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Merchants, and others, who may vnA
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■ titers addresseU to !». ttOfih *
I KEtil fAK MEETIIMiS
LmiS.-' KNI6HT TEMPLARS, ODD FBI*.
loWd AND SONS OF rEMPERANCL,
HU.I> IS THU C'iTT OH MACON.
IHANONS.
L i l nilct of Uftrfl* far 13«», October -2Suh.
iii l.eige. N * , - 8 » orsltu ‘ l third Mouda J r Bl ß ,lt-ID
Rbutiii# OLiiVler, No. 4,«ec..ud Monday iu*bt in eaoL
L,|ton Council, No. 0, foarth Kondny nlgbt In eaoh
Lrr'd Encampment, Knights Templar, No. 8, Moet
l. ry tint Tussiia; night in each mouth.
01>l> PUI.I.OWK.
■I l.iiiio-.ftrst Wsinesit*y iu Jnuc.
C Sn, Ainpuieut, Tuesday previous.
Etliu L.i.ige, No. I, «very T.iursJay eveninir.
feu vroihers, No. t, ff ry Tuesday eveniug.
In Uuiob Itncampnient, No. i, secoud and foarth
[y evenings in each moDth.
|ol<l or THUf EKAONF..
Li luvieion. fourth Wednesday iu October, annually.
Hts i'ESS IOH A L CAR DS.
IllM'KUHtfl Sl: &. A'HS'ufc'k,
TORNEYS AT LAW,
lIOIIIIIS iSb »'OHT VALi Sr. (iJ,
|Uk\r,AuuUSt, *\ A. ANSLEY,
Rnj\ *U4e* s tta, Fori Y ail«j, Ga.
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ln m. WHi i ru:,
TORN EY AT LAW,
AliCOiY, GEORGIA.
1 vert lo CONCERT BALL,over Payee’s Drug Btaie
(- bi-iyj
Tmiil B> ( 4U^iy,
TORNEY AT LAW,
Poraytli, O-Afc
lla -ii.l promptly to all business,eutraeted to Lla
uii ui iLvCuautiPSor Mom ur, Bibb, Bui c, Orewiorii,
.in!, Spalding *n<\ Upson. [may I*2 ’f»3]
THE GEORGIA
*u: ruiuA xce to ii pa nr v,
OF
COLUMBUS, GEO.
IRT£HED CAPITAL - - #260,000
iuRHOToaa.
li MctioagU, W. H. Youug.l
M.(J«nby, J, G. Strapper,
! oJf, J. P. (llges,
jO'iiliu, W. H. Hughes,
| L Bowman, James hfnuU,
L. T. Downing.
JNO. McGOfTGH, President.
WaLcsi, SDeietary. v
■ 'l*tU.ug« 1 3tor*g,merchandise, cotton anil oihei
r,;uri »|| ktuda of Insurable property, agai&at loss
bge by fire. Applications received and policies is-
JOSF.PH M. r.OAKDMAN,
®~ T Agent for Macon an.l vicinity.
ce to Builders and Jobber's.
.IMEER FOR SALE.
r- xu' ''Tiber would inform his friends and the public
i general, that be has the largest and best lot. of
PINE LI IYIREK
,;u t| n Middle Georgia, consisting of Scantling
s f , commonly used in housebuilding; quartered
. ire.t Mooring, wetherboarding, ceiling-, and all
L'! 4 ,u ' uW * for building.
.. near 'be Central Railroad, and will deliver at
1 accommodating terms. Any person wishingto
n ,’v t rt,S me *t Irwiaton, and I will send horse
0 the n/n? 1 t,l<; Ja E Drain at Mclntyre's, and convey
I JT*: lsr <* of charge.
I"
W STi BBLEFIELD HOUSE
the Phoenix from its Ashes.”
®* w »ud elegant House, recently erected
H Ga i 5 0 ®y °*d establishment, Mulberry street
/** en for reception and accoauuda-
Huo J;c uesta -
Hiui. r am n U t U(Wly lurDi! *LeU throughout, in the
’ Lt Proprietor will eudeavor to make it a
■ I “*T CLASS HOTEL.
■Bie * 11,tle below the Methodist and
Ho' busiue.,, yitfl ** a Ohuvch, aud near the Banks and
?!/ !s Meads and of tbe traveling
a ~Ur* PeotfeUy*d*citea.
» M. STUBBLEFIELD.
