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I Journal* of the State lnMlH«lgr
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I ~n f, ,r IhsmiMlon from GuardUniMp R ,*>
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■ ~<tnal or prof*<*ri/*tP' 5 rtO
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■ ' ‘ ‘ «. Ktn«or»br Executor*, Admlnutra-1
I SM, ° ( ~,lv ...Kin lir &dVtTti-t*d I
■ W rto „ ,„ the dav of sale.
B »hSt «n the fir*. Tueaday in the
*.... »*'•"* n,u . . i n the forenoon und thiee ]
m at the Court houaein the county in which
■ ' tnun he advertised in like
K ' an-i> Creditor* Os an Rotate roust he
1 ' rl u£\2atfon will he made to Die OnUn*ry for
1 I • "n 1.32anl Sexroel, must hr published weekly
I ’ letters ts Administrations, thirty days;
■ "" f . frm AdtmnittratioD, monthly, six months;
I 1 ‘’/" ‘uod Li(lutrdtanship. weekly, forty days
■ iwawusa op MouroaOlta. monthly four
|| ' ' r fUaniishtDß lost papers, for the full space of
H ' , r t„i ■ for compelling titles from executors or ad-
I S , „r*S w»wrr a bond has been given by the deceased,
■ -i m«rr of three months.
..r», P arraßp.'inent made with county niiieers, Drup
ft Merchants, and others, who may wish
K 1 «iii/iltrd contracts. „ , „
■ , «e” Leitrrs addretsed to P. ROPh A t. 0.
KCia l %K MEETIfIOS
I, XASONP, knight tempi.ars, odd fel-
I i.tiWS and sons of temperance,
j|f;t,D in TH* CITY Os MACON.
MASONS.
10 nnd I,od« of Georgi* for 1866, October slßlh.
M»cou lodge, No. &, iir»t and third Monday nigbti m
(Nr'nantlnt Chapter, No. 4,second Monday night in each
Washington Council, No. 6, fourth Monday night in each
Si o.m r's Fuicarapment, Knights Templar, No.Moot*
'every tird Tuesday night in each month.
.H O FKhLOUS.
I&rnod Lodice.hrst Wedne.day in June.
AH)rand Vni'ampoeut, Tuesday previous.
■j uiklio lodge, No.B, every Thursdsy evening.
■nuted Brothers, No. 5, every Tuesday evening.
Hvuoon Union Encampment, No. second and fourth
■■‘•iday evenings jneach month.
*O VS OF TENPHRACiV E,
■ ‘■rnnd Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually.
I'KdFKSSIOMh CAROS.
Cl LV£KHO( SG A AJtSIiEY*
Attorneys at law,
KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, UA.
■ ,• CtLVKRHOUSB, F. A. ANSLEY,
| Knoxville, Oa. Fort Valley, Ga.
L. If. WHITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, (fKOHU/A.
I UiilT next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Store
i, [4l-ly.]
Til Off! IS If. FA BA KISS,
Ittorney at law,
For«ytli, Grtt,.
Br I LI, attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
e tre m theCountiesnf Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford.
I'ike,.Spalding and Upson. {.may 12 ’sß]
WOOD’S
PHOTOGRAPHIC
PALACE OF ART!
