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jTw. WABB3EM* - - “ Editor.
Thursday Moroinj) June 2, 1864«
No News.
Our paper is unusually barren of news this
morning. Nor is it to be wondered at. Men
the same men—cannot fight continually for
mer. There is a limit to .human endurance,
and it is rational to presume that this limit
has been reached by friend and foe in both
theatres of operation. For thirty days they
hare been marching and countermarching,
flanking, ditching and fighting, and they need
and are now taking rest. After a 3hort inter
val the “jug of war,” a3 Bill Arp has it, will
be again unstopped, and onr people electrified
with new and crowning victories.
Death of Washington Davis.
We are deeply pained to learn the death of
this estimable youqg man, son of Major Jno.
E. Davis, of this city. A dispatch from Rich
mond dated June the Ist, to his father, tells
the short and sad story: “Wash, was killed
in a skirmish yesterday.”
At an age almost too tender to endure the trials
and vicissitudes of a soldier’s life this young
martyr enlisted with the “Columbus Guards
at the outbreak of the war, and went forth to
battle for the independence of his country.
We learn from the Captain of the company,
that this array of brave, generous and patri
otic youth contained not a more worthy aud
exemplary member. Amiable, moral, chival
rous, prompt and even zealous in the discharge
of every duty, the character and conduct of
young Davis illustrated in a high and pure
degree, the Southern gentleman and soldier.
To those who knew him well at home, or in
camp, where he was alike universally beloved,
his manly bearing, genial disposition and en
gaging manners will ever be a pleasant mem
ory. His afflicted parents, already crushed
by similar dispensations, have the earnest
sympathy of our entire community.
Special Correspondence of the Times.
Atlanta, May 31.
Dear Times: All accounts confirm the state
ment that the engagement between the 4th
Yankee army eorps and Cleburne’s division
was mbst digastrous to the enemy. Seven
hundred dead were left in front of our works,
and by this you may estimate the killed and
wounded borne off the field. Four hundred
will cover casualties on our side*
On Saturday evening Gen. Bates was order
ed to feel of the enemy’s position in the front
of his lines. At a given signal (4 guns) the
division was to move forward. There was
somp confusion in understanding the signal,
and all the brigade did not move simultane
ously. It wa3 soon discovered that the enemy
had massed an overwhelming force in their
front, and orders were given to fall back,
which did not reach Gen. Lewis’ Kentucky
brigade. They charged over a portion of the
first line of the enemy’s works and were near
the second, .when the order came ro retire.
The regiments composing this brigade suffered
severely, and lost many gallant officers and
men. It was thought almost certain that a
general engagement would take place on Sun
day, but the day passed off without anything
more than the usual skirmishing.
On Sunday night it was reported that a ter
rific battle was fought, but the rumor grew
out of a false alarm which called forth repeat
ed discharges from infantry and artillery along
our lines.
On Wednesday, the usual manoeuvring for
position continued, with heavy skirmishing.
Mr. Currie, a respectable citizen, who left
Big Shanty this morniyg, stated to me that
he heard long and continued connonading
this morning west of that place in the direc
tion of Lost Mountain and Dallas, On ascen
ding an eminence, he stated he could distinct
ly hear the rattle of small arms, which con
tinued for two hours along a great portion of
our line. No accounts, however, to confirm
a battle.
It is reported that Johnston has contracted
his line, and it now runs straight from Pow
der Spring to the Alatoona hills, just above
Acworth. The enemy are said to draw their
supplies twenty miles from Cartersville. John
ston has taken position after position and in
vited his wiley antagonist to attack him, which
he has persistently refused to do. He contents
himself with flank movements, and, more re
cently, with night assaults, feeling confident
of his superior strength in numbers, and thinks
to worry and demoralize our troops. They
have been severely punished in their assaults,
and the morale of our army is confident and
determined.
The remains of Col. N. C. Riley, of the Ist
Mo. infantry, and Capt. Turner, of Miss, ar
rived in Atlanta this morning.
A son of Mr. John Morris, who is painfully
wounded in his left hand, told me that Capt.
Tilman, his officers, and most of his men, and
Capt. Miles and command of 46th Ga. Reg’t,
have escaped with few casualties thus far.—
He says (he same of Capt. Russell’s and Capt.
Roberts’ companies of our county, of the 54th
Georgia. All of them have been in numerous
skirmishes and one or two engage
ments.
A continuous stream of wounded are pour
ing into Atlanta and Marietta. Our Relief
Committees are doing much good. Our woun
ded arrive at Marietta after travelling 15 or
18 miles, much exhausted, and their gratitude
is unbounded towards those who meet them
with assistance anti refreshments. Besides it
eucourages those in irout to-know that their
friends are waitiag to care for them when
wounded.
Send forward to your committees from eve
ry section, light bread, hams, pickles, any
quantity of butter, biscuit, crackers, &o. Send
forward a supply of good whiskey. Stimulants
are most grateful to these uoble men when
exhausted from long travel. The Committee
from Columbus are at Marietta. -R.
