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izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes
sion.
Special attention will be devoted'to the treatment
of the diseases of womom.
Adi* Surgical operations performed for
Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
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Gravel, wpewnAtoTrtaea, Syphilie, in its primary
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Address all •ooinioniaat-ions to
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Columbus. Ga,
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requ ring surgical or medical treat incut, will be
j.rovi ed with comfortable quarters, hut in all oases
will have .o fun ish their own provisions and bed
dim;.
vy-I will also bestow Varticular attention to
the treat »i«nt of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
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tion j , it.- and all other chronic diseases of the skin.— j
Medical ! Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous 1
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• m, will for mu- part ol'my treatment...
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\\rii will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
V? exAhnilgo for country produce —such as Corn,
Fodder, Bucou, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles,
on hand or made to ordor:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON;
HOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING ;
SHOVELS AND SPADES ;
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 1(M) GALLONS ;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH.
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
size Sand quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and Rolling Mill in Alabama.
JOHN D. GRAY & CO.,
apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge.
All Excellent Plantation
For Sale.
SEVEN Hundred and twenty acres, throe hun
dred and fifty open, nearly <i ll fresh, in splen
did repair, excellent fences, gin house, lots, gates,
negro houses, healthy, well watered, nice young
orchards, everything new, 12 miles below Auburn,
near Spoiety Hill, in Macon, county, Ala.: all con
veniently arranged, with fine outlet and range for
stock, hnd fortile, soft and easy of cultivation, an
oxcellent neighborhood.
Apply at this office, or to
Wm. F. SAMFORD,
may flth tf* Auburn, Ala.
C. S. ARSENAL, \
Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1864. j
Notice.
I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON
on equitable terms,
Sugar .Hills,
Sugar and Salt Kettles,
And all kinds PLANTATION IllON;
Also POWLEK.
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this place and Richmond, it is hoped that, holders
wil give the Government the preference.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
aid 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal.
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers'
TOOLS.
r l' , llE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
manufacture of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to 611 orders for the same.
Office on Anglo street, a few doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARR ISO N, BEDELL & CO.
Reference —Maj. F. W. Dillasd.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month aau send bills
to this office,
mar 30 C
City Tax Payers,
I AM instructed by Council {o (-Use the books for
L receiving CIT Y TAX REID Ah >. on the Ist da;
of July next. All parties not umk.ug returns b;
that day will be doubled taxed.
My office will continue to l>e at the store r
11. Middle brooks, on Broad root ■
At. - I. .hOUKt.
may 10 2w * Clerk.
Enrollin’;; Office Ileinovco
THE Enrolling Office haa ocui removed to ttu
Lowell Warehouse, up stalra,
W. 8. DAVIS,
jpw -' ts Capfc. & Enrolling OSlcor.
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Vol. XI.
J, W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors
“STOVE MOULDERS.”
TW 0 Stove Moulders can get employment at
good wages, by application to
HARRISON, BEDELL &, CO.
Uoiumbus, Ga.
Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippian
copy one motfth and send bills to this office,
may 6 lm
State and County Tax Re
turns.
j W. H. Griswold, Assistant Receiver, will attend
i in the country during the coming week:
At Mr. Nance's Monday, 23d.
“ Jones’ Crossing, Wednesday, 25th.
14 Edwards’ Friday, 27th.
. a Bozeman's Monday, 00th;
On other days at the office in Gunby A Co’s
store. JAS. M. HUGHES, TANARUS, Rri
may 17 3 t
Notice.
I am desirous of establishing a Library for. the
I uso'oftlie Lee Hospital. Contributions of boohs,
magazines, See., arc respectfully solicited.
. W. N. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon in Charge,
may 17 ts Lee HospitaL
FRICTION JIATHCI2S!
'j HE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company,
1 have again resumed operations, and will, in a
few days, be prepared to supply them in quantity.—
They also make a superior article of Blacking, which
can be supplied in quantity. •
Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap
ply to Messrs. Livingston & Cos., or Messrs. Hull &
Duck. Who will be kept con.-tan try supplied.
S. D. THOM Sr CO.,
Manufacturers.
N. B. —It having cost mt about $5,009 in the past
eighteen months, above receipts, to. learn how to
make good matches, the public can now rely on get
ting a superior article. S. D. TIiOM.
Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf
Notice!
