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3 r.a iiuaiiiint'. ar<* paired by law to be advertised ii* h
’ ' N " fy days previous to the day of sale.
1 "hi-■ ■ i »>e hold oo the first Tm tday in the mouth, ;
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rror. iT> i» >itoated.
* ot t’xe.HOsJAi, I'kopsrtv mant be advertised in like j
£• -niter, forty days.
. ,ri..£ to Oketohs ifto ORtou'oss of an Estate inu .t he j
, c.ii-ri.- i h.rty days. . ]
’ ... ,ci ih& application Will ho made to the Ordinary foi
, (~ -li L.iil and Negroes, must t*e published weekly for *
i y c tic'nth*. »
On t;io.f-i ior Letters of t.linini-'.trati.ms, thirty days ; for [
-'lon from Administration, monthly, six months; for t
so nr.iStiou froro Ouardianship, weekly,forty day-.
l> r .... joh FoaECj.oPisa oh MoftTOAQis, tnonthly, four
ifciatln; for establishing lost papers, for tbe full space of
, hrw months; for compelling titled from executors or ad
minisfrators where a bond has heon given by the deceased,
tfe fall spire of three in uiths.
tfgf* Letter', ad dressed to 8. ROSE & CO.
ami tfcia.
Pot cssio.tal aud Rosisfss Caros will be Inserted under
,hl« head, at the following rates, viz :
For Three lines, per annum, $ 5 00
" Horen Hne3, do 10 00
“ Ten lines, do 12 00
“ Twelve lines, do 15 00
No advertisements ol this class will be admitted, unles*
paid for in advance, nor for a1 e' term than t welve months.
of over t welve line. 1 , will be charged er.o rata-
Advertisements not paid for in advance will be charged at
tie regular rates. *
KKUUI/alt MEE'rINO&P
OF MASONS, KNIGHT TEMPI/AR3, ODD FEL
LOWS AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
HELD IN THE CtTf OF MaOON.
MASONS.
Grand Imdge of Oeorgia for 1880, October 81st.
Macon Lodg», No. 5, ilrst and third Monday nights la each
month.
Constantine Chapter, No. 4, second Monday alght la each
month.
Washington Council, No. C, fourth Monday night la each
IfioUth.
Ft Ocaor’s Encampment. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meetings
*very ilrst Tuesday night in each month,
ODD FELLOWS.
Grand Lodge, first Wednesday in June,
tiiand Encampment, Tuesday previous.
FrMikiln Lodge, No. '{, every Thursday evening,
rotted brothers, No. ft, every Tuesday evening,
iia oa Union Encampment, No. 2, second and fourth Mon
day evenings in each rrufnth
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Uiir.J Division, fourth Wednesday in October, aanualiy.
■ n.T. .i.tt.i nm
PROFESSIONAL CARPS.
I. l.tlllU ,v I tIIERNOS.
attorneys at law,
MACON) 0.4*
ijRAOTiOB In the Counties of the Macon Oirnult, and In
a»B Countiee of Sumter, Monroe and Jones , also In toe
federal Courts at Savannah,
tl liVEKROI SK A INSLIiV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
fvNOX.VILIiE AND FORT VALLEY, G.\.
O P. OULVERnOUSR, F. A. ANSLKY,
tviioxville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga.
oct H '(0 l.v
1.. fir. WHITTLE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAOON,
• tPiC'h n.-*%i to cONOKRT HALT.,over Payne's Drug Store
I'lluii tK it. CAJBAWISS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
tJLL t CA-^a..
Wtl.l. attend promptly to all business entrusted to hio
cart- in the Counties of Monroe, liibb, Butts, Crawford,
uea, Pike, Spahllng and Upson. [may I‘2 ’ss]
KE7IOVAI..
Y > u ||.l, has removed his Law Olliceto Cherry street
iy, up stairs of building next below H. A. Wise’s furnish
ing <tore. ife will attend tlie Courts as heretofore.
Macon, Oct. 1,1861. oct»-tf
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OPPOSITE LANIER HOUSE,
MACOM.
