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J. KNOWLES and S. ROSE,
EDITORS AND PROFKIKTOKB.
< TiT PHI NTKH>,
4>«*h. Tayloi'** Plaiualion Piim-i
'I he Moufepelier Journal contaius a letter
f'rooj a soldier of the Vermont Bth, dated
t itnp Aliemand, August 29th, in which ho
.'.taros that ou the previous Thursday, the
property of Gen. Richard Taylor, u son of
•ul Geu l ay lor, (by whom it was bequeathed
iu him,) was confiscated, the son being now
;U the rebel army. The slaves, 150 in nurn
her, were all declared emancipated,'labile
the plantation was plundered by the I’nioi.
• ddiers. According to the writer :
“It is one ot t!»♦* most splendid planta
tions that I ever saw. There are on it 700
acres ot sugar cane, which must rot upon
ac ground if the Government does not har
.< -.1, it. i wish you could have seen the
"■•ldicr* plunder this plantation. After the
st< ck was driven off, the boys began by or
dering the slaves to bring out everything
there was to eat and drink. They brought
out hundreds of bottles of wine, eggs, pre
served figs and peaches, turkeys, chickens
and honey in any quantity.
1 brought away a large camp kettle and
frying pans that belonged to old Gen. Tay
lor, and also many of his private papers. 1.
have one letter of his own hand writing, and
many from Secretary Murcy—-some from
Gen. Scott and some from the traitor Floyd.
1 brought to camp four bottles of claret wine
Lieutenant brought away half a bar
f! ot the best, syrup from the sugar house,
and a large can of honey.
1 he camp kettle and pans i intend to send
home.
They ure made of heavy tin, covered with
coppei. 1 ibink I will scud home the pri
vate papers by mail if 1 do not let any one
have them. The camp is loaded down with
o:under—all kinds of clothing, rings, watch*
es, guns, pistols, swords, and some of Geu.
iay lor s old liars and coats, belt s— and in
fact every old relic he hud is worn about the
camp.
Vou and every one may be thank
ful that you are out of the reach of plunder
ing uriniea. Here are whole families of wo
men and children running in the woods —
targe plantations entirely deserted—nothing
i* Vt ' PAcepi the slaves too old run away
a 1 kinds of tLr nest mahogany furniture
broken to pieces. Nothing is respected.”
from €■*»»». .Smiths Amu in
laciiiiK k y.
Inc Kuoxvilie correspondent of the Co
lumbia h'n<itnn r, writing under date of the
do mst., savs :
> bad the pleasure of a long conversation
today with u Lieutenant who was just,
through from Kentucky. He brings a
budget of interesting news from Gen. Ivirbv
Smith s division, lie left the General’s
Headquarters on the Hist, of September last.
Gp to mat. tiui« General Smith had enlisted
H-i.udrr good and true men, and armed and
equipped them for service. In addition to
thin, «Go. H umphrey Marshal! had enlisted
a large number, the precise amount the Lieu
tenant- coulu not learn, lie is confident
that the accessions to our ranks of Kentuok
iau« will not fall .short of 50,000 men bv
; he middle ot October. He represents the
State us blazing with excitement from one
end to the other. (fur troops everywhere
they go, are hailed with exclamations of joy
oid gladness. The fruits of the three hard
(ought battles at Richmond, K v., was 9,000
stand of splendid arms, a. large number of
' elf's repeaters, sabres, 12 bronzed rifled
pieces, 0 arid 12 pounder cannon, 200 wag
cos and teams and a large amount of coni-
stores. At Lexington, Ky., our
forces secured 25.000 stand of arms, a large
number of sabres, pistols, clothing, boots
and -hoes, commissary and quartermaster
stores in abundance—in fact, a sufficient
amount of the. paraphernalia, of war to fit out
u Division ot troops. Our troops are en
vying fine health, have a pleuty to oat, and.
that ot a varied character, of good quality
and at low prices.
The X'igtit at Fmitkliit, South
ampton County.
5\ o have received some particulars of the
engagement, which resulted in the repulse
of the enemy, at Franklin, Southampton
county, on hriday last. The advance of
the enemy was proclaimed by a report from
one of his gunboats, three or four of which
y -re discovered ascendiug the Black-water
;iver A number of the Bartizan Rangers
of’Fed Fern-bee, of North Carolina, were
posted in undergroath along the river’s bank,
H hen the boats arrived within range, the.
iUngeis opened upon them, very soon clear
ing ;he decks. For some time rhe boats at
tempted to press forward, bur the unerring
aim 4 the men on shore finally disheartened
them, und they retreated dovvu tin* river.—
it believed that, the enemy's killed and
wounded in the affair will amount to one
hundred. But two men were wounded on
our side—none killed- There was no artil
lery in the fight on our side.
iu tJie afternoon of the same day the ene
my advanced in considerable force from the
direction of buflolk. Their force on this
ooeasiou is estimated to have been about
2,drio infantry, six pieces of artillery, and
oSU or 400 cavalry. The battery of Oapt.
Grestum, of 3V t* roburg, and two sections
of Gaptai a \\ right’s Rocket Battery, were
put in position and soon opened tire upon
ihe fo*. dhe fight lasted some two hours',
<>ui s’u • .ad shell tailing iu the midst of
the er- -m\ with such rapidity as to cause
them u. fire in confusion. Gresham’s battery
fired •» slitii which exploded in the midst of
u ko(iy of the enemy’s infantry, and was af
terwards-ascertained, killed six men.—
Wright’s 1 locket batterv played destruction
with the \ ankec cavalry, This battery was
captured from the enemy at Gaines’s Mill
in J nut- last, and it is said to only
tu« of the kind ou this continent. Nobody
of cavalry can stand before it.
