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by s. rose & CO.
tbhms op
v Gip tlx* - i*t Ibe meeting of the
j,,. iirs of >he Weekly Journal*- of the State laMUleugt
v;>l« in a.pri’• last, the following a l -? to he the prices from
(! ,j first June:
[,•■.>» of s-ibscrlptlon, In advance, |1 ot>
Hr. fi'ilstsg —IOO words, or ten liues, or firat,
1 no
. insertions 75
;it. Aovithriudo —Citatious for letters of Adminis*
.-j. io.ioy Administrators, Executor-, Guardians,
n no
for D'smisslon from Artministratnrshlp.. C 00
»jnlicitlon for Dismission from Guardianship 4 00
V.’ice t < debtors and creditors 4 00
ts rtersonal or perishable property,»p. v square
nr t.ea S 00
f i'-h Sh j riff’s I.cry, of tea lines or le-* 8 00
1 nh Mortgage sale, of ten lines or less 0 00
.til Avert! .ements hy Sheriffs exceeding ten line# to
re Oarged \ri proportion
fir 3 dosure of Mortgage ami other Monthly adver*
a.-rnents, per squat <? of ten lines 1 50
f, - iblishtng loet papers, per square of ten Hues 8 00
pm 1 man advertising his wife (in advance) *’ lo 00
Notice of OantiJatet, Editorial notices for individual
and Obituary notices over ten lines, charged the
sme a? transient advertising.
Siursof Laho iss> Nioboes by Executors, Administra
tors and Guardians, are required by Jaw to be advertised
la & public gazette, lorty days previous to the day of sale.
Thes'c seles must be held on the first Tuesday In the
m V:! I ’, i twyen the hours of ton i- ‘he forenoon and three
lu I'vOOu, at ttie Court Lons .a the county in which
th • property is situated.
rfii.es op Personal Property must be advertised in like
manner, tuny days.
Nunct to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be
published forty days.
V'Tica that application will be made to the Ordinary for
I* ' ’ to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly
f r tw > months.
CtTirtoss for Lettters of AdminisVaHons, thirty days;
for J> amission from Administration, monthly, six months;
f< >' Disnaisston from Guardianship, weekly, forty days.
Rcls;s for Foreclosing op Mortgager, monthly four
nvrewia ; for establishing lo3t papers, for the full space of
three mouthy; for compelling titles from e-.erutors or ad
ministrators wh-re a bond has been given by the deceased,
the full sp-vee of throe months.
Liberal arrangement made with county officers, Drug
gists, Au-tioneers, Merchants, and others, who may wish
to mike limited contracts. » i
[■&“ Letters addressed to 3. ROSE A CO.
REGULAR MEETINGS '
of masons, kxight templars, odd frl- !
LOWVJ AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
HKU> IN THE CITV OF MACON.
MASONS.
Ctrand Lodge of Georgia for IS6B, October ?Sth.*
Macon Lodge, No. C, first and third Monday nights in
each month.
Constantiß* Chapter, No. 4,second Monday night In each j
month.
Washington Council, N'o. 6, fourth Monday night la each i
month
■. Omer'A Fncimpment, Enight-; Templar, No i, Meet* '
every first Tuesday night 1» each month.
OOD FELLOWS,
Grand Lodge, first Wednesday In June.
Grand Siucampment, Tuesday previous,
i-.anklia Lodge,No.ii, every Tnuraday evening.
United Brothers, No. 6, every Tuesday evening.
M*' on Union Encampment, No.‘J, second and fourth i
Monday evenln ts in each month.
SONS OF TEMPERICN'F.
Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually. I
in. . ■ -jCTiissHyiAgß si 1 i wiwi ■<-.«*hi inwrTwawtfiaaHiiW |
PUOFES si 0 N AC c IKIiS 7
Cl I.VKIIHIII Mt 4- .HSU.) ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
F!9OIVII,LE AND FORT VALIEV, OA.
6P. OVLVGRHOU3F, , P. A. ANSLEF,
Knoxville,fla/ Fort Valley, (Ta.
ootßl-’CO-ly
1.. n. UHfTTI.I%
AT LAW,
MACOX, iitiOhUJA.
