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J KNOWuES and S. HOS6I,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
CIRCULAR.
an appeal
IN BEHALF OF THE
“ BARTOW HOSPITAL.”
i.urlv iu November last, the Faculty of OgletLotpt .
ViAical College, o! Havanuab, made a tender of then ,
fvi.\ Halls to the Ladies Soldiers’ Aid Society o',
that city, for Hospital purposes, and accompanied the
same with an offer of their own Professional services,
gratuitously, in behalf of the sick soldiers of Georgia,
-hr*n collecting in defence of the Seaboard. This ten
tier being declined by the Indies as an Association.
Madame 'f.'izter, one of tbc Vice Presidents, accepted
;!.<• trust on her own responsibility, au<i with the assist. ■
once r»f a few Ladies and Gentlemen, prepared the Col
1 are building for the reception of patients and anooun
ee<i its doors open for that purpose. Immediately the
vTf.rda of the Hospital were filled, and more applicants
we r e demanding admission than the Lady Manager
heJ beeD able to make provision tor. For several
weeks, however, she labored with indomitable patience
uad perseverance in behalf of her countrymen who
were thus thrown on her care and gentle ministradons,
almost alone in this work of benevolence, until her ob
■«ct was Accomplished—that of providing a Horn*, for
;he sick soldiers of Georgia, who might need the eon.
forts and attention Hot to be found m military < imps.
At this juncture, a number of liberal hearted gen
tlemen of tsavaunuh, appreciating the services of M »
dame C came to her assistance, by the formation of
the Bartow Hospital Association, which was ergo- .u!
lyth, bv the election of the following ofEcer*:
Presi dent.
S GOODALL, Esq., Bay street, Havaunr.h.
<j \V O VvT Esq, Bay Str- •i. Savannah.
L. i> SCRANTON, “ *“ “
A'. CLARK. “ “
G. PATTKN,
L F W. ANDREWS, M. I*. Macon.
Secretary.
W. F PARKER, Esq., SO7 BftV-st., Savannah.
Treasurer.
h. C. WADE, Esq., Bay Street, Savannah.
Steward.
Dr. A. WILCOX, St. J alien st., Savannah.
Managers.
Col. F. W. BUKKR, Bryan Stre t, Savatu.ifi.
A. A. ECHOLS, Montgomery “
•I. T. COLLINS, St. Julien
J. T. WELLS, Barnard “
Resident Surge
C HEMMING, M. D., Hospital.
J.ndy Manager.
Madame M. C. CAZIEU, Hospital
ilea-ml Agents.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, M. D., Macon.
Rev. S. M. SMITH, Forsyth.
From that period to the present, the Hospital has been
in successful operation, the number of its inmates
averaging something over 100, daily, the total number
received, treated and discharged, being nearly 1,000.
With some slight changes in the Medical Superintend*
noce, the organization remains the same, Dr. Hugh
Blair, ati eminent Practitioner, being the resident Sur
geon, in lieu of Dr. Hemming, who retired on account
of ill health.
The Board of Managers acknowledge the receipt of
ibout $2,000 from tbc “Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association” to this date, in aid ot the Institution, but
ds chief weans of support, in the past, as well ns its
prosperity for the future, depend noon the contribu
tions made by the public at large. Without the contin
uance of these streams of benevolence, this first of
< rporgia Hospitals will be shorn of its power to do
good, and much suffering among the brave defenders
of our coast will fail of mitigation and relief.
To show the peculiar claims of the Bartow Hospital
on the liberality of the people, the following testimo
iiials, which have been publicly tendered to Madame
Cazicr, are respectfully submitted to the reader's con
sideration. And if other evidence were wanting to
.iv<> ts- lady’s eminent qualifications for the position
r* — •* ? - found in Li.c y rat,it tide of hun-
Imve been showered upon her head by their relatives
and friends from all parts of the State. Ai this day
the name of Madame Cazier is a household word in’
n anv families in Georgia, and will so remain, till the
* blebs of human memory ahull be defaced by the chis
eling of Time. With the devotion end moral courage
of a FI \ighl!»gah. she has given herself up to
the cause of the sick and suffering soldier, not for a
day or for a week, but for the war, and all the boon
she asks of her sisterhood of Georgia is tlmt they will
come promptly to her aid in the noble work in which i
ahe is engaged.
TESTIMONIALS.
Savannah, Jon. 14,18C2.
Mh, *S. OoonALL,
President of the Bartoir Hospital:
I cnimot suiter the present opportunity to pass with
out giving' an expression of my feelings in favor of the
noble institution of which you are the President, asso-
Mated vith others, whose hearts and sympathies are
united in a cause so glorious and magnanimous. On
yesterday it was my good fortune to be admitted with
in its walls, and through the kindness of its medical
officers, visited and examined closely every depart
ment ; and while all the tender feelings of the heart
.v real rnsed in looking upon the afflicted soldier, sepa
ir.trd from home, wife, children and friends, suffering
'or the cause of our common country, yet, a holy calm
ntnc over it all, in the reflection, that hero lie- had
ound a rioasant retreat, where his • vered bro w could
■ ccoole t by the hand of r efection, and Ms desmmdency
illuminated by kind hearts and cheerful smiles.