A Good M kascan.-r-Congress has passed a Lw
to hung Jl soldiers and camp followers of the
Vaukce army who shall be found circulating coun*
terteit Confederate -notes in our territory. The
ofieoders to be tried by a court martial.
G<pii. M.ve to it is Troops
The iollowing address to his troops, issued
by General Lee under the form ot general
orders, ou the 2d of October, inst, was re
ceived at the Adjutant General's office on
Monday, the 6th :
Hr.ADQ’ns Army of Northern Va., f
October 2d. 1862. j
General Orders, )
No. 116. )
In reviewing tbe'achinvemeuts of the ar
my during the present campaign, the com
manding General cannot withhold the expres
sion of his admiration of the indomitable
courage it has displayed in battle, and its
cheerful endurance of privation and hard
ships on the march.
b'ince our great victories around Rich
mond you have defeated the enemy at (,’c
dar Mountain, expelled him from the Rap
pahannock, arid, after a conflict of three
days, utterly repulsed him on the plains of
Mannassas, and forced him to take shelter
within the fortifications around the capital.
Without halting for repose you crossed
the Potomac, stormed the heights of Har
per’s Ferry, made prisoners of more than
eleven thousand men, and captured upwards
of seventy pieces of artillery, all their small
arms and other munitions of war.
While one corps of the army was thus en
gaged, the other insured its success by at
testing at Boonesburo’ the combined armies
of the enemy, advancing under their favor
ite General t«* the relief of their boleagured
comrades.
On the field of SUarpsburg, with less than
•»ne third It is numbers, you resisted, from
day-light until dark, the whole army of the
enemy, aud repul ed every attack along his
entire front of more rhau four miles in ex
tent.
The whole of the following day you stood
prepared to resume the conflict on the same
ground, and retired next morning, without
molestation, across the Potomac.
The attempts subsequently made by the
enemy to follow you across the river have
resulted in his complete discomfiture and be
ing driven back with loss.
Achievements such as these demanded
much valour and patriotism. History re
cords few examples of greater fortitude and
endurance than this army has exhibited ;
and lam commissioned by the P -nr to
thank you iu rhe name of the Gontedcrate
(Gates for the undying fame you have won
for their arms.
Much you have done, much mure remains
to be accomplished. The enemy again
threatens us with invasion, and to your tried
valor and patriotism, the country looks with
eonlidence tor deliverance and safety ; your
past exploits give assurance that this confi
dence is not misplaced.
R. F Lee, General Commanding.
The < oiilVilcrati' I’risonns taken
;tf Mu»»• i»*«l>i»rj;.
I here, were 445 suck Goiifedcratp soldiers
left in the hospital at, Federick, Md., before
the fight at Sharpsbnrg, and these were
“captured” at a charge of bayonets by the
\ aiikecs. They were then huddled together
in the German Reformed Church, with five
crackers a day for rations, though the ladies
of Frederick gave them what they could
spare, to eat. They were then, with prison
ms, making a total of 1,400, inarched six
miles, (to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
many of them falling ou the way from ill
ness,) and sent to Baltimore, fheonlv inter-j
rnption on the trip being an attempt on the I
part of a sentinel to kill one of the prisoners
who got. off the cars to drink at a creek.
In Baltimore they were placed in a prison
crowded to suffocation. The people of Bal
timore upon hearing of their arrival, carried
them buckets ol coffee and all sorts of eata
bles. The next day they were marched out
in charge of a Dutch Captain who, after
parading them through the principal streets,
put them on board the steamer City of Nor
wich, and they were soon (with the excep
tion of six who died oil the way) within the!
walls of Fort Delaware, made famous by the j
sufferings of our soldiers there. One of our.
men was stripped and whipped by a Ser-!
geant who accused him of stealing. There j
were 2,700 prisoners there; of this number
I*6 took the oath of allegiance, and 40 died,
< O' those who took the oath 102 were Irish,
and the balance were from.different States.
Gne was front North Caioliua and two from
Petersburg, Va, Out of the 2,700 there
were 1,500 sick, and not 200 of them will
he, lit for service under a month.
The Confederate officers were treated with
consideration, but the privates experienced
the. most brutal usage. The prisoners who
are abided to returned yesterday by a flag
of truce. — •/??</(aloud Thzjjati~h, 7 th,.
Gin. Gfo. W\ Gordon, a native of Georgia, hut
for many years a resident of Maury county, Tenn.,
•lied at Vicksburg a short t ime since. He held the
post ot t'aptain in the Confederate army, was
captured at. fort Donelson, aud di.Ml u:t hi* return
to he exchanged.
General Gordon will he remembered Hr rrunv
who have shared his hospitality, as the gentleman*
i.v and polite proprietor of the Gordon .Springs,
,-ome years ngo. He was one of the best of mum!
-a true patriot and a Christian gentleman. He
'alt. a widow, who, we believe, now resides in
Washington, Wilkes county.
