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Our Virginia Correspondence.
Or the Nine Mile Road. )
Near Richmond, Va., Jnue 21, 18C3. >
Mr. Editor: T'tysay, or at leal rumor says,
Ilia great and terrible tragedy is to he rendered
to morrow, “with new and excellent scenery.”
That the fate of cur Confederacy hangs upon it
—the fact of our earnestness in asserting our
right to live apart from the Norlhern section
of the old Union, cannot be denied ;i. if H
be. enacted. It has never been the opinion ot
your correspondent that McClellan would at
tack us, now that we have firmly entrenched
ourselves before his favorite position. The ac
tions of the Federal General have confirmed it,
and our Generals, taking advantage ot his wait
a while policy, have been lately manceuverirg
_on a most gigantic scale to fix him off in the
“latest and most improved” style. Stone
wall,” I am positively assured, is near bis rear,
with his powerful band. Beauregard is un
doubtedly here with a part oi the Southwestern
forces. The Army of the Potomac confronts
him as before, and the thunder storm, culmina—
iiol>' for weeks past, will to-morrow, perhaps,
buret like the unfettered hurricane, with all the
terribleness of destruction about him. On the
right, on the left, b hind and in front, a sweep
ing fire of wrath will hem him iD, prostrating
the glorious castle of fame he has built fdf him
self, or my prophecy may go henceforth for
caught in the credulity of man. Oue thing
makes me of the opinion that something is
afoot. Troops sue-being disposed of along the
line in a very extraordinary way, and the whole
army is cooking three days’ provisions An
other fall back is out of the question at this
juncture, since it is totally out of reason. No,
sir, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, to
morrow the word *; forward ” will be thundered
along cur front, starling the red blood from
compressed lips, to flow around and garrison
the hearts of the bravest men in the holiest
cause. Twenty more cartridges have been or
dered above the usual supply of forty, as here
tofore. What does this mean but fight, on the
grandest scale prolonged and decisive ?
1 hate to speak big word3 and high sounding
phrases, to know afterwards it was rodomon
tade, but everything looks so plain in this'pan
orama that it seems one is not at a loss to call
the next scene which w-ill appear. It may be
the ignis fatuus so often held out to the soldiery
setting at naught every speculation of its reality
and destiny. Everything has been conducted
with celerity and secrecy, and the enemy is en
tirely deceived of Beauregard’s and Jackson’s
present position, for tio longer than yesterday,
late papers were exchanged across our lines,
and the Herald —that tattling and scandalous
sheet—knows nothing of it, and its correspon
dents arc; talking grandly of the splendid battle
McClellan is going to make “10-morrow or
next day, or sometime shortly,” without any
allusion, except some idle surmises, touching
their whereabouts.
I hear that the following dispositions are
made of the Confederate troops. Gen. Long
street’s co-operating with the Petersburg forces,
are to assail the left of the enemy's line simul
taneously, with the attack of Gen. Jackson on
the right wing. Btuarthas placed himself with
a heavy force again in his rear, to cut off every
egress of escape, and the remainder of the army
is.heid in the centre, either to attack, feint there
or follow up advantages ou culler wing Tins
arrangement for the grand exhibit!'! i to-rn >r
row, which is not to be “postponed on account
of the woutjnT,” I have obtaiue.i from tt ro
llable source. If any postponement oceurs, or
disappointment in the play takes places, you
perceive I’m not entirely responsible. Today
everything has been ominously silent till now.
(8 P. M.) along the Hues. Occasionally I hear
the report ol volleys down below, which is
scarcely more than that of the relieved pickets
and schurginic their gnus to clean up for the fray.
Every evening our right has been in tho habit,
of late, oi proceeding against the enemy’s liutis
and annoying them with galling skirmishes,
driving them in at tiie usual double-quick to
which they have become quite accustomed.
Saving these skirmishes, nothing has occurred
wor-h mentioning since my last It is generally
conceded by impartial judges, that we got the
licet ot the small engsgebti-iila which were.it
seems, got up more tor amusement to our men
and terrible annoyances to the enemy, than for
any great profit or advantage to our arms.
Those with whom I’ve conversed (and
to gratify cuiiosity I’ve uiet some of them half
way to our lines) seem very willing to make
peace on ar y consideration. McClellan set out
id annoy our lines with sharp-shooters after we
had esuhlit-hed ours here con iron ting his, but
the game has becnplnyt-d so nearly even that the
pour fellows opposite the post occupied by the
1-t Brigade (Toombs'), were overjoyed when the
Yankee sharp-shooters were withdrawn and the
Unrig ceased on both sides. The barbarous
plau ot bush vhackiny among these armies, in
augurated by tue Federal*, compelled the
“Rebels” to adopt a similar barbarous habit iu
order to retaliate for self defence. The enemy,
on a portion or the lino in which they are con
stantly exposed, ware compelled to n quest that
we should play quits, and to set the villains a
good example yl magnanimity our posts have
agreed to spire them, although armed with
some very excellent long range guus. It never
would have been done by them ; hut, then, this
Is no reason why we should not rnaitit tin
our dignity and honor as a brave people. The
example of our enemies is not one for us to
p tiroulK -; hi very many ways in which they
have etssated to sow in this revolution, history
will tj m;er a full harvest of infamy for them.—
The Will Vciunmt, ■fftth New York and others
now not remembered, were those with whom
we exchanged papers and other civilities. They
invariably parted trout us, hoping peace would
toon be declared, or by wishing prayerfully we
might survive every tight into which wcshould
be engaged, prompted by teeliugs of gratitude
after wo lmd spared them in their exposed
position before our lilies. The majority were
lorciguers, either Irish or Dutch, the Dutch pre
dominating. In cxv hanging papers some re
gretted that so many scandalous lies would he
lound In them, remarking mat a great body of
the army condemned them as much as we did.
All we took lor what it was worth, and parted
with them satisfied that we were opposing a
set ot craven, cowardly wretches, afraid to look
our honest soldiers iu thu face.
Well, before this reaches you the swift
winged telegram may have anticipated its ad
veut to your calamus, and little interest will be
felt in reading it; but it my eyes look ou the
sceues expected, I will, it surviving, portray
tor you what memory may treasure iu this rude
and uninviting style. What if the great eonlliei
does not occur to morrow * Then it may he lor
tue uexi day, or it may he yet for another day,
or even still further ou, but It must come ; lor
the army cannot be throw n into all this unne
cessary commotion lor nothing. For once 1 am
sanguine a great move is oa loot. Price, too,
1 forgot to say, has, from report, gone up to
Join .1 ickson, and assist iu the-movements
a_! nsi the enemy’s tight w:ng. The congre
gation ol a 1 the military renown in the Clouted
t i.n-y, promises the best re.-ults. NoW I close,
with a desire commensurate with your own,
t. t \ ctory may rest upon our banners. It will
all' ovi me, too, a eonsulerub e amount of pleas
ure to te.tuo this fact alter wards.
TorT-x.E-M.oxnß.
'!>iItiji f ( .r a Kail.
Raymond, oi ihe New Y*>. k Times, who has
Become fame.as lor lieiug in the tear of greiu
bailies ami ihe excellent lime made homeward
at the close, was with McCiellau just belore the
late light near Richmond. The Times ol the
Silk ull. eotsi:s a three Column lucubration
Irotu ilie adveuttiicr, ou i.tr.iirs in camp, from
which we extract th* following, which is preg
nant with misgiving;
So t-u as our army is concerned, there can be
no nil sou lor *i*> gieal delay. We have ail tile
t o {is we arc I hely to get, aud it is believed
We .ve *e shall Qted, though if the gov
ern; i u Ii t eii wise it would have sent tlfty
thousei em- re no u to at he has now under
his cuu>i:u o, ii ei .H ate with Mcwteiian,
l.Olh SOI. e. :i u<i !>. i> It It il aII l seen tit 10
do so. l! be '.A- K\ und ib his [>ie>eui
ffttce, he win win nit i.ie anre honor, tor the
fiji v w il te sle.vp nil ugh o vindicate bis pre
hu.-eary ptudti.ee. ti net il -iu the attempt,
U.e iisf iisilnli.i must res* v'ith those wno
eempt let. him to r. 4 ,t, and vl'h.t!d u.e meats
wtrieii he detiutd unp riant tv au assured
sure ess.
Thk Fkxmh A. is is run e.os Hows—Wei
learn Iroui CoL Stone, isle ol to. Mems-fiis Ap
ju at, Ural the Cincitmull papers ol the l l.u con
mi*, a despatch Horn Washington, suiting that!
t ~ni Mercler, Use French Minister to the I
t • and Mates, bud engaged j a.-sage and would
s.d: ho Europe in t.V sUauicr nes: succeeding
thai to wtiicli Lard Lyons returned. The k*o
ipmer e-nj c.ures urn these Min siers hate
Ih.cC urtlvud home to be [ resent a, a eoBVt n
lion l*> te biM between Ki.g.and and Krv-uce in
reUrton to Americas *dSir>. The report ixet
itu much sei.sstlon in TtskMdem,
Sltvess—it.. A.we. s ttaUaeT /ini sires tte
Geaer-l Order of the Prof, -t Mu o; Ai
hui, that any p f>*-B • lia si, tii m 1; iuloxicat*
It c liquor* st.a.l be arrested wed dewlt with tv
the tuiihwry authorities; { relacing the order
b) saying, “rt will be setn that ike rwfirr b\ai~
ra# o! that place lw been *us{*eiiiicd ”
PtTTP. WEEKLY SaTTJBDA? ~ afec 1862.