Tlie Field.
At this present writing there is nothing more
from the Front than the same old story—there has
been skirmishing, but no general engagement.
It has been reported about town that on Satur
day evening last Gen. Bate charged the enemy
contrary to orders, and was driven back with a
less of six or seven hundred men. Our press dis
patches this morning tell a diffeicnt story. His
loss was but one hundred and thirty-eight, killed,
wounded, and missing ; and we learn from a gen
tleman connected with Gen. Bate's headquarters,
that but fifteen or twenty were killed. The loss
tell principally upon Lewis’ Kentucky Brigade.
Among the distinguished arrivals in town last
evening were a drove of Yankee horses from the
1 ront. If Sherman and his men are as nearly
starved as their horses, they will probably make
an attempt to return very soon to their base of
Supplies. — Atlanta. Register, June 1 at.
i Correspondence Between Gov.
I Vance and President Davis.
State of North Carolina, ’I
Executive Department, [•
Raleigh, Dec. 3Q, 1864.)
His Excellency President Davit:
My Dear Sir : After a-careful consideration
of all the sources of discontent in North Car
olina, I have concluded that it wUI be impos
sible to remove it, except by making some ef
fort at negotiation with the enemy. The recent
action of the Federal House
though meaning very little, has greatly exci
ted the public hope that the northern mind is
looking towards peace. lam promised by all
men who advocate this course, that if fair
terms are rejected, it will tend greatly to
strengthen and intensify the war feeling, and
will rally all classes to a more cordial support
of the government And, although our posi
tion is well known, as demanding only to be
let alone, yet it seems to me that for the sake
of humanity, without having any weak or im
proper motives attributed to us, we might,
with propriety, constantly tender negotiations.
In doing so we would keep conspicuously be
fore the world a disclaimer of our responsi
bility for the great slaughter of our men, and
convince the humblest of our citizens—who
sometimes forget ihe actual situation—that
the government is tender of their lives and
happiness, and would not prolong their suffer
ings unnecessarily one moment. Though
statesmen might regard this as useless, the
people will not, and I think our cause will be
strengthened thereby. I have not suggested
the method of these negotiations or their
terms. The effort to obtain peace is the prin
cipal matter.
Allow me so beg your earnesticonsideration
of this suggestion.
Very respectfully yours,
Z. B. VANCE.
Executive Office, \
Richmond, January Bth, 1864. J
Dear Sir : I have received your letter of the
30th ultimo, containing suggestions of the
measures to be adopted for the purpose of re
moving “the sources of discontent” in North
Carolina. The contents of the letter are sub
stantially the same as those of the letter ad
dressed by you to Senator Dortch, extracts of
which were by him read to me. I remarked
to Mr. Dortch that you were probably not
aware of the obstacles to the the course you
indicated, and without expressing an opinion
on the merits of the proposed policy, I desired
him in answering your letter ta write to you
suggestions as to the method of opening ne
gotiations, and as to the terms which you
thought should be offered to the enemy, I
felt persuaded you would appreciate the diffi
culties as soon as your attention'was called to
the necessity of considering the subject in de
tail. As you have made no suggestions touch
ing the manner of overcoming the obstacles,
I infer that you were not apprised by Mr
Dortch of my remarks to him.
Apart from insuperable objections to the
line of policy you propose, (and to Which I
will presently advert,) I cannot see how the
more material obstacles are to be surmounted.
We have made three distinct efforts to commu
nicate with the authorities at Washington,
and have been invariably unsuccessful. Com
missioners were sent before hostilities were
begun, and the Washington government refus
ed to receive them or hear what they had to
say. A second time I sent a military officer
with a communication addressed by myself to
President Lincoln. The letter was received
by Gen. Scott, who did not permit the officer
to see Mr. Lincoln, but promised that au an
swer would be sent. No answer has ever been
received. The third time, a few months ago,
a gentleman was sent whose position, charac
ter and reputation were such as to ensure his
reception, if the enemy were not determined to
receive no proposals whatever from the gov
ernment. Vice President Stephens made a
patriotic tender of his services in the hope of
being able to promote the cause of humanity,
and although little belief was entertained of
his success, I cheerfully yielded to his sug
gestion, that the experiment should be tried.
The enemy refused to let him pass through
their lines or to hold any conference with
them. He was stopped before he reached
Fortress Monroe on his way to Washin.j|fhn.
To attempt again (in the face of these repeat
ed rejections of all conference with us) to
send Commissioners or Agents to propose
peace, is to invite insult and contumely, with
out the slightest chance of being listened to.
No true citizen, no man who has our
cause at heart can desire this, and the good
people of North Carolina would be the last to
approve of such an attempt, if aware of all the
, facts. So far from removing “sources of dis
content,” such a course would receive, as it
would merit, the condemnation of those true
patriots who have given their blood and their
treasure to maintain the freedom, equality
and independence, which descended to them
from the immortal heroes of King’s Mountain
and other battle fields of the revolution. If,
then, these proposals cannot be made through
envoys, because the enemy would not receive
them, how is it possible to communicate our
desire for peace, otherwise than by the public
announcements contained in almost every
message I ever sent to Congress ?