'.‘FFICR next to CONCERT HALL,over Bayne’s Drug Store
lnn.O, [4l -ly.]
THOMAS CARA Nf SB,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
3J*or»ytliL»
1 rrrifjlj alteud promptly to all business entrusted to his
B \Y c;;.re in theCountlesof Monroe,Bibb,Butts,Crawford,
I h. Pike, Spalding and Upson. [may 12 ’sß]
I WOOD’S
[PHOTOGRAPHIC
PALACE OF ART!
PKOBAHL.Y the largest and best appointed Estab
lishment In the South, h not in the United States. Is
oi,e of the moat popular and Interesting places of resort In
is daily thronged with crowds of delighted v.sl- |
Collection of Pictures
!» very large, embracing every style known to the art, from
ice smallest Ambrotype to the life-sice Portrait. Wood is j
determined, regardless of labor or expeuße, that his GAL
LEttY shall continue to be the
oi tin© Arl - in tli© boutii*
Employing permanently the best talent t 0 be procured to
■olor his Photogrophs, in every t* u e to nature, ana
perfect satisfaction is guaranteed mevery instance. A
targe collection of the celebrities of the day on exhibition,
to which has just been added a splendid Picture of the
Prince of Wales and suit, Blondin, Judge Douglas, and
others too numerous to mention, but which the public are
K-soectfuliy invited to call and examine- A? Wood uses
Done but the best materials In his business,persons m want
of a’good Picture will find it to their advantage to patron
tie this establishment, as Pictures can be had here at prices
as low as elsewhere and of snperior style. Ambrotype*,
and Plain Photographs of every tiae allow
, Rts. C;ill anti^y hiDgton Bi oc k, nearly opposite the
oct Lanier House,Macon, Ga.
THE GEORGIA
uotie INSURAICE CO^IPAXi,
OF
COLUMBUS, GEO.
CHABTEBED CAPITAL - - $260,000
DIBKOTOE3.
John M. McGough, Vs. H. Young»l
Wt. M. GHnby, J- G. Strapper,
C. C. Cody, J. P. Illges,
Daniel Griifin, W. 11. Hughes,
James T. Boaeman, James Untile,
L. T. Downing.
JNO. McGOUGH, President.
D. P. WttLCOX, Secretary. .
Itsures dwellings, stnreg, merchandize, cottou apd otbei
P r odure, and all kinds of insurable property, Against loan
°t damage by fire. Application? received and policies is
>Ufd by JOSEPH M. BOARDMAN,
feb 20— y Agent for Macon and vicinity.^
Notice to Builders and Jobbers-
LUMBER FOR SALE.
fflllß subscriber would inform his friends and the public
A in general, that he bus the largest and best lot ot
&EASOWKO POE L(MREK
exhibited in Middle Georgia, consisting of Scantling
of all and commonly used in house building; quartereo
bustured flooring, wetherboarding, ceding, and rd'
~u '«r kinds suitable for building.
•4y Min is aear the Central Railroad, and will deliver at
road on accommodating terms. Any person wishing to
me at Irwinton, and 1 will send horse
tail baggy to meet the day train at Mclntyre’s, and convey
*** to the mill free of charge. mm WRY
®*pt.25, 1581.-—tf °* BL „ 11,
6EORSIA MANUFACTURE;
WHEAT FANS, a superior home made article
warranted to work well.
Straw Cotters,
BUSINESS CARIES.
raoA. hardimam,-u.
O. O. BViRKf
HARDEMAN & SPARKS,
VA ARE-HOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants.
s4i§s MACON, GA„
prom P t. att * nt j on f0 selling
■ f Cot. on, and to the filling of orders for Tda.ntn.t,n«
and family supplies. With many ytara exmnence and
with their best efforts to their friend^they
have a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore
d t^h he iß«n tlberal ad — SSSK
D. C. HODGKINS &. SON,
PEiLFH.a tS aND aAXCrACTgaERd or
GrXJ-KTS,
•dlFLirs. ’
Ac<! S^rti^
Jan.l,lßCo. ts
IEON WORKS,
MA€OX, GEORGIA.
