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Journal & ptsstngct.
and S. HOSE,
EDITORS AND PROI'RIKTORS.
From the Mobile Register.
Army Correspondence.
Oorioth, May 1, 1862.
TL« re is but little to write about from this
place that it would be proper to communi
cate. We are in the immediate presence of
the enemy, who is slowly but cautiously ad
vancing upon us. This impression is uni
versal, as well among officers as men, that
the great battle of the South-west, upon
which such momentous consequences hang,
mast be fought at an early day. It may
commence in forty-eight hours, and yet it
may be delayed a week, or even longer,
should the weather be unpropitious. There
were several dry and sunny days last, week
and the first of this, and the Federals availed
themselves of them to push forward their
lines. On Monday and Tuesday, however,
there was a renewal of the rains, which had
the effect to check their advance. Yesterday
it was dry, and to-day the weather is lovely,
and consequently we hear that the enemy is
again in motion.
It is not believed that the main body of
the army has left the river, to which it fell
back after the battle of Shiloh. Strong re
connoitering parties, however, consisting of
artillery, cavalry and infantry, have been
pushed forward, with a view to feel of our
lines, and to ascertain our exact position,
in accordance with this plan, the forces
thrown forward to Monterey on the road to
this place, having accomplished their object
are 1 -ported to have fallen back; and to-day
we hear that similar parties are moving upon
om* right by the Farmington road. When
ho shall have completed .his reeonuoisonces,
and obtained the information he desires,
there is every reason to believe that < Jen.
llalleck will then quit the river and attack
us in great force.
He will probably move npon us in three
columns —the central to consist of 50,000
men, and the right and left 20,000 each.
His numbers, however will depend upon the
reinforcements he may receive. Should
Curtis from Southwestern Missouri, and
Fremont from Northwestern Virginia, be
ordered to the Tennessee, Halleck will have
an immense army, numbering nearly, if not
quite 100,000 men. To defeat such a force
as this, will require all the men, arms, skill
and courage the Confederates can bring to
the encounter.
There is more or less skirmishing every
day or two, in which the enemy, owing to
the heavy force with which he conducts his
reconnoissances, frequently gets the best of
it. A detachment of cavalry made a dash
at the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, a few days
ago, at a point about live miles this side of
Bethel, and destroyed a small portion of the
track. Per contra, a battalion of Confede
rate cavalry, under Oapt. Scott, numbering
about 200, moved upon Decatur yesterday,
and frightened away some 2,000 Federals,
who burnt the railroad bridge and shelled
the town before they left. So, the good
people of Decatur did not escape, notwith
standing they compelled the Confederate
officer iu command at that point to lower
the draw of the railway bridge at the de
mand of the Federals. It is believed that
Huntsville has also been retaken by this
time. Indeed, it is probable that the Con
federates will occupy the whole line of the
Memphis and Charleston Road in a few
days.
The Federals have heard of the arrival of
Price and Van Dorn, of whom they entertain
a wholesome and well founded fear. It is
understood that they supposed it was Price
who was moving upon Decatur, and hence
the haste with which they vacua ted the place.
X shall not say whether Price was in that
neighborhood or’not, though I may venture
to remark that “ he is about/’ and will be
heard from in due season by the enemy, and
when and where they may least expect it.
The enemy’s scouts have adopted, in some
instances at least, the garb of the country
people. This is done to deceive, not only
our troops but the farmers and
possibly to gain admittance into our lines as
spies.
There is considerable sickness in the army.
The prevailing diseases are dysentery, pneu
luonia and measles; with occasional cases of
chilis and fever. The ground occupied by
our troops is low and damp, and has been
wet. for the last four or five months. The
sickness among the Federals is said to be
very great.
No part of the cavalry has yet been dis
mounted, as I was led to believe, when last
here, would be done. This is to be regret
ted,since the country is wholly unsuited to
that kiud of service, and the difficulty of
procuring forage for so many horses is very
great. Gen. Beauregard will be forced to
recourse to this measure before the Ist of
July. The force is unnecessarily large, un
less it were better trained and tho country
more open. P. W. A.