GO TKV ONK OF OUR
3s *" ' i p New Black Pocket Hats.
5 3f 9 W
OS % 5 | B Buy one NEW STYLE
£J £ | W BROAD BRIM.
a “ 2. IS .
% Z Z ™ ™ The X ZOUAVE
f*3 s G' £ 3 A
52 •3 r < HH BLACK TRIMMED
os 3 « r
z * > Will BECOME you!
Itawi iL O'.
rs 'Z TP* So will the
ES
* ; | V? MAROON
£ cl And the
F.x. Nat. Nutria.
• i So will the LIGHT BLACK
g H w BROAD ROUND
Sss ? S P SOFT HATS.
June» C. B. STONE & BHO.
STOReT
Lanbreth’S fresh garden speds.-w. a.
ELLIS has just received a large supply ot
CARDEN SEEDS,
From Lanareth’a, warranted genuine,for sale at the lowest
prices, wholesale and retail.
JSsif”Also, a general assortment of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 16,tf W. 8. ELI-IA,
jm. -ism. u ®
WHFELER & WILSON’S Sewing Machines
at standard prices; anew and fine lot Just opened
and for sale by F.. J. JOHNSTON A CO.
ntar 14 Second Floor.
Fare Corn and Rectified Whiskej
H A/A BBLS. Whiskey, consisting of “ Ward A Carey’
I \/l_y Extra Rocttfied,”“ Kentucky Pure White,”Ten
oeaseeCorn,”Georgia Planters,” “Pike’s MagnoUa,’’and
ather Brands,all received direct from the DistiUers,and
9 sale low hy MtiCALLIE 4 JONH.
fB*l?
BUSINESS CARDS.
ffiOS. HARiiiuia,- a. o. «,BP4.Ri9.
HARDEMAN & SPARKS,
WARE-HOUSE
A N D
Couuii Merchants.
M A CON. (i A.,
VV '' ' U r ‘‘“ , * r,t attf iition tw the aelling %nA storing
if of Cott.iu, and to the fiiiing of orders for plantation
aa.i family supplies. With many years experienoe and
with their bed efDirts to serve their friend*, they hope to
have a enatinuance r.f *he liberal patronoge heretofore
extended ti. thni.i. Libera) advances made when required,
August 15th lsf.ii, fly.)
COATES &, WOOLFOLK,
COTTON FACTORS. |||
H avp lltiiiG* oil I hirtl Ntiwf.
WII.Ij cuntlmie to give prompt attention to business
entrusted to their care. Advances made on Cotton
in Store. Sept. 25, 1 SGl—tf
JOHN ReifOFlKtn, JOrUJCA SCHPFIEKD
►Schofield. & Bro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
MACON, GEORGIA.
VST F, are prepared to Manufacture Steam Fnc liiea.
f Y CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and UIN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
Os every description IKON UA lU.NG ana V£K>
ANISAHN. 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«ts, Public Squares,
Church Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do weilto
give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
as any Northern Establishment.
Specimens of oar Work can he seen at Rose Hll)
Cemetery, and at various private residences In this city.
Jan 1-lbol
IRON WORKS,
iYJACOS, GEORGIA,
T. O. N I S B E r I%
HAVNIG removed his FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
WORIvS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon
i Western Shops, he is now prepared to manufacture ail
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
—•
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On teims aa iavarable as any Estabiishmeui eiiiior North or
South (mar lit) T. C, NISBK'T.-
D. O HODGKINS & SON,
ntiiKa:- is aud »a s uf.ioi s« eas or
RIWiKB. ~
khd Sportiag
a ru vi DOORS nELOw IH£
Ltui lev Housdf
Jan. 1,1860. ts
l 11. BURGrIIAIID,
WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND DEALER IN FANCY
WARES, DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES, IN
GEN ERA L, ARTICLES OF V RRTU, AND MUBICAL
INSTRUMENTS, CUTLERY, FINEST IMPORT
ED AND AMERICAN WATCHES, TIME
PIECES, CLOCKS, CHRONOMETERS,
C III ROGRA PHI C IM PI.KMRNTS,
AO., &0.,
Ckoriy St., Macon, Second door below the Telegraph
Printing House.
ri'IISAiNIA Vl' I, for past favors,reminda «-
J the public that all the most fashionable,
elegant and desirable goods in this line will
continue to be found at this elegant stand (
iu the greatest variety. ijJgggsygSw*
No trouble to show Goods. feh 29-*CO-y
NEWJFIKM.