T. O. NISBET,
HAVNIG removed hi# FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon
A Western Shops, he is now prepared to manufacture all
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
——also
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or
South. (mar 18) T. 0. NIBBET.
JOHN- BCHOFIKLU, JOSHrA #CHOFI£LD
Schofield & Bro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
MACON, GEORGIA.
WjE are prepared to Manufacture steaiti Engines,
CIRCULAR SAW MILi.S, MILL and GIN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS.
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
of fcvery description litOA HAILING and YEH a
ANOAHS, Having the most complete asaortment ot
Iron Railing .u the State, which for elegance, neatness, du
rability arid design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lots, Public Squares,
Church Fences and Balconies.
Pefsoua des.rous of purchasing Railings will do well to
give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
ai any Northern Establishment.
Specimens of our Work can be seen at Ruse Hill
Oeruetery, and at various pi ivate residences in this city,
jan 1-1861
Change ot' -Programme.
V/. J. M’ELROY & CO.
HA Vl.' removed to the Kew Baiiding 00 4th stie«t
near the Guard House. We continue to manufacture
! 9words, Sabres, Bowie Knives, Spur#, and general (nut
work, farmers* Tools, Ac.
also for sals,
Till and sfapan Ware.
i Sale Room up-stalrs on second floor.
We will be pleased to see our friends and customers, and
i serve them so far as we can.
W. J. MOF.LROY,
June 18 A. RfYNOLDS.
HARDWARE.
1 Rome made Smiths Bellow#
Portable Forage,
Cast Steel,
Block Tloi*,
Tin Plate,
Bolt Copper,
Glue, Rubber and Hemp Packing,
Brass Wire,
Sheet Bra»s,
German Sliver,
Babbit ilet&l,
Hor#e and Mule Shoe,
Shoe Nails, for sale by
; July 10 NATHANWFF.D.
AGRICULTURAL
I IMPLEMENTS.
NATHAN WEED,
Macon , Georgia,
HAS NOW IN STORE and offers to Planters a superior
assortment of the newest and moat improved Turn
ing Implements in use.
Iron and Steel Plows, Harrows,
Plow Hames, Cultivators,
Grain Cradles, Scythe Blades,
Threshers, * Fan Mills,
Horse Powers, Straw Cutters,
Shovels and Spades, Traces,
Spading and Manure Forks,
Weeding Hoes,
of Scovll’s, Coilins’, Brade’s Patent American Hoe Cos.
manufacture.
Swedes and English Refined IRON of all sizes.
Warranted Plow Steel, English manufacture.
Anvils, Vices, Bellows,
Hammers, Screw Plates, Tongs, Borax,
Carpenters’ Tools,
BuHders* Hardware,
Carriage and Wagon .llaterlals,
IS ALL THEIR VUtIRTV.
mar 18 ‘ :
RAGS WANTED.
THE subscriber will pay a liberal price, In Cash or in
articles of trade, for any quantity of clean
Cotton or Linen Hags,
at his Store at the head of Cotton Avenue.
WM. H. FARRINGTON.
Macon, April 12, ’6B.
Fresh Arrivals
ROSS & SEYMOUR’S.
lAS SAC KS FLOUR,
8 bbls. FLOUR,
hd sacks SUGAR,
150 sacks SALT,
2 (ibis. SAL SODA,
50 sacks WHITE PL AS,
175 cases TOBACCO,
in bales OSNABUIIGS,
5 boxes PIPES,
g cases COPPERAS. J >inel7
none manufacture.
WE are pre.pared to make to order and repair, at shot
notice, MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac
Alio,Sewing Machines repaired, and new parts made, an
aachinesatOusted,by a practical and experienced work man
Public patronage respectfully solicited.
Jan 18 B J- JOHNUTON A 00.
On Consignment.
150 **£?**■* 25B * lf< T AflK** SS 4YB!M, 08
MACON,' OA.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER U, [863
1 rem the Atlanta Ict. r .'lii^nc4r.
