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[■Special Correspondence of the N 1 te.^auo.l
Bae,l ‘ Cokinth, Misb., April 23,1862.
I have already inlormed you that on the 17th
tart , Gen. Beauregard sent a flag of truce to
Oen. Bnell, in relation to our wounded, and
making inquiry concerning some missing offl
“Sm the Louisiana regiments. The answer
.. c nP n T sent vou by telegraph, stating that
as ?oon as the mquiries conld be made the m
as soo “ “ w ?, sent. I have obtained the
following very interesting account of the visit
of the flag of imee from Lieut. Sam 8. Harris
of the Ist Alabama cavalry, who accompanied
Uto the enemy’s line, as the bearer of Gen.
B Lieutenant Harris, °on reaching the line of the
‘da nickets. which arc about half a mile
northeast from the neutral hospital, halted his
escort when he was approached by L.eutenant
Wickliffe of the Ist Kentucky regiment, who
Sed for his despatches. Harris said his orders
were to deliver them to General Buell or one
rf his <tatf A sergeaDt within the lines was
then' 8 despatched ffr General Buell In about
half an hour the messenger returned with Gen
eral McCook and staff, who said he would re
ceive the despatch lor General Buell, as no flog
of truce could be admitted into their lines, but
that if Hatris had come a little sooner, he
would have seen General Buell himself. The
despatch wa then sent by McCook, through a
messenger, to General Buell, and in the mean
time a conversation took place between Harris,
McCook, and several other Federal officers who
were present, of which tho following is the
substance :
General McCook asked if we had the body of
General Johuston, and being told that we cer
tainly had, McCook said that an officer was
found dead on the field who was said by many
to be General .Tohaston, and that the dead offi
cer mast have been of high rank as he had a
star in the collar of his coat. Harris replied
that no officer of even considerable rank had
been left on the field.
McCook then asked where and how Gen.
Prentiss was, and remarked wilh great profanity
and bad language, that he hoped we would keep
him and his brigade, and that they had many
generals of the same kind whom he wished we
had captured. He expressed great surprise at
the manner in which our army was armed, say
ing that he expected to meet only flint lock
muskets, but that he found instead the finest
MiDie muskets and European Enfield rifles with
far superior ordnance than they had, and sug
gested that they had been brought over by the
Nashville. , T _
Lieut. Harris smiled and said not by the Nash
ville, bat that many other vessels had brought
McCook then asked where the Nashville was
at tnis time ? Harris replied it was very un
certain ! ... . .
McCook then remarked that we must have
bad a farge portion of the army of Manassas
present at the battle of Shiloh.
Harris replied that not a man of it was there.
“Then” said McCook, “where under Heaven
did your troops come from, and where were
they drilled ?” adding that the attack on Sun
day was most brilliantly planned and speedily
executed, and that we came near gaining a com
plete victory over them. He was exceedingly
severe on many Ohio and lowa regiments, re
marking that he supposed we considerei them
the greatest cowards iu the world. He 6poke
in the highest terms of our officers, and said
that our Government had made its appoint
ments much more discreetly than his. He then
asked how far it was to Corinth.
Harris replied that he did not exactly know,
but that the distance could be easily asertained
by a march.
McCook rallied, and said that they intended
to have made a march in a few days, and should
have been down there before this.
Lient. Harris retorted, saying he thought the
delay a wise one, as the road was improving
every day, and that the longer they delayed,
the better it would be, for they would certainly
have to travel that road twice, if they came.
Their officers seemed disposed to be pleasant
and courteous, and a Virginia Captain of artil
lery (Federal) by the name of Terrell, express
ed a desire to see Gen. Bragg, and learn his
opinion as to how he thought his battery was
served daring the recent battle, alluding to
Bragg’s battery which served at Buena Vista,
now in possession of the Yankees. Harris re
plied that the battery conld not have been in
Sunday’s fight, or else he would not have asked
the question, as all their batteries that day had
been captured by us.
The renegade Virginian then remarked that
Gen. Hardee was a great friend of his, whom
he had known well at West Point, and that he
would like to send him by Harris two bottles
of brandy. Harris regretted he could not con
veniently carry the bottles.
Gen. McCook then expressed some surprise
at Gen. Beauregard having addressed his de
spatch to Gen. Buell instead of Grant, saying
that the latter was In command.
The messenger now returned, when General
McCook informed Lieut. Harris that General
Buell was absent from his headquarters, but
that an answer should be sent to oar lines un
der a flag of truce that evening.
Having learned from Dr. Bumbangh, n Feder
al Surgeon who accompanied Lient. Harris, the
purport of the despatch, McCook said that he
did not doubi but that an exchange of wounded
prisoners would be agreed to, but that our
army had been so well supplied with ambu
lances and assistants during the recent fight,
that nearly all onr wonnUad had been recovered
by ourselves. Those that tWy bad taken, he
said, had principally been sent to St. Louis, Pa
ducah .or Cincinnati, to be better cared tor.
Lient. Harris then took bis leave.
In the afternoon a flag of trace from the
enemy coveriug a Federal Surgeon and other
officers approached our lines with Buell’s reply,
and an ambulance of medical stores for our
wounded at the “Mickey Hospital.” Lieut.
Reese, of the Ist Alabama Regiment was sent to
receive it, but refused admission to the officers
on the ground that we had enough medical sup
plies of our own.
