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J. W. WARBE9, - - - Editor.
Thnrsday Morning, June 16, 1864.
Th« public virtue in a State, must have
reached a very low degree, when the fact that
a publie servant has performed hia whole du
ty is employed by his enemies to weaken his
influence and power with the people. Suoh
is the course qt that flpJdenUt, tory paper—
the RalUgfc Tragrm, in its war upon Gov.
Vance. In an article now before us, that
journal says : “The fact i3, we have rarely
seen a man so thoroughly imbued with the
war spirit, and so zealous in his desire to have
everybody in the army as Gov. Vance.” JVhat
this villiainous sheet here evidently intends
as a reproach, will be considered by all true
men in* the Confederacy as matter of praise.
We trust that the Progress has greatly mis- j
conceived the sentiment of the people ot North
Carolina ; if not, God help them!
Tns Pops and Maximilian.— The Unita
Cattolica gives the text of the allocution ad
dressed by the Pope to the Emperor and Em
press of Mexico, before administering to them
the Communion in the Vatican. In the course
of it, he say 9 : “In the name of God, I recom
mend to you the prosperity of the Chatholic
people who have been intrusted to you. Great
are the rights of the people, and they must be
satisfied ; but greater and more sacred are the
rights of the Churoh, the. spotless spouse of
Christ, who has redeemed us with his blood—
that blood which is now to crimson your lips.
You will, therefore, respect the rights of the
people and of the Church, and will thus labor
for the temporal and spiritual welfare of your
subjects.”
An Incorrigible Jester.—A private of the
Troup Artillery, Cabell’s battalion, by the
name of Ledbetter, who was known as a great
jester, was severely wounded through the
lung at tipottsylvania by a minnie ball. When
his comrades took him up to carry him from
the field, he said to them :
“Well, boys, they’ve got me; it was lead,
against Ledbetter , but lead rather got the better
of it!”
The Fighting on Friday.
Grant's Line Advanced Half a Mile—Four Hun
dred Prisoners Captured—Our Lines engaged
from Right to Lest —Gallantry of Barlow's
Division—They occupy the Rebel Breastworks
—The Rebel Guns silenced.
The above is the caption of the Philadel
phia Inquirer's special correspondence, dated
Headqarters, Army of the Potomac, near Coal
Harbor, June 3, 12 p. m. It will be seen that
this correspondent, although afraid to ac
knowledge a defeat, has not the hardihood to
claim a victory—in fact, he intimates very
plainly, that the enemy paid very dearly for
their whistle. He write* :
To-day has been marked by much hard
lighting. There has been no general battle,
but an engagement of sufficient severity to
add largely to our number of killed and woun
ded. Four thousand men will not more
than cover our casualties. Everything won
to-day has been earned by hard work, and has
cost us its full value. An.average advance of
our line, somewhat less than half a mile, and
the capture of about 400 prisoners, from the
result of the day’s operations.
The formation «f our line of battle in its
position, across the Gaines’ Mill road, having
been completed yesterday,'and full connection
established between the several corps, an ear
ly hour this morning was fixed upon for an
assault on the enemy’s works along the entire
line ; the principal effort, however, to be made
on our left and against the rebel right. Our
line, which extended from Bethtsda Church
on the right to a point nearly two miles below
Cold Harbor on the left, wa* constituted as
follows :
Warren and Burnside on the right, next
General Smith (Eighteenth Corps), then Gen.
Wright (Sixth Corps), and on the extreme left
General Hancock. The latter corp3 was the
first to open the attack, the First and Second
Divisions und Gens. Barlow and Gibbons, be
ing assigned to make the assault, while the
Third Division was held as reserve. At pre
cisely 4J a. m., a gun was fired as a signal,
and both divisions siraultaaeously moved for
ward. Os Barlow’s Division, the First Brig
ade, Col. Miles, and the Fourth Brigade, Col.