Tlxe Battle Field of t'h irk am an*
ga—Ten day* after tfao Hattie,
We visite*] the Held of the greit bastle c and
yesterday, commending or; the extreme left
crossing and reerosbing over th.o unt : -e
ground. The scenes wo witnessed ere se].
dorn exhibited on earthy we will to des
cribe some of them.
We entered the M d at the lied House,
where 9 few,dead horses only iKiJwt tike evi
dence of a severe skirmish. The woods on
the outskirts of the field did not exhibit
much evidence of battle until wo reached
the steam saw mill on the rond Wiirg from
Kiuggold, by way of Heed’s bridge, to Chat
tanooga. At this point several dead horses
are decaying and producing a most foul
stench. Several graves are visible, in an
outhouse, stretched upon a litter, the
body ot a Yankee is exposed, a-d a mo ,:r
offensive stink exhales from the .mcass.
Along the road we saw numerous lead b r*
sc:* and Yankee hhdies, Alt ib’i’jijgh the
woods there were evidences of sharp jl ir- i
mishing where little artillery tiring had i>: m
made. To the right of the rc*d about, a
mile, and close to the old SavanQah rta-d,;
there are some old fields, in which baste-!
ries were placed on the highest prints. Our j
foiees charged up the small heights, and|
left the evidences of their valor on lbs field, |
not alone in their own (tattered gwtnents
and equipments, and the grave of cur dead,'
but also in a large number of dead and stink-!
ing Yankees. Here we met a burial part?
who were really sick from their exposure to i
the unwholesome stench. Behind this bill'
we met the first breastworks. They are made
ot logs and stones, and situated to command
the most probable line of attack. The r/e
--l>ns of the conflict shows how savagely it was
contested.
Along the Chattanooga and Lafayette
road, somewhat to the left of Cloud’s farm,
the signs of desnerate strife began to indi
cate the battle field. The country is well
cleared from the lowlands up the slopes ot
the broken range of hills, and some four or
five farms are seen in the clearing. In the
edge of the woods, on the crest o? the hili|,
the enemy were posted with tremendous bat
teries, their position being about u nil© long
and. bristling with cannon Irouiing tv7o wavs.
The torn, pulverized earth, and iho mown
weeds and corn in the path of their terrible
sweeping fire, evince the fierceness of the
con diet. There is a very large corn field
and field of sedge oh the slope, and it was
over this exposed, clear, open place, with a
fence and gully intervening, that cur men
charged steadily and successfaly. A hun
dred horses, broken caissons, dismounted
cannon, broken ammunition, tom clothes,
broken knapsacks, empty haversack?, bullet
torn canteens, broken gunstocks, hundreds
of torn shoes and hats, bloody bayonets, bro
ken sabre scabbards, torn cartridge box-*s,
dead Y ankees in piles of four, five aud a
dozen; u cord of cannon lainiaere, ropes,
torn harness, numerous graves—( votvthiog
which is Bver seen upon a fiercely contested
and bloody field of battle. All over thesi
1000 acres of land the conflict rnged with a
fierceness of which the evidence will long
be apparent. Our forces carried the whole
line of hills and the enemy's defence.. Nu
merous wagon ways for their retreating bat
teries are Been, but it is evident they fell
into our. hands, for the paths end ot short
distances in the woods, and only a few bat
tery paths are seen on the reeky slope, over
whose surface down into a ravine and along
the slope of the hills behind, the Yankee
dead are still putrifying iu the light of s
bright September sun.'
Away far to the left of the opening, the
graves of our men become numerous. Ten
nessee has her regiments marked on many,
oh !it makes me sorry in my betrt for my
glorious friends and companions who £~e
placed there.’. > A thousand Yt.nkee dead,
some buried, many still lying in
bright blue unifoims, where our rebel bul
lets overtook them.
