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3 , , Kir.i of ten in the forenoon and three in the
■ 1 tl'.o Court house in the county in which the
■ ,i .utouted.
5 i’. KS..s-AL Piiophhtt must he advertised in like
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[ a. from \dmiimtration, monthly, six months-, for
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f. . i Mulling lost papers, for the. full space of
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HttaULAlt MEKTINGS
OK MASONS, KNIGHT TEMPI. A US, ODD FEL
LOW a\D SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
itK I.l* IN TilK (MTV OK MACON.
MASONS.
i,iv. id badge of Georgia for 1 sOi), October 01 at.
‘I , mi b.. lee, No. 5, tii-fit and third Monday nights in each
month.
i inline Chapter, No. I, second Monday night in each
month.
Vr iildnet m Council. No. Q, fourth Sfonday n|pfit lu each
~, ijfJlfl .
... (, , Kneampinent. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meetings
very first Tuesday n'ght in each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
Grand Lodge, first Wednesday In June,
in , i I'.nunmptuent, Tuesday previous,
i , , Mm Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening,
i ti i Brother , No.6,every Tuesday evening.
Ma in Union Encampment, Vo. 2, second and feurth Mon
day evenings in each month.
30 N y OF TEMPEKA NC E.
Gr i’i l Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually.
1* I! 0 FES.SIONVL V Alt I>S.
I.AftIX'JK & A A SKEItSOiX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
II VMI\, l; l,
t»i: U'TICK in the Counties of t.hp Macon Circuit, and in
ii.. Ou unties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones ; also in the
( >,i. .ii Courts at Savannah.
[apt-21 *SB-1
( i f t \ I'jeifot sa<: a axkljU* ,
attorneys at law,
IvN'UXYILLK AND FORT VALLEY, GA.
(1 P. CULVFRHOCSB, F. A. ANS LEY,
Knoxville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga.
i 131-’6O l y
L. IV. WHITTLE,
AT T O R N E Y A T LA W,
J IA COX, GEORGIA.
MGCF next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Store
jiiu.ti, [4l-ly.]
THOMAS 85. CABAIIISS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
JPorsytli,
iV 1 3.1, attend promptly tp all business entrusted to his
\4 i„ theCountiesof Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
, : ke, Spalding and Upson. Lmuy 12 ’sß]
R 5 EMOVAL.
| > Ugl i.i, h»s removed his Law Office to Cherry street
kF , up stairs of building next below B A Wise’s furnish
n/ store, lie will attend the Courts as heretofore.
Macon, Oct. 1,1361. 001 a_tf
f 11 SS< >1 jt'TM ON •
The ftrm of Wood & Cos., is tins Jay dissolved V».y mutual
consent. All persons liavlnjr claims againG us will please
present them, and those indebted lous will please come for
ward ami settle promptly The Hooks and notes will be
found at the old stand, tin'll settled tiy the senior partner.
GREEN \ I LI.E WOOD I
SETH G. WOOD. J
Macon, Dee. SOth IS6I.
TO NEWSPAPERS.
Ai! Newspaper., advertising for Mood & Cos., will please
discontinue the same from this date. WOOD & CO.
December SOth ls>Cl.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Thankful for post favors we would respectfully request a
ontinuanee of the same for the remaining partner.
Dec. 80th 1861. WOOD & CO.
OAK WHEEL BORROWS and SPINNING WHEELS, for
sale by U.’VOOD.
Jan.S—tf . ——.
OP 1 ’OSITE LANIER HOUSE,
WOOL HITS, CHILDRENS’ STRAWS.
QQ THV ONE OF OfR
* £ p New black Pocket Hats.
»5 3 g W
Buy one NEW STYLE
s % =’ | BROAD BRIM.
= : 5. ~ tc The % ZOUAVE
c/^
B LAC K TRIMMED
*1 * > Will BECOME you!
cs* ,ja *—2
% So will the
Yl M AKOO N
-G And the
. : Cyi
Ex. Nat. Nutria.
- So will the LIGHT BLACK
£. r fS BROAD ROUND
; p soF'a' hats.
i ,ine 20 C. B. STON lg X- 13HO.
TAKE .NOTICE.
ALL petsons indebted to A. G. BOSTICK, Lamar A
WILLIAMSON, or BOSTICK i LAMAR, ate notified to
come forward and settle, or the accounts will be placed in
an attorney’s hands for collection.