Fokt Pin.ovr. —“ Personae,” tlie correspondent
of the Charleston Courier,speaks thus of Fort Pillow:
The news from Fort Pillow is encouraging only
to the extent that we still bravely maintain the de
fence. The enemy have ten mortar boats and a
nmuber of transports. From the former heavy
firing is unceasingly kept up night and day. Thus
far the ouly casualties are the loss of a leg or an
frm ; oue of the sufferers being an aged citizen of
the neighborhood who was present to furnish aid
to the disabled, if it should be required. It is re
ported also that we burst one of onr mortars.—
The enemy are supposed to have burst three, the
peculiarity of the explosions at the several times,
and the failure of the shells to appear in their ac
customed places, indicating this probability.—
Since then only seven mortar boats have been in
use. It is my own impression that the fall of Fort
Pillow is only the work of time, as was the ease
with Pulaski, and that the enemy are not prepared
to take it until after the coming battle at Corinth.
Only two of their gunboats remain, with the mor
tars, ami the majority of their troops have depart
ed up the Tennessee to Pittsburg.
Arming N t egroes.-- There is no longer any
doubt, of the fact that our unscrupulous foe
has at last adopted the barbarous policy of
placing arms in the hand- of our slaves to
tight against us. We learn that the Van
kee regiments iu North Ala.ban»u have &<-v
era! negroes ip their tanks who wen reduced
from their loyally' during the occupation ol
I’uscumbia, Decatur and iitfcbsYiJle. —m
m %>hU Appeal,
Brutal Outrage In L«ins<#"i ,v> '
A corrcspomlcDt of the Memphis Appeal
says :
I have now to record an act of revolting
j impiousness and petty tyranny on the part of
I the Lincoln soldiery, insulting alike the
i living and the dead, which lately occured at
Lexington Kentucky, the truth of which is
vouched for by all the inhabitants, vrhi'.h
cannot be exceeded by the despicable tyrant
Alexander.
j It appears that the remains of Lieut. Ed
ward Keen, of the 2nd Ky. (( onfedciate
: Regiment, who was wounded at Fort Donel
: son, and who died at Clarksville, Tennessee,
were removed to his family at LexiDgton,|
| Ky., for iutiment. On a previous occasion
| there had been a great demonstration by the
citizens of Lexington at the funeral cortege
of one of our gallant soldiers who had fallen
at Donelson, and some abolition citizens of
j Lexington, named Dudly M. Craig, P. Scott,
| (bagging and rope manufacturer,) J. A.
| Harper, J. T. Miller, Millward, and others,
j to show their loyalty,petitioned Gen.Halleck
j to prevent such further demonstrations, and
! not permit hereafter deceased soldiers of the
| Confederate army to be brought home. —
I Thereupon, Ilaliec-k issued an order that
; hereafter no more than twelve persons should
; attend the funeral of any rebel soldier.
In the present instance, the noble quali
ties of the deceased having won him great
; popularity, Union friend* telegraphed Hal
leek, at St. Lord*, for permission for carri
-1 age?, to attend the funeral ; the request was
i granted, but the number limited to twenty.
On the day of the funeral of Lieut. Keene.
I about the 2 Ith of last March, the Colonel of
the 83d Indiana regiment, whose name, un
; fortunately, our informant has forgot ton,
posted a guard or detachment of companies
; of his regiment from the house of the de
ceased along the crossings of the principal
I streets, with two companies at the gates of
1 the cemetery, and inside surrounding the
| grave. As the funeral moved from the house
j of the deceased, there were found to be eighty
j seven carriages, occupied by ladies when the
| dastardly Colonel, with a squad of his hoosicr
| mercenaries, rode up in front of the hearse
j and stopped the procession in a most brutal
and insulting manner, ordering his creatures
to count off eighteen carriages and stop all
the rest. At this infamous outrage many
ladies got out of the carriages and proceeded
on foot with gentlemen, when, at the corner
of Second street and Broadway, they were
stoped by another company of armed Hes
sians and not permitted to pass any further.
At the gates of the cemetery the hearse
was again stopped under some pretext, and
considerable delay took place, when some
ladies in the carriages to avoid the profane
and indecent language of Lincoln’s brutal
soldiery, closed their carriage windows. At
this a number of the armed scoundrels of
company I, of the 38d Indiana regiment,
made most insulting leers, when one ex
claimed, “shut, your windows, you d—d re
bel .” The procession wasnow permit
ted to enter the burial grounds, when a scene
occured the most disgraceful ever recorded
ot a people with the slightest pretension to
civilization or Christianity. The coffin being
removed from the hearse, the brutal Lin
colnites soldierly of this 38d Indiana regi
ment, refused to give -way, in order that the
coffin might he placed in the grave, or to
permit the relatives of tlie deceased to per
torm their last and tribute to the memory of
the dead ! It was only when being pushed
aside, and seeing the firm, determination of
several friends ot the deceased, that a sense
of shame at their own infamous conduct forced
these brutes to stand back. And even after
this, when the ceremony of the solemn fu
neral rights were being performed over the
grave, and the grief and tears of women
should have commanded a holy silence and
touched a heart ot stone, these fiends inter
rupted the obsequies with coarse jokes bias
! phciuous language arid brutal laughter, mak-
I ing a mockery ot the solemnities, and scof
fing at the dead as the corpse was lowered
! into the grave !