I i|iiiu * V.hZ HALL.
fcS&sr
rVrA\° f k p .!^“ araDit * H^»”*^over
and fti l Me * srs - Boßtick 4 Lamar,
Bd customers, *,,, »U* be pleased to see nj} friends
ieaaur.-. ®> b«t for tht,r comfort and
may 1 Very Respectfully,
— __ binj. f. denbs.
m 'TT‘ —: *
ah til i o“bn*to?, Hall
SABSEBNk v PUBL,C -
H»t«. rta..peoeAnl er,t #ai
to work wall. tota# ‘“•Ae atttult
1 Straw Catteri,
Br i>m « totals if *
SsMV* ynit.
business CARDS.
aatbia **t ’*• _ , % f A**
HARDEMSU a SPARKS,
\V ARK-HOUSE
ANl>
Commission Merchants.
MAOryN, GA„
wwfll.L give prompt attention to the aeilimg and storing
yy of Cotton, and to the ulknfr of order* tor pUntuuor
in- 1 fniuiiy snppties. With many years experience and
with their best dtfort* to serve their friendi, th#y hophto
hare h oontiunance of the iiberal patronage heretofore
■jxtpnded to them Liberal advances made when rtaalrei.
A uguit 16th IsBO. (l/.>
D. C. HODGKINS &, SON,
DIA.LS.ES IS AMD UAEOEACTE'ARk3 0/
G-tJKrs,
‘UYLES. *am
tf
I ROM WORKS,
JH ACOJf, OEORU/I.
T. O. NISH E T ,
HAVMO removed his IfOUNDRV AND MACHINE
WORKS to the line of the Hail Road near ihe Macon
k Western Shops, he is now prepared to manuiactnie all
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
ALSO
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or
South. (mar 18) T. C. NISBET.
JOH* 80H0riKI.D, /OSHDA UOHOJ-IEI.D
Scliofield. & Bro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
MACON, GIiOKOIA.
WE are prepared to Manulaoture Steam Engine*,
CIROULAK SAW MILLS, MILL aad GIN GKAK
iNG, SUGAR MIU^S,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
Os every description I KONi UAILIKG aud VEU
AIM DA HN. Having the most complete assortment of
iron Railing iu th« State, which for elegance, uoatueaa.du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lets, Public Squares,
Church Fence* and Balconies.
Persons deaiious of parthasiug Kailing3 will do well to
give a call, as we are determined l o otie- 1 as good bargains
a* any Northern Establishment.
fW* .Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose H ill
Cemetery, aud at va.riouspi ivaie residences iu thisutty.
jsu 1 1 sfil
Otiauge of Programme.
W. J. M’ELROY A CO.
HAY T. removed to vfce New BaUding on 4ih street
near the Uuuia Hoove Wo continue to tnanafacture
•Swords Sabres, R-owie lAnives, Spots, and general or*««
work, r«r;ncfb' fools, Ac.
ALSO *v»R SALS,
Tiii sa. n ii Ja|ian W are.
S&ii Ruviu upiiaiit) on itvuuil flow it.
We will tee pleased to see cm friends and customers, and
servo UiCm so far as we •«u.
W. J hfc&L&OY,
jane IS _ A. REYNOLDS.
YMIETIRS! VARIETIES!
j UIKVKIi and SERGEANTS’SWORDS and BELTS o
O our own manufaemre, at reduced prictfa. A tariff a
comparison 13 respectfully solicited.
Gilt Laces and Braids,
i»RUfa9, “Confederate make,”
GILT BUTTONS, large and small,
GAUNTLETS, per “ Bermuda,”
3,0P0 KNITTING NEEDLES,
S,IKH> 01GAR3,
D- doa 6 aud S WouL CARDS;
A Small Lot of Envelopea,
PLAYING CARDS, Ac., in Job Lets,
OIL ENAMELED CLOTH, a email lot for Sale low
to close oobsignmem#.
GtJS b'TOua Ot
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &e.,
Is quite lull and will be offered at low prices.
H atch Hepaii lßifjf-This department of our busi
ness Is at present in charge of Mr. E. Macsaaser.
We will receive anything at all available for goods sold
or in settlement of notes or accounts. -
f el) u 11. J. JOHNSTON A 00.
' N K\Y
PRODUCE, PROVISION
Commission Store.