LATSsT FROM THtf NORM.
We have been pleased to greet and take by
the baud Ur. Theodora McFarland, Surgeon of
the Fort Pulaski garrison, who was exchanged
and arrived in the city Saturday evening last.
We are indebted to him for a copy of the New
York Times of the 31 11. June, from which we
make the following selections :
THE PRESIDENT AND SI.AVEIU .
The reply made the other day by Mr Lincoln
to triQ address of the “Progressive Friends,”
aflorJs profound spiritual comfort to the Jour
nal of Commerce and other prints of the Uuiou
ns it-was confession. The President declined
*o meet the wishes of the Committee by issuing
an immediate, indiscriminate and comprehen
sive decree of emancipation; therefore the
President, has strong antipathies tor the radicals,
rtiuses to Identify himself with the moderate,
conservative interest, and discloses his marked
preference for those who would put slavery
back j ist where it was before it begot rebellion.
In otuer words, deserting the party which
raised him to office, and ignoring the common
sentiment ot the loyal North, Mr. Lincoln lias
now tiled a declaration of principles which dis
tinctly identifies him with the pro-slavery re
construction! is.
Of course, in a country where a certain
amount ot freedom in opinion aaJ discussion
is tolerated, anybody who chooses may believe
this nonsense. His faith must, however, be of
the kind which removes mountains. Tnere is
not the slightest ambiguity about the opinions
of Mr. Lincoln on this matter of (slavery. To
seek light upon it by consulting reports of
stump speeches delivered tour years ago, is to
travel gratuitously behind the record. In his
Emancipation Message, the President placed
not only himself but the National Government
iu an attitude of hostility to slave y, the
ebaract r ami extent ot this enmity we have
happily the means of judging. He has affixed
his signature to the law, forbidding by anew
article of war the employment of any portion
of the array in the recapture of fugitive slaves.
He has publicly declared hia indisposition to
permit any slave take s refuge within the
lines of the National torces to be surrendered
to his owner. His name has been attached to
the act of abolishing Slavery in the District of
Columbia, and the act forevc prohibiting
Slavery in the lerritoncs. He bus negotiated
a treaty for the effectual ►uppression of toe
Slave trade. There is no douot wuatever of the
acts conflscatinsr the property of the traitors,
aud emancipating their slaves, receiving his
sanction. These evidences ol tin affection to
ward Slavery are quite sutheient, we submit,
to define the real position of the President, aud
to overcome the presumptions arising from
his refusal to afceepr, the counsels of the Pro
gressive Friends The latter see only one step
further the Pre-icUnt need take to i ompk-te the
evidence that his aversion to Slavery is genu
ine. lie has only to issue a proclamation giving
freedom to the slaves of all rebel masters to be
tally abrest- of the most progressive ot radicals ;
and to complete his conquest at oue and the
same time of Southern rebels and Northern
Abolitionists. Bat the President declines to
give this clincher to his reputation. He be
lieves rebellion can be subdued without a re
sort to any besides military measures. This
particular measure he knows to be impotent
It is assertion ofV-’wer, when the Government
has yet to regain power by force. It does
nothing to stimulate the negroes to leave their
masters, lor unfortunately the disposition to do
is already so universal as to utieiiy embarrass
the nation with that, question as yet defiant ot
solution, what shall be done with this deluge of
contrabands? In short, Mr. Lincoln has gone
just as far in his opposition to slavery as the
warrant <>f the Constitution, the suggestions of
prudence, and a regard for the welfare of white
aud biaeh men alike, will permit him to go, Xu
his pause at this weli-marked limit there may
be chargin lor the unconditional AboiiiionHi;
but in bis advauce so far there is certainly
nothing upon which file Pro-Slavery pirt>,
Unionist or Dis unionist, can lairiy felicitate
itself.
Wit AT M'CLELLAN INTENDED To Do.
An editorial article iu the Times od the “Sit-
I uatiou in Virginia,” closes with tiie following
| grand programme, whieh, some!; w, inti- and .a
i the performance :
I Though the evacuation ot Kich/uond would
not prove what the rebel leaders hope it would,
it is useless to conceal that the successful fl gbt
from Virginia of the Confederate army, with
out a battle, would be a decided mistortuue,
and put back the finale of the war. General
McClellan (iocs not mean to allow this, if he
cau possibly prevent it. If he delays the at
tack an hour beyond the time when he is fully
prepared, the country may be assured that
it is for t.i e purpose ol arranging such subsi-
I diary operations as will frustrate tho hope the
rebels have in flight. The Richmond journals
have already told us that Gen. Mansfield occu
pies Sufi 'it;, in tbe rear of the- rebel Capitol,
with a strong force. The vbit of Burnside to
McClellan, at headquarters, undoubtedly meant
work in this very direction. But more signifi
cant Ilian all, there is yet encouragement iha*
the gunboats in the James River are destined
to play their prime patL in the capture of Rich
mond and its rebellious defenders. The move
ments in this direction have been very properly
shrouded in secresy ; but there i9 every hope i
that our iron-dads will be able to silence and j
pass the batteries that line the banks ot the;
James River, near Fort Darling, and, this ac
coinpltsbed, to remove the obstructions that
have*been placed in the chaunel. It would be
a heavy imputation on the courage of the navy
should this enterprise not be attempted; and ii
attempted, it w ill in all probability be success
ful. The service they can reuder is incalcu
lable. With a fleet of gunboats commanding i
the main line of retreat from Richmond', the
last hope of tiie rebels, the hope of flight, is cut
off. Is McClellan awaiiing the echo of the
guns of Fort Darling ? If so, twenty millions
wait with him, hushed iu expectancy.
A BOAST.
The Times claims seven Confederate Gener
als to our one (Prentiss) as captives, and, with
out stopping to retlect that the disparity is
caused by the cowardice ot Yankee Generals iu
keeping out of barm’s way and their fleetness
on a retreat, makes the following boast :
‘Against these seven rebel Generals wo have
captured within the last few months, the rebels
can only-show one of ours captured during the
entire war, Gen. Pre.mi-s, taken prisoner at
Shiloh. If we conH iiuv, y Johnson and
Beam eg rd, which, 1 h ft’ R , h
tuona, we will doubiless uo ... , en
gagement, the rebels will have to tail utek tor
Geuoials upon such cattle as Floyd, Pillow,
Bragg and Company.
THB SNAO IS TUB MISSISSIPPI.
The only tebel rnug interfering now with the
free navigation of the Mississippi River is the
town ol Vicksburg. Our boats struck against
it vary unexpectedly, when they were and ishing
up the Father of Waters in tie most trimn
phaut style. Tue invincible fleet of Commo
dore Farragut, which had blown to pieces all
the rebel gunboats, Unships and forts near the
tnou.h ot the stream, and captured all the towns
on the river . s far upas Viektburg, was stop
ped short, and turn .si tail and weut down the
liver agaiu, after taking a look at this Mi sie
slppi town The guu and mortar-boat ot Com
modores Foote and Davis, which did such brave
woik at Dland No. 10, at Fort Pillow, aud
above Memphis, and which, we are given to
undersuuid alter the capture of Memphis, were
not to pause in iheir Victorians course down
the stream until they hailed the up-coming fleet
irom New (Means—even tbev, it seems, have
not i bought it best to go to Vicksburg. And
so, it not the mouth of the Aikansas to Vicks
butg, a distn.ee of two hundred miles, the
Mississippi Klver, which we all though*, weeks
ago was entirely ours, is still controlled by the
rebels. We do not think, however, that Vicks
burg wi l he a •very difficult snag to root out
• r to break down, and we do not imagine that
the country will need to wait very long now
for its reduction, atnl the const quent opening
of the river. Oar N-w Orleaus fleet only
tuiticd bi k ir on \i- k-t>u-g mat it might re
turn to it again in such force as to compel it
to sueeuntn without making any ado about the
matter and of our up-river tt -et, we learn that
EIUVs rams have passed down to see if there
is any butting uceded pear Vicksburg. We
suppose that some ot Foote’s old mortar-boats
have also gone down; and as part of Porter’s
uivt-Ui* fleet, oitely at Mobile, has goue nr>, we
shall doubtWs soon sec warm work at Vicks
burg, or else we shall behold, what the milita
ry commandant there said we never should be
hold, me surrender ot another Mississippi
town.
OSS. BIESEY.
Geu. Elrncy was restored to bis command on
Friday. Tue Court-iuaitial honorably acquit
,and htui. The evidence of Geo. Kearney, CoL
11, t art \Tv i and nthcre, w\*S, in the highest
degrue cou'p.'iueniary to Gen Bi r ney, whose
rccvpuou by h.- brigade vrta very cordial.
SEizinu Flirt. —We are pleased to learn
dial ti ■>. M.-ivtir L- z-‘d the dour in the
hands ol -ptouLlorr at isxvanoah. We hope
he will so s.-: ii .ii! ovtr ihe State, uctii not a
bairtrl shall be let in Uitirhattus.
bpeculslion iu bread and meat ought not to
be loleiwied at ary time. It is a system oi
roiibing'by which tnen too lazy to work them
selves, manage to live upon the labor of the
uaid working men and women ot ihe country.
