Carolina,' from Committee on Finance, re
ported a bill fixing flie pay of Senators and
Representatives at $2,500 per annum, and
mileage at 20 cents per mile; the President
: pro tern, of the Senate, when acting as such,
*to receive the pay of the Vice President ;
and the Speaker of the House to r,-«-eut
double the pay of any other member of that
body. The bill was amended, on motion of
Mr. Oldham, of Texas, by striking out
$2,500 and inserting 53,000 ; and farther
amended I*}’ providing for the deduction
from the pay the amount of each day’s ab
sence without leave, and passed.
'Flie pay of the officers of the Senate was
fixed as follows :—Secretary. >2,500 per an
num ; Assistant Secretary, $2,000 : two
Clerks, $1,500 each; Sergennt-at-Arms,
$2,000; Doorkeeper, $1,500; Assistant
Doorkeeper,sl,2oo—-each payable quarterly,
in advance, and Page S2 pur diem.
A message in writing from his Excellen
cy, the President, by his Private Secretary,
was rtcieved, and the Senate resolved itself
I into Executive session.
In the House of Representatives, yester
day, a resolution was introduced to adjourn
the sessions of Congress on the 31st March,
and was laid on the table.
Mr. Smith, of Virginia, offered a resolu
tion authorizing the Committee on Postal
1 Affairs to take such action as to modify the
i law and exclude from the number of milita
ry exempts all clerks in post-offices, as well
as certain postmasters in charge of minor
offices. The resolution w r as referred.
Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, introduced a bill
to continue in office Major and Brigadier
; Generals of the Provisional Army, w hich
was ordered to be printed, and made the
special order for Monday next.
Mr. Pryor also 'olfered a bill for the sup
pression of drunkenness, which was ordered
i to be printed.
ihe House had also under consideration
the bill for the destruction of cotton, Pbac-j
| co, and other property, as reported by the !
j Military Committee, which passed by yeas j
! 71, nays 11.
The hill reads as follows :
j A Rill to Provide lor the Destruction of
Cotton, Tobacco, ami other Property, when
the same shall he about to fall into the
hands of the enemy,'
The Conyress oj the. Confederate States
do enact > That, it shall be the duty of nil
military commanders in the service of the
Confederate States, to destroy all cotton, to
bacco, or other property that, may be useful
to the enmy, if the same cannot be safely
removed, whenever, in their judgement, the
said cotton, tobacco, and other property is
about to lull into the- hands of the enemy.
Mr. Miles, from ihe Committee on Milita
ry A flairs, olfered a resolution instructing
the' Committee on the .judiciary to inquire
into the expediency of reporting a bill for
tlie compensation ot all loyal citizens whose:
cotton, tobacco, and other property may bo j
destroyed by the military or by theinseives, j
to prevent its tailing into the hands of the '
enemy. The resolution was agreed to—yeas
til, noes 19.
Distilleries.— Wc alluded recently to
distilleries. Wt have since learned that in
Pickens and Anderson Districts there are
*2'»o distilleries ! Each uses weekly at least
50 bushels of corn—l*2,soo bushels per
week—ooo,ooo bushels per year for two dis
tricts . Ao wonder corn is high.
\\ e are more than they should
be suppressed. On a recent trip to (Charles
ton there were 500 soldiers on the cars, re
turning from furloughs; the influence of
the distillieries was very manifest, and the
tunes call for an abatement of all chance of
suffering from it. o think (lie (.’ouncil
are wise in their measures about the distil
leries ; and until the war ends, we hope all
bar-rooms will'be closed. Democratic meas
ures must be postponed, and revolutionary
and radical ones practiced— Cohmtia Sonin
Carolinian.
Work ! Work ! Work ! ! I—The peo
ple of the South have earnest work before
them. Not only is our large army in the
field to he fed and clothed, but all our homo
people—the young, the aged, females, and
those who arc unable to bear arms. Fpon
the farmers and planters of the country de
volves this task : and to a cco in pi isle it, they
must bring into the action all their energies
of body and mind. Mod has given us the
soil, climate and labor. Let us not be
“ found wanting/’ at this momentous cri is
in our country’s history. Remember it is a
life or death struggle we are engaged in, and
that we must not fail! — S<-vthrrn 'Cultirator.