Nisnvn.LK and Chattanooga I!aii road.— This
road is now in running order its entire length,
thanks to the herculean efforts of Col. E. W. Cole,'
its aide and accomplished Superintendent. Had
our military kept pace with Col. Cole, we would
now he in daily intercouse with our capital, and
its down-trodden inhabitants would he free once
more. As it is, we are only able to so within sev
enteen miles ot Nashville- (Lavergnc.) From
preparations that we hear ot, we hope soon to
chronicle the tact that Nashville is in otir posse*-
-ioa again. Chattanootju Rebel.
The following is from the Dahlonga J fountoh,
SqJOlfl/.. of Sept. -JO;
lur Xa* ooouk Minks.— a gentleman front N.i
voochee informs ns that the gold mines ot tint
section are all doing well.
Mast.— The indications now m e that the present
n »st crop will be the heaviest ever known in the
mountains. The trees are bending under the
weight of the fruit. We saw, last week, a branch
from *u oak a foot long so loaded with acorns tor
ns entire length, that two liners could not. be laid
upon it any where without touching an acorn.
An Editor In distress,.
The Cleveland Banner says :
“Wanted. —We want to buy a Coon and ’Possum
dog, to hunt our meat with during the coming
year. It is foolish for a man to think about buy
ing hog meat, who is printing a newspaper at £2 a
year. A dog that will hunt coon, ’possum, and
kill a sheep occasionally, will command a good
price at these “headquarters."
The Tltiitarv Exemption Act.
The following is a copy of the Exemption Act
finally passed by both Hwases of Congress :
A Bill u> exempt ee r >aiD prisons from mihtarr j
service, ami co the a.a entitled “Au net to j
exempt certain prisons from enrollment to* service
in the army of the Confederate Bu.te*, ’ appioved
the 21st of April, 1462.
invalids. orrictteoF goylkn-cnt, r lfrks, eto.
1. The forty ft »• of (/,. Confederate Tint*.* of
Amenca do enact. Tin,t ail pemons who -dmll be
tu-ld unfit for miluaiy service In ihe field, by rea
son of bodily or menial incap.»cifv, or imbecility,
under rules to he prescribed by the Secretary of !
V* ar, the \ i« »• President of the Confederate States,
• ihe officers, judicial and executive, of the Confede
rate autl Suite ilovernments, including pout-on*-*
lets appointed by rhe President ami confirmed by
the Senate, and such cleiks in their office* as aie
allowed by the Postmaster-General, and now em
ployed, and iududiug all other postmasters, their
assistants and clerks ; and except such State ofii
cers as the several States may have declared, or
may hereafter declare by law te ho liable to militia
duty ; the members of both Houses of tbe t (ingress
of the Confederate Slate-, and of ihe Legislatures
of the several Suwe; , and their respective officers;
ail clerks now in the office* of the Confederate aud
State governments, authorized by law, receiving
salaries or lees.
j VOLUNTEER TROOPS.
All volunteer troops heretofore raised by any
Slate since the passage of the act entitled “An act
further to provide tor the public defence," approv
ed April ltith, IBti2, while such troops shall be in
active service under State authority, provided that
this exemption shall not apply to any person who
wap liable lo be called into service by virtue of
said uct ot April lGtii, 1802.
transportation and tf.lf.grapn companies.
All piluts and p.-rsons engaged in ihu merchant
marine service; the president, superintendents,
conductors, treasurer, chief clerk, engineers, man
j agers, station ugents, section masters, two expert
j track hands to each section of eight miles, and
j mechanics in the active service aud employment,
of railroad companies, not to embrace laborers,
porters and messengers; the president, general
superintendent and operators ol telegraph compa
nies, the local superintendent nnd operators of
, .-aid companies no: to exceed four in number at
any locality but that at the seat of government of
i toe Confederate Slates; the president, superinten
dents, captains, engineers, chief clerk and me
chanics iu the active service and employment of
all companies engaged iu rivei and ennui naviga
tion, and ail capKtms of boats, and engineers
' thereon employed.
EDITORS, PRIMERS AND PRExCHEKS.
One editor of each new. piper now being pub
lished, and such employees a* the editor or pro
prietor may certify upon oath lo bo indi-peosable
for conducting ihe publication ; the public printer,
and iho-e i-rupfoyed to perform ihe public printing
Lot ifio * km federate and State Governments ; every
minister ol religion authorized to preach according
to the rules, ot hi- sect aud in ihe regular discharge
• of ministerial duties.
• RELIGIOUS NoK-COMB,ITAST3.
All persons who have been end now are mem
bers ot the Society of Friends and the Association
ot Danker*, Mazarines and Mciinoi-ds, in regular
membership in »heir respective denomination, pro
vided members of rhe Society <*t i-V.-nd*, x,..> J.nt—,
Mennomisis and thinkers, shall furnish substitutes,
or pay a tax of-<">00 each into the public Treasmy
PHYSICIANS.
All physicians who now are, and for the last five
years have been in actual practice ot thoir pro
feision.
shokm.ykf.rs, tanners, etc.
Ail shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths, wagon
makers, millers and their engineers, millwrights,
-killed, and actually employed as their regular vo
cation in the said trades, habitually engaged in
working for die public, and whilst so actually em
ployed ; provided -aid persons shah make oath in
writing that they are so skilled, and actually em
ployed at the time as their regular vocation in one
of the above trades, which affidavit shall only be
so lma/tide evidence ol the facts therein stated.
A PROVISO AG A IN ST K X TO RTIO N.