And now tor the sequel, which ended iu
a bloody tracedv. That evening, Mr. Riley
f?narp, one ol the oldest and most respecta
ble citizens of Lexington, was approaeed by
a Dr. Letcher, when a conversation ensued,-
m which Mr. Sharp denounced the Lincolu
ito proceedings as one of the greatest out
rages ever perpetrated in a civilized commu
nity. Letcher said no rebel was entitled to
Christian burial who had fought against his
country.. Angry words passed, when Letcher
drew a. pistol but quailed before the steady
eye of the old man and slunk off. The next
day Letcher apologized to Mr. Sharp, saying
he was drunk. A notorious bully, named
Jcrrett Wilgus, having heard of the settle
ment between Sharp and Letcher, said if it
had been him, (Wilgus) he would have kill
ed the old scoundrel.
Soon after Air. Sharp passed on the street,
Wilgus approached him and abused him in
the grossest manner. The old man ordered
him oft, saying he would have nothing to do
with such a scoundrel, when Wilgus* fired,
and his shot not taking effect drew" a bowie
knife and stabbed the old man several times,
when he tell dead. Such is Liucoluisin in
Kentucky, and it is but proper that such
tacts should be made public iu order to pre
serve a true record of the history of the times.
As au incident of the preceeding day, I
must state as the return of the funeral, a
Mrs. ailey, the wife ot a blacksmith, hung
out ot her window, which was crowded with
ladies, a secession flag. A squad of Loncoln
ire soldiers made a rush for the house to get
the flag. but the ladies burnt it before they
could get in, when out of revenge the brutes
broke up the furniture in the house.
The W ar.— Since our la c t issue, impor
tant movements have occurred on the Pen
insula. Our line of defences at York town
has been abandoned, and the Confederate
forces have drawn farther up the Peninsula.
It is supposed the enemy immediately ad
vanced. Their gunboats were at West Point
yesterday, and tired upon the last train of
cars leaving for Richmond.
We hear of other important movements,
which we do not think it judicious to dis
close. The public will soon become apprised
of them. • II we are correctly informed, we
anticipate the most glorious results.— h */«•/<
)r% 5 th,
Tlie threat Naval Battle belo w New
Orleans.
Our city was much enlivened on Saturday
evening by the arrival on the South estern
train, of our gallant young townsman, Mid
shipman Leroy H. Washington, of the U. .
who was engaged in the desperate con
flict between the Federal fleet and our fleet
and forts on the river below New Orleans.
Midshipman Washington was on the Con
federate gunboat Jackson, and engaged in
the fight from the beginning until its disas
trous termination. He has favored us with
the following brief statement of facts, which
he holds himself responsible for, and can
maintain, not-withstanding the counter-state
ments made by persons connected with the
Navy but who were not in the fight.
The Confederate fleet.consisted of 12 gun
boats. 1 iron-clad steamer and the ram Man-
assas. Our fleet, or a portion of it, had been
anchored iu the river near the forts, for
some weeks, aud was there, out of sight, pro
tected by a point of timbered land during
the week’s bombardment of the forts, which
resulted in no further loss on our side than
six men killed in Fort Jackson.
On Thursday morning, the 24th April, at
4 ] o’clock, the Federal fleet steamed up the
river and opened on our gunboats and both
the forts, Jackson aud St. Phillip. The fire
was vigorously returned by our side, and in
a very short time became perfectly furious,
the enemy’s fleet and our whole force being
engaged. Iu about one hour several of the
enemy’s vessels passed the forts—the first
one in the advance having our night signed
flying, which protected her from the fire of
our boats, until she ran up close and opened
the fire herself. The battle raged with great
fury until about 5 o’clock, when it slackened
off, and the Jackson finding herself alone
and badly crippled, steamed off up the river,
pursued bv the enemy’s boats, receiving and
returning fire as she went. At about 7
o’clock, the pursuit ceased, and the Jackson
proceeded on to New Orleans, where she
was burnt by her commander, in consequence
of her being so much disabled that she could
not proceed further up the river. The per
sons known to have escaped were the officers
and men of the Jackson. What became of
the other vessels was not certainly known,
but it was believed that they were all cap
tured or sunk, as there was nothing visible
in the river when the Jackson left, except
the enemy’s vessels mostly anchored above
the forts, and seven wrecks, (three or four
gunboats,) burning.