In these times of threatened starvation, it be
comes a great crime against society and against
the eiate. The sooner the whole system is
rought to a close, the better it will be for all
patties.—|Athens Watchman.
Hon. Bale Psytos.—A card oTer the sig
.iim e.ol '* i ron.-'-eaus,’’ published in the Ai
l-nta fGa ) “Inleliigehcvr, ot June 2S*b, says
ihst lion. Bails Peyton, of Tennessee, has not
gone over to the Yankees, but is still true and
j:l u> t e M ath. His ~:re to the call
tor a Union meeting in Nashville was s forgery,
done by a George Baker, formerly *pe ol the
editors <u the Nashville '• Banner.’
I THE BATTLES OF FRIDAY.
[SYom the Richmond Examiner of Saturday.]
I Tits LINES ABOt’T men MONO —HEAVY ENGAGE
MENTS —THE ENEMY FALLING BACK.
| The splendid contest of Thursday afternoon,
I which resulted in the wresting, by Gen. A P.
i Hill’s division, of Mechanicsville, though with
out decisive results, except the possessing of
the place, served to attract the attention of Mc-
Clellan from a movement in his rear which
overwhelmed him. There Hill’s division of
12 000 men stood successfully, opposed at least
four times their number, behind earthworks,
which they, one after another, evacuated, car
rying off their guns, whieh, mounted on wheel
carriages, were not captured, as some of our
cotemporaries announced yesterday, though
their positions were glined and held. Many
valuable lives were lost at MccUauicsviUe, but
they received immortality there
At 3 o’clock yesterday morning the grand
coup de main of Gen. T\ J Jackson was accom
plished. With his army, which failed to get
! into position the previous evening, he, fresh
j from the fields of exploits in the Valley, came
! down tue Chickahominy on the right ttiuk of
McClellan’s army, to Coal Harbor, iu tne ene
my’s rear, and put his iroat upon it at Old
Church. The enemy had fallen back still fur
ther during the nignt, and Hill’s and Long
street’s divisions pressed him in front and left
flank early yesterday morning. Thus, by a
strategy unparalleled for its brilliancy, was Mc-
Clellan circumvented. Up to this writing we
have no accounts of the battle that has Deen
processing that wouid justify particulars, but
AleClellan and his main army was reported re
treating down the Chickahominy, bearing off
from “ Stonewall’s ” guns in the direction of
West Point, where the guuboais were lying
ready to cover him.
It was six o’clock when the enemy gave way,
after leaving their last breas work battery of
thirteen guns, which was their best, niouutiug
heavy siege guns, McClellan retired, burning
up bis stores at the depots of his lines. From
the top of the capitol, in the square, shafts of
while smoke could be seen risiug in the direc
tion of Old Church and the White H-utse. At
| first this was thought to originate from the
! tiring of cannon, that could not be heard from
the distance, ihewind also being contrary ; but
later in the day it was ascertained to have Oeeu
caused by the destruction, by the enemy, of his
immense stores off to the right of the Vleeh.ui
icsvilie pike, on the farm ol Dr. Games.
Tne multerings of the fight could be occa
sionally heard through the report of heavy
guns, but it died entirely away as the scene of
the conflict was removed by the retreat of
the enemy and the advance oi the Confederate
forces.
The retreat of McClellan’s army, and the
pursuit of the Confederate army, has moved
our base of information concerning the light,
which, we learn, was kept up at intervals with
great severity ; but, through the kindness ot an
officer from our lines, we have been supplied
with a very intelligent pencil diagram, furnish
ing the positions of the retreating aud pursuing
forces.
Jaeksou’s army was represented as moving
down consderably this side of the Pamunkey
for a trussel bridge spanning it at the railroad,
with the intention of outstripping McClellan,
whose forces were making for the same bridge
to secure it as a crossing b-lore it was seized
or burned by Jackson. Geus. Long-treei’s,
A. P. Hill’s and D. fl. Hill’s divisions were
pressing hard upon McClellan’s icar, while H i
gruder and Huger, on ihe Chickahominy, in Id
our right wing in the direction of New Bridge
with a portion of ti.e enemy iu trout of them.
This was the supposed situation of the armies
up to yesterday allernoon. As regards the bat
tie, or series of battles, that closed the event
ful day we have little that is reliable. So, 100,
of our loss and that of the enemy, but it has
been heavy—that on the enemy’s side very
great; but we will not venture on figures. It
appears to be conceded that the enemy success
fully withdrw their forces from the position held
by them on Thursday night, after the capture of
Mechauicsville, leaving behind, as a biiud some
skirmish r's end a battery, which, when charged
upon by t-lre advance yesterday morning atday
i Sight, was found to ne empty of men aud guns.
! A pursuit of three hours brought our forces
| upon a formidable battery of thirteen guns at
Gaine’s Mill, near the New Kent road. Here
occurred ur heaviest loss. The breastworks
were situated on a bluff, across a mill-dam,
canal and swamp, with rifle pits in front, Our
troops charged through and over all with a
j valour aud determination that swept every-
I thing, clearing the rifle pits and battery at the
! point of the bayonet. The troops that did this
splendid act of gallantry were from North
Carolina—the brigade of Gen. Pender. This
was accomplished through terrific volleys of
musketry, shell, round shot, grape and canister,
that piled the ground with the valorous dead
and wounded.
In the retreat bodies of cavalry were thrown
forward on the Prospect road aud the Tucker
town road to Intercept them, but it failed to
succeed. We hear it said that iVtc-Clellan’s re
treat was conducted in good order, aud that the
enemy carried forward all their dead and wouud
ed. It was said few prisoners were taken ;
however that may be, but few have arrived iu
Richmond. As tar as our limited knowledge
extends this moment, there is a very fortunate
lack of general and commissioned officers
killed.
We hear the light batteries suffered severely.
Purcell’s battery, of Richmond, Col. L'ndsay
Walker, went into the action of Thursday even
ing with above ninety tneu. aud brought out
only thirty or forty. Seventeen of their horses
were killed. The Maryland battery, Captain
Snowdon Andrews, in the same battle lost ttve
men killed and wounded, aud several horses.
Doctor Hunter, of Maryland, the surgeon, was
killed. The Chesapeake Artillery was ordered
to join Gen Longstreet’s division on the right,
and was not engaged.
We hear front the Appomattox liver, near
Petersburg, below Port Walthall, that iigntiog
betweeu some of the enemy’s gunboats aud our
torces had commenced. The enemy destroyed
atl the shipping at City Point. {Several lives
were lost.
LATER—THE ACTION BECOMES GENERAL —THE
SITUATION OF THE TWO ARMIES AT NIGHT.
We learn from Major John M. Dtniel, of the
General’s staff, serving with General Hill, in
these battles, and who, about 4 o’clock last
evening, was obliged to leave the fleid in con
sequence of having had bis right arm eliatterei
by a Minnie bill, that at the time he left the
field Hill’s division, which hud been engaged
the whole day, and victorious throughout, was
engaged in a terwtic battle with the enemy near
New Coal Harbour, aud were overmatched by
large masses of the enemy. Just as the Mrjor
was wounded several large bodies of troops
were, appearing on the tieid, which were sup
posed to be reiuforeeinenis under Jackson.
. Later accounts brought lr>*m the Held ot bat
tle ate deeply interesting. The reinforcements
that reached the fleid, and which were suppos
ed to be under Jackson, were troojis of General
Lnngstreet’s division. General Jackson was
ecg .ged cn General Hill’s iell during the day,
but was also iu time to j fin the genera! en
gagement which ensiled about flve o’clock in
the evening.
At this hour the . u became general for
the fir-t time on the Richmond lines. No such
collision ol numbers has jet occurred in the
history of the *v *r It is estimated that seventy
dve thousand Con fed crate troops were engaged
with au ifjuai, if not superior, foree ot the
enemy. The sceuery of the battle field is de
scribed as awfully sublime, and its sights ol
e *rnge as exceeding in ghastliness the worst
imaginations of the horrors ot war.
Nightfall has caused an intermission of the
terrible conflict. From the best and most re
liable iu formation we can obtain, the field was
undecided, when the action w.i.- intermitted to
be resumed this morning.
Tfie field of the imposing battle, on which
the grandest fortunes ever contested awaits de
cision, is shout iivelve miles from Hie cay ol
Richmond.
The eu- my’* retreat was cert ainly not a rout,
as it has bceu described on the street corners.
He left his ground . t leisure, carrying off all
his dead and won ih.-u, leaving no uurks of dis
order oil tab root- ol h's retreat but such as
are incidental, of course, to :. . movements of
large uiaests
There is occasion to -apprehend that McClel
lan, in fallirg : -, kon t.ii present line of de
fence, It-is improved his position. The advan
tages of his present position ure mainly artifi
cial, hut they are considered important and se
rious, although he gave up yesterday several
position* of gorat uatural advantage, especially
thai at Mechaeiesvilie, upon wbieh he had ex
pended evgry to make it impreguable.
It is impossible to estimate the loss m yes
terday’s engagement. The ouly statements we
esu get oi me casualties of the terrific battle ol
the evening are vague aud ghastly messages
that ".he ground is covered with dead.” The
spirits of our troops are uadimftmhed. There
was no straggling but from excessive fatigue.