Alter the Federal officer left, one of our
pickets told Lieut. Reese thnb before he came
up, and while the other pickets had been
sent in, the Yankee officer under protection of
the flag endeavored to Induce him to desert,
pointing out the difference between his (the
Confederate picket) clothing and that of the
Federal escort.. The picket replied with proper
spirit aud Indignation, telling the Yankee of
ficer that they must have but little regard lor
principle or honor in their army, when their
own officers, under the sanctity and protection
of a flag of truce, could, in violation of it, at
tempt to persuade a soldier t*desert, and that
all the clothes in the world could not cover an
act of villainy. The Federal man felt rebuked,
and seemed very uneasy and
IEE SA WEEEXY EEPOBLICA£r,_ SA.TTJE,r>^V, MAV 10, 1862.
Tlie Federal Congress.
Report of the Senate Select Committee on the Sur
render of Norfolk Nany Yard and Sharper
Jferry— Oenmre of the Buchanan and l. -incoin
Administration*—Captain* Rankling, Mc>. ■aniey
and, Pendergrast aho Censured.
Washington, April 18,—The long cxpeollcd
report of the Select Committee, appointed in
the Senate last July, to inquire into the eireum
stanccs attending the surrender of t. he Bens4-
colii Navy Yard, and tbc destruction of the
public property at Norfolk and Harper s Ferry,
was presented to-day by Senator Ilale. The
report occupies over eighty fools-cap pages,
and is accompanied by a tremendous mass of
evidence. Five thousand extTa copies are to
be printed.
The committee did not examine the Pensa
cola affair, and touched the Harper’s Ferry
matter briefly. The committee describe the
condition of the Norfolk Navy Yard and the
property in it when it was abandoned. It was
three quarters of a mile long and a quarter of a
mile wide. It was by far the most extensive
and valuable one In the United Slates. It had
a granite dry dock like that at Charlestown,
Mass.
The vard was covered with machine shops,
houses'for officers, and store houses of various
kinds. It was provided with two ship houses
complete and one unfinished ; marine barracks,
sail loft, riggers’ loft, gunners’ loit, shops for
carpenters and machinists, aud a large amoiiut
of tools aud machinery, besides great quanti
ties of materials, provisions and ammunition
of every description. There were at least two
thousand pieces of heavy ordnance, three hun
dred of which were Dahlgren guns. Some of
these witnesses thought there were three thou
sand cannon there. Lying at the yard was the
Merrimac, worth twelve bnndred thousand
dollars; the Plymouth and Germantown,
twenty two guns each ; and the Dolphin, four
guns—all efficient vessels. The old Pennsyl
vania was in commission as receiving ship ; and
the Delaware, eighty-four; Coiambus, eighty
guns; and the Columbia and Raritan, fifty guns
eacn, were lying in ordinary at the yard, and
the ship-of-the-line New York was on the
stocks. The Cumberland, Commodore Pen
dergrast, lay in a position that commanded
completely the cities of Norfolk and Ports
mouth. , . „
The total property is estimated by the Navy
Department at nine millions seven hundred aod
sixty thousand one hundred and eighty two
dollars. The committee speak of the greatest
necessity existing of protecting by all means
the Norfolk Navy Yard, not only on account
of the great value of property there, but of its
important position in reference to events then
pending. They give a summary of the South
1 daring the five months proceeding the aban
donment Most of the hostile, demonstrations
had been made before Mr. Buchanan retired,
and the committee charge upon him grave de
reliction and negligence of official duty in
temporising with the rebellion. They also in
timate that his-*uccessor was slow to appreciate
,the critical condition of affairs and that pre
cious opportunities were wasted during the
thirty seven days that elapsed before the rebel
lion was vigorously assailed, the committee
say that for this they can find extenuation only
in that insane delusion which seemed to have
possessed the public mind tfipt the portentous
clouds that blackened the Ireavens tor months
were charged with no real danger, and were to
be dissipated by a continuation of a forbearance
which had been confined so long that it had
ceased to be a virlui and had become the most
disgraceful weakness and pusilariimity.” .
The conduct of Captain McCauley, comman
dant of the yard, is examined at length. His
conduct of affairs, the last of which was to
scuttle all the vessels, except the Cumberland,
is fully condemned. A chapter of the report is
devoii and to the history of the Merrimac, and the
circumstances f her loss to our navy. Tue of
fleers of the frigate were anxious to take her
away,and the Navy Department gave perempto
ry orders that she should go as soon as pos
sible if she was not absolutely needed for the
defense of Norfolk. Commodore McCauley
was notified on the 17 Ji of April that she was
ready, and he said steam might be got up next
morning Her engine was put in motion on
-the 18ih at liie Wharf, but Captain McCauley
ordered the fires drawn and she was lost to our
government.
The committee came to the foJloaiug con
clusion :
First—The administration of Buchanan was
guilty of negligence in not taking extraordi
nary care, and employing every possible means
to protect and delend this yard, after indica
tions of danger had inanifested'theniseives.
Second —The administration of Mr. Lincoln
cannot he held blameless for suffering thirty
seven days to elapse after it c-ame into power
before making a movement for the defence of
the yard.