The subscriber, or his representative, Mr. I. B. Fxgi.ish,
can be found at the Store, opposite the Lanier House, pre
pared to take money or notes in settlement.
A. G. BOSTICK.
Macon, Jan. 15,1SC2—tf
MILITARY BOOKS.
V.\EW supply of Hardie’s Tactics, Scott’s Tactics,
Cooper’s Tactics, Cavalry Tactics, and Mahon’s Trea
tise on Field Fortification, for sale at
leb 13 BOARDMAN’S.
business cards.
r FC“.‘"“ l ”‘“V“- ■ ' " 0... »U».
Hardeman & sparks,
WA KK-HOUSE
AND *
Commission Merchants.
* MACON, OA.,
WIF.I, give prompt attention to the selling and storing
of C/ttun, and t,> tilling ul orders for plantation
and filmilv suppli -i. With many years experience and
with their nest ill arts to serve their triends, they hope to
have a I'Outinuain <■ of the liberal patronage beretofor.-
extended to them Liberal advances made v/hen required.
August 15th lsl}o. (ly )
NEW FIRM.
L. V. STRONG & SONS.
IE IV IS !». STRONG ten-
J ier« liis grateful thanks
or the liberal patronage
tended to him for theU it £ ‘
weiity seven years,, and re- „
ectfully announces that lie
x associated with him in £. sT\ fyrj)
- furtlif-r prosecution oi
th.'business, his two sons, i"V>
EDGAR P. STRONG and -o,
F( • It it KSTER W . ST KOMI,
under the nauie, firm and
Alii* of L. f. RTiIvNQ H
SONS, and will continue to
keep on hand and olTer, a large and select assortment of
Hoots Nliocn and Li*iilli«r
of all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturers. He
respectfully asks (or the new firm, a continuance o; the lib
eral tuvor extended to tltr old.
Macon, January 2, iSCO. 41-y
D. C. HODGKINS &. SON,
DKAI.KKB IN AND MANUKACTERER3 OK
Or XT S3 ,
IFLEB, T
PISTOLS.
FISHING
Aid Sport i n,** A
Lanier House,
Macon, Ga. '~ r
Jan.l,lS6o. ts
F. H. BURGHARD,
WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AN!) DEALER IN FANCY
WARES, DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES, IN
GENERAL, ARTICLES OF VEI ITU,AND MUSICAL
INSTJtt MENTS, CUTLERY, FINEST IM PORT
ED AND AMERICAN WATCHES, TIME
PIECES, CI.OC KS, CHRONOMETERS,
CHIROGRAPHIC IMPLEMKN l'S,
Ac., Ac.,
Ilhetry SL, Macon, Second door below the Telegraph
Printing House
maiAlVKFi I. for past favor*, reminds
S the public that all the most fashionable, / «
elegant and desirable goods in this line will 1C /
continue to be found at this elegant stand jglv ypgg
"‘.V"tr«')i.l‘.Ve'lo\ftiVli'{foods. iciVi -’GO- y
COATES & WOOLFOLK,
COTTON FACTORS, ii
Wilfi. S. continue io give promi)t attention to business
entrusted to their care. Advances made on Cotton
in St >re Sept. 85.1861 1 1
JOHN SCHOFIELD, JOSHUA SCITOFIEKD
hScliolielcl & I >!*(>.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
r?IA< ON, (iKOKOIA,
Wl’ are prepared to Manufacture Steam Engines,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
Os «■ vt ry <!<■ -Option lit<> N It A 11.1 NKJ and V Eit-
A NOAHS. Having the most complete assortment of
Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, neatness, du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery L -ta, Public Squares,
Church Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to
give a call, as we are determined to other as 1 good bargains
as any Northern Establishment.
£Af*“ Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hjll
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
jan 1-1861
IRON WORKS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
r r. C. TV I S 15 E T ,
n AVML removed his FOUNDRY AND MACIIINF
WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon
A Western Shops, tie is now prepared to manufacture ali
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
ALSO
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or
South. (mar 18) T. 0. NISBET.
Notice to Builders and Jobbers.