WANTED at the C 2 S'." Arsenal, Columbus, Ga.,
Leathei 1 and Hides,
in large or small quantities, for which the market
price will bo paid. Parties shipping such to the un
dersigned will be insured against seizure by\officers.
or agents of other branches of the Government.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
may 11 ts Maj. (jouidg. Arsenal.
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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,}.
Qp ARTEC. MASTER GeNERAI/S OlfPiCB, j
Richmond, April 23, 1.864. J
All Officers and Agents of this Department are
hereby notified that iu order to introduce proper
uniformity and system ill connection with the con
tracts executed with the Factories on Government
account, and to increase thereby the yield thereof,
Major G. W. Cunningham, Quartermaster, hereto
foro in charge # of the Depot at Atlanta, is
entrusted, exclusively, with the duty of contracting
in behalf of this Department with the Factories in
the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, and Mississippi.
He will respond to requisitions for material, made
upon him by Officers in charge of Depots for the
manufacture of clothing.
A. 11. LAWTON,
may 31m Quartermaster General.
A T ©tlcc,
\ N EURO man, dark complexion, by the name of.
ft John, says he belongs to Frank Parish, of Butts
county. _ .
A negro hoy by lire mime of Micheil, of d.irn com
plexion, say's lie belongs to TV m. Foster, oi Nash
ville, Tenia. , T . ,
An old negro man by the name ot John, says he
belongs to Aiq. Thompson, of Hinds county, Missis
negro man by the name-a; Bob, says he belongs
to Thos. Cogwell, of Commerce county, Miss,, of
dark complexion.
A negro man John, says hebetong3 to Henry Vonn
of Yazoo City, Miss. , .
A negro man Paul, says he belongs to Joseph Lg,
of Savannah, Ga.
A negro mhn, says his name is Albert, and belongs
to Mr. Linch of I orth Carolina, oi dark complex
ion. B. N. WILLIFORD,
Dept. Sherifi,
mayJA dtf of Fulton county, Ga.
Hank of €oliimbii§.
Stockholders are hereby notified that the Confed
erate Tax, levied by the act of Congress dated Feb.
17,1864, on the Shares of this Bank, will be paid by
the Bank. D. ADAMS,
Columbus, Ga., May 10. —2w Cashier.
Office Mobile and Girard R. R.. \
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1861. j
The Stockholders of the Mobile & Girard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent
tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, i864,
on the value t>f all shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this
offiee and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Company iu their lists to Assessors.
J'. M. FRAZER,
api 6 ts Treasurer.
Aotice to Fiiuaters.
j
I am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Sheeting s, Cotton Yarns#
SUGAR AND OSNABURBS FOR
Bacon Sides#
I HAMS AUD SISOMaDERS,
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDREE.
apl 18 2m A gen..
GEOGIA INSURANCE COMPANY.
At€oiumlui!i, s4«orgla.
i PPLICATIONS for RISKS in this Company
A may be made to
JOHN MI NN. Agent.
Office on Randolph street, rear el Spear's Jewelry
store
Columbus, May 20, 1364.
4®“ Applications may also bo made as above for
RISKS in the CENTRAL CITY and PLANTERS
and MERCHANTS’ Insurance Companies, of Sel
ma. Alabama. ESTES * BROTHER,
j may 20 6t Agents.
Salt Ssdri?)HtioaNo,9,
On Wednesday, Ist day of June, I will distribute
j to the Stockholders of the "PLANTERS SALi
1 COMPANY,’’ one Sack of Sait per share, at 40
! cents per pound, and 31 per sac tt, -xu'a.,
j Sack* due the Company from the last ■iistribu
tion must be promptly returned, washed "and dry
or*no salt will be delivered to defaulters.
V*. 11. GRISWOLD,
may 2QU Dhiributing Agent.
| FlsrihL arxui Oyagers
.a. i
orxßi & co's.
may 2*>
A-G-fLur-.
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Columbus, Ga., Thursday Morning, May 26,1884.
Wednesday Evening.
[Special Correspondence of the Times.]
From tiie Army of Northern Virginia.