Provtiled further, That the exemption herein
granted to persons by reason of their peculiar
mechanical or other employment not connected
with the public service shall be subject to the con
dition that the products of the labor of such ex
empts, or the companies find establishments with
which they are connected, shall be sold and dis
posed of by the proprietors at prices not exceed
ing seventy-five per centum upon the cost, of pro
duction, or within a maxuim to be fixed by the
Secretary of War, under such regulations as be
may prescribe; and it is further provided, that if
the proprietors of such an manufacturing establish
ment shall be shown upon evidence to be submit
ted to and judged of by the Secretary of War, to
have violated, or in any manner evaded, the true
intent nnd spirit, of the foregoing proviso, the ex*
eruption therein granted shall no longer be ex
tended to them, superintendents or operatives in
said establishments, but they, and each and evorv
one of them, shall be forthwith enrolled under the.
provisions of this act, and ordered into the Con
federate army, and shall in no event be again ex
empted therefrom by reason of said manufacturing
establishment or employments therein.
IIOSriTALS, ASYLUMS,
All superintendents of public hospitals, lunatic
asylums, and the regular physicians, nurses, and
attendants therein, and the teachers employed in
the institutions lor the deaf, dumb, and blind. In
each apothecary store now established and doing
business, one apothecary in good standing, who K
a practical apothecary.
WOOL, COTTON, AND PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
Superintendents and operatives in wool and cot
ton factories, paper mills, and superintendents and
managers of wool carding machines, who may be
exempted by the Secretary of War, provided the
profits of such establishments shall not exceed
seventy-five per centum upon the cost of produc
tion, to be determined upon oath of the parties,
subject tu itie same penalties for violation of the
provisions herein contained asi are hereinbefore
provided in case of oilier manufacturing and me
chanical ein pi o vmen f>.
i Dt CATIt«N—I
Ai! presidents and teachers ot colleges, acade
mies, schools, and theological seminaries who have
been regularly engaged as such for two year pre
ceding the passage of this act.
ARTISAN'S tMl'LOi Est oN “GOVERNMENT WORK.”
Ail artisans, mechanics, and employees, in the
establishments of the government for the manu
facture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stove*, and
other munitions of war, who may be certified by
the officer in charge thereof, as necessary for *uch
establishment; also all artisans, mechanics and
employees in the establishments ot such persons
as are or may be engaged under contracts with the
government in furnishing arms, ordnance, ord
nance stores, and other munitions of war, saddles,
harness, and army supplies, provided that the chief
of tiic ordnance bureau, or some ordnance officer
authorized by him for the purpose, shall approve
of the number of opperatires required in such es
tablishment : a!! persons employed in the manufac
ture ot arms, or ordnance ot any kind by the sev
eral States, or by contractors to finish the same to
the several State Governments, whom the Gover
nor or Secretary of State thereof, may certify to
be nee* --ary 10 the same : ail p* . - ms engaged in
tiie construction of ships, gunboats, engines, -ails,
or other articles necessary to the public defence
under the direction of the Secretary of the navy ;
all superintendents, managers, mechanics, and mi
ners employed in the production and manufacture
ot salt, to the extent of 20 bushels per day, and o(
lead and iron, and all persons engaged in making
charcoal for making pig and bar iron, not to em
brace laborers, messengers, wagoners and servants,
unless employed at works conducted under the
authority and by the officers or ageuts oi a State
or in works employed in the production of iron
lor the Confederate States.
stock raisers.
One male citizen for every 500 head of cattle,
for every 250 head of horses or m iles, and one
shepherd tor every 500 head of sheep, ot each
persons as are engaged exclusive!? in raising stock,
provided there is no white male adult not liable to
do militirv duty engaged with such person in
rawing ;aui stock.
OVERSEERS OX rUNIATiOSS.
To secure the proper police of the country, one
ner9oa either as egent, owner or overseer ou each
plantation on which oue white person is required
to br kep bv laws or ordinances of an? State, and
on which there is no white male adult not liable to
do military 'service, and iu States ha.ing uo such
■ law, one person, as agent, owner or overseer on
each plantation ol twenty negroes, and on which
tnpre is no white male adult not liable 10 military
service, and furthermore, for additional police for j
i erorv twenty negroes on two or more plantations I
within five miles of each otheir, aud each hating
les» than twenty negroes, and »and which there *.» no
white male adult not liable to military duty, one
person being the oldest of the owners or overseers
on such plantations.
SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS.
Also, a regiment raised under and by authority
of the State of Texas for the frontier defence, now
1 iu the service of sni<l State, while in such service ;
and such other person as the President shall be
satisfied on account of justice, equality or necessity
ought to be exempted, are hereby exempted from
military service in the armies of the Confederate
I States ; provided that the exemptions herein above
' enumerated shall only continue whilst the persons
exempted are actually engaged in their respective
pursuits or occupation.
i 2. That an act entitled “an act to exempt certain
persons from enrollment for service in the armies
jof the Confederate States,’ 1 approved the *2lst
: April, 1862, is hereby repealed.
Defence* of Savannah and Charleston.
As we learn nothing from our own papers re
specting the land or marine defences of these
ports, we copy the foliowing from the Fenerat or-
I gan in Baltimore :
UAVS BCII.DING AT SAVANNAH.