L. p. STRONG & SONS.
| KWIS P. STRONG ten
l.J ders hia grateful thanks
or the liberal patronage /\ fy*
tended to him for thelast Ai
wenty seven years,and re
ectfully announces that he *"****
e further prosecution ot Jg#-
the business, h'.s two sons,
EDGAR P. STRONG and ~-i^
FORRESTER W. STRONG,
under the name, firm and
style of L. P. STRONG A
SONS, and will continue to
keep on hand and offer, a large and select assortment of
Boots Shoes anil GenUnei*
of all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturers. He
respectfully asks for the uew firm, a coutiuuauce oi the lib
eral favor extended to the old.
Macon, January 2, 1860 . 41-y
GRANITE IIA IVIL.
IWOIXD respectfully inform my OLD FRIENDS and
PATRONS, that since the fire, I have obtained the Rooms
in the building NEXT ABOVE, the “Granite Hall,” and over
the store of R. P. McF.voy and Messrs. Bostick & Lamar,
where I have opened, and will be pleased to see my friends
and customers, and will do ray best for their comfort and
pleasure. Very Respectfully,
may 1 BCNJ. F. DENSE.
BROWN’S HOTEL,
Opposite the Passenger House, Maoon, Ga.
BY E. E. BRO wN & SON.
ready on the arrival of every Train. The
Proprietors will spare nu pains to mate their guests
comfortable. fob 82 4S-‘6O-y
mi:“STUBBLEFIELD HOUSE
-14 Lika the PhGenix from its Ashes.^
;itK AT large, new and Elegant House, recently erected
k cm the ruin* of cay r.la establishment, Mulberry street,
| Macon, G&-, ia r»o»v open for the reception and accommda
tion of Boarders and transient guests.
The House has been newly furnished throughout, in the
' best manner., and the jfroprietor wiii endeavor to make It a
FIRST CI-.4SS HOTEL,
Its situation is eligible, a ilttie below the Methodist and
opposite the Presbyterian Ohareh, and neat the Baals and
places of busine-s.
Conc*4>t«d with the House is & i&rge
Livery and Sale Stable,
where Drovers and others can find accommodations for
their stock. , ,
The patronage of bis old friends and oi the traveling
public generally, U respectfully *> Uc "^ UBBLEFII^.
~ Washington Hall
iS STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
tfASSEENE, Proprietor,
i AUftCta, Qa.» Dece»t*r, 1861.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1802.
411 ttuiet Alenic iht Potomac ToAighi,
‘‘All aior.fr the Potomac,*' they say.
•'Except now and then a stray picket
I- as he watLs on hts b«aL to and Iro,
H? & rifleman hid in the thicket ,l
a private or tvro, now and then,
W iii no! count in the news of the battle
Not an officer loat -only one of the men-
Moaning nut, alt alone, the death rattle.
Alt quiet along the Potomac to-night,
\\ here the soldiers he peacefully dreaming:
1 heir ten to in the rays of the clear autumn noon
Or the light of the watobfires, are gleaming.
A tremulous aigh as the gentle night wind
Through the forest leaves slowly is creeping;
'While the star* up above, with their glittering
eyes,
Keep guard--for the atmy is sleeping,
J here’s only the found of the lone sentry’s tread,
As hr- tramps from the rock to the fountain,
And thinks of the two on the low trundle Led,
1 ar away in the cot on ihe mountain.
II:s musket falls slack—hi3 face, dark and grim,
Grows gentle with memories tender,
As he mutters a prayer foT the children asleep—■
For their mother, may Heaven defend her.
The moon seems to shine as brightly as then
That night when the love yet unspoken
Leaped up to his lips, and when low muimcred
vows
Were pledged, to he ever unbroken ;
Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, .