The Confederate steamers, General Quit
man and Governor Moore, fought gallantly,
and did great damage to the advance vessels
of the enemy by running into them. They
were both burnt, but it is not known whether
by their commanders to prevent the Federals
from capturing them, or by the enemy’s shell.
The Confederate force consisted of about
700 men in the forts, about 600 on the gun
boats, aud the Chalmette Regiment, which
was stationed on the river about four miles
above the forts. This was a regiment com
posed mostly of foreigners, and it is believed
to have been nearly annihilated, as the Fed
eral gunboats poured a terrific fire upon them
Midshipman Washington confirms the tele
gram from Richmond, which states that the
Louisiana was unmanageable and of but lit
tle service iu the fight. He does not know
whether she was captured or destroyed.
At the time the Jackson left it was believ
ed that all the guns of the forts were silenc
ed and their flags shot away.
lie states that the conduct of all parties
in the light was heroic in the extreme—
that there was no flinching from fire or wa
ter—that we threw hot water upon them,
and they threw shells of liquid fire upon us
—that, so intent were our men on the fight
that they even went down firing upon the
enemy.
He states that during Thursday night and
Friday morning the authorities at New Or
leans were busily engaged in destroying cot
ton sagar, and molasses, lie thinks the
quantity of cotton burned is exagerated by
the Magnetic Telegraph. Still, it was all
destroyed except an inconsiderable number
of bales, stored about in private places. He
bestows the highest praise on Gen. Lovell,
and says his evacuation of New Orleans was
a necessity dictated alike by military reasons
and humanity. The statement made by
Capt, Farragut, that women and children
were fired on by our people when the Fed
i ml boiled approached the city, is entirely
groundless-—that three foreigners (Sicilians)
iu ( onfederate uniforms did run upon the
levee and shout for Lincoln, when they were
immediately killed by the populace.
He gives the following list ot our vessels I
engaged in the fight:
The Manassas, ram, Capt. Warley.
ihe Louisiana, iron plated steamer, Cap
tain Mclntosh. 1
The Mcllea, gunboat, Capt. Huger.
The Jackson gunboat, Capt. Renshaw.
The Defiance, gunboat, Officer not known.
Idie Resolute, gunboat, Oapt Stephenson.
The Stonewall Jackson gunboat, Captain
Phillips-
The Gen. Beauregard, gunboat, Officer
not known.
The Gen. Quitman, gunboat, Capt. Grant.
The Gov. Moore, gunboat, Oapt. Kennon.
And four other gunboats, recently prepar
ed, whose names he does not know. Be
sides these there were transports present,
viz : The Star, the Phoenix, the Music, the
Mosier, the Algerine, and several tugs, ma
king in all, he thinks, at least twenty of our
vessels that were present at the fight, and
which Oapt. Renshaw, of the Jackson, be
lieved to have been all lost.
Midshipman Washington has thus passed
through two of the most terrific engagements,
and narrowly escaped each time unhurt
lie was on the steamer 11 Sampson” wiien
Commodore Tatnall’s fleet provisioned Port
Pulaski, and on the occasion hi3 boat, al
though riddled by the enemy, succeeded iu
mulling the lire, to the surprise of every
body. And now he is one of the few survi
vors ot oue ot the most terrific naval battles
ever recorded. He thinks the enemy lost
at least as many boats as we did—not less
than fifteen or twenty.— Macon Telegraph ,
The Governor of Alabama~has ordered all
rhe cotton in Montgomery to be deposited in
oue warehouse where its destruction will
not damage the city. Owners have the priv
ilege of removing their cotton to a distance
from the city.
Nfortlicrii News.
northern account of the fall OF NFW ORLEA? g
Northern papers furnish some further par
titulars of the attack. A special dispatch
to the New York Tribune from tort \Y right,
dated 28th ult., says: . „ , ,
Now Orleans is now in Captain lorters
quiet possession. The Union fleet passed
Fort Jackson on Thursday, after a desperate
naval engagement*, in which one vessel was
sunk and several badly damaged. It is sup
posed that the Union loss is very heavy.
The rebel loss was sixty killed and one
hundred and eighty-four wounded. The en
gagement, lasted part of two days. The Un
ionists took possession of the city without a
struggle. On Friday the rebel forts evacu-
after having destroyed all the steamers
which they had no use for. They took with
them the greater part of the military stores
in the city.