Tte issue, watch is ttl undecided, is solemnly
entrusted to the valor ot our troops and the
l rovideoce of Almighty G >d.
Homb M>t>s Mccilagk. —To the Editor rfthe
Mercnry; A comraue being “hard up” for the
wtieiewith to seal a letter, tried the gum which
e s X J i ? ts . so bouLli! u ; ‘y from the common old
ueid piuui tree, aud found it to stick beautiful—
T* Acting upon his suggestion, and not being
ab.e to get Gum Arabic, I prepared a bottle of
the gum plain, and find it to answer all the pur
poses of au t xeei’.ent mucilage. I herewith
seau you a small vial for trial, hoping you will
reform the people of this blockaded country
through your widely read paper, what an excel
lent substitute gum plum is tor Gum Arabic
Duth of Da. James W. Ashford.—We are
or ply paiued to record the death ot Dr. James
W. Ashford, Burgeon ot the 4ist regiment Geor
gia volunteers, which took place at Columbus,
Miss ,on Monday last. Tte deceased racked
nigh as a physician, and was beloved for those
amiable qualities which mark the good mas
P<ac to ttis ashea.—(L*G range Reporter, TUN
The Batilcs before Richmond.
(From the Richmond Enquirer Juno 27th ]
TUE ENGAGEMENT ON WEDNESDAY.
We presented ou yesterday a g literal view of
the eiigageraeut of Wednesday, below Rich
mond. Accounts just received inform us of a
display ol heroism on the part ot our troops,
which is almost without parallel. When the
first Louisiana entered the field, they were
alone; three brigades of the enemy came for
ward to meet them, and taking advantage of
their strength, threw out their flanks to enclose
and capture them. The g.Haiti Louisianians,
undauutel, poured volley after volley back at
them a9 they retired, and when they saw that
they were about to be flanked, twenty voices
from the regiment shouted forth, “Rt member
Orleans boys, and Butler, the Beast!” They
charged through the enclosing lines with me
bayouet and escaped, leaving one hundred ami
twenty-two killed, wounded and missing be
hind. Bet they had not retreated over a hun
dred and fifty yards, before several regiments
from their brigade arrived to their relief. Tney
returned with these, charged upon the enemy,
drove them back, and recovered their dead and
wounded, missing but one man from the whole
number lost. They kept up the pursuit until
the enemy ceased firing entirely, and, stopping
for breath, carried back the fallen and took up
a po ition near their original outposts.
About five o’clock iu the evening, some de
monstrations on the part of the enemy attract
ing our attention, the 49 h Virginia was sent
forward, drove in their pickets, and soon came
upon their advance guard. A severe skirmisu
ensued, in the uiidstol whieh the 12th Virgiuia.
the 3d Alabama, and one or two other regiments
of Mahone’s Brigade, whose names we could
not learn, weut up, and pitching in with
vigorous energy, drove the enemy back, inflict
ing upon them a punishment they will have
cause to remember. In the meantime our bat
teries at that point opened upon them. Tae
enemy replied, and when the infantry fighting
was concluded, the “artillery duel” was sail
raging and continued with unknown result un
til ten o’clock at night.
We have seeu a summary of the killed, wound
ed and missing oa our side iu both engage
ments ; but are unable to present the list to
our readers to-day. Tne whole number amounts
to three hundred and ninety-two, of whieh not
more than sixty or seventy are killed. We
noticed among the killed Captain Smith, of the
Albany Guards, 4th Georgia, ana Lieut Ware,
of the LaGrauge R fl is, of tue same regiment.
We publish a list of the wounded in other regi
ments who have arrived at the Kent Hospital.
The remainder are and stribated in other hospi
tala in the city. The enemy’s loss was at least
twenty-five Hundred.
THE ENGAGEMENT ON YESTERDAY.
On yesterday, until about four in the after
noon, all was quiet. Tueu our forces opened’
upon the enemy on the left of our lines. Hill’s
Division commenced tue operation, and aided
by our artillery, drove the enemy from their
position, across the Chickahominy, took pos
session of . Mecbauicsvlile, aud pursued them
for some distance. Tfioir batteries at Mectaau
icsville fell into our hands, and were turned
against them as they fled. For a short time
there was a cessation oi hostilities. They were
renewed again soon after, but wholly with artil
lery. The firing continued fiercely until long
after dark, and couriers who arrived pronounc
ed it the most rapid and incessant they had
ever heard. The result of eourse, could not be
ascertained. Oir latest intelligence left our
VA'bnt army holding firmly to the’ ground they
iiad gained, and preparing tor a partial rest
upon their arms.
Nothing could have exceeded the brilliancy
of the charge upon the enemy’s battery on the
Chickahominy, as our men pursued them u ,
the Mechauicsville Turnpike. Their battery
was situated on the brow of a hill ou the north
side of the river, about a mile from, and corn- •
mauding the bridge and toe enure road It
was mounted superbly, and inarmed with a force
sufficient to render it almost impregnable.—
Access toil was hazardous in the extreme.
Oar torces had to pass through the narrow
deti e of tiie roa t through the swamp aud over
the bridge, and rush at double quick up the
hill, in a contracted column, upon the battery.
Tue fire upon them was exceedingly severe,
but firm and undaunted they rushed on, charged
the battery, drove out the enemy in the wildest
disorder, and turned their o a guns upon
them.
Tue enemy is undoubtedly discomfited, aud
should the engagement continue and enlarge
to day, must end in the utter rout of the army
before us. Tae recent movements of McClel
lan prove his incapacity, aud the conduct of
his troops on yesterday and Wednesday con
vince us that his defeat is certain.
[From the Exam ne’.]
PARTICULARS OF TUE BATTLE AT MECUANICS
VILLE.
Of the tight of yesterday we have obtained
tew details. General Jackson, contrary to his
usage, was not up to the lime appointed for hi*
engagement in it. Major General A. P. Hill,
of Virginia, at 3 o’clock, precisely, crossed the
Chickahominy. Tue Yankees seemed petted
ly aware ot his eomiug.
General Ilill, with 13,000 men, (Gen. Branch
did uot arrive till nightfall,) engaged the whole
of McClellan’s lorces, until night put att end
to the undecided c ntest. White General Hili
did uot succeed, in that limited lime, in rout
ing tiie enemy. Ins forces stubbornly main tam
ed the possession of Mechauicsville and the
ground taken by t hem on the other side of the
Chickahominy.
During the whole time of the contest large
reinforcements were passing the Chickahomtiiy
under General Leu; but none of these forces
engaged in the battle or were under Are ; aud
General Lee did not reach Mechttntcsvtiie until
nine o’clok at night, when the tigui was over.
General Hill, is the hero ol the battle of
Williamsburg, lie was then a Brigadier, and
won on that fluid his title of Major General.—
In the battle of yeaetrday he displayed, in the
highest degree, all the talents of a commander,
with the exception ot proper caution ot his
own life, which he exposed irom the first shot
to the last, with the recklessness of a trooper.
The cannonade was the most fearfully rapid
aud close yet witnessed. Geu. Anderson was
ordered to take oue of the chief Federal bat te
ries It is said that oue regimeut irom North
Carolina gave wav in the charge.
To day u dec s ve b'llt'e will bejbv</ht.
Tue Yankee Tax Biel. —There seems to be
a good deal of dissatis action about the details
of the lax bill, now, before the Federal Con
gress. The New YorlTtlerald says :
The tux bill is not yet passed, but it ought to
be. When it becomes a law its many curious
complications wtli produce endless discussions,
which will materially affect the next Coogre. -
sioual elections. As the bill now s amis, it
saddfes one hundred millious of dollars of taxes
upon the commercial Si-ates, the State of New
York being especially burthened. The agri
cultural States on the coutiary, are almost
totally exempt from luxation, although they
produce about fifteen hundred million dollars
worth of raw material per annum The New
England manufacturing States are taxed about
three per cent, but are beuettited by the tarilf
from thirty to forty per cent. These facts show
that there is a screw loose somewhere about
this bill. It should be immediately passed,
however, and then we can amend it by and by.
The sailor’s rule of “any port iu a storm,” may
be aptly paraphrased into any sort of a tax bill
during a nari >nu! crisis.
Oaval.itT Bkikmxsu. — the Nashville Des
patch, (L.ncoluite,) ot June 8,.i, says :
A force of between six and eight hundred
rebel cavalry, during yesterday, came upon and
surprised a detachment oi Feeler 1 cavalry, CJ
in number, at the lit tie teiwn of Ready v tile,
twelve miles south of Murfreesboro’, killed
five outright, and making prisoners of ail the
others except six,who reached Murfreesboro’ iu
safety. Tbe rebels were a part ol Colonel
Starnes’ cotnauud, the Federa s a portion ot a
force which had been sent in pursuit. The
surprise was complete, a= the Federal cavalry
were enjoying their ro n a,ug in Wat tbe lime,
totally ignorant ot we wuereabouts ot the
enemy.