I cannot recall at this time one instance in
which I have failed to announce that our only
desire was peace, and the only terms which
formed a sine qua non, were precisely those
that you suggested, namely, “a demand only
to be let alone. But suppose it were practi
cable to obtain a conference through -com*
missioners with the government of President
Lincoln, is it at this moment that we are to
consider it desirable, or even at all admissa
ble ? Have we not just been apprised by that
despot that we can only expect his gracious
pardon by emancipating all our slaves, swear
ing allegiance and obedience to him and his
proclamation, and becoming in point of fact
the slaves of our own negroes ? Can there be
in North Carolina one citizen so fallen beneath
the dignity of his ancestors as to accept, or
to enter into conference on the basis of these
terms ? That there are a few traitors in the
State who would be willing to betray their
fellow citizens to such a degraded condition
in hope of being rewarded for treachery by an
escape from the common doom, may be true.
But I do not believe that the vilest wretch
would accept such terms for himself. I can
not conceive how the people of your State,
than which sent nobler or more gal
lant soldiers to the field of battle (one of whom
it is your honor to be,) can have been deceived
by anything to which you refer in “the recent
action of the Federal House of Representa
tives.” I have seen no action of that House
that does not indicate by a very decided ma
jority, the purpose of the enemy to refuse all
terms of the South, except absolute, uncon
ditional subjugation or extermination. But
if it were otherwise, how are we to treat with
the House of Representatives? It is with Lin
coln alone that we ever could confer, and his
own partisans at the North avow unequivo
cally that his purpose in his message and
proclamation was to shut out all hope that
he could ever treat with us on any terms. —
| If we will break up our government, dissolve
I the Confederacy, disband our armies, emanci
! pate our slaves, take an oath of allegiance,
binding ourselves in obedience to him and of
disloyalty to our own States, he proposes to
pardon us and not to plunder us of anything
more than the property already stolen fitom
us and such slaves as still remain. In order
to render his proposal, so insulting af to se
cure their rejection, he joins to them a prom
ise to support with his army one tenth of the
people of any State who will attempt to set
up a government over the other nine tenths,
thus seeking to sow discord and suspicion
among the people of the several States, and to
excite them to civil war in furtherance of his
ends. I know well it would be impossible to
get your people, if they possessed full knowl
j edge of these facts, to consent that proposals
! should now be made by us to those who con
trol the government at Washington. Your
own well known devotion to tife great cause
! of liberty and independence, to which we have
; all committed whatever wc* have of earthly
j possession, would induce you to take the lead
: in repelling the bare thought of abject sub*
I mission to the enemy. Yet peace on other
| terms is now impossible. To obtain the sole
terms to which you or I could iisten, this
struggle must continue • until the enemy is
beaten out of his vain confidence in our sub
jugation. Then, and not till then, will it be
possible to treat for peace. Till then all ten
der of terms to theunemy will be received as
proof that we are ready for submission, and
will encourage him in the atrocious warfare
which he i3 waging. „
I fear much from the tenor of the news I
receive from North Carolina, that an attempt
will be made by some bad men to inaugurate
movements which must be considered as equiv
alent to aid and comfort to the enemy, and
which all patriots should combine to put
down at any cost. You may count on my
aid in every effort to spare your State the
scenes of civil warfare, which will devastate
its homes if the designs of these traitors be
suffered to make headway. I know that you
will place yourself in your legitimate position
in the lead of those who will suffer the same
of the old North State to be blackened by such
a stain. Will you pardon me for suggesting
that my only source of disquietude on the
subject arises from the fear that you will de
lay too long the action which now appears in
evitable, and by an over earnest desire to re
claim by conciliation men whom you believe
to be sound at heart, but whose loyalty is
more than suspected elsewhere, you will per
mit them to gather such strength as to require
more violent measures than are now needed ?
With your influences and position the promo
ters of the unfounded discontent, now preva
lent in your State, would be put down with
out the use of physical forces if you would
abandon a policy of conciliation, and set them
at defiance. In this course, frankly and firm
ly pursued, you would rally around your all
that is best and noblest in your State, and
your triumph would be bloodless. If the con
trary policy be adopted, I much fear you will
be driven to the use of foroe to repress trea
son. In either event, however, be assured
that you will have my eordial concurrence
and assistance in maintaining with'you the
honor, dignity and fair name of your State,
and in your efforts to crush treason, whether
incipient, as I believe it now to be, or more
matured, as I believe, if not firmly met, it
will in our future inevitably become.
I have the honor to be,
Yery respectfully yours,
Jefferson Davis,
His Excellency, Z. B. Vance, Governor of
North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.
The Late Gunboat Raid up the Ashepoo.