There is a report that the enemy s much
boasted irou gunboat, built there as a sec
ond Merriuiac was, while on its way. des
troyed by the United States steamer Pensa-
I cola.
1 The Northern press scarcely know how to
receive the news of the fall of New Orleans.
The Herald thinks it must change the whole
feature of the war and “reduce the nefari
ous rebellion to a last feeble struggle.”—
The Herald says:
While we have been conducting formida
ble and expensive expenditions on the Miss
issippi river and on the sea coast to assail
the rebel strong-holds in the South, and sub
due them, one by one, the greatest cotton
port of the rebels has fallen into our hands,
on event which must change the whole fea
tures of the war in the South and West baf
fles the plans of Beauregard at Corinth au*l
Memphis, paralyze the actions of Johnson at
Yorktown, and reduce the nefarious rebel
lion to a last feeble struggle.
This news looks startling at the first blush,
yet it was hardly unexpected. The strong
Union force at Ship island—with General
Butler commanding the military, Commo
dore Farragut at the head of the naval por
tion of the expedition, and Commodore Por
ter conducting the operations of the mor
tar boats—has not been seen. We know
that for several days past the fleet was ly
ing in great strength directly under the forts
defending New Orleans, which they were
bombarding in a fashion described by the
rebel General Mansfield Lovell as “terrific.”
One of our gunboats had got past Fort Jack
! son, a fact which caused the utmost conster
nation in the Crescent City. But it appears
that the rebels relied upon two iron gunboats
for the final defence of the city.
One of them, the Louisiana, commanded
by Capt. Pegram, being said to excel the
Merrimac in power and armament. If New
Orleans, then, be in our possession, these
two formidable gunboats must have fallen
into our hands, unless the rebels succeeded
;in destroying them with the other boats
which they are said to have demolished.—
With Forts Jackson and St. Philip captured,
as no doubt they were, by our fleet, and Pass
Christian ocoupiod, as it has-been for some
time, the other defences would not present
a front too formidable for the force which
our gallant officers could bring against them.
We are told that, in thirty hours after the
capture of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip,
“our brave men consummated their victory,
and appeared before the great city of the
Southwest to receive its submission.”
“John” at Shiloh.
Major Henry E. Peyton, who, for services
in the field at Manassas, was promoted from
a private in the Loudoun Cavalry to Gen.
Beauregards’s staff, took with him to Corinth
his body servaut, John, who had been his
playmate in childhood. When the army
marched to Shiloh, John was left at Corinth.
But on Sunday, after the battle was over,
John turned up having come,
as he said, to ‘look arter Mats Henry.” As
soon as he found his master, the following
colloquy ensued:
“Mars’ Henry, dar is a Yankee horse bin
killed, and de Yankee officer done run’d
away, and left de finis’ saddle and bridle you
ewer see. Spose’n I and you take unrbefo
any body else kin’.”
Maj. Peyton, after consulting with some of
his brother officers, told John to go andjkke
them. Not long afterwards, John retimfed
and said :
“Mars Henry, dar’s a ole mule got loose
in de woods, and presently somebody gwine
come long dar and steal him. Now snose’n
I and you take him and put we all’s saddle
and bridle on him-”
“Very good,” said the Major, and away
went John.
Sunday night passed, and no John was to
be found. The battle raged all day Monday
and still John was not visible. Our army
retired slowly to Corinth without any symp- |
toms of John. The Major could not help j
smiling at his own simplicity in permitting
John to provide himself with all the means
of escape, without once suspecting the ras
cal’s desigu. He had also to receive the
ironical compliments of his fellow officers.
Two days elapsed, and all hopes of ever see
ing John again were dismissed, when Maj.
Brent’s boy came running in, exclaiming—-
“31 aj. Peyton’s John cornin’ up de road.”
Everybody ran out to see him. The first I
thing that attracted their attention was the
brand U. S. on the shoulder of an enormous
mule. On this mule was a large sack stuff
ed so full that it stood straight out half a
yard on each side of the mule: and on this j
sat John with a large trunk in front of him.
A shout of applause greeted him as he dis
mounted.
