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J. W. WARREX, “ Editor.
Saturday Morning, June 4, 1864.
Will Sherman Fall Baek?
Why not? He cannot stand still, and it is
equally impossible for him to go on. As long
as he could, or was permitted to, flank John
ston, his “on to Atlanta” was an “easy-going”
thing, as the Yankees would say; but he has
reached a point where every road to that city
is blockaded with live rebels, and flanking
strategy is at a discount. His fate must
henceforth be determined by Liard knocks.
The rebels obstinately refuse to let him pass,
and challenge him to a trial of strength. The
challenge has been accepted and his reeling,
shattered columns tell, plainly enough the ,
result of the bloody arbitrament. In vain j
has he massed his forces upon our left, cen#e j
and right. His concentrated power, hurled j
with all the fury that he could inspire or j
command, has been shivered without making
the least impression upon our lines. There is \
no fortunate “Peninsula” to which he can
slide and transfer his base, as Grant has done.
To move straight forward, or go directly
back, is the harsh alternative that stares him
in the face. We strongly incline to the opin
ion that he will seek safety in flight. But he
may not find it. More than a hundred miles
have to be traversed, through a country stript
of every species of food. His horses are worn
out and useless. He has cavalry no longer.
He is compelled to make his way back over
the country roads, and marches in column, of
course. A detachment of Confederate horse
men intercepts his march and shoots down
the head of his column. He forms in line of
battle to receive or make the attack, and the
Confederates retire. About a mile further on
the manoeuvre is repeated, and, his progress
thus # delayed, he will do well, even with no
other hindrance, to make ten miles a day.
But in the meantime, John3ton is not idle in
his rear. He overtakes, attacks and scatters
the retreating army. The reader can fill out
the details of the picture, but if he can place
Sherman back in Chattanooga With more than
a demoralized fragment of an army his ingen
uity exceeds ours. *
struggles manfully against despair,
but he is bound to go under. If any body
doubts it, let him read our dispatches this
morning. If Lincoin don’t take care, Lee’s
invincible host will outvote the whole Repub
lican party in the Baltimore convention. ‘
Uorresponeenee of the Times.
Line of Battle, 1
near Dallas, Paulding county, Ga., >■
May 31st, 1864. j
Ed. Times : Twenty-five days successive
marching, fighting, entrenching—pretty severe
work for soldiers even, you will say—all sub
mit cheerfully, however, satisfied that the goal
of our ardent hopes lies just before us. Inde
pendence and peace is our watchword, .let the
road to it be ever so arduous or dangerous.
We left Allatoona on the 25th, and moved
south-west to Dallas about twenty miles, to
intercept McPherson and Logan’s Corps, who
were moving down to our left by an excellent
road leading to Atlanta. Our division (Bate’s)
arrived just in time to meet their advance ;
lively skirmishing ensued, and we anticipated
a fight during the day. The enemy disap
pointed us. During the day a squad of their
cavalry disguised in Confederate uniform
dashed past our line of pickets,' capturing
Adjt. Hunt and Lieut. Turner, and Private
Hood. Hunt and Turner Escaped. The mis
creants finding they could not carry their
prisoners, they attempted to murder them,
but fortunately their repeaters missed fire and
they returned to our lines uninjured. Our
battalion of sharpshooters, than whom none
arc better or braver, felt chagrined, and Capt.
T. R. Kendall, Cos. A, took charge of a scouting
party, and succeeded in finding their rear,
he was forbrdden, however, to fire a gun. He
could have captured the whole batch of ruf
fians had he been permitted. I have known
this excellent man and officer for two years.
In the many engagements which have marked
the period he has always been found at the post
of danger and duty. For gallantry at Chicka
mauga and again at Mission Ridge, he was
promoted to the captaincy of his present com
pany. May he and his brave command long
live to enjoy an honorable peace !
Although the armies confront each other,
still no general attack has been made. Occa
sionally a move is made upon some part of
our line, usually at night. Cheatham’s, Cle
burne’s and our divisions, have sustained'sev
eral of these attacks. Cleburne, with his
usual good fortune, founded anew Golgotha,
a little to our right.
They approached in six or eight heavy col
umns, and he permitted the first line to come
near enough for them to demand a surrender.
About 6,000 muskets replied to the demand,
and as many killed and wounded Yankees re
ceived his reply. Os course they broke and
fled the field, hotly pursued by liis brave di
vision. Night before last they attempted our
position •„* we held our fire, determined to end j
the partially at least—but no amounts of
Cursing, coaxing, or driving, oil the part of
their leaders, would induce them to come out
of the woods, and our skirmishers went out
and drove .them off. Quite a number came to
our lines aiong with our pickets. They were
so drenched with whiskey that they vomit like
dogs. So far, the advantage is greatly upon
our side. Our losses in killed and wounded,
may be 5,000, — hardly more—whilst their’s
were up into the twenties.