Be Economical! —The people of the
•South should practice the most rigid rroniony
iu all things, and husband all their resources i
tor the great, and perhaps lonr% struggle in
which we are engaged. u Waste not want,
not,” is a maxim to be well heeded in
perilous times. — Southern Oulilraior.
Major-General Boring has been appointed
to take command of all the forces near the
North Carolina coast, and South of Norfolk.
M A CON, GEO U GIA :
Wednesday, March 12, 1862.
To feUBSeinBEKS
We would again remind ihode living at a dis
tance, that rv • h.rv received very fe>. reuiitUr.ces
»n response to our call- either through the paper
or bv letter. We cannot afford to furnish the
Messenger without pay.
M e see ihat the Udies ot Caroiiua propose
to call their gunboat “ iVW.fr* diuie. We Lope
the Georgia laaies will uauie theirs “A ipir S!ao'
or “OV-.y-a.”
AN APPEAL
far blankets for soldiers is made from several
quirter*. They arc not to be bought. Those who
have them on beds ran very well substitute other
whsSt bLinkets are indispensable in
camp.
COL. JAS. M, CuAMRLRS,
Os Columbus, b .s been apppointed Aid-de-Camp
to the Coventor, and has entered upon the duties
of hi- off), e with his accustomed promptitude and
r.ergy. We congratulate Gov. Brown and the
country upon the acquisition of Col. C. to his staff.
YANKEE PRISONERS
Avery large number ot Yankees, from Tusca
loo--i passed through Atlanta on Saturday evening
on their w ay to Richmond to he exchanged.
TO SOLDIERS,
Gen. Wayne in a communication to the 7W -
Cfnij-h, urges every soldier to curry with him into
camp a stout blanker, as the Government may not
be able to supply them
THE COLD WEATHER
Os l«*.t week was very severe and quite destine
live in forward vegetation. We do not suppose
the fruit in this latitude was far enough advanced
co he much injured, it at nil.
WELL DONE
The public will read with pleasure the notices of
: the worthy and efficient Superintendents ot the
Central, South Western and Macon A Western Rail
Roads. We hope the war upon the liquor business
w ill never cease until it is driven from our borders.
ANOTHER REQUISITION,
It is thought, will he made upon the Confederate
Slates for more men. The next call should he lor
drafted men. This would reach a class of persons
that would otherwise never enter the service of
their country. The extortioners and speculators
MAJ. NAPIER.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,
a very respectable audience listened with pleasure
to the eloquent address of this gentlemen on last
Friday night. Mr. Napier creates a sensation
wherever he goes, and we trust will do great good
in the patriotic cause he has so warmly espoused
and so ably vindicates.
THE NEWS,
From “ Virginia,” is most cheering. We wish
we could say as much tor the intelligence which
reaches us from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri
and Arkansas. There is likely to be bloody work
for the next lew weeks. Let Christians pray, and
light too, if necessary.
REGIMENTAL MUSTER.
We learn, officially, that the exact number of
men who answered to their names at the regimen
tal muster, in this county, last week, was th'.ff.—
Tiii=t, with the exempts, will give Bibb, in a pinch,
‘ffill some 1 000 or 1,200 fighting men, who, led on
by the gallant Colonel Jones, would make quite a
formidable fight, should an emergency demand it.
The above is exclusive ot the volunteer compa
nies fithr-r at home or in the field.
THE COUNTRYMAN.
This is the title of a very neat little paper from
the plantation of onr friend, ,J. A. Turner, Esq ,
Putnam county, who, in imitation of the sage of
Montieello, has given himself up to “peas and phi
losophy.” The Countryman is published at *■:! per
year. Editor’s postoffice, Eatonton.
ON FRIDAY LAST,
! Business was very generally suspended in our
j city, and although the weather was inclement, the
! different churches were tolerably well attended,
| and the services, wo learn, interesting and appro
-1 priate. Mr. Evans, the esteemed pastor ot the
Methodist Church, preached a very impressive and
pointed discourse. .Several have expressed a de
sire that he should repeat it tinder more favorable
auspices, and to a larger audience. We hope he
will gratify, on some future occasion, this general
wish.