The rebel ram Fingal, building at Savannah, will
soon be completed, and when her iron-plating is
finished she will be fully equal in point of strength
; to the Merrimac. She was an English steamer,
| and ran the blockade early last spring, and on this
account is much stronger than ordinary vessels,
being iron braced in every part. She was built at
I" Greenock, in England. The rebels have cut this
vessel down, razeeing her some eight feet, and
. widening her by the introduction oi eight feet of
white oak on either side, bolted on, aud the iron
plating is bolted and riveted to this. The whole
vef el is roofed over with iron on the same princi
ple as that evident in the construction of the Mer
rirnac. She is provided with eight hundred horse
power double oscillating engines, and will be a
troublesome customer, if she is ever allowed to get
out. from the Savannah river.
The ram Georgia, also building at Savannah,
■ and the Palmetto State, commonly called the La
; dies’ Gunboat, and a third (name unknown) build
j ing at Charleston, will probably prove failures.--
j The reason why one of these gunboats has the
I'ogdovnen of the Ladies’Gunboat is, that, it has
been built chiefly lrora smail contributions bv the
Southern ladies. The rebels report that these
gunboats were of little aceouut all along, bui h
must be remembered that, the? ei id “failure” up
to the very day that Buchanan brought the invul
nerable Merrimac out into rho Hampton Roads,
aud spread consternation over the whole country.
DEFENCES OF CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH.
Those two cities are being newly fortified con
tinually. The work in the trenches is done by
thousands of slaves the white men having all en
i listed and are now under arms. The whole quarter
! of the city of Charleston which was destroyed by
' lire last spring, and the squares and streets, are
all defended by rifle pits, so that the people may
have the impression that the city itsoli would be
| defended to the last, even after the National troops
| may enter it. All the cottier houses of the streets
| are fitted up as block, houses and barricades, from
, which riflemen will fire upon the Yankees, provid
ed they do not shell the city in advance and burn
it down.
Charleston bay is obstructed directly across the
shipway with piles, fire rafts, &c., in order to Steep
vessels from entering. When a vessel runs the
blockade one of the rafts is removed, and she is
allow ed to pass in, when the vacuum is at once filled
up with the raft removed.
It is impossible to tell the exact number of men
forming the garrison of Fort Sumter, as it is used
as a sort of a school for the instruction of green
troops, and the force is continually bein • changed
from the fort to other points. The petty officers
ami privates in the forts are, for the most part,
composed of Germans and Frenchmen, together
with criminals of all sorts.
Three gunboats are also guarding the harbor of
Charleston, mounting three to nine inch guns, and
are to be used as ram gunboats axul for the imme
diate defence of the city. These are “blood tubd”
of the harbor, and are a butt for the jokes and
jibes of the citizens.
fmlian TrouMcs in the Northwest.
[From tne Madison (Wia.) Journal.J
The Shairane county Journal, in the northern
part of this State, has a report of a council held
tty the Menomonee Indians, at Beshena, on the
28th ultimo, which gives some startling develop
ments.
It. savs the Indians tfere inclined to keep friend
| lv upon our frontiers, and that the head chief, the
war chief, and ten other chiefs of bands were
present, and made speeches and addresses.
One of them said that all the tribes in Wisconsin
; sent their wampums to the chief of the Winneba
j /rocs, except the Monomenees, and that the latter
! had been notified that the last offer had been
made to send their wampum. Notice was also
| sent that the “blow was to be struck this summer,”
that all the tribes east of the Mississippi were gov
erned by the Winnebago chief, and communication
( through him with the Sioux ; it was said also, that
the Indians were selling their ponies to purchase
! ammunition.
One of the imlians in the council said the Win
nebago chief told him that “ail the western tribes
j were going to join the South.”
The head chief professed a desire to remain at
pence with the whites. Th» second chief raaae
'ike assurance. The war chief the same.
The editor of the Journal has an article upon
the report, from which we take the followin'* :
Some facta were disclosed in the Menomonee
council which go positively to show that the mas
sacre in Minnesota was a preconcerted nUn. and
that all ine northern tribes were united with the
Sioux, except tin- Monomoneps, in the plot.
They weie assured that the blow would be
struck this summer, but at what time was not
made known, and that the Menomoneet would
meet with the same fare as the white if they did
not join the rest of the Indians in their raid upon
the whites. The whole tiling is the effect of seces
sion, as the statements made in council will show.
We have evidence which more directly brings
home to the Aouth the iv>pon-'ibiiitv of this atro
cious
Col. of Ashby’s rebel cavalry in Virgiuia to his
bi other-in-iaw, Mr. Robert Mills, of Columbus, in
this State, which was rebeived about the 25th of
August.
in this letter Mr. Mills was advised by hi? South
ern relatives to get down into Virgiuirj within the
Confederate lines, if ho could—the waysnnd means
tor doing which were pointed out. If he could
nor do this, he was advised to go info Illinois lot
safety. The writer stated that there would be a
general uprising of the Indians throughout the
Northwest about the first of September, and while
they mig.it do no harm ns far down in Wisconsin
as the place ot lo- friend’s residence, in order to
make sure of being beyond danger, he had better
go down mto Ceu*ral Illinois.
Parson Brownlow says he would start a paper
up but he fears that “he might be impris
oned, since be might, by accident, at some time
•‘tell the truth as u> the conduct of the Northern
Governmentand again, “such are the rapid
strides of the rebel army” they might again “crush
out my paper.” He concludes, finally, that he had
“as soon die in prison as elsewhere ’ What a
philosopher he has become 1
* From the MitsUaippl&n.