Camp 20th Ga. Regiment, 1
Near SpottsylVania C. H., May 11, 1364. j
Dear Times: Our forces are still pelting
' away at the Yankees with good effect. To-day
j is the seventh day we have been lighting and
skirmishing. Yesterday we drove the right
flank of the enemy back about three miles,
when the enemy received heavy reinforce
ments, made a stand, and heavy fighting was
kept up until after dark. Bast night the ene
my charged the breastworks of the Texas
Brigade and succeeded in getting over the
works, the Texans falling back a short dis
tance for the purpose of getting as many over
as possible, when they in turn charged upon
the Yankees, using the butt of their guns with
telling effect; they sent the Yankees back
(minus the great number killed and woun
ded) in terrible confusion ; General Ward,
(Yankee,) who led them, was killed. Seve- j
ral prisoners captured in front of Bemring’s
Brigade state that this evening four brigades j
of negro troops are to charge Benning’s Brig- ■
’ ade. Our men are in high glee over this piece j
of information, and patiently await the charge, j
There is no doubt that; negro troops are in our !
front, and when they’do charge I will not j
vouch that we take any of them prisoners, j
A, lieu tenant captured yesterday evening says !
that General Grant is going to fight us here j
sixty days but what he-wilLwhipna. Thanks j
to a kind Providence we are in a condition to j
fight him six months it he wishes. The-Yan- !
kee loss so far is not less than thirty thousand; j
eleven hundred were buried in Ewell's front : !
the wounded on the field, left by the Yankees, j
are eight to every one killed ; Longstreet’s j
Corps, where they fought, was fully as heavy; j
the Yankee dead and wounded were thicker j
than I have ever seen on any former battle- j
field. Yesterday Sergt. J. P. Russell, of Capt. j
Mims’ Company, was killed. Sergt. Henry j
Henderson. CoTp’l -John Brooks, and Privates j
W. O. M. Whitehurst and Taft, were wounded j
yesterday ; they ail ' elong to Captain Miras’
Company, andare doing well; neither of them
have seriousWounds.' Private Harris Johnson,
of- the' 2d .Georgia,, is reported killed. I have
made frequent enquiries about him ; but all I
can learn is, that he was being brought out
after receiving a severe wound”, when he sud
j denly let go the men - attending him and fell
i backwards. They suppose that he was shot
; again, as they were at that time under a very
; heavy fire.; as the Yankees were, driving our
men back they had to leave him; -he may have
been taken prisoner. As our forces went over
l the field his friends TnYsdgdilligefii search for
him, but- could not find him. lam satisfied
Ihe was taken prisoner. Lieut. Cleghorn. was
’ doing well at last accounts. Our men are in
finer spirits than 1 ever saw them. They have
bountifully supplied themselves with the Yan
kees-' -'six'days’ rations,” besides-blankets,
new fly tents and clothing sufficient to last
them until next winter, and greenbacks plenty,
but not so much valued as before this fight.
Heavy skirmishing is’now going on, which
will end in hard fighting very soon.
Send us a paper occasionally. It does my
eyes good to see “The Columbus Times’’—a
treat they very seldom get.
Yours, C.
The Difference. —When Gen. Bragg was in
command of the army now commanded
Johnston in Georgia, says the Eufaula Spirit of
the South, and was confronted by a largely supe
rior force of the enemy, and forced to retire from
place to place to make up in position, what he
lacked in numbers, be was sarcastically called the
retreating General, and slandered by being called
a coward. Gen. Johnston has retreated further
down into the country by far than Gen. Bragg
ever did, yet he is a brave man and a great Gen
eral. G: n. Johnston has shot tea men where Gen.
Bragg shot one, yet the one was denounced as a
cruel, heartless tyrant, and no notice is taken of
the same things in the other. The mention of
these facts are not intended to disparage the merits
of General Johnston as a skillful and able com
mander. We repose unbounded confidence in him
in this respect. Wo notice them to show the ca
price and injustice of public sentiment.
| [From the N. Y. Daily News’ own Correspondent.]
Tlie Great Battle in Virginia.
; Butler has Accomplished Nothing—Dreadful Loss
es in Meade’s Army — Where is Lee ?■— Where is
Beauregard.
Washington, May 11, ISB4.
* In regard to the operations on and South of the
Peninsula, unless my information is strangely at
fault, it is evident that Butler has accomplished
nothing: that he has been misled by false infor
mation in regard to the locality oftk« main body
of Beauregard’s forces: that he has not yet met
Beauregard: that Beauregard’s troops are holding
the Southern defences of Richmond, and had
reached the neighborhood of Fort Darling long
before Butler’s advance reached City Point ; and
of course, were not intercepted by Butler; more
over, that he can accomplish nothing on the right
bank of James River, even if he has 50,000 troops.
