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COLUMBUS TIMES
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paid in advance.
# Change of Schedule.
ON and after Sunday. March 20th. the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows:
, PASSENGER TRAIN'!
Leave Columbus £ 15 P, M.
Arrive at Macon 2 52 A. M.
Leave Macon.... 0 25 P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 5 00 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus .5 30 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 35 P. M.
, W.l>. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee K, R.
Medical Oard.
OR. E. A. HOSSI.
FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe-
I male Infirmary,’’ tenders his services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes
sion.
Special attention will be devoteditothe treatment
of the diseases of wOmem.
Surgical operations performed for
Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapesor Club
Foot, and contraction of tho finders, Strabismus dr
Squinting, Aneurism,tVarix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract and llair Lip; also for the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part
of the body.
Diseases of tha.Gemto-Urinary System, comprsing
the ditferent stages of Ghonorrhoca, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its jprimary
secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms, will receive
particular attention. , . , tl
References given whenever desired as well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans; Oousultation hours every day at his office
in tho Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock
am and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients wil ldo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time will be devoted to visiting personsin
the city.
AiMreas >ll »—»■« E . A .
Columbus. Ga,
N. B.—Persons from a distance having secants
requiring surgica.l or medical treatment, will fee
provi led with comfortable quarters, but in all cases’
will have to furnish their own provisions and bed
ding.
will also bestow particular attention to
the treat merit of tho different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin.—
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Laths, as employed in the hospitals in'Europo and
America, will form a part of my treatment,
feh 11 2m , R. A.R.
*• Notice to Planters and Con
snmerfi of Iron.’*
WE will keep for sale,.for Confederate funds, or
exchange for country produce —such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles,
on hand or made to order:
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 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH,
W o are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes and quantity of Iron, from our IrondWorks
and Rolling Mill in Alabama.
JOHN D. GRAY & CO.,
apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge,
Notice to Planters.
I am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Cotton Yarns,
SUGAR AND OSNABURGS FOR
Bacon Sld.es,
HAMS AAH SHOULDERS,
for supplying the Array.
JNO. J. McKENDREE,
apl 18 2m Agent.
F RICTiO AMATHCES2
’THE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company,
1 have again rosumea 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 constantly supplied.
S. D. THOiff&CO.,
Manufacturers.
N. B.—lt having cost mo about $5,000 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. THO M.
Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf
Aotice !
WANTED at the C. S. Arsenal, Cblumbus, @a.,
Leal her and. Hides,;
in large or small quantities, for which tho market
price will be 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 Mai. Comdg. Arsenal.
-STOVE MOULDERS.””
TW 0 Stove Moulders can get employment at
good wages, by application to
HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga.
Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippian,
copy one month and send bills to this office,
may 6 1m
Notice.
lam desirous of establishing a Library for the
use of the Lee Hospital. Contributions of books,
magazines, Ac., are respectfully solicited.
W. N. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon in Charge,
may 17 ;f Lee Hospital.
C. S. ARSENAL, 1
Columbus, (la.. April 5, 1864. j
notice.
1 WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON
' on equitable terms,
Sugar mills,
Sugar and Sail Kettles,
And all kinds PLANTATION IRON;
Also POWDER.
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of the employees of the Ordnauce Department, at
this place and Richmoud, it is hoped that holders
wil give the Government the preference.
F. i'. HUMPHREYS.
apl7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal.
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
TOOLS.
'PHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
manufacture of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a few doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARRISON,‘.BEDELL A CO.
Reference— Maj. F. W. Dillard.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bills
to this office,
mar 30 ts
City Tax Payers,
T AM instructed by Council to close the books to;
1 receiving CITY TAX RETURNS, on thclstdaj
of July next. All parties not making returns bj
that day will be doubled taxed. ,
My office will continue to be At the .o;
H. Afiddlebrooks, on Broad
may 19 2w Clerk.
:\o(ice.
MRS. MARY il. BENNING is my duly author
ized Agent for the transaction and settlement
of all business concerning the estate of Col, Seaborn
Jones, deceased, >
SEABORN J, BENNING,
Columbus. May 9,4864. lm Adm'r,
tolimte times;
Vol. XI.