He dashed oti tears that are weiling,
And gathers his gun close up to its place,
As if to keep down the heart swelling.
He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree,
The footstep is lagging and weary,
Yet onward he goes through the broad belt of
light,
Toward tbo shades of a forest so dreary.
Hark! Was it the night wind that rustled the
leaves ?
Was It the moonlight so wondrously Sashing?
It looked like a rifle—“ Ha !—Mary, good bye 1”
And the life blood :s ebbing and plashing.
All quiet along the Potomac to-night.
No sound save the rush of the river ;
While Bolt falls the dew on the face of the dead—
The picket’s oil* duty forever.
A Big Scare,
The Shenandoah Valley correspondent of
the New York Times, iu his letter dated
Harrisonburg, 7th inst., describes the pur
suit of Jackson and the attack upon the
rear-guard of his araiy near Harrisonburg.
The following extracts will be found par
ticularly interesting :
A scout came iu and reported that out
two miles were forty or fifty rebel cavalry
aud a few infantry, that the horses and men
were too tired to either rim or fight, and
could be easily captured. (i We ll have a
lit/Vr. *•!.».., TTwuia you mie to see it?"
said the Colonel (Windham) turning to me.
The next minute the bugle sounded “to
horse. * v 5;: * The Colonel ordered
Capt. tShellmire’s company in the front, not
os skirmishers, but as the advance, for so
much did he rely on tlie thorough scouting
it was supposed the woods had undergone
that he neglected this customary precaution.
On rode the column, with sabre at shoulder
and carbine ready. Very soon a few scat
tering shots could be heard in front, and as
it was necessary to know what was going on,
l galloped up. An orderly came thundering
past. “What is. the matter?" “There’s
trouble ahead, and I’m going for reinforce
ments.”
Not dreaming from the scattering nature
of the tire that there was any immediate
danger, I was jogging leisurely along the
centre of the cavalcade, when the head came
charging down upon us. “ Fall back ; Fall
back!” Ashby’s cavalry and Jackson’s
whole army are coming. It was scarcely a
time for remonstrance, when the chances
were that if one escaped the pursuing lbe
he’d be ridden down by his retreating friends,
and 1 drew my mare into a sort of side path
in the woods and began to pick my way
back as best 1 could. lam sorry to say it,
but “such an utter scene of rout and demo
ralization as then ensued J never before
witnessed.” I can now imagine what Bull
Bun was. Our long cavalcade, those in the
rear and even in the centre, utterly ignorant
of what the exact danger was that threaten
ened, galloping wildly as for their lives, aud
hurling iu their precipitate flight, sabres,
carbines, blankets, and every thing ebe that
could possibly add an ounce to their weight.
Through tlie woods they tore, and out to an
open space, where a hill offered its broad
brow to reform upon. “ Halt here, men,
for the love of the mothers that bore you if not
feryour own manhood’s sake!” But no;
officers galloped after men, shouting “ Halt!
halt!” but savagely spurriug their own
steeds, and on dashes the chaotic mass of
horsemen, as though the arch fiend was af
ter them. And it was only forty or fifty of
Ashby’s cavalry after all! for they halt on
the crest of this rough, rocky hill, and dis
charging their carbines and revolvers at the
back of us retreating stragglers, as our
horses go sliding down A few of our men
halt on the position from whence they start
ed, but the majority go plunging into town,
shouting: “Our regiment is all captured
and cut to pieces, and we’re the only ones
left,” and a pretty set of cowards you are,
cavalry gentlemen, if your own story be
true, to have bought your worthless exist
ence by sacrificing th# lives oi your com*
rades and the honor of the flag you bear.
Georgians Killed.- —The Richmond
Dispatch of Saturday says :■ — Five soldiers
belonging to the Bth Georgia Regiment were
killed yesterday by a shell from a battery ol
the enemy located on the Charles City road.
The Reporter saw at the office of the Assis
tant Provost Marshal, G. W. Alexander, a
part of the shell that caused the mischief,
and also the barrel of a musket which was iu
the hands of onetif the unfortunate Georgians.