Going northward to the left of the read
way and along the brow of the ‘ hill, where
the tremendous battery had done such fear
ful execution, we see where the enemy’s
right was turned towards his centre and
through the defiles and ravines the fighting
must have been awful.; In one little deli
at the head of a-small ravine and directly
opposite the old home used by the Yankees
as a hospital, situated on the upper end of
the opening, there are a large number of our
dead. South Carolina here has representa
tives from several;of her noble regiments.—
A number of graves of Mississippi an s are
marked at various points in this vicinity.—
The place is easily found by noticing the
accurate points lam giving. On b</th sides
of the ravine are evidences of the terrible
conflict which raged. * This was the front ot
the enemy’s centre. Hundreds of dead
Yankees* attest the close character ot the
combat «aud the incincible efforts of our
•* i *
troops. •.«. _ . ■
Back of this point is the highest bill cn
which the* Y ankee centre wm entrenched on
all sidefe. They had a large number of guns
in battery on the brow of the hill, and down
its slope they showered the storm'd * lead
en and iron hail whfch cut lanes through
the wopils as through a tornado bad
over if. Trees two feet thick are cut off :
limbs are hanging in all directions ; tons ot
metal —balls, bombs, grape and s.ugs— are
lying thick over the whole wooded surface.
Thousands of balls have scarred every tree,
shrub and bush ; stones are torn into frag
ments, over nearly a mile in length in front
of the battery, and all round it within range
every foot of the ground has been-tern and
ploughed with shot ud .hell. . Ou the
nght northern b*t,d slope of the hill a lit
tie tarn was- cleared aud near ihe crest a
? birK rewh orchard one* stood; behind
this is a leg house, the of the proprie
lor. iu, fecodgrass. dhis Sno<lurahill
the proper centre of the enemy’s line.
At the li Bt of the hill 1 routing towards the
Otiatt uv. ga roan there is a deep well, aud
to tfie nbt ot this are three rows of breast
w Rss rt ide of rails, logs and stones.
ihe cn,mv used the rs a hojfpiffii.
Around it are the marks af war’s destruc
tion. Dea o, fc ris mast horrible, mang
ling and disfiguring shape, was there on
Sunday, and wage* loads of unburied arms
and legs and dead attest the fury and car
nage of the demot nf destruction- The hos
pital itself w»vs unreachod; its flag was res
pected by out forces on the centre and right.
The cerure was charged several times. Fi
naily, Breckinridge’s troops assaulted across
the point where the well is seen, over the
works up the bill, through the orchard Rn d
amen*— the trees, to tho top of the-nil!,
ni.d here are the evidences of their valor.—
Tegut where thei- noble and desperate cour
age carried rbem they have erected a monu
ment. ii is composed of Kentucky’s dead.
Over tfio spot the roar ot a hundred cannon
deafened the senses. Ihe thin, pulverized
earh and the beaten round spots show the
despair rnd obstinacy of ihe Yankee can
uopiers. It was from this point th* Yan
kee centre broke and retreated in conster
nation and panic, throwing awav their guns,
accoutrements—everything which might im
pede their progress and retreat. Our troops
did not pursue from this point until Mon
day, from what we could learn.
The evidences of their disorder and re
treat is shown iu the beaten woods Tt has
the appearance'for miles as though thous
ands and thousands of cattle and horses had
trampled. Along its course thousands of
guns and equipments were found. Our
gleaning parties and the victors have clean
ed the ground so that not an artiole of val
ue or uee can now i>e found. It is very
much so, however, over the field. From
this hill we lock down over a corn field and
through the woods where our right wing
came on like a hurricane. Iu ihe field
*3 a large number of dead Yankees,
I wnoss bßck aud swollen bo die?, glistening
iu the sunlight, are nut either pleasant to
riie eyes, nor is the oder they emit a delight
ful prole.me, except us an incense to our
£ r o ‘ifi'd soul that they are destroyed. They
; ore our rucrai enemies—--that i> reason en
ough for our want of charity.
From this point we traveled Northeast
30 A Hast towards ilinggold aud Oravsville.
} assing over the fiat or slightly rolling
ground bet ween Snodgrass home and Kelly’s
farm,the woods are literally torn into shreds.