J. W. WABRi:\ Sc CO. Proprietors j. XV. U’ARREV, Edit or
CATALOGUE SALE
OF
UQiK liRiItEHIES, «, it.
-A.T ■A.TTOTIO3ST.
BY BEEE Sc CHRISTIAN.
+ ♦ — -
On TUESDAY, 21st day of June next,
at 11 o’clock, in front of our store, Sa
vannah, Ga.,
The following invoices—
-2 puncheons Genuine Holland Gin, 105 gals each
1 do Pure Bourborn Whiskey, 110 gale.
10 cases Pure Jamaica Rum, 100 gallons each
14 bbls do Bourbon Whiskey, 40 do do
16 chests Preston’s fine Scotch Whiskey
25 cases London Dock Gin
75 boxes do do Port Wine
1 bbl Scotch Whiskey
1 bbl, 4 dozen, Old Rye Whiskey
10 doz Duff Gordon’s Old Brown Sherry
20 doz Superior Old Rye Whiskey
5 bbls do do do
2 bbls Jamaica Rum
20 cases Holland Gin
10 cases Cognac Brandy
1 bbl Holland Gin
2 bbls Cognac Brandy
30 bbls Machinery Oil
50 pieces Alex Collie’s Mourning Prints
40 do do do Dark Ground Prints
' 2 cases Bleached Long Cloth
20 cases Blue Mottled Soap
10 boxes Chemical Works Soap
20 boxes English do
323 yards Bunting
46 pairs Iron Clad Shoes ' 9
30 pairs Misses’ Gaiters
2 boxes Borax
Half-bbl Washing Soda
25 doz Fine Tooth Combs
10 kegs Bi Carbonate Soda
3 boxes London Double Crown Yellow Soap, 106
pounds each
8 boxes White Cocoa Nut Soap
22 boxes London bright Yellow Soap
4 pieces se&l skin coating 82 yards.
4 pieces Double Width Grey Cloth.
Terms —In New Currency or its equivalent, or
approved endorsed notes at 60 days with interest
Catalogues will be ready by the 15th of June
next. may 28-til 18th june
CARGO SALE.
BY
JAMES H. TAYLOR.
On Wednesday, June 15 th.
/COMMENCING at 9 o’clock, will be sold in my
corner of Broad and Campbell streets,
Augusta, Ga., a desirable assortment of Goods im
ported in steamer Hansa and other vessels, consis
ting in part of —
10 casos—Foolscap Paper;
Letter Paper, Ruled;
Note Paper Ruled;
Buff, Cream and White Envelopes;
Large Yellow Wove Post Paper;;
Thin Cream Laid Post Paper.
50 cases—Light Fancy Prints ;
Dark Fancy Prints ;
Madder Fast Color Prints ;
Black and White Prints ;
Chintz and Shirting Prints ;
Purple and Lavender Prints.
5 cases—Earlston Ginghams ;
Solid Checked Ginghams;
Plain and Fancy Ginghams.
21 cases —36 in. Bleached Shirting;
Fine Cambric Shirting;
33 inch Long Cloth ;
40 inch Pillow Case Cotton.
1 case—Printed French Lustres.
Bcases—lrish Linen Fronting;
100 inch Linen Sheeting;
Inch Shirting, Linen.
6 cases— Organdie Muslins :
Fancy Printed Muslins ;
Black and White Muslins ;
1 case—Expansion Skirts.
10 cases—Madder Square Handkerchiefs;
Medium Madder Handkerchiefs ;
Cochineal Handkerchiefs ;
Printed Turkey Red Handkerchiefs;
Cambric Handkerchiefs.
5 cases —Ladies' white Cotton Hose ;
Mens’ Half Hose.
2 cases—Black Alpacas.
1 case—Crepe Moietie ;
1 case—6-4 Fancy Cassimeres;
3 Bales—Red Flannel;
Magenta and Plaid Fiarnel.
2 cases—Union Stripes.
10 cases—Best Sewing Needles ;
Hair Pins, Crochet Needles;
Spool Cotton, Pen Holders.