1.1 MI)HU FOR SALE.
rain H subscriber would inform his friends and the public
1 in general, that he has the largest and best lot ol
SEASONED PINE LUMBER
ever exhibited in Middle Georgia, consisting of Scantling
of all sises and commonly used in house building : quartered
and bu-tured flooring, wetherboarding, ceiling, ami all
other kinds suitable for building.
My Mill is near (lie Central Railroad, and w 1 ’l deliver at
the read on accommodating terms. Any person wishing to
purchase, address me at Irwinton, and I will send horse
and buggy to meet the day train at Mclntyre’s, and convey
them to The mill free of charge.
Sept. 25,1861. —ts G. B. BURNEY.
CARR ART & BRO.
(late of new yokk,)
Have returned to this place, where they
will be pleased to see their Friends. All
communications promptly attended to.
Store in Ralston’s Rock Building, rn
Third Street.
JAS. D. CARIIART,
WM. B. CARIIART.
_Maeon, March 18,1861.
■Lkoh Shirt in ©snabiirgS
"VO. I I fI*KS Macon Shirtings and F. R. Osnaburgs.
** O- V/ -o bales Cotton Yarns, assorted Nos.
-o bales Georgia Stripes, for sale by
mar2 ° BOWDKE & ANDDRSON.
Ij O XT 3FL ■
885.5. Superfine and Family Flour to arrive
16,000 pounds Choice Family Flour, (sacks) in
Store, and for sale by
war iiO BOWlttß 4 ANDERSON.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, IWi.
toustitiKion C. S. s 0 « ie,y
SECTION I—NAME.
1 his Society shall be known by the uame
of the Society of the Confederate
States of America.
SECTION II—OBJECTS.
The objects of this Society shall be classi
fied’under two departments, viz: the Pub
lishing and the Distributing Departments,
the financial workings of which -hall be kept
distinct and forever seperate
The training of the laws which are togov
ern the Society in its distributions, is left
tor a more auspicious season.
Ihe objects ot the Society, as to the for
mer department, shall be to encourage the
circulation ot the Holy Scriptures, without
note or comment, by the printing, publish
ing or procuring of the same. The ouly
copies in the English language to be circu
lated by the Society shall be in accordance
with the text now published by the .British
and Foreign Bible Society.
r i he only copies to be circulated in other
tongues shall be such versions as shall re
ceive the unanimous approval of the Commit
tee on Versions ; further, the Society shaU not
be debarred from undertaking or aiding in
new translations of the Scriptures in foreign
languages. Provided, That until the Com
mittee on A ersions shall adopt the versions
needed, in foreign tongues, the Society shall
circulate those versions issued by the British
and Foreign Bible Society.
SECTION ITT—MEMBERSII IP.1P.
Members of the Society shall be as fol
lows: Annual Member*, being persons who
shall annually contribute a sum not less than
h\e dollars. ljtjr Aleinber s, being persons
who shall have given the sum of tTiirty dol
lars in one payment, fjife Director*, being
persons who shall have given the sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars. Honorary Direc
tory being Ministers of the Gospel, whose
contribution in aid of the funds of the,Socie
ty. Patron*, being persons who shall have
given the sum of one thousand dollars.
SECTIOM IV —OFFICERS’
Thu officers of the Society shall consist of
a President, Vice-Presidents, and a Board
of Managers composed of twenty-four mem
bers of the Society, seven of whom shall
constitute a quorum.
The \ ice-Presidents shall bo the presi
ding officers of, or be appointed by the State
Societies, Associations or Convent ions. In
a failure to do so, from whatever cause, the
Boaod of Managers shall mal.-e tto
merit.
The President and Vice-President, Life
and Honorary Directors, and Patrons, shall
be entitled to attend all meetings of the
Board of Managers and have a deliberative
voice therein.
SECTION V MANAGERS.
To the Board of Managers shall be com
luitted till the business of affairs of the So
ciety, subject to the instructions of the So
ciety, as expressed in its Bye-Laws.
They shall elect one of their numbers to
be Chairman. They shall also elect such
subordinate officers as may be deemed nec
essary. They shall have power to fill vacan
cies occuring in their body.
They shall hMd monthly meetings, and
shall report annually to the Society the op
erations, condition and prospects thereof.
SEOT ION VI —ELF.CTIONS.
The officers of the Society shall be elected
by ballot—the President, annually; the
Managers to serve for two years. Provided,
however, one-half of the Board first elected,
to be determined by lot, shall serve for one
year.