Too much cannot be sai l in favor of die kind lady
at whose suggestion this noble institution was gotten
>*. Modesty would, perhaps, suggest th: propriety of
withholding 1 r no mo, hut justice demands that *i'ie
;auio of Mad. M. C. Cazier, should be enrolled upon
’he archives of the country', ib;» futuie itisimiuns may
•record this act of her life, is well ;:a the indefatigable
xc-rtior.s she is constantl y making in behalf ol the sick
eoldi r who are under h r charge, ia connection with
he medical staff, who have consecrated their time and
talents, without fee or reward, to he satno noble and
g Alike cause, and I think 1 am not saying too much,
when i sav that the impress of Deity is upon it, and
eternity aione can develope the heaven-born results.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I would say, God bless the
“ hi; ow Hospital;’ it is one of the nest and purest
• .mun ents that could have been erected it it mor of
■ > ot Georgia’s noblest sons, who fell a martyr in his
country's cam e r.t the battle of Manassas. A menu*
■urn ■ : marble would, perhaps, attract the eye of the
dug -tranger, who, in the hurry of the moment,
> igbt read the name of “ Bartow,” but this monument
,a erected in every sick soldier’s heart, and wiil lie
« allied w ith him in his bosom, and lie will delight to
■ back to the institution as one ot ihe green spots
in the history of his life. Ue will tell it to his children,
and they to theirs, and thus, the name of “ Bartow”
will he handed down to the latest generation.
JAMES W. PRICE,
Surgeon Cowart’s Regiment.
Cani* Bartow,
Near Savannah, Ga., Dec. 21st, 1861.
Ihl'Bor Bally Morning A tips:
’ Armit me, through your journal, to express the
iincete thanks of the W right Legion to the ladies of
vour city who have so kindly ministered to their sick
while under their care at !he Bartow Hospital, and for
various donations of hospital stores and delicacies.
Such acts ot sympathy and hospitality will, I am
sure, be remembered with heartfelt gratitude by us all,
not only during the active service in which we are en
ga-. .'d in behalf of the noble cause involved, but when
, t *e shall again restore us to our friends and homes.
O. W. LEE,
Col. Couimd’g Wright Legion.
Blit or Savannah Morning Xews :
: lake great pleasure in stating that I have had seve
ral of my men treated at Bartow Hospital, one of whom
wkh try own son. 1 visited my men constantly, and
eel it my duty to say 1 never saw better musing or
kinder attention. No charges were ever made, either
for my m n or their nurse , I offered to pay for things
’hat had to be purchased, but it was refused. Altho’
one of my men died there, 1 am convinced that it was
not for want c.f medical skill or proper nursing. Every
thing that could be done was doue, both by the Doctor
end Madame Cazier, who is the best nurse I ever saw.
1 cordially recommend Bartow Hospital to my fellow
soldiers as one of the best places provided for a sick
soldier. WM. WRIGHT,
Captain of the Bartow Avengers, Wright’s Legion,
near Savannah.
A CARD.
The undersigned, officers of the Alapaha Guards,
Colonel SpaldiDg’s 29th Georgia regiment, Capt. F. M.
Jackson, take this method of expressing their unfeigu
ed gratitude to Madame Cazier, Priucioal Lady Mana
ger of Bartow Hospital, for the assiduous, patient and
Yaiuuble nersoaal ministrations to our departed feilow*
soldiers, L. A. Fermenter and S. E. Lastinger, mem
hers of this company, during their severe and fatal
illne a s in the institution For five successive davs and
nights did ibis lady pay all the attentions which are
usually prompted bv the lies of near relationship and
home sympathies. The love of a mother to a son, or
the devotion of a sister to a brother, never found a
blighter exhibition than shown by Madame Cazier to
our departed comrades. And though her kindly pooth
ings oi the thiobb’ng temple, and her gentle whisper
ings of hope to the sinking heart failed to win the sol
diers back to eartblv life und duty, vet she has no less
our sincere respect aud fraternal consideration for her
self-sacrificing labors in belult of our friends during
their last illnes* Being witnesses to the devotion o
Madame C. to the welfare .*! all the patients in Baitow
i Hospital, we feel justified m saying, furiber, that the
sick of the Georgia soidieti*. now on ihe coast near
Savannah, who may bp so fortunate as to become in
mates of the institution under her care, will bless ihe
day ibat removed them from the rude nursing of the
camp to the tender bespitutitv of Madame C. and her
associates. f. M. JACKSON,
('apt. Corn'd g Aiapaha Guards
I) C. LANCASTER, ::d Lieut.
From the Savannah \etos.
Camp Bartow, Ppm brook, Jan. 4,1562.
At a meeting of sundry officers of the \N right
Legion, convened this evening wt the headquarters of
rh» Joe Thompson Artillerv, Col. Augustus It. rigbi
w:«- invited to the Chau, and Cap* Cornelia* It. Han
leiiei to art as Secretary.
The meeting having been thus organized, and its
object stated ihe following resolutions, offered by
G.'pf. Wm. Wright, of th< Bartow Avengers, were |
u lanimoosly adopted, viz.
die <‘i:;id, That the otlicers and members of the
Wright Legion, having experienced Dio blessings to
the sick i ; oldier at Hi t excellent institution, ihe Bar
tow Hospital, o! SovfiP'.h ;. hereby return their heart
felt thanks to the pHs'r i matron and managers of
sr: id hn».?- : tr: it cH.oir kindne- 1 * and self-wcriticing al
ter*:. j to ■- ich ot our sick as have been consigned to
their care since our w>ri»al iu ihe vicinitv of this my.
f, Thai ivc high! l appreciate the philanthro
py of the noble-hearted prqiecvois nnd sopnottersof
: i,o trri-'W Hospital, and reopt devoutly commend
tin nn<‘h and <* 1!, »-> bo reward rromised to ihnse
who shad c-ire for r-u-l lulmini'irr to the comfort and
necoßs;. ies of ihe sick s' ranger.
lieeoin:l. That e. c know ledge cur graiiiude espe
cial I v to the accomplished matron of the institution,
Madame Gorier, for hei assiduous and marked atten-
T< i, to our sick diiring their coutiouance in the t Hos
pital.