—On the morning of the 25th instant, our
pickets reported several of the enemy’s'ves
sels ascending the Ashepoo River. A sec
tion of the Furman Light Artillery, under the
command ofCapt. W. E. Earle, repaired with
alacrity to “Chapman’s Point,” on the Ashe
poo River, to resist what was believed to be a
formidable raid. Captain Earle placed his
guns in position a little before six o’clock, and
atjonce opened fire on a large transport 3teamer,
which had got aground at a distance of about
900 yards. The boys from the mountains
soon got the range with their “Napoleons,”
and plunged shot after shot into and through
the vessel. The enemy’s steamers replied
vigorously, but without effect; and our can
noneers, taking the matter very leisurely after
the first five rounds, kept up their fire until
their ammunition was exhausted, which cir
cumstance gave the foe a short respite. The
two other guns were then brought up
and joined in the fray. It wa3 then discov
ered that the steamer was on fire, and that
the crew had taken to their boats, with white
flags flying. As 1 soon as the flame3 had en
veloped the now riddled hull, the other Yan
kee vessels moved off in the direction of St.
Helena Sound, a little wiser than when they
started. Onr troops not being provided with
boats, could not make any attempt to save thcr
steamer. A cavalry officer went to the wreck
some time after, and reports that a number
of horses were burnt to death, and that the
boat was riddled so completely as necessarily
to have caused some loss to the crew. Lieu
tenant Colonel Twiggs, 1 of Black’s Cavalry,
was in command, and was very energetic in
the discharge of all his duties, particularly
in posting his sharpshooters on points of
marsh, and in this way annoyed the enemy
very much. The entire affair was a complete
success, and was accomplished without the
lO3S of a man.— Charleston Mercury, 30 ih.
Rich Battle Fields. —The late battle, of
the Wilderness and the one succeeding it, both
of which were held by our troops, are repre
sented to hare beeu remarkably rich in plun
der, and after Grant was forced back, our
troops were not slow to take advantage of its
offerings. Thousands of pairs of shoes and
boots, splendid oil-cloths, coats, pants, knap
sacks, haversacks, etc., were brought from
the field. But the two latter were always of
much "greater interest to the soldier than the
others. In them are found the rations and
clothes and all the little “notions” of the Yan
kee. Sugar and coffee are always acceptable
to a hungry man, while stationary, purses of
money, good underclothing, and the like are
not to be despised in these times. Hundreds
of daguerreotypes were also taken from the
dead bodies of Yankees and preserved by the
captors. Watches, and rings, and breastpins,
innumerable were gathered among the spoils
of the field. In one instance it is related that
five watches were taken frgp one dead Yankee,
who, no doubt, before his death, had plunder
ed them from the dead bodies of his comrades.
Money, in many instances, was found in con
siderable sums, but most always in greenbacks,
and seldom in specie. The fields, owing to
the rapidity of movements in both armies,
were not half plundered, and the greater por
tion the spoils still remains.
It was reported in Wilmington, Satuis
day, and it is believed the report is well
founded, that the enemy have evacuated
Newbern. If so, it is no doubt for the
purpose of reinforcing Butler on the
James River.
The Ashepoo Raid. —The Charleston
Courier says the transport destroyed by
Earle’s Battery in the Ashepoo has been
ascertained to he the Nina, formerly of
the New York and Boston line of steam
ers. She had on board both men and
horses. It is not known what the en
emy’s loss was in the affair. The general
impression is, however, that the enemy
were moving up for the purpose of making
a raid, their object being frustrated by
the disaster to the transport.
A Bad Character.. —We always were
aware of the importance of preserving a good
reputation for truth and honesty ? but we have
met with nothing lately so well calculated to
impress the disadvantages of having a bad
character upon the mind, as the following an
ecdote :
A mortal fever prevailed on board a ship at
sea, and a negro man was appointed to throw
the bodies overboard. One day when the
Captain was on deck, he saw the negro drag
ging out of the forecastle a sick man, who
was struggling violently to extricate himself
from the negro’s grasp, and remonstrating
very bitterly against the cruelty of being buried
alive.
‘•What are you going to do with that man,
you black rascal asked the Captain.
“ Going to throw him overboard, ruassa,
cause he dead !’*
“Dead ! you scoundrel,” said the Captain,
“don t you see he moves and speaks ?”
‘‘Yes, massa, I know he says he no dead, but
he always lie so. nobody never know when to
b’lieve him!”
g E SB g- Rif A PHIS
Special to the Columbus iuics.
Latestfrom the Georgia Front*
New Hope, via Marietta, Jan? I.— The situa
tion is unchanged. All quiet for three days.
The death of Col. Riley occasioned universal
sorrow.
No prospects of an immediate fight.
Deports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest from Virginia*
Heavy Skirmishing Going On!
Very Latest News from the Nprth*
Yankee Press on the Battles in Yirginia.
Rencontre between Yankee Politieians.
Proceedings Confederate Congress.
Storr’s Farm, Va., June I. —No general en
gagement to-day, but severe skirmishing reported
on Wilcox’s front, resulting in the repulse of the
enemy.