RC.FEACIN
HAS* just opened the s ore recently occupied by W. A.
lloff, lower end of Cotton Avenue, where he has, and
will keep regularly on hand, all the staple articles of coun
try Produce and ProVTSioas such as
BACON,
LARD,
CORN, in sacks and in Ui« ear,
PEAS,
FODDER,
FLOUR,
MEAL,
GROUND PEAB, and various
other articles.
All consignments will receive prompt attention, and be
sold at the highest market prices. may 18-tt
WOOL^WANTED
FOR THE SOLDIER.
'flXll£ good and patriotic citizens of the country are
L called upon to dispose of their surplus wool to the
undersigned.
The great necessity of securing a supply of wool to clothe
our brave soldiers row confronting the enemies of our coun
try, Is evident to every on*. Let thear have it. Beware of
speculators.
FIT Payments will be made in cash only or one half
cash and the other iu shirting at bd cents, or sheeting at *5
cents per yard.
J G. MICHAELOFFOSKY,
junel' ts Gapt. and Post Q. M., Macon, Ga.
NOTICE.
t I.L prmoDS are hereby notified tbai my wife,Francis
OL Kvans,ha# deserted my bed and hoard, without a
sutlicieut cause or provocation —hence 1 take this privilege
of forewarning all persons not to credit her on my account,
as I shall not be responsible for them, neither will I liqui
date the same. HENR\ LvANS.
july W-ly*
Hoif MAN irACTUKJG.
W£ are prepared to mate to order and repair, at ahor
notice, MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac
Also,Sew.ag Machines repaired, ahd new parts mads, an
aaohlue* adjusted ,by a practical and ex perlroced workmen
Public patronage re*p«CtTtUy floliclteci. .
i»nl* B. j. JOfTNBTON A 00
plantation Niii.
SINOLAIB’3 TWrEMfY-SIX INCH FIINOB St If
s£ti *“•"* " "’VS&i
"'jyjkfl iMflr iis
MACON, OA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, Ist;;;.
Fiitt'N Report c»l dir Baltic
cti liolcltil 4*Lh^','«
All afLuy Otticei’ placed la Oltr D:iod>
;t iuaiiuauript copy of tic oftuiai rttyrt of
Gen Pi ice notice ruing tLc battle a-; Hilrna
Ark., Inugbl; on the dth of July As
the report, we believe, has never letc pub
lisfied, and as there may be portions of ii
that ought not yet to he published, we taal!
extract only the account of the tight.
Owing to the uiicertaluiy oi the jnaima
liicatfon across th*- Mississippi, the scoonut*
ot this tight that have reached us hive ni t'
heretofore been a full and explicit ai could
be desired, and \ ankee statements have been
circulated without authentic contradiction
Oen- Price s report is Jit.-d from fcis
headquarters on Jones’ Lake, July loth,
After explaiuig the cause.3 us some
delay iu reaching the vicinity of Heier a—
which were due to heavy ruins and thi na
ture of the cnuotry—the cuiuoiaud reached 1
a poiut withiu tive miles «>t Helena on tho
evening of the Jd July, when ]*icu>. tJe j
ilolkiCß assumed immediate commarid, de
tached Marmaduke’s division from Gfn.
Price’s command, and Test him bat swo
brigades—one of Arkausians, under Brig.
Geu. Mcßae; the other of Missouriaus, uu
der Brig. (Jen. Parsons. We copy from the
report: f •
ihe order of attack directed that I, “in
command of Mcliea and Parsons’ brigades,
should proceed by the Wst route, assume
position, assault and take the Grave Yard
Hill at. daylight.” I made my disposition
accordingly, and moved at midnight, with
Parsons' brigade in front.
As my route lay for the greater part of
my way across abrupt hills and deep ravines,
over which it was utterly impossible to move
my artillery during the darkuess, I ordered
the pieces to be lett behind until daybreak,
ordered details from each battery to accom
pany the infantry in order to commaad. the
guns which I expected to capture.
Finding, when I had gottou within a
mile and a half of the position which 1 hud
been ordered to take, that my division would
arrive on the ground prematurely, f ordered
a halt, during which the Lieutenant Gen
eral commanding came to aud-remained with
the Division until the dawn of day, when
the line of march was resumed. Then p vsh
itig forward rapidly until my skirmisher*
hud became engaged with those us the ene
my and within a half mile of his works, the
troops were formed into two columns of di
visions, Parsons brigade occupying the
right, moving in front.