SECTION VIr —ANNUAL MEETING.
There shall be an annual meeting of the
Society, when the election of officers shall
take place, the report of the Managers be
presented, and theaffirs if the Society trans
acted. The time and place of the meeting
shall be decided upon by the Society at its
previous meeting.
SECTION VIIT —CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.
All Bible Societies in the Confederacy
which shall express their wish to unite with
this Society, and who shall agree to make
an annual appropriation in aid of its funds,
shall be received as co-operative Societies,
and be entitled to the privileges thereof.
Bible Societies, Associations, or Conven
tions, organized for a whole State, and which
shall hold a Bible House or Depository of
the Sriptures for the use of all Bible Soci
eties in their State, shall be classed as State
Associations. All other Societies shall be
classed as Branch Associations.
SECTION IX—BYE LAWS.
The Society shall be empowered, at the
annual meeting, to make bye-laws for its
government, not inconsistent with its Con
stitution.
SECTION X —AMENDMENTS.
No amendment shall be made to this
Constitution unless the same shall receive
the votes of three-fourths of the members
present at an annual meeting, and such
amendment must have been submitted at
the previous annual meeting.
The Committee ou Location now submit
ted its Report, which, after discuSiou, amend
ment, Ac., was finally adopted as follows :
The Committee on the Locatiou of the
Centre of Business respectfully report, that
the result of their deliberations is embodied
in the following Resolutions which they re
commend to the consideration of the Con
vention :
1. That the place of business of the Bible
Societv* of the Confederate States shall be
temporarily the city of Augusta, Georgia.
2, That when the condition of the country
Bitill [,C sufficiently *eftled to warrant the
permanent selection of a place of business
h>r tlm Society the President of the Society
'mail rail a Convention of the State and
'•tlji-r Bible Societies at s. me o ut.al point,
,*1 ,n: G be h r l.J at in atmud meet*)-
and that Convention shall determine the p<T
inaneni place of business for the Bible So-
Ck o V t,le Confederate States.
3. That the basis of representation for the
sevtial States shall be according to the rep
resentation of the several States in the lower
branch of the Congress of the Confederate
datt and that delegates present shall cast
the whole vote of their States.
S£On motion of A. A. Gilbert, IN,, resolu
tions of thanks to the Rail Road Companies,
to the citizens of Augu ta’ and to the Pas
tor and congregation of St John’s Church
were adopted.
Resolutions of thanks to the President
Mid Secretaries were also adopted.
A resolution was also adopted providing
that each member of tin* Convention affix
his name to the Constitution of the Society,
and that the document thus signed be pre
served among the archives of the same.
On motion, the exercises of the Convene
tion were closed with singing and prayer,
and the Convention adjourned sine die.
*t om the Richmond Enquirer.
We are not Awake Yet.
Dow hard it is to learn the lessons of ad
versity . “Sweet are its uses,’’ but slow are
its teachings. In this hour of anxious soli
citude when tidings of successive disasters
are falling upon our ears, could it have been
believed that the House of Representatives
would spend almost a whole day in discus
sing the question of the salaries of its own
members { Spend it in the struggle between
the desire for the large salary of the Wash
ington government in times of peace and of
lavish expenditure—and the consciousness
that such a salary is inconsistent with our
simple government and necessitous condi
tion ? We join our cotemporary of the
“\\ hig/’ in the expiession of pain and mor
tification at such an exhibition. Wc* look
to Congress, as the representative of the
people, to give tone to their patriotism and
fire to their energies ! We look to it to set
an example of activity in attention to duty,
and of sacrifice in regard to personal inter
ests, such as the times demand of every citi
zen, and without which we cannot be free
and would not deserve to be free.
_ R.ookj.LoOr.fit GiyifimnfihYthr'tfuoi m.Y.
The session on Saturday was largely spent,
in huuting up delinquents in order to ob
tain a quorum, till at last the House ad
journed in despair !