JjgF” We find the following in the Thofhas
viiie Times. It the statement be true, the
transaction deserves invesliga ion :
Who is He.— We have been inform* and by a
gentlemen ot this town, that au agent ol the
Coufedeiat • States has recently made a c on
tract here for the purchase of corn, fodder, Ac.,
for the army, paying #1 50 per bushel lor coi u,
and $1.75 p*r Hundred for fodder We kno>v
the articles can be purchased at about one-halt
these prices, and il the governnieui Las au agent
who dees not proieet her interests, she should
know it. Nor is ihe government the only one,
but the people are deeply interested, aud it is
but doing them justice tor the proper authori
ties to investigate the matter and act according
ly. fur informant is indsguaui at the imposi
tion thus tolerated by thus*; iu authority, as llie
transaction not ouly cost the government abort
double what it should cost, but it creates a
panic in the market, and causes all others who
have to purchase to pay these unusual prices.
Corn has oeeti selling at SI.OO io this ma- kt-t,
and purchasers were expecting to get it mu-.h
lower, until the above transaction became
known.
Barbarous Invention.— Ve Mere yesterday
shown several conical bails used by the enemy
with tbeii large Belgian rifles, and to our horror
discovered that the pfoints were with a
cap, tvnich striking any bone will canse the ex
plosion of the bail, its contents being capable
of shattering any limb and cansing almost im
mediate death. We have heard of such coutri-
Vances prepared by Yankees for ibe*r oouthero
brethren, but never credited the_ rumor until
occularly demonstrated. In addition to this we
have heard ot “jioisoued balls,” and are po-i
--liveiy informed that shot have frequently b en
ptckjd up which, upon examination, proved to
nave been perforated and charged with poison.
Two Ftorid ans were slightly graz and by such
shot, and died in consequence.—[Richmond
Dispatch.
The lifchimuiil Llats— A ISlondy Efn-
Itagrnicin TVedskf-mdsiy.
The Examiner of Thursday says, yesterday
an affair, which must be considered the prelude
to the great battle now impending, occurred
on the extreme right of the Confederate lines,
on the Williamsburg road, about a mile’s re
move from tire scene of tbo battle of i he Seveu
Fines. Our lore was heavy, especially in offi
cers.
The following are the particulars of the en
gagement, as tar as we have been able to gather
them : On Tuesday night theeuernv advanced
and drove in the pickets ol the Fourteenth
North Carolina Regiment, aud they were rein
forced by the Fourth Georgit and First L uis
iana Regiments, of Gen. Wright’s brigade.—
About half past eight o’clock the enemy ad
vanced to the number of three brigades, sup
posed to have been Hunter’s,Sickles’ and Sum
ner’s. They move! and fought under a pine
thicket covering, our troops being in the open
space. After heavy fil ing, the First Louisiana
chaiged the enemy twice, and drove them back.
In the last charge, Lieutenant Colonel W. R
Shivers, of the First Louisiana, was wounded
severely, also M. ,j. James Nelligan; I.lenieifuus
Gilmore and Murphy of the same regiment,
were both killed, and Lieutenants Hendricks
and Buckley and other officers and privates
wounded.
Shortly after noon the enemy retired and the
firing ceased. The loss inflicted on the enemy
was serious in killed and wounded, besides be
tween sixty and seventy prisoners captured.
The casualties of many of our men were in
fiicted by .‘-hells thrown by a battery supporting
the enemy’s infantry.
The skirmishing and firing al ng the lines
war, pretty general at all points yesterday, and j
ail indications point to a general engagement
to-dav or to-morrow.
The wounded ou our side, to the number of
fifteen or twenty, reached the city yesterday
evening. Those of the Louisiana regiment are
mostly at the Kent, Paine & Cos. Hospital, on
Main-street. The others arc at the various hos
pitals
Up to last night the Yankee prisoners had
not, arrived here.
Of course the engagement was without de
cisive results, but ail a counts agree in stating
111 it our troops displayed consummate bravoy,
aud repulsed three times -their number advan
tageously posted and supported by artillery.
The lighting, we learn, was principally be
tween General Wright’s brigade, comprising
the S eond, Third and Twenty-third Georgia,
the First Louisiana and a North Carolina Regi
ment, and at least two, and some say three,
brigades of the enemy (Sickles’ and Meagher’s.)
Our forces were exposed, for a time, to a terri
ble cross fire while lying down. In the charge
which drove the Yankees from their position
the First Louisiana suffered the most sev-ueiy.
Our loss is about one hundred aud fifty killed
and wounded, and ihat of the enemy equally as
great, if not more, besides prisoners.
The musketry firing lasted for an hour and a
half, and was then succeeded by artillery, winch
was brought into play on both sides.
Two Yankee prisoners were captured by one
of our officers after lie had his right arm shat
tered by a ball. With gun in bis left baud, he
approached shem and demanded them to throw
down their arms, which they did, and were
marched off to headquarters.- Ooe of tne pris
oners taken states that' McClellan ha, built two
toads parallel to the York River Railroad, on
which are placed heavy siege guns made to run
upon the tracks.
The Enquirer reports:
Tiie Twenty-second Georgia regiment, which
was on picket duty, was attacked at an early
hour, and driven in by a vn-ity superier force
of the enemy ou Wednesday, when the Fourth
Georgia was ordeded to its support. With this
force engaged on our side, the fight lasted f r
some time, when the First Louisiana Regiment
was ordered up to their support. Arriving on
the field, Colonel Shivers, of the Louisiana reg
iment, gave command to his men to charge the
enemy. Tne order was promptly obeyed, the
men charging with spirit and determination, in
solid column, and receiving the fire of an entire
brigade of the enemy, and sustaining a heavy
loss in killed and wounded. Reinforcements
were then promptly ordered to the front, and
the enemy was driven back with very heavy
slaughter. The last reinforcements sent up, we
believe, consisted of the Twenty fifth North
Carolina and several other regiments, who
fought nobly, sustaining a slight loss.
A portion of the force of the enemy engaged
was the notorious drunken brigade of Sickles.
The engagement lasted for about two hours,
and is said by those engaged in it to have been
very severe.
We have been furnished with the following
list of casualties iu the Ist. Louisiana
Regiment:
Col. Shivers, severely wounded in the right
arm.
Capt C. E Cormier, Company I, slight
wound in the left arm.
First Lieut. J. Taylor, Company I, wounded
in the right leg.
Adjutant Comm'ngs, wounded in right, leg.
First Lieut. M B. Gilmore, Company E, kill
ed. He was shot through the left car, and died
almost instantly.
Second Lieut. Joseph Murphy, Company E,
killed
Lieutenant William Hendrick, Company G,
killed.
Captain Randall, Company C, wounded iu the
right arm.
The loss in killed in this regiment is supposed
to be about thirty. We could not ob<ain an
estimate of ihe wounded, but it is supposed to
be very heavy.
Four different eo’or bearers, in this regiment,
were shot, but each time the colors were caught
by one of the color guard, aud tlunited deli ml
ly iu the very face of the enemy.
The regiment was Irghly complimented on
the field, for its bravery, by Gen. Wright.
The wounded, have ail been brought to the
city, aud are receiving proper attention aud
medical uid, at the various hospitals.
A Proper Retaliation
The following letter fr m Gen. Hindman to
the Federal commander in Arkansas, is written
in the proper spirit: -
Headquarters Trans-Mississippi Dist,, |
Little Rock, Ark., June S, iSC3 )
General: — I have received information that
you have in prison at Batesviile certain citizens
of Izard county, Arkansas, captured a few days
siuee by a detachment ot cavalry, who are
charged with firing upon your men, while at
tempting to arrest them, aud whom it is jvair
intention to h -ng as ontiews. Without stopping
to inquire whether l! v ne-udly tire upon
your aoidiers or not, 1 a*ire be the duty,
as well as tbe right, of every soldi r ot this
district to fi e upon th ; soldiers of the United
States government, so long as that government
persists in tne invasion ot their homes, and
they have the arms to defend Chose homes with;
and in the performance of that duty, I shall
sustain them at every buz trd
I have in custody several officers and soldiers
of the army of yur government, and I write
this to wan you that if your threat re e .med
into execution against one single citizen ol this
district, who now is, or may in reader fall into
your hands, I shall averge his death by bang
ing every Federal officer aud soldier whom I
now hold as prisoners of war; and from that
time forward this b comes a war of extermina
tion between us. Neither asking or g-anting
quarter. I shall put to denh without mercy
every soldier and citizen of the United Stat.s
who falls into uiy hands.
lam further informed that l r > u published
order you have already d-elarcd this uf be a
war of extermination and that you exp ect to
watte it as such I reque-t, sir, that you rpcclti
caily advise me as to the truth of such i tnrm
atfon, and if compatible wiih yourbutv,furnish
me with a copy oi the order iu question. Ii
such proves to have been your declaration,
however, yon can consider this as an acceptance
of the issue tendered and we will ignore all
recognized iu es of civil z-d wariare and m ike
our campaign one of savage cruelty and un
sparing butchery.
Hoping, General that there is some mistake
in this ma ter, and itial the iu!es of civilized
warfare will .continue to ii.tlu nee u.- both, in
conducting Git-campaign iu which we find our
stives < i g.iged,
1 have the honor to be.
Your ohedi- nt servant,
T C HINDMAN,
Major General C. S. A.
Brigadier General CUKTta,
Coaid’g U. S. forces in A*kansas.
On Tits Wang —L iicidir’a cell'lor 200 OCO
more men to defend the “National Capital” is
not befog obeyed with much alaeMty it seems.