2 cases—English Pins.
4 cases —Bone Buttons;
# Looking
5 cases —Pocket Knives ;
Table Cutlery;
Shoe Hammers, Pincers, Ac.
1000 pair—Leaf Cotton Cards.
40 cases—Straw Hats ;
Super White Felt Hats :
Youths’ Hats and Caps;
Wool Hats, super.
4 barrels—Best Writing Ink ;
20 kegs—Bi-Carbonate Soda ;
50 cases—Super Brandy ;
25 cases “Old Tom” Gin,
10 cases—Sparkling Champagne;
25 cases—Ale and Porter : »
3 barrels-Whiskey ;
30 bags—Sifted Black Pepper :
' 5 chests —Oolong Tea:
5 bags—Rio Coffee :
5 bags-Prepared Chicory:
40 cases-Assorted Drugs:
5 kegs-810 lb. nett Cream Tartar, warranted
pure;,
18 kegs-112 lb. each, Eng. Epsom Salts, asst’d :
25’drums-1000 lb. Bals. Copaiva, strictly pure
10 cases-Ladies and Mens’ Shoes;
10 doz. —Patent Leather.
ALSO,
•
50 bales—4-4 Brown Sheetings:
7-85 'wn Sheetings ;
7-SBi v Drillings.
Conditions, cash* -i delivery. »
may 23-l'6t JAMEft H. TAYLCHL
Columbus, Ga., Friday Horning, June 3,1834.
Thursday Evening.
For City Sexton,
R. T. SIMONS is a candidate for the offiee of
City Sexton. Election Saturday next, June 4th.
may 30tde
To tlie Planters!
The demand on this Section from the Army for
Corn is pressing and heavy. Our stock on hand is
nearly exhausted.
I earnestly beg every planter to [deliver at his
•nearest depot, on Rail Road or River, fifty to five
hundred bushels of Shelled Corn, to be consigned to
me within the next ten days; of which notify me. —
Sacks will be forwarded or delivered as ordered.
. I know the great press upon Planters at this sea
son in cultivating crops, but the urgent necessity of
our army, at this tiiqp, makes the above request
necessary.
I trust every planter will respond promptly, to his
utmost ability.
A. M. ALLEN,
Maj. and C. S.
may 31 5t
[for the times.]
We notice an article in tho local column of the En
quirer, (of yesterday) stating that the “Local” ;had
conversed with several patients of the convalescent
camp m this city. Upon their authority he states
they get but two meals a day. We beg leave to
state to the public that his authority .has made a
false statement in this particular, and, further, they
have had extra rations issued to them by the Post
Surgeon (G. B. Douglas), As regards the young
man who is now in charge of the camp. He has been
for eight years a successful practitioner, a graduate
of one of the best colleges in North America and
has for some time been in Hospital, and under
stands well the duties of his laborious office and does
all in his power to render the sick of his charge
comfortable and agreeable; further, he has no ob
jection to the Ladies feeding his convalescing pa
tients in person if they wish. E.
Near Germanna Ford, Ramseur’s (N. C.) brigade
had to contend with Indian sharpshooters of the
Ojibwa tribe, from the State of .Michigan; and our
men captured a number of Indian moccasins and
other beaded work. •
mi • m*
Reinforcements for Sherman. —A special
dispatch to the Mississippian, dated Jackson, May
26th, states that a gentleman just from Port Gib
son, reports that nineteen transports, with Gen. A.
J. Smith’s division on board from Alexandria,
passed Rodney on Monday evening. They are
supposed to be en route to reinforce Sherman.
The Chicago Times of the 23d t ays : “It must
be confessed that the close of the third week is,
upon the whole, neither flattering nor promising
to the National arms. Strike out Sherman’s suc
cess, and the record would tell heavily against the
North in Virginia. Our armies are substantially
to-day where they were on the first week of the
campaign. Grant, since he met Lee, is not a rod
nearer the rebel capital. Butler is safe in his en
trenchments, protected by gunboats on his flanks-
In six battles, in which the entire Federal forces
have been engaged, Butler and Seigel have both
been defeated; and Grant, after tremendous ef
forts and costly sacrifices, ha3 only retained his
position. His loss is unparalleled in the record of
war. Within three weeks near 8,000 have been
killed, 48,000 wounded, and 6,000 captured. De
spite three years of tremendous slaughter, the
rebel armies seem greater than ever.”