F> sol red, That the Chairman of this meeting be
icquestod to appoint a committee of five officers. who
, - ! hrt ! ’, from vo'.untaiy contribu lions by the members nt
thi*. l.egioo, pioccre a suitable habit of gray merino,
(tho ooh’r pruictpnlly worn by the Legion/ appropri
s’eiy trimmed woo goM ace or braid in the style ol a
Cod federate Cap* ain s. ar.d t at they present the .-amt?
to Madame Gazicr, as a slight- token of our apprecia
tion of her unwearied attention to our sick.
liceoiofAy That :i cony of these resolutions, signed
bv the Chairman aud Secretary, be transmitted io toe
Manogeis of the F.artow Hospital, Savannah, and Hiut
iho same be published io the “Savannah News.
AIicrSTES R. WRIGHT, Chairman.
CoiiSKi-ii It. ll vKt.r.iTEtt, Secretary.
From Id', A. G. Tragi b, *tn euAirnt Vhy \> 'ma oj
So X! t/i (hi Ipi i ltd.
Dr. Teague thus writes concerning Barlow and other
Hospitals, under date ol
ErinK( iei.n C. 11., So. Cu., Match, 20, 1
“After leaving vou at Savannah, I stopped at Foca
talago, and visited the Hospital at McFhersonville,
under the care of Surgeon Ilealy, with two young M.
D’s. as Assistants. The Hospital, or rather Hospitals
(4 or , r > houses being used) at this place, are the general
hospitals for all the regiments within reach. There
were about 70 patients under treatment for Typhoid
Fever, Fneumonia, Mumps, Ac. None, however, very
ill. These Hospitals an eery m/l lee/d, though not
equal to tie Horton' in neatness and comfort. They
ate deficient in one very important particular, a lady
Superintendent. A casual observer vi.sitiDg the Bar
tow Hospital could not fail to be impressed w-ith the
inttuence exerted by the presence of Madame Cazier iu
the former —not only as regards the cleanliness, neat
ness and comforts of the wards and bedding, but iu
the culinary department which is a very important one
to the sick and convalescing.”
To this may be added that Madame C. is a lady of
unaffected ■d< ty, whose religious sympathies and pray
ers ate freelv bestowed when any of her patients are
called to pass through the dark valley and shadow of
doath. She goes with such to Ihe bl ink of Jordan aud
<A >kvArthoi;',AqvA)MHTr'VtF •.'iV,-*'tfti'(if
tor the aid so much needed. Contributions of everv
description of Hospital Stores and Provisions are ur
gently and most respectfully solicited. Let all remem
bet that the cause for which we plead is the cause of
humanity. It is our country’s cause, because it is
important to our success, that, our brave defenders
should, as soon as possible, be raised from beds of
sickness and returned to their posts, with arms strong
enough to strike for their altars and their firesides!
Women of Georgia! let us, as the Agents of Bartow
Hospital, have our hearts cheered by your liberality ;
and your humble servants will ever pray, Ac. * •
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Macon, ) General
SIDNFA M. SMITH, Forsyth, i Agents.
| March 28, 18*52.
I I*. S. Coninbntinna marked “Hospital Stores” and
addressed to eiiher of the Agents, will be conveyed
fret of cha: <je on ail the Rail Roads.
Thk War in thk West.— Th » Battle of fflkharn
Gen. Ban Born's Official Report. — The Fort
omith, Ark., Bulletin, of the 11th, has the follow
ing telegraphic report of the baLilo of Elkhorn,
sent to Hen. A. S. Johnson and the War Depart
ment at Richmond :
Hkaoqi ar.ii'Rß Trans—Mississippi District, /
March 0, 186‘J, via Hog Eye, March 10. f
Foughthe enemy about twenty thousand strong,
on he Vr’ and Bth, at Elk Horn, Arkansas. UaV
He first day, from 10 A. M. until after dark. Loss
heavy on both sides. General* McCulloch and
Mein to-A , an<i Colonel llevbeti were killed. Gen.
I‘dee and Slack were wounded, t.cn. Price flesh
wore; sin the aim. The other severely, if not
mortally. Many officer > wore killed »ml wounded,
jiii us there is .-one* doubt in regard to several, 1
i' ;>not yet report iheir name-. slept on the battle
fluid nrsf night, having driven ihe enemy from
teeir po.-i on. rile death ol (Jens. McCulloch,
Me ii. tosh and ilorbeit early in the action, threw
the troops on the right under their command in
confusion, ’i ho enemy took a second and stronger
position, ami being without, provisions and some
wl;hi disorganized, 1 determined to give battle ou
ti cmh on their trouts for t ho purpose of getting
oil 1 lie field without the danger of a panic, which
1 did with success, bur. wiih some losses. I am
now encamped with my whole army fourteen miles
west of Fayetteville, having gone entirely around
the enemy. lam separated from my train, bat
think it is safe on the Him Spring road to the
Boston Mountains. The reason why 1 determined
to give battle at once upon my arrival to assume
command of the army, I will give in my report at
an early day. Earl VanDorn,
Major General Commanding.
Conscription. —The Governor and Executive
Council of South Carolina have, we learn, decided
to make a radical and important change in the
mode of raising troops in this State, whenever
they may be needed hereafter, as long as the war
shall last. On and after the ‘doth of the present
mouth, all requisitions upon the State for troops
will at once be tilled bit conscrij/tion, which very
many persons, well informed on the subject, regard
as the most effective and equitable pian. The
conscrips will be mustered in for the war. Xo
volunteers, for any arm of the service, will be re
ceived after the 20th inst. All field and line offi
cers, from the grade of Colonel down to that of
Third Lieutenant, will be appointed by the Gover
nor and Council. The non-commissioned officers
ot each company will be appointed by the Captain,
with the approval of the commanding officer of
the Battalion or Regiment. These, we believe
ale the main features ol the new military regula*
tions, which will probably be published in a B lew
days. —('harlcston Mercury.
