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About The Independent South. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1860-186? | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1862)
WAYNESBORO, OA, MAY A 1802. 1. ilie city, but they lmvo no forces with which to occupy it. The in- hnbitnnts arc staunchly loyal, JIomi.K, April 2S.—The forts on Lake Pontchartrain wero all evacu ated on the 25th inst, ami with a considerable loss of supplies. The guns at Fort l’ikc were dismounted blit not destroyed. All the buildings were burned, including the tele graph office. .' u operator has gone to the limits of the city to open an office, if possible. All the gunboats on the Lake have been burned by our own people. The Mobile boats Whiteman, lbown and another, name not known, with several others are engaged in removing troops, stoics and ordnance to Pass Jlinn- chac, after which, it is feared they will be burnt. The Yankee fleet at Ship Island is again returning to that station. The Wounded at Snir,bAii.-— i But few of them are left at Coruth J —thegreater portion of them having , been removed to more comfortable ; hospitals than those at headquar ters, of taken homo by friends, j A kind of neutral ground has been •established between the two armies, • upon which both armies haveestab- : iished hospitals for the use of such on both sides as were too severlv 1 wounded to be removed from the [ batile ground. The surgeons and | nurses of botli armies are allowed to ! pass to. and fro unmolested, so that ] all are as well cared for as is possi ble under the circumstances. accomplished .e [T. |U e sponsible to the Executive Depart-; ment, and be nineiiablu to such rules in conducting tlie duties ol j their respective offices, its the Exccu- j five may think necessary and proper. SeeT. lv.il. Cobh’s Digest, page, 1040: Therefore, as the Governor in- j tends urging upon the next Legisla ture the propriety of taxing cotton planted and raised this year in this State, and for the further purpose of approximating to the amount of corn and other grain that will be rai sed in Georgia during the present year, I am directed by his Excellen cy to instruct you to return on your Digest, and to enter opposite the name of each tax-paver the number of acres of cotton and corn and other grain planted in Georgia during the present year. This you can readily do by using the three .last columns of the present Tax Books, and j which are not used either in ’this office, or the office of the Clerk of j the . lifofior Court, to which you al- j so return a Digest. The columns above alluded to that you can use, arc, first, the col umn headed “Amount assessed at— of one per cent." I n . this column (including both “dollars” ami “cents,") you can get the number of acres of cotton planted. In the next column of “dollars,” under the head of “Total amount of Taxes,” you can put (ho number of acres' of corn planted; and in the last or “cents” column, you can put lh<? number of acres planted in other grains. Apart from the purpose of the Governor, I cannot, but believe that all good citizens of the State will be ! happy to make.'this return, and' sbovy'to tbg.* void. v.-h:tt tUeiirgiuiisJj are doing in this our “day of trial,” J in the wav of sustained: and feeding! well our large army, ami the fami lies ol our brave and patriotic sol diers who are now in the tented field, enduring all sorts of weather and privations, and gallantly and manfully battling umf offering up their lives in defence of the rights, the liberties, the sancitity of our homes, the preservation of our prop erty, and the maintenance of all that we bold dear. Tims believing, 1 hope you will have but little trou ble in making this return. ■ If, however, I am mistaken, and any should fail or refuse to return the number of acres planted above sta led, you will then obtain the infor mation from the best source you can and put tho amount opposite the names in the column alluded to.— And, then, on the last page of your hook you can mention tho names of who refused or failed to make said return, and you cau state at the. 'same time that you made tho return 1 opposite their names in your book from the best information you could ! obtain. Very respectfully, your ob’tserv't 1’KTEll.SON TIIW EA TT, Comptroller General. TVews from tlic Coast. The “Stono Scouts," (an inde- I pendent company) Captain J. B. L. Walpole, bad some brilliant skir- I mishing with tho enemy on Friday j)! and Saturday last. On Friday morning about 11 o’clock two of their gunboats ap peared off North Edisto, one man ned by about twenty United Stntes mnrines, the other filled with ne groes. As flio boats approaches, four of the scouts who were out on picket duty, fired upon them, which was kept up for about a quarter ol an hour. The enemy returned tho fire with spirit, but did no damage beyond barkinga few trees, &c. Thoy drew oil’, however, in quick time. One man was distinctly seen to fall afior tho fire of our men, and it is sups posed three others wero. wounded, as in pulling off' three oars wero