It had been cut into by the shell and the stock
hrokeu io pieces.
feh 29--’CO-y
The Loiuioii “ tuiiej.”
ihe Mobile Register has been favored
with a copy of the New York Evening
I /W 5 of the “Oth tilr , in which we find the
first allusion to the •• Index the new Con
n derate organ published u> London under
me editorship of Henry Horize. He copy
the following notice by the /W, and an ex
tioct which it makes from the “ Index" :
[From th* Ne* York Eweair.g Post.]
. ANOTHER RESULT OF THE BLOCKADE.
A new journal in the interest of the re
bels it. to be published in England. It is to
called the Index, and in its prospectus it is
remarked that engaged in a life and death
struggle against a vastly superior foe, these
St&tCrj (the rebel) sutler even more from
tbn intellectual blockade which excludes
thfm from communion with the rest of
mankind than from the commercial difficul
tiep of obtaining their much needed sup
plies.” The Index will supply the world,
and especially the British public, with what
its editors cali “reliable southern intelli
gence-” If the Index writers really mean
to tell the truth about the rebels, we think
it in index of their prudence to secure their
own safety and that of their journal from
the vengeance of Davis and his fellows, who
fear and hate no one so much as ihe people
who tell the truth about them.
Perhaps among the first Southern myste
ries the Index will clear up will be that in
volved m its statement as io the effective
ness of the “intellectual blockade,” and the
comparative ineffectiveness of the commer
cial blockade; for it will certainly be said if
it is so easy to run into some of the South
ern ports with cargoes of merchandize, in
spile of our guard ships, it ought to be
much easier to transport letters and papers;
aud the man who should talk of an ‘'intel
lectual blockade,” would be justly counted
a mere unintellectual blockhead.
A WORD FROM THE SOUTH ON THE COTTON
PROSPECT.
The Index, the official Confederate jour
nal in London, has in its last number some
remarks, in the main just, on the difficulties
which would embarrass the export of cotton,
even if the country were suddenly restored
to peace, or if France and England should
ally themselves to Davis, aud with their
fleets force open the Southern ports:
“ It must be kept in mind that, under tho
most favorable circumstances—the imme
diate repudiation of the blockade, sunnorted
hy u competent naval force to sweep every
blockading vessel from the Confederate
coast—the supplies of cotton must still con
tinue to be for many months scant and dear.
Nature has arranged for the Southern States
a business season which mam cannot invert.
As the staple matures,the rivers,to which cot
ton kinds are of little value, begin to rise;
and during Ihe long harvesting of the crops
—the so called picking season —bale after
bale, in small lots, as soon as ready for the
market, are placed on board the fleet of
steamers which swarm on every navigable
water course. At the same time the seaport
eities become healthy, and admit of the im
migration of a large white laboring class
from the North, who are indispensable to
the proper and prompt disposal of the crop.
Thus the picking, ginning, baling, transpor
tation and sale of the staple are so near
simultaneous, that when the last bale is
picked on the plantation, the business sea
son in the seaport is already drawing to its
close.
“Contrast with this the conditions under
which the crop of 1801 is to be moved,
should the ports be opened during the sum
mer. The rivers are low, and navigable on
ly for boats of the lightest draught. Os
such boats no new ones have been built for
the trade, as is usual even in ordinary sea
sons; but. a great many have been converted
to warlike purposes. The cotton lies uu
ginned on the plantations, and though a
bountiful supply of gunny bags aud iron
ties from this coutry may, in a measure, re
move this difficulty, these supplies must first
reach the planter ere the cotton can be made
ready for shipment. Suppose all these ob-
removed, whence shall come the ne
cessary labor at the seaport. The class which
always supplied it—even if it could endure ;
the fatal summer heats, and yellow fever
was banished from the Gulf coasts —now
compose the bulk of the Federal armies.—
Will there be instantly disbanded, aud if so,
will the Confederates permit, without ques
tion, the same invasion which, in another
form, they hate poured out their life-blood
to resist ?'