Ohio bas a quoia or 12,000 .nd yet she has .niy
3,l>X) men in the fieUt. Accordiug to Northern
accounts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Mas
sachusetts h ive’ dwe utmost nothing. The
charge ox cowardice which way heaped upon
the Pennsylvanians nt Bull Run, and upon
Casey’s civi-ion in front of Riet m ud, seem
to be well founded. Now th.it th, ; u.d Q uker
State has refused ;he tyrant’s last call, i; would
seem that the '-Yaabiaglon despot might welt
distrust her lovapy.
Jese Clemens —Mr. X. .u” leumiiC, of Mtr
shall Cos., N rth Alabama, says that to his per
sonal knowledge, on me 25. u uit., Jera Ci- m
ens with Messrs. Bell and Morgan, of Nasu
vtlle, were at Blount Springs, Blount County,
Alabama, making speeches, and for vol
unteers to drive the Y'ankees from North
bama.
Mr. Tenn ile’s life is now that of a Bush
whacker and so are fill his neighbors who are
not in the army. Hes*ys “it is as much as’a
man’.i life is worth to trade, or show sympathy
with the rascally Yank , fir the North ci.ib.ua
iaiis would kill one n- quick as ihe other.
[ v ant. rmnn-.ouweilth.
T.ie Yankees, Curing their occupancy of
Lewtsbuig, Va., nnder.ock to bold an election
tor town oflieer.-, but after ke.-ping the polls
open lor two days-wittiuai any votes being cast,
the effort was abandoned.
Wanted,
|)T (he Angus a Pelt m enuPicPiring Corepary an
11 experienced man to U fco charge of ase oi Sait
Works <-o be erected iu Georgia or ouiii Carolina.
Refer to A, F. PLUt.lt, Se
my 9 _ dßw2 Aug ri-., Oa.
2,0C0 Acres of Land for Sale.
'fen miles from the city of Albany, < n the
fijSSstHna J>*"gberty aud Mitchell; 90 cleared
®sp%and deadened, and ready for a crop next year,
as good (is any land in the county, aud in iu as
good a neighborhood as Hit re i- in the southern coun
try- Terms to suit the purchaser— ihort time or tone
lime or cash.
d‘C2l wtf OIIA3. E. MALT.ARY.
PO3I'PONED ADMINI iTriA LOR’iT SALK
YV ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July netx
if be ore ihe Court Home door, in Clinch county,
one tot ct Lane, pro. £l7, contain! g Four hundred and
Ni ety Acre , more or i*-s-, in the rievi nth District of
sad cninty, bekngbg t> the estate oi Jeremiah
f’haueey decased Sold eg eeable to an order < f the
Cos rt of Clinch co n'v, f r the b_neQr of ihe heirs aud
creditors of said deceased.
Terms made knoif-n on the day ot rt le
ap 11 tv id* JOHN M. Oft * NCEY, Aiim’r-
NOTICJE.
ALL Persons having cl . ms against the estate ol
John B. B.inaid. late of liberty county, de
ceased, wiil leave them, uiy attested, ar the o ce < f
• essra. IJanridge & Chisholm; nd a l indebted to
s .td estate, will make paymeu? in
A!. L. BARNARD,
o. a. Fleming.
ray-3 wfi Q iai fied executors.
AOJIINISTftATKIX SALE.
BY* virtue of an orter from the Court of Ordinary of
T iuna county, wip b; sold on the f rst Tuesday
in August ext, hem e the Court Houso door, in the
town of Nashville, Berrien county. <}*.. btrlwe u th
Usual hours of sale, r_ot of Land No 449, n tte Tenth
District, Berrien county. Kohl to parted lit es.
je 19 Iwe* K. A. J r’s k. , Adm’x.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND Cir.J-.li
iroas.
A LL persons having claims against the estate of
g‘A Elizabeth Ful on, late of Chatham coumv, de
ceased, will pr. so t tneni duly atlas ed, and all J.miebt
ed Ur said estate must mal e payment within the time
prescribed i y law, to
je 21—40.1* NILA4 FULTON, Executor.
NCISIVEN sraiSUlfF’g SAL Si.
YU* I LL be so and, ou the fi-st Tuesday in July next-
Tr b .fore Hr ■ oart Hot.Be dor ia tile village o
by vania, See vco coutitt, within the leal j.o ”* o
sale, tbo oltovy ng ■jope'-ly, to wr.: Coo tract < f land
iyi -L- an ! bring situate in tee c uu’y aforesaid, con
tain;! g me h tndietl ae es, mo o ..r less, kr.o n arid
di tingulced as th . ‘ Hudson Fe-r- Land bounded
on tiie ior In ear’, by the euvai nab nv <; on the south
east b lauds owned by ill am B. towel and others.
Lo-iolo by me to at‘sf> lax fl fa. in favor o
the sit ii of vie rgis, issued by James G Thompson,
iax collwor of cr von t nany, tor llio year lbA, as
t e piopert of ifbz.beth Jones
l’r pe ly po n ed out by James G. Thomp <n, Tax
Codector, aioresrid
HIEAM W. JOYN-R,
tny 89 >d Bberiff a C.
A DillS9l S-vTSSATGULS SALE.
* GffSKABiEto an order of the Honorable Court
i t of urd nary of Brooks > oun’y, ua., will be sold
on the first i uo-dny in July next, w thin the legal
nours of sale, before the Couid House door if Brooks
County , Ga., iwo hundred and fiiiy-five acres of lirnd,
more or less, being the South half of Lot No. 2 in tin
' Fifteenth District oi said county. Terms on ihe day
ol sate. Ur.Os.UE ALDERMAN,
my S— t.d 191 ■ A1 mini'trot n.
NOTICE. .
WILL be sold in front of the Court Housed >or
in Effingham county’ on thefLst Tuesday in
0 ly u- xt, be.tv.-cu tbe usual hours ol sale, a i the ueai
Esta o oi An arson Williams, deceased; .containing
baud and an t e improvements thtrton, wtli
be sold lor the -benefit - t the tr-ditors rli.l heirs.
i-ICUAiU) WILLIAMS,
uiy 13—td* Ad . luistr&tor.
C.Tk M VItNUAL’A SALE.
ILL be sold, at Ihe I’ound, on Monday next, the
V 39th net, ret, be- Ween the ho isotli a m and
1 p m., .me reo spotted n w rud Cult, and one black
Call, unless taken oat briore that day.
T-JUil no a. WAYNF,
je SC td City Marshal.
NOTSCJK.
IYTOTICE is hereby given to oil persons having de
li munas agaiant tVilmun Giles, utie of Chatham
county, deceased, to present them to me, duly attested,
within the time prescribed by mw ; and a 1 persons in
denied to said deceased are herooy required to make
immediate payment,
WLX I AM. GREENE,
Qualified Executor.
Savannah. Bs., March , 1862.
NOTiCIE ’£ii REirttfttSANß OOEAIIV
J 3 JEORGIA—BK'.K'EtssUOUNTY.—AII persons in
VJf 'allied to tile estate oi .Nathan D. Jones, de
oeased, are requested to make immediate pa) muni,
auu all persons having demands against said eitau
will please present them within tile tnuo prescribed bj
*aw, proper!) aatlienticaled, err . ayinent.
'lee 4 (6; M A ipfji.il -FOWEB, ’ dtn’r.
NOlt’lCii TJ> oßlifOltb AND UiiEHit
■jTOAeS.
ALL persons indebted to George V 7. Brown, lata of
Thomas Count), 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, wi hm the timo pre
scribed by law. w Al. F. 11EO WN, odiu’r.
tub 17
iNO’i’Mjli %• ANaMHaUSAHT*
OJiES.
J EORGIA—BROOKS COUNTY.—AiI persons ti,
\JT debted to iLo estate ol J. T. A. Lew...:.. Jeet-asoc
are hereby requested to make immedtalq , u; moat,.ana
alt persons having demands a .aicst said estate will
please present them within tho timo prescribed by law,
proper!) aeiitomicatad, for payment,
dec, 6 (fi) GKO Alil)EßM*.*L Adm’r,
AsXi4CLd.'4i.'S flO'Tli'ft.
A LL persons having demands against th) estate of
XL fora, . arga et Sc.dk uecc-a:. and, wli render the
-iu , at e led, with n tho lime prescribed by aw; a-d
loose iadibtoc wifi m..ko pay urea a to
WI, LiAifi i. EULLOCIf,
my 39 locator.
AO'JtCE.
ALL persons having demands (.gainst the oslate of
kari'i: Isudiv*,, latu oi Chatham county, Ga., de
ceased, will present the a „e, du y oe.-Ufled, within
the lime prescribe .. i* and ail persons indoukd
to the same i . —.... .remediate payment to
JOHN it. JDHNAtjN,
ap 29 A'tniiuisii'ator
AD MIN 181 ii- AiCOIVS A OTICE.