Brooks, each formed in two lines, led the as
sault, the former on the extreme left. Gib
bons’ Division, on starting, had the brigades
of Colonel Smyth, General Tyler and Colonel
McKeen in the front line arrranged from left
to right, in the order in which they are men
tioned, but while advancing General Owen’s
Brigade moved obliquely and came up on the
left of Col. Smyth’s, so that the four brigades
went in together.
There was nearly a mile of ground to Lrav
erse before reaching the entrenchments that
were to be charged, and over this our men
advanced as silently as possible. Through a
part of the distance they were screened from
the observation of the enemy by woods or
slight hills, but in the immediate front of the
breastworks there was a space of considerable
breadth affording no shelter whatever from
the rebel fire. Although the enemy was on
the alert, a portion of Barlow * Division suc
ceeded in charging over this space and getting
temporary possession of the rebel works. But
the number that succeeded in effecting an en
trance was not large enough to retain posses
sion, and they were obliged to fallback to the
main line.
They brought off, however, two hundred and 1
fifteen prisoners, including a Major and four
teen line officers, aud the flag of the Twenty
sixth Virginia regiment as a reward of then
prowess. Corporal Ferrence Bigler, Compa
ny D, Stventh New York Heavy Artillery, in |
Colonel Brooke's Brigade, was the captor of j
this Ha'’-. The Colonel of the regiment to i
which it belonged was bayonetted as our men
entered the entrenchments, battery of six
guns which was behind the breastworks, was
captured but could not be brought, off. It was,
however, rendered useless to the enemy by
the complete range ot it which our men ob
tained with their muskets. They ha>e heul
it thus under fire all day, the enemy neither
daring to attempt to use or remove it. Although
we found it impracticable to hold the rebel
entrenchments at this point, our own line was
constructed within twenty flv# yards distant.
Taking advantage of the shelter afforded
by a crest of land, our men lay down just be
hind it, and from their concealment kept up
such a constantand well aimedfire that scarce
ly a single rebel head could be induced to lift
itself above the shelter of the rifle pits. Un
der cover of this fire the One Hundred and
Forty Eighth Pennsylvania regiment, Colonel
Beaver, advanced up almost to the enenn s j
line, and under their very eyes (it they had
dared use those organs to look outj construe- !
ted a substantial line of rifle pits, which we J
have since been occupying all day.
. Our men have shot down several rebel flags
visible within tlieir works, and after wards j
tauntingly invited the “Johnies” to put up
some more. Badinages was exchanged to day
between the opposing lines almost as freely
as bullets, but the speakers on either side have
been obliged to He low themselves, however
high they might pitch their voices.
On the line ot Gen. Gibbons’ Division, two
belonging to Owen’s Brigade, tor
|Hm||ng the maxim that discretion is the bet
of valor, rushed forward in advance
•
of their comrades, and succeeded in entering
| the enemy's entrenchments only to dad them
i selves in the position of the man who bought
the elephant. They found it impossible to
get out again, and were unfortunately aaade
prisoner!. - , _ . .
Col. MeKeen, commanding the Ist Brigade,
with about 300 men in his command, was
placed in a eomewhat awkward and unpleas
ant situation, which the force of circumstances
compelled tbemte retain all day. Unwilling
te relinquish the assault, and thinking only
of success, he and the number of men stated
above, held their ground after the remainder
of the Brigade had fallen back to a better po
sition ; and found themselves isolated withomt
sufficient force te advance, and unable to re
treat without running a gauntlet of Rebel fire
which would let few escape. . They have there
fore been obliged to remain all day in a re
cumbent position, protected from a sortie of
the enemy by the |muekets of their friends m
the rear, who, in the meantime, have been en
gaged in running out a breastwork, under the
shelter of which they can withdraw. They
will get out during the night. The distanee
gained by Gibbons’ Division is about half a
mile, and they oaptured about 150 prisoners.
The Sixth Corps, with Russell’s Division on the
right, Rickett’s on the centre, and Neill’s on the
left, advanced shortly after the advance es the
Second Corps, and gained nearly the same amount
of ground, which they have held all day, under
an extremely heavy fire and fortified themselves
In their new position. Rickett’s Division is said
to hare been most severely engaged, but the fight
ing was extremely sharp and the casualties heavy
in the entire corps.