Xarrov) Escape of Gen. Jackson from
Capture,—By the mail from the Valiev we
have intelligence of a remarkable escape of
Gen TANARUS, J, Jackson from capture while out
reconnoitring with his staff on Thursday
last Coming to a bridge he was about to
cross, when on the bridge he discovered a
cannon planted and trained upon him, and
the enemy in force behind. It was too late
to retreat precipitately. So, with a cool
ness and an air that was characteristic of
the man, Jackson rode up, and pointing to
the piece, said in a tone of authority to the
guard, “Who told you to place that piece
there? Bemove it and plant it on yonder
height.” The men in charge moved to obey,
and Stonewall, buttoning his coat, turned
his horse’s head to his staff and dashed off at
their head. Too late the Yankees discover
ed who their visitor was, and, hastily unlirn
beiing the piece, fired its charge after him
without effect. A rapid pursuit resulted in
the capture of two of his staff, but the gal
lant chief escaped to fight them “another
day” under more favorable circumstances.
'—Richmmi QitmUch* 1
Freni th*Kn<>xvtUe Rv.<t«:er,S4fh.
li»«* Huuilioii «if Tasl Teniiewei-.
Dunng the last week the enemv who en
tered East Tonneswe at Wilson s Gsp, in
largo ioree, has been steadilv making his
way up Powell’s Valley, and at our latent
advices, v-as iu pos.tessioa of Tate well, the
county sea! es Clai! orne: The only oppo
sition he has encountered so far, that we can
hear of, has been from the cavalry of our
gallant Col. Ashby, who has been continual
ly skirmishing with his pickets, aud harass
ing him no little in bis progress. Henry
Ashby has the right mettle in him, and bids
fair to win as4dgb a name in the valliea of
j Fast Tennessee, as his brave cousin, the la
; mented Gen. Turner Ashby, did in the Val
! ip y of Virginia. Wc hope’ for him as much
renown but a longer career.
I The enemy’s position at Tazewell is a
I threatening one, and if he is not attacked
; ” at °uce and furiously,” may result in giv
\ lll g kirn advantages That may be irretrieva
ble ruin to us. Tazewell is immediately iu
| front of Cumberland Gap, on the nearest
route from Knoxville to that point. Pow
ell’s \ alley extends into Virginia, and from
Cumberland Gap, through this Valley to
Moccasin Gap, is one of the best roads in
the country. Thence to the Salt-works, and
to the Va. & Tcnn. Kailroad at Abingdon,
there is nothing to stay his victorious ca
reer, unless he is at once attacked aud routed
|by the army of Gen. Smith. The posses
[ sion, or even the partial destruction of the
I Salt-works, by the enemy, would be a ca
• lauiity to the Confederate States more se
rious than the fail of Richmond, for these
works are now almost tbe sole reliance of
the South for one of the most indispensable
necessaries of life.
The character of the enemy in Powell's
alley is one, also, which, in addition to
other incentives, should rouse up our gov
j crumenfc to every possible exertion to at
| once destroy or drive him back. He is in
part composed of the five or six regiments
ot East Tennessee renegades, who come with
oaths of vengeance on their tongues and
hellish rage in their heart«, not to fight for
a political sentiment, nor to restore a perish
ed Union, but to glut their revenge in tlie
blood and ruin of their former friends and
neighbors, and to indemnify themselves by
pillage for rims lost and substance wasted
during the self-banishment into which they
were deluded by the cunning and unprinei
jflpj whom the misnuided leniency
of this Government have spared to Jena
them on iu this diabolical work. Their
course already har been marked by outrages
; which shock humanity, as we learn from
those Southern citizens who have escaped
from their hands.