Horses and dead Yankees arc lying promis
cuously about. Ibe conflict all along the
road, passing by Kelly's hou.se and a half
mile, on either side, is more terrible in ap
pearance than any other of the field. The
woods are thick and the land nearly level,
which explains the mutter, every shot on
1 suoh ground showing more plainly than on
open ground. We found Mr. Keliy packing
up his heueehold goods. Numerous dead
Yankees and horses are scattered about his
house. One man bad a leg amputated aud
apparently died under the operation. The
leg was threw 11 across his body aud there he
lay, a most disgusting, yet extraordinary
sight. FassiDg up the wood toward Chat
tanooga, the evidences of tho fight present
horrors upon horrors. The ground is nearly
ievel, aud read very broad, with ocea.
sionally a field. As far the eye can sec on
either side, and at some places a mile in
width, the conflict was close, almost hand to
land. All the destruction which can lie
imagined as attending the terrible carnage
of a battle-field, is here in all its horror.
The dust is thicker than we ever saw it any
where, anu over all the woods for miles in
length and widtfi, there is cast a mantle of
impalpable dust which ma-kes the grey forest
ai sad aud melancholy in the Jong slant
ing rays of the setting sun. We leave the
Chattanooga road and turn to the right.
An open, narrow space in the woods, i
which seems to have been cut out for an J
old road, and may have been made u pasture j
field, attracts our attention. We ride!
along tho avenue, and on every side, thickly j
strewn are the marks of the sharpshooters’ |
skill, and tho terrible effects of shell and
grape from masked batteries. The loss was
not alone, however, with us, but the foe met
his fate. Ho has left the dreadful evidences
in many dead bodic-4- Iu the woods
near tho upper end of opening, we saw -
one of the blue habited dead, sii.ing with j
his back against a log, his arras on his
knees, ana Lht fingrrs dove tailed together j
Apparently, he had set down deliberately,
to die. The worms were feasting on him.
His jaw was hanging down ; his black and
glistening body, which had swollen until it
burst off his clothing, was one of most hor
rible and disagreeable sights we ever wit
nessed. Close by, another had crawled 1
along a log, and resting his head on his!
hand, tho elbow bent, the body in a reclin
ing position, be had pulled his cap over his j
eves aud xrivsQ up his spirit from the battle ;
field. Y*f e crossed Kelley’s farm, passing (
from the house back, across the field.; A i
series of breast works ranged in line on va*
lie us parts of the field, bufithey seem to h?.ve
been of little service.
At the .back part of the field, sweeping
i eastward and south of east, wa? a large and
; destructive battery. The worn places where
! each gan was placed indicate that ten or j
; more guns were in battery there. The dead
i horses and Yankees lying about tell hew
( vengeful the assault was and how successful.
VOLUME XLI-NO. 30.
But from the hiii where thia butterv cu : :
storm sue rai.i of shot, an i stri*. t. z'c
ter, and grape, the tsrriffic lire are v>.
parent here than any where else on th -t R <1
The woods arc very thick in tr at ibu
cs, and the limbs, trunks, ami bi.:
they lio cut off and torn in ail dure;in.
made an abattis through which our f, * ;
rushed and charged to siieoce the l» --i
throated voices of tnosa death deshrv n
gines. Y\ e pa«s through the path cf t;
artillery storm, and here and there ree r] )
graves of our fierce sol<Ren. On the sec r.l
bill, with trees and limbs lying thick ab u .
evidenoes of Ihe terrible passion of
graves of brave Teiiaos, 24th and
rest calmly, marked by the careful i. <.
friends; bacx of these are a number of Leo
gians. Thence wc turn to the lei and t :
low the Savauuah rond.
At intervals tho open woods show Mens
of the conflict being n re sc
thickly wooded spots. It is aion>* e . r
arc told, (ion. Flivvl a r 1 his c -<»
a terrible onset- and slaughter. They re A
that portion of our army which advaDc i
from the Ued House, and along the road to
the right, of the saw mill, did execution
which is perfectly fearful. The carnag©
was awful ; every avenue has been swept v<
by a broad bosom of destruction in tho
hands ol Hecate. Battery paths are innu
merable. Here they foujrht, there they re
treated, leaving horses, men. btvken
caissons, piles of ammunition, reut clothes,
and destruction generally. Q n one poitre
on the rise of the hill, w*e saw the bolt of
an immense Newfoundland dog. He evi
dently was the pet of some batt. rv, and tv -
shot while following it up. Close by bitu
we counted thirty-eight dead Yankees,nt;r
ly thirty dead horses; saw more than a tun
ot shells, shot and canister, and ail t o
breken and*abandoned paraphernalia of
strong battery, all within the space of SO
feet square.