8 ALT.
As many of our citizens arc much in Deed of
*alt, and deepiy interested m the subjec I avail
myself of the opportunity* through the column* ot
your useful paper, to give an account of my Ti3it a
lew days before this to the salt works in the State
of Akt*auia.
About sixty miles abov«- Mobile, immediately on
the east bank of the Tombigbee river, tie t:-a
State salt works. Here tbex are limited in their
price to .<i.2« r > per bushel, i*nd nry rarely have
any to dispose of. A little higher up, in the fork
of the Alabama aud Tombiebee river?, about sis
mile? from each river and «x aiite- below Jack on
arc situated the Jeffrie* or Central sale work?, n
- y are teiuied, in a smail valley containing about
one hundred acres, between two high hills, which
arc formed of soft white rock suitable for making
furnaces, which are used for the purpose. Al tins
place them aie thirty-six furnaces in operation
belonging to persons making salt for their own
use, and composed of partner* from two to twenty
interested iu a furnace and making from three to
fifty bushels of salt to the furnace each day, ac
cording to the extent of the furnace—averaging
about three pecks of salt, to each hand per day,and it
is sold as fast as it is made—such as they cuu dispo o
of at ten dollars per bushel. New works are ago
ing up every day ; and unless new discoveries are
made, the space wiil soon be filled up.
Those who work the furnaces at this place pay
one fifth of the salt they make for the use of the
water, and obtain it lrom wells which they dig
about twelve feet from the surface, and the water
seems abundant, and the situation is not subject to
overflow. Still higher up twenty miles, on both
sides of the Tombigbee river, three miies above
St. Stephens, there are other salt woks, in which
are engaged about five hundred hands—each on
the river swamp, and subject to overflow about
fifteen feet deep at high water. There the tenants
pay one-tenth for the use of t.lio water, and sell
their salt for fifteen dollars per bushel—and al that
the demand is much greater than the supply, and
many who go for ealt are disappointed, and go
away without any. The surest plan is to make it.
Six hands can prepare in two weeks to make from
three to lour bushels per day, and the whole addi
tional expense will not exceed two hundred dol
lars—which will be the price of the pots —and
common size dinner pots will answer the purpose.
Thirty-six pots w 11 suffice to make four bushels
per day, and can be worked by six or seven hands,
and so in proportion. Common size pots make
more in proportion than very large boilers ; and at
j the rate ol fifteen dollars per bushel, each hand
can clear his teu doilars per day very easy. •
In the wells at these places, large bones of huge
dimensions are found from four to six feet beneath
the surface, supposed to be that of the mastodon.
When found, they are thrown out of the well, and
no further search for the residue. They would be
a valuable acquisition to any museum, and the
w hole skeleton can, no doubt, be obtained with a
little expense, and 1 do hope that some scientific
geologist will make the effort, as they show con
clusively that at some period of the world u large
race of animals inhabited the earth which has be- j
come extinct. Also, much broken Indian pottery j
has been discovered and dug out ol the earth— I
and ancient remains ol an old furnace at these
works wore plain to be seen at the Fletcher works,
near St. Stephens, which shows that the Indians
made salt at these works in ancient times.
The process for making salt is very plain, and
I tiny man of common sense can learn how in an
| hour’s time. The water is first put into a large
pot, ami so on until it, reaches the sixth pot., w hich
! is culled the brine pot and poured into a barrel—
throw about one table-spoonlul of lime to a barrel
ot water to settle it,; in about fifteen minutes draw
oil the water from the barrel by means ol a spile
' near the bottom, and put it into another pot which
: is called the grainer, iu it the suit soon chrystalizes
' by boiling, and sinks to the bottom, which is dip
ped out by a ladel and put into a basket over a
barrel to drip, which is soon effected, and the salt
is then complete.
Salt may be made from the earth dug up out < i
smoke houses i.. the same manner, by placing the
earth in a hopper and draining water through it in
the same manner we drain ashes to make he for
soap. All the salt which has ever been wasted in
smoke houses is still there, and can be obtained in
this way with but little expense and trouble.
Wm. 13. Trotter.
Qcitman, Miss.
An Octrage Threatened.—The Federal com
mander at Memphis, as will be seen by the tollow
ing, is determined to punish the women and chil
dren of that city for the acts of our forces on the
river:
Special Order, No. 254.
- Headq’rs 4th Division, i
Army of Tennessee, -
Memphis, Sept. 27, 186*2. )
Whereas, many families of unknown rebels and
Confederates in arms ugainst us have been pm-mu
ted to reside in peace and comfort in Memphis;
and whereas, the Confederate authorities eitiiei
sanction or permit the firing on uuaimed bout
carrying passengers aud goods lor the use and
benefit of the inhabitants of Memphis; it is ordered
that for every boat so fired on, ten families mnsi
be expelled from Memphis.
The Provost Marshall will extend the list, u!
ready prepared, so as to have on it at least thirty
names ; aud on every occasion, which a boat is
fired on, will draw by lot ten names, who will be
forthwith notified, and allowed three days to re
move to a distance of twenty-five miles from
Memphis.
By order of
Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman.
L. M. Datton, Acting A. A. Gen’l.
New Conscription Orders. —Col. J. B. Weems,
the successor ot Major Dun woody, publishes a no
tice in the Atlanta papers, suspending the third
paragraph of General Order, No. 5.8, of the 18th
August.
That passage reads ae follows :
“3. Conscripts not equal to all military duty,
may be valuable iu the Hospitals, Quartermaster’s
and other Staff Departments, and if so, will be
received.”