On the right of the Sixth Corps, General Smith
was engaged, with about the same results and,
perhaps, heavier losses. The 81®t New York reg
iment, of Marston’s Brigade, Brooks’ Division,
had the front of that brigade in making the charge
and suffered terribly. Nearly every officer of the
regiment is either killed or wounded. Gen. Stars
ton was struck by a fragment of shell early in the
morning, but remained on the field throughout the
day.
The entire corps was sharply engaged, and its
losses were particularly heavy. The Third Corps,
ou the extreme right, advanced their line to some
extent, and experienced very sharp fighting in do
ing so. The loss in Griffin’s Division alone is
stated at about three hundred and fifty. The loss
in the Eighteenth Corps through the day must
amount to fifteen hundred, as about twelve hun
dred wounded have been received in the hospitals
of the corps. The casualties of the Second and
Sixth cannot be less than one thousand each, and
the entire loss of the army will, I think, not fall
■short of the figures named above, viz: four thou
sand in killed, wounded aud missing.
About 9 p. m., the enemy made a charge on our
left, attacking the portion of our line held by Col.
Smyth’s and Owen’s Brigades of Gibbon’s Divis
ion, Second Corps, and alse Colonel Upton’s Brig
ade of Russell’s Divisiou, Sixth Corps. General
Barlow, who was on the front of his line over
heard the rebel officers give the order “Fix bayo
nets,” and instantly sent to warn Gen. Gibbon to
be on the alert. The men were at the moment
busily engaged in entrenching, but by the time the
enemy came up were perfectly ready to receive
him, and repulsed him in handsome style, with
severe chastisement for his temerity. Since this
repulse all has been quiet.
Funeral of General Doles.
The remains of the late Brigadier General
George P. Doles, under the escort of Captain
Furlow, a member of bis staff, and Private
Mareus McComb, were received by the Com
mittee at the depot on Tuesday, morning. A
number of citizens accompanied the remains
to the family residence, where they remained
until half past four o’clock, when they were
conveyed to the Representive Chamber for
funeral ceremonies.
The coffin was placed near the centre of the
Hall, and was covered by the large and hand
some Flag executed for and used by the “Bald
win Blues” previous to the war. At the head
was another Flag on a staff, and at the foot of
the coffin was a cluster of three YAnkee battle
flags captured by the 4th Georgia Reg’t while
commanded by Gen. Doles.
Avery large audience was present, to honor
the departed hero. The Rev. Win. Flinn, who
accompanied the Baldwin Blues to Virginia in
April, 1861, and who was Chaplain of Colone
Doles’ regiment, delivered a very impressive
discourse on the life and services of his mili
tary friend, which was listened to with pro
found attention. The P*ev. C. A. Fulwood
assisted in prayer.
On account of the weather, the burial was
deferred until 9 o’clock next morning, when
the largest procession ever seen in the city
was formed at the Capitol and followed the
remains to the cemetery.
The Committee of Arrangements are enti
tled to much credit for the appropriate man
ner in which they draped the Representative
Hall, and for the order of proceedings gener
ally.—Southern Recorder.
Returning Sanity.
Wilkes’ N. Y. Spirit of the Times, edited by
a man who has heretofore been a strong ad
vocate of the war, doesn’t seem to be very
much elated by the prospects of the war :
Never before, have we felt a depression
equal to that which assails us at this moment.