Another feature of their programme, wc
have it plausibly hinted, is the destruction
of the bridges on the upper end of the East
Tennessee & Virginia Railroad. If they
are permitted to reach Moccasin Gap in Yir
j ginia, an easy and unprotected road through
; Hawkins, Sullivan and Washington counties,
brings ihem to the bridges at Union and
Carter’s Depot. Carter and Greene coun
ties are now swarming with armed traitors
and bridge-burners, who openly avow their
readiness to co-operate with any force the
Federal.s may send on this mission:
All these facts sufficiently indicate, we
think, the imperative necessity of at once
checking the progress of the invader’s up
Powell s Valley. Gen. Smith has a crisis
to encounter which will admit of no dallying
or half-way measures. We trust and be
lieve that he prove himself equal to the
emergency. Bv a rapid and determined coup
he may rid East Tennessee of a scourge,
avert a most serious danger from the Con
federacy, and at once place himself iu the
front rank of the heroes of this revolution.
The troops who have so long beeu pining in
this region for want of active service, as
well as those who have come from wiuniog
laurels in other fields, all are burning with
noble ardor at the prospect of meeting the
euemy. Let them at once be led against
him, and victory is sure. If the golden op
portunity is lost, aud the foe has time to j
strengthen his columns and choose his posi
tions, the consequences may be disastrous
to ua to a degree wc shudder to contemplate.
The Mormons. —The Northern papers are pre
dicting that their Government will soon have florae
trouble with the Mormons. Brigbßtn Young was
recently inaugurated Governor of Utah, and made
a characteristic speech, from which we extract a
few sentences. It wiil be *«pen that Brigham ex
pects to have a large family. The old chap tails
in this way:
We are cot going to be aa“s£ed with & mere
pre-emption right on th® soil in this territory.—
Should the Government grant to every head of a
family six hundred and forty acres of land, and to
each wife and child their portion, as was done in
Oregon Territory, that would give to me and my
sons and daughters quite a scope of country. But
shall we be satisfied with that? No; I am going
to have a larger pre-emption than the Territory of
Utah. In a few year3 this territory wfl] not con
tain my c-wn posterity. In twenty years from now
this spacious bail will not hold my children, and
in twenty years more they will more than fill this
territory. I cannot put up with this small posses
sion. ft might do very well for men of small
families, say two or three wives and tweety-flv? or
thirty littio ones, but for me and mine it is cot
enough.
Among the killed cn the Yankee sido la
the battle of the Cblckabominy Is the name of
Thomas Francis Meagher, the “much-lauded and
highly-applauded’ Irish patriot, who did so much
in New York to arouse the spirit of his Irish
brothers against ns. He led the G2tb Erin regi
ment id to the fight at Manassas, and then ran
away to Washington, exclaiming that tbe South-,
erners had won their independence. Recovering
from his fright, Col. Meagher was made a briga
dier, and raised a brigade ol liia countrymen to
slaughter Southerners, and led them on to the
Chickahomioy to fall there bim?elf .—Richmond
Etminsr*
VOLUME XL-NO 15,
Tiii» Lrac'iidUosi o ! Cnmberia ii
I >* ? extract tlie following paragraph 3 f: rr,
the Knoxville correspondent of the
■ Confederacy:
It is known that Cumberland Gan ip en
tiHj abandoned. General Smith Will c t
be compelled to establish another lino of do
fence. In my last I intimated from the
best information I could gather, that the
Clinch river would constitute this line
No doubt our commander has acted with
becoming prudence end fore%igbt in aban
doning his old position and making this rtv
|er the position for present operations. He
bus never y°t succeeded in drawing them
out into Powell’s \ alley, which, as you arv
1 aware, rtreteho* for uiilea sinus the "base of
the Cumberland Mountain. Whenever the-,
would make their appearance in this Val! v
h«* would pursue them, but suddenly the’
, would tail back into the gorges of this
W ata.u and make their escape, Dv u.i
present line of defence, he will probably
succeed in drrwing them out and catch t..c. .
far enough away from their dent to give
them battle.
You and your readers may rest assured
that Geu. Smith will do ali he can to main
tain his position in East Tennessee.
The uneasiness consequent upon the ev:\c
uation of Cumberland Gap is diaappcai n z
and matters are assuming a more i. .
attitude. lam safe in saying that oui u
thorities have no idea of giving up East
i Tennessee.
