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m gntfUigcttfer PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY JARED I. WHITAKER rftoraiBToK JOHN H. STEELE, iniToi. Termi of Snbacrlpslnn. Daily, l month... $10 00 ». 2 “ 20 00 .. 3 “ 25 00 Weekly, 3 month* 10 00 Adve'rlt*En£ Kale*. One square one insertion $5 00 No deduction ma-1^ io) subsequent inser tions. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Wednesday, April 12, 1885. N £ W_R ATE S. Subscription and Advertising. The Pkopkietoe op “The Atlanta Dai ly and Weekly Intelligencer,” announ ces that from and after March 1, 1865— the following will be the rates of the?f jeurnala for subscription and advertising^ Daily, 1 month 510 00 •» •< 20 00 .. ^ .« 25 00 Weekly, 3 months 10 00 No subscription received for a longer term than three months. Adverti-ing $5.00 fo* each insert ton per square of ten lines. No deduction made for subsequent inser tions LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Adminis trators, Executors or Guardians, are requir ed by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the <Jourt House in the county in which the prop erty is situated. Notices of these sales must bo given in a public’gazette 40 days previjS^fe - . Notices of the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, through a pub- lio gazette, 10 days previous to sale day. ii Notice to debtors and creditors of an es tate, must be published 40 days. Notice that applistation will be male to the <Jourt of Ordinary for leave to sell land or negroes, must be published for two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship, &»., must ‘‘be published 30 ,j a y 3 f or dismission fro/n Administration, monthly six month'll—f$r dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. 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T. M DERMOT, Late of the Firm of Bell, Dermot & Co., H AS RESUMED BUSINESS in this city as a COMMISSION MERCHANT. And will be pleased to receive again the -patronage of the old Firm, and of all others who may entrust their interests with him. Re solicits consignments of all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, and such othfjP merchandize or other arti cles as partjtfi^ftTay wish to put iu the mar ket for 8aK§S' : .' At all time's Tie has on hand for sale, Corn Whisky, Apple Brandy, Tobacco, Cigars, Factory Yarns,^ Bacon, Syrup, Salt, and all other articles usually found in a PRODUCE and GENERAL COMMISSION HOUSE. Persons who have .consignments of produce or any other property to make, can be' furnished with the best of references. His store rooms are next door to the cor ner of Whitehall and Mitchell streets—the old stand known as “Roark’s” Corner. Give him a call 1 feb8-w2m. MERIWETHER COUNTY. OKGIA, MnuwsTHK* Cobstt : "HERSAS tf. M. O. Booser and David M. Terrell, Executors of the lost will and testament of David ,er, late or aaid county, deoeased, applies to me tterj of dUmission Loin wid trust; MO therefore to cite &cd admonish all persons sated, to be etfd appear at my office within the prescribed by law, then and there to show cause, why said letters shouM not be granted, ren under mjfa^and at office, this 14th November, sSO-wftm* F. KENDALL, a GEORGIA, Msmwbthk i County : Clc.x’s Offics Xspkricb Court, March 21,1S65. A UTpersons lniere»<td are hereby notified that B. P. Turner, of the Si6 District G-. M., ha* Ut.il Astray*, one dark red Oca and Calf, the Cow about S years old Tallied by C. F. Humphries and David Wood ruff, of acid county and Dlstrit freeholders, to be worth three hundred dollars (#8.0.) The owner of said Fa ir aya la required to come lorward. pay charges and take Mid cow and calf away, or they wlU be dealt with as the ,*w direct* mA true extract from the Estray Book. j. W. BOYD, Clerk X C. Printer’* fee 910. mahSl-wCOd I WEEKLY ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT"—Jefferson, VOL. 7. ATLANTA, GA., APRIL 12,1865. NO. 38. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. The following is the messaged President Davis, trail emitted to Congress on the 13th insri To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America: When informed on Thursday last that it was the inteution-of Congressloadjourn line die on the ersuing Saturday, I deemed it my duty to request a postponement ot the ad journment, in order that I might submit lor your consideration certain matters of public interest which are now laid beiore you. When that r< quest was made the most im portant measures that had occupied ycur attention during the session had not been so far advanced as to be submitted for exec- tive action, and the state of the country had been so materially affected by the events oi the last four months as to evince the nec essity ot further and more energetic legisla tion than was contemplated in November last. Our country is now environed with perils which it iB our duty calmly to contemplate. Thus alone can the measures necessary to avert threatened calamities be wisely de vised and efficiently enforced. Recent military operations of the enemy have been success!ul iu the capture of some of our seaports, in interrupting jjpme of our lines of communication, aud iu aevastating large districts ot our country. These events have had the natural effect of encouraging our foes and dispiriting many of our people. The caDital ot the Confederate States is now threatened, and is in greater danger than it has heretofore been during the war. The tact is stated without reserve or conceal ment, as due to the people whose servants we are, and in whose courage and constan cy emire trust .8 reposed; as du« to you, in whose wisdom and resolute spirit the peo ple have confided for the adoptu.n of the measures required to guard them from threatened perils. While slatiDg to you that our country is in danger I desire also to state my delibe rate conviction that it is within our power to avert the calamities which menace us, and to secure the triumph of the sacred cause, for which so much sacrifice has been made, so much suffering endured, so many precious lives been io3t. This result is to be obta ned by fortitude, by courage, by constancyj^in enduring the sacrifices slid needed ; in a word, by the prompt and resolute devotion ot the whole resources of men and money in the Confederacy to the achievement ot our liberties and indepen dence. The measures now required, to be suc cessful, should be prompt. Long delibera tion and protracted debate over important measures are not only natural, but laudable in representative assemblies, under ordinary circumstances; but in moments of dauger, when lotion becomes urgent, the delay thus caused is itself a new source ot peril. Thus it has unfortunately happened that some of the measures passed by you in pursuance of the recommendations contained in my mes sage of November last have been so retard ed as to lose much of their value, or have, for the same reason, been abandoned after being matured, because no longer applica ble to our Altered condition; and others have not been brought under examination. In making these remarks, it is f from my n tention to attribute t he loss of time to any other causes than those inherent in delib erative assemblies, but oi ly urgently to recommend prompt action upon the mear- 8uresnow submitted. We need for carrying on the war success fully, men and supplies for the army. We attain success. To obtain the supplies, it is necessary to protect productive districts, guard our' lines of communication by an increase in the number of our forces; and hence it results that, with a large augmentation in the num ber of men in the army, the facility ol sup plying the troops would be greater than with our recent reduced strength. For the purchase of supplies now required, especially for the armies of Virginia and North Carolina, the treasury must be pro vided with means; and a modification in the impressment law is required. It has been ascertained by examination that we have withiD our reach a sufficiency of what ismost needed for the army, and that without recourse to the ample provisions existing in those parts or the Confederacy with which our communication has been partially in terrupted Jay hostile operations. But in some districts from which supplies are to be drawn, the inhabitants being either within the enemy’s lines, or in a very close prox imity, are unable to make use of Confeder ate Treasury notes for the purchase of arti cles of prime necessity, and' it is necessary that, to some extent, coin be paid in order to obtain supplies. It is, therefore, recom mended that Congress devise the means for making available the coin within the Con federacy lor the purpose of supplying the army. " The officers of the supply depart ments report that with two millions of dol lars in coin the armies in Virginia and North Carolina can be amply supplied for the remainder of the year, and the knowl edge ot this fact should suffice to insure the adoption of the measure necessary to obtain this moderate sum. The impressment law, as it now exists, prohibits the public officers from impressing supplies without making payment of the valuation at the time of impressment. The limit fixed lor the issue of treasury notes has been nearly reached, aud the treasury cannot always furnish the funds necessary for prompt payment, while the law for rais ing revenue, which would have afforded means for diminishing if not removing this difficulty, was, unfortunately, delayed for several months, and has just been signed.— In this condition of things it is impossible to supply the army, although ample stores may exist in the country, whenever the owners refuse to give credit to the public officer. It is necessary that thi3 restriction on the power of impressment be removed. The po'wer is admitted to be“objeCtional, li able to abuse, and unequal in its operation on individual; yet all these objections must yield to absolute necessity. It is also sug gested that the system of valuation now es tablished ought to be radically changed.— The legislation requires in each case ot im pressment, that the market price be paid, but there is really no market price in many cases, and then valuation is made arbitrarily .and in a depreciated currency. The result is that the most extravagant prices are fixed, such as no one ever expects to be paid in coin. None believe that the Government can ever redeem in coin the obligation to pay fifty dollars a bushel for corn, or seven hundred dollars a barrel for flour. It would seem to be more just and appropriate to.es- timate the supplies impressed at their value in coin; to give the obligation of the gov ernment for the payment of the price in coin, with reasonable interest, or at the op tion of the creditor to return in kind the whf at or corn impressed, with a reasonable interest also payavle in kind; * and to make the obligation thus issued receivable for all payments due in coin to the Government. Whatever be the value attached by Con gress to these suggestions it is hoped that there will be no hesitation in so changing the law as to render it possible to supply the army in case of necessity for the im pressment of provisions for that purpose. The measure adopted to -raise revenue, though liberal in its provisions, being clearly inadequate to meet the arrear of debt and the current expenditures some degree of embarrassment in the management of the finances must continue to be felt It is to be regretted. I think, that the recom mendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, of a tax on agricultural income, equal to the augmented tax on other incomes, payable in treasury notes, was rejected by Congress. This tax wonld have enntributed materially to facilitate the purchase of provisions and diminish the necessity that i3 now felt for a supply of coin. The measures passed by Congress during the session tor recruiting the army and sup plying the additional force needed for the public defence have been, in my judgment, insufficient, and I am impelled by a pro- found'conviction of duty, and stimulated by a sense of the perils which surround our country, to urge upon you additional jfgis- lation on the subject. The bill for employing negroes as soldiers has not yet reached me, though the printed journals of your proceedings inform me of its passage. Much benefit is anticipated from this measure, though far less than would have resulted from its adoption at an earlier date, so as to afford time for their organization and instruction during the win ter months. The bill for diminishing the number of exempts has just been made the subject of a special message, and its provisions are such as would add no strength to the army. The recommendation to abolish all classes of ex emptions has not yet met your favor al- though-still deemed by me a valuable and important measure; and the number of men exempted by a new clause in the act just passed, is believed to be quite equal to those whose exemption is revoked. A law of a few lines repealing all classes of exemp tions would not only strengthen the forces in the field, but be still more beneficial by abating the natural discontent and jealousy created in the army by the existence of classes privileged by law to remain in places of safety, while their fellow-citizens are exposed in the trenches and the field. The measure most needed, however, .at the present time, for affording an effective increase to our military strength, is a gen eral militia law, such ae the constitution au thorizes Congress to pass, by granting to it power to provide for organizing, arniing and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederate States—and the further power “to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the iTiVe Loth within our” country sufficient 'toj. Confederate States, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.” The necessity for the exercise of this power can never exist, if not in the circumstances which now sur round us. The security of the States against any encroachment by the Confederate Gov ernment is amply provided for by the Con stitution, “by reserving to the States, re spectively, the appointment of the officers,, and the authority of training the militia, ac cording to the discipline prescribed by Con gress.” ~- A law tc prescribe not only how and of whal g^rsons the militia are to be organized, but to provide the mode of calling out. If instances be required to show the necessity for such general law, it is sufficient lo men tion that in one case I have been informed by the Governor of a State that the law does not permit him to call the militia from fine county for service in another, so that a single brigade of the enemy could traverse the State and devastate each coun-yin turn, without any power on the part of the Execu tive to use the militia for effective defence; while in another State, the Executive refu ses to allow the militia “to be employed in the service of the Confederate States,” in the absence of a law for that purpose. I have, heretofore, in a confidential mes sage to the two Houses, stated the facts which induced me to consider it necessary that the privilege of the writ of habeas cor pus should be suspended. The conviction of the necessity of this measure has become deeper as the events of the struggle have been developed. Congress has not concur red with me in opinion. It is my duty to say that the time has arrived when the sus pension of the writ is not simply advisable and expedient, but almost indispensable to the successful conduct of the war. On Con gress mu^t rest the responsibility cf declin ing to exercise a power conferred by the Constitution as a means of public safety to be used in periods of national peril result ing from foreign invasion. If our present circumstances are not ouch as were contem plated when this power was conferred, I contess myself at a lots to imagine any con tingency in which this clause of the Con stitution will not remain a dead letter. With the prompt adoption of the meas ures above recommended, and the united and hearty co-operation oi Congress and the people in the execution of the laws and the defence of the countiy, we may enter upon the present campaign with cheerful confidence of the result. And who can donbt the continued existence of that spirit and fortitude iu the people, anflof that con stancy under reverses which alone are need ed to render our triumph secure ? What other resources remain available but the undying resolve to be free? It has become certain beyond all doubt or question, that we mu3t continue this struggle to a success ful issue, or must make abject and uncondi tional submission to such terms as it shall please the conqueror to' impose on us after our surrender. If a possible donbt could ex ist after the conference between our com missioners and Mr. Lincoln as recently re ported to you, ic wonld be dispelled by a recent occurrence, of which it is proper yo should be informed. Congress will remember that in the ference above referred to, our commission ers were informed that the Government of the United States would not enter into any agreement cr treaty whatever with the Con: federate States; and that the only possible mode of obtaining peace yvas by* laying down our a’ ms, disbanding our forces and yielding unconditional obedience to the laws of the Unite d States, including those passed for the confiscation of our property, and the constitution M amendment for the abolition of slavery. It will further be remembered, that Mr. Lincoln declared that the only terms on which hostilities could cease were those stated in his message of December last in ' ich we were informed that in the event o. our penitent submission, he would temper justi.e with mercy; and that the question wht her we would be governed as dependent territories, .or permitted to have reprtseuta’ie • in their Congress, was one on which he could promise nothing, but Which would >e decided i>y their Congress after our subEfipsion had been accepted. It has not, mwever, been hitherto stated to you that it the course of the centerence at Fortress Monroe, a suggestion was made by oue of om Commissioners that the ob jections eater ained by Mr. Lincoln to treat ing witl|iffie Government of the Confederacy or with any sparate State might be avoid ed by subs tit! ing for the usual mode of ne gotiatiDg tlm ugh Commissioners or other diplomatic atiints, the method sometimes employed of a military convention to be en tered into by ihe commanding Generals of the armies of the two belligerents. This, he admitted, was a power possessed by him, though it was not thought commensurate with all the questions involved. As he did not accept the suggestion when made, he was afterwards requested to reconsider his conclusion,upon the subject of a suspension of hostilities, which he agreed to do, but said that he had maturely considered of the plan, and had determined that it could not be done. Subsequently, however, an interview with Gen. Longstreet was asked for by Gen. Ord, commanding the enemy’s army of the James, during which Gen. Longstreet was informed by him that there was a possibility of arriving at satisfactory adjustment of the present unhappy difficulties, by means of a military convention, and that if Gen, Lee desired an interview on the subject, it would not be declined, provided Gen. Lee had authority to act. This communication was supposed to be the consequence of the suggestion above referred to, and Gen. Lee, according to instructions, wrote to Gen. Grant, on the second of this month, propos ing to meet him for conference on the sub ject, and stating that he was vested with the requisite authority. Gen. Grant’s reply stated that he had no authority to accede to the proposed conference, that his powers extended only to making a convention on subjects purely of a military character, aud that Gen. Ord. could only have meant that an interview would not be refused on any sub jecton which he, Gen. Grant, had the right to act. It thus appear 3 that neither with the Con federate authorities nor the authorities of any State nor tfoongh the commanding gen erals, will the Government of the United' States trefet or- Vtatike any terms of agree ment whatever tor the cessation of hostili ties. There remains, then, for us no choice but to continue this contest to=4t final issue; for the people of the Confederacy can be but little known to him who supposes it possible they would ever consent to pur chase at the cost of degradation and slaveryi permission to live in a country garrisoned by their own negroes, and governed by offi cers sent by the conqueror ito rule over them. Haying thus fully placed before you the information requisite to enable you to judge of the state of the country, the dangers to which we are exposed, and the measures of legislation needed for averting them, it re mains for me but to invoke your attention to the consideration of those means by which above all others we may hope ta es cape the calamities that would result from our failure. Prominent, above all others, is the necessity for earnest and cordial co operation between all departments of Gov ernment, State and Confederate, and all em inent citizens throughout the Confederacy. To you, especially, as Senators and Repre sentatives, do the people look for encour agement and counsel. To your action, not only in legislative halls, but In your homes, will their eyes be turned for the example of what is befitting men, who by willing sacri fices on the altar of freedom, show that they are worthy to enjoy its blessings. I feel loll confidehce that you will concur with me in the conviction that your public duties will not be ended when you shall have closed the legislative labors of the session, but that your voices will be heard cheering and encouraging the : people to that persis- ,ent fortitude which they have hitherto dis played, and animating them by the mani festation of that serene confidence which in moments of public danger is the distinctive characteristic cf the patriot, who derives courage from this devotion to his country’s destiny, and is thus enabled to inspire the like courage in others. Thus united in a common and hMy cause, rising above all selfish considerations, ren dering all our means and faculties tributary to the country’s welfare, let us bo w aubfhis- sivefy to the Divine will, and reverently in voke the blessings of our Heavenly Fa. her, that as He protected and guided our sires When struggling in a similar cause, so he will enable us to guard safely our altars and our firesides, and maintain invidlate the po litical rights which we inherited. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Richmond, March 18ih, 1865. Anders>nville Ga.—The number of Yankee prisoners now confined at Ander- souvilte is about five thousand. They are well provided for in every way, except with clothing and shoes. Porbaps the most in- interesting place about this prison, for a visitor, is the bnriaLgfound. An old field near by has been appropriated for t bis pur pose. jffiere, over seventeen thousand Yan kees hfve found their resting place. A large cumber, it is true, but a merited fate for those who left their own homes in the North, and came here to destroy ours, and murder our people. pyThe Virginia and Tennessee railroad- leacMMIfout from Knoxville, is being repair, ed fora hundred miles beyond that city. Fg~The Federal House of representatives,on the 22i nib, passed the bill for the forfeiture of property of rebel land-owimrs, by" a ma jority of 72 to 71 votes—a cleMfeepntest. ggr It is a remarkable fact Wat however well young ladies may be versed in gram very lew are enabled to decline matri- ony. 'By He is truly good who can endure evil and enjoy good. BATTLE OF HATCHER’S RUN. The Telegraph & Confederate of the 1st says:. We publish to-day a very interesting, and the fullest account of this engagement that we have seen. It was written by a participant, hoffih^a position which ena bled him to gi^lPreliable account of the movement ot the troops and the varying fortunes of the day. In the language of onr correspondent, “it was Gordon’s fightand all who read the account cannot but admire the courage, chi- valric bearing, and indomitable persevere ance by which victory was wrenched from the stubborn foe—snatched even from appa rent defeat. Georgia, who gave him birth, and Alabama, his adopted State, may well feel proud of so gallant a representative. Correspondence ot the Telegraph and Confederate, THE BATTLE OF HATCHER’S BUN. Near Petersburg, Va., J February 9, 1865. f Gen. Grant’s Spring campaign opened in the dead of winter, on Stnoay, the 5th of February. About eleven o’clock Sunday morning, the quiet of the holy day was in terrupted by orders to move Evan’s division instantly to the right of our lines,.which rests on Hatcher’s Run. The enemy had thrown a heavy force of infantry and cav alry across the Run, at the ford, three miles below Burgess^ Mill, on the plank road. The general commanding on our right immedi ately determined to draw him back by ta king the breastworks on hia extreme left; our soldiers, however, were adverse to it, and the general, not being particularly anx ious,after strong demonstrations against the enemy’s wurkr ; withdraws oiu, troops to thfcir own earthwork?. The result of the enemy’s operations were the loss of a few brave fellows, and theaupposed withdrawal of the main part of the enemy’s forces from the right of Hatcher’s Run. To clear. up any doutrs on the subject, Gen. Pegram, commanding the infantry on our extreme right, took his division on Mon day by the Quaker road to the ford. Before getting to this point he skirmished heavily with the enemy and drove him to within a- half mile of it; their force, however, was tbo strong to be driven further. The tar- heels had done all the opportunity allowed of, having displayed considerable gallantry and driven the enemy sufficiently far to know what his strength was. Gen. Evans and his staff were witnesses of this recon- noisance. While this was going on, Gen. Warren put three corps, or part of 2d, 5th and 6th corps over the run higher up, near Arm-* strong’s Mill. This mill is represented by an immense heap of saw dust, destined to be the salient, or the Malakoff of the posi tion, as the genius of the coming fight might direct. The saw dust is at right angles to Hatcher’s run, and about halt a mile from it. On a line with if, and resting its left on the ran,-is a large hill on which is the Crow House. Between this hill ana the enemy's lino of battle, was a sluggish branch j deep in places, and flowing by the foot of the hill into Hatcher’s run. The enemy would have to cross this to take the Crow House hili, which is an intrenched position—.two pieces of artillery placed on it could play on the entire line of the enemy. So if the enemy had their Malakoff, we had ours. Excepting these two strong positions we and our foes drew up on equally strong ground. The land on which we fought was rolling, cov ered for the most part with saplings and oak —quite open enough for a fight at short range. Daring the day General Gordon commanded—hia intention was to fight the battle with his own corps, but later in the day "he made use of Mahone’s division. Gen. A. P. Hill was a spectator from the Crow Hill. As soon as General Gordon ascertained that the enemy were in force at Arm* strong’s Mill, he placed Pegram’s division in their front, and Terry’s brigade coming up soon after, he placed it on the left of Pe gram, and ordered a charge. Johnson’s bri gade opened on the enemy and fell back at the first fire. Terry’s brigade, forgetful of its honors under Stonewall, J. M. J ones, and Stuart, but true to its last summer instincts, supposed themselves flanked -as soon as Johnson’s men gave way, aud came out at the double quick, charged the creek at the foot of the Crow Hill—from the creek to the top of the hill is an almost impenetrable abattis of felled pines—this they went over like nothing and carried the breastworks at the top of the hill. Gen. Gordon, full of resources, and noth ing daunted, looked to Evans to retrieve the day by bringing up hia division, strengthened by Baker’s and Peck’s bri gades. Pegram formed his men in line of battle; so also, Evans, resting Peck's right on Johnson’s left, then Baker, and next to him Terry. Up to tbis time, Gordon's Yal- ley troops had made no fight; they had at- euch, well may she be proud; the souls of some of her men are like the great river that reate on her bosom. The fight had now become very fierce; victory was ready to crown the struggle. Gen. Gordon sent a courier for Mahone’s divisiou; somebody had anticipated his wants; Fmecan, com manding Mahone’s division, was met a mile and a-half from the field of battle. His col umn marched into line just as Evan’s and Pegram’s divisions were making their fourth and last charge; no longer a charge, but a stand up fight. It was at this time that S aj. Grace, of the 26th Ga., lell. Roll on, liamaha, proudly to the sea, it was on. y banks he breathed the breath of life 1— The 26th loet in him a beloved commander, as beloved by them as they should be honor ed by Georgia. Gen. Gordon formed Finegan’s division behind his two divisions. Fmegau wished to know how he should get by the troops ' before him. “Don’t shoot into our men, but lun over them if they do not go ahead,” was the General’s answer. With his hat off, com mencing at Finegan’s right, Gen. Gordon galloped along hia line; and recognizing the brigades as he passed, he reminded thSntof their former valor; all knew him to be Gen. Gordon and cheered him as he passed by. Finegan’s division .was now hot for the fight, and the Genera* ottered him to put it In; this he and his'utigaue commandeis did handsomely. The enemy’s line of battle was broken ; they fell back in their earth works ; these were cafried. Hatcher’s run halted his left ; our men threw them into it. It was so dark we could go no further.— The field Vvas won. Our army lay down to rest after one of the best fought battles cf the war. The first battle of the campaign has been won over Grant’s best troops, and the brunt of the fight borne by Valley troops; it was by repeated and continuous charging that the day was won. There is not a private now but knowa we are stroug enough whip the Yankee nation. Let poltroons remember that Col.-Peck fought this battle with a' furlough a week old in his pocket. And let the brave youth of our land come forward and enroll their names on the glorious history of our country. During the war and after it, they will experience the joy of knowing that they have done their duty honestly and man fully. By the discharge of his duty every private may make himself an honor to God’s creation. The whole army thank the no ble women of Georgia for the encourage ment they have given us in times past. The admiration we feel for them has had much to do with our success—let them continue to encourage the brave—“none but the brave deserve the fair.” COURIER. SITUATION IN ALABAMA. FROM NORTH ALABAMA. The Montgomery Advertiser of the 1st says, Governor Watts received a telegram from Selma, on the 3lst, from Col. Wash ington Smith, one of his aids, that the ene my, 8,000 strong, with three’pieces of artil lery, encamped night before last (Thursday night,) at Montevallo, which is 60 miles from Selma and about 70 miles from Mont gomery. ^ It i3 thought we have sufficient forces, properly disposed, to prevent the enemy’s reach'ng either point. Mr. F. M. Giinier, Jr., President of the South and North Alabama railroad, received a disnatch on the 31st ult., from Mr. John T. Milner, Chief Engineer and Superintend ent, that the enemy had destroyed the fur naces and machinery of the Red Mountain Iron Works, which are within five miles of Elyton; and that he had brought off all the engines, but one, and the negroes. The Mail says the excitement in the city was not an approach to panic, and many of -the citizens quietly shouldered their mus kets and reported. The whole affair, as will doubtless prove in the sequel, makes a most excellent April fool for somebody, twelve hours in advance of the usual date. The Appeal -thinks -that 1 he wbple of the enemy’s force does not exceed five ttiousa jd strong, aud that their sole object-is to occu py the attention of. certain portions of our forces^ and prevent them from'patticipa‘ing in the immediate defence of Mobile. If iho YaDkee reports^of the great destruction of wagons, mules and supplies, by the flood at Eastport very recently be true, sufficient time has not yet elapsed to insure t he re placement of the lost material, and without this no important movement would be at tempted. FROM POLLARD. The Appeal publishes the following dis patch from Pollard: Evergreen, March 30.—Colonel S. G. Jones: Tom. Campbell left Pollard yester day, the 29th, and reports that the Yankees left that place at two o’clock Monday morn ing. The railroad ia all right to Pollard. Five hundred yards of Ihe track between Pollard and Escambia, have been turned over. The car at Brew ton is safe. ROBB. Evergreen, March 30.—Col, S. G. Jones: I have just arrived from Brew*on. The road is in good order to Pollard. There is no enemy there. The turn-table at Pollard has been burned, and the track torn up from the turn table. The depot at Brecon is safe. E. T. BREWTON. The Advertiser publishes the following dispatch, from which it appears that Stfeele is not moving upon Montgomery : ' % Evergreen, March 81. To Colonel S. G. Jones: I have just returned from atrip to Pol- • lard. I have been into Pollard with an en gine and two cars. The enemy have gone in the direction ol Blakely. Oar read is all right, with the exception of a turn table that J Hi 4 ^ , _ is burnt, and all-the Government buildings. tempted to save the Confederacy by the old* The Mobile and Great,Northern road is torn maneuver of running, not fighting; theirs, T 4 however, was not to be the way; it was to be as they said it would be, when a little while ago they resolved “to stand by the Government and the flag, ter conquer a peace:’’ back of them, before them, in ev ery rank and file were brave men who hs^l made up their minds to fight it-out. The fight was Gordon’s, and he was going to fight it out; so he ordered a charge. His men accordingly went at it. But after a little the lines wayered, then fell, j back ; however, they did not fly, their brave men and officers had resolved not to do that. Gen. Terry is said to have ordered an officer from behind a tree, and, Rot being obeyed, to have run his sword into him. (Jen. Evans faced his division M- most before they knew they were out. BSy ker w&Ftoo brave to retreat, he only went along with his men. Peck, an immense man, as intrepid as he is large, moves his little squad of a hundred or two men by the flanks; when they go back, it is because the enemy has closed around them. Aiaed by these gallant officers, Gen. Esftns had no difficulty in forming his division again.— How Pegram reformed his, the reader may conjecture; he did reform, and poured out his life’s blood on ihe field of battle. A beau- .tiful bride will ever be proud to have been the wile of snch a man ; her huiband’s days have been tew on earth, bnt lull of honor; his memory will be glorious. A third time Gordon ordered a charge; with a yell J*eck’s Louisianians struck the heap oi saw dust and carried it. It was here that Lieut. Dea, JMfttaat-General oi division of sbarpshcotfll^st his life While moving bravely on; if Louisiana has many up as far as the Junction ot the Florida road. Also, the depot at Sparta was burnt. We have-lost three car?,'besides the train at Gravel Hill. Plea?e publish this. WHITEHEAD, Conductor. FROM MOBILE. General Maury sent a telegram to Gov. Watts, dated the 29th, received the 31st, that it was reported that General Csruby was moving on Mobile wi£h two corps ; .-nd also, that it was reported and believed by him, that Steele was moving on Montgom ery. Negroes.—It is stated that, in tbqjkulo of Natural Bridge, several negroes, sfttacbed- to our forces as servants, seized guns, and fought the Yankees.with, courage and cool ness. Ladies who have a disposition to pun ish their husbands, should recollect that a little warm sunshine wm melt an icicle much sooner than a regular northeaster. 85F“The bride’s orangejblossom often hears bitter fruit. IjggpSilence is more sociable than false speaking. A dog that we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand. ^ NOTICE. S TOLEN from th* subscriber in Newton county, Ga., in December last, one Certificate of Deposit for three, thousand dollars ($3000,> signed by J.W. Duncan. I hereby forewarnaL person* against trading for the said aerdllcate. as I shall apply for a renewal of the seme Jeraa - |o law. March 25th, 1SS6. 2wCt I. M. BBOWN, . in, S*., April 1st, 1365.