Three years have now elapsed since the com
mencement of the war. A debt of sixteen
hundred millions stares us in the face; and
nearly half a million es our soldiers have been
utterly used up. The elastic hope which
buoyed the earlier states of the struggle has
largely faded out, while, so stir as the Confed
erates are concerned, they are better off to-day !
to sustain three years more contest than at |
any previous period of the war. The manu
factories they at first tequired, are now con
structed ; agriculture and the science of sub
sistence have taken settled shape: and all the
sufferings and sacrifices which are necessary
to season a people to exploit, have been en
dured. Moreover, they feel that the period
of probation which foreign Powers limit for
struggling populations to earn the stamp of
nationality is very nearly up. Is it not, there
fore, painful—nay, alarming—that, at such a
crisis, mediocrity ana doubtful purpose should
wield the entire sway ? Yes, such is rhe case;
and a* we dwell upon it we are almost led to
believe that God is not only not with us, but
against us. He has confounded our judg
ments, divided our councils, and delivered us
into the hands of the feeble, the faint-hearted
and the blind, And why should He be with |
us, base, grovelling, and corrupted as we are ? j
We are not with Him ! We are a godless. !
conscienceless, religionless people. There is ■
np honor, no virtue, no devotion, except among
the masses, while ninety per cent, of all who i
range above thousand-dollar incomes, are ;
lynx-eyed sharpers, who are watching every |
neighbor with suspicion, and who subordinate
j every sentiment to self. Debauched by a*
extravagant prosperity, and spared mercifully
! from all sacrifices, we have ungratefully for
i gotten a due reliance upon Heaven, aud the
1 result is, that, except in the case of the sim
ple, virtuous laboring people, we have practi
cally become of atheists. There
is no conscience attached to the intelligence
and wealth of the community ; and laymen as
we are, and of the world, we say unto you,
fellow-countrymen, that there can be no last
ing government without public virtue, no en
during nationality without a universal sense
of God. Handled as ourcountiy has been in the
field, and stupefied as it is by the tricksters of
the Cabinet, it would seem that we are only
to arrive at the stage when we may be per
mitted to rebuild, by sufferings and sacrifices,
aud perhaps through a preliminary chaos
which it is dreadful to anticipate.
Important to Militiamrn. —The following
section from the Act reorganizing the militia
of the State of Georgi, assented to December
14, 1863, is published for the information of
all parties concerned:
Section XIV. And be it further enacted,
That any militiamen ordered into active ser
vice, whether by order of the Governor or a
requisition from the President of the Confed
erate States, who shall fail or refuse, after due
notice, to enter the service, or being therein.
shall leave the service without permission,
shall tie liable to be tried and punished as a
deserter, and subject to all tue pains and pen-
I allies imposed upen deserters in the rules and
| articles of war for the government of the army
I of the Confederate States.
Mexico and Romo.
Th© Vienna Presse recently contained the
following curious article qp the relations of
Rom* with the new Mexican empire, which we
find translated for the New York Eveaing
Post:
The Mexican Monarchy is intended
to' re-act against the Anglo Saxon race and
the Democratic idea of Northern America, but
alee against American Protestanism. Hence,
the immense enthusiasm with which the
clerical party k of both hemispheres has wel
comed the advent of Maximilian I.
By the erection of this throne Napoleon 111
has rendered an immense service to the Church,
and this service is so highly appreciated by
the Court of Rome, that important concessions
hare been made therefor by the French Gov
ernment.
In view of the advantages that the Court of
Rome anticipates from Mexico, it has appeared
necessary to have itself represented there by a
personality, decidecLand energetic. The Pope
has, therefore, chosen (in accordance with the
advice of Antonelli,) as Nupcio to Mexico, the
Minister of War ofßome,Mona:gaorde Merode,
who, on this occasion will be made a Cardinal.
As Merode wa3 not on good terms with the
French, it is thought, too, that this distant
appointment will be satisfactory to the Court
of the Tuilerics.
But a greater concession made to France
will be the speedy elevation, at the approach
ing consistory, of the Abbe Lucien Bonaparte,
long a resident of Rome, and the cameriere of
the Pope, to the rank of Cardinal.
The Prince Lucien would then be eligible
to the Papacy, and upon the death of Pius
IX, the conclaves assembles under the protec
tion of French bayonets—how can he help
standing a very good chance for election? Pius
IX can thus await the end of his days in peace.