These are melancholy pictures. We wish
they were the only ones. Such as scan tiie
accounts of battles between our armies and
those of the enemy, have doubtless been
struck with the contrasts in titles. In tJio
battle of Manassas for example, four of the
five Divisions of the enemy’s army were
commanded by Colonels —Burnside, Heint
zelmaun,Hunter and Miles. Colonels Sher
man, Keys and other—we do not remember
—commanded J]ri</adcs. McDowell who
commanded the whole, was but a Brigadier
General. Oil our side the pressure and the
scramble to be generals are perfectly painful,
and our official list is almost as numerous as
that of the Mexicans. Light Horse Harry
Lee served through the revolutionary war
with a brilliant fame, under the rank of
Lieut. Colonel. Now, a few months cam
paigning without an exploit, perhupa with
out a sight of the enemy, puts every louse
back officer on the stretch for large promo
tion. Brigadier and Major General—terms
that ought to sound almost awful in the
camp—are made cheap by the eagerness, and
in some ease, doubtless, the indelicacy with
which they are sought.
If we have not learned better than all
this, then we have not yet suffered that de
gree of adversity necessary to our due dis
cipline. If our prominent men have uot yet
learned to chasten their personal ambitions,
and set becoming examples of zeal and self
sacrifice, then we are not yet ready for the
breezes of prosperity. We must bow our
heads still longer to the storm. It will
sound like a bitter mockery to call upon the
families of the land, many of them poor, to
deprive themselves ot their blankets for the
sake of the army, or to appeal to the ladies
to make contributions due to their industry
and self denial —if those who make the call
are clamorous foi personal gaiu out ot the
public Treasury.
There is yet remaining also a strange de
cree of lethargy among us upon many sub
jects. Os mere excitement there is an abun
dance. But it is fervished and self tortur
ing rather than inspiring. Wc sec our rail
roads wearing out, their rolling stock break
ing down —what are we doing to meet the
necessity of rerfewal that is almost upon us?
We have some “resolutions” on record
among our advertisements —we fear their
value in dollars and cents is not much.—
Our cotton and woollen factories —their ma
chinery cannot last forever, yet though the
war is nearly a year old, and the promise of
peace has disappeared behind the clouds that
threaten a protracted war, we hear of no
means being provided for meeting the com
ing necessity. There is ahundauce of capi
tal in the country, and if is idle. The val
ue of this capital is indentified with the tri
umph of our cause ; yet it comes not to the
rescue !
We might specify other derelictions—the
inadequate production of iron for example
—but the list is long enough aud fearful
enough.
* FellQW-citiseßSj we must amw~-iA<iQs4
mu*( ! There ure sotuc who would sleep
and the seven thunders were resounding j,
their esys Tnere are men who, amgl tfi ( .
rt-yliberations of the enemy’s artillery anu
"ill) their shouts of triumph coming up
tuTn the Last and answered back from the
West, are thinking mainly of their petty
ambitious and their personal fortunes, ot
tht-ii rank, and their dignity, ami their sal
ary !
1 Ley are men, too, who ought to set U*
better examples. We implore them to do
so. I uloss they do, our cause is lost !
In rot ere nee to our military operations
and military counnauders, we hope our Ex
eeuti'.o will never tail to exm-ise a stern
and prompt discipline. To meet the vary
mg clamors of irresponsible criticism, would
K* impossible, even if proper to attempt it
He who to-day, is idolized without merit, to
morrow, is condemned without a fault.
W hat is such judgement worth ? An olli
eers’s nrs, and his enemies, must alike
Ik* disregarded, aud he must stand upon
mi titii and uchieianunt*. It he disappoints
the hopes entertained of him whew appoiu
t« <l, nothing remains but to set him prompt
ly aside. \\ hat is a man , we care not how
he wiites his name, compared with our
eansr ? lienee no man must be allowed to
peril it ! Tenderness to him would he a ter
rible 01 uelty to the country. 011 the con
trary, it a soldier shows himself capable and
active, and efficient, let him he put forward,
no matter how many there may be interes
ted in disparaging him. There is work to
hr done • and we want men who can and
will do it ! We want officers not who can do,
with grace, the eourtesis of aeonvival hoard,
or the honors of a military holiday, but those
who can direct the storm of battle, can <•/•» -
are resources, make opportunities, mar
ches, seize advantages, strike when aud
wheie not expected, avoid being out witted
or suipiisod. W hen we find such men we
will make much of them—until we do, let
us look lor them ! ’1 his war is getting old
enough now for officers to stand upon their
tichicYements. Let praise and promotion be
iioyv reserve!l for /n r/'ornia/n r. \\ lien spurs
.no asked for, let the answer he, go win
them . And let the people warmly sustain
our supreme military authorities in such a
course, even though some mistakes should
be supposed to he made.