PUBLIC MEETINGS,
Os an interesting character, have beenheffl hv
the planters iu Houston, Pulaski, Sumter and oth
er counties, and resolutions uniformly adopted
against planting the usual crop of cotton and in
favor of planting provision crops. Our space pre
vent-’ the publication of the patriotic proceedings
of these meetings this wee!:.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE GUNBOAT
Have been promptly made by several of the pa*
triotic ladies of Macon. These will be acknowl
edged in due time. We shall be glad to extend
the list. We believe the enterprise will meet
with success. Our recent naval victories show us
what, with a small navy, the South may "hope to
accomplish on the sea as her galiant soldiers hav#
already illustrated their prowess on land. Anv
sums, from 50 cents to $5,000, will be gladlv re
ceived, and if the full amount is not made up in a
reasonable time, contributions will be returned to
the donors.
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HOME AGAIN!
The First Regiment haviug been mustered out
of service, we have, for the last few days, had the
pleasure of meeting and taking by the hand many
of its gallant men who were eu route for borne.—
They seem to be in fine health and spirits, and
ready to re-enter tne ranks at the call of their
country, though Western Virginia appears to be
their aversion. We have also been gratified to j
meet with our worthy townsmen, Capts. Smith and
Rogers, Sergeant Waterman and others. They all ;
look well. The former is commissioned to raise a
regiment, and the two latter desire recruits. We
wi p h tbpro all success.
Tuf REorniTiote.—We have heard from 23
countir- m regard to the late requisition of the
Governor for twelve regiments, and the result is
as follows Gunto of these 23 counties— 2,4so ;
volunteer? 2,915, excels -IHS.
'■.W' -4- blacksmith in Wilkes county, X. C., has
commenced the manufacture of ladies’ sewing
needles, and will 20011 be able to supply any re
quired quthtßy,
lAKING CARE OF t u - t fl;
By rsfereoee to the proo^r};* 8 *' 1 ' I '’ l '' 3 B
erate Congress, it Vll q e of B
! »ants are disposed t ike CilPa ' o ■ r pop . (
lohatiie’ JSLaiue ! tipcuS*n.» flfl
r ''an, r ,< f0 *- H
f* iu a day, or more, h i,d ; K
fig*.ting our Rattles, jl 1p r . H
mile, mileage ! Who pars fc - 'f' - re.--, fl
jin the footsteps ot ?h» j* 1 ' » fl
j •government, what lr „
j ourselves in the end? We* H
1 sorrow, and shall tesutne q,,. . HI
j people tight out their in.:. , fl
|<f4ftri>ttitt(/ to d‘> in unite <q j yHh
j blood suvkets—they wU ue.'.i * fl
whole race of .b,;
the Richmond papers >■;..• i: .
|of abominations? or vrv* fr.?' •
| to take the yeas and mt H
THt JADIki: 'fiUNROAT a .j ,r,
We will take pleasure in icr.Hi
this, as per request, and do nil m , H
give the patriotic movement early .< ■, fl
I cess. Several generous responses >, sv , B
eotue to hand. Tbc following U a B
which the esteemed writer will par.ion H
fishing for the purpose of proroLi::;-- . fl
ing others to the good wori. : H
" The construction of a ganho.it- for fl
of our seaboard, ha* mv hearty app■*?.. B
the very thing most needed. We cat: rv - fl
without a navi,. lam veryfghid ;v , • fl
nto my in so important a cause. p : fl
\ou will find sU*.(>o. fl
“ Yours, very sincerely, 11. V ■ I
“o. F. CotiKOr, March >* ”
MAC ON VOLUKT K ERS.
This time-honored corj**, which h * - ! v,..,
field for nearly a j ear, on a twelve m
tucid, will principally remain for t : e v
Gaptaia fßour. A. S.\nln,) has been p:oi:u
the office of Colonel, and id now here, r. -
regiment- thus proving his efficiency s
and the estimate placed in his meri bv ! - 1;
superiors. With regard to the corp gei,, t
has beon equally complimented, as will *
bv facts, which we append.