A dispatch to the State Journal, dated Kins
ton, N. C., May 27th, says that a raiding party
of Col. Ripley’s Yankee cavalry, moved on
Thursday last toward the Wilmington & Wel
don railroad from Shepardsville, and were
repulsed at Smith’s mills, Onslow county, by
one section of Starr’s battery of artillery, and
some cavalry, under Colonel Beard, of Folly’s
regiment of infantry, Colonel Jackson com
manding. The raiders were driven back in
confusion.
♦ —♦—
We find the following items in the At
lanta Register of the Ist.
Captured U. S. Mules.— We saw
yesterday, passing up Whitehall street, a
drove of mules, with the brand “U. S.”
upon them. Upon inquiry we learned
that they were a portion of the mules
captured by Gen. Wheeler in his raid
upon Cassville in the rear of the enemy.
The mules were the poorest and most mis
erably jaded animals we have seen for
many a day, and if they are a fair speci
men of the balance in Sherman’s army,
his transportation must be upon its last
legs.
Yankee Prisoners for Americus.
Two hundred and fifty-seven Yankees
were sent down upon the Macon train this
morning, for Americus. Among the offi
cers were Lieut. Col. Stewart, Ist Indiana
Cavalry, Captain C. L. Unithank, 11th
Kentucky Cavalry, and Chaplain B.
Whitney, 104th Ohio.
There are now only 26 Yankees out at
the Atlanta Barracks.
Memphis Reported Evacuated.—
An intelligent gentleman, writing us from
Macon, Miss., under date of May 28th,
says, “the scouts and people persistently
assert that Memphis has been evacuated
by the enemy. Two scouts from Summer
ville, who assured me that steamers had
ascended the Mississippi freighted with
guns and munitions. For ten days the
city has been hermetically sealed. Neith
er ingress nor egress is permitted.”
Personal. —Major General Mansfield
Lovell, C. S. A., arrived in our city night
before last, en route,' so we understand,
for the front.
The Cincinnati Commercial’s corres*
poruient at Resac-a on the 14th says : The
heaviest fighting of the campaign occur
red to-day, though indecisive in results.
Judaith’s division was badly cut up.
Miles’ brigade losing nearly half its
men.
Hooker’s lost heavily.
The total losses on the 16th are esti
mated at from 4,000 to 5.000 wounded.
The killed amount to 800.
The rebel loss is as great, if not greater.
Nearly four thousand prisoners and des
erters were captured.
[Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal.]
From the Front.
A Bull Campaign full of Sound and Fury, Signi
fying yothing—lts Pointless Character—the Va
cillation of the Enemy — Gen. Johnston's Reticence
and Foreign Criticism—The Situation—The
Prospect of a more Definite Course of Events,
d'c.
Line of Battle, New Hope Churoh. )
Monday Morning, May 30, 1864. /
I have observed a. general opinion in official
circles to regard the present campaign a rival
with all others for the palm of inanity. It is
like a water moccasin, which creeps along in
shapeless angles and is covered with vague,
dull spots. No point has been made; nothing
gained or lost; only manoeuvers from day to
day for position. Os course I am speaking of
the campaign in its personal aspect. Its mil
itary character is to be judged by a far differ
ent standard, and all agree that, in this re
spect, it is quite secure from criticism. The
comments to which we are informed it has
been exposed in Richmond excite merely a
smile of complacency from those who compre
hend some of the motives of the commanding
general. That officer is said to possess skill
in keeping his own counsel; but, despite this
faculty, the most superficial looker-on is able
to detect a little wisdom in the abandonment
of Dalton, a knack at strategical ability in the
battles ofßesaca, and even a moderate display
of generalship in the selection of the present
line, to say nothiqg at all about the general
morale of the troops and their operation in
the field. Gen. Johnston holds his own like
a philosopher and a hero, and it is well, per
haps, that neither he nor his soldiers pay much
attention to foreign criticism. As for Atlan
tean panics, they never fail to act as an anti
dote against the prevailing lethargy of inter
est, for when the risibles are disturbed the
heart is easy and free.
