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J. W. WARB EW * ■ " Editor.
Monday Morning, June 6, 1864.
From the Georgia Front.
Nothing is positively known of the present
condition ot things in this quarter of lim
itary hold, except that the enemy has .ban
doned his position opposite to our left, m tb
ricinity of Dallas, and has withdrawn his
• force, to our right. His object in this moye
ment is to get possession of the Alatoona hills,
in order to fortify them and establish a base
on this side of the Etowah river. To meet this
demonstration, Gen. Johnston has contracted
his lines correspondingly, thereby strengthen
ing his menaced wing. It looks as though he
intends to resist the effort of Sherman to get
possession of the railroad this side of the river,
[f the latter fail in this there is but one
other course left him, and that is to fall back.
Everything necessary to support man or beast,
in the section of country he occupies, has been
consumed and he must make some change,
and that soon. His stock is represented to be
in il most deplorable condition, and were his
supplies more plentiful, his army in its pres
ent position, must suffer from want of trans
portation. Whether Gen. Johnston will hold
the Alatoona hills at all hazards, or surrender
them and fall back on the line of the Chatta
hoochee, remains to be seen. Our troops are
ready for any movement that may be ordered
by their leader. They have been in line of
battle thirty days, continually falling back, ex
changing position when the line was stationa
ry, and though much exhausted, their spirits
are as buoyant under all these trying circum
stances, as on the first day of their backward
movement. Their watching, waiting and
fighting will at length take the country
through its troubles.
lAilltary Power ©fftlie Confed
eracy.
There is no example, says the Atlanta Con
federacy, in history of the military power ex
hibited by the Confederacy. With no previous
martial habits—with a population immersed
in civil pursuits—she presents the extraordi
nary spectacle of half a million of men in arms
out of a population of little more than five
millions, including the eleven Confederate
States and excluding the slaves. There is no
parallel to this in modern times. The highest
ratio of the European armies to the total
amount of the population of the State3 to
which they respectively belong is one and a half
per cent. The military on the war establish
ment in France is about 500,000 out of a pop
ulation of 30,000,000. Austria, Russia and
Prussia, present about the same proportion,
while Great Britain is below it. The Yankee
nation has about 700,000 men under arms,
which, in a population of 23,000,000, is little
more than three and a quarter per cent.
The difference is to be accounted for on two
grounds.
Ist. The magnitude of the contest.
2d. The unity of our people.
The grand mistake made by the Yankees
has been in comparing the relative numbers
ot the sectiuns. now is u jjussioie, ±c»-
son, that three-fourths should not vanquish
and subjugate one-fourth ? In this calculation
they took no account of the moral element,
but looked to numercial superiority and brute
force. They could not lift their grovelling
conceptions to the elevation of thought that
places in array against mercenaries, men'who
were fighting for their liberties, their homes,
and their wives and children.
A Monster Newspaper. —A journal may
have its claims for popularity on many differ
ent grounds. It has been left to the French
press to overwhelm the world with the gigan
tic size of their sheets. The monster Grand
Journal—large enough to be read by four peo
ple at once—to be folded round the humble
staff in the theatre until the occupiers can
fancy himself in a private box—large enough
to roof a house, to paper the side of a room,
to cut up into spills that would outlast the
year long sitting of a club of a smoking room
—such is the journal which the French na
tion delights to honor, everywhere may be
seen the fluttering of its enormous sheets, as
the public crowd around to gloat over the as
tonishing length of its columns. We do not,
however, hear that they also read them.
The Great Dam. —The dam constructed for
the passage of the boats over the falls, says
the New Orleans Era, is a work of immense
labor, the greater part of which was accom
plished by the army. The first dam that was
built burst after being completed, and before
the boats were ready to attempt the passage,
not having been built strong enough to with
stand the volume of water that pressed upon
it. Thus a week was lost in rebuilding it.
When the dam was a second time cofhplete,
all the water of Red river was forced through
the channel but a tritie wider than the largest
of the gunboats. As one steamer followed
another into the rapids thus formed it seemed
as though they must be dashed to pieces, the
waters throwing them about as though they
wero chips. Even our large and heavily pla
ted iron-clads were tossed like cockle shells
upon the bosom of the stream. But all pass
ed through without damage.
The world is full of wants. The newspa
pers overflow with wants, and so does the
hearts of everything human or otherwise.—
The poor want to get rich, and the rich want
to get richer ; young ladies want husbands,
or new bonnets, or both; old ladies want
more religion, anew set of teeth, or a chance
to gossip ; young men want to secure
an artistic part in the middle of their
bair ; widows want number t wo, three or four,
as the case may be; the bulls want gold to
go up, the bears want it to go down ; Congress
wants common sense, Old Abe wants a re
election ; Massachusetts wants the wav to go
on, and the Northwest to do the fighting;
preachers want piety. In short, everybody
everywhere wants something.
But of all who want thing?, the North wants
something pre-eminently. The North wants
a victory. The North wants somebody to
march somewhere and whip something—no
matter who, where, or what. Gold is climb
ing slowly up among the eighties : pubiicison
fidence is down somewhere among the un
fathomable degrees below zero—therefore the
North wants a victory. Who will sunplv this
want ! — Chicago Timex.
A j oung v,:dow of Vicksburg w*s tecer.t.l v
uni ton ,u the holy bands oi wed-lock to a
\ankee cotton speculator of that place.
\ erily, Liere is no accounting for tastes.
[Clarion.
From the Savannah’Republican 4th inst.
Capture of tlie IT. S. Steamer
“Water Witcli ”
The expedition which resulted in the
capture of the Water Witch, Thursday
night of this week, will rank among the
brilliant achievements of the war. Though
our Navy is, perhaps, obnoxious to the
charge of tardiness, when it does strike
it strikes gloriously. .The affairs of Hamp
ton Roads, Galveston Bay, Albemarle
Sound, Charleston harbor, and now of
Ossabaw Sound, show what our gallant
seamen can do when they have a mind to
set to work. They have at last learned
to work with the poverty-stricken means
at their command, and we hope to hear
from them often during the remainder of
the war. There is ample field for their
operations, and they have only to look
back at what has already been done with
insignificant resources, to be encouraged
to press forward and win a glorious chap
ter in the history of the great revolution.
In our afternoon edition of yesterday,
we briefly alluded to the boarding and
capture of the Water Witch. The expev
dition went out Wednesday night, but
from some cause unexplained the vessel
they were after suddenly weighed anchor
and put to sea about an hour before their
arrival in the Sound. The following night
the Water Witch, lying in Ossabaw
Sound, presented game worthy of the
pursuit. One hundred and ten men, in
seven barges, started out about midnight,
and boldly pulled up to the steamer, which
was lying quietly at anchor, and com l '
meneed the assault. The result is given
in the following letter, which has been
kindly forwarded to us by Capt. Hanleiter,
who commands the battery at Beaulieu.
“Beaulieu Battery, 1
June, 3, 5 p m. j
U J. R. Sneed, Qsq. y Savannah ;
“A boat expedition,- under Lieut.
Thos. P. Pelot, C. S. Navy, hoarded, in
Ossabaw Sound, near the Inlet of that
name, about half past one o’clock last
night, and after a desperate hand to hand
fight of about fifteen minutes’ duration,
succeeded in capturing the United States
Steamer Water Witch, of four guns.
“I deeply regret to state that Lieut.
Pelot, W. 11. Jones, James Stapleton, Ors
dinary Seamen ; Crosby, Landman;
Patrick Loftin, Quarter Gunner, and .Mo*
ses, colored Pilot of the expedition, were
killed—the first named shot through the
heart. Midshipman Minor, Lieut. S.
Price, Boatswain Seymour, Surgeons
Steward Harley, G. R Rice, J. Barnett,
A. McDonald, E. J. Murphy, E. Lee, A.
Williams, T. King and Champion,
were wounded.
“The following named officers and men
belonging to tbe captured steamer were
killed: J. Sells and Sills, both negroes,
and tbe following wounded ; Lieut, com
manding ;- A. Pendergrast, Acting Ass’t
Paymaster Billings, Ensign J. Hill, En
sign A. D. Store, U. P. Wesson, 11. 11.
Murphy, Cv-W- Buck, Henry Williams,
Jno. Parker, Hazleton, J. Smith,
and William Dickson (negro.)
The bodies of the slain and wounded
were brought to this post, and, together
with tbe prisoners, forwarded to head'
quarters.
GFHo loac of* Liout. xvill 100 cjcvcvo
ly felt. He was the first on board the
enemy’s vessel and is represented by all
bis survivors as a most gallant and ac
complished officer.
“C. R. Hanleiter,
“Capt. Comd’g.
The bodies of Lieut. Pelot and his
brave comrades who fell in the action,
were brought to the city last evening,
gether with the wounded, and the latter
sent to the hospitals.
From parties who took part in tho ex
pedition, we learn that the boats got with
in thirty steps of the Water Witch before
they were hailed. All was quiet on the
vessel, which had just enough steam on
to move the wheels without propelling her
forward. Our men made no response,
but ran their boats up against the steamer
and commenced clambering up her sides.
Not one of the guns was fired, the fuses
being all down below and the crew asleep.
Most of the fighting seemed to be done
by the officers, with revolvers and sabres,
which were used freely over the sides of
the vessel and through the ports. Our
men heeded it not, but pressed forward,
reached the deck and clambered over the
netting, some six feet in height, all the
while fighting desperately, hand to hand,
with the enemy. Lieut. Pelot was the
first man on board, and received a shot
through the heart soon after reaching the
dock, and whilst dealing blows thick and
heavy all around him. The command then
devolved on Lieutenant Price, who had
received a severe sabre cut on the head,
but although covered with blood, led for
j ward his men most gallantly and battled
with his own hand until the enemy sur
-1 rendered.
The prisoners number about sixty and
were brought to the city last evening.
The attacking party were only about 80
in number, two boats, we regret to say,
having backed out at the first fire and
returned. These latter parties sent for
ward a report that the entire expedition,
except themselves, had been killed or
captured, though they failed, as the ses
quel proves, to remain long enough at
their post to know the result.
The Water Witch is a fine side wheel
steamer, is fully equipped and provided
with every convenience.
• .The death of Lieut. Pelot is justly to
beTamented. He was a native of Charles
ton, antik belonged to an extensive and
highly respectable Carolinian family of
that name. He Was only twenty-seven
years of age. and was much esteemed for
his gallant and gentlemanly hearing. He
leaves a wife and three small children.
Immorality in the Treasury Department.
detectives, named-Baker, has discovered im
moralities in the Treasury Department. Con
gress has appointed a committee to. investi
gate the charges against Secretary Chase, and
we hope that the committee will expose all
the sins of the Treasury Department. It seem3
that same members of Congress have used the
Department as a sort of asylum for their
••female" friends whom they take on to Wash
ington during the session to see the lions of
the canitol. It was stated that when Mr.
Chase began to employ women, that he intend
ed to provide for the widows and daughter# of
our brave soldiers. If this ue the v, aj m
which his promises have ueeu iiept, tue sooner
Congress makes a clean sweep through this
Department the better it will be for ail con*
i cerned.—A*. Y. Herald.
I23IBSRAPHIS,
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. ThbasHbr, m the Clerk's office ot
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
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Latest from Virginia.
Official Dispatch from General Lee.
Proceedings Confederate Congress.
Richmon and, June s.— The following official dis
patch has been received, dated Headquarters,
June 4, 8.30 p. m.:
To the Secretary of War :
Last pight, after the date of my dispatch Breck
inridge and Finegan were attacked by the enemy
as they were preparing to re-establish their skir
mish line. The enemy was soon repulsed.
Immediately afterward, an attack was made on
Hoke’s front with like result.
Up to the thne of writing, nothing has occurred
along the lines to day, except skirmishing at va
rious points.
The position of the army is substantially un
changed. (Signed)
R. E. LEE, Gen’l.
Richmond, June s.— The Senate last night re
considered the House Currency Bill, and again
passed it by a small majority.
SATURDAY NIGHT’S DISPATCHES.
, - . ■ -fifet
Richmond, June 4.— The enemy renewed
the attempt last night, to carry a commanding
position in the rear of Gaines’ Mills held by
our right. He was again repulsed with heavy
loss.
During the fight, General Breckinridge’s
horse was killed under him by a shell in the
breast. The General received a painful, but
not serious, injuries by the fall of his horse.
Occasional reports of cannonading and mus
ketry are heard this morning. All quiet on
the south of James river yesterday.
Battle Field, near Gains’ Mill, June 3, 5
p. m. —Ileth’s division participated with Ewell
in the fight yesterday, capturing over 200 pris
oners. Among his wounded, is Brig. General
Kirkland, slightly. The battle opened at sun
rise this morning, about 10 miles below Rich
mond, extending from the Mechanicsville road
ao McClellan’s bridge.
Our line of battle was 7 miles long—the en
emy making the attack. The heaviest fight
ing is reported in Rode’s, Kershaw’s and
Hoke’s front, who gallantly repulsed every
assault of the enemy.
Our loss was very slight—not over 500 killed
and wounded. That of the enemy fully six
thousand—some estimate it at ten thousand.
The enemy atone time broke through Breck
inridge’s division, capturing 3 pieces of ar
tillery. Finegan, however, quietly came up,
recapturing the pieces from the enemy.—
Breckinridge loss probably 200 prisoners.
The heaviest fighting was up to 11 o’clock;
since then, heavy cannonading and incessant
skirmishing.
Generals Law and Finnegan were slightly
wounded. The latter did not leave the field.
Richmond, June 4. —The Senate has passed
the House bill extending, until Ist January,
the privilege of funding the old currency to
loval citizens within the enemy’s lines. A
motion to reconsider was entertained.
Also passed the Senate bill to ietire and
drop field or company officeis from the army
in certain cases.
House proceedings unimportant.
Richmond, June 4.—The New
of the Ist, berates Beast Butler for the failure
of his campaign on the south side, and admits
his signal defeat at Drewry’s Bluff. It attrib
utes the failure to Butler’s mismanagement.—
A radical Black Republican Convention at
Cleveland, nominated Fremont for President,
and John Cochrane, of New York, for Vice
President. Lincoln’s name was only men
tioned in derision.
Richmond, June 4.—Headquarters Army
Virginia, June 3d, p. m.—About 4£ a. m. to
day, the enemy made an attack upon the right
of our line, in front of Hoke’s and a portion
of Breckinridge’s line, but was repulsed with
out difficulty. He in penetrating
a salient point in Breckinridge’s lines and cap
tured a portion of a battalion there posted.—
Finnegan’s brigade and a Maryland battalion
immediately drove the enemy back with severe
loss.
Repeated attacks were made upon Ander
son’s position, chiefly against his right under
Kershaw, they were met by great steadiness
and repulsed in every instance. The attack
extended to our extreme left under Early, with
like results. Later in the day, it was twice
renewed against Heth, who occupied Early’s
left; but was repulsed with loss.
Hampton encountered the enemy’s cavalry
near Hawes’ Shop, and part of Wm. H. F.
Lee’s division drove them from their entrench
ments.
Our loss to-day is small. Our success, un
der the blessing of God, is all we conld ex
pect.
(Signed) R. E. LEE.
Nkw nopE, Ga., June 4.—A1l quiet during
the night and morning. Heavy rain falling.
Four regiments of Yankees were mustered
out of service at Kingston, last Thursday.—
The time of service of 18,000 will expire
within the next twenty days
The Nashville Press of tho 30th ult., has
been received. It reports Lee retreating be
fore Grant.
Edward Pollard has been sent to Fort La-
Fayette.
Bell Boyd has been released.
Banks’ gunboats are reported to have suc
ceeded in escaping down Red river.
Conventions have been held in Louisville-
The delegates to Chicago were instructed to
vote for McClellan. Those to Baltimore for
Lincoln.
Cotton Si. Gold 188f.
New Hope, Ga., June 4.— ln the action of the
28th on our left, the enemy’s loss was 1500 killed
and wounded : 7 or 8 cannon-balls passed through
the headquarters of Gen. Thomas.
The enemy is fortifying Kingston and the river
4 miles below there.
His troops, being much dispirited, were told that
after reaching Aliatoona they would meet with
no further opposition in their march to Atlanta.
Exaggerated accounts of our losses were circu
lated among tbem by their officers in order to cheer
them up. The punishment inflicted upon them
last week by Stevenson and Cleburne was very se
vere.
A portion of the 17th army corps is now on its
wav from the Trans-Mississippi to reinforce Sher
man. It has reached Van Buren, Ark.
All tranquil here —weather cool and rainy.
The following press dispatch for some reason
failed to reach the Columbus papers : *
Naw Hops,. June 3. — The enemy is still throw
ing forward troops on our right, and there is con
siderable artillery skirmishing since 1 e’olccb, p.
in., to-day.
Gen. Echols is slightly wounded in the thigh.
continue to bo brought in, among
them Lieut. J. K. Bagbv, Quartermaster of the
9th Illinois regiment.
[Special to the Montgomery Advertiser.}
Front, Right Wing, June 4, j
via Atlanta, J ane 4. j
Cheatham’s and Stevenson’s divisions were en
gaged yesterday afternoon on our right, driving
the enemy back and checking the flank movement.
Gen. Williams’ Kentucky cavalry captured yes
terday a grazing party, 12 staff horses, 5 negroes,
and 7 Yankees.
Our new line of battle extends four miles north
east of New Hope Church to the railroad, 3 miles
south of Acworth.
The enemy occupy Acworth.
A heavy shower fell last night, and it is still
raining.
All is serene this morning, and the prospects
are bright.
[Special to the Mobile Register.]
Senatobia, June 2. —The New York Times
thus sums up Butler’s operations : Ground
lost that cannot be recovered without a great
expenditure of blood ; several thousand men
placed hors du combat] the enemy in full pos
session of Richmond, Petersburg and the rail
road ; two corps of a3 brave men as ever trod
cooped up on James river, apparently helpless.
A useless movement from the Peninsula begun
auspiciously, but a veritable miscarriage.
The Chicago Times of the 28th ult., says :
We may hear' soon that Grant has achieved
brilliant suebesses, or Lee, taking the advan
tage of the small failures, has changed the en
tire aspect of things around Richmond.
Lee is Richmond. **
Richmond captured without Lee would be
a barren success.
Gold closed in New- York on the 27th at
185 J.
Casiiallies Arnosig Confederate
Officers In Virginia,
The Richmond correspondent of the Augus
ta Codstitutionalist accounts for the large
number of casualties among jjour officers in
the recent engagements, in the following man
ner :
The casualties among our officers in the en
counters with Grant has been unusually iieavjg
so much as to suggest the existence of some
peculiar operative cause. This may, perhaps,
be found in the existence of those corps of
sharpshooters wherewith the Yankees are pro
vided. We also have some battalions of sharp
shooters, but except in the fact of their being
armed with finer rifles, and employed to a great
extent as skirmishers, they do not differ mate
rially from the troops of the line.
In the Yankee service, ou the contrary, the
sharpshooter is required to be a thorough
marskman, and a marksman with the army
weapon, which is entirely a different affair
from beiug a dead shot with the sporting ri
fle. To attain this efficiency, these fellows
are diligently exercised in shooting at marks,
put up at the different ranges of the sliding
scale sights, and our severe losses in officers
at every battle proves this training not to have
been thrown away. One of the most noted
corps of Yankee sharpshooters is Berdan’s,
the same which annoyed us so incessantly
while iu the trenches of Yorktown, during the
Peninsula campaign. Many of the men to be
found in these destructive organizations are
foreigners, Swiss, Germans, Tyroles and,the
like, said to have been selected by Yankee
agents in Europe for their skill with the riflef
and hired |at high rates to lend their services
to the North.
While On the peninsula, as bofore stated,
our troops suffered greatly from the fatal ac
curacy of these mercenaries, who from their
coverts in the woods fringing the breastworks,
had full sweep at our men walking about
within the works. Marvelous stories were re
lated on this topic, some of them romantic
enough for a French novellelte. It was de
clared at the campfires that the sharpshooters
were in the habit of using chemical gunpow
der, a white compound having all the qualities
of common powder, with the exception of ma
king no smoke or explosion, thereby prevent
ing one from seeing whence the shot wag
fired.
Anotheir of their devices was for two to sta
tion themselves behind a tree, one with his
gun empty and the other charged. On the
former popping a cap half a dozen of our men
would eagerly poke their heads to fire, when
10, the fellow with the loaded piece would
discharge it at some of them with fatal effect.
Leaving these camps tales for what they may
be worth, it is painfully evident that Granthas
an organized body of men at his command
whose function it is to pick off our officers at
every opportunity, and from a North Carolina
paper it appears that, in addition to the na
tive and foreign marksmen picked for this
purpose, even the red man has been impressed
into their service for a like end, Ramseur’s
North Carolinians, the 2d, 4th, 15th and 20th,
of Ewell’s corps, having to fight some Ojibwav
Indians, from Michigan, during the first at
tack of Grant upon our lines.
The Exodus from Liverpool.
From the Shipping Gazette, April 11th.]
The Government emigration officials at Liv
erpool completed the nSual monthly and quar
terly returns of the emigration from the Mer
sey yesterday week; and from the statistics
before us, it is quite plain , that the spring
exodus from Liverpool has commenced “with
a vengeance,” and bids fair to rival that of
any year since 1857. As usual, the Irish form
the chief proportion of the people leaving the
country for America, without taking into con
sideration the vast numbers which leave Ire
land direct for the American States or the
colonies. The number of ships sailing“under
the act,” to the United States in the month of
March were 35, having on board 13,118 steer
age and 359 cabin passengers, of which 2,609
were English,3l4 Scotch, 9,250 Irish, and 954
foreigners ; to Victoria there were only two
ships, with 584 steera.ge and 7 cabin passen
gers, of which 212 were English, 55 Scotch,
306 Irish, and 11 foreigners, making a total of
37 ships and 14,068 emigrants, of which 2,821
were English, 9,556 Irish, 369 Scotch, and9s6
other countries. The number of ships sailing
“not under the act,” to the United States, were
five, with 250 passengers ; to New Brunswick,
one ship and 15 passengers : to St. John's,
Newfoundland, one ship and 7 passengers ; to
Viotoria, one ship and 29 passengers.: to the
West Indies, three ships and 25 passengers,
and to South American ports, four ships and
80 passengers, making :? total of 16 ships and
420 passengers.
For the quarter ending March sailed to the
United States 75 ships, “under the act,” with
755 cabin and 21,967 steerage passengers ; to
New South Wales, 1 ship, with 449 steerage
passengers ; to Queenland, 1 ship, with 5 cabin
and 172 steerage passengers : to Victoria, 8
ships, with 31 cabin and 1,971 steerage passen
gers ; making a total of 85 ships, 791 cabin
and 24,552 steerage passengers, or a grand
total of 25,350 emigrants. The number of
ships sailing not “under the act,'’ during the
three months, were 18 to the United States,
with 513 cabin and 317 steerage passengers :
to New Brunswick. 1 ship. 5 cabin and 10
steerage passengers ; to Newfoundland, 1 ship
i and 7 cabin passengers: to New South Wales.
' 2 ships, 11 cabin and 10 steerage passengers :
to Victoria, 2 ships, 9 cabin and 79 steerage
: passengers ; to the West Indies, S ships, and
| 59 cabin passengers ; to South America, II
ships, 82 caoin. and /8 steerage passengers ; to
Africa. 2 ships, and 27 cabin passengers—
making a total of 47 ships, 703 cabin and 495
, steerage passengers. The total number of
emigrant; leaving Liverpool, during the three
months of the present year, in ships and not
under the act, were 26,547, which* is an in
crease over the corresponding quarter of last
i year of 1,740 souls.
GIT Y MATTE ftSSiW i
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Douglas Ambulance Committee
Columbus, June 4th, 1864.
Acknowledge contributions from the Ladies of
Cusseta, through W. Shipp, of one box coeked pro
visions:
Mrs. Garrard, vegetables, hams Ac.;
" Estes, vegetables Ac.:
“ Benning, lot of bread and one ham
** J B Hill, bread;
“ J A Strother, bread;
“ Wm H Hughes, one ham and lot bread;
*' F S Chapman, sundries;
Miss Mary Bethune, two jars pickles;
“ Lucy Harris, lot of Onions :
“ Anna Forsyth, lot of old linen;
John D Gray & Cos., 100 lbs. hams and two sacks
flour;
Mrs McAllister and Mrs R Patten, and the Ladies
of the Soldiers’ Home for their kindness in making
up cofliforts; also, to J Rhodes Brown, Eagle Fac
tory, for furnishing us with cloth.
The members of our committee, now at Marietta
and vicinity, inform us that they have been enabled
to relieve the sufferings of a large number of our
wounded soldiers, with the liberal contributions al
ready sent forward—much more work has to be
done, and that we may be more efficiently able to
continue our work of mercy, we most earnestly
and respectfully urge upon the patriotic citizens, of
Cblumbus, and adjacent country, to aid us in con
tributing further supplies of hams, bread, vegeta
bles, sugar, coffee; also old linen and cotton cloth-
Our soldiers tell us to take care of their wounded
comrades, and they will take care of tko enemy.
A messenger will leave on Tuesday night; all arti
cles sent to Goodrich & Co’s store will be forwarded.
H. H. EPPING, Treas’r.
C. G. Holmes, Scc'y.
Our fund is nearly exhausted and a money sub
scription is also solicited. The can be fosad
at the office of 11. H. Epping, Treasurer.
Religious Reading For the Army.— Rev. J.
11. Martin, formerly pastor of a church in Knox
ville, Tenn., from whence he was sent by the Fed
eral authorities in January last, is now on a visit
to Columbus as Agent of the Evangelical Tract
Society, of Petersburg, Va. During the present
week, he will call on our citizens to receive any
contributions |hoy may he pleased to make to the
cause he represents. The above Society was or
ganized in July, 1861. It is founded on the co
operative principle, being sustained by the united
counsels, liberality, prayers, and labors of all de
nominations of Christians in our land. It is do
ing a most extensive a,ud important work, reach
ing every State in the Confederacy, and minister
ing to every army, even the Trans- Mississippi ar
my, which it has been and is still supplying with
-a large amount of religious literature. The Soci
ety also publishes the “Army and Navy Hymn
Book,” and a popular religious paper called the
“Army and Navy Messenger.”
Fine Seasons. —Since our last issuo wo have
been visited with copious and gently falliug show
ers, which have given an impetus to the growing
crops, that will enable them to fairly spread them
selves. For these and all other blessings we should
return thanks to the bounteous Giver es ail good.
W. H. H. Phelps. —By reference to an adver
tisement it will be seen that this gentleman has
been empowered to purchase supplies for the sick
and wounded of Marshall Hospital, also to ex
change cotton yarns, &c., for the same. It is to
be hoped that all having provisions to exchange
will bear this Hospital ia mind, and call on the
agent, Mr. Phelpses soon as possible.
Cotton Cards. —Mr. J. F. Winter gives notice
that he wishes to exchange No. 10 Whittemoro
cotton cards for corn or bacon.
Citv Sexton. —We learn that Mr. R. T. Simons
was elected to this office on Saturday last. The
vote polled was very small.
♦-
Gen. P. J. Philips. —We noticed the fact Satur
day, that this gentleman had been elected Colonel
of one of the new regiments recently formed at
Atlanta. Since then he has been elected to a
Brigadier Generalcy. We learn this by a dispatch
to Mr. A. C. McGehee of this city.
A Curious —Snigglefrits who has been long
absent came h3me recently to seo his Phoeba Jane
and to the himencal altar. On approach
ing her he extended his and was making
ready to m,——■, her, when her eyes looked tttt
at him, at the same time she gave him a slap on
the jaw which gave him the 2th ache and caused
him to see***.He then tried to his brains out
against a bag of feathers,but finally concluded he
wouldn’t; at the same time he made a pass at her
throat with a barlow knife, but she dodged it. He
relented—“Pheby will y&u be mine?” “Nary
time.” Snigglefrit’s blood biles 000000 above fe
ver heat—concludes to migrate to another 2.
Ho reached his lodging in 3]] and sent tho
surgeon, who recommended ice on the brain. Next
morning he convalesced—B 2 frogs for breakfast
and started for the front, in the hope of finding all
quiet along the
Phoeba Jane on learning his sad phato went off
into a brilliant series of duck fits from which she
had not recovered at last accounts. Verily this is
a ease without a = Truth is stranger than fic
tion, ain’t it? Back numbers of this soul-agita
ting and tear-starting romance may mo found in
the “Goober Grabbler’s” magazine for July.— Dev
Sent to Fort Delaware. —A Yankee paper
publishes the arrival of a number of Confederate
officers at Fortress Monroe, on their way to Fort
Delaware. In the list we find the following Geor
gians : Maj. Gen. Edward Johnston, Brig. Gen.
George H. Stuart, Colonels Peebles, Hardeman
and Davant, Majors Nash and Carson.
Earning tiikir Salt. —Governor Clark, of
Mississippi, deeming it inexpedient to expend
the appropriation for the establishment of a
State penitentiary, and, determined that the
convicts shall earn their salt, has assigned
them to duty at the State salt works.
A Conjugal Muddle. —Night before last a
lady residing in South Nashville, named Fly,
and whose husband has been absent in the
rebel rank3 nearly three years, got married to
a private soldier in the Federal army. Yes
terday her husband was captured, or deserted,
and early in the day he sentan epistle ofsweet
things to his wife, one of which was that he
should take the oath of allegiance and fly in
to her arms. But the woman protested against
any and all such proceedings, contending that
she was no longer a Fly. She informed the
new partaker of her joys what had transpired,
who, thinking there would be a muss, in which
an infuriated husband might get the best of
it, stated nis intentions as honorable, and a?
proof thereof was willing to cry quits and for
feit the realization of al] his ecstatic anticipa
tions. But the wife gave a groan, and swore
fidelity to her new-found love; and swore fur
ther that the original Jacob should never again
enter her abode. This case promises a rich
denouement, and will be a godsend to gossins.
Xaxhviile Lfysutch, 23 d ult.
Fre maxcoxtents. —The organs of Goy.
Brown claim that the refusal of Congress to
repeal the bill suspending the writ of habeas
corpus is distinctly ignoring'the will of the
people: they claiming that a majority of the
people are opposed to the suspension. If the
••signs of the times ' indicate popular senti
ment, we are decidedly of the opinion that the
people are with the administration and Con
gress. the evidence of which we see upon every
hand, —L a Qrangi Courier.
Sturdy Self-Reliance.
A singular but strikiug instance of the g- *,
dy of self-reliance of our army, occurred at
the depot yesterday afternoon.
In the absence of wounded soldiers, one o~
the committee tendered theirscrviee3 to a ser
geant with a squad of ten men to make them
as comfortable as possible. The first o3V
was of provisions. To this the soldiers an
swered, they were in the habit of providing
for themselves, and were well supplied ”Jl
“Then,” said the committeeman, “let us n r 7~
vide you with a good night’s lodging”
are much obliged to you,” was the reply, “h *
we are in the habit of sleeping out in the
open air, or anywhere.” The la3t effort wag
than made to the effect that there was a num
ber of vehicles unemployed, and the commit
tee would be pleased to send the soldiers where
they wished to go. To this the following re
ply was made : “Weave again obliged to ron.
but we have a good set of legs, and we are.
quite accustomed to using them,” and adde I
one of the party, “It is so long since I have
done any riding I believe it would make mr
head swim.” So the squad tramped on. and
the committeeman went on his way, wonder
ing, and* we thought (for we were by) that
if a British officer considered Marion invinci
ble, because he could live on potatoes, an ar
my like ours, as independent of certain com
forts as a Sioux Indian, was more than a
match for all Yankeedom. — Columbia Guar
dian.
[From the Montgomery Advertiser.]
Army of Tennessee, )
In front of Right Wing, June 2,
via Atlanta, June 3. . j
The enemy yesterday abandoned the en
trenchments on our right, leaving 18 of Lewis
Kentucky brigade wounded on Saturday a:
Dallas. J
Bate’s division followed up the enemv, in
flicting considerable loss, the enemy movin''-
in the direction of the Alltoona on our
right, six miles north of Acworth. Our armv
moved up and took position.
Occasional skirmishing has occurred on the
right centre valley. From 4 to 6 o'clock, there
was a heavy engagement with infantry ana
artillery, we attacking the driving
him back on the right.
Having the First Bite.— Said a country
landlord to an oldboardef—“Mr.”Jenkins, aV
you always come in late, have you any objec
tions to this gentleman occupying your bed
until the stage goes out ?’’ “Not the least,
will be infinitely obliged to you if you wil
put him there, so that the bed-bugs can h:v
their supper before I come.”
An Irishman, in describing America, saiu
I am told that you might roll liugland throng'
it, an’ it would not make a dint in the gou:.
and there’s fresh water oceans inside that y:
might drown ould Ireland in, and as for Scot
land, ye might stick it in a corner, and ye
niver be able to find it out, except it might
by the smell o’ the whiskey."
lEllis, LaYmg’sfsm €©
AN TUESDAY, 7th June, at 10 o’clock, we tv;,.
V sell in front of our store,
200 PAIR COTTON CARDS.
6 Bbls. Good Whiskey •
3 Bbls. Fine Syrup;
20 Sacks Sugar, iu 50 lb. sacks
10 Sacks Seed Peas ;
2 Bbls. Vinegar;
1 Keg Snuff;
1 Bbl. Blackberry Wine;
5 Boxes Tobacco;
11 Summer Coats;
Furniture, Leather, &c., &c.
—also —
A FIAE MEXICAN f»O\A !
-ALSO-
I ENGLISH SADDLE AND BRIDLE!
je C sl6
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
ON TUESDAY 7th of June, at 10 o’clock, we wiil
sell in front of our store
A LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN!
20 years old, good Cook Washer and
Ironer.
June 6 td $6
LAST CALL !
PERSONS who have not yet handed ia their Tithe
List for 1864, are requested to do so, by the 15th
inst., as I am determined not to wait a day after
that time expires. Persons who are required by
Tax Act, Feb. 17th, 1864, to pay an additional in
come tax for 1863 will now come to the Offico anl
make said returns, as the forms for said tax have
been received.
W. G. JOHNSON,
je6 6t Assessor for District 41.
SSO REWARD !
QTRAYED— A largo Brindle Milch Cow, with
small horns, turning back at the end. She il L
good order and is supposed to be making her way to
the place of Porter Ingram, on tho Uchee; was la
seen near Godwin’s place, on the Crawford road.
Any information thankfully received at the offi’' 1
of the Eagle Factory, and the above reward pa.
for the cow. je 6 d3t.
Strayed—-SIOO Reward!
QTRAYED from my lot, near Holland’s old Mi:
O in Russell county, Ala., one BLACK MEXICAN
PONY, 5 or 10 years old, long inane 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 the above reward for the two, or pr
portionate for one; or will pay the amount for in -
formation so that I get them.
je4 6t JOHN CARUGHI.
isto^xoies.
To Planters and Other* I
T 4VILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting .
1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax, 1
will be found at Robinett & Co’s old stand, where L
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT
june 2 ts
Wanted Immediately*
MARSHALL HOSPITAL?*
June 2d, 1864. >
I wish to hire immediately three able-bodied ne
gro women without children?
T. A. MEANS,
jano 2-4 t Surgeon in Charge.
4®=" Sun copy 4 times. •
FOR EXCHANGE !
OA(jA LBS. GOOD HAMS will be exchanged f .
Zl/U'/ SIDES. Apply at Muscogee /fail Road De
potto W. L, CLARK,
my 30 2w
Lumber.
/?A AAA FEET Flooring, Weather-boar liag
UUjUvU and Ceiling, (a portion uressei an:
tongued and groved.) For sale by
M. P. ELLIS & CC
Columbus, Ga., May 31.—3 t.
Notice.
Office Med. Ex. Board for Co.vscr:?; -
3d CbXGRESSIONAL DIST. Ga.
Columbus, May 23,15A. )
The Board of Surgeons far examination c■
scripts, hold its session daily- (Sunday execute •
at this office. Office at the Lowell Warehouse.
V. IT. JfINGR.
rr.ySO ts ; Sr. Surg'n Ex. Doaru
Off to k JU.»aitE A- Girard JR. it. *
foluDi'oue, Ga.. May sth, 04.
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of ;..
■- ompany, will be hell at tuc ince, Girard, A. l
on Wednecda: 6th uay of July next, at 11 o’clock,
when tlio election for President aud Directors
take place.
By order J. 31. FRAZER. See’.
my 24 t.l
Stitt! It ICE ! 7
r |"'Vt EL\ E CASKS, just received from Sa - c-r
A a superior article.
For sale by GREEN"WOOD A GR A Y
my 27 Iw