Thk Blockade. —Mr. Yancey, in his X. Orleans
speech, says:
Gne principle ground of miscalculation here as
to the blockade, has been the idea that cotton is
king. If by this is understood American cotton,
st is a lunacy. American cotton certainly plays a
niignty part in the commerce of the world, but it
11 ' , not absolute --wav, because the staple is raised
so Bi<uouai;t]y e! ewhore. for hundreds of years
uuha has raised as raueh cotton as the South now
docs, ineie is probably no one thing' in the world
whieu grows so universally as cotton. Europe
therefore, was willing to take advantage of the
cr.sis to enfranchise herself from our swav at al
mc-, cost, but found the ordeal too -‘every.
Jlt-eting In Monroe County.
At a meeting of the citizens ot Monroe county
held in Forsyth, Saturday 29th March:
On motion, David Oolrtrek, F.sq , was called
to the Chair, and R. W. HooaN requested to act as j
Secretary
On motion of Hon. E. G. Cajjam-s a committee ,
of eleven was appointed to prepare and report
matter for the consideration of tbe meeting,
The Chair appointed on that committee Messrs.
E. G. Cabaniss, J. Shannon, R. G V\ H Phi
naive, W. R. Murphey, (i H Ponder, B
Pye, W. L. Lampkin, A D Steele, and A \lid
diebrook*.
The Committee retired, and upon their return,
their Chairman submitted tbe following preamble
and resolutions, which, alter brief addresses by
F. G. CabaniiS, H. Phinazee, R. W. Hogan and *
Peeples were adopted without a dissenting voice
The people of Monroe county having met, ac
cording to previous noticp, to'consider what action
should be recommended to put a stop to specula
tion in grain and provisions, submit the following
preamble and resolutions, as containing the rule*
by which we mutually pledge ourselves to be gov
einedt
lu ordinary times there should be no interfer- ,
once with tbe freedom o! ! r *l**, it jhs i general
rule, prices should be regulan and "} ti-e law
of supply and demand. But tbt-e ate not ordin
ary times—we are surrounded by circumstances ol
a very extraordinary nature —war is in our midst j
and staiLs through the land with great strides —
our ports are blockaded, and we are shut out from
commerce with other nations, l arge invading ar
tnie.s are in various parts of our Confederacy with
the avowed object of reducing u s to subjection
to their authority. Hostile fleets pvrann on. our
coasts. To meet and repel the invaders, large
numbers of our fellow citizens have been called to
arm«, and are now in the tented field—others are
s oon to follow. Two of our Bister States, from
which we have heretofore drawn ample supplies ol
provisions, are now overrun by our enemies, and
are in their possession. Our supplies from that
source are cut off. We are thus confined to the
limits of our own State, and perhaps our own
county for our usual supply of provisions. Tfie
families of many of our feilow citizens, who are
in the public service in defence of our country,
are dependent on public contributions for a sup
port —others, if not dependent on public charity,
sue nevertheless dependent on such supplies, as
they may be able to purchase from time to time
and all such supplies must be had from our own
citizens, and within the limits of our own county.
Cnder these ciremmitances, (and they are not ex
aggerated) grain and provisions are not legitimate
subjects es speculation and extortioit. To specu
late upon the wants and necessities of tbe numer
ous families among ns who are reduced to the
alternative of buying the surplus provisions which
our ow n planters have to spare, or none at all,
■ would be almost, if not altogether, as bad as to
speculate upon tire necessities of the man who
might have his dwelling w ith all its contents burned
to the ground. We therefore denounce the spirit
of speculation, which has became so rife in the
country, and give it our unqualified condemnation.
! Articles of prime necessity, sucb as grain and pro
: visions, ought not, at this time, and under these
circumstances, to be bought and sold for the pur
pose of gain. Every sale enhances the price to
the consumer and ultimate purchaser; and the
funds of many of them are iusutficient to stand
the increased price. Public spirit, aud a regard
for the welfare of our fellow citizens, should
prompt us to aid, instead of doing any thing to
impoverish the necessitous who are among us.
We should keep two objects steadily in view—
to retain a sutlieiency of provisions in our eountv
for tbe supply of the wants of our own citizens,
and to keep those provisions at such prices as not
to be beyond the reach of the most necessitous—
and in saying this, we do not mean that none shall
be sold to be carried out of the county, but that
sales to speculators, and merely for speculation,
shall be discouraged and put down. Thus destitu
tion and want and Buttering may be averted ; but
if the surplus provisions which are now in this
county shall be t-- 1 - 1 ,;«n be raiSetr sVN&gerttettl
tie beyond the roach of many who are under the
necessity of buying, we shudder to contemplate
the scenes which may ensue.
But we deprecate a resort to violence to effect
the objects we have in view. We trust that more
gentle means will avail. We tvould make a re
spectful, but most earnest appeal to our fellow
citizens of all classes—sellers and dealers—pro
ducers and consumers, to do nothing, to commit
no act calculated to beget violence, and to abstain
lrom all violent measures, and rely upon the law
for protection.
\Ye have a law upon our statute book which
inflicts a heavy penalty upon all who may be guilty
of extortion in asking, or receiving unjust, uurea
j xonable, or exorbitant prices for articles of prime
necessity.
Let. that law be enforced against all offenders,
whether high or low—rich or poor—respectable
; or otherwise.
lo eairy out these views, we recommend the
adoption ot the following resolutions:
1 . Ai-so/ivThat unreasonable speculation in
provisions and articles of prime necessity, and all
attempts of every kind to make money ou*. of Ihe
necessities of the people under the circumstances
in which we are at present placed, meet and shall
receive our severe and unqualified condemnation.