Breckinridge was also engaged to some extent
and captured one hundred men froni the 2d Yan
k ee corps who are on the way to Richmond.
Heavy firing was heard at one time on Ker
shaw’s front but u to be nothing more
than heavy skirmishing.
Firing was also heard this evening in the di
rection of Bottom’s Bridge.
Yesterday evening our cavalry fought the Yan
kee infantry at Coal Harbour and were pressed un
til reinforced by our infantry.
During the fight Maj. Flowers of the 6th Va.
was killed.
There was also a cavalry fight near Bethel
Church on Monday last but it amounted to but
little.
Prisoners captured report Grant to be out of ra
tions.
It is quite probable a general engagement will
occur to-morrow.
The length of our lines precludes anything like
accurate reports from the whole front.
Richmond, June I.—A large force' of Yankee
cavalry made a raid on Ashland to-day.
Persona from the vicinity report that they saw
a column of smoke ascending in the direction of
the town.
Severe fighting has taken place to- day on our
right.
All reports from the front favorable.®
Press reporters will doubtless send particulars
to-night.
Mobile, June I.—A special to the Advertiser
from Senatobia, June 1, says that Northern dates
of the 28th contain many comments on late Fede
ral reverses and prognosticate Grant's success with
new movements.
| jThe Metropolitan Record says the results are
damaging to Federal pride, and believes the South
can never be'conquered, that their recent successes
make it undeniable that thoy have already
achieved their independence.
The Ohio Crisis estimates the loss in cereals in
consequence of the reduction of labor in Ohio at
twelve million bushels.
The Now York Tribune states that a’large num
ber of officers have resigned. 2000 were drafted
in Cincinnati recently, of which 16 signified their
willingness to serve, and the balance paid out or
got off on medical certificates.
Richmond, June I.—The N. Y. Tribune gives
the particulars of an affray at the hotel in Wash
ington between Voorhees and Senator Chandler,
in which the latter was roughly handled. The
collision grew out of remarks at the table by
Chandler against the Copperheads.
Richmond, June I.—The has passed a
bill regulating impressments, with amendments
not affecting the main object of the measure, viz:
The transfer of the power of impressments, with
limitations, from the military authorities to tithe
collectors.
It also passed the Senate bill authorizing the
appointment of additional quartermasters and
commissaries.
The House was occupied in the farther consid
eration of the bill amending the tax act, and va
rious hills and resolutions were introduced.
General Beauregard’s forces now occu
py a line some three or four miles East of
the railroad, having forced the enemy
East of Turkey Bend on James river.—
Our right rests on the Appomattox and
our left on the James. The enemy will
soon be compelled to abandon the Bermu
da Hundred Neck altogether, as there is
now scarcely room for him to even bh.
vouac an army on the contracted space
left to him. Every day his situation
grows more and more precarious.
Suppression of the New York Journal
of Commerce and World.— The Herald of
the 24th says: “It was reported yesterday
that the District Attorney, Mr. Hall, had re
ceived orders from Governor Seymour to in
stitute legal proceedings against the parties
directly implicated in the suppression of the
World and Journal of Commerce, and the mil
itary occupation of the premises of these pa
pers. Mr. Hall, however, had received no
such orders up to six o’clock yesterday even
ing, but he did receive a telegraph dispatch
from the Governor notifying him that a letter
of instructions was on its way to him upon
that subject.
In thp Yankee House of Representatives on
thfc 234, Mr. Pruyn, on behalf of the opposi
ion members from New York, asked leave to
tntroduce a resolution declaring ‘that the
conduct of the executive authority of the gov
ernment, in closing the offices and suppres
sing/the publication of the World and Journal
of Commerce, newspapers in the city of New
York, under the circumstances which have
been placed before the public, wa3 an act un
warranted in itself, .dangerous to the causa of
the Union, in violation of the constitution, and
subversive of the principles of civil liberty,
and siiOh is hereby censured by thi3 House.”
Objection was made, whereupon Mr. Pruyn
moved a suspension of the rules, which was
disagreed to by a vote of nfij-four against
seventy-nine. Afterwards, Mr. Pruyn asked
permission to print the statement, on behalf
of the opposition members from New York ;
but prompt objections was raised by the re
publicans.
♦ ♦
A gentleman from Jasper county, Miss., informs
the Meridian Clarion that Nathan D. Terral, a
deserter ana desperate outlaw, was hung at Paul
ding on Sunday night, the 22d.