But I trifle. My design was to explain to
you how utterly undefined the situation re
mains up to the present moment, and there
fore how causeless all the excitement. Why,
you hear upon the streets of Atlanta reports
which would make a soldier’s hair to stand
“like quills upon the fretful porcupine,” but
to whose marvels the citizen lends the most
pliant ear. To day the two armies face each
other iu line of battle. They are pitching
quoits (rather ugly ones, it is true,) at each
other, varied with games of bo-peep and hide
and seek, but, with the exception of the com
bat of New Hope Church and Cleburne’s splen
did encounter, there has been no Serious ac
tivity. Every night there is an alarm, but we
aie so ceaselessly on the alert that no effort
to catch us napping has the ghost of a chance
to succeed. Indeed, in this connection, let
me say that I have never known such sleep
less vigilance in the midst of exposure and fa
tigue as characterizes the officers of the army
of Tennessee.
The purposes and posture of the enemy are
involved in some obscurity, but I think they
clearly meditate a flank movement upon our
extreme left, and retain my opinion, expressed
ten days ago, that the great battle, if there be
one at all, will occur upon the Chattahoochee,
between Atlanta and West Point. But Gen.
Sherman has had ; a hard road to travel. He
left Chattanooga with one hundred thousand
men. A garrison of eight thousand remained
behind. In the various struggles for position
he has lost full fifteen thousand men. The
reserve guard has been called up to the front,
and between the actual deficit in killed,
wounded and missing, and the troops neces
sarily expended upon his line of communica
tion, he now faces us with a line reduced to
eighty thousand. He has been reinforced al
so by Stone’s cavalry from Kentucky, but
they are constantly running away. Two hun
dred and fifty of them deserted at Athens, in
East Tennessee.
It sounds like an “old, old story,” to speak
so the spirit of the army, but I assure you
that it is as intrepid as it was when we shot
death and defiance from the embankment at
Rocky Face. New troops have arrived, and
their full ranks arid enthusiasm keeps the pot
boiling. The inanity which deprives our dai
ly life of its hue and color, by no means robs
us of the vehemence which is essential to mil
itary prowess. We are tired, certainly, dis
gusted with child’s play and noise, |but un
daunted and strong as ever, and eagerly look
ing to the day of results.
While I am writing, an amusing colloquy is
in progress near the camp-fire between old
Joyce, the scout, and a pert young buttermilk
ranger:
Buttermilk—“ What sort o’ gun’s that, ole
man?”.
Old Joyce—“ That's a volcanic rifle.”
Buttermilk.—“ How many times will it
shoot ?”
Old Joyce—“ Ten thousand times if you
keep it long enough.”
Buttermilk—Yes, but I mean without load
ing
Old Joyce—Nary time.”
Buttermilk—“ You’re smart old man.”
Old Joyce—“ Well, you aint a very smart
boy to ask such questions.”
Exit Buttermilk in disgust.
The fancy work I begin to believe is now
over. The two armies are getting “down to
it” in earnest, and “on all fours.” The coun
try over which they are operating is bleak and
barren enough, heaven knows. Sterile sand
hills, muddy pools of water, stunted shrubs.
There is little of picturesqueness about the
scene, save where the lost mountain breaks
off among the Altoona ridges, or the deep ra
vine stretches out from New Hope church.
Transportation is difficult and hard-tack is
the soldiers only fare. The air is never silent
from the ring of rifle or the explosion of shell.
Stern, harpy faces meet you everywhere. No
pomp, no circumstance, but plenty of powder
soot, dirt and pluck. “Good enough for sol
diers,” as Col. Oladowski very justly observes.
Waverly.