-• Resolved, That we respectfully, but earnestly
request all producers of grain and provisions in
our county, not to se.l such articles to those who
are engaged in buying and selling for gain and
speculation, but to sell first to those who buy for
their own use and consumption, as far as it "niav
be practicable.
2. Unsolved, That in like manner we request
dealers in our county who are engaged in bavin*-
and selling provisions, and other articles of prime
necessity, to abstain from buying for the purpose
of engrossing the market, and demanding unrea
sonable and exorbitant prices, and that in all pur
chases and sales they make, that they be content
with small profits. The farmer, the lawyer, the
mechanic, in fact, all branches ot business’ except
trade, have been compelled to submit to a mate
rial diminution of income, and all have done it
cheerfully for the sake of the public good—and
why should not the trader suffer a diminution of
his profits to sustain the cause which is so dear
to us all ?
4. Resolved, That we deprecate a resort to vio
lence for the purpose of suppressing speculation
and extortiOD, and will oppose the use of all such
means for such a purpose—but will aid in all law
lul ways to bring to trial all who may violate o"i
statute for the suppression of monopolies and ex
tortion.
o. Resolved, That the Chair appoint a committee
to consist ot nine discreet, prudent men, whose
duty it shall be to inquire and ascertain, who have
been, or who may be guilty of violating the law
for the suppression of monopolies and extortion,
and present them to the Grand Jury, and have
them indicted for such offences; and' it shall be
their further duty to procure testimony to be used
on their trial, and take all legal means for their
conviction—and the committee shall have power
to fill all vacancies which niav occur in their body.
Capt. J. S. Pinckap.i* offered the following reso
lution, which was uu&Dimougly adopted:
Rrsoh’.d, 1 Hat w e, the Planters of Monroe coun
ty in general meeting assembled, pledge ourselves I
not to plant any cotton the present vear to be I
raised for market, but if we plant anv at all, it
shall be entirely for family consumption!
The Chair appointed on the Committee under
the sth resolution, Col. A. Lary, R. G. Watson, B.
H. Zellner, 0. Holland, D. McCowen, W. R. Mur
phey, George Taylor, J. H. Evans and A. Middle
brooks.
t’u motion ol J. f. Sthpiikn.-, Esqr., it was or-
P rocee dings of this meeting be
published in the Educational Journal, Macon Tele
graph, and Journal and Messenger.
Ihe meetiug then adjourned.
p „ IE OGLETREE, Chair’n. j
R. W. Hogan, Scc’y.
Grave Speculations.
Persons have been detected in New Orleans, !
going round the city buying up all the mourning
goods, jor the purpose of speculation in anticips
uou ot a great battle at Corinth, where thousands
ot tue young men of New Orleans are now pggwd.
Thing* about Newberii—Facia and Inci
dents.
t'n Jer this head the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal
ot Monday, ‘24ih, has the toilowing :
Among the loraier citizens of this State, who
came oui «ith the Burnside expedition to New
bern, was Mr. Calvin Dibble, pretty well known
here and elsewhere throughout the State, especially
in the Neuse and Tar River sections A brother
of Calvin Dibble's, Frank Dibble, late of Xewbern,
bad some months ago got a pass to go North un
der a flag ol truce. He was to iiui the blockade,
and bring certain articles much needed, especially
leather, for a -hoe factory in which he was inter
ested with Mr Washington. He had not returned
until veiy recently, and Mr. Washington's share in
| the venture is in a bad way, a« Mr. Dibble is said
i to have came in the wake of the invaders, ami oi
course the share of his “rebel” partner in business
is confiscated. But Mr Dibble was too venture
some by half, and was the other night captured by
-onie of our pickets, w hile piloting a squad of Lin
coln's soldiers through the country, in the vicinity
of Newbern. So strong is the feeMbg against
Dibble, both among the trroops and citizens, that
it required all the efforts of those in authority to
prevent summary vengeance being taken of him,
on hi® arrival at Kingston. It was deemed unsule,
in the present excited state of feeling, to send him
to Salisbury. Another bother, Harlow Dibble, u
tevident of Kingston, Las also been arrested, on
what precise grounds of suspicion, we are not in
formed. On the person of Frank Dibble, were
fomid papers which led to the arrest of a t'aptain
Day and another captain, both commanding boat®,
or who had -•omroanded boats belonging to the
Dibble family.
Burnside has about =ix hundred negroes hard at.
work finishing and perfecting ttv« defensive works
that the Confederates had commenced below New
- bn? which after long months of warning,
were unfinished and impeded !
As for the killed and wounoed Federate, it is
certain that all the Federal soldiers agree in the
,story of their lo«s being very heavy, and con
current opinion places it at two thousand to three
thousand, but most at twenty-live hundred. The
Academy Green, in which the slain were buiied,
hut for the newness of the mounds, might pass for
tho cemetery in which generations of a populous
town had found their last resting place. From the
number of buildings occupied as hospitals for the
wounded, the number of casualties must have been
very large. It would seem that they have hauled
up someone or two of their gunboats on the ma
rine railway there and are reparing them. They
have the railroad machine shop in full blast, wdmt
they are doing in them is not known. We caivnot
learn that they have made any movement town Is
Beaufort, or even thrown out pickets to any dis
tancc- in that direction. A report that. Federal
troops had been seen at Trenton and at Pollocks
ville, in Jones county, appears to be without
foundation. Trenton is the county seat of Jones
county, on the Trent river, about twenty-five miles
south of Newbern, and Pollocksville is also on the
Trent, river, about half-way between Nfewbern and
Trenton.
