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I tomac, hi* regiment has not once unfurled ;
its battle flag, but in the rnidst ef the car
nage his clarion voice has thrilled along the 1
line of Lb devoted brothers, the cheering ;
shout of “Onward 1° “Charge!” and “Victo
ry !” Casting asido the luxurious ease of >|
home, and the golden chords of that holy •
affection which an? alone woven from the I
! pride of a mothers only hopes, ho entered I
the coulliot with no craven ambition of the f
partizan demagogue, with no menial sfpate-1
gy for piece or position. But actuated by I
the pure incentive of an ardent patriotism I
! he advanced to the defense of liis country’s I
honor, and asked no meed but to stain his I
biade in tbo blood of her foe, no promotion [
but that achieved by his valor. Promoted I
to hi* command for his high military accora- I
I pli-duncnW and his universal gallantry he |
has fallen in tbo beat of battle, successfully
maintaining the mo»t critical position to the I
safety of our army since the opening of the I
campaign on the Potomac.
The pride of his •comrades) tho boasted |
admiration of* hi* friend.', the sole iftipas-
sioned solace of a widowed mother mid Aunt I
ho ttovr sleeps amidst the bravest of the I
J brave. The
I^«sent can but offer this I
O'JR GALLANT DEAD.
Jur county i* again wreathing the laurels
our victories with the myrtle of its woes
1 the recent wounds of every heart is op-
sd afresh \Vitu its grief for tue dead.
In tho prodigal effusion of Southern blood,
lich hits so recently borne the ark of lib-
ty triumphantly upon the banks of tho
itoiuac, our immediate community lias ad- J
d another of its noblest tributes to the |
rino of its Palladium. Col. Win. It.;
almca of tbo 2d Georgia, while leading his
vincible column to the third repeated
largo of twenty times its number, Las fall
i in front of bis iron-hearted comrades;
id nevor has a nobler and a prouder spirit
elded itsinartyrdom toliis country’s glory.
Then tho flag of our vassalage was flung to
io tiory breeze by tho ruthless foe, lib was
*tho tirst to ral y under the banner of
outhorn allegianco, and with tho flower of
four country’s manliood forrno l the van-
uard that stayed tho desolating legions.
Uo was foremost in erecting the first eom-
any (tho Burke Sharp Shooters) that
larcbcd from our county, and since his cn-
istincnt Las refured every indulgence from
iuty; unyielding to tho repeated solicit*-
ions of friends and even to tho tender im-
wrtunitles of idolizing homo, for an absence
iut for a short visit. From tbo dofcfcse of
.ho coa/.t, to tho advance of Manassas; from
Richmond-to the front of Berkley, and from
|Manassas again to fbe Ilohcnlhtdci: of the?**-
( \
requiem to bis spirit, the future, with bcrl
•burning tongue of fame, will diffuse i>u|
n:une upon the glittering pages of his coun-|
i tryj# glory, garlanded with her flowers
! immortality as a gilded tegis of her Iudepen-|
I donee, while the heart of everp being in thiaf
community i* gushing out its tenderest xym-l
puthies lbr those whose griefs are flowing!
from n dearer and a holier devotion.
SSL" call attention to theannouUcc-
l! ;nent of Mrs. Kato Owen and congratulate
T our community on the especial privilydge
I of having such instrutioc3 tendered them.
The philosophical etliica of our day ac-
crediu .all the magnificence and grandieur
of our civilization to the educational cast in
|; which our rising generation has been moul-
; tied, and heucc the extensive provision which
i has been made for tH»instruction of the young
by the political economies of tho ago.—
_| Wherefore we say wo are peculiarly fbrlun-
I bi being tendered thus, the services of
J this Lndy r whosrr talent and educational
I embellishments with her high social posi- j|
| tlon guarrantees her a qualification, 151 rely
hhe met with in this or nnv other conn
The refusal to accept sneu a priviietfgb
[is recreant to the sacred duty due our chil
li drcii and posterity, and an unenviable
I imputa-tntinn ca«-t upon our own status.
II CASUALTIES IN THE BURKE COM-
li ? ANTES-
-ISth oroRoiA ncRixitxr.
Field and Staff. Wounded—Muj. e. R.
Whitehead, in foot.
COMPANY H—hURKIi volunteers.
Killed—Private U Tabb. Wounded—
Privates Win CamnbcP, severely in t!io
chest; A Ililliz, dangerously in tho face; V
Tilley, slightly in the back; J Prescott, pow
der burnt in face; F T Williams, slightly in
body; Serg L Odom, slightly in back. Miss
ing—Privates J Vaughin and A Prescott.
■> Wonndcd; Brig On A. IL Wright, in right l«*g |
|| rnd left brout; Maj C L Whitehead, Vol. A. D. C
in nrrn, slightly-
*Jr> ga. nr.r.T., commandf-d »v capi. n. ». nisbut. |
Held und Staff—Capt R B KUbet, wounded and
Jcf ou (bo field; 1st Liout J Walker I’orry, Adju
tant, mortally, (since died.)
COMPANY A—EUKKr. GCAllbS.
i jellied: Privates Ransom Wamock and W E
Clar», Wounded: Liout J S Bell, shell wound on ;
ebouldiii Sorgt W W Wimberly, fholl wound on j
ihouMcr, J .‘iratei Wra Warnouk, flerb wound in ■
Ibn face; aV .Tonkin*, eonturion.
RON. Wm LYANCY- j
IVr publish the bold patriotic speech qf
the above gentleman in Congress, in our •
paper this week because we wish every man,
woman and child in the Confederacy to
read it. It shows how unjustly the would-
be Dictators are trying to usurp the rights
of the civil laws and Constitutional rights of
our governments. It shows what kind of a
government, such men as 11. II Hill ot Gcor- j
gia Phelan of Miss. Simms of Kentucky and j
others would givo us if they could rule—1
it would be a perfect despotism. Read tbo
speech of Mr. Yancy, it explains itself.
RISE IN STORAGE &c-
Mr. James M. Dye informs us that the
great udvanco in rents as well as every other
article that, tho Commission merchants of
Augusta bavo all raised on thoprico of stor
age, commissions A-c. They aro forced to
this measure by tho high prices of all other
articles which they aro obliged to pay for.—
Tbo planters will see at once that labor and
time must bo valuod in proportion to the
prjccs of produce.
DIED—In Waynesboro on the 29tU of
September 1862, after a short illooss of two
day*, Emcly Jane Goodwin, aged 8 years
3 moaths and 28 days.