We have heard it hinted before, says
the Wilmington Journal, that there was
something like foul play connected with
the capture of the Robert E. Lee, (for
merly the Giraffe,) and the following from
the Halifax (N. S.) Journal of the 29th
April, seems to give color to the accusas
tion:
We understand that the American
Consul at this port has been endeavoring
to bribe the engineers and other officers
on board the Confederate steamers in this
port to betray their trust, as it is believed
he was only too successful in doing in the
case of the Robert Lee. He succeeded
in gaining admittance to the City of Pe
tersburg the other day without the Cap
tain’s knowledge; and we are requested
by Captain .Fuller to state that when he
repeats his visit he will be provided with
a speedy passage -to the bottom of the
dock, with a sinker upon him sufficient
to keep him there. This is dignified
work certainly, for u representative of a
nation which claims to be civilized—the
playing of the role of the apv, and resort'*
ing to bribery.
$4.00 Per Month
All Important Measure-
We learn that the Special Joint Committee of
the two Honses of Congress have matured and
will report to-day, a bill designed to faeilitate the
obtaining of supplies by the Government, and to
make the burthens of contribution bear more uni
formly and equally upon the people. To this end
the bill provides, as its principal feature, that:
Every person now bound to pay a tax in kind
shall, in addition to the one-tenth at present re
quired, deliver to the Confederate Government, of
the products of the present year and of the year
1865, one other tenth of tho several products so
required, to be ascertained, assessed and collected
in the manner provided by the existing law, and
to be paid for by the post quartermasters in the
several districts, on delivery, at the assessed value
thereof
Supplies necessary for the support of the pro
ducer and his family, and to carry on his ordinary
business, are exempted from the contribution re
quired; and if the amount necessary cannot be
agreed on between the assessor and producer, it is
to be ascertained by disinterested freeholders of
the vicinage.
The Secretary of War may, at his discretion,
exempt any district or locality from the obliga
tions of the act, and he may authorize the sale of
provisions by public agents charged with the duty
of providing for the families of soldiers—such
sales to be made at the prices paid by the Govern
ment.
Should the necessities of the service demand still
further supplies of food oy forage than are so ob
tained, or may be obtaiued by purchase, then im
pressments may be made—but the right and duty
of making impressments is confided exclusively to
the officers and agents charged in tho several dis
tricts with the assessment and collection of the tax
in kind, and all officers and soldiers are expressly
prohibited from interfering with these officers and
agents. Articles impressed are to bo paid for by
the post quartermaster, and it is made the duty of
that officer to equalize and apportion impress
ments within their districts so as to avoid oppress
ing any portio* of the community.
If any one other than the Tax-in-Kind collect-*
ors attempt to make impressments, he is made pun
ishable by fines not exceeding fire times the
amount of property impressed, and imprisonment
not exceeding five years.— Richmond Whig, 23 th.
The War News. —A courier arrived lagt
evening from Gen. Beauregard's headquarters,
and reported that the prevailing quiet on the
Southside remained unbroken, save by a
slight cannonading in the distance, which was
supposed to proceed from the gunboats down
the river. Butler continues to amuse himself
and buoy up the spirits of the North, by
sending thither accounts of battles which
never took place, and victories which he nev
er won. The Beast is evidently afraid to lot
his true situation be known to his Yankee
masters.
FROM GEN. LEE S ARMY.
No official dispatches from Gen. Lee were
furnished for publication yesterday. The
press correspondent, however,, reports that
Grant has recrossed the North Anna, and is
again on the move, it is supposed, in the di
rection of our right; and we have it on good
authority that he has thrown a force of in
fantry and cavalry across the Pamunkey at
Hanover Town, about twenty miles from
Richmond, in a northeasterly direction. This
is the direct route to the Peninsula, and would
seem to indicate that Grant has abandoned,
as hopeless, his project of getting to Rich
mond by the Northern line of operations. It
would be imprudent, at this juncture of af
fairs, to give publicity to the movements of
our army, but the people may rest assured
that they are dictated by wisdom and guided
by a master head.
Beyond the “strategic movements,” above
alluded to, and some skirmishing, nothing of
interest occurred on the lines yesterday.
[Richmond Dispatch , 28(/t.