A LL persons having J mauds ag inst ihe estate o
ii. hiphael Didon, (ale of Chaifiatn county, deceas
ed, are teqaccted to i>re eat them duly attested, ana
all pe sons indebted to i> id estate Will make imcnedi
ate payment to li.oil.iKD D aRITDLD,
my It Adminrtr tor Ad. Got
Gt CORGI A—PIEROK cOUNIY. — ioali whom
T it nay concern :
Whereas Will.am Goettee havfr.sr flic and h's petition
in proper lorm to m", preying tor Letters of Admtnis
tr-tion, deXun'in non , with the wilt annexed, on the
Estate oi Wi.bam Lady:
Till is to cite ell aud firgttlar those legally Inter
ested i) ti e (Xecnucn oi mis up'Jicatiou, credito s,
tegat'ts next oi kin, and ali others interested, to be
.. i " pp- ral the nex . j uiy term of the Court ol or
di ry ol sai lo • nt). and show cause, if any the/ can,
w i.e.l-. is of Admlnistrr tion, de hm,in non, with the
will anaex-d, should not be grated to tho seta Wit-
Inm G'>ctt-:e.
GiCtm und* r my baud and official signature, this 3d
day of June,
j,- 6—3od L. IT. mi EEN T LE \ I r . Ordinary.
Ct htikVlA—LiELili V GOUhtTV.—To an whom
f it aiay concern:
v bereas, D nicl K ballivnn will apply to the Court
ol Ordinary tor Getters oi Administration on the estate
of if. U. Baxter deceased :
These are, UiuriUore, to cite and admonish all whom
m in ay concern, to be und appear he lore said Court, to
make objection *ii anv they have,) ou or belore the Mrs*
Monday in Juty next, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness tV. P. Gtrardcan, ksq.. Ordinary for Liiierly
county, this fi>. Uuy of .*• ay, lSi-a.
jo 4 W. V. ftIKARDKAP. o t.. o.
t * jp. *f UV- I S li it 1 .1 iIoUN Y— JO ail
" f s'hour, ii may concern :
V.'trKKAs Benjamin Br. gg wdl apply o tbs Crmr<
o’ (ifdii.Ary tor tellers ol mdiiinistortton upon the
ettate (V John Ml.bs late ol Er,un county, deceawol
.heu- are bereiore, to oil* uni ailotoulsa all
an ! -.ingiflar t-y kin 'red aud c-f dito/s and th .se in
tercsted to file their otryeeMoo til aay tuoy have,) with
sail ourt on or be tore the first Monday in Ju.y next
otherwise said Ls'tera ot Admiuis.radon will be grant
ed
Witney. >Vn. II lla;ma.r-, i. f] , Ordinal ho Bryan
County, thh- 5.b day June P6J
j b • wm. n ”a v'-isst, o. il a
Ufe,ytr.i,\.— GuaTUaA! varONTY.—To al
whom it taav noccorn:
Whereas, J-.;,u W. Burroughs will apply t the Court
of Ordinary for Letter* of toii on de iron s
non on the esta e ol Joseph ia. Burroughs, late of
Cha ham euunty, deceased:
Cues* art-. Uierelore, to Cite and admonish all wnon.
It may concern, to bo and arr;.-ar boore said Coartlo
.-.akeobjection (if any they have) on or froioro the first
Monday in Auius next o.i,.:rwise -aid letters will be
iran'.<-KL
iNtmmtcs -a. O’ &) reeXirq.,Unlinary for Chat
ham county, tuts t 'lb dav ol .June, 1 “1.2.
je 21 Oo.tiiy.'iC'K A. O’BY'gSg, 0. C. C.
i Kt> if'Gl A—uhlWA! cOtlflTY.— To all Wi.oul
Ijf ii may coaceru:
Sh rear* Johu Ue'k hB- AppUrct U) ire for Let
ters of A l iMstrat on ou Ui - estate of viiexauder K.
Honing, late ol said county, dtc-ns.d :
ill re a*e, them ri-, u> cue and adronish all
anl a Bguntr mm kin reo aud en-ditors'f said de
ceased M> .bow caustr (; any tl.ey why letters
should Dot he g aole ld ay piie-nf.
v.iujessmy liana his ltd Jure, ts*2
p • (•'.) sv*.t;-‘.i. kki-mN. Ordinary.
Gr.Uitt.lA —LBUtjKo COLLTY.—Toad whom
u may ctncex n . ,
Wh.-re.i-, B'.rr.ai. F is- m ibis -lay m s appltcaii- n
4
J .'Oil Ft.l o<n. in* ol c- un J ti CcoSeJ:
The e are mtrt-io.*-. t-. cte and auinonGb the kin
dred and cre<'noriM-f said deceased Ur be and appear
a' my office, to Bio the!/ ebjec-io s (.! a> y they have;,
w.Uuu the time prescribed oy law, , tucrai e letvra oi
accimii ja-to i will be grauted to saii app icanl
Giron ond.-r my btu.il .his 'the t~i\a cay of Mstrcfa
l&Ci
mar 2s ASGI7S Ordinary.
NU I*AG H. —Three month- a ter date, application
w:i! bemude to the r iU'ers’Bank for payment
of a Two- tv to liar otll, ;.o bid, ae.tcr B, t let
Jsand ha t of wh.ch hA. been io-t lo traosmlesi' U by
ir.lL . 3 Ml* M it- Ir'.'VrXk
X’eya'sCsi. Tv.o mo. t.l a.tern ly, app.t ail-n
is wi i -uisce to the < otr. o rbtu yu; * hueb
Ortintj or .care W e n alt me land ol cenborn a.
issatctiger, .ate of clinch coucty, - eoeased.
G W. HSWBJbES, Adm’r.
nco a, lot*. j 4 &*
EXJSO ti .** j*
ALL person hav.ng do utu 1 , . .ate of
£r,„^ B, Ji' lrßarul ' Cuhtl.um county,
a II d ’ 6rt rt T u " s; °J u) preueut tnem duly . tested,
and al persons indebted to said estate are required to
make immediate t aymi! 1 1 . 1 ,
_ vO7 RI GUARD D. ARNOLD,
Qualified Executor.
4 3 EOKCIA—LIBERTY OOONTY—To alt whom
VA it may concern: uuiu
Whereas, Chariton Hines, Executor of tho ■ state of
Lewis trines, Lto of Bryan county,
application to ne Court of Ordinary for Letters ot Dies
utlaser, from said estate:
Thesu are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it
may concern, to be and appear before said Court, -o
lease oejectiou (if auy they have), on or before- the
tr 1 1 Monday in NoVtmaer next, otherwise eaij fetters
wiil be granted
duetts, \V. F. Girardeau, Esq,, Oritinarv tor labec u
county, this 16tb dav ol os ( id, lsca, '
’• g>l W p GIRARDEAU. u ,
GEOitLiJ A—LIBERTY COUNTY—To afi whom
it. Uxu'j coLcfcru:
VV bureau, Otp am W. 8. Xoraan Las applied me
ior IsUiLtrs ot Adni tti&tsatLm c.e boms eoa cum
tuHa-Lito an lies <> ou ihe estate oi James W icon W iun
uHo o 4:Kid county, Gece&ue*!.
these are, therefore, to cite and admonish an par
ties mteiesifcd, whether kindred or etc: 1 tor- u, snow
cause (and any they have), within the time prescribed by
law why said tetters should not bo granted n. .nd
applicant.
Witness my hand this Ist day of April, 1862,
a l* 4 W. P. GIKa.Ki.RaO. o, I (
IVJ OTiCIi —dix months utter sate, application wil
1’ to made to tho Coutt ol Ordinary oi Brooks
County for i-cites of Dismission tor J. !'. a. Newton,
mte of said county, deceased, front the estate o. James
Newton, tale oi smd coui.lyvdeceased. Application
made by v-oioge Aldermen, AdminisLrato. this rith
d-ty ot ftlaroh, t 862.
roarri AN-AfTA MORRISON. Dr.n ,arc.
/ i fcOiit.iA—’ c’lingu county - to unworn
Vri 1- may concern:
Wneroas, -louaihau Knigui has applied to me for
Lettersui Administration on tne estate oi -.-tali Joyce,
ittto OI Buiti county, docetisud;
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ail parlies
interested, whether kindred or creditors, to sac*
cause ‘,tl any they have), within the tune prescribed
by lew, why fetters should uol be granted to e>-td ap
plicant.
Witness my hand ibis 13th January, 18C2.
J. L MDEtJAN,
Jan !7 * Ordinary Clinch county.
/ ' EOBGIA-LIBERTY COUNTY.—To
vjf whom it may oonceni:
Whereas, Jane L. w jetarden wiil apply at tlm Court
ol Ordinary lor Letters DiamisSory, as Admiuut. atnx
ot the e.late ol Dr. John M. R. Harden:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear bfciore said Court to
make objection (if any they have); on or before tne
first M on nay in oeptom-er next, otherwise said letters
will be granted.
Wituess, W. F. Girardeau, Esq., Ordinary for Liberty
county, this 6th day of March, 1862.
mar ,1 W. i-. GIRARDEAU, o. h. o.
nEWRGU-BKM COUNTY.—To atl whom
vri tt mu, concern:
Whereas, T. F. Alexander. Admin strat.r on the eg.
state oi Eachariah Fateh, will apply to the Court of
ot Bryan county lor Letters of Di-imission as
Adoiinistraior on said estate:
i hose uro, therefore, to cite and admonish ail and
singular the kindred and creditors ot said esiate, to aie
their objections i.i! any they have) with said Court, on
or before the first Monday in Juiy next, otherwise Lei
i-er- oi Dismission will he gran ed.siua administrator.