The booty in the sack and trunk proved
to be very rich. Shoes, socks, shirts, woolen
under-clothing, sardines, india rubber blan
kets, oilcloth havelocks, two splendid over
coats, variety of tools and a full uniform of
a Yankee General. The saddle, bridle (he
two overcoats and an india rubber blanket
John gave to to his master ; the oilier things
he kept for himself. When Major Peyton
leard tuat most of the plunder which he
had taken came from that part of the Yan
kee camp which our troops neglected to burn,
he was entirely reconciled to' John’s perfor
mance. John now parades the streets of
Lorinth dressed as a Federal General, and
is held up to the servants of the Maior’s
brolher officers as a model.— Richmond
Wtl'ih 7 thy
General Order#* No. 8.
STATE OF GEORGIA, 'j
Adj’t and Ins. General’s Office, >
Milledgeville, May 8, 1852 )
On account of the large number of troops Geor
o-ia has furnished the army of the Confederate
Government, and on account, of our peculiar insti
tution, anil tor the more perfect organization of a
police system throughout the State, His Excellen
cy the Governor ami Commander-in-chief, directs
the issue of the following order, and enjoins a
strict compliance with it. upon all militaiy o cers
and persons, of whatever age, able to do military
duty fb the State. _ ...
I. Until further orders from this office, the mili
tia companies, as also the volunteer companies not
enlisted for active service, will be mustered at their
respective parade grounds with such arms as they
can command, twice a month for instruction and
and training in military exercises. The musters
will be on such days, and at such times, as the
commander oi the company may determine to be
most convenient for the interests oi hi3 command.
11. Conscripis, until actually enrolled and march
ed to their camps or regiments, will be held liable
to militia duty uuder the laws of the State.
IU. Able bodied citizens, not liable to military
dtuv, are requested to attach themselves to the
companies of their Districts and to turn out regu
larly with them for muster as above ordered.
IV. Colonels of regiments and commanders ol
independent battalions arc directed to see to the
execution of this order, and that their companies
are properly officered. They will report, to this
office, as soon as possible, the number and quality
of arms'in their respective commands.
V. The language of the Conscription Act, lately
passed by Congress, is general, and embraces the
oficers of the militia of the States as well as pri
votes. But the States having, by the 16th para
graph of the Bth section of the Ist article of the
Constitution of the Confederate States, expressly
reserw .7 to themselves not only the appointment oj
the officers of the militia when employed in the see
vice of the Confederate Slu/es, but each State hav
mg also reserved to heiself the authority of train
ing her own uiiiitia according to the the discipline
prescribed by Congress—wliich cannot be done
without officers —and there being no vacancy that
can be filled by another in case an officer of the
militia is carried out of the State as a “Couseript”
without his consent, which, if done generally, would
entirely destroy the military organization of the
Stale, and prevent her from exercising her reserved
authority of training her militia at a time when
the safety of her people absolutely requires that
this should be Hone to prevent internal insnrree
tions, that may occur at any moment without st rict
military police regulations- therefore, the Com
mander-in-chief, after careful consideration of this
question, holds that the Conscription law’, so far as
it interferes with the officers of the militia in the
discharge of their duties by attempting to-reduce 1
them to the ranks, and place them under officers
in the Confederate service, (by which a Major j
General of the militia, for instance, might be lore-1
ibly taken from his command and placed under the
lowest subaltern appointed by the President, under
penalty of death if he refuses to serve) is not only
subversive of the rights and sovereignty of the
States, but is a palpable violation ot the Constitu
tion of the Confederate States, and to that extent
void and of no binding force upon the officers of
the militia of the State of Georgia.
He therefore commands every militia officer in
commission in this State to report, by written com
munication, directed to “Henry C. Wayne, Adju
tant, and Inspector General, at Milledgeville,” spe
cifying in his report, his rank, the number of his
District,, the date of his commission, the county of
his residence, and his postoffice. Those who thus
report are directed not to enroll themselves as
“conscripts,” but to continue actively in the vigi
lant discharge of their respective duties as officers
of the milltia. Those who report as herein di
reeled, and only those, will be protected by the
State against the operation of Hie Conscription
law.
VI. As many of the officers of the militia of j
this State have voluntarily accepted commissions !
in the Confederate service and left their places va- j
cant; and as others have died, of which no report
has been made to these headquarters, the officers
whose duty it is under the statute, will proceed to
fill all such vacancies by brevet, appointment, until
elections can be held, reporting their appointments j
to this office.
By order of the Commander-in-chief.
HENRY C. WAYNE,
Adjutant and inspector General.
Georgia Military Institute.
May 7th, 18G2.
To the Editors of the Atlanta Confederacy:
Gentlemen : It is very generally reported, I un
derstand that the Georgia Military Institute has
suspended, or is about to suspend, its exercises.—
J his report is without the shadow of a foundation.