N«*“l Iktu i%<*u n.
lIIE FALLING HACK OF Ol R ARMY ON Till.
i lie whole .North is in one Dlazt- ot joy at
“ the falling hack of the rebel army from
Manassas.” The Tribune announces it, in
flaming capitals, with the following shout of
exultation : “ Retreat of flu* Rebel Grand
Army—Gibraltar of the East Abandoned
Manassas in Our Hands—'The Stars and
Stripes Wave Over Bull Run—Evacuation
of Oceoquan — f I h<- Advance of (fur Army.
The Herald is scarcely less exultant. :md
displays the following in very large type :
“ Manassas Evacuated—The Retreat of the
Rebels Irom Oentreville, Oceoquan, Fairfax:
Court House, Winchester and .Manassas—
The Rebel Strongholds Occupied by l uion
Troops—March of the Advance 'orps of
Our Army —Abandonment by the Rebels of
Eorts, Guns, and Provisions—Slight Skir
mishing En Route—The Rebels Reported to
be Falling Back on tin* Rappahannock.”—
We connot, of course, give their accounts in
full, but only so much ia requisite to show
their drift and spirit. The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Herald, describ
ing the advance and occupation of Manassas
by the Federal army, writes .
The advance of a portion of the Grand
Army of the Potomac on Monday producing
in the city and throughout the camps a scene
of indescribable excitement. At two o’clock,
A. M., the reveille was sounded, aud prepar
ations for the march begun. The morning
was rainy, but the prospect of active life im
parted a cheerfulness to the soldiery that, de
fied the gloom of the weather. Few even
among the officers, knew whither they were
going, fur what purpose, or for how long a
time. But the fact that they were t<* go for
ward was sufficient to excite the liveliest
emotions in the ranks of soldiers who had
been for months anxious to have an opportu
nity to meet the enemy.
The advance was leally begun several days
ago. 'The movement of General Banks, the
occupation of Lew burg by Colonel Gear}',
and the preparations for an attack upon the
rebel batteries along the Potomac, were pre
liminaries of a general advance towards the
seat of bogus government. In front, since
Friday last, regular approaches liave been
made daily towards Oentreville by portions
of General ITaukiin’s ami Gen. Mi-Dowc-UV
divisions.
At Oentreville it was ascertained that {lie
rebels had evacuated the place on .Sunday
night, and retired it was -nki to Gordonsvilk*.
Extensive earthworks were found here, but
all the guns had been removed. A large
quantity of beef and flour had been left be
hind by the retreating rebels. It was re
ported at Oentreville, by contrabands who
came into our lines that the rebel army had
been leaving Manassas* Junction for several
days, and that the forces remaining behind
are only a rear guard to cover the retreat.
During the whole day every road leading
from the vicinity of Washington towards,
the rebel stronghold was thronged with mas
ses of well trained soldiers, moving silent
ly, but firmly, forward to a field of glorious
triumph or of death. It was a grand sight.
Iu the city the departure of the reserve
brought the whole population to the thorough
fares leading towards the various bridges.—
From au early hour in the morning the whole
population was Mtir, and numerous btoipg*.
VOLUMK XL—NO 2.
tml good wid.es Wire shouted by the watch
rs as regiment alter regunent and batten
n'ter battery, marched sternly aid steadily
owards the bridge
A bout uooti Oen. McClellan, attended 1 v
‘ 7 0t l,ls went across, nnd from the
noad<|uatte rs t 0 ,|,e Long Bridge h,
greeted liy elnvr upon cheer by the ,rowd>
gathered to witaes'* his advance to Richmond.
t.en. MeClellan ha. uken up hi? quaiKr.
at ban fax Court House.
The position in the advance has Wen as
signed to General Me Do Will-, as an act of
justice, to a fiord him an opportunity to re
trieve the errors and misfortunes of the bat
tie of the twenty first of Ju!v He 1 r.*
himself proudly on re-entering flu p.
whence the retreat of his aruiy ou a previ us
occasion had been ordered uftvi thedi-H>t : ,
of Hull Run.
Before dark last night Colonel Avrill, with
a large body of cavalry, entered tW i u
tamo.l rebel works, ut ‘Manassas • J unction,
and bivouacked for the night amidst the
ruins of the rebel stronghold, with the Stm
and Stripes glittering in the brilliant uu n
light.
In their march from Centreville no signs
ot the rebels were discovered. The field*
that were a few months ago ensauguitr 1
with the blood ot contending armies, and
resonant with the sound ot booming camuM
and rolling musketry, the ahouts of mu
-hailed hosts, and the groans of the dviuo,
was silent and deserted.
The fortifications which so lately brLlled
with the threatening artillery ami gleamii:/
bayonets ot the rebel force were bate mid
blackened. Nothing was left except tic
bare and blackened walls and the siuoulderi*’
ashes of the bonfires made of then tents,"
baggage, equipments and stores, f or which
they could iiud no transportation, Tim
place presented a scene of the utmost den
bit ion, a mass ot charred and blackened ru
ins.
The army telegraph liues were extended
last night to Centreville.
Jitirge numbers ot contrabands have rein h
ed our lines, (which now extend hex end
Maua.-sas Junction) and are still coming in
by degrees. Most pf the contrabands are
happy in their liberty and remarkably com
municative to the extent of their limited
know ledge.
I>i«sr:icelnl.
A coiYeapoiidcnt of the New Orleans (Ye
is a commodity known in the market as “ ;il
sUtules.” The articles haye risen frem sl> Uj
to S2OO, again to SSOO and from that t »
and Si 500. T’lio cheapest, kind n w
offering commands SSOO readily. A \vn t U
mimed Hill has been making enorim us
sums* as natch as from S3OOO in SSOOO
day, by plundering substitutes, some of whom
are the very scum of the earth, while otbci
are proverfy-strieken Marylander- of hi, n
social position at home and men of real m r
moral worth. A friend of mine bought a
substitute from Jliil for 500. lie saw llilt
give tlm poor devil SlOtland put the n main
eng *IOO in his pocket. As iny friend went
i out of the door, lie mot a gentleman wlw
told him ho had just paid SISOO for a sub
stitute.
Os thin sum, it is possible the substitute
received S2OO, and Hill the SI3OO. To-day
ho went up main street xviih ai least fifty
I wen at his heels. You may therefore infV r
I fiUat. lie coins money evej more rapidly tb-.n
: the Yankee distiller, Stearns, now in j.i 1
: with Bolts, who used to make SIOOO ad
! by furnishing his vile stuff to south. re.
1 diers. '1 lit; fact is, this busine sos buyier
land sc Hint; substitutes is abominable ali
around. The men who come bore from th*
country to buy them are run mad until they
get them they an* absolutely crazy with
fear lest they should fail to obtain them
and seem willing to spend tln ii last dollar
in the effort, <•*> insane is their euwardioi
; spired by anxiety. On the other hand t
j exhibition of his person to which the substi
tute is subjected, is ridiculous and disgusting,
lb* is stripped to the skin, perctis-ed, aiccul
ted, examined, from top to toe, like a h <i
! showing off his pares. A lovely business,
1 Truly!
Bishop Meade of Virginia. — This ven
erable Prelate died in Richmond on th
14th. The Dispatch say* of him :
A Virginian of the olden time, de- rut. and
from one of our most ancient furniib , an :
united by close ties of consanguinity with
others illustrious in Virginia’s historic an
nals, he was as fine a specimen of the Vir
ginia geutlewan of the olden time, an.] of
what is better and nobler, the consci; nti».t:
Christian mini-ter as we have ever seen. A
man of more exemplary and almost: ;
virtue, we never knew. A man of i ■!'y
moral and physical courage never led anuie
to victory. A more generous, humble ami
self-sacrificing character, i- not recorded i;;
the annals of our country.
Fort Macon. —The Raleigh (N. C. Stan
dard of Saturday says :
We have no news from Beaufort, Mor -
head City or Fort Macon, of the condition
of things in that quarter. We hope the <Jon*
erul in command ha*, ere this, communicated
with our force in that section, and given ti
necessary orders. Our people seem to have
forgotten our prospects of salt making in
that quarter and are cutoff by the capture of
Newborn. The aparatus might be tran-ter
red to Onslow before the enemy gets posse
sion.
Since writing the above it is reported that
GeD. Burnside had demanded the surrender
of Fort Macon, which had been decliaedj
?ad that ht 522S j;>