Witness, Wm. if. Bayu.ans Ordinary Rrytou coutt'.y
•.bis 21st December, I SOL
and M WM. H. HIY - ANA. a. e
I J.IOHKIA —CLINCH COUNTY.—To all whom
US it may concern^
Whereas, WUleby Howland has applied to am for
Letters ol Administration on the estate ot Lewis How
land, taie or said county, deceased:
t hese, are, there ore, to cite and admonish all par
ties interest, and, he the r kindred or creditors, to show
cause (tt any they have), w-iUtin the timo prescribed by
laww. by leue.s should not be granted to sain ap
plicant.
Witness my hand tins i!.ih January, 1862.
J. L MORGAN,
jsn 17 * Ordinary Clinch co-mu.
J ' JkOUUIA—BRYaN COUNTY.—To atl whom
VjT it may concern:
Whereas, John D. Clanton and Mary Fowls, Admin
istrators with tee will annexed on the estate ot Janies
Fowls] late of Bryan county, deceased, will apply w
:he Court ot Ordinary ot Bryan county for Leuers of
Dismission front said estate:
These are, therefore, to cite aud aim- nish ail and
singular the kindred and creditors oi said estate, to file
their ohleeliou. ill any they have) with eatd Uourt, on
or before the first Monday in July next, otherwise said
letters will be issued.
V> F'.ness, Wan K. naynuuts. Ordinary tor Bryan 00,
this 2if.t day of December, 1861.
dec 2< WM It, HAV rf.MH. (1. B. r.
1 4 F'OILGfIA—LIBERTY COUNTY —To all whom
LA it may concern :
Whereas, William Watson, Administrator upon the
estate ol Hezekiuh Lewes, late of sv.d county, dr>-
:eased, wiil apply to the Court of Ordinary oi tits
aonntj, lor Leltera Disraissury ;
These are, tho/eh-re, to oile’a!! consented to Dio their
.bjocUon (if any they have,) in terms oi the law,
itnerwise said letters wifi be granted.
Wltnoss V. F. Gtrardoau, Ordinary lor Liberty
ronnty, ti is 6th April, 1861.
i.r 19 W 9 GIKAKIIEAU. o. re q
Gt akit IA OdAltlAd co. nil.—load
r who.n it may concern:
Whereas, John H. v iliiruns will apply st the Court
•>t ordinary lor Letters ol Admin strauuu (lithe esiate
ot John >v. Kelly, late ol said oouu ict iabee:
These are, thereiore, tocite and a-rn.i’iiiti, ail whom
it may concur:, to be aud appear . ore said to
make oojoriion (it any they nave) ~i Ulore the first
■Jouday in July next, otherwise e. id letUas will be
granted.
Witness, Dominick A. O oyrn >, f.eq, Ordinary lor
Chatham eouuty, this £th day .. e ay, 1r,62.
.(> 6* Hoot'll. A A 9’rtYKNlt.o.o. a
| r EUStb I , W aitb. COUNTY.—To all whom
\J( it may concern i
Whereas. Jo.-cpn J. Davis, of said ctalc and county,
ap, lie lor xetiers of Adrui ist.-a ton on the eoate of
K. riy Davis, la.eot said conmy, deceased
These aie, therefore, to cite and admonish alt and
singular th kindred and creditors of said deco wed to
Oe an i appear at tny office, within the time prescr o <1
0, law, ad show cause til an, they have) wny letters
o admtnistraiioa ah uld not i-s c to said applicant.
Given under my hand andoULnul sigi.atun tin - 26:h
day o; April, 18W. Dx.NIEI LOl'l , (
my 2 * Dap Ordinary!
j 3 Ii O sf. G B A—CHATHAM COUNTY —To all
(_Y whom it may concern :
Whereas, Richard 0. Am id will apply at the Court
of Ordinary,ior Letters of Administration ‘•tie ho,tin
non ” C. T A,, on the Estate ot Michael Ditto , .me
ol Chatham county, deceased.
Theob aro, thereioie, to cue and admonish all whom
it tuny concern, to be and appear before uaid Court t >
make objection (it any they have) on or betbre tba
drst Monday in Juiy next, otherwise said letters wiil
■>e graHtod
witness, Dominick a. O' Byrne, Esq,, ordinary n>
'-hathuin Oontuy, this 2fllh day at My, 1362
my 27 DOMINICK A O'BY KNIr.. O. Uft
GEOIttJIA— CHATHAM COUNTY.—To whom
it may concern:
Whereas, Mary a, Shaw and Fred: rick E. Tebeau
will apply at mu Court or ordinary ior Letters el Ad
ministration on the estate oi Ait-xanubr J. C. cjhaw,
late oi said-county, deceased;
These are, tnereiore, to cite and admonish all wtjpm
it my concern, to be aud appear before said court/ to
make objection (it any they nave), ou or belore tin; Ist
Monday in duiy next, otherwise said letters will be
granted.
Witness, Dominick A. O’Byrne, Ksq., Ordinary ror
Chatham County, this 27 It day of Mas, 1362.
je 6 DOMliNlci A. o’BYKNE. o . r„
Gt liOUOIA-CHATHAM OOCTNTY—ToaJ, win in
if it may coocerai
Whereas, William IT; le Habersham wlii app.y at
the tjoii’' )r Ordinary lor Letters oi administration de
bonis non on tne estate ol Thomas Adams, due.-a,, and ;
1 uc*e ore, thoretoro, to cite #,ua adnjo.iast .... a.. :l
it may concern, to be and appear belore said Cot: t to
aiako objection (it any they have) ou or belore tae first
■loudiy in August next, otherwise said letters * a
be gran toil
Witness, Dominick A. 0 Byrne, Ksq., Ordinary
ihaiham fjonntv, this 12 .h day of June. 1862
J-jl3 DOMINICK t. O’BYRNK. O. O. O
i v BUKkIA-BfiU*rK. COUNTY—To all w.ioia
'.J it it.ay concern:
Who ear, U, Brown this day made application to no
to letters oi Administration on the estate ol Win. r>
ftrown, latent said oouuty, deceased:
Tt :sesre, therolore to cite and lidtuomsh all parties
interested, whet In r kindred or croditora, to sill. A .- *J
(it any they havi), williii, the time prescribed by law,
why letters shoiild uot bo granted to said applicant
Witness my need aud official aigtiaiure this 2d I*o
i-ernn i, toil. r.ls'Gl.'ri kioUUIbON
ic s <i Ordinary
X * fc U It f. I A —CUNCU COUNTY—To nil
\Jf whom it may concern :
Whereas, U. V.. .Newborn has applied to mo tor L> t
tcr& ol Adnnms'.rehOd on Un. Estate of fiealiern k
bartlugetL, late or tain county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all parties
interested, wiietner kindred or cred.tors, to show
cause, ii any tney h ve, within the time jirescrthed oy
law, why Letters should not bo granted to said apjdi
eank
*v imess my tand this February Bd, 1832.
J L iACKGAN, Ordinary Clinch *V
f.t,4
GltOlK.l A— UttOOkß COUNTY.—The heir..- t
law ol iMiza th Ollnf, late ol . aid count at and
St te, deceased, are d*si re i to lake n lice that il.e
"i!i of said ueeeated will bo offered for probate, brioie
the Court of erdmary, ryn the first Monday la July
next.
Given under my hand this 12lh May, ISB2.
my 90 f.M S NGfTM MOHHI-.N n H* r
GKOK4.IA-WARE COUN TY.—Toail Whom it
muyeoniern:
it h*r*a-, Jes*e Dean, of said Stale and count*, ujv
pliea to the Ordinary lor Letters of AduimGlra.i .i. -n
m- es ate oi east Dean, or sail t-tarn ana cou-iiy,
dr ceased:
These are, therefore, to c*te and admonish -I;. nd
singular tne kindred and creuitors of said uece.r e * v>
o,; ana appear al my office, witni . the lime pr sc.: - u
uy law, aud th - cause-(u auy they have; v.fi; letters
Oi atrm u.-'.raiion ahouid uot be g au ed ro ri.ui *. p t .
c.hL
uivea under my band and official signature this 26'.n
da i, apri 1382. UAN .EL cel l',
n ’ v * ' ep- *-r inary.
Gi-OJtt.l A—BUooKB COUNTY.—To ail win
a ant; c neern:
O htreat, Gc.fjre Alderman uns day made apple art
IO —e lor It -i . ..I aitoimf.rauuii ~u the estate
J. T. A Kewt -ft, are ol said county, decease.;;
These are, the e ore, to cite ami admonish all parUei
interested, whether kindred or ctedUora, lo sh *• cauw
in auy they have), withu, n* time prescribed by taw,
why latter- suouic n-u be granted to said applicant
>Vitnei my nad and efltc.ai signature nir. 20 De
cember, iSo . AB*rU MOT-Ulb-.N
* <> . -n. nsry.4
NJ fl'YfflK.—Three mouths alter date, application
T.v : ibe made 10 toe Tlai-fors’ BauK 01 tne i-aw
■ol Georgia f.H thopajtne tol Flity Dollar oiil Ut
ter A, .*O. 4&e. uate-i iauuary Ist, lsid, tiguod "( o,
v>. an le.sou, Bres. ” The ielt , all 01 s iu note ta*v
tug bee lo t 111 transmission by man irom Un& p.a,.- ,0
BuUvZ apnng, * la.
JOHN W. rJLEM.STLU,
o. ffin, Oa , March 53,18C2- mar 29