We can now appreciate the evacuation of
j the Gap. While it was a formidable p* :i
--i tion, jtfc on account of a number of
| below this one, which were open to th<*
! obstructed passage of infantry and cav.,! ,
| and even artillery, we wer * in a con } . n
;to be flanked, and exposed r.t the same v
|to an attack in front. Nut only but
was utterly impossible to prov.-k » th-m i *
battle. As if is now, they can pr-.t \
drawn out into the plains, awi.\ fiow» i
mountain retreats, uhere wo can mak •
realize the effective virtue of bul.
| bayonet, when wielded by Southern
J OSS.
| Fedkfals at Holly Springs —;
! thorities in this city have rec« i\( (1 ,:•< .
j tiou that Holly Springs w>o. euj • i
i considerable force of the enemy id" lit >
'last. They made their appearance sud b> •
without any previous warning to tbecitiz ri ,
! and. of course, much confusion ensu
The provost marshal was among the pii-v Ti
ers taken. A train was about ready • )
leave for the South at the time, upon which
many citizens attempted to take refuge for
the purpose of escaping. The crowd v». •
fired upon, and Lieut. Hall, of the 0. S A ,
and others were killed. A painful rumor
has prevailed all day that amoug the nuunbr r
was our esteemed Iriend, Gen. A. B. Brad
ford. We have however, been unable to a.
certain the truth as to the fato of the latter
gentleman.
No public stores remained at Holly Spring ,
and the fruits of the inroad will be worth If ,
except so far as Yankee desire for blood
satisfied with that of tße defenceless inli b
itants who were no indiscriininontely slaugh
tered. \Ve shall get full parucahfr- r -?a. .y
as possible.— Appeal.
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How to Pray.—Th<‘ following order bi* been
issued in New Orleans :
Offick Military Command 1 ! New Orleans, )
City Hall, 28th day oi May, 1562. f
[General Order , .V. —.]
Hereafter, in the Churches in the City of New
Orleans, prayer* will not be offered up for the h.
gtruetiou of the UnloiiJfr Constitution of the U ’
ted States, for the success of tba rebel armif-, for
the Confederate States ho called, or any oiL :>;■■■ of
the same, civil or military, in tbeir official capa- tr
While protection will be afforded to all Church*
ee, religious houses and establishments, and reli
gious “services are to be bad as in times of pro
found peace,” this protection will not dp rllowt .
to be perverted to the upholding of treason or
advocacy of it in any form.
Where thus perverted it will be withdrawn
G. F. Sheplfy, Military Commandant.
A German journal relates the following anec
dote, on the authority of a traveler recent!? re
turned from Africa: “A wealthy Arab, reeling
near the frontiers of Morocco, lately pain hi £ .
visit to Algiers, and was present at a b*ll. 0
return home, he said to bis wires : ‘What Ftrar.ge
creatures these French women are! Would to:
believe it?—they absotutely carry an open um
brella under tbeir petticoat*!’ Such was the idea
formed of crinoline by this son of Mahomet.”
Halleck Marching East.—The P ?h
--mond paper* state that reliable informal; n
has been received from Washington, that
Gen. Halleck has* moved from Cor ini t. to
Maryland, and that arrangements have bc-n
made for the transfer of his army to him
within two weeks. It is a very import *
movement. The object evidently is, by a
rapid transposition of troops, to overt?., im
Jackson first and eo take Richmond after
wards.
General Price has fought thirteen ba r
and suffered no defeat, and yet regarJs ti>.
retreat from Corinth, the rear of wi c e
brought up and protected. the p* u■< t
occasion of bis life. He -va£ in the swddi«.
four days, and on the retreat be t
fight and repulse the enemy six im
which he did successfully, iuffu:. : : •-
loss upon them, and bringing off ever ,
in perfect safety.
Rates or Postage.—From and afur t :
Ist of July next, the rates of postage w.d
be «s follows : For eyery letter not exceed
intr half an ounce in weight, conveyed mi!o
mails for any distance within the Confeder
ate States, there shall be charged 10 cents
And forever? additional half ounce in weight,
or additioal weight, of less than half au ounce,
there shall be charged additional single poet
age.