New Commander at Savannah. —The dis
tinguished Major General McLaws has ar
rived in Savannah, where he assumes com
mand, relieving Major Gen. Gilmer.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Rats. —No one nowadays ean be supposed to be
thoroughly oonversant with the rudiments of a
practieal and polite education, unless his opportu
nites Rave led him to form an opinion of rats. No
question is oftener asked than “what is your opin
ion of rats ?” and he who is incompetent to give an
intelligent response to the query, is set down as
being deficient in a very important branch of hu
man knowledge. We have long had an opinion of
our own on this interesting little animal but was
never fully aware of their wonderful instinct and
sagacity until yesterday. At DeGraffenreid’s old
copper there is an old brick building in which
there is stored a quantity of government corn.—
This corn presses down against the street door,
under which there is an aperture large enough to
render the corn visible from the outside. An old
sow having made the discovery, daily goes to the
door, and uses all the skillful manoeuvring known
to the porcine fraternity to induce the corn to slide
under the door to the outside, where she seems to
enjoy it much. But, says one—“what's this got
to do with rats ?” Holdgpn, friend, we are just
paving the way for a lucid explanation of the
“pint.” Well, yesterday morning, while survey,
ing the movements of this “taciturn female of the
porcine genus,” our attention was directed to five
or six regular-built, old-fashioned rats, with elon
gated “narratives,” (by the way, can any of our
readers inform us whether this appendage is for
ornament or utility) on the outside of the door, all
of which were industriously engaged to thwart
the efforts of Mrs. Sow and keep all the corn
within. They would prance rapidly along the
exposed line, and when seeing a grain in danger
of getting out, they would pull it back with their feet
or mouth. And thus the war went on between
these contending parties for the possession of the
corn. Who would have expected to find so much
“hnman natur” in a rat ? Has any body anything
on hand on this important topic that can beat this ?
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Second Episcopal Congregation. —The Tem
perance Hall wo understand is to be thrown open
hereafter in the organization of the above. It
will be one with Trinity Church, though under the
immediate and joint labors of the Rev. Mr. Stick -
ney. Services are to be held every Sunday at 10
a. m., and Bp. m. The seats are to be free and
thus open to all, and the clergyman is to derive
his support from the weekly offertory in the morn
ing. Thus every one ean do “as he is disposed in
his own heart, not grudgingly or of neeessity, for
God loreth a cheerful giver."
Our Book Table. —We are indebted to those
enterprising publishers, Messrs. Evans <k Cogswell,
of Columbia, for anew, handsomely printed book
with the following title :
The Spirit of Military Ins a jutions, by Marshal
Marmont, Duke of Ragusa—Translated from
the la3t Paris Edition, (1859) and Augmented
by Biographical, Historical, and Military Notes;
with a New Version of Gen. Jomini’s celebrated
Thirty-Fifth. Chapter of Part I, of Treatise on
Grand Military Operations ; by F. Schaller, Col.
22d Regt. Mississippi Infantry Confederate Ar
my. Columbia, S. C. ; Evans & Cogswell.
A Rarity. —There is a firm in Atlanta, who ar«
taking five dollar bills at par. Have we no one
among us willing to make a martyr of himself by
doing the same ? We have one we are very anx
ious to get off.
The City Fathers Waking Up. —The City
Council on Monday evening passed a resolution
against taking water from the city tanks. We are
afraid these venerable fathers don’t worry much
over the statute books, as we understand there is a
law of several years standing against this practice.
About as good a preventative as they could adopt
in this case would bo that resorted to by Mr.
Strupper some time ago—mix tar with the water.
Thereare a number of good things advertised at
114 Broad St. See advertisement.
Young America. —We understand that the
three month’s company being raised by our young
friends, Walter Gordon and Lieut. Sparks is pro
gressing very well. They have upwards of thirty
enlisted. It is to be composed of boys between
15 and 17. Those between those ages wishing to
volunteer will please report at Howell’s store on
Broad St. $25 bounty.
Rain. —A verj- modest attempt was made at
raining yesterday afternoon, but not enough fell
in these parts to do any good. We are needing a
shower very much, and the prospect for one at the
present writing seems good.
Another Collision in Illinois.— The Miss., Cla
rion cays: “Northern papers give accounts of a
very bloody affray that took place recently, in
Egypt, Illinois, between soldiers and copperheads.
It seems a squad of fifteen soldiers of an
regiment, proceeded to a place four miles south of
Xenia, Clay county, Illinois, for the purpose of ar
resting some deserters of their regiment. At a
laylspot on the road, and in the darkness of the
night, they were ambushed by the copperhead
friends of th 9 deserters, in overwhelming numbers.
Over half of the soldiers were shot, some fatally,
and the remainder were obliged to return to Xenia.
The greatest excitement, consequent upon the affair
prevails in that section of the country. The 'anti
war party grows stronger every day, and when Lee
and Johnson slaughter the present Yankee armies,
it will burst out furiously against the present mon
strous administration at Washington.”
The New Is3ue of Georgia Treasury Notes.
In consequence of *the wording of the Georgia
Treasury Notes lately issued, which promises to
pay in Confederate Treasury Notes of the new is
sue, on the 25th December next, we learn that
some speculators have attempted to create the im
pression that such notes are not now, or will not
be receivable in payment of the ensuing taxes or
public dues. We are authorized to say, that, so
far from these notes not being now and hereafter
receivable for taxes and public dues, the State
would prefer to receive them than any other cur
rency for public dues and taxes, as it will save the
State the trouble of redeeming them, as the law pro
vide that the new issue maybe collected from tax
es and public dues.— Macon Telegraph.