Miscegenation.— That the Yankees may
see in what light their favorite doctrine is held
by Mississippians, we publish the following
act by the legislature :
AN ACT to amend the Criminal Laws in rela
tion to Adultery and Fornication.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State, of Mississippi, That if any man or
woman shall live together in unlawful cohab
itation, whether the same be in adultery or
fornication, and whether the woman be slave
or free, either party so offending, shall be fined
in any sum not less than one thousand dollars,
and imprisoned not more than twelve months,
at the discretion of the court: Provided that
this section shall not authorize the indictment
and punishment of any slave.
- Sec. 2. Be it further enacted , That in any
indietment under the first section of this act
it shall not be necessary to charge who is .the
owner of said slave, or to jwove the ownership
as alleged, but it shall be sufficient if the in
dictment charge that the female with whom
the cohabitation is alleged is a white woman,
free negro, or a slave, as the case may be.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted , That this act
shall take effect and be in force from and aft
er its passage.
Approved, August G, 1861.
Singular Incident.— The Richmond Sentinel
relates a singular incident of the battle field at
Drewry’s Bluff. A Surgeon, who was searching
the field for the wounded that he might minister
to their needs, observed a man in a kneeling posi
tion, with his gun to bis shoulder, pointing to the
front, his left eye closed, and having all the ap
pearance of life. Upon examination he was found
to be dead, a ball having passed through his brain,
at. the moment, when, resting on hi3 left knee, he
had taken sight at the foe. It is very remarka
ble, that so rigid was the corpse, some force was
required to remove the gun from his grasp. He
proved to be a member of the 29th Va. Regiment
of infantry.
Federal Losses in Virginia. —An army cor
respondent of the Richmond Dispatch of the 27th,
says :
As showing the extent to which the Yankee ar
my has been cut up in the recent engagements, I
give you the following figures in regard to the
losses sustained by a Massachusetts regiment in
the late fights. They are official and were taken
from the pockets of an Adjutant who was cap
tured :
The regiment went into action on the 6th
with 464
Lost this day, 257
l ■ ..
Leaving on duty 207
Lost ort the 12th 101
* 168
Lo3t on the 13th 24
82 !
It began the campaign with thirteen line and
two field officers, and now has one field and two
line officers. Some- of their prisoners say this is a !
fair example of the losses in all the regiments. j
Among the promotions in the army are Cols.
Lerrv, of Va., and Evans, of Ga., to be Brigadier
Generals.
Arrival of Yankee Prisoners.—On Monday
evening fifteen Yankee prisoners arrived in this
city by the Gulf train. These men were abortion
of the crew us the U. S. steamer Columbian, cap
tured a few days since on the St. John’s river.—
Between fifty and sixty negroes, captured on the
same steamer, have arrived at Lake City, where
they are at present retained. The greater portion
of these negroes are runaways from North Caroli
na, and we hope our authorities will take good
care of them. The white prisoners who have ar
rived, were surprised to find that their tare should
be so abundant. They w-re under the impression
that the people of the South were on the verge of
starvation. —1 **.
2 3 L 23 SRAPSIS .
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
™L?y J- 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest from Virginia,
Richmond, June 2.—-The following has been,
received:
Headers Army Northern Virginia, ]
June Ist, 1864, }
To the Secretary of War :
There has been skirmishing along the line*
to-day. Anderson and Hoke attacked the
enemy this forenoon and drove him to his en
trenchments. This afternoon the enemy at
tacked Heth, and was handsomely repulsed by
Cook's and Kirklands Brigades.
Breckenridge and Mahone drove the enemy
from their front, taking 150 prisoners.
A force of infantry is reported to hare ar
rived at Tunstall’s from the White House, ex
tending up York River railroad. They state
they belong to Butler's forces.
[Signed] R. E. LEE.
Richmond, June 2.— Only a small force of
Yankees were in the attack yesterday. Very
little damage done.
The main body Was attacked and defeated
by Lomax.
An official dispatch from Johnston, dated
New Hope, Ist, says the army is in a healthy
condition, and in a partial engagement, has
has had great advantage.'
The enemy’s cavalry and crausportion an
imals are represented to be in a suffering con
dition.
Richmond, Juno 2.—The Philadelphia Inquirer
of the 30th has been received.