When Georgia is subjugated her military school
will be closed ; but so long as Georgia stands erect,
and maintains her sovereignty, her military school
will be kept open, in order that her sons may have
au opportunity to qualify themselves for meeting
her foes—to qualify themselves for the post of hon
or, of danger, of usefulness and of trust.
A serious disturbance has arisen among the Ca
dets, brought about bv a combination among them
to leave the Institute, with or without the conseut,
of parents or guardians,and in defiance of the reg
ulations. They were remonstrated and urged to wait
until they could get the consent of their parents
or guardians to resign, and so leavt the Institute
in a regular and creditable iii&uner. Some heeded
but many did not. ’
Number dismissed oq
“ resigned 19
“ deserted \.... ." ii
Still in the Institute g*»
Yery respectfully,
Your ob’t servant,
JOHN M. RICHARDSON,
Acting Superintendent G. M. I.
More Prisoners.— Our pickets on the marsh
opposite Oauston s Bluff, captured another respect
able batch ot Yankee prisoners yesterday after
noon, and without firing a gun.
It seems two detachments, were sent out from
the loth Georgia, and stationed in the marsh near
Augustine creek. During the afternoon a boat
was heard coming from towards Wilmington, when
the nearest party threw themselves down in the
marsh and awaited its arrival opposite them. Un
conscious of danger, the Pederals rowed up to
within a few yards of the pickets, when the latter
suduenly sprang to their feet and ordered a sur
render. taken by surprise, and unarmed, the
entire party, numbering fifteen, gave up and came
ashore. They were taken in custody by Colonel
Douglas and brought to town for safe-keeping.
The prisoners are 15 in number, six offii-ers
good looking, well dressed men, and the remainder
seamen, all from the steamer Sumter, stationed off
VV ilmington. I hev were doubtless reeonuoiterinc
but say they were bound for Fort Pulaski on°a
trip of pleasure. The capturing party consisted of
only four.
The following is a list of officers, all of whom
belong to the U. S. steamer Huuiter :
Levi B. Cromwell, Acting Master.
Charles G. Stevens, Engineer.
Warren Ewell, Engineer.
R. I. Rusk, Master’s Mate.
A. \Y . Minor, Surgeon's Steward ; also ten sea
roco.—Sal*. Republican, May 12.
Tie F.sei,t Ballooniso. —The move,neon of
the enemy below, yesterday, seemed to indicate a
desire to break the long quiet that has reigned in
our river since the capture of Fort Pulaski. Earl v
in the forenoon, a gunboat set. out, apparently
Irom their Venus’ Point, on P a recon
noitenng expedition up the river. To the gunboat
was attached a very large balloon, for the purpose
U..d“ Wh 1 "* 0 " r ba ‘"‘ ri< ‘ 8 on ‘he river and Jain
t d .' hen near the mouth of Augustine creek
the balloon was inflated and sent „ p ° to lhe hei if
of two or three hundred feet. The boat progress
ed no further m this direction, and, after the Yan
an” retired‘V"' CUr ‘, oait . T ' she tacked about
We hope ‘hey were edified, and
compensated for their trouble. No doubt thev
StcT I? ni'Y “ formidable as they hid an’
ticipatcd. If still in doubt, though on this noint
they have only to test our works by bringing their
gusboau wuUiu mga of gur s « [hQir
macon. I
' Wednesday, May 11 |
■ —— - .... ' £
IW There are several pe rSOn ,,
have been expecting rernuUn, ~- ’
their subscriptions, but have bee n v
THE ' 1
the season by J. P. Brooks, 0,."
week.
MACON & WESTgRy p
The schedule has heoncfifln- / ■
| con af, 10 o’clock, a. m., f 0 t a u
!12 m. ’ ’ 1
THE FALL
We continue the pvrh; : ' cai q fm f ,
ticulars this week in relation v,
pation of New Orleans wViieb w”.\, '
terest.
CONSCRIPT ACT, .
Gov. I.etcher, of Virginia, in
seems to entertain the same op,
J as Gov. Brown, of its unconstut; ..,,.
! ever, exhorts the people to unity, cor.
! renewed resolve to drire the iav .v-.
| soil of (he Old Dominion, he vet ;ro c
Conscription Act, in his judgment
! constitutional, hut say»the times d?
! pension of debate upon it.
FIRF. IN ATLANTA,
A destructive lire took place on iU
commencing in a Ware-house on !i.