I liIibHAHLY the largest and best appointed Estab
-' ment in the South, if not In the United States. Is
: Hie most popular and interesting places of resort in
■ : '.»nd i* daily thronged with crowds of delighted \%x
--1 l|rt, The
■Collection ol’ .Pictures
• >’ large, embracing every style known to the art, from
-rosßeat Aabrotype to the life-size Portrait. Wood is
i ** r loot'd, regardless of labor or expense, that his GAL
HY shall coßtinuo to be the
of Fine Arts in Ihe South
EHj ‘■Uoylng permanently the best talent t 0 be procured to
“is Phoiogrophs, in eeery sty l *, tr*e to nature, and
' j satisfaction is guaranteed iu every instance. A
tion of the celebrities of the day on exhibition,
■ f'u? jusl been added a splendid Picture of the
■7 e "■ " a ' ?, and suit, Blondin, Judge Douglas, and
■■ -■ i t co numerous to mention, but which the public are
■V' nullv invited to call and examine. As Wood uses
9 ' l' nt : £ materials in his business, persons In want
■ ?.U“* p ‘7 ure *‘ll find it to tlieii advantage to p&tron
n " ' 1 ; , a h iishn.ent l as Pictures can be had here at prices
S ' a ' ''Lnwhere and of superior style. Ambrotypes,
*• ,r :°4P« tud Plain Photograjihs of every siae at low
M «• ('all and nee R. L. WOOD,
Isl WasMngton Block, nearly opposite the
Lanier House, Macon, Ga.
tuFgeorgia
• u an hukasce comfamy,
OF
ML COLUMBUS, GEO.
fHARTERED CAPITAL - - $250,000
1 .1, ~ DIKECTOR3.
I 4b’! \ M ct*y h ’ w. H. Toung.i
■ccX' % ' J.J.Rn.roS,
Ik?™". “A;.,
•tuzeman, James Ennis,
L. T. Downing,’'
I ■F. Wuxcox, Secretary JNO ‘ McGODGH ’ PreMdent *
ft iu,- ? cotton and othei
■'lamMe bvfi 1 kin,ls of insurable property, against loss
*§dbv y ** A PPUcation».received and policies is-
H-h JOSEPH M. BOARDMAN,
- Agent for Ms,con and vicinity.
■otice to Builders and Jobbers.
jMber for sale.
g e r^ r X \ U ,W 1 rm Ws friends and the public
, mat tu has the largest and best lot of
fcASOtfEo , M * K MTWBER
*Hr exhibited in Middle
|«f.s 1 *lMi and common! ® ,** 4 ' «OMtottng of Scantling
MB bustured flooring, > wetl U ? t ' buiWm *i quartered
9®er kind* suitable for building ° ari U1!? ’ cciliD)lf > * Q d all
Hi V Mill is near the Central and *
road on aeeomtnodaunv tern‘/ 0a » ’ and wi " deliver at
wm base, address me at Irv. tu* in’ . Al ! y , l ' ers " n wishing to
to meet the day tram it m U .i 1 send horse
Hu to the mill free of charge intyre’s, and convey
H«pt. 25, 1861.—ts
U K. BURNEY.
leorgia manufacture.
WI w arratried^i^^rk'we!l! UiH b ' ,me m *' ie article
Straw Cutters,
Her patent, to r ial« by ’
1 SATHAJI WttD.
business cards.
n,,.p. naanane*. -*«• o. n. BFAka.
u/iDDEMAN SPARKS)
\\ ARK-HOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants.
MACON, GA., ii
\\Tll.l > Kive prompt attention to the selling and storiDf
y)/ «,f Ootton, and to the filling of orders for planuttioi
,n<i fimily ;iitpplle<. With many years experience anc*
with thr-lr be%t efTorts to serve tneir friends, they hope to
have a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore
•xtended to them. Liberal advancen made when repaired
August 16lh IM6O. (ly.)
D. C. &, SON,
DMUMS I’J A*a> MANmcTaßta.: oy
C3r XJ !S ,
And Sporting Apparatus*
orsvsar paaoajMioa, r i U _
* rsw doorr rklow thy
Lanier House,
Jan. 1,1860. _ ts
IRON WORKS,
JtIACOR, GEORGIA.
r r. C. \1 H It ET,
HAV.\I(i removed his FOUNDRY AND MACH INF
WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near Ihe Macon
& Western Shops, he Is now prepared to manufacture all
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or
South. (mar 18) T. C. NIBBF.T.
JOBS SCHOFIKI.n, JOSHCA SCHOFIELD
BclxolielcL & J3x*o.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS-
IfIACON, GEORGIA.