An English sailor lately took his child to be
christened, and happening to hold it on the wrong
arm for the clergyman to take it, was asked to
“turn the child,” upon which he turned it face
downward' “No, no,” «aid the parson, turn it,
my good,” when he turned its face uppermost, aa
before. In this dilemma an old post captain sit
ting in the gallery came to rescue, and sung &ut,
“End for end, Jack.” „ .
, , ay, sir, said the sail
or, and pitched his 3on and heir over on the other
arm.
France and tbe United States.
In the Yankee House of Representaties on the
23d inst., Mr. Henry Winter Haris submittod the
following:
Whereas, the following announcement appeared
in the Moniteur, the French official organ, namely:
“The Emperor’s government has received from
that of the t nited_ States satisfactory evidence of
the sense and bearing of the resolution of the House
of Representatives at Washington relative to Mex
ico, and it is known besides that the Senate has in
definitely postponed an examination of the ques
tion, which, in any case, the Executive would not
have sanctioned.”
Therefore.. resolved. That the President commu
nicate to this House, if not inconsistent with the
public interests, any explanation given by .the gov
ernment of the United States to France relative to
the bearing and sense of the resolution relative to
Mexico, which unanimously passed the House on
the 4th of April, 1864.
The resolution was passed almost unanimously
under a suspension of the rule.
The Washington correspondent of the Herald,
referring to this matter says:
A good deal of indignation is felt at the humilia-j
ting position in which such an explanation, if actu- ;
ally made, places the government; and such ah; i
handed assumption, in the face of unanimouTT
tion on the part of the immediate ropresentni;-,.,
the people, can but degrade its authors in th« ?*
of the country and the world. The friends of 0 ?!? 8
administration regard the statement of the 8
as unwarranted by the facts and the more wiiHn
concurred in the resolution, as affording an
tunity to set the administration right .J*
world in this matter. With the suppression
rebellion the United States will assume evenn?®
than its former position and influence in the nff ra
and destinies of the people and governments of gF*
American continent, and the enforcement of «? e
Monroe doctrine will be demanded with a anan- •
ty which will sweep from power any Party onn?i“
mg it, as well as the bogus government whieh ♦ °i 8 '
ing advantage of our domestic difficulties fA,. 1 -
nations arc attempting to establish, in. contV?? !?n
tion of the will of the nations more immeS'
concerned. <UQI y
Army Correspondence ot the
Savannah Republican;
Army Northern Virginia >
Hanover Junction, May 234, r
Yesterday the army took position behind
North Anna river, some twenty-five miles due nr
from Richmond By reference to the m?p there?
der will see that Grant, having moved to the right
of Spottsylvama 0. H„ across the Ny. the northern
branch of the Mattapony, might safely throw ht
army down the east bank of the latter stream -m
our right flank, advancing all the time upon tU
arc of a circle in the direction of Richmond. Gen
Lee was informed of this movement, and succeede!
in checking it momentarily on the evening of tho
19th, when Ewell marched out of the trenches and
struck the enemy in flank .and rear. The Federal
army having been transferred to the east side of the
Mattapony, which it was impossible to prevent and
having commenced to move down and probably
across to the south fide of that river, no alternative
was left Gen. Lee but to make anew disposition of
his own forces. The intervention of the river and
the dense w§ods between the Mat, the Ta, the p 0
and the Ny (from which is derived the name of the
common stream they form, the Mat-ta-po-nv,) af
forded Grant a good screen and enabled him to
conduct the movement with comparative secresy.
South of the Rappahannock, Gen. Lee’s proper
position, as any one of common intelligence can per
ceive, is behind the North Anna or the Pamunkey.
It is stronger than the position at Spottsylvama
H., from whieli all of Grant’s army was unable to"
dislodge him; it gives him a shorter line by one half
to defend and two railroads over which to bring his
supplies. In proportion, too, as the length of his
own line of communications is diminished, that of
his antagonist is increased, unless the latter change
his base from the Rappahannock to York river. It
is hoped that our cavalry forces will be more success
ful in keeping open this shorter line than they
were in protecting the longer one, especially if the
gentry who recently marched from Columbia have
recovered from the effects of their numerous pic
nics on their rout sufficiently to enable them to en
ter with vigor upon the serious work before them.—
It was only two days ago that the enemy cut the
Central Road at Hanover C. H., a disaster and a
humiliation which we might have been spared had
our festive cavaliers not loitered so long on the way.
It is not impossible that these frequent interrup
tions of our communications may have had soma
influence in bringing the army some miles nearer to
Richmond.