This order is only suspended, not revoked. It
is not known how soon it may again be promulga
ted. — Columbus Sum, Oct. G.
Col. John Forsyth a Prisoner. —The Louisville
Journal publishes a rumor to the effect that Col.
John Forsyth, one oi .he editors of the Mobile
Register, and volunteer aid to Gen. Bragg, had
beeu taken prisoner by the Yankees in a Skirmish
at MurafordsvUle, Ky. The Register says ii lu t the
report is confirmed by Brig. Gen. Slaughter, ot
Bragg’s army, who recently arrived in Mobile.’
A later account savs that he and several others
were taken prisoners by a scouting party of Yan
kees, and sent to Gen. Buell at Cave City, but
were subsequently released on parole.
Saltville Salines.— A few days ago we made
a trip to the.salt works at this place to see how
things looked in that direction, and to trv to learn
something of our prospect for salt.
from what we could learn the daily amount of
salt prepared ready lor market, is about at
follows :
Stuart, Bnchanan ACo bushels... .3,000
M. S. Temple A Cos 50Q
Planters’ Company of Georgia 450
McClung, Jaques A Cos 300
North Carolina Company gQO
Other manufacturers 390
Aggr-eg.re 5,050
All of which, we are informed, would be in
creased one hundred per cent, or more, except in
the old works of Stuart, Buchanan A Cos.
We understood, while there, that they had sunk
a well to the depth ot three hundred feet, but bad
failed to get water. They informed rue that in
boreing the well they passed through a solid rock
of salt fifty feet in thickness. —Greenville (Tenn.)
Banner.
An intelligent and observant gentleman remark
ed lately that an auction recently held in this citv,
five Government agents were bidding agaiust each
other. Is it any wonder we have suffered from
| artificially forced prices under such a condition of
commissariat ‘l—Chas. Courier ,
From the Macon Tilegr*,~
List of Caiualile* »{ u, fc Sj “.
it eg im. ii r in Hue Battle o( si
Aid., Bci»i. 16th and 17th, I
, -Vv ol * Jalueß M Newton, conam 4n{ j,
kuted. ,u * regm,,..
Major Phil Tracy, killed.
Lt and Adjutant a M KowUnd *,
Company A, Sidney Blown Ini,!,, ' , ><i
arid A A Gen R P Jordan, P:iva < ‘ i c
Afek Chancer. Wounded: C .• p.’L
• Privates Sidney Ls-d, ......j ' '*. {
ney, Madison Luvett. E R Cun;.-,, V
erts.
Company B Lookout lot. • c .
F Wilkinson, Piivatev J V, p r t ts
('Morgan and J A Bow-iutm. v,, ,, u IT
P.asdeu. 7\ M Tidwell, Scgi .'
vnies John Morgan, Geo i- \\ •>.
II Moreland, John Fall- . ,• 1 ?
im. Privates f) Samples, J > )>
Gwinn, .1 K Stewart. if
Company C Beauregard V««lu
ed :Lt C D (\iwart, Privates A<. , v . At,
| ley, R A Kilby, J Loininac
Kumnli, L F Anderson. Mfi>
demon, Corpl G W Shrppey, S'*
. R W Johnson, \\ 11 Lightt-w t
aud Jesse Gain mage.
Company I), Butts’ Volin
! Berry, DJ B aiiev. Womnh
Lt Tit Holland, Geo Eider, 1 "•**,
j gins, II A Darden, A F Mill ” ! *-i
Collier, B N Coody, RS Tv , A
Wm Edwards, P M Brownie \
Heard, J E Oood.v, G B Ban! j j '* ‘
Company K, Crawford Gre , V '”*«.
J Rowell, Thos Walker, Corpl \ '
vales A J Deriso, WII Harris y, **' r
McCallin. Wounded: Sergrs \f n f ?
M Jordan, Privates .I W A:; 01, \ more, i;
B Harris, W H Hortmao, JT ,j s /.‘“’‘d. X
L P Lucas, G W Martin, A N n , K*R Luc **»
A F Parham, B Stem bridge, S fi us)
Marshal, Capt W O (Jleareland. Mi>si ; , 'i i J
Fowler, Privates HN Bower< BKV
Maddin, W R Parker, M Reeslord, .1 Si 'l £
W K Rowell, J W Roberts.
Company F, Mitchell
Lt J Reid, Sergts H M Putnam, J p av i< Hr, *
Corpl N Cooper, Privates Dlf A.line, E \u r »
a Dalton, W Ellis, J W Everett, J Orfm' 5-
Glover. M Page, D A Royal, H Kieklcv
Company G, Butler Van Guards Killed i,
MeCants, Bartlett, Sergt Rucker. Woundd J
F Peterman, J«» Adams, V B Tune J K u.