White Hall street. 80il bales of .-otter,
| Rice, were consumed. The build!;,
i government stores, 2f»0,n00 pound.' t
j which 10,000 were nearly destroyed %
| barrels .sugar, oil, hides, fcc. Two sion-
I on White Hall street were badly dann
about 100,000 dollars.
MANUFACTURERS’ RANK.
The operations of the Manufacturer's:
this city, which have for some time been*
ed, has again resumed business. Con;:.- .
changes have been made in the owners':.:
stock, and Wra. A. Cherry has been elec
dent. Mr. Hardie, the old Cashier, cor - 5
fill that station. The Bank has but a sun jl
ol lulls ui circulation, and is now redeem
with those of other Banks. At tl*r*
suspension, it, no doubt, had abundant a
have redeemed its issues, could it hav.- «• <’
from those whom if. had accomoduted. Th*
not the first time we have known a B*nk L
compelled to suspend because it was Lr fin
est of individuals to have it do so, for th pr,-
of paying off in a depreciated currency.
EVALUATION OF NORFOLK
This event, which has been for sometime
mised and looked for, commenced on
morning last. Our troops all withdrew tuny
vicinity, with their stores and munitio: -
what point has not been stated. The D
forces landed on Friday night, at Ocem: V
about ten miles from Norfolk, and now k
city. The Navy Yard at Gosport was h
the Dry Dock blown up, so that it v%ill be i
viceable to the enemy for a long lime, i h
j ram Virginia was attempted to he taken up
i river, but the draft not permitting, was -ot
j and blown into fragments by the explo- >:
| magazine.
The policy of our Government seems to *
ing an entire change by abandoning our .m and
| defences, and throwing our troops into I
masses to meet the large armies of the J t-dt
but of the reach of their navy, where we
we always have, successfully cope with th.
However, mortifying it may be to abandon v,
on wliich so much expense and labor have
bestowed, we cannot but anticipate beneficial
suits to our arms from it.
PRICE OF IMPFR.
To show the extraordinary price.-, a i w ! !
is now selling, we copy from the I'harle-ton pa;
those of two Auction sale. 9, one of w uli was
week : Blue laid fools cap paper ■' - v o
per ream ; blotting paper (thin i V-. -5; cor- ;
$2 25 per doz. At another sab* common
paper 810 75 per ream ; white letter, ruled
note paper $9 25; envelope- vll ' '
per thousand. Most of this paper, in M
times, did not sell over >'2 00 to 6 :B
Foolscap and letter paper i now ret.ii ; B
city at one dollar per quire. Now let ourß
and especially those in arrears make thcirß
tion of the expense we are at, in ftiiii
with Xnespoper. If any thing could -H
consciences to a payment, we think it -B
this.
P. S.—At another sale, on the 7 1 , H.
paper sold at sl4 <n) lo $.14 00 per n--- &
sl7 75 to sl9 00.
In connection with the high prices,
add a curtailment , which is a recent
the mode of putting up a ream of paper,
it contains the proper number of quires ®
twenty sheets to the quire—being a swindle Bi
no doubt iuteuded) to the purchaser of Cm*
of what he supposes he is buying, unlei- a *
of it by the seller.
TEREBENE OIL.
This is anew substitute for Camphine, £er“-
&e., and said to be, where it has been
best aud cheapest light in the world. It • 3
tiapd in Atlanta by Massey & Lansdell, u
and a quarter per gallon. Also by h aai
Markley & Joyner, at one seventy-fee. i;e
seem to be varying in Atlanta, but if ft* 8
reaches here (if it has not#lready) it will Pro
- from three to five dollars, to correspond
other articles iu our market. If people cho
use it, they will probably find it to their inter-,
send tlreir cans to Atlanta to be tilled. 111 '''
ever, suspected, that the article is little othe.
spirits of turpentine, (slightly d"< toi < a ai.
which can be hslight at one do: ar fit
this city.
The following is the substance of an a
the Charleston Courier, which ‘• aT3 • . '
ing the Terebene Oil, it is not turpentine ,
extract from pine gum, to which, b
tilled of all substances that constitute turp-nt
there is then added one ot the
makes it perfectly non-explosive. I ' IUT '
at all depths in the lamp, gaaging irom
to the bottom. I have dipped a nghtf and R -'
a quantitv of it without setting it on
next place it is cheaper than the cueap* c
only half cent's worth of it being consuo> u
an hour.”
Grant’s “Victory.”—Grant's “victory •••
loh, which he claims, is very much like tu
scribed by “ John Phienix.” He says: 1
the enemy down by my nose, which I bad
between Ui§ purpose *’*