Os the many striking incidents and hair breadth
scapes conoeettd with the affair at Newbern, as
witli almost all combats, is one which might be
called “a close shave.” Captain Latham, the gal
lant commander of the field battery which went
by his name, got shot through various portious of
his clothes—once through his hat, more than once
through his coat and pants, and once through his
whiskers, which it appears were long, lull and
flowing. Happening to turn his head at some
peculiar angle, a minie ball went whiz through his
: beard close to his chin, cutting out the centre and
leaving two forks. By the way, the battery which
Capt. Latham commanded must of itself have
swept off infinitely more men than some accounts
represent.
It is difficult to tell whether Burnside is about
advancing from Xewbesu or not. There ate so
many rumors afloat, that he should have said lie
would do this, that, and the other thing, that there
<- no knowing what to believe. Asa general
thing, we doubt the authenticity of any repoit that
cerfaTuTVlfs skillful a commander as Burnside
he is about to do. ' AV any rate oar* pickers "ein
still go close to Newbern, as Mr. Frank Dibble is
fully aware of to own sorrow.
Uskki i..—The following table, compiled by a
friend lor our columns, may be found useful to
many ol Our readers. It should be preserved:
A box 24 by lti inches, 22 deep, contains one
barrel.
A box 16 by 164 inches, 8 deep, contains one
barrel.
A box 8 by 81 inches, S deep, contains one
peek.
A ijox 7 ]>v 1 inches, 4 8 deep, contains 1 gallon.
A box 4 by 1 inches, 21 deep, contains 1 quart.
< hie bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds.
<>ue bushel of wheat weighs GO pounds.
( 'tie bushel of rye weighs 56 pounds.
‘ ’n- 0 bushel of buckwheat weighs 52 pounds.
One bushel of barley weighs 48 pounds.
One bushel of oafs weighs 40*pounJs.
One bushel of beans weighs 60 pounds.
<bie bushel ol potatoes weighs 60 pounds.
One bushel ol onions weighs 5 7 pounds.
One bushel of dried peaches weighs 33 pounds.
One bushel of dried apples weighs 22 pounds.
* hie bushel ol salt weighs *>o pounds.
Ten gallons pickled onions weighs 82 pounds.
'lon gallons your crout weighs si.
[l'ran/:/in (La.) Paper.
I.\ Earnest.— Tliere can be no doubt that our
people arc religiously impressed with the righte
ousness of the war in which they are engaged.
They not only seem to be, but arc, heart and soul
enlisted in delence of the Southern cause. An
evidence ol this is furnished in the recent action
of the Churches of Marietta. With full meetings,
the four Churches, by resolutions, donated to the
Government, subject, to the order of the Secretary
ol War, their Brins to be converted into Can von.
The metal of the four bells is. equal to 1,350 pounds
or three or four field pieces.— Marietta Advocate.
We observe that in other places, church bells
are being given up for field pieces. We suppose
these donations maybe deemed strictly “canonical.’
—Meets.
Coon Apvick. —Our exchanges cannot make a
better addition to their “standing matter” than the
following from a late speech of Gen. Bragg:
This is a time for acts, not words. Experience
hut taught me, too, that every mail should stick to
his trade. In many efforts, I believe I never made
but one successful speech—and that was in a few
words, when I courted my wife—the result then
being due less to any merit either iu the speech
or the speaker than to an unfortunate habit with
young ladies of deciding more Irom impulse than
reason, by which, as iu my case, they are too apt
to be unfortunate. Ponder well, then, my fellow
citizens, this piece of advice: never call on an old
soldier lor speeches; and, if you will pardou me
lor the liberty, I will add, never send politicians
to command your armies. From that time our
cause will prosper.
Glorifying in their Shame and Perfidy. The
Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Xew York
Tribune of the 12th, gives the following laudatory
account ol the atrocious violation by the enemy of
their own Hag of surrender at Pewport News :
As the Merrimac approached she
opened fire, which the Congress returned, hut soon
raised the sigTial to surrender. The Yorktown and
•lamestown sent officers aboard »o receive the «ur
ie: irr and arrange lor tne transfer of the prison
e W hen some 25 of the crew of the Congress
had been taken aboard the rebel boats, Captain
Howard, ol the 4th Artillery, brought the guns of
ins light battery to bear on them, *ud f&iriy beat
t:iem oft aud compelled them to dmw oft and f*ive
up the transfer of the prisoners. of his shells
entered the steam chest of the Yorktown. There
fore, all but the twenty-five, or so, that hare been
{ KwoSsiy taken, the crew and officers of the
< ongress not killed, made their eseape. Great
praise is accorded on all hands to Capt. Howard,
well as to the Fire Zouaves and others, who lav
oown in the sand and picked off the rebels with
suwit arme.”
MACON, GEORGIA:
Widuoday, April 2 , 1862.
THE GUNBOAT FUND.
We are gratified to find that from every quarter
contributions are coming in most liberally from
the ladies. The matter is in the right hands—for
when they .c U a thing, it very likely to be ac
complished. History doe- not furnish the tact
that such acts were ever attempted by the ladie*
of the oppressing party. Their patriotism is always
on the right side.
MEETING IN MONROE
We would direct atteotion to the proceedings of
this meeting on the subject ol F.xtori ion. It
would spem that they are in earnest with regard
to enforcing measures in some salutary and proper
manner, and we trust that they will accomplish
something. Thus far it has been written about,
denounced in stormy speeches and fiery resolutions -
Judges have charged it to the Grand Juries in
language both florid and bitter—told them that
“the Heavens should reveal the iniquity, and the
earth rise up against them”; and the Grand Juries
have made it the special subject of their present
ments. But what have they done further ? No
thing ! tat least in this section.) To use a homely
* phrase, “there is no use in talking” without action
All that has beer, said has proved only as “idle
words,” thus far.
RETURN OF THE SECOND BATTALION.
Dispatches have been received, by which we
learn that the several companies ooruposiug it, will
leave Goldsboro’, N\ t\, on the 15th iust., and be
disbanded in Macon on the 20th.