Phries, B F Brooks. J s’ !)„.,
Duke, S L Boddie, L C Poole, J v ~ ;r , “' AJ
Wilson, W M Saxon, J D Rovul, G W 1. VV ai fi| M
F A Gnssett. ’ "
Company 11, Baker Fire-eaters—Cap:,,; 0 \y r
Plane, Lt A C Floyd, Sergts Irby II liatnsor \
Sutton, Privates J M Adams, RL> (: 0 «,
Knight, J Nelms. Wounded: Lieut R J
Sergt J H Cook, Corpl S M Cox. Privates (’A t
urns. P, Bailey, TII Caskey, B Collins, (' c o |j‘ ,
i-. \\ Dras, \\ m Huff, H ii Herri; j-aip «. fi"
Johnson, J .1 McMullin, J MeMurrav, V, C Ojv
T J Simpson, 1. G Tuts. Missing: J F Adai-'? -
Bailey, A I] Brown, A H Collier, M (’ui; •‘pner’ G
W Grant, R A Perry, t’ P Richardson, W i s fr .
lin, J D Smith, Tfios Vinson, D \\ Jsun \\
Wagoner, G \\ Williford.
f’ompany 1. Twiggs Guards—Killed : LiouFF
Wimberly. Wounded: Corpl FM Johnson Irs
Bullard, Thos Arrington, Privates Wm Bon-tiu-
W Edwards, R il (’oley, Thomas Thompson, W A
Edmonds. Missing: Sergt S D Lamb, il II J: .
\ h lian | b » S Lee, J Newby, .1 T Coomks,
r Evans, D D Davis, Isaae Norris aud W W
Glover.
Alex Martin, 4‘.Uh Ga., wounded.
Company K, Gilmer Blues— Killed: J 1 J o }
sou. Wounded: J Bridgets, J Fitzze r,. I J 7;
llartfield, A Hendricks, ! i J y, Tucker
M\\ Tucker, M C Stewart. Mi-- ~ ; p, \ j
Lotion, Lt Tll Dozier, Sergt B.o*i, (\>:pi Sm.
TI) Colquitt, J C Collier, G P Du/. n\\
M Keenan, ,1 11 Lattimer, J f, ,6rum, ,J C
Mathews, J Millie in, J i. Norton, 1 Poweic \\ H
Smith, II C Little, Sam Stevens, V Wjuu. ’
Wounded in Tmtn/s Volunteers, 4/7 (tcoi * : .
iment, at Sharpsbury, Md., Seiit 17th.
Corpl* Thos Andrews, W > E i,~, W J Dxrn
son, Privates E B Martin, mo tally, -t, :
John Eps, mortal!?; .1 1) Collins, John AT >,
Appling Vann, slightly; B F Bit isom;, strut,., t
spent ball; W B Hardy, shocked r>v bun: . Vft
Saetoe was also wounded. Me -i: : J)e/. »•
Webster, Sam’l Alexander. .-amjl
[We think there are several error n c.c 7:«e
names, but have no means b> wh n : cor.ee;
them.]
List oft'a<,iialtie§in lite 12 mi ( or«
gia Kegiiuent, 17li, I Mi.
Company A—Killed: I'm J 5.
Page, T J Market. Wouudt . t ■j, H A
Crittenden, slightly; Private.-. ,J \
slightly ; W A Pryor, sligl. ii B Kai
ford, slightly ; S G Clarke, . ; IPs
Lad 1, slightly.
Company B—Killed: Lie i red Hen
derson, Private James M Fcnn- 1. I round
ed : Lient J N Beall, severe! : in ui< uth ;
Corpl’s H P Hunt, mortally, J i tteufroe,
slightly; Privates Hen Stripling, motUhy,
John Morgan, mortally ; T G Gib- iu. se
verely ; James W Hunter, severely.
Company C—Killed : None. M ounded:
Sergts 'J' P Epting, severely ; C C Mathis
slightly; Privates J\Y Watson, slightly;
\\ A Wicker, severely; B H Mathew?,
slightly; W 0 Hannan, slightly; Bunt
Hill, slightly ; Benj Buland.
Company D—Killed ; Sergt A M Brown.
Privates W il Norwood, Jos P Platt
Wounded: R Q Long, severely.
Company E—Killed: Jos 11 Davey-
Wouuded; Lt W L Robinson, severely;
CorpT Clay, slightly ; Privates Britt, se
verely ; bmith, slightly; Cherry, geverdy
Missing: Sergt Green.
Company F—Killed : II F Ilodges -
W ounded : Privates A Hamau, leg, ampu
tated ; A Watson, slightly; R A John-a,
severely; W F Lowe, slightly; LtJasM
Brown, slightly.
Company G—Killed : Privates
Moore, A A Kellan. Wouiided: Private?
Janies Wilson, slightly; J G Ilendr.oc,
slightly ; Sergt R J Little, very slightly
Company H—Killed: Capt James ,r
Rodgers. Wounded : Lieut 0 F Kw 2? >
severely ; Sergt A J Youngblood, slightly •
Corpl Geo II Lowe, severely. Private h*
Phillips.
Company I—Killed : None. Wound# j
Sergt A .1 Tucker, severely; Privates 0- f
Bass, slightly; W D Hardee, severely;
Thus Roberts, slightly.
Company K—Killed : Sergt T J R u> ‘“ !1
Wounded: Lieut N Hamilton sdigh\G
Corpl James Bnsser, slightly ; Priv-’- and - u “
Gordon, very slightly.
Capt. J. T. Cabso>*»
Corn'd g 12th « B'g’ 4 -
Supplies eor the Af.my.—'Vitb-a s
very short period of tim there have i* e2
made up aud shipped from Columbia. G* •
supplies as follows:
Six car loads clothing and shoes -
army at Richmond, Va.; 30,000 ga ruieC ‘ :
to Gen. Tilghman; 5,000 garments
of Western Virginia; 7,000 garments to f
my of Arkansas; 3,000 garments to L*- 1
Rangers; 17,000 garments to Gen. Br»So J
army.