If the North Anna and the Pamunkey be our
proper position, why then, it may be asked, did Gen
Lee fight Grant at the 1 Wilderness and Spottsylvr
nia C. II ? His chief reason, I apprehend, was of a
political nature, since he must have foreseen that a
retreat from the Rapidan to the North Anna with
out a battle would have at the same time unduly
encouraged the enemy and discouraged our own
people. Had the topogntphy of the conntry ren
dered it possible to maintain the ground just aban
doned, it would certainly have been better, in a po
litical sense, to have done so, but in no other. Bug
the truth is, the physical geography of all Eastern
Virginia is strongly against us and very much in
favor of the enemy. There is the Chesapeake Bay,
the Potomac, the Rappahannock, the Mattapony,
the Pamunkey, the York, the Chickahominy, the
James, the Appomattox, the Nansemond, and their
wide bays and the narrow peninsulas between them
which give the enemy an advantage that oan hardly
be exaggerated. This great advantage is further
increased by the complete oommand which the ene
my has of all these outlets to the sea, and of the sea
irself, and by the additional circumstance that, with
one or two exceptions, the enemy can neither as
cend any one of these rivers from its mouth, nor de
scend any one of them from its source, without being
brought nearer to Richmond. Indeed, the defence
of Richmond has been a heavy load om Gen. ■ Lee S
back; it has tied him "down to the most difficult
part of the State, naturally, in which to t conduct a
successful defensive or offensive campaign. There
is no occasion for alarm, however, in the present
posture of affairs; on the contrary, there is much to
stimulate our energies and encourage our own
hopes. The condition as well as the position of our
forces.is satisfactory. P- W. A.
The Burning of the Ship Avon, of Bos
ton, by the Florida. —The rebel cruiser Flor
ida destroyed the ship Avon, of Boston, on
the 29th of March, in latitude 14 north, longi
tude 31 west, as before reported in the Herald.
Capt. Howes, his family and five seamen of
the Avon, had arrived at Plymouth on board
a vessel from Mauritious. The Avon wa3
bound to Queenstown|with guano.
Additional particulars of the destruction of
the ship Avon by the pirate Fiorida, show that
efforts were made to sink her by firing shells;
but they were ineffectual, and she was finally
burned. Capt. Howes, family and the crew of
the Avon remained in the Florida till April 4,
when they were transferred to the Francis
Milley, bound to London. Ten of the Avon's
crew joined the Florida, the Captain of which
appeared determined to destroy any other
American ship in the same vicinity.
Siege of Charleston.— 326th day.— We have no
change to report since our last. Twenty-six sheila
were fired at the city Saturday and thirty-threa
Sunday. .Seven shots were fired’at Fort Sumter and
six at our batteries on James’ Island. The enemy’s
encampments on Cole’s and Dixon’s Island remain
about the same. No further demonstrations have
been made. No change in the fleet. The transport
destroyed by Earle’s Battery on the Ashepuo has
been ascertained to be the Nina, formerly of the
New York and Boston lino of steamers. She had
on board both men and horses. It is not known
what the enemy’s loss was in the affair. The general
impression is, however, that the enemy were mov
ing up for the purpose of making a raid, their ob
jeot being frustrated by the disaster to the transpart.
-f Courier, 30th,
Southern Mechanics’Union*
The Southern Mechanics Union will meet at the
room of the Vice President, J A Colvin, in the Ma
sonic Building, this, Thursday evening, at eight
o’clock.
By order of the President.
ISAAC G. DENSON,
June 2—lt Sec’y
FOR SALE AT
114= Bi’oad Street,
Potash, Egrgrs,
Lard, Syrup,
Honey, Dried Fruit,
Cooking Sugar,
Confederate Bar Soap.
Glass Tumblers,
Plough and Clothes’ Fines.
june 2 2t ,
Wanted Immediately,
MARSHALL HOSPITAL, 1
June 2d, 1861. /
I wish to hire immediately three able-bodied ne
gro women without children.
T. A. MEANS,
june 2-4 t Surgeon in Charge.
Sun copy 4 times.
FOREX! GE!
OAAA LBS. GOOD HAMS will be exchanged for
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j pot to W. L. (7LARK.
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Uimiber,
00A Weather-boarding
L’Ltjl/V/l/ and C«nLing, (a portion dressed and
tongued and groved.) For sale by
M. P. ELLIS & CO.
j Columbus, Ga., May 31.—3 t.
JVotlce.
Office Med. Ex. Board for Conscript^,")
, 3d Congressional Dist. Ga. V
Columbus, May 28, 1b64. J
The Board of Surgeons for examination of con
scripts, hold its session daily (Sunday excepted.’
at this office. Office at the Lowell Warehouse.
P. B. MINOR,
my3o ts , Sr. Surg’n Ex. Board.
Office Mobile Sc Girard R. R. f~
Cblumbus, Ga., May sth, ’64. )
Tae Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Company, will be held at the : Office, Girard, Ala.,
on TV ednesday, 6th day of July next, at 11 o’clock,
when the election for President and Directors will
take place.
By order t J. 31. FRAZER, Sec'y.
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A a superior article.
For sale by GREENWOOD & GRAY.
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u Retail.
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