The enemy's tire becoming somewhat
sharp at this time, the guards who were con
ducting the columns took occasion to leave
uo perceived j some confusion alii conse
quent delay ensued; but another guide
Laving been obtained, the head of tbe
column soon occupied the position from
which the aasault was to be made. A
brief halt was here made to give the troops
time to recover somewhat from the exu vast
iug fatigues consequent upon the’-r march
over a succession of almost precipitous ami
heavily wooded hills.
[ A portion of the report is here devoted
to the radical of causes which produced de
lay m making the assault as quickly as ord
ered and caused some change iu -110 original
plan of attack j
j loth brigades moved forward ot tie ins
tanf, rapidly, steadily, uuliiuching mad in
perfect order, under a storm of grape, canis
ter and rmnnie balls, which were pour&d
upon them not only from the Grave i jrd
liiil m their front, but from f Re fortitied
hills upon the right and left, bu"h of which
Were in easy range. The enemy gave way
before the impetuous assault of the attack
ing columns, which entering the works al
most simultaneously, planted the Confeder
ate Hag on the summit of the Grave Yard
Hill. Each brigade had done its allotted
duty with equal zeal, devotion and gailauv
ry, and each is entitled to an equal share of
the honor which justly attaches to those
who discharge their duty, as those men cid
fearlessly, well and successfully.
Being in possession of the hill, and find
ing that the captured guns had been shot
wedged, I directed my Chief of Artillery to
bring forward the pieces which [ had left
behind. This he did as promptly as the
difficulties of the ground would permit, but
not. until it was too late for them to be used
in the action. Meanwhile a heavy fire was
concentrated upon the hill from positions
which the enemy still continued to hold,
and from the hill side and ravines. under
cover of which their sharpshooters delivered
a very effective and well directed fire, whilst
the gunboat which lay in front of the town
kept up an uniutermittiog discharge of its
heavy guns.
Perceiving at once that the surest way
to relieyc my men from the disastrous ef
fects of this bailing fire was to aid Gen. Fv
gau to take the enemy’s works upon my
left, and receiving information at the same
time that that gallant officer had been re
pulsed in every attempt to assault these
works, I sejat to Gen. Parsons au order di
recti eg him to move his brigade forthwith
to the reinforcement of Geo. login. He
replied to the officer by whom I sent the
order, that Mcßae (who was by his side at
the time) would, with my permission, go to
the assistance of Gen. Fagan, whilst his
Parsons’j brigade, being the stronger of
the two, woould hold tbe graveyard hill. —
Before this reply brought back to me,
1 gent another of Ay staff, by direction of
the JLt. .Gen. Commanding, to deliver to
Gen. Parson* an order similar to the one
already sent. Gen. Parsons’ reply having
been meanwhile received, auether order was
dkeetieg hi* to held thikiU; (He. *•
Rae to Teiofoic® Gen Fagan as rapidly as
p jsibL with f*i brigade, it »o a
oovioii#. however, tLat the Diigadfe had teen
so modi: weakened by their heavy io*»rs in
killed. Wounded, and particularly in prison
erji (the most cf the latter having been cap
t'lred in the immediate vicinity of rhe town,
whiihet they had gone without orders from
mt,) and by ibe straggling of those who
were overcome by thirst and the intense
beat of ihe day, or who had become dis
heartened by the failure of the other assault
ing column, that T could not send my cf
fective aid to Gen. Fagan without too great
ly endangering my own position It was
equally obvious that unless such aid could
be promptly scut to Gen. Fsgau, the gener
al attack upon Helena must tail. It was
under these circumstances that and received
an order from the Lieut Gen Corud’g to
withdraw my division. Iu compliance with
this order, my troops were withdrawn to a
poiut about four miles from Helena, where
they rested for the ni»hf, and resumed the
march hither on the morning of the sth.
The LieutXJen. Conid’g was himself a
witness of the conduct of my division. He
saw the alacrity which they advanced to the
position to which they had been assigned. —
He knows the steadiness and uutalteriug
courage with which, in the midst of a dead
ly foe, they moved over deep ravines and
precipitous hills, obstructed with felled tim
ber, into and over the works which they
had been ordered to take, driving every
thing before them. lie was himself a wit
ness of the undaunted bravery and enduring
constancy with which, auimated by his owu
inspiration, example aud gallant, bearing,
they stood unshaken in the very centre of
that unoeasiug lire which was hurled against
them from guuboais, from forts, from rifle
pit®. lam sure ttat, he will pay them the
tribute of praise to which their courage and
endurance entitle them.