Dispatches irom Grant’s army is filled with gas
conade, and say that Lee is out-goneraled, and
whole army is across the I’amunkey moving on
to Richmond.
Dispatches from Georgia are unimportant.—
Many sharp encounters but nothing decisive.
Gold closed at 188.
Richmond, June 2. —Hoke’s division encoun
tered the enemy’s left yesterday morning and in
flicted heavy _loss, capturing* a battery, stand
of colors, and a number of prisoners.
Col. Lawrence Keitt, of S. C., was severely
wounded yesterday. * •
We elip the following items from the Richmond
Dispatch, of the 28 th ;
Gen. Longstreet.— We learn from Gen. Long
street’s Medical Director, that the General has so
far recovered that in three weeks he will take the
field at the head of his corps. This n’cws will bo
grateful to the army and country. #
The North Carolina House of Commons, in
which a large “Conservative” majority is claimed,
passed a resolution Monday expressing confidence
in and endorsing the acts of President Davis.
[Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal.]
The Bloodiest Little Fight oft he
War.
Seven Hundred Yankee Dead Left on the Field —
Granbury and Hit Texant — Cleburne's Divis
ion— Casualties, etc.
On the Battle-Field, 1
Sunday, May 29—12 o’clock M. J
I have just returned from a spectacle the
most bloody mine eyes ever beheld.
Along a line of about one hundred yards,
direetly in front of our right extreme, and over
a broken woodland, lie the dead bodies of 700
Yankees, heaped in confused piles of two,
three and half a dozen.
They fell on Friday afternoon.
The fight which led to this splendid re3ult
began about 5 o’clock p, m. The men of Gran
bury’s brigade of Texans were at rest in line
of battle, unprotected by stockade or rifle pits,
and hardly expecting an advance, when their
pickets descried a body of the enemy moving
up the hill through the rough timber. They
approached in an easy, nonchalant manner,
bearing a white flag. As soon as this was
perceived, orders were given to reserve fire,
and they actually came within thirty paces of
our line. It was a heavy column, supported
by two lines of reserve, and the Texans—des
pite the peaceful symbol and truculent signs
thrown out—were not slow to detect the
snare.
They were in thirty paces before us, and one
of their officers cried out “You’re surrounded;
surrender.” There was a single, instantaneous
reply. Along our whole line leaped the fire
from twelve hundred trusty Texan rifles, while
Keys opened an enfilading fire with a howitzer
on their left. A sanguinary conflict ensued,
reaching more or less across Cleburne’s front,
but falling principally upon Granbury. It
lasted until 8 o’clock. At that hour the enemy
fled precipitately,
They lost 2500 wounded, and left us 200
prisoners and 700 dead bodies to put in the
ground.
The sight is horrible. For an hundred yard3
you can scarcely tread without stepping over
the mangled forms. Most of them are shot
through the head. One fellow was examined
and found to have received forty-seven balls.
Another received seventeen. Another twelve.
The marksmanship was wonderful. Coolly
these Texans went to work, repulsing an en
tire corps in three hours. It was the corps of
Major Gen. Howard.
The figures above are not exaggerated; if
anything they are understated.
Our los3, 300 or 400. *
This magnificent fight has electrified the
whole army. Throughout yesterday the bloody
field was visited by hundreds, who all declare
it unexampled. The reason for the compara
tively small loss on our side may be attribu
ted solely to the perfect aim of the Texans.
Gen. Cleburne, commanding, was on the field,
and displayed hi3 usual resolution, grace and
skill.
Gen. Granbury’s adjutant general was kill
ed. AI3O, Capt. Harris, inspector to General
Vaughn, and Capt. Donelson of the 15th Ten-*
uessee.
On yesterday afternoon Gen. Bate had a fu
rious fight, in which he repelled every charge.
Capt. Vollette of Kentucky, Col. Lamb of the
sth Tennessee, and a Major Joyce, are among
the killed.
The skirmishing in front wa3 very heavy all
through the night. The Yankees are making
a series of night attacks with a view to de
moralizing us. They get the worst of all of
them.
The two armies-confront each other four
miles out of Dallas, forming a crescent from
south-west to north-east.
, A battle may occur at any moment.
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