I hardly think a general engagement will
occur on our present line. The nature of the
country is very unfavorable. The undergrowth
is so dense that it would be impossible for a
line of battle to move through it with any
certainty or precision. I think the enemy
will fall back, and when he does, the funny
part of the campaign will go with us.
So far, the loss of the Regiment has been
light. Seventy-five or eighty killed and woun
ded; and no casualties in this Cos. K, until to
day. Private Mike Cleariday, of Columbus,
wounded tolerably severe in the left hip , Pri
vate H. T. Raeriney, Houston county, severely
in shoulder.
I will write again as occasion offers. All
well, hopeful, defiant.
B. M. Denson was killed about an hour since;
J. W. Moors mortally wounded.
ORDERLY.
The War in Virginia.
Frera the Richmond Sentinel of the
30th we obtain the following :
CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT.
There was a heavy cavalry engagement
on Saturday at or near Hawes' Shop, on
the road from Mechanicsville to Hanover
Town, about seven miles beyond the for
mer place and five miles this side of the
latter. The enemy's cavalry were in great
strength, nor were we ourselves deficient.
On both sides the troops dismounted for
the fight.
The enemy’s skirmishers were swiftly
driven in, and by a charge from our line
his troops were dislodged from the cover
i under which they sheltered, which was
i taken possession of by our men. Inree
! attempts were made by the enemy to re
cover the position lost, but every assault
was repulsed. The fight, which com
menced at about nine o’clock m the mor
ning had his ted until about half past four
i when Warren’s (Fifth) corps of infantry
I was sent by Grant to. the support of his
I cavalrymen. Our cavalrymen thereupon
fell back about a mile, and Jook position
on a creek, where they were not fallowed.
Our retreat was under good cover, and it
is believed to have been made without
loss.
The troops on our side were commanw
ded by Gfcn. Wade Hampton, who put in
the troops magnificently. Our soldiers
fought with exemplary coolness and spirit
and must have inflicted very heavy loss
on the enemy. As an illustration of the
severity of the combat and the character
of the fighting, a soldier who had fired
forty-five cartridges, did not fire one withs
out seeing his man, and taking good aim
at him. •
The object of the enemy’s cavalry was
probably to mask the movements of
Grant’s infantry behind them ; but the
manner in which they were defeated anti
driven by our cavalrymen compelled
Grant to show his other force.
We have learned of a few of our casu
alties, as follows :
Fourth Regiment, Cos. H—Killed :
Serg’t Jas. G. Wheatley. Wounded:
Francis Childs, in head, slightly; Robs
ert E. Crossen, hip; Henry Hunton,
shoulder; Johuze Tongne, *foot; John
Follin, leg; Edward Martin, throat. Cos
A.—Thomas W. Marders, killed. Amos
Benson wounded.
The battle was a heavy one, and the
loss considerable on botKsides.
LATER —POSITION OF GRANT’S ARMY.
An official dispatch, received last ev«
ening, is to the effect that the ewemy are
in front of Atlee’s. This position oi the
♦confronting armies renders it probable
that a general engagement will take place
very soon.
Near Hawes’ shop, about five miles
from Atlee’s—a station nine miles from
Richmond, on the Central railroad—Fitz
Lee’s cavalry drove the enemy’s cavalry
back upon their infantry—reported by
prisoners to be the sth and 6th corps—
when our cavalry retired without bejng
followed. It was "understood that this
movement was simply a reconnoisance, to
discover the position of the enemy’s in*
fan try.
Between one and two hundred prisons
ers, most of whom were captured in the
above affair, arrived in Richmond yester
day.
FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.
We learn from the Petersburg Express
of Saturday, that the enemy’s gunboats
were engaged during nearly the whole of
Thursday night and the greater part of
Friday in shelling our left, which rests
near James river. Friday, too, the ene
my’s field pieces or siege guns, sent sev*
eral shells in the direction of our centre.
We are pleased tQ learn that there were
no casualties. On Thursday night the
enemy made a slight attack upon a pois
tion of Colquitt’s Georgia brigade, in Mrs
Dunn’s field, our right, but were easily
repulsed, and left five of their dead in
our hands. Friday the enemy manifested
some disposition to renew the assault, and
for a while there was some heavy skir*
mishing, but finding there was hot work
in store for them, he soon retired. Friday
afternoon there were evident signs of busy
preparation in the enemy’s camp near Port
Walthall, but what it means, if it means
anything at all, will probably be fully de
veloped in a day or two. He is closely
watched, and is welcome to any advan
tage he may gain over the argus eyes
that are down upon him.
We understand that our cavalry made
a dash yesterday afternoon upon a gang of
Butler’s United States (nigger) volunteers,
in Prince George county, a few miles
from City Point, but Cuffee was so fleet of
foot that the entire gang escaped behind
their entrenchments.
PROM THE VALLEY.
A gentleman just from the Valley re*
ports that the enemy had advanced as far
as Edingburg, in Shenandoah county,
about twelve miles below New Market.
Their force was not known.
From Butler’s Army.
The correspondent of the New York Times,
of the 24th. has the following :
In Camp, Bermuda Hundred, Va 7, |
Friday Night, May May 20—10 P. M. /
Beauregard will not “let us alone.” After
the fighting last Monday, as you already know,
Gen. Butler brought his forces down in good
order to their present position in the entrench
ments, a few miles this side of the railroad,
but the active little French creole sharply fol
lowed with bis cohorts. Why could he not
have stayed in peaceable possession of Fort
Darling and the long line of its defences?—
We had given them a fair trial, and found
them too hard a nut to crack while a part oj
our strength was necessarily expended else
where. But, Mr. Beauregard, like all other
•unfeeling rebs, seems not to caie a snap of
his finger for our convenience, for even while
I am writing this, the stillnes of the night is
continually broken by the heavy boom and
sharp rattling reverberations of artillery as
the woods sheltering his misgnided cohorts
are vigorously shelled. Indeed, there has
been very lively fighting •all day in front of
Gen. Gilmore's lines, and the enemy, as long
ago as yesterday, began to develop himself in
force in our front. The old saying that the
wicked find no peace, may, with great propri
ety, be applied to this entire command, for
not only have the vile among us, but likewise
the righteous, been kept in a tense strain of
activity in their various spheres—Generals
down through all the grades to drummer boys
—ever since the occupation of this choice strip
of Virginia territory.
Anothor correspondent, writing to the same paper
two days later, says :
Passing along our lines in the underwood, and
looking upon the busy scene where spades and axes
were the implements sf warfare, my unprofessional
eye was* satisfied that I need no longer feel alarmed
about spending a cheerless summer in the Libby.—
Mr. Beauregard would find it, I think, a difficult
matter to drive us out of here or “gobble us.” His
army in front of us, from the beat information given
by deserters and prisoners, is estimated at 30,000
men. Their object seems to be, from the way in
which they are piling up earthworks, to keep Gen.
Butler penned in here, away from the railroad and
turnpike, the loss of which last week was quite dam
aging to their military schemes.
Belle Boyd In Boston.
We announced yasterday the arrival
here of the British steamer Greyhound,
captured as a Blockade runner off W il
mington, N. 0., by the United States
steamer Connecticut, and that Miss Belle
Boyd, the famous rebel spy, was on board.
She took passage on the Greyhound at
Wilmington, for Nassau, but the interpo
sition of Uncle Sam’s authority gave a
destination to her voyage different from
what slfe anticipated at the outset. Upon
her arrival here she was politely waited
upon by Marshal Keys, and invited to
take lodgings at the Tremont House till
the pleasure of the Government shall be
known respecting her disposition. She
is accompanied by three servants —a white
woman, a black girl and a blaek boy.
She converses freely and well, and is evi
dently a female of intelligence and quick
understanding.
Her bearing during the passage —in act
and speech—is described as strictly be
coming and proper in all respects. She
entertains and expresses strong admira
tion of sympathy with the South, but not
in offensive terms. She thinks the pend
ing contest between Lee and Grant will
terminate the war in favor of the victor.
These Generals she considers the two
ablest officers in the country. During
the attack upon the Greyhound, Miss
Boyd came on deck, took a seat upon a
bale of cotton, and quietly sat fanning
herself and watching the explosion of
the shells. She is a tall, well formed fe
male, blonde, and graceful in her man
ners. There is much curiosity to see her,
but the marshal is so choice of his charge
that few are gratified. It is thought she
will be paroled, and Boston left without a
Belle. The captain of the Greyhound
could not be found on_ Thursday, but he
will probably soon turn up,— Boston Post ,
May 21 st.
Tbe Feas t of Fools!
We have seen nothing during the course of the
present war, says the Savannah News, to remind
us so forcibly of “the feast” in the thrilling dra
ma of Margaret of Burgundy, as the hilarious ex
hibitions in the Yankee Congress, over their al
leged successes in Virginia. Whilst their fellow
citizens were falling before the Confederate fire by
tens of thousands, these bacchanalians were exult
ing in supposed victories, and making their Con
gressional Halls ring with farcical exhibitions of
assumed hilarity. Thus is the pantomime de
scribed ;
THE NEWS ANNOUNCED IN CONGRESS.
Wasaington, May 14.—Mr. Washburne, of
Illinois, asked unanimous consent of the House be
given to Mr. Ashley, from Ohio, to make an an
nouncement.
Mr. Ashley then read the substance of an offi
cial dispatch from General Grant to the War De
partment, the same as given above.
The cheering news was received with great ap
plause on the Union side of the House.
LATER.
The following private dispatch had been re
ceived by Senator Nesmith, from General Rufus
Ingalls, chief Quartermaster of the army of the
Potomac.
It brings positive information from the front as
late as noon yesterday, and is as follows:
We have made a ten strike to-day. Hancock
went in at daylight. He has taken over 4,000
prisoners, and over 25 guns, and is still fighting.
Everybody is fighting, and have been for eight
days. We shall have them this pop, though it
may take a day or two more. They fight like
devils.
Our losses are heavy, can’t say how many. If
Auger’s forces were here now we could finish them
to-day. Hancock captured Gen. Ned Johnson and
two other generals, besides lots of grades. The
old Republic is safe ; bet your pile on it.
Grant is a giant and hero in war, but all our
generals are gallant, and our men —the world never
had letter ! Ingalls.
Spottsylvania C. H., May 12, 12 m.
How differently do the New York papers treat
the matter. Their editors, with more foresight
than their villainous and bloodthirsty representa
tives, have already heard the mutterings of the
coming storm and are preparing themselves and
their readers for the dreadful finale. Thus speaks
the News : *
We mark the absence of all enthusiasm for even
the wildest rumors of triumph that come from the
Virginia shambles, and it is no wonder, for along
with them comes such fatal accounts of butchery
that the public heart no room for exultation
in the intensity of its agony and horror.
Could we but read the anguish and despair of
the millions that have been bereaved within this
week, side by side with the details that we read of
the murderous stife, there would be few to clamor
for a prolongation of the war. We count the
mourners by millions, for the dead and wounded
are being counted by the hundred thousands.
If the Sends of hell were commissioned by an
angry God to wreak vengeance upon the earth,
they could not more terribly fulfill’the mission of
destruction than do the contending armies in Vir
ginia. No marvel that the community thrills with
excitement, and quivers with an universal shudder.
Every flash of the wires is laden with a tale of
horror. The word “victory” stares in mockery at
the reader from the glaring heads of each dis
patch, but below is but the record of slaughter—
slaughter beyond all precedent of battle fields, but
winning nothing but the meed of heroism for
those that fight in this insensate quarrel.
Abolitionism Rampant.— The proceedings
of the “National Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence” at Philadelphia shows that rampant
abolitionism controlled the members of that
body. Annexed is a portion of their “delib
erations” taken from the Philadelphia Inquir
er. When that portion of the quarennial ad
dress of the Bishop of the Church was being
read, which
Recommends the passage of a law that no
slaveholder shall hereafter bfl entitled to ad
mission into the Methodist Episcopal Church,
it was hailed with the most unbounded ap
plause. if*
The strongly ant{-3lavery members of the
body could scarcely tell whether they were in
the flesh or out of it, while the whole body
seemed to feel that the year of Jubilee had
come. The Rev. Bishop wa3 compelled to
cease for a considerable time his reading,
which pause was fully occupied by continued
applause and shouted of “Glory !” ‘‘Hallelu
jah !” “Amen !”
The addresses was finally finished, when it
was proposed to sing to' “Old Hundred,”
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow,”
, &c.
A motion was then made to print five thou
sand copies of the address. On this question
an opportunity was taken by the members of
the body tor “enjoying,” as Dr. Hill of Eyie,
remarked, “the sunshine of the day. 1 ’ Great
and rapturous jubilation was expressed on ac
count oftbe change in national afiaiis. which,
in the Providence of God, has rendered this
proposed action of the church possible.
Stirring speeches were made by the Rev. S.
Y. Monroe, of New Jersey. Itev. Colonel Moo
dy of Ohio, Rev. Dr. Kingsley, of Erie, Rev.
Mr. Drummond and a great many others.
Finally, it was determined to print 10,000
copies of the address for gratuitous circula
tion and request its publication in all the
church papers.
u was shown in a recent trial in a Parisian
court of law, that ErlangerA Cos., the ban
kers, had cleared 19,500,000 francs by the
Confederate loan.
T E IS Cr ?. A P3ICL
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk's office ol
the JOistrict Court of the Confederate States for
the Tlorthem District of Georgia.
(Mim rasp mail!
Another Victory by Lee’s Army!!
One Thousand Prisoners Captured!
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President Davis on the Field!!
Gens* Kirkland and Lane Wounded!
Brilliant Naval Exploit at Savannah*
Capture of the Steamer Water Witch !
Latest from the Georgia Front.
Proceedings Confederate Congress*
* _ &C*. &C*j &Ce
Richmond, June 3.—This morning was ushered
in by loud reports of cannonading north of the
city, lasting until nearly 10 o’clock.
About noon it was ascertained that the enemy
had attacked our line on the right with desperate
energy but had been repulsed with ease.
The assault was renewed several times with
fresh troops, many of whom it is said were drunk,
but every attempt was repelled and the purposes
of the enemy effectually foiled.
Anderson commanded our right, Hill the centre,
but only a portion was engaged.
Early commanded Ewell’s corps on the left, and
attacked the enemy in his front,, driving them
some distance.
Gen. Lee was at Gaines’ Mills this forenoon, in
good health and excellent spirits.
President Davis and Gen. Bragg rode to the
front this afternoon.
All accounts from tfc front are decidedly favor
able, and concur in representing the enemy’s loss
in killed very heavy. Ours is comparatively
slight.
Aflhmt 1000 prisoners were captured.
Among the casualties on our side are Generals
Kirkland and Lane of N. C., the latter severely.
The tranquility of Sunday prevails in the city.
700 prisoners arrived at Ike Libby this after
noon, captured yesterday.
Savannah, June 3.—The Yankee steamer Water
Witch was boarded and captured with the entire
crew, after a desperate fight, early this morning,
by a detachment of the Savannah squadron.
Lieut. Pelot, who led our men, was killek, to
gether with the pilot and a few others.
The enemy has been repulsed at Baldwin, Fla.
New Hope, 2 o'clock p, m., via Marietta, Jnne
3.—Skirmishing continued during last night, and
up to my present writing, between the enemy’s ’
sharpshooters and ours, with some artillery fight
ing. j
Enemy still manoeuvring for advantage *of po
sition, but so far have been promptly met.
RiCHMONn, June 3.—The Senate adopted a res
olution requesting the President to make an expo
sition to European powers, through our commis
sioners of the atrocities of the enemy m the prose
cution of the war.
♦ The House passed the hill amending the act au
thorizing army officers to purchase rations, with
amendments ; also the Senate bill providing pay
ment for property illegally impressed.
The Hoase passed the appropriation bill for the
next six months, amounting to $350,000,000.
[Spcciajl Correspondence of the Memphis Ap
peal.]
# From tlie Front.
Dallas, Ga., 12 m., Junel, 1864.
At 5 o’clock p. m., Gen. Bate masssd his ar
tillery, supported by Smith’s brigade, upon
the right flank of the enemy, and drove them,
with great slaughter, upon their left. This
morning he pressed his advantage, and now
holds the battle field, over which we have
fought for four days, and re-occupies Dallas.
A review of the battle field, reveals terrible
havoc in the ranks of the enemy. Their graves
are in ranks, and some of the dead yet un
buried.
This gallant division, confronted the 15th
army corps, (Logan’s) with the 16th on its
immediate left, and fought for four days, with
lines within four hundred yards of each other.
This is the fourth battle field this division
has fought on successfully, since leaving Dal
ton, and is as full of dash and pluck as if it
had not fired a gun.
Armstrong’s gallant brigade of cavalry is
now pressing the rear guard of the enemy.
Harvey
(Special to the Memphis Appeal.)
In the Trenches, Tuesday, May 31.—A1l day
yesterday not a gun was heard. All last night we
slept in peaee. All the morning the air has been
noisy only with the winds and redolent #ith the
perfume of the woods. The . situation continues
unchanged. All the press reporters are sober, and
the Yankees are on half rations. Nobody has
been arrested for stealing these last three days,
and everything betokens a military millenium.
The staff of the army appears to-day in clean
linen, and a fresh importation of hard-tack has
reached headquarters. I think you may rest in
security for several days yet. How is the v ublic
getting on ? * WAVERLY.
■ m % m*
Mosby at Work. —The gallant Mosby is said to
be again at work, this time in destroying the Orange
railroad from the Rappahannock northwards. He
is reported to have burned the bridge across the
Rappahannock river, and all the bridges between
that stream and Manassas, big and little.' He is
also tearing up the track as he goes and is doing
his work effectually. Many stragglers from the
Yankee army are being picked up, the whole coun
try being filled with them.
From the Front near Bristol,—The Bristol
Gazette of the 26th, says : ,
Our scouts, under Capt. Osborne, which left this
place last week, for the purpose of ascertaining the
strength of the enemy below, had a little brush with
them last Thursday, near Dandridge. Fourteen of
our men were attacked by forty or more of the en
emy. We charged them, captured 13 prisoners,
among them Captain Reynolds; the notorious Yan
kee scout, 14 horses and a number of arms, and
' killed some 40r5 of the enemy. Our loss none. —
Our scouts then fell back to Dandridge; very soon
thereafter the enemy made another attack upon
them with increased forces, 90 or 100 in numbor, re
captured the prisoners taken from them, and wound
ed two of our men—one of them a youth of this
place, Eugene Gookin, who, we learn, was left in
the hands of the enemy. Our forces made good their
escape.
It was ascertained that there are but about 400
Yankees th s side of Knoxville, and they stationed
at Strawberry Plains. We have a force sufficient
now in our front to protect us from any advance
they may make up this way.
Gen. Forrest Again.—A correspondent of
the Mobile Register writing from Columbus i
Miss., under date of the 30th ult.. says:
The papers continue to place and keep Gen! '
Forrest where he has not gone—in the rear '
]of Sherman's army. He is still at Tupelo, I
but from a telegram, received here yesterday
by one of his officers, it is pretty certain he is
i on the eve of moving somewhere, and as For
; rest always knows what he is about, the pub- j
; lie inky rest easy as to bis movements.
♦—
A lady has recently come through the Federal
lines in front, who states that Dan. Sickles is in
command at Resaea. She received a passport from
; that individual, who remarked to her . par
the?*, that he would be in Atlanta in le=* than a
! week.
j Very likely, if he comes close enough to be cap- '
! lured and has the luck not to be -hot Oonfed-y
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CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Oouglas Ambulance Committee
Coldubus, June 2d, 1864.
Gratefully acknowledge the following contribu
tions which have been forwarded to the army:
Mrs. R G Johnson, hams and bread.
“ Warren, one ham.
“ Radcliffe, lot of vegetables.
“ Loudon, one bam.
Gittenger, sundries.
“ Dan’l Griffin, bag of flour.
“ K J Bussey, lot of cooked provisions, con
tributed by the Ladies of Jamestown.
The following telegram fro.m the Committee at
Marietta, received yesterday:
"Send anabundance of Raw Hams, Onions, Bread,
Fresh Crackers, and Coffee daily; they are much
needed.”
Shows the urgent necessity of further supplies,
which are earnestly andr respectfully solicited.
Send to Goodrich & Co’s store. A messenger will
leave on Saturday..
H. H. EPPING, Treas’r.
C. G. Holmes, Sec’y.
Col. P. J. Philips.—We learn by a, dispatch
from Atlanta, that this gentleman has been elected
Colonel of one of the “new issue” regiments. His
military knowledge and experience fits him for
the position. .
Sales To*Day.—Ellis, Livingston & Cos. will
sell to-day, salt, sugar, tobacco, blackberry wine,
summer clothing, Ac. See advertisement.
A Patriotic Family.—Mr. W. H. Young, who
is now at the front with the Douglas Ambulance
Corps, has four sons in the Confederate army, the
last one, Dick Young, only seventeen years of age,
having leftfor Gen. Johnston’s army last Monday.
Three of these ions have been participants in
many of the most active scenes of this war, and
have proven their courage and patriotism in many
an hour of danger. Fortunately up to this time
none of them have been injured. When we reflect
that it was in the power of Mr. Young to have
shielded all of his boys by exemptions, his devo
tion to the country and cause, as well as theirs, is
made apparent. Knowing that he and his poster
ity had a personal interest in this great struggle,
Mr. Young has acted throughout the war as a pa
triot and Christian, and his example is worthy of
imitation.
The Time for Prayer.—ls there erer was a
time for solemn, earnest prayer, it is now. Wo
stand in the midst of dangers, the dire extent of
which, in case of adversity, can scarcely be con
ceived. A hostile army, mighty in numbers, and
fierce and bitter in hatred against Us, is almost at
the very doors of our capital, and of our own
homes, manoeuvring and endeavoring by fair
means and by foul to snatch away the precious
heritage of our birthright, and reduce us to the
most abject slavery. This is no time, therefore,
for people to gather on the street corners and boast
what we will do, or proudly predict what will be
done, or censure this officer * and that brigade of
troops. But instead of vainglory and the spirit of
pride and boastfulness which we have in so large
a degree, we should exercise the spirit of prayer,
and daily in the church and in the closet, and
around the family hearth, we should beseech God
to give us the victory ; to inspire our gallant de
fenders with a divine valor, and so guide our lead
ers that their wisdom may not be at fault. With
a nation in prayer for this blessing, it would be
speedily vouchsafed. Let our daily prayer meet
ings, therefore, be always largely attended, and in
public and private, let all unite their prayers for
the safety and welfare of our beloved country.
Yankee Spunk.—Governor Seymour, of
Yew York, has picked up courage and order
ed the prosecution of the persons engaged in
the suppression of the World and the Journal
of Commerce. If this man had had one half
the moral courage of Franklin Pierce or Thos.
H. Seymour, (says the Savannah JVews,) he
would long ago have discountenanced the mad
efforts of Northern fanatics to subjugate the
South. He was elected to oppose the Lincoln
government, but soon became a suple tool in
the hands of Seward. Such is* the military
despotism under which the North groans, that
we are half inclined to believe that an order
to suppress Gov, Seymour himself, and the
government of New York, would be obeyed.
Reason there has fled to brutish beasts, and
high officials ,are but pliant instruments to
register edicts from the prince of fools, Abe
Lincoln. Northern Democrats and Conserva
tives, as they called themselves, lost their
chance for striking for the right when they
yielded to the threats of the Abolition party.
A little firmness would have done the busi
ness and stopped the unnecessary effusion of
blood, and brought the knaves, engaged in
waging a cruel war, to their senses. If the peo
ple of New York really intended to oppose and
resist the usurpations of the Lincoln dynasty,
their great mistake lay in selecting as their
chief such a man as Horatio Seymour. . He
very soon showed his utter unfitness for the
position. It is a trite but true adage, that you
can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
The Petersburg & Weldon Railroad having
been repaired, (says the Danville Register of
the 27th ult.,) the Government is now using
that line exclusively to transport troops, and
is sending commissary and quartermater’s
stores over the Piedmont and Danville roads.
Thus the two lines of railway, connecting the
capital with the Southern States, ape at this
! emergency fully employed and are of invalu
i able service in keeping an army in Virginia.
I By the one routq. troops are sent to reinforce
! Gen. Lee, and by the other provisions are
j conveyed to his army; the more interior line
| and one least exposed to raids of the public
I enemy, being selected for carrying the sup
j piies. The Piedmont Railroad is now com
• pleted, though, owing to the great pressure
upon the rolling stock now- employed in bring
ing corn and bacon from Greensboro' to Dan
ville, no passenger trains are. for the present,
allowed upon the road ; nor are any troops
sent by this route, a3 they were some day3
ago, the line being devoted exclusively to one
purpose.
The necessity for thi3 state of things, we
hope, will not long continue.
. . __ •
In the Federal House of Representatives on the
20th ult., Mr. Cox, (Opp.,) fromjjOhio, introduced
a resolution ‘‘that the forcible seizure by the Fed- \
era! military authorities at New York, of the offi- j
oes of the New York World and the Journal of
Commerce, and the suspension of their papers for j
the innocent publication of a forged State paper, i
is an act unwarranted by the circumstances con- t
nee ted with said publication, an arbitrary outrage
upon the constitutional rights of the citizens, and
deserves the: reprobation of every friend cf public j
liberty and public right.”
Morgan on the Wing. —An officer just from Ab
ingdon. Vit., reports that Gen. John 11. Morgan,
with a strong mounted force has invaded the East- ,
ern portion of Kentucky. He had reached as far
in the State as Sterling. We expect to hear good
accounts from that enterprising partisan leader be- !
fore many da y»—Confederacy, 2d.
Gen. Johnston s Army.—A letter, dated at
Marietta, says:
Capt. S. R. Davis, aid to Brig. Gen. Geary,
of Hooker’s corps, was among the prisoners
captured yesterday by our infantry. Oster
liaus’ division, belonging to Logan’s 154 h ar
my corps, reached Cartersville from Huntsville,
last Tuesday, on its way to reinforce Sher
man. To give you an idea of the prepara*
tions made by the housebreakers, thieve?
and robbers of Sherman’s hireling heathens
in the anticipated “on to Atlanta,” a bunch of
all sizes of door, bureau, and skeleton kepg
was on the person of one of the prisoners
captured yesterday, thus showing their deter
mination to sack Atlanta.
The train captured by Gen. Wheeler, at
Cassville, was on its way to the rear of Sher
man’s army, and consisted of officers’ bag
gage, clothing for troops, &c., thus showing
that Shermatf is at least stripping for a fitrht
or a race for the rear. Wheeler burnt over
two hundred wagons, the mules being mo3t! v
broken down, and brought out about eightv
He has returned to take position on our°loft
We are being reinforced and our troops feei
confident of success. Gen. Johnston by his
superior skill and strategy has at least be
come master of the position, and has cornered
Sherman who must fight us with a river in
his rear, or retreat, and a retieat must prove
his destruction.
Northern News. —Dispatches were sent U
the North by Sherman, stating that McPher
son captured nine trains of cars at Resaca la
den with commissary and ardnance stores!
How this world is give® to lying.
Governor Hicks of Maryland, now walks on
crutches.
Tho First Massachusetts regiment has re
turned home, their term of three years service
having expired.
A Washington dispatch says : Jere Clemens
and another loyal Alabamian were on the floor
of the Senate to-day. They express the opin
ion that the Confederate Government is fall*
ing to pieces.
The Yankees are carrying out their farce of
State “election” in Louisiana. Fourteen del
egates to represent the State of Louisiana in
the Baltimore Republican Convention have
been elected.
A resolution providing that Messrs. Chard
ler, Segar and Kitchen, whose claims to seats
from Virginia have been rejected, be allowed
mileage for one session, and monthly pay till
the passage of the resolutions in their respec
tive cases was adopted by the Yankee Con
gress. A pretty good thing for the traitors.
Destructive Fire in Petersburg.
On Tuesday morning last a most destruc
tive fire occurred just across the Appo
mattox river from Petersburg, at Camp>
bell’s bridge, by which the snuff manu
factory of Messrs. Lynch & Aiken, the
barrel manufactory of Messrs. Bagby &
Stewart, the grist and flour mill of Messrs.
Cogbill & Weeks, and the grist and flour
mill of Messrs. Lynch 8f Dugger, were
destroyed.* The cash value of the prop
erty destroyed will exceed half a million
dollars,
The Prospect of the North. —The Army and
Navy Gazette, of April 9, says :
We have through good and evil held to the faith
that the North must succeed. But ignorance and
incapacity, faction and corruption, may counter
balance all the influences which should operate in
producing a natural result. The Union, let u»
say it for the twentieth time, can never be restored.
It begins to be doubtful at last if the means which
the Northerner's employ to subjugate the South are
equal to the work.
Vice President Stephens was in Danville last week,
having arrived here, on his way from his home iu
Georgia, to the seat of government. After remain
ing in town a few days, he returned to Georgia.—
His reason for so doing, we understand, was that he
learned while here that Congress would adjourn ia
a few days, so that his presence would not be re
quired at Richmond, and besides his feeble health
admonished him to return at once to his home.
[Danville Register, 211 th.
Strayed—-SIOO Reward !
QTRAYED from my lot, near Holland’s old Mill,
O in Russell county, Ala., one BLACK MEXICAN
PONl T ANARUS, sor 10 years old, long mane and tail, his
foretop cut off square: paces well under saddle; also
a smooth BAY HORSE, medium size, has a scratch
on the inside of his front leg; rides or works well.
I will give tho above reward for the two, or pro
portionate for one; or will pay the amount for in
formation so that I get them.
je4 6t JOHN CARUGHI.
By Ellis, 'Livingston A €o
.... «•»« . - -
AN SATURDAY 4th of June, at 10 o’clock, we wL'<
sell in front of our store
40 Sacks Salt;
20 Boxes Tobacco;
2 Bbls. Vinegar;
1 Bbl. Arrow Root;
1 Bbl. Fine Whiskey ;
25 Bush’ls Seed Peas;
1 Lot Harness;
20 Fine Summer Coats ;
1 Lot Hardware;
Furniture, Crockery, &e., Ac.
—also—
-200 PAIR COTTON CARDS.
J une 2 td $lB
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
ON SATURDAY, 4th June, at 11 o’clock, we will
sell in front of our store,
A FIJVE MEXICAN PO W!
• ALSO-
I ENGLISH SADDLE AND BRIDLE!
je 4 $3
NOTICE.
To Planters and Others l
j T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting ar.,
J Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
i will be found at Robinett Co’s okl stand, where -
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT
june 2. ts
Wanted Immediately.
MARSHALL HOSPITAL, »
June 2d, 1864. j
I wish to hire immediately three able-bodied ne
gro women without children.
4 T. A. MEANS,
june 2-4 t Surgeon in Charge.
Sun copy 4 times.
FOR EXtHAUGE!
OAAA LBS. GOOD HAMS will be exchanged f
jZiVvv SUJES. Apply at Muscogee /fail Road De
I potto W. L. CLARK.
! my 30 2w
Lumber.
£A OHO FEET Flooring, Weather-boarding
Uv ? Uvv and Ceiling, (a portion dressed ani
tongued and groved.) For sale by
M. P. ELLIS & CO.
Columbus, Ga., May 31.—3 t.
Hotiee.
Office Med. Ex. Board for Conscripts,
3d Congressional Dist. Ga.
_ Cblumbus, May 28,1564. )
ahe Board of Surgeons for examination of con
scripts, hold its session daily (Sunday excepted
at this office.- Office at the Lowell Warehouse.
P. B. J/INOR,
mySO ts Sr. Surg'n Ex. Board.
Office Mobile & gTkard R. R.
Cblumbus, Ga., May sth, '64. /
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholder; of the
Company, will be held at the ; Office, Girard, Ala.,
on Wednesday, 6th day of July next, at 11 o'clock,
when the election for President and Directors wiL
take place. .
By order J. M. FRAZER, See’y.
my 24 td
RICE! RICeTT
'T'WELVE CASKS Just received from Savumid
A a superior article.
For sale by GREENWOOD k GR 4Y.
my 2, lw