The accompanying report of Brigadier
Generals Mcßae ami Parsons wili explain
in detail the pari taken by their respective
brigades and point to the Lieut. Gen. Com
manding such of their officers and men as
are particularly deserving oi mention.
1 have not been able to obtain perfectly
accurate reports of the casualties iu the di
vision, but they may be stated proximate!)
as follows :
Brigade Killed "Wounded Missing Total.
Mcßaes 4tf 168 iOJ J 47.
Parsons' 57 236 368 765.
105 50'4 602 1112
I will furnish a detailed import ot then
casualties as soon as the list can be careful
ly revised. The separation of the command
will necessarily eciaiJ aotne delay in ihe re
vision of them.
Horrible ifriitaiiq
A correspondent of the P.ichmoud W hig,
writing from Mathews county, under date of
October 10th, furnishes the following ;
On Tuesday, the Orb instant, the Federal
gunboats, transports aud other vessels,- to
the number of twenty, entered the waters
surrounding Mathews county, Va., and com-,
imdcTd shelling the shores most furiously.
At tho same time a large uninber of caval
ry , under the command of Col. Spears of the
Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, entered the
county f rom the direction of Gloucester
Pfinf. A battery ot artillery, numbering
four pieces, accompanied them , also, a regi
ment, of negroes, who were posted near
Bridger’s Store, in the upper portion of the
county Their cavalry and infantry com
meneed to scour the woods and Helds, and to
rearch the houses for tho purpose, as they
r.vowed, cf catchiDg “Beall's men/’ whom
ibey styled “pirates,” and whom they threat
ened to hang on the spot where caught—not
aware, perhaps that the party whs regular
ly organized, and acting under the authori
ty of the Navy Department, the officers
bolding commissions in the Confederate
States Navy
On Wednesday morning some of the cav
alry chased into the woods Mr. Sands Smith,
one of the most, widely esteemed and patri
otic citizens of Mathews eo., and over 60
years of age, with the intention of capturing
him. During their last raid, they had drag
ged him from his own house, destroying at
the same time a portion of his property, and
off his negroes aDd horses. On the occa
sion he had armed himself with a doable
barrelled shot gun and on the approach of
the Yankees, lirtd ou them, killing one in
stantlju He leveled his gun at the other
but tbe second barrel missed lire. They
then rushed upon him, and seizing him,
overpowered by main force, and took iiirn
prisoner. They tied a rope to his feet and
dragged him to hi- own yard. His daught
ers, who have now neither father nor moth
er," with prayers and tears upon their knees,
implored the officer to be allowed to see.
i him and bid him farewell. They were re
fused, ai.d their lives threatened if they
dared to approach him. He was then tied
behiud a buggy and carried four miles be
-3 ond Mathews Coart House, on their return
to Gloucester Point.
While ou the march, Mr. Smith was so
' brutally treated by the private soldiers that
ihe asked to see Col. Spears. When that
j officer Cc*me up, instead of reproving the »ol
j diers, he seized a stick aud beat the prison
er over the head. He begged for a glass ol
> water which was refused Dim, with the re
| mark “that he Would not want ior water
long. ! They then, by order of the Colonel,
tied his hands behind his back, placed him
on horseback, tied a rope around his neck
and threw the end of it over the limb of a
persist mon tree. The horse was then diif
«& fate wader him. The tail was wet swf
VOLUME Xi.l-NO. X.
heient. and It fe 11 to the ground. He beg
ged tor mercy, but- juwn l/on,
and Gt.i'SpjHffLrdeired nis men »m$
him, which they did, and he died pierced
with Ijve balls. They buried him near the
tie**, leaving his feet sticking out of the
ground, and placed at the head the follow
ing inscription :
•‘Warning tod—u bushwackers. Every
d—n man we catch with arms in the woods
we will hang so high that the birds will
build nests in them. So take warning.—
Here lies ihe body of an old bushwhacker '
The next morning, after the departure of
the Federal*., Mr. Siniib’s was earned
to his alrnoist distracted and now orphan
family. Mr Thom a Smith, ihe brothei us
the muideied nun, aud of the ad
joining farm, was aLo dragged fr.-m Li>
house a prisoner and cartie ion J£ U
made to stand by without a uoid :md wit
nrss the murder of his brother, and the roj -
with which he wasLuugwasfastened arduud
the neck of the horse which the broth* r v .
compelled to ride. Such brutality needs
no comment.