Ihe trees and bushes and undergrowth,
everywhere evince the furious encounftr
and desperate struggle which bad trarre* r and
The paths inhere uur batteries follows: u
and at various points were placed in j :i
--; tion, are numerous, and showed they r-re
I worked rapidly, fearful execution
Over thi3 part of the field, about a m n
the saw mill, there are evidences cf m
desperate und long continued The
ground is slightly rolling and rocky, and
the chances for opeu, fair fighting R . it
equal. The left wine of the euV v
our onset tLere, and sullenly, hire h. ... i v
they gave way uutil they wero tu.i hied ;i
their centre, and on Sunday, night < t. .
Lack from Snodgrass' house tow -r l ( .
nooga. The of tbs c t.: t
more apparent sue r™.ere us or„ tb
field than on any battlefield we ever v;- <c
All over it, breadth aud leegt.n, the s; no
terrible marks of desolation are vis; ■
The fell spirit of destruction seem 1
rioted iu uncontrolled madnere— it .
destroyed—houses are deserted—tkd ’ ire
waste —no beasts, no birds, not eve :, a • :
zard,ean be seen anywhere. The ... - g
of life are the visiting and occasion . Lu ,
ing parties.
Tho whole country for many miles al
is completely deserted. Their fiel .-,. . c 0
have been destroyed, aud the people .re ob
liged to leave to get subsistence. >, e en
tire field of nearly eight miles in Lo: , . ;
from three to fivo miles in width, I,re
stripped of every thing our arm 1 n - S 1 - x -
required, as trophies of war. Thousand*
visitors have gleamed and picked until L c
aie only found a few torn and broken ir .-
edes of no value except as acrwte/ttre. G :
all the exteut of the field the marks of re. t
are visible on every tree. We are cert iu
that not a single tree has escaped. A;, ore
scarred with from one to hundreds of nre in,
minie, grapnel,grape,canister, bombs, s.■>
ehot, grenades and all the rest of the infer
nnl appliances of war have clipped, cut ;
scarred, blasted, scathed, torn and broken
the forest.
YYe expended over one and a half milii cs
of ammunition, and nearly nine thou and
heavy ordnance on the field. The enemy
must have expended a much greater quanti
ty, they having the advantage of fixed p< i
tions during the action, and the ouly wonder
with us is that where not even a single treo
or bush escaped, how our men wrre rere ed.
The evidences of the destruction rained
on the enemy, and that his loss was veiy
great, are plainly exhibited on the field.—
Notwithstanding his boast3 and a.l the his
tory they make, the charnel h >u : e their
own corpes make, the stench which ari-ea
from their yet unburied dead toil iu plren
and unmistakable, though dreadful num
bers, the horrid carnival of blood and the
immense sacrifice the made btf rc the v a r
and bravery of our Southern arms.
The dead bodies of the Yai krej which
yet remain unburied are scattered in Lr w c
numbers on various parts of the tie r Our
burial parties had not entirely re and ur
own dead after the lapse of ten and
were readily doing the work. The app- Fr
ance the Y"ankee» present in th-dr re - -
buttoned uniforms of blue is peem J r ye
have swollen to the size of rauies, -d ia
many instances have burst 4 tbeii ciothii g.—
They are all g ossy and black as their own
hearts or the gloomiest ebony K ire : an
whom in life they pretended to love so 1,
It may be some consolation to the:, rear iv
ing comrades to know they they turu ta
that color for which they are figutii z, the
blacks on earth, black in deata, b r.k ic,
hell. '
The 3tench emitted over the field i c intol
erable. Purtification and decay have pois m
ad the air miles, yet lake ail drta.aiu. in.ug^