Third—Capt. McCauley was highly censura
ble for neglecting to send the Merrimac from
the yard, as he was ordered, and also lor scut
tling the ships, and preparing to abandon tbe
yard before any attack was made or seriously
threatened, when he should have defended it
and the property entrusted to him, repelling
force by force, as he was instructed to do, if
tbe occasion should preaeut itself.
Fourth—Capt, Paulding was censurable for
neglecting to consult with Capt. McCauley,
and Captain Peudergras', while he was at the
yard, on the 17th of April, in regard to the
course to be pursued in the event of au attack
upon the yard, and al-o for immediately upon
bis arrival at the yaid on the 20ih ordering the
property to be burned and the yard abandoned
before taking proper means to satisfy himself
that any necessity for such measures existed.
Fifth.—Capt. Fendergrasl in command of the
Cumberland’ the flag ship of the home squad
ron, made no suggestions as to the measures
proper to be adopted, and seems to have taken
no part in the transaction except to move his
ship as he was directed.
The committee say they can suggest no reme
dy for the errors which they think have been
proved in this ease. So tar as the officers of the
navy are concerned it belongs to the Executive
Department of the government. The estitna
tion formed by that department of the conduct
of Captains McCauley, l’auldlng and Pender
grast, has been manifested by leaving the first
named without active duly, and assigning to
the others the com mauds of two of the most
important Navy Yards we have left, namely—
Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
Iu concluding what they have thought it
their duty to say on the subject, the c'ommiUee
would simply remark that the lesson afforded
by the surrend-r of the Ndrfotk Navy Yard will
not be wholly without its value to us, if we
ah ,11 learn by it as n nation that pusillanimity
in the defence ot our rights may be as serious
ly injurious as the open assaults of our euogi
mies.
In relinking upon the Rulijeelqyj^^H
Perry A, men
Yankee Legislation.
From the proceedings of the Lincoln House
of Representatives, Auril 24th, we extract the
following readable items:
CONFISCATION or THE PROFBRTY OF REBELS.
The House agreed to Mr. Bingham's substi
tute, which is as follows:
Be.il enacted, <£-c., That if any persqu or per
sons within any State or Territory of the United
Slates shall wilfully, after the taking effect of
this act, engage in armed rebellion against the
government of the United States, or shall wil
mllyaid or abet such rebellion, all the proper
ty, moneys, stocks, credits and effects of such
person or persons are hereby declared lawlul
subjects of prize and capture, wherever found,
for the indemnity of the United States against,
the expenses of suppressing such rebellion ; and
it is hereby made the duty of the President of
the United States to cause all such property,
wherever found, to be seized, to the end that
the same may be confiscated and condemned,
as hereinafter provided, for the use of the Uni
ted States.
Sec. 2. And be it Jvrther enacted. That all
property so captured dr seized shall be con
demned in the District Courts of the United
States, and that the proceedings of condemna
tion shall be in rem, aud shall be institued and
prosecuted in the name of the United States,
or the District Court of the United States, or
the District Court for the District of Columbia,
within any district in which the same may be
seized or situated, or into which the same may
be taken, and the proceedings first instituted,
and which proceedings shall conform as nearly
as may be to proceedings in prize cases, or to
eases of forfeiture arising under the revenue
laws; and in all cases the property so seized
and condemned, whether real or personal, shall
be sold pursuant to such rules as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe, and the pro
ceeds deposited in the treasury of the United
States for the sole use of the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
Attorney General or' any District Attorney of
the United States, of any district in which the
said property or effects may at the time be, or
into which the same may be taken, shall insti
tute the proceedings of condemnation as here
inbefore provided.
The vote on the above was sixty-two against
forty-eight, as follows:
Yeas —Messrs. Aldrich, Arnold, Ashler, Bab
bitt, Barker, Beaman, Bingliam, Blair of Penn
sylvania, B!ak“, Buffington, Burnham, Cham
berlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe
Conkling, Covode, Cutler, Davis, Dueil, Ed
wards, Eliot, Ely, Fenton, Franehot, Frank,
Gooch, Granger, Gurley, Hooper, Julian, Kel
ley, Kollog of Michigan, Lanoing, Loomis,
Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell,
Moorhead, Nixon, Noell, Potter, Riee of Maine,
Riddle, Rollins ot New Hampshire, Sargeant,
Shanks, Shellabarger, Stevens, Stratton, Trim
ble, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh,
White of Indiana, Wilson, Windpm and Wor
cester —02.
Nats —Messrs. Allen, Bailey of Pennsylvania,
Baxter, Biddle, Blair ot Missouri, Blair of Vir
ginia, Brown of Rhode Island, Brown of Vir
ginia, Calvert, Cisey, Clements, Cox, Crisfield,
Crittenden, Diven, Dunlap, Grider, Hall, Har
ding, Harrison, Hick mao, Kerrigau, Knapp,
Law, Lehman, Mallory, May, Menzies, Morrill
of Vermont, Noble, Norton, Odell, Olin, Rol
lins ot Missouri, Sheffield, Smith, Steel of New
York, Thomas of Massachusetts, Thomas of
Maryland, Villamjiglmrn, Vibhard, Voorhees,
Walton of Vermont, Warn, White of Ohio,
Woodruff and Wright—43.