WK are prepared to Manufacture Steam Engine*.
CIRCULAR PAW MILLS, MILL and (UN (IKAlt
fN(>, SUGAR MILIJS,
BRASS AAD IRON CASTINGS ]
Os every description lICOA It.UIJiVli and VISK
AN DAHS., Having the most complete assortment of
Iron Railing lit the State, which for elegauce, neatness,du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery L»ts, PublicSquaree,
Church Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to !
give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains !
as any Northern Establishment.
Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill j
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city. |
jan 1-IS6I
Oha nge of Programme,
”"" "
W. .8. ftA’ELROY & CO.
HA VS-', removed to the New Building on 4th street
near the Guard House. We continue to manufacture
Swords, Sabres, Bowie Knives, Spurs, and general brass
work, Farmers’ 1 Tools, Ac.
ALSO FOR SALE,
Tin and 3 apan Ware.
Hale Room up-stairs on second floor.
We will be pleased to see our friends and customers, and
serve them so far as we can.
W. J. Mo ELROY,
june 18 A. RPVNOLDS.
8. H. WRIGLEY,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Ralston’s Granite Range,
( Nt”xt Door to Express OJfice,)
MACON, GEORGIA.
oct 29—y
\V r OO Xj XV A XT E I )
FOR THE SOLDIER.
11 HE good and patriotic citizens of the country are
. called upon to dispose of their surplus wool to the
undersigned.
The great necessity of securing a supply of wool to clothe
cur brave soldiers now confronting the enemies of our coun
try, is evident to every on*% Let them have it. Beware ot
speculators.
Pay ments will be made in cash only or one half
cash and the other in shirting at 50 cents, or sheeting at 55
cents per yard.
J G. MICHAELOFFOSKY,
june 17—ts Capt. and Post Q. M., Macon, Ga.
To the Creditors of the Gcrnulgee
Bank of Georgia.
( HAVE been appointed, under a decree in Bibb Supe-
X rior Court, to receive and audit all claims against the
Ocmnlgee Bank of the State of Georgia, and to make dis
trlmdion of the assets of said Bank among the creditors.
All persons hav ng claims azaiust said Bank,sre request
ed to present them to me on or before Wednesday, Auimet
18th, 1868, as I shall on that day, at my office in Macon,
Ga proceed to audit all claims and nrake distribution of
the assetts of said Bank under said decree in chancery
july 15-Ot* L. N. WHITTLE, Auditor, Ac.
NOTICE.
A 1.1. persons are hereby notified that my wife,Francis
Evans,has deserted my bed and board, without a
sufficient cause or provocation—hence I take this privilege
of lorewarning all persons not to credit her on my account,
as I shall not be responsible for them, neither will I liqui
date the same. HENRY FVAN*.
july 22-6l*
lioii: FACTI KE.
WE are prepared to make to order and repair, at shor
notice, MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac
Also,Sewing Machinesrepaired, and new parts made, an
machines adjusted,by a practical and experienced workman
Public patronage respectfully solicited.
lan IS * «- T. JOHNSTON A 00^
Oil Consignment.
t !Zf\ HANKS KICE, 25 Bales Yarns, assorted Nos
L#>W *, .r'i ASHER AYRES.
PAPER-RAGS.
market price wi.l be paid at this office for ail good
JL clean Cotton or Linen Rags. Inferior lots will be paid
for according to quality.
PIANOS,
OF Chickering A Son’s, Dunham’s and other celebrated
Makers; warranted in tone, durability and finish to be
first quality, and sold at the very best rate, together with a
fine lot of
Guitars, Violins, Accordeons, Flutes,
Tionr, .no 8.1U,»,r1.p. «■*.!
RAGS WANTED.