This Battalion is composed of the Macon I ol
i utter*, Capt. Smith, now under the command ot
Lieut. A. G. Butts; Floi/d /titles, Capt. Geo. \N .
Ross, of Macon ; City Light (lunrds, Capt. Col
quitt, of Columbus, and Spa hi! it;/ dregs, Capt.
Doyul, of Griftiu.
It N hoped that these companies w ill meet the
reccjV.i > clue them lor their early tendering of
service in . Id, and the faithful and creditable
perfovmua. <eir duties. «
.ii ALBANY PATRIOT,
<»f ls*-A| ok, announces the suspension of its
further publication —or at least for the present;
or till more faVorable times shall occur for sus
taining the press. We can sincerely sympathise
with our brother McCarthy at being reduced to
such a necessity, and it is a subject on which we
could speak most feelingl y. IV file renders were
never more plenty, or papers more welcome, the
essential for supporting them is sadly lucking.
GUNBOAT FUND.
The following contributions have been received
at the Journal and Messenger office since its last
issue:
Mrs. Jackson DeLoache, Macon, $5 00
Miss Fannie Blount, Macon, 8 <>o
A Friend, of Crawford county, 8 00
Mrs. Dr. Carswell, Jeffersonville, 5 00
“ Mary A. Harvard, Laurens Hi 11,... 7 t*o
Mrs. 11. makes a good suggestion in her note
accompanying the donation, “wishing the enter
prise success, and hoping that it may bo named
for our our gallat Tatnali..”
Miss Mary L. Harvard, Laurens Hill,. ..s•> 00
In our announcement of receipts from Jefferson
, ville hist week', we are informed that there was an
erroF--five dollars, put down iu an. rw w miner
ly, was received from Miss Sall'ie Jones.
Xo RrqnisiTiON. —The Federal Union of yes
terday says that the Governor has no notice of any
new requisition of troops from Georgia.
I DITORI AI. CORRESPONDENCE
Rome, Ga., March 29, 1862.
I arrived at tin* place on yesterday, which was
j * very bright and balmy day, more Spring like
than any of this season. Farmers are very active
ly engaged in preparing the ground and planting
corn. I have heard no mention made of the usual
; cotton crops in this section. Indeed, many large
| planters will devote all their land to provision
’ crops. Plantation work is very backward. There
is quite a panic kept up by speculators in bacon,
i corn, Hour, &<?., and unless counteracted speedily,
; there must be great suffering in the country, and
I our cause seriously endangered. There is un
doubtedly a plenty of subsistence in the country.
. Gentlemen here, who are well informed upon the
[ subject, assure me, that they have never known at
this season of the year a greater amount of corn
and meat than there is now in Floyd. Yet corn
rules from the wagon at &1 00, unsacked, and ba
con vibrates between 2«9 and 35 cents per pound.
The fact is, the speculator* have alarmed the good
people, who are panic stricken, whilst the avari
cious are holding back for starvation prices. Jiut
they are likely to overreach themselves. Our
soldiers and their families will not be suffered to
starve, and it those men will not sell at reasonable
prices the Government will doubtless find means
to relieve the cribs and smoke houses and ware
houses of such from any unhealthy plethora.
I am glad that the Courts are taking hold of the
extortioners in good earnest. I learn that in Cobb
county, true bills were found the other day
against one or more factories, aud a fine of five
hundred imposed upon one factory—with a threat
from the Judge that it would be increased to $5,000
if the extortion was persisted in. I also learn
that several manufactories of Newton county have
been presented under the pointed charge of Judge
Floyd. °
There is another evil which must be guarded
against—the depreciation of the currency. Let
Congress pass a law, at once, making treasury
notes a legal tender, aud it would have a most
satislactory effect upon all departments of business.
bey should also authorise the issue of a large
amount of small notes to be used in the payment
of soldiers, who are now paid oil in large bills,
which they are compelled to pay shavers a premium
to break into bank notes or even small treasury
notes. The fact is, the country is full of heartless
sharpers who, pluck the poor soldier at every
point.
Rome 13 becoming quite a manufacturing city.
They have here a manufactory of rifled cannon,
and the armory which was at Florence, Ala., will
soon lie in full blast in ibis city, turning out rifles
and muskets for the hands of our brave soldiers.
Also, manufactories of ambulances and army
equipments generally. This gives to Rome a more
business aspect than many of our Southern cities.
The grain crop everywhere promises abundant
harvests. If it escapes frosts, spectators in bread
stuffs may get bit. j
A gentleman after reciting all the incidents
.■>cen by himself and obtained from other eye wit
nesses, ol the fail of Xewbern, remarked, ‘‘Gen
tlemen, we are dpomed to see 9uch disasters so
ong as wniakey and politics control your army in-
THE SUN FLOWER
This is a very valuable article f or f W(Jii
and very much overlooked by 0 „ r f
product is very large and wm be t* V
. , _ . • 'ril otjt
si/e from two teet or more to ■
highly relished by horses and other« i. ' *
only eat tlje heads and leaves, but
the large stalks. It is partieuj*,;-. / nioi{ ->/
horses, as tLe writer has fullv ■ ta
several year* *'• »-t
ALARM OF FIRE
There was a small fire on Monday r,i i t
halt past nine o’clock, which at fir„. 0i
great consternation to many, fi Q 4
proximity to our Cotton Factory, p \
proved to be a temporary building cont.t.
“waste” of the factory, and the loss were v .
trilling. It was most probably can««d by
eons combustion, as the smell of burning co , v .
had attracted attention for some time nre-io-*.
its breaking out.