The Yankees carried off from the county
a number of citizens, burned a mill, drove
otl a number of cattle, anil destroyed all tbw
salt works and lishing seines. They leh
without having accomplished their object in
catching “Beall » uien. *mly iweive ut
whom were in the county at the lunr. tL«
rest having been arnt away somr days'pr s
vions to the raid.
ihe nrurder ot Mi. Smith, and the bru
tality of his treatment, will eau?« the name
of Col. Spears, of the liih Pennsylvania
cavalry, to he remembered with detestation
when heads that are uoiv youthful shall
have grown gray and are laid beneath tLi*
grass of the valley.
Mr. Smith has two sons and a son-in law
in the Confederate army, and his brother
has also a son in the 26th V irginia Kegi
uient of infantry.
The Federal* expressed their determina
tion to return shortly and burn the house
of every one who dared to t-utertaiu Capt.
Beall or any of his men. The whole expe
dition was under the command of Brig,
Gen. VVister.
Latest from Nok>ulk - fnfmtnaiiou
from .Norfolk a.*' Jute as MunJuv last sistes
that on that day 470 women and children
ii’uui Norfolk and F'urtsuiouth carue up un
der Hag of truce to Suffolk. The Petersburg
Express says :
I he ladies who have arrived her© speak iu
j rapturous applause of the kinduess ot th«
| few icmatuing citizens of Suffolk, who took
as many us they could to their houses, ana
made them comiorUihie, nud when no more
could be provided for, vacant huuoes wet*
uptufcd and shekel afforded when uo otner
eumfort could be given. About cue hun
dred occupied the spacious residence of Na
thaDiel Riddick, Esq., sleeping on the floor
or on pallets prepared for them.
From Suffolk they had to get to Ivor in
carts, wagons, and such conveyances as
could be procured. We learn that a num
ber were expected at Ivor last night, aud
we hope that an extra train will go down for
them today.
All represent the state of things in Nor
folk and Portsmouth as deplorable indeed
Brigadier General Barnes, now iu command
there, is said, however, to be more humane
and gentlemanly in Lis treatment of the
citizens than any commandant that ha-: pre
ceded him.
Through the intercession of friend.-: a res
pite has beeu granted Dr. Wright, and to
morrow (Friday) has again been set apart
for his execution The Jiajpensiou of tho
order for his execution was not received till
the very morning of the flay appointed. A
sad and affecting scene was enacted in th«
jail of Norfolk on Thursday, the ]f>th A
daughter of Dr. Wright’s was united iu
marriage to a gentleman to whom she hid
been long affianced, in the presence of hei
father, and at 1m special request The lad
circumstances under which these nuptials
were solemnised drew ters from the eyei ol
even the Federal attendant*.
A Ttiiibltf i>i*;t|*|M»siiWugul.
The Yankee disappointment and mortie
eation from the defeat of Kobeeruia mnat t/w
overwhelming’. They entertained not a
doubt of blotting KraggY little rabble trio/
out of existence with a single blow. The
New York Herald, tbe great blusterer, spoke
of Bragg's having collected lOO.UOU inea
from the odds aud cods of Joe .Johnson •
army, the Vicksburg paroled prisoners, Xo ;
but that, composed as it is of such crude
aud discordant materials, “it cannot stand x
day before the disciplined and victorious !•
giuns of Kosecrans.’
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Iu
quirer writes from ChatUuooga on the loth;
“To night the army will be concentrated
at a point twenty miles South of Thatta
nooga, is a sentence which Provost Marshal
Gen Wiles blotted in a dispatch of mine
sent to-day; but it is nevertheless true,
though contraband. L have no hesitation
in sending it by mail, as before it eau pcs
sibiy get to the rebels through the papeia
will be over. ‘Sixty-hve miles to Rome,
one huudred and thirty U» Atlanta/ says me
Kail Road Guide. ‘Four days to Roane
ten to Atlanta, including a battle/ says
Kosecrans That he means pursuit and bat
tle we all know, and that Bragg means bat
tie ere he aLandans Atlanta no one has a
doubt Rat to dwttbt that, balliß, to
Bragg Will be terribly defeated and rwatea,
yeti iatfelt tU gvwi sense end dearest
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