The more he has. the worse for Gen. Grant, be
cause the latter will need thorn and cannot get
them. In a word, the whuie movement on the
James River, from the moment that Butler began
to land troops, appear to have been so utterly
fruitless, that is diffieu tto imagine that it can
have been made iu pursuance of Gen. Grant’s or
ders.
The whole of Gen. Lee’s operations since oar
am v crossed the llavmlur-, have been in exact ac
cordance with the programme indicated in mylet
ter# of April 2i) and May 3. The furious battles
'of t!;t hi h and •; i iostao , were fought where Gen.
Leek advantage position enabled him to inflict
; terrible ho** >« hi* army, wnits suffering compar
ativelv little hausen. lAe.-rderiy imvmer la which
tell havi. k* 6\>- ••?*>•!•» at on Friday night,
with jaiHiation ■ uis ..my intact, proves
>• au. 1 • in - How H'SCkX:
U' . ti.oed ii j, i.jJI. The
Star. ■ *;,y» that. usaiiy iit'.eaa thousand
; fur w ->(. and are at tre ericksbarg. lying so
. ' :i r Ye -:«•?: mlitt tilt
.. - - •• • . duty without trarnp
’ ’ ■' - • -- •
• "{’!■ - n*Jf -ii T : - V : - • -if vigorOU* 90 o-jf
. . 'r . ma. W. , a-e enemy r‘-
x - ;! * i©r. ’A' » . • •
i- . < .. - . 1 o 1?. -f :ra:n
uT; fc w- ilftd-baoa-dlitf.6-: Q . *■ .1- an
ind frhich tuo eaesy hu . . : ’ -
t but ->y 9 o'clock in tbe t-. ,r ■ . - c r in
r:1 -turshet an i ~ t -wfi
’I away, for there was no enemy there. No wonder
j that‘‘no reply could be provoked ” from the rebels.
Their artillery bad been removed to Spottsylvania
early tbe preceding evening, and all their”troops,
j except (be rear guard, had moved off during the
| night.
reliaMe account of the battle of Spottsylva
nia on the IHh has yet reached here: Tbat’it was
• a desperate and bloody one is certain. The Ices
of Gen. Sedgwick alone is a heavy calamity on
! ot, r side. It is moat likely that after the engage
ment Gen. Lee retired to his next defensive line/on
| the right bank of the North Anna river. It is be
! lieved here, and it is quite probable, that General
I Grant felt himself too much weakened, and be
! lieved his army, too much exhausted to renew the
j conhict yesterday. Even Mr. Stanton says plain
j ly: “Gep. Grant did not design to renew theat
! tack to-day,” (the lOtfi). Why not ? Now is the
; time to make his victory decisive, if he has wOn
j a victory. He had a large c*rfh de rmerre, 38,000
' strong, when be started on this expedition. Where
!is it? For now is the time to use it It is a re
served corps no longer. He was compelled to
bring it into action on the 6th, and it took a prom
inent part in the action both of that day and the i
9th.
The idea prevails here to -some extent that a i
portion at least of Beauregard’s troops ware with j
Gen. Lee ia all these battles ; that Gen, Meacfe 1
has encountered the hitter in his utmost’ strength, !
and that Lee cannot get any further' reinforce
ments from Beauregard. This is entirely erroneous.
No portion of Beauregard’s troops have been with
Lee, To Beauregard and bis troops have been
assigned the defense of Richmond, as to biln was
assigned tbe task of seeing that the city was prop
erly fortified. When Beauregard turns up, it will
be at the Rebel Capital ; arid there will his troops
also be found. If they are needed by Gen. Lee
on the North Anna river, or on tbe Pamunkey,
they will reach him thpre. But nothing has trans
pired yet to indicate that be does need men. The
troops that were encountered by lip tier, near Pe
tersburg, wore some troops that bad. recently been
in North Carolina. As regards any attack that
Butler may make on Fort Darling, or tbe other
forts south of Richmond, it will be labor in vain,
for he can make no impression whatever upon
them. The preposterous story that Fart Darling
has been captured, and the obstructions l in the
James river have boon removed, is already ex
ploded.