Toe Virginia.—Commodore Tatnall . .
orders Satuaday last to repair forthwith 10 No
and take command of the battering rant V -
The whole country will be rejoiced to hear it,
look with confidence to the future operatic j
the wonderful machine. We regret to hue • .
services at this post, but for his and the ce ;
sake, we aie pleased to see him in a position -
he can be available to the latter, and sustain j .
well-earned fame as a naval commander.
Com. Tatnall leaves here this morning for ••
theatre of his future labors. He was »cconip'.: .
by Capt. J. Pembrook Jones, late commander
the Resolute, who will act as his Flag I iruter v
and his son, Paulding Tatnall, as Secretary.—
Itepnbt lean , 25 *h.
Later accounts from tho Virginia siy tLat •
was ready, and - about to make another trip t: ,
Yankee vessels, but in what direction was
matter to be revealed. She will no doubt be her
of butting somewhere in a very short lime.
Kect-ption of lleturned \ oliiiilerr*.
The Jackson Artillery are requested to ass,,
a? the armory of the Macon Volunteers, and ••
the Browu Infantry at the armory of tire Floyd
Rifles, on Wednesday morning next, at 10 oY!o,
Battalion will be formed in front of the I .ujvr
House, and the returned volunteers will be e-cori
ed to the Fair Gronud by Companies B Macon
Volunteers and Floyd Rifles.
Any other returned volunteers, who mav he a
the city, are respectfully invited to join the pu<-
ces-ion, ami to partake of the festivities of (l.*
day. I. R. BRANHAM,
Capt. Macon Volunteers, Cos. B.
11. P. WF.STCOTT,
Capt. Floyd Rifles, Cos, B.
The Committee of Arrangements publishes the
(oliowing card to the citizens with regard to pro
viding suitable materiel for carrying out the fes
tivity— which takes place to-day:
Baskict-Dinnkr to the Rkti rnkm Soumtts.—
Our citizens are requested to send eooked bread,
meat, peas, potatoes, vegetables, pies, and other
provisions, to Camp Oglethorpe between tin* houi?
of 9 and 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning next.
The Committee of Arrangements will be there to
receive the articles, and will paste the name ot
each donor on the bottom of dishes, trays and
buckets, and return them to owners. No liquor
allowed on the premises. The police will be ou
hand to preserve order.
Come, gentlemen and ladies, let us give our
soldiers a greeting on their return home, and how
them our approving smiles befoie they again leava
lor the tented field Cheer on our brave volun
teers at every stage of the war, and make th, ir
wives, ehildreu, sisters and sweethearts swell with
proud emotions.
Whatever is left wiil be distributed among tin*
needy and destitute ..f the city. Lot us make the
~f penury * a nt happy with nn abun
dant feast, and enough to tuke home lo sick ;u;i
suffeiing mothers.
The Second Georgia llntfuiton.
Major T. Hardeman, having taken fornrtai
leave of the Second Georgia Battalion, «9 their
commander, in an appropriate speech, Lt. Shingler,
Company A, offered tho followin'' resolution- 1 ,
which were unanimously adopted i
On the 20th of April last, four independent cotn
pauies were ordered from their respective homes
to resist the first rude invasion of Southern sod
By a fortuitous circumstance they were all ordered
to the city of Norfolk, where the vandals, with
impious hands, had began their work of destruc
tion. The necessity of a united effort soon sug
gested a battalion organization. With an instinct
peculiar to such an emergency, they selected a
man by a very large majority, whose subsequent
career as a commander has fully met the high
expectatious entertained. But unexpectedly to
us all, and as just reward of merit, he has been
called to a higher, more responsible and morv
permanent office. Therefore, while we cheerfully
yield him to the call of his country, our feeling
constrain us to give expression to the sense of tb„-
loss which we thereby sustain, ip the following
resolutions :
Resolved, Thar under the command of Major T
Hardeman, the Battalion has enjoyed a rep
tation for drill add discipline unsurpassed Ly a; ■
troops in the service, and which in a large mea.-w
was due to his superior ability, and devotion la
his command.
Resolved, That, in his transfer to his new pee
tion, we feel that we Lave sustained an irreparable
loss, and whether amid the routine of camp duties,
ot wars rude alarms, we shall ever miss our re
spected and beloved commander.
Resolved, That these resolutions be sent to *h.
Macon papers for publication.
~ 5
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Comrnercia'
speaking o, the escape of Gen. Bushrod Johnson
and staff from Fort Donelson, after they had been
prisoners thirty-six hours, savs: “Xo trick was
resorted to in order to effect their escape—they
simply mounted their horaeH and rode t!irou cr !i the
lines.”
Distilleries to be Closeo in Alabama.—Gov.
Shot ter has ordered that every distillery through
out the State 01 Alabama, for the distillation of
ardent spirits, be discontinued by the first day of
April next.
The Governor also ordered that no ardent spir
its shall be sold, after the first day of April next
within ten miles of any military camp in that State,
established by the Confederate or State Executive’
except upon the written prescription of a licensed
physician.
Corn and oir Colntry.—We have heard it
stated that there is one planter in a certain county
m this State who is making arrangements to plant
every acre in cotton. If there is such a mail iu
this State we hope the people will try biro, aDd
hang him high as Haman for treason. Talk about
Lincoln!tea among ua! The man who can deliber
ately resolve to do such a thing as rhi- i< meaner
tffian the meanest Yankee that ever was born
Such a mau would dig up the bones of his mother,
and make dice with them to play for a counterfeit
shinplaster upon her tombstone.- Tuscaloosa 01 •
server.
Ge.m. Femmes. — The Turns says that Col. P. J.
Semmes, of the 2d Georgian Regiment, has been
promoted to a Brigadier General ship in the Con
federate array. Those who know bis eminent
fitness for such a command have been surprised
that it has not sooner been bestowed upon
instead of incompetent politician#,