If a Bonaparte mounts a pontifical throne, by
Papacy and its temporal possessions are safe,
we must say we are now witnessing very ex
traordinary things. An Austrian archduke
ascends the throne erected by a French Em
peror, and the Emperor of Mexico becomes,
by force of circumstances, the mediator be
tween theTuileries and the Vatican.
[Special to the Mobile Tribune.]
General Forrest’s Official Dis
patch.
Headquarters, Salem, Miss, June 11th, 1
via. Holly Springs, 12th. (
Major General Lee:
Have scattered the Yankee forces, capturing
250 wagons and ambulances, 20 pieces of ar
tillery, and all their ammunition.
Their killed and wounded will amount to
2,000, and 1,000 prisoners
My men are still pursuing, and more will
doubtless be captured.
[Signed] N. B. FORREST,
Major General.
Important from the Trans-Mis
* sissippi.
A dispatch from Memphis, dated May 31st,
says :
The tin-clads Marmora, Joliet and Prairie
Bird, recently engaged the rebel batteries at
Gaines’ landing, and succeeded in driving
them away. The Prairie Bird was struck 30
times, and the Marine Brigade boat Delta, had
her donkey engine shot overboard and the
engineer killed. •
Marmaduke, who is reported to be in com
mand of the rebels, had taken twelve pieces
of artillery. He captured and burned the stea
mer Lebanon, and carried the crew and pas
sengers off as prisoners. The boats from the
White river report the rebels to be thick; but
the boats are not molested.
A heavy force of the rebels is reported to
be within twenty-fire miles of Duvall’s Bluff,
marching on that place. They are supposed
to number 15,000.
CAPTURE Os DARDANELLE BY THE REBELS—
BOLD MOVEMENT.
The rebel General Shelby, captured Darcla
nelle last Monday, taking 200 prisoners. After
the capture he crossed the Arkansas river,
and it was supposed that he intended to strike
the Little Rock railroad.
Guerillas are represented as unusually ac
tive in Arkansas. It appears to be the inten
tion of the rebels to force the Union troops to
evacuate all the State except Little Rock and
Helena. Jacksonport and Batesville have
been evacuated by our forces.
“Blood Will Tell.”— Sjrme, of ths Pe
tersburg Register, always believed that there
is as much in the blood of men as in blood of
horses, and farther, that the sins of the pa
rents will be visited for generations on their
deeendants. This reflection is brought to our
minds by the fate of “Ulysses” Grant, who i3
named after his progenitor the great Ulysses
of old. The old Ulysses was the son of Sisy
puhs, who told Pluto a whopping big lie, to
get out of Hell, and for so doing, was set to
‘the always beginning and never ending task
of rolling a huge stone, which, as soon as
rolled to the summit of a hill, Would rollback
to the foot.’
Our Ulysses, like his ancestor of stone-roll
ing notoriety, having got'himself into a “hell
of a scrape,” has tried to lie himself out of it,
with all sorts of whoppers, and for so doing,
has bear, condemned to “roll a stone’' to
Richmond, but which he is ever rolling back
age in. —Lynchburg Republican.
Yankee Character, —A letter dated the 3d
of this month, says the Winchester Bulletin,
and written by a worthy gentleman, who is a
member of the LaGrange Relief Committee,
now at the front, says : ,
Fifteen Kentucky boys came in last night
wounded, and have been sent to the rear.
They were taken prisoners and left at Dallas.
They were stripped by the Yankees, 3ave a
few who were allowed a shirt. All accounts
agree that the enemy devastates the entire
country of everything, even ladies’ and child
ren’s clothing. When they evacuate they do
not leave a solitary article of anything to eat
or wear. Wheeler, in his captures at Carter’s
station, had a man who took a carpet bag
from a Yankee, and upon opening the carpet
bag found his own and his wife’s miniatures,
besides some letters and other things he had
sent her, and which had been stolen by this
Yankee. The Yankee claimed the carpet bag.
He was sent out from the command and re
ceived a promotion —a ju3t tribute to all such
vandals.
* Death of a Scoundrel. —Colonel Andrew
J. Butler, brother of the Beast, died suddenly
i in New York on his return from New Orleans.