The Voluutecis left after a very short
with u very full company and have genera v:
bered over u hundred efficient men. A n>s
couhl not leave, wiili honorary members j;
who have joined it, formed a compuuv c
I "J/aeoti 1 olu ( 'em yd It J; " cotc.fll.ui if
Capt. J. 11. Branham, which now ntc.iib. •
one hundred. About halt of the. e, uadi,
Captain, have erdisted for the war, and .o»* ;
Ito take the L i For this compinv teen -- I
wanted to c Nte its r inks, and no >ah I
who would ser- * is country should hc> t- I
| join it. Its v gone antecedents and present po. I
J sition present every inducement that could cry: >
j J'* l feelings o: .» soijier by the association tn It
| chai aeter it has sustained among the inilitat,
| '-he State since the year IS::;*. Enough lih
! developed *yi:li regard to the military chat t, ,
i Capt. 11l *, sham to give assurance r;»st he •
: prove in the iiel-1 an energetic and e; .••molticer
Tliat it may be understood that Macon . ,
be left without a “ home guard,” what romair
I‘‘Company B. will, with others, con -tin.t “ ;
! WiluDteem, company 17,” which will be or
I under proper officers, aud be etpiippeil wna
i military material now in the armory—ci,m i
j ‘*B” to be provided with new arms, oniinn is, .
i It. would be gratifying to u«, and no dout
I all who have been, and are now oci .1, 1 „
this company to speak of its pj lq t.uv
| point out the many individcala who have’bee:.
| members who have since ana „ow I;. j i juip.,:
I military offices. We could mention t, .in:
have not the present leisure to'Vnmpk-!. \' ti ?
We shall only say that in Mexico tlu ic tv r<- ,
Colonels—one from Tenneasee, one fiom Al *.bar
land one Seymour) from tieorpia, . i.o
| commands a regiment in V irgiul.t, frorn
'To show the materia] that has .on:u*tu;i-d t -
present company, we need only to po. u to t -
j promotions that have been made from id n; .*
j since the first of January, IRCI, bv tin- ove:;..
I and Confederate Government.
Capt. R. A. Smith, promoted to 1 !0.. a:
| Authorized to raise anew regiment.
lion, member 7. T. Conner, Lieut Cos!.
' Georgia Regiment.
Private John S. Patten, Gant in I«t Georg .
Regulars.
•Setgt. R. 11. Atkinson, Adjutant Ist Georgi-.
Rcgula rs.
( orpl. Josiah F. Bass, Pud Lieutenant Ist b. •
gin Rygularp.
< OI l»l. F. P. Bowdre, 2nd I,cut. Ist G,o;;
Regulttis.
l’ii*ate Leroy Napier, Captain Napier Artilbrr
Private John ti Lamar, Adjutant Col. I.at: >
Regiment.
I Private Lauiai Cobb, Major O. S. Provis>
, Army.
j Private John Cobb, Sergt. Major Col. ilo^
t-obb’n Regiment.
-
Piivute \\ ilbur F. Johnson, 2nd Lieut. Pot! J
crate States Marine Corps.
Cor pi. \\ rn. A. Benton, Confederate .States i c -
. graphist.
. ( orpl. C. (}. Conner, Ist Lieut. Confedera.o
i States Telegraphist.
Private Wm. 11. Deavor, 2nd Lieut. lf‘ Nj
Carolina Regiment.
Private B. A. Wise, Adjutant Rosa’ BattaF '•
Sergt. T. W. Mangham, Adjutant Col. Bailey's
Regiment.
Private A. M. Moffett, 2nd Lieut.
Private J. S. Cowles, C. S. Engineering I>ef»r:-
nient.
Private Marshall de Gruffenrcid, 2nd I.ieun •>
! Georgia Regulars.
Private Cbas. 11. Roger-, Commissary 2nd <*e '•
gia Battalion.
Piivate SamT. Hunter, Quarter Master g. •:
2nd Georgia Battalion.
Private Briggs Napier, 3rd Lieutenant Napier
Artillery.
IN CAMP. >
Companies from Houston and other couctie
bave passed through this county on their ’
Griffin where they go into camn under th<‘ ‘■ r "
requisition.
I)k. Browm.ow.—Thia a} ' :,i
Athens (Tenn.) Post of Friday last
how' or other has been an object of no In:3* ■- r
portance to the Confederate gov< ;■ >. t. r -
down the road under an armed escort, en rc-'
for Nashville, on Monday
The Dalton Time? of the iL anno; 1 :--■
that Gov. Brown has appointed Dr, John-
Lewis, Confederate State? Senator, m pLce
Hon. R. Toombs, to serve until the next race- “5
of the Legislature,