THE subscriber will pay a liberal price, in Cash or in
articles of trade, lor any quantity of clean’
Cotton or T.inen Hags,
«“*“ lhe '''* J ° rC ””wu”J"rAIUUNGIOS.
Macon, April 12, ’63.
tjTEEL aud German Silver Spectacle*
H Convex and Colored Glas*, Railroad Spectacle*iMd
u A “** Mnl ’TSllllt
.UACON, GA., WEDNESDAY, A { 'GUST 19,180.3.
Tli«* Draft in tlie Xorlh—tM&aty
of but no Soldiers.
The draft is bat the merest farce in some
of the Ne* England districts. For exam
ple, in the 4th (Boston; district, the whole
number examined last week wag 1,135, of
whom $34, were exempted, 70 paid S3OO,
which makes 1,007 that gets clear, 108 off
ered substitutes, and ten were passed as fit
for duty. Thus less than one iu a hundred
of thv* original conscripts go mto the army.
It will take a great, many soldiers of the
regular army to watch the The
Washington Star tells us :
Detachments from the various regiments
of the Army of the Potomac coutiuuc to gu
North tor drafted men. To-day the follow
ing left on that mission viz : Detachments
of the 78th 59th and 10*2d New York; the
9th, 109th and Tilth Pennsylvania; the
sth Connecticut; 13 men from other i'enu
sylvania and Ohio regiments, and 10 men
from the second division of the second
corps.
The Petersburg (Pa.j Dispatch, of Mon
day, says :
* There is quite a force here now from the
old regiments, who have come to take charge
of the drafted men. It is the intention to
drill the conscripts for some time in camp,
after which they will he sent to such regi
ments as they may have selected to join.
Substitutes continue to take legs to them
selves. aDd flee away wherever tDey can.—
The New London Star says:
On Saturday evening two of the substi
tutes sent down from Norwich the day be
tore were shot while attempting to escape
irotn the conscript camp iu New Haven.—
One of the men was instantly killed, and
the other badly wounded.
A Vermont paper says :
The four per ct*nt. gives “Honest Abe’s’'
collectors twelve dollars for every dratted
man that pays three hundred dollars This
will probably amount to $30,000 to the
three collectors in Vermont. That is the
way the money goes when we have “honest
men to rule. When a conscript offers a
sbustitute, which is accepted by the enroll
ing officer, at Hartford, (Jonu., the said sub
stitutes is instantly placed iu the county jail*
there he is kept till wanted
All negroes taken uuder the present draft
are to be separated from white conscripts by
Frovost Marshals, and consolidated into the !
nearest negro regiments or companies b dug
organized in tho several States. Instruc
tions to this effect have been sent, to this ef
fect have been sent to the officials of Penn
sylvania and Rhode Island. Negro con
scripts iu Peunsylvana are to be rendezvous
ed at Philadelphia, in the camp cornu iodod
;by Col. \\ agoner; iu Ohio, at Camp Dela
ware ; in Rhode Island, at the camp of the
i first company negro heavy artillery; iu
; Maryland and Delaware, at Washington. —
j Negro troops from New York, it is thought,
will be rendezvoused at Washington.
The Boston Transcript says:
Some of the substitutes who were placed
i in Brin ley Hall Worcester, for safe keeepiug
attempted to escape by digging a hole
through the wall of the building, their op
erations were discovered and frustrated, and
yesterday the whole lot, severny in number,
were sent to Long Island, in Boston harbor.
A part of them are said to be New Y ork
i roughs.
Six substitutes who escaped from Taun
ton on Saturday have been recaptured.—
One of the slippery fellows was a substitute
broker.