! He left “a very large personal property.' so
the New York Herald tells us, valued at two
: millions of dollars. This be got by stealing
: and robbery in New Orleans, in which the
■ Beast was doubtless partner: iu proof of
i which is th- fact that he left half of his prop
! ertv to the Beast, one quarter to his own wid
i ow, and one quarter in trust for his own son.
: Such unblushing rascality has rarely been
acted in the face of the world.— Sav. News.
A Worthy Example. —Mrs. , of Twiggs i
county, Ga., : >r the last fourteen years entirely I
blind, has w ; rh her *wn hands just completed and ’
forwarded t<> soldiers, free of charge, sis-; pairs of !
socks. When an old lady, deprived of one of 1
God's greatest blessings—sight of the eye—for
many years, and in the eighty-fourth year of her
age, presents such spectacles ts disinterested pa
triotism. let the mantle <;f shame crimson the
brow of the young bams- sos the land, who fail
to emulate the example of this pious old lady:
newreelining in her last days, on the bopeofmio
istering to the comfort of :"he brave soldier, who
only look* to eternity to reward her for sueh noble
deeds. Will a just God entail upon the posterity
of such noble ancestry the yoke of a despot.—.Va
co a Teleyrap
Fxemy's Losses at Cold Hasbor.— The Rich
mond correspondent of the Charleston Mercury
says: “The Yankee loss last Thursday must have
been very heavy. In Kershaw's front especially.
the carnage w-s horrible. lam told that General
Pickett estimates the dead at that point at SCO. In
front of two brigades of another division upwards
of 40u killed were counted, and tha loss of those
brigades all told was only 11 killed and wounded.' - '
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Reparts es the Press Assaeiatian.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in Clerk’s officenrf
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern Distriot of Georgia.
From the Georgia Front.
Front Louisiana and the North.
Arrival of Gen. Polk’s Remains in Atlanta,
&c, f Sac*). &c«
Top Kbnnxsaw Mountain, near Marietta, June
15.—Considerable cannonading and skirmishing
on the rignt and centre to-day.
The enemy advanced his lines the previous
night very near te ours.
Both lines are distinctly visible from this point.
Weather beautifal, and the roads are rapidly
dryiag.
General Loring is now in command of Polk’s
eorps.
Lieut. Elisha P. Gwin, of Kentucky, captured
by our scouts this morning, says that the enemy
lost 1500 in Hooker’s fight with Stewart on the
25th of May, and that it was a useless sacrifice of
life on the part of the enemy.
Clinton, La., June 15. —Cotton in New Orleans
on the 10th, was $1,07 per lb.
A. J. Smith’s treops have gone up the river
from Vicksburg, on 36 transports.
The naval depot at Cairo has been blown up by
an explosion of gunpowder.
The greater part of Brashear City has been
burnt up.
Heavy firing this morning in the direction of
Port Hudson.
A gentleman from New Orleans says he had to
pay 205 for gold.
Atlanta, June 15.—The remains of Gen. Polk
arrived here this morning, and were deposited in
St. Luke’s Cnurch. The funeral services and ser
mon, by Rev. Dr. Quintard, was delirdred before
a great assemblage. The remains were then es
corted to the morning train for Augusta.
The death of this Christian hero has made a pro
fouud impression in all classes of this community.
[From the Southern Confederacy.]
The Front.
Atlanta, June 14—Noon.—A staff officer
who left the field yesterday informed us, upon
arrival in the city, that the enemy were getting
a number of batteries into position along our
front, and would probably soon open in a gen
eral shelling of our advance lines.
Last night desultory firing was heard in the
direction of Marietta, and this morning a heavy
and very rapid artillery fire could be distinct
ly beard beyond the turmoil of the streets.—
We have received no particulars. It is re
ported, as we go to press, that a skirmish has
occurred about six miles to the right of Ma
rietta.
The weather is clear and cool, and
suggestive of battle.
The Front.
