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WAYNESBORO, OA, MAY A 1802.
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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
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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