The question occurring on the bill as amend
ed by the adoption of the above substitute,
Mr. Porter moved to recommit the bill to the
Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions
to report the bill, which he had proposed at an
early stage of the proceedings, which
Mr. Walton moved to amend by substituting
Senator Collamer’s bill.
Mr. Walton’s motion was lost—63 against 33.
Mr. Porter’s motion was disagreed to—2s
against 73.
A BLACK AMBASSADOR FOR LINCOLN.
Tiie bill I r the recognition of Liberia and
Hayti corning up as the special order, Mr. Da
vis, of Kentucky, moved a substitute, author
izing the President tq appoint consuls to Libe
ria, and a consul genera! to Hayti, with power
to negotiate commercial treaties, &e. He was
opposed to sending any ambassadors to those
countries. If they send a minister here in turn,
and he be a full blooded negro, he could de
man' a recognition of social equality wilh oth
er diplomats at receptions and on all court oc
casions, and in private life He drew a picture
of a “great, big, black fellow,” and the airs he
might assume on such occasions, aud related a
similar incident at the court of Napoleon, where
one of our ministers, in reply to a query of
what he thought of the black ambassador, said,
“I th-nk, clothes and all, he is worth about
61,000.”
Mr. Sumner said he yesterday made no ap
peal for those two countries on account of col r
or the fact that their people had once been
slaves. It was the Senator irom Kentucky who
introduced the subject of slavery. He assured
the Senator that such diplomats, If similar to
other representatives he had seen from Hayti,
(as they would be) would be too refined to
thrust themselves in any society where their
presence was not desired. They would never
trouble the Senator from Kentucky.
Mr. Sumner sent to thecltrk to be read a let
ter from Mr. Webb, of Boston, our commercial
agent at Hayti, indicating a high state of pro
gression there, and great disadvantage to the
United States hv reason of the non-recognition
of that power, our flag being less respected
than that of other nations in consequence, tfcc.
The question was then taken on Mr. Davis’
amendment, as a substitu e, and it was reject
ed—yeas 8, nays 30.
Mr. Sanlsbury rose and declared that this was
evidently one of the series of measures to be
ena.-ted by abolitionism, and in twelvemonths
we would see a negro on the fl oor of this Senate,
and Ills family in the diplomatic gallery. He
wished only to sa.v that tie would not be res
ponsible tor this result.
The bill was then passed—yeas 33, nays 7—as
foi low's:
Yeas —Messrs Anthony, Browning, Chand
ler, Clark, Coilamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle,
Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hen
derson, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Indiana,
Lane of Kansas, Latham, McDougail,
Pomeroy, Sherman,
lock, Trumbull, WAJ
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SM .. ;
■
the said Stark was an ardent advocate of the
cause of the rebellious States.
Second— I That after the formation of the Con -
stitution of the Confederate States he openly
declared his admiration for it, and advocated
the absorption of the loyal States of the Uuiou
into tbe Southern Confederacy, under the con
stitution, as the only means of peace, warmly
avowing his sympathy with the South.
Third— That the Senator from Oregon is dis
loyal to the United States.
This report is signed by Daniel Clark, of Ne.w
Hampshire; J. M. Howard, of Michigan ; Jos.
A. Wright, of Indiana, aud John Sherman,
of Ohio. Senator Waitman T. Willey, of Vir
ginia, assented to the conclusion, excepting the
last one, giving as a reason that he wonld not
denounce a senator as disloyal on ex parte test 1-
mony, espeeia’ly for words spoken during hign
political excitement.
British Opinions on Confederate Dis
asters.
[Correepondorce of tbe Richmond Enquirer ]
London, 19ih March, 1863.
The news of our recent disasters in the West
has demonstrated the fact, which each succes
sive Federal victory, from the battle at Sumer
set to the occupation of Nashville, has only
served in a clearer light, that no considerable
portion of the British people desire or contem
plate our subjugation by the North. The e
Federal successes have, indeed, produced an
effect here which surprises many. The journals
vie with each other to demonstrate that these
successes bring tbe North no nearer to its ob
ject than it was after the disgraceful route at
Manassas, aod that the real difficulties ot the
campaign are only just beginning. All show a
more intelligent comprehension ot our resour
ces and many already predict a decisive ever
throw of the Northern forces so soon a l , allured
by delusive successes, they shall have a hostile
territory in their rear. Such an overthrow,
they argue, must be far more disastrous thau
was the Bull Ruu route where their own Capitol
lay within easy distance of the fugitives. Not
one respectable English paper has made our
calamities a theme for rejoicing or for taunts.
Even pipers supposed to be in the Northern
interest, such as the “Daily Telegraph,” have
contented themselves with the hope that the
North would seize the opportune moment to
proffer an honorable peace. At first this hope
was very generally entertained, but further
advices from the deluded section have dissipated
it from most minds.
But the most remarkable effect of the bad
news from home is the prediction made a few
days since by Earl Russell in the House of
Lords, that peace would be made wit hin three
j months, perhaps sooner—in a manner consist-
ent with the happiness and freedom of both
continents; that the North—here are Earl Rus
sell’s own words—“whatever may be their mil
itary successes, whatever may be their naval
victories, whatever positions they may occupy,*
will at last consent to a peaceable separation of
two States which might both be mighty.” Con
sidering that the foreign Secretary has been the
open apologist of all the outrages of the Wash
ington Government, that he dealt the heaviest
blow he could deal by declaring the blockade
effective when the concurrent testimony of
British consuls and naval commanders had de
clared it a sham in eootmvenii in of interna
tional law, thus forcing tbe opponent? of the
blockade to the alternative of sileuce or of an
open war against the Ministry for which they
were not ready—considering that Earl Russell
is believed to be almost the only serious ob
stacle to our recognition, this is surely a most
remarkable and significant declaration. It is
not less significant that the Ministerial organ ;
the “Morning Post,” publishes a reries ot let
ters, with Earl Russell’s prediction for th ir
text, intended to.prove that this prediction can
only be fulfilled by the immediate recognition
of the Confederate States.
This morning the “Post” comes out “flat
footed,” as we say at home, an t editorially de
clares—“the fact is, the ultimate and final
separation between North aud South ha been
incontestably accomplished. Each new phase
of the campaign makes this fact only more and
more apparent. The successes of the Federal
aims, few though they have been, have more
than anything else, tended to render the fusion
of the belligerents into a single nation impos
sible. How long it will be before this truth is
acknowledged in the Northern States, it is not
easy to foretell; bat in tbe interests of tbe
world at large, in the interests of humanity,
and especially in the interest of the now irre
vocably divided portions of a great and indus
trious peop'e, we sincerely pray that that time
may not be far distant.”
To enforce the impossibility of reconquest
up >n the British mind, papers of all shades of
opinion have borrowed comparisons near home.
The attempt of the North is compared to an
attempt of France to subjugate England, and
of the two impossibilities the latter is declared
the less Another rather striking comparison
which occurs in the merchantile circular of
Neil Bros., a New York firm located av Man
chester, is now going the rounds ot the press,
it is worth republishing at home.
GENERAL m’CLLELVN’s ARMY—ITS COMMANDERS
AND PROSPECTS.
[From the London Time, April B.]
******
The Federals are fighting their way down the
Mississippi just as they are making incursions
from the coast, and the doubiful attack we hear
of near Memphis Is one in which again their
naval supremacy and their superior resources
give them a right to victory. The last new
land victory, however, startles us rather by its
locality than by its magnitude While we hear
ot federal successes in distant Stales, it seems
that it has been necessary to resist au attack
and to deleat a Confederate army evhn iu the
northeast of Virginia and on the ba ks of the
Potomac. There is a great deal of Confederate
American soil which does not lie upon the
seacoast or upon the banks of great navigable
rivers ; and it the southerners are iu earnest not
to be conquered, the Northerners must do mote
than keep within reach of their guuboats. This
is what the array of the Potomac is now about
to attempt. In aditiou to the various expedi
tions which are creating diversions from the
sea upon the east, and from tile rivers on the
west, Gen. McClielan is now advancing with
an army of 80,0(10 infantry, 4,000 cavalry aud
100 guns. TfijjhUKilm. result of ail the energi- s
Yankee Speculation* on CorlntU.
A letter from the Yankee camp at Pittsburg,
Tenn , to a northern journal, presents the fol
lowing glympse into the future, and especially
the gre.it tattle of Corinth, tor which tbe bay
onets of both parties are now hi istling ro fierce*
ly -
The news of a great battle near Corinth, Mis
sissippi, may bo expected hourly. Extensive
preparations are being made on onr side. The
enemy is, doubtless, equally active. Both sides
lully comprehend the importance of tbe impend
ing engagement. It the rebels should be
defeated the fate of the Mississippi Valley and,
in a great measure, of the rebellion will be
decided.
Beauregard is not Insensible to this. His army
is not ignorant of it. General Halleck and tbe
brave defenders who make up the grand army
under his command entertain similar views.
Tho approaching battle, if won by our troops,
will be the last great battle, in all probability,
that will be fought In the cotton States. It is
not to be expected, therefore, that the fight
will be anything 'hoit of a desperate struggle.
We do not anticipate a retreat on the part of
Beauregard, without a battle, because the moral
effect ol this would be quite as bad on the
cause, now desperate, which he represents as a
defeat. That, under these circumstances, he
will fight—and fight desperately, we are bound
to believe.
The Confederate Government is bending its
energies wilh desperate e rnestness to maintain
its position at Corinth. With the loss of the
latter, that of Mobile, New Orleans and the
Gulf States would immediately follow.
Here will be ttie great struggle, and that be
lope many days. Unless Halleck immediately
takes the offensive, Beauregard will. The latter
is now commander-in-chief, and his views on
attacking instead of defending are well known.
Others circumstances are combining to make
the coming battle a fearful one The friendly
feeling lately increasing between tbe combat
ants has fled, and a bitter hate rapidly takiug
its place. Hardly a soldier now but what has
butted a friend, and tbe thought that death
smote them through brothers, while defending
the common flag of both has proved maddening.
Cowards who fled when their companions
•fought have been reproached until they are
brave in despair, and seem anxious to wipe
away ihe disgrace.
The Yankees in North Alabama.— Gentle
men lrom North Alabama represent the Yau -
kees at Huntsville and vicinity, committing all
sort3 of outrages on the people. The soldiers
have been guilty of the most brutal treatment
to the negro women in the presence of their
mistresses, and if their masters interfered they
were shot down. They are running off all the.
negroes they can, and have scoured the whole
country, seizing mules, horses, wagons, pro
visions arid cotton, deterring the citizens by
threats from burning ttieir crops. The people
wereot course generally iojai, but a few dis
affected persons who were before under sus
picion from Marion, Fayette, Winston, Walker
and Lawrence counties, had gone tbrougb tbe
farce ot holding a convention to declare their
allegiance to Lincoln. These persons do not
count all told a thousand persous. The Roman
viriue which animates Lite true men of North
Alabama is nobly illustrated in the easeot Dr.
Fern, of Huntsville, who was approached to
take the oath of allegiance to the Yankees.—
The “venerable old man is reported to have
said be had not gone into the revolution with
out due consideration, aud not havingriong to
live,” would rot before he would take the oath.
Evacuation of Bridgeport. —By passengers
on the Georgia Road, we learn that the enemy
arrived at Bridgeport on the 28th. aud that
after a brief but determined resistance, our
troops under Gen Ledbetter retreated to Chat
tanooga. From different passengers we obtain
very conflicting and different reports, but the
most reliable one we think is, that the enemy,
being in overwhelming numbers, our torees re
treated in good order, burning the bridge and
trestle work across the river. We shall proba
bly get some tidings from our correspondent at
Chattanooga—before our morning edition.
[Chronicle <fc Sentinel.
Where the Old Man &to be 'Found.— At
the Gayoso yesterday a gentleman entered into
conversation with a Missouri soldier. He asked
him to what regiment he belonged. “To the
oldman’s,” was the reply. “Who is the old
man?” “Gen. Prie*.” “Where is he?”
was then inquired. The soldier answered, “I
don’t know where he is now, bat I shall know
where to find him when-a battle occurs, for he
will be there, just where the bullets fly the
thickest; and the Yankees run the hardest
[Memphis Appeal, 20/A.
Death of Major Talbot.—The Washington
Star of the 25th ult., says :
Major Talbot, one of the heroes of Fort Sum
ter, died in Washington city on Wednesday
night, aged about 38 years. His funeral took
place yesterday. Alie-r the fall of Sumter, Tal
bot, who was then First Lieutenant of the reg
ular army, was promoted to a Major. Talbot’s
health was seriously injured whde on duty at
Fort Sumter, and he never afterwards recovered.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from Lee’s Mills, Va., April 10th, says:
“ three prisoners from the 10th Georgia Regi
ment were brought iu yesterday. Their names
are Alex. Foster, born in Albany, N. Y., John
McKeon, born iu New York city, and John W.
DeAutiguae, born in Augusta. Ga. They were ail
privates of the 10th Georgia, Col. Cummings.
Ihe Georgian was an intelligent young man.
but refused to answer any questions.”
Wheat Crop Improving —We have recently
bad occasion to pass through portions of Sum
ter county, and were gratified to notice a de
cided improvement in the Wheat Crop ; we are
informed also, that there is a general improve
ment throughout this section of
few weeks ago, iire universal opinion
be, that seed would not be m.ide^^fl
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Administrator's Notice.
AL’. person, having demands against ’tho estate o f
John W, Kll>, a"' ot Clou ha - county, dee aeed.
are hereby required to present ihe sum • within the
limn pr.-crib <1 bj !s.w; and all persons inrh bted to
said estate are required lo pay sue" h.d btedness
to TuHn H. WILLIAMS,
may 6 Admlstrntor and eol.
AIMIIINJSTIt ATIIH’d Mid',
BY permi-slon of the Court, of Orili- nry of Chethstn
Coun y, will be su'd cn
at he *.ore of th ‘ lute J. W. Kepy, < n Bay etre* t, all
the suck in trade, cot ris'L g ol Ready Made nothing,
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, black Br. ad Cloths,
blue Miliiary t loth, airier, Drillings, Bummer Cassi
me, Gilt_Military ad oihtr Buttons, Sewirw Bilk and
lwmt, minings, several parol' Tb b r’s Elmars, iwo
V 1 w Cases, one large Looking Glass, Btorer Fixtures,
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GKUUGI A-OUAIIUH OO 'j Y.—To all
wh >,o ii may concern:
if reas ’ t*- * ildarn* will app’y et lie Court
ol Ordinary lor Letters o( Adtriiu straiiou in the estate
niu n *■ Kelly, late ol said coun -■ reared:
These are, therelore, to cite and a o oi.it) ail whom
it may concert, to be and appear ore raid ourt to
make objection (if any they have) , oi before the first
Monday in July next, otherwise -ah; letters will l>e
granted.
Witness, Dominick A. O . y ru , esq.. Ordinary for
Chatham county, this fth day .i May, 1862
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AOmiKISTBATOftts SALE.
WILL bo so dat the O ut ouse, in Bryan countv,
on ihe first Tu sdsy in -Tune next, the lollowing
P r "P rty, viz: Four Negro flaves, Ellen, Ede, Pete
and Teue. Abo, the P’snta ion on which the laie
John A evils redded, contain ng sb ut three hundred
acres, more oi les, and bounded w st by Good. on.
° s by F- A. Elarbee, ana rou hby Elkins A Tundie’s
land
aio properly to be sod as the property of the estate
otJohn evils, by orer of ihe Court of Ordinary oi
Bryan e runty, for I e benefit te Iho heirs and eieditors
ol Hu est_le ot Said John t vils, late < 1 Brv.n c untv
de c.e'<l- Ih*rAM ELARBKk.
an • '* A.lmi.i traior late John Kevils.
NOTICE.
ALL Perrons having cU ms againtt Iho estate oi
John B. Bernard, late of Libeity c >unt?, de*
et as and, will leave them, uly attested, at ibe o'roe of
ersr=. liar.ridge & Chisholm; and al indebted to
s .id estate will make payment to
N. L. BARNARD,
w. A. FLEMING,
my ■■ wfi Qualified Executors.
POSTPONED ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
be s dd on the first Tuesday in July next
t t be ore the Court Home door, in Clinch county,
one lot ot Lane, No. 617, contaird g sour hundred and
Ninety Acre, more or its-, in the Sev. . th District of
sod cmnty, bel-ngiig to the estate oi Jeiemiah
d’hauoey dec-asad Bold sg ceable to n order of the
Coon of Clinch county, for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said deceased.
1 erm6 made known on the day of ssle.
np 11 w id* • JOHN M. OH NCEY, Adm'r-
LAND FOE SALE.
oßtm Five Hundred Acres of good Pine and eom
Haa >inook Land, 12a <n which is cleared
fresh, and planted in com. cane, potatots,
oais, c. wl U good Bull ings and Hogs
Cows’, Mules, orn and Fodde Can be bought on
reasonable terms Kesii ence, three miles from Boston
Depot, No. 18, Thomas county, Ga.
I'.a- 99 w I mo* CALVIN PATE
2,000 Acres of Land for Sale.
<£ Ten miles from the city of Albany, on the
of Dougherty and Mitchell; 900 cleared
*5^ and deadened, and ready for a crop next year,
as good as any land in the county, and in in as
good a neighborhood as tie re is In the southern coun
try. Terms to suit the purchaser—short time or long
time, or cash.
and c 21 wtf ClfAB. E- MALLARY.
~ NOTICE.
AFTER the expiration of ninety days, I will app y
for the renewal of a certificate issued by the Bank
oi he State of Georgia, Cos . 714, dated on 25th of June,
1553, for one share of the api ml Stock of said Bank,
in my name, which has been lost or mislaid
. , _ JOHN T. FLOURNOY.
Athens, Dec. —, 1861 wßmo de • 81
ADMINISTRATOM’S NOTICE.
ALL tbo-e indebted to the estate oi Charles H
Remington, late of Thomas county, deceased
are requ red to make immediate pujmeut; and those
having claims will present them to me, in terms of the
Ia H. M. bHAtcP, adm r.
Thom '8 county, lan. 15, ISU2 w 6 Jan 16
NOTICE.— Applicaliou wHI be mad- to the Presi
dent, and Directors of the Atlantic Gulf Rail
road Company for anew scr.p for ten shares of the
capital stock of said company, the old s-rip, dated
February 11, 1859, having been lost or mislaid,
J 8. U. WILLSON.
Per J. . A JAMES WILLSON,
fob 8 w7* Administrators.
FOR SALE.
A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE in Marietta, the
most pluasont and healthy city in Georgia, sit
uated on the Stale Railroad, twenty miles above At
laula. Pries $6,0 0; one ball cash, the other in notes,
well secured with interest For particulars, addrose
Bor 178. Marietta, CSn -Itw.Vw tf dor 7.7
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands against the estate ol
Martin Sullivan, late oi Chatham county, Ga., de
ceased, will present the same, du y certified, within
the time prescribed by law ; and all persons indebted
to the same will make immediate payment to
John r. johnhon,
ap 29 Administrator.
Gl GOKVI A—BttwOK.b OOllJSTY.—euperio
I c oui t; December Term, 1861
It appearing lo the ourt that Bryan Folsom was the
owno. o certain deeds to Lot oi Laud No. 845, in the
Twelith District of originally Irwin, now Brooks couu
ty, to wit: a deed trorn Jack Lumpkin to Jack Shaw,
made in Oglethorpe county, Georgia, on the fourteenth
day of June, eighteen hundred aud twenty-seven; a
deed from Jack ohuw to Nathan Banks, made in said
county of Oglethorpe, state a.oreeai p, on the .welith
day ol August, 1847; a deed from Nathan Banks to
James Bond, made in th State of Alabama,Chambers
county, on the 4th day of August, 1856; and a deed
tnaue from James Bond to Bryant Fols.m,
county. Ga. dated the Ist
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NOTICE TO OEBTOKX 4.VW 4 tSODN
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n EORGIA—BROOKS COUNTY.—AH persons in.
\JT debied to tlie estate pyf Nathan D. Jones, de
ceased, are requested to make immediate payment,
and ail persons having demands against said estate
will please present them within the tune prescribed by
law, properly authenticated, for payment.
dec 6 (6) M ALIOUI JONES, Adtn’r.
NOTICE TO DEBTOR*! AND CKEDI.
TOMS. %
ALL persons indebted to George W. Brown, late of
Thomas County, deceased, are requested to make
immediate payment; and those having claims against
said deceased, are required and notified to present
th-m, duly authenticated, to me, wl bin the time pre
scribed by law. lAM. P. BROWN, Adm’r.
felt 7 M
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons having de
mands against WUoam Giles, late ol Chuibalß
eounty, deceased, to present them to me, duly attested,
within the time prescribed by law; and a ! persons in
debted to said deceased are hereby required to make
immediate payment.
WILLIAM GREENE,
Qualified Executor.
Savannah, Ga., March 7,.1869. j
EXECUIOB’K SALE.
'TWENTY-SEVEN and a quarter Shares of Central j
_L Railroad Stock, the propierly of the estate of ,
George R. Padellonl, deceased, will be sold at the-i
Court House, in the city.of Bavannah, on the 9r.t ’
Tuesda,, in May next, between the legal hours of ea'e.
Bold under an order ol the Court of ordinary ot C hat
ham county, for the benefit of the creditors of said
estate. JOHN M. B LOVELL, >
mar 13 td Ex’r Geo. P. Padeiford.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANJD CREDIT* J
ORS. J
Gv EORGIA—BBO' K 8 COUNTY. —AII persons tnfl
1C debted to the estate of J. TANARUS, A. Newton,deccasqdH
are hereby requested to make immediate payment, aiuN
all persons h.-.ving demands a iainst said estate will
pleaso present them within the Line prescribed by iaw,
properly authenticated, for payment.
dec 6 (6) GKO ALDERMAN. Adm’r. ,
i v tORi. I— W iRK COUNTY.—T.. all whom
VJf it may concern :
Whereas, Joseph J. Davis, of said State and county,
ap, lies tor Letters of Admi. istra ion on the estate of
E-.rly Davis, late of said couniy, deceased
These a’e, therefore, to cite and edmonish all and
singular ihu kindred and creditors of taid deceased to
be and appear at my office, within the time prescnbi and '
by law, and show cause IK any they have) why letters
o udmtListraiiou sh uld not issue to said applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature thl. 25th
day oi April, 1862. DANIEL LOTT,
rc ' 2 * I’ep Ordinary.
Ov EOKGI A-WARE COUNTY.—To all
I may concern:
Where a-, Jesse Dean, of said State and countv, ap
plies to the Ordinary for 1 euers of Administration on
th i cs ate of eamael Dean, of said biale and county
deceased; '
T hese are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to
be and appear at my office, with!., the time prescribed
uy law, and sh ,w cause (if any they havey why letters
oi adm n.siration should not be granted lo taid hi r>li-
Cant.
Given under my haul and official signature this 23th
dayo apri. 1862. DaN.KLLOTT.
Ui y 3 * i ep. Ordinary.
NOTICE.— -Three months alter date, application
will be made to the Plauterss’ Bank ol the biate
oi Geoigia for the payment ot a Filly Dollar Bill, Lei
ier A, No. 496, dated January Ist, 1858, signed “ Oto.
W. Ande-son, Prest.” The left half ot sad note hav
ing bee., lo.t in transmission by mail from this place
Butler spring, Ala. .
JOHN W. FLEMISTER. 1
Griffin, Ga., March 26. 1862. mar 29
f lEORtiiA—CHATHAM COUNTY-Toall wh m
VT it may concern:
Whereas, Geo ge H. Johnston will apply at tits
Oounot Ordinary lor Letters ol Administration on the
estates ot Martaa W. Turner and Julia B. Turner, late
of ehaltam ouuuty, deceased:
These are, therelore, to oite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection (if any they have) on or before the first
Monday in June next, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness, Dominick A. o ; Byrne, Esq., Ordinary 'or
Chatham County, this 10th day oi April, 1862.
ap U DOMINICK A, O'BYbNK. O. 0. 0.
CT EORGIA- KROuKb COUNTY.—To all whom
I itmny concorn ;
Whereas, Berrian Folsom this day makes application
to me for Letters of s dmiuistratiou on the esiate of
John M Fol om, late ol said county, deceased:
i here are therelore, to c.te and admonish the kin
dred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear
at my office, to file their objections (if any they have),
withm the time prescribed by law, otherwise letters of
adinintsiradou will be granted to said applicant
Given under my hand this the 2Slu day oi March,
1862.
mar 2S ANGUS MORRISON, Ordinary.
i i EOICCv! A—LIBERTY COUNTY— I To all whom
UT it may concern:
Whereas, Captain W. 8. Norman has applied to me
for Letters of Administration oe bonis non cum tos
t amen to annexe on the estate of James Wilson Winn,
late o' taid county, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all par
ties interested, whether kindred or creditors, to snow
cause (if any tbev have), withiu the time prescribed by
law. why said letters should not be granted to said
applicant.
vt’imess my hand this Ist day of April, 1861
ap 4 W. P. QIRARuKAU, O. L. C.
CT EORGIA— CHATHAM COUNTY.—To whonf
I It may concern:
Whereas, Henry Vonglahn will apply at the CoertM
ol Ordinary lor Letteis of Administration on the
tale of Juedorlck ccherff, late of said county, de- 1
ceased:
These are, therelore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may.concem, to be and appear before said court, to
make objection (if any they have), on or before tho Ist
Monday in June next, otherwise said lelterswill.be
granted.
Witness, Dominick A. O’Byrne, Esq., Ordinary for
Chatham Go untv, this 1-1 day of May, 1362.
my 2*, ' DOMINICK,A. o’BYRNE. o 0.0.
I > EORGIA —LIBERTY COUNTY.—To all
VJ whom it may concern:
Wh^ L. c. Harden will apply at the Court
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