On Saturday a meeting was held in Hack
ensack, in Bergen county, N. J., at which
a series of resolutions were unanimously ad
opted denouncing the conscription not as
‘‘unjust, unconstitutional, and slavish in its
provision. ’ and that they will throw them
selves upon th courts for “protection against
the wrongs and outrages which the Govern
ment seeks to inflict,” and failing redress
there they intend to “resist with all the
means that God has placed incur newer any
attempted infringement of our rights and
privileges as freemen in a free country, de
termined at all hazards to maintain their
freedom.” A copy of the enrollment was
also demanded of the enrolling officer, which
was refused, and the meeting adjourned
Out of the fifty-four men from Nantucket
and the Vineyard who have presented them
selves to the Board in New Bedford, fifty
one have received exemption papers, two
have paid S3OO, and cue has passed.
Stampede of Couscripfs
A letter from New York, dated August
Ist, says: -
An extraordinary scene was presented at
the New Haven wharf, East river, on the
arrival of the steamer Continental yester
day morning. A party of conscripts, one
hundred and seventeen in number, wore
placed on board the boat, in charge of Capt.
Davis and a company of the 14th Connecti
cut volunteers. No sooner had the steam
er touched the wharf than a general stam
jSede ensued. Forty of the conscripts made
good their escape but the remainder were
captured and marched off, for safe keepiug,
to the Parke Barrack. Some of the skedad
dlers lowered themselves through the water
closet of the steamer into the river, and, be
iuir good swimmers, had no difficulty in
reaching terra Jirma beyond the vision ot
the guards. They then exchanged their
wet clothing for dry, (the long shoremen
sympathizing with them and ministering to
their necersities,) alter which they put off,
on the double-quick for paits unknown. —
Captain Davis is in a heap of trouble about
them, but his men are scouring the city in
the hope of being able, before nightfall, to
bring back the wandering sheep to the fold.
l*iinboal on Joiuh River
On Tuesday eveoine, about four o’clock,
the three gunboata aad the Monitors passed
Varina, coming up the river. They were
all connected by lines, and were towing
each other, the Monitors being second in
front. 1 hey commenced shelling along the
shore to rouse up a Confederate battery, but
the shelling was in vain, no reply from Con
federate gnus being elicited, if any one of
artillery was in ihe neighborhood. They
continued up the riter.
About six o’clock they turned a bend,
near which a torpedo lay in the channel of
the river. The operator on shore exploded
the torpedo. The explosion, which was ter
rific, took place a few seconds too soon and
before the foremost boat had gotten her bow
over the deadly engine, which, had it been
beneath her, would have shattered her into
atoms. The water was thrown up from the
bed of the river to the height of sixty feet,
lilting the bow of the approaching steamer
high in the air, and tearing from if quanti
ties of planking and gearing. In falling the
great mass of the water fell on the vessel,
tearing open her upper works and doing fur
ther damage. Those who from the shore
witnessed this unexpected water-spout des
cribe it as a grand spectacle. The negro
spectators were greatly astonished, one of
them running to Lis master’s house with
the the astounding intelligence that “de
river had done gone up in de ar.’’
The scene alter the explosion was one of
terror on board the Yankee fleet. On the
foremost vessel the screams aad calls lor
help filled the air. “For (Jod’s sake bring
up a boat, 1 ' was the most frequent cry from
the first steamer,to her companions in the
rear On all the steamers the seamen were
runuing about in the wildest contusion, and
it was some time before order enough could
be restored to allow of aid beinggiven their
distressed companions. The first, that went
to her aid was tbe Monitor, which ran up
alongside, and after that all hands on tho
fleet were engaged iu repairing damages.—
Had a battery of artillery been on shore at
tho time of the explosion occurred and open
ed a brisk tire upon them, there is very lit
, tie doubt that at least two of the boats
might have been captured.
Fractured pieces of the bow, chaius, sail
-1 oi’s caps and planking floated ashore duriug
j Wednesday. The vessel which was so bad
ly damaged was nearly square, with tho
; ends slightly pointed, and our informant
thinks was an iron clad gunboat, or au old
; ferry boat sheathed with iron. The fleet,
after the accideut, sailed up the river, where.
;it lay Wednesday night, and Thursday
morning about, five o’clock passed Varina
again going down tho stream.
At Deep Bottom, a mile below Varina,
they were destined to receive another sur
prise. The artillery and infautry which
had been sent there ami placed in position
the night before, about 1 o'clock, opened
; upon them briskly, to the utter astonish
ment of those on board. Some effort was
made to return the tire. The Monitor back
ed up the river a little distance to get the
rauge and delivered several shots, but find
ing it useless, put on steam and went down
as fast as she could move. After the fleet
past Deep Bottom, the artillery was limber
jed up, and, with the infantry, went at a
double quick down to Turkey Island. They
had arrived there about five minutes, and
| the guns had just been gotten into position
when the fleet hove in sight, coming slowl} 7
down. This time one of the gunboats was
being towed, having been so damaged by
the tire at Deep Bottom that she was una
j ble to,make her way through the water. —
J Her engines were not working; a shot
| through her wheel house wa<* visible. As
j they came in range they were received with
a galling tire, which was continued until
they passed out of the reach of our guns.
As the passed City Point the Monitor
was flanked by a gunboat, on either side,
with another wooden craft following in her
wake, but attached by a tow line. Large
holes could be seen in the hindmost steam
er, and great pieces of canvass could be seen
over the sides of the one next to the South
ern shore of the all indicating pretty
rough treatment.
There i9 little doubt that these gunboat
raids up James river are intended for the
purpose of ascertaining the location and
effecting the removal of the torpedoes sus
pected to be in the river, and this anxiety
to have the course clear may be deemed as
proof that the next “on to Richmond” will
be made by two routes—one of them being
the Peninsula. — Rirh. Dig.
General Lee’s Call. —General Loe,
says the Ricbmend Whig is not the man to
cry wolf when there is no need of it. On
the contrary so bold is he, so proud of his
“raggamufhns,” and so confident of their
ability to accomplish whatever human nature
can achieve, that he would be too apt to trust
too much to his army, however weakened it
may be. We may be sure, then, that when
he calls for meD, he really needs them, and
needs them right away.
He calls upon “all men to rejoin their re
spective regiments at once.” He does more
than that. He “appeals to the people of the
States to send forth every mau able to bear
arms.” There is no mistaking the meaning
of this language, for general Lee weighs
everv word before using it. Wc understand
that he has good reasons, not for believing,
but for knowing that the enemy will soon
advance upon him in tremendous force—a
.r -e so greately superior to his own, that
i a spite of the advantago of position, and of
acting on the defensive, he is compelled to
call for reinforcements.
VOLUME XLI-NO. 22.
A Yankii> Raid in Florida.
On Sunday, the *2.ith ult.. two Yank, c
steamers and twb sailing mai j e thfMr
appearance off Smyrna river,and commenc'd
shelling the surrounding neighborhood _
About twelve o’clock a steamer and • « :; -
vessel ascended the river and ftmhcWwith’
m 50<> yard* ot Mrs. Shelton’s hotel and
opened their guns on it. I n a *horf time
they knocked the hotel to piece*, and al o
destroyed a small house some short distac
in the rear, belonging to M r . Carpenter v
number of gentlemen and ladir and ehtl
dren were in the hotel when the Yankee*
commenced tiring, aod were compelled to
flee to the woods for shelter. \«= *oon
the Yankees were preeeived, Mr. ,T. M. Hay
wood, whoso schooner, the Onward, war,
at the wharf, loaded with t wen tv-sev
en bales of Upland Cotwn gave , rder* ro
fire his vessel, which was done, and m *
short time she was in a sheet of flame*, and
burnt to the witei s edge. Another steam
er belonging to tho Waldo Company, me
loaded, lying near by, wa* also burnt, to
prevent her from falliug into the hand* of
the enemy. Mr Haywood's schooner with
her cargo of cottton, wn- valued at 5-7,000
The Yankees continued to shell the wood',
all Sunday afternoon and night. The n
habitants sought shelter in the wockK., where
they built fent.s. In one of these a nurobei
of ladies and children had taken refuge, but
a shell passed through it, without doing ani
injury, and compelled them to seek morn
distant quarters. Mrs. Bennett and Mr-
Shelton went to the wreck of the hotel with
the intention to save some articles ol value
but upon approaching it were fired on*and
compelled to retire. A young man named
Dressier, ot Tallahassee, is supposed to have
been killed, as he lias been missing ever
since. During the fire of the enemy Cap
tain Mai tin weut to the hotel and succeeded
in bringing away a number of articles.
Two ot the enemy s vessels, h steamer
and a sailing vessel,remained outside, whiK
those which approached Smyrna done their
woik of destruction. It is supposed that
the enemy sforoe was about six hundred men.
They sent four barges up tho river, each
containing abouf fifty men. Ip to Monday
night they had not landed.
A few days since a sailing vessel from
sea ran up Indiau river. ,Since then a Y an
kee steamer has been blockading the mouth
us it. It has rained tor five weeks in the
\icinity ot Smyrna, and the low lands are
iu undated and difficult to pass over. Y
large number ol Y aukec vessels are now on
the Florida coast, and it is difficult for ves
sels imining tho blockade to make a safe
entry.—Acre. Ketcs. 7 th .
Morgan’i Surrender.
The whole of Yankeedom is in u stow about
the surrender of General Morgan, it seems
that one Gen. Burbage, a militia officer,
with a body of Militia had been assembled
to intercept and capture Morgan, hut got
captured himself. The Guerilla Chief (ter
rible fellow) not only turned the tables on
him so far as to capture him, but pressed
him into the rebel service. He actually
made a guide of the ebopfalleu militiaman,
compelling him to go along with him and
show him the way.
Morgan, however, learned that Col
Shackelford was close upon him with a f«toe
so disposed and of such strength as bi.t
worn down command could not hope to es
cape from or contend against. Being thus
situated, knowing that he would soon be
compelled to surrender to the. Y ankees—he
improved the opportunity to surrender to
Gen. Burbage— the man whom had held us
prisoner. Burbage accepted the surrender,
and made such terms with Morgan as the
Yankees are extremely dissatisfied with, and
they are trying to repudiate it They say
that Burbage had no right to accept the
surrender, as he really was not in the s- 1-
vice of the governmpur, but’had his militia
men ot his own accord ; and further that
being a prisoner himself at the time, he
could not accept the surrender to him ai a
prisoner of the man, who held him as ; uch
Tt is a nice question and the Y ankees are
seriously straining their noddles over it.—
—Atlanta (Jonfed.
Horrible mtmler iieai* Natchez.
I have just learned of a fiendish murder
perpetrated recently upon the person of n
young married lady, near the city of Natch
ez, Miss. A Y r ankee lieutenant ana two pri
vate soldiers entered the house of the party
deceased, who iu the absence of her husband
was the only occupant of the place, demaud
| ing where her husband was concealed. She
refused to tell Lina, and at the same tim
asked what they wanted with him. The
Y’anke officer told her that what the? want
ed with him was their business and none
of hers, and said that he would give her
three minutes to reveal the whi-reabouts of
of her husband, and if she did not- do so in
that time he would take her life. She refus
ed peremptorily, when the time having ex
pired the murderer deliberately took off hi„
sCirf, and with the assistance of his men
hung her up by the ueck iu her own
and left her in the agonies of a violent death.
She was afterwards cut down by her friends,
but life had long since been extinct. The
gentleman who relates this horrible, Grange,
foul and unnatural murder is dq.w in this
town, and is an old citizen of Natchez, hav
ing edited at one time a weekly journal in
that city. He says he saw the dead bod,
after it was cut down. If this terrible tale
be true, and we have no good reason to
doubt it, the vengeance not only of mau but
of God will follow the invading army.—.dp*
peal