Arrivals by the trains last evening (says the
Memphis Appeal of the 14th,) report no change of
importance at the front. Since Saturday last a gen
eral quiet has prevailed, scarcely a gun having been
fired on either side. The roads are in such a condi
tion that no important movement is expected to
take place for some days, as it is thought it will be
impossible to move artillery, etc. This at least is
the opinion of the lookers on who have been near
the front.
On Saturday last a raid upon the railroad in the
rear of the enemy was actnally effected, which is the
first success of the kind. The 3d Alabama cavalry,
as we are advised, made an attempt to reach Re
saca, but finding that [point too strongly guarded,
they turned their attention to Calhoun, [six miles
below. On their approach the Yankee guard at the
station fled to the woods, and the place was taken
possession of without a gun being fired. In a short
time an empty train came up from the south, which
was captured and burned. A torpedo conveniently
placed soon after destroyed the engine of another
train, killing [the engineer. Ten prisoners were
also captured and three thousand sacks of torn de
stroyed, when our forces deemed it prudent to re
tire, in consequence of the desertion of one of our
men, who, it was feared, might communicate to the
enemy the smallness of our force and induce them
to move in overpowering numbers against the com
mand. i
A few such operations as this by our cavalry will
be felt by'the enemy severely, as he is no doubt*
compelled to use the railroad to its utmost capacity
to get forward his supplies ; and as they are entirely
feasible, we hope to be frequently called upon to
chronicle their occurrence. Let the cavalry be
heal’d from efficiently.
Sigel ox Lee.— On Tuesday night (a week before
General Breckinridge whipped Jiim,);.! General
Sigel, according to the New York Times, Invade a
very remarkable speech in Martinsburg, Ya. He
said: “The war has gone on three years, and it is
a great disgrace to the North that, with all its su
periority of men and money, the rebels have not
been conquered. lam now here, where 1 was two
years ago. Only think of it! We march to-morrow
fc o fight the greatest General of the age, the rebej
Robert Lee.” At this remark the General was gree
ted with hisses from some intense loyalists. .Here
plied, "‘You may hiss, but he is a great General, al
though a rebel.”
Capt. Swanson, of Hinds county, who deserted and
went to the enemy at Vicksburg some five or six
months ago, was picked up by (: apt. .Montgomery's
scouts the other day, while trying to communicate
with some of his friends this sidejof Vicksburg, and
brought to Gen. Adams' headquarters. He had£on
his person some six thousand dollars in greenbacks,
and letters of a very treasonable character. We
learn he is to be hung shortly. Ho was formerly la
lawyer of Raymond, and at the time of his desertion i
held the commission of quartermaster in our army. !
j Meridian {Miss.) Clarion, 10th. j
Incidents of Gallantry.— A letter from “Camp |
near Hanover Junction,” May 23d, records the fol- j
lowing:
A brave man and a daring scout is Serg’t Shad- !
man, commander of the scouts of this division j
(Hampton’s Division, Uobb’s Georgia Legion.) On !
the 17th of this month he, with five of his scouts, at- j
tacked a Yankee picket post at l nited States Ford ;
tin the rear of the Yankee army.) They numbered !
thirteen men. They were all Dutch. Shadman or- j
dered them to surrender. The Dutch murmured j
out something which we did not understand, and |
they commenced.firing, and the scouts killed every ;
one of the Dutchmen but two—who were so badly ;
frightened that f don't believe they will ever get
over it. He captured all their horses and equipage,
swam the Rappahannock and returned to his camp
without any of liis men being killed or wounded.
The Lynchburg Republican says :
In the recent fight near Dre wry’s Bluff, a young;
gentleman of this city was conspicuous for gallantry |
and daring. In,the charge upon the fortifications ,
of the enemy, Sergeant T. D. Jennings, company G. |
11th Virginia, rushed ahead of his comrades, and j
amidst a shower of bullets, won the high distinction
of being the first to reach the enemy’* works.— ;
Arrived there he vaulted upon the breastworks and |
i demanded a surrender. Two Yankee colonels sur- 1
| rendered to nim iu person, and delivