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Georgia f«nnut( tmd itlcssoigcr. BY s. HOS.p; & CO. Hit' Georgia Jounia! & t, i ,‘veryVV*dne*.i&j >a.ur,t7i£at $2 s<i j.er aricun^ , i i»: jt J at- rie r. chr.ri-:c will he On Dotua ► ; « </I os* auMDftti* worms vk l. !-:, for theiirM.in.vi i .a:l t ill/ Cr* . ; f.>< each iast-mon. *“'] . ti......... I-u.»t a- io time, wiii be ].ueli«u>a , .1 l'urti.t ir.vl chared rn ;or4jii|h.v. * liuerai Jli ‘ , ' UM ‘ ..v-m t*. thus*- wh.. aiAvßrtis#* i*y tfltS y‘ a . r ; , , , kmOK ..i OTBH ■' ul r ' ■' ♦-*“»>* t'i** <*' .o,<. L.t> <’r.A of c»fi£jldi*t>:* tor 10 b<f i “ a /,ir aI t>.a sual raio. wheD inner'.eJ. üb:ral arnUemeo.:- mad.- with eo-nty oißo-rs, Drug • vu. ‘ ii. M-n'kaut*, bji-1 oth'-rs, who may whs to u.r.r .‘ contra. I ', . , , j , i.yj/ \'f..;KOC9, hy Etecutori, A.imini iraior* 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, ; i f , .iuoon, it the Court house in the county in which the 3 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 r 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. - 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.