Grant still presses, still assaults, still strug
gles for the prize. So far, he has, at least,
done no worse than his predecessors•; - indeed,
he has done more than an}* of them. Lin
coln’s remark, that “any oilier commander
the army oi the Potomac has had would have
recrossed the Ranidan, after the first day’s re
ception," was true, and the luture will show
whether more real generalship would not have
been exhibited by General Grant, had he-fol
lowed the example i of McClellan, Burnside,
Hooker and Meade. But Grant has advanced;
he is several miles j nearer Richmond than
when he delivered his first battle on the Rap
idan.' General Lee; claims merely to have
repelUd itiQ enemy in every assault, but with
very great slaughter to the enemy. Grant
fights, , and is repulsed; his direct advance
effectually checked, he moves off on a line not
disputed, and because,he is a few miles nearer
Richmond, claims the victory.
The advance of Grant is the main, but not
the only attack, upon Richmond. Butler,
with a vast armada, 1 ascends James river, and,
landing at Bermuda Hundreds, cuts the rail
road and proceeds to invest the city on the
South-side, Gen. Beauregard is called up
from . Charleston, and, having collected the
army destined for the immediate defence of
the city., on Monday last broke up the invest?
meat, drove off the investing army, and now j
holds them cowering within their own fortifi
cations and under the protection of their gun
boats. The various raids that were auxiliary
tp the main attacks, have all been expended,
and the damages done have been repaired.
Such is the aspect of military affairs. Un
der the blessings of Providence, the skill of
our generals and the Yalor find endurance of
our soldiers, this great and long threatened
advance has been checked, and, if not defeat
ed, so materially broken that the assaults of
the enemy are “easily” repulsed.
The country must find much in this
aspect ot affairs for gratitude to God and
for thankful” affeic-tion to the army. But
however promising and favorable may be the
present, the end isj not yet; our deliverance
has not yet been secured, our liberties are
yet to be won. Much has been nobly done,
but muoh more remains to be accomplished.
■ - Notwithstanding the success that has at
tended Generals Lee and Beauregard, blunders
have taken place elsewhere, upon which, at
present, we shall not comment, buk to which
at a future time we may recur. Let all now
seek to aid the cause to the uttermost. For
getting, if possible, the errors of some,* let us
alt* endeavor, notwithstanding the incubus
that sometimes paralyzes our arms, to do all
in our power for the cause.
[Richmond Enquirer 20th.
The Virginia Campaign. —Within two weeks
more blood has been spilt in the whole Con
federacy than during the first year of the war.
Probably 100,000 then have been placed hors
dn combat, and of these, 75 or 80,000 must be
charged to the account of the enemy.
What has been igained by this enormous
sacrifice of life ?
Butler’s forces are precisely where, they
landed when the campaign began, and Cirant’a
army bolds a position near Fredericksburg
which might have been obtained with the loss
of but a handful of men; One wing is just
where it started; the other has come a few
miles South at the cost of 50 or 6Q,000 troops.
The enemy ought to be able* to show some
thing for this enormous expenditure; and so
he can, for he is contented with small profits.
But, looking to the strategic points, it may
be doubted whether anything whatever had
been gained.
Grant is edging slowly eastward, Gilmore
has returned to Bermuda Hundreds, and Sher
idan is between the two with his mounted in
fantry. The indications are that there will be
an attempt to unite these forces, and thus en
velop the city on both sides. Can this be
done without another great battle? We
think not.
But, supposing it be done, Grant’s position
wiil be little if anything better than McClel
lan's. He cannot invest the city, because. Lee
is on his flank; and, unlike McClellan, he
finds the city fortified. The co-operating
force under Butler, can reader him little as
sistance. because that force will have now to
fight every step it advances from the entrench
ments at Bermuda Hundreds.
It will be glory enough if Grant can place
Richmond in even a partial etatexd eeige.—
The war fever will thereby be kept up, and
Lincoln will secure his nomination. We have
small of Grant s success iu his present
efforts. The ablest musters of war aml the
finest armies in the world have a negative iu
this not unimportant,matter.
f Richmond Wffg. J7ibl
Tas Loss of ras Com. Jones, by a Tor
pedo.—A telegram from Fortress Monroe, May
9th, say j of those on board the Commodore
Jones, at tie time 9ho was blown up,*Pay*
•iiAster Civ'T-Uri W" ‘ rnstnntly killed, Third
• tun? Engineer Savt ~:. s is reported to
h -«<: bevu kiiici, anc. Pilot Giumvus t\ Moore
•o ‘d to-day P«yr--:r» ter Adorn- is too badly
w*- iidf dto be moved. Lieut. Commanding
r, r. Wade la wonuded. Twnr.ty-yeyeri. vtli
> tre still mining.
$4.00 Per Mouth
J. W. WAISREY, editor
I [Specialf)orr*?m‘tmdcsl<tc of the IVttelligeneer.]
I* THE Fl2tD NtAlf THE ETOWAH. )
s{rtK»ay night May 22d, 1864. f
j CASUALTIES TO-DAY.
The Yankee sharpshooters on (he North
1 h*nk of tbe river display considerable nctiv
j ify and fire on our men every time they expose
, their persons. To day several of our pickets
| were killed anu wounded, although the whole
; combined, would uot make a very large fig
i ure.
VAVDAttSAr.
| This morning the Yankees burned a flour
j mill on the oppesite bunk of the river. The
\ cause of their burning it, is said to be because
the owner is a True Southern man, who va
cated the place on the approach of the fiends.
I also learnedrto-day that they have laid waste
the whole conntry from Dalton to Cartersvillc,
burning and destroying everything. This
would indicate that they have no hope or in*
i tenlicn of perniejneutiy occupying the country :
through which they march.
A sqiia'd of bur cavalry forded (he river to- I
day, and Were met by a body of Yankees who I
fired into our mon. On seeing them form for I
a charge the scamps retreated hastily. Our j
men returned the fire, but with what effect I
has uot been ascertained. They did not re
main logger than hall an hour on (he other
side when they recrossed.
St. GLAIR.
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North Georgia.- —We have heard of
no movement on the part of the Army of
Tennessee since our last issue, nor on the
part of the enemy. . The former is lying
quietly upon it# oars at or near Altoona,
while the latter is still on the North side
of the Etowah.
Madam Rumor, who came down on the
Goober Train Sunday morning to look
after things in the rear, 4old us confiden
tially that Shermaji wa# throwing up
fortifications and digging entrenchments
at Kingston. Subsequently she came up
to say that she had been laboring under a
mistake (a very uqusual thiD« with her),
and that Sherman was doing nothing of
the sort. She lias returned to the Front,
and will be back on the 4 o’clock train
this afternoon, with a fresh invoice of
facts. If they are worth the trouble and
expense of the enterprise, we shall have
put in type for our issue of to morrow
morning.— Atlanta Register, 24 1\
Why the Yaxkee3- Woji't Prison
ers.—Wo must now have a large excess of, prison
ers. Thera are 15,000 at Camp Sumter .alone, and it
is said that 12,000 more will be Sent there as fast aa
transportation can ba furnished. In the Tranrt-
Mississippi Department there* must be all of 20,000.
There are S or 40,000 at Danville, Virginia, and 4 or
5,000 at Richmond and other points, making over
50,000 in all.
The Wilmington Journal says:
“The Yankees deciiae carrying out the cartel for
the exchange of prisoners, alleging various plausi
ble pretexts as the grounds of their refusal to fulfill
their obligations, but being in reality influenced by
one overruling consideration. The Confederates
who are prisoners in the hands of the Yankees are
in for the war, and their exchange would be simply
their return to their regiments or commands, which
would be tantamount to re-inforcing the Confeder
ate armies to the extent of the numbers exchanged.
On the other liand, the times of set vice of the groat
majority of the Yankees who are prisoners in the
hands of the Confederates have expired, or will soon
expire, and few or none of the veterans re-enlist. —
The return of their prisoners would afford the Yan -
kees nothing with which to offsolt the advantages
which the Confederates would derive from the re
turn of theirs. It is true that good faith and hu
manity alike call for the continuance of the ex
. change, but what care Lincoln and Company for
the sufferings of their own, much less of ours, when
an idea of supposed interest orpoliw overrides the
suggestions of good faith and humanity. Their own
men may rot in prison since they wiil not rc-enlist.
They care only for them as soldiers, especially as so
many of them are foreigners.
Accident on the Danville Rail Road—Six
Persons Killed and Several Wounded.— About
2 o’clock, yesterday morning, an accident occurred
on the Danville rail road, by which six persons were
killed and several wounded. It appears that on
Monday a number of soldiers and citizens of Dan
ville organized themselves into a body for the pur
pose of resisting any advance which it was reported
the Yankee raiders were making upon that place.
On Tuesday afternoon a large cannon was placed
upon a coal car, which was placed in charge of a de
tachment of soldiers and run up to and upon the
west end of the Staunton river bridge, so as to pre
vent its destruction by the raiders or them from
crossing. Not knowing anything of this obstruction,
about 2 «’clock yesterday morning a freight train,
loaded with Government corn, on its way to this
city, came in contact with the car which had been
placed on the bridge for its protection, and, knock
ing it from the track, precipitated it into the river
below, a distance of about thirty feet, killing out
rightsix soldiers and wounding several others. They
hailed from South Carolina, and were under the
command of Col. Miller, of that State. The centre
cord of the bridge was broken in two and some por
tion of the west end was carried down by the severe
concussion which ensued. Six cars, it is reported,
fell through and were entirely demolished, but the
engine, (“Gazelle,”) probably lodging on one of the
abutments, was not seriously damaged. The place
at which the accident took place is about ninety-five
miles from this city, and only a short distance from
Danville. We are informed that workmen are al
ready engaged in repairing the damage to the bridge
and that the interruption to communication, be
tween this city and Danville, will only be for a few
do,Yß.—Richmond Dispatch, 19*A.
Siege of Charleston.
ski •ee Hundred and Nineteenth Day.
The demonstrations of the enemy since
our last report have been expected for
several days past. These movements are,
however, believod to be mere feints to
cover their real weakness. Two desert
ers belonging to the 41st New York Regi
ment,’ stationed on Folly Island, came
into our lines last week, and reported
that an expedition against James’ Island
had been projected, and that an attack
might be expected the first favorable
uight. The plau, as they learned, was
for the light draft gunboats and Moni
tors to go up Stono and Schooner Creek
as high as the depth of water would ads
mit. They were then to shell the island,
while the .troops in large barges landed
under cover of the boats at or near Grim
ball’s or Legare’s plantation. The desert
ers also stated that there were only about
eleven, hundred effective men* on Folly
Island, under the command of Brigadier
General Schimmelfing. Great dissatis
faction existed among the troops, the
greater majority of v> horn were foreign
ers and substitutes, whose terra of ser
vice expires in June. They had been
promised seven hundred to a thousand
dollars bounty, which had not yet been
paid. tictuuuitelfißg was afraid Jto trust
his own men, very seldom left his tent,
and kcr* a body guard of ab-ut sixty
# .*
Saki Jay .evening the .-nen.-y’s ,run
boats commenced shelling Fc-e-oSipnroie,
which was kept un abi.--.il *. 1 * ? , : rs.
During the night - force of iao*ve«3
landed and oceupn. x Battery ;*nu Goat
lsla&£ The shell. of Sooeeshavitie
v,- v. v. nuv early hunduy m•? -he.
tiring being -very heavy rtind .>uf
citizens from their slumbers. The news
wm soon received that the Yankees had
crossed, the causeways and advanced oa
our lines at tlegnre’s with* the evident de*
shift of capturing our pickets. The force
<4 t!io enemy is bolie-.*. and tu i*«ve bee a
I from eight hundred to one thousand
i strong'. They were first met by Captain
! Humbert, of the 2d 8. C. Artillery, ami
atterwaiiw Ly tfi e yrholc 0 f Major Mani
i pultV battalion. A SUp ensued,
in which five of oiir men were wounded,
i one seriously. The enemy’s loss is re
ported much greater than ours. * Major
f Manigault we learn had a horse shot un*
{tier him.
The following dispatch was received at
HeiuKQuarters :
Battery No. 2,9, A. M,, May 22, A
Reoeived at 10, 10, A. M., via V
l Royal House, James’ Islaud. )
! Captain. JTUlden A. A. G.
i I have just returned from the picket.
The enemy have retired, except a few
skirmishers, out of sight in the direction
of Battery Island. Major Manigault,
commanding picket, had a spirited fight
with them. Our men behaved liadsomely.
Five of our men were wounded and two
missing. The enemy were held in check
at GrhnbaH’s cause-way and could not
advance. A deserter who came in during
the fight says there were parts of seven
regiments. Major Manigault says he saw
two full regiments. I think it was only
a reconnoissance in force, and an attempt
to cut off our pickets.
(Signed) W. B. TALLIAFERRO,
Brigadier-Gen.
A late dispatch says the enemy retired
at three o’clock Sunday afternoon. Last
evening all was again quiet.
: '-Three shots were only fired at the city
Sunday.
Several of the enemy’s barges renewed
their attempts" to cut the telegraph be
tween Fort Sumter and Fort Johnston
Saturday night,’ but returned without
effecting their object.
There has been no change in the fleet.
[ Courier 23 d.
The Chronicle and Sentinel, in its anx
iety to catch at anything which bears the
semblance of approval of Vice-President
Stephens’ unfortunate speech atMilledge*
ville, has announced, with a very loud
flourish of trumpets, that a little new
born paper in North Carolina has “re*
published the speech of our worthy Vice-
President in full with remarks.” If this
interesting fact affords any consolation to
the Chronicle and Sentinel, we have no
disposition to diminish, by one crumb, the
comfort to be derived from so scanty a
crust. It is natural it should And satis
faction in the discovery, that even one*
paper, however youthful, does not join in
the otherwise unanimous verdict ol dis>
approval of Mr. Stephens’ effort to array
his own State in opposition to the Gov
i eminent of which he is the second officer,
f And had the Chronicle and Sentinel coin*
fined itself to rejoicing, however extrava
gantly, over the acquisition of its new
ally/ we should have made no remark.
But it has done more. It has presumed,
by attributing base and sordid motives, to
assail these journals which, in the exercise
of their right of opinion, have thought
proper to animadvert in terms of censure
on the course of the Vice-President. We
; are not willing to pass unnoticed this ini
j suit to Southern editors by imputing to
them the motives which control the ac
tion of the Yankee journalists. The
Chronicle and Sentinel should learn that
the ethics which prevail in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, are not those which govern
Southern gentlemen; that the opinions
entertained and expressed by Northern
journals are not the same marketable
commodity that they are in Yankeedom;
and that Yankee morals, Yankee practices,
and Yankee manners, are quite as abhor
rent to Southern men*as Yankee
ment.
Before the editor of the Chronicle d>
Sentinel ventures again to apply the terni3
“subsidized” and “bought up” presses to
the Richmond and other Southern jour
nals, all of which are edited by gentlemen
! born and nurtured on Southern soil, wo
| advise him to allow the gloss to wear off
| the coat in which he left New England,
and to let his memory of New England,
oustoms become less vivid and controlling
in his estimate ot the conduct of those
with whom it is Ms present good fortune
to be associated.— Atlanta Register.
Distances on the State Road.—
The following table of distances on the
State Rood will be valuable for
NUMBAR OF MILES FROM
Atlanta to Vining 8
Vining to Marietta 12
Marietta to ‘Acwortb 15
Acworth to Altoona 5
Altoona to Cartersville.." 1
Cartersville to Cass 5
Cass to Kingston— 7
Kingston to Adairsville 10
Adairsville to Calhoun. 9
Calhoun to Rassaca 4
Rasaca to Tilton 9
Tilton to Dalton 9
Dalton to Tunnel Hill *...... 7
Tunnel Hill to Ringgold 8
Ringold to Chickamauga lo
Chickamauga to Boyce 5
Boyce to Chattanooga 5
Rome, by Railroad, is seventeen miles
west of Kingston.
The above distances we take from Dins
moro’s Railroad Guide, published in
1860.
Love Undiminished by Amputa*
tion.- — There is, a most affecting and
thrilling story told in illustration of our
theme says an exchange, of Commodore
Barclay, ‘who fought the battle of Lake
Erie against Perry. He was eugaged to
be married to a fine English girl. At
Trafalgar, with Nelson he had lost an
arm. At Lake Erie he lost a On
returning to England, feeling ins condi
tion. vevv acutely, he sent a friend to m
betrothed to tell her that, under the cir
cumstances in which he found unasoif he
considered her released Uom an engage
ments to him. . .
•j'jie lady heard the message, then said
id the friend:
“Edward thinks I may wish our engage
tnen. to bo nrskon Deenu.'O Oi
tunes, Oi’-g-j tip t foil b'’a that lie onty
brings back to England body euough t®
hold the seal he carried itw&y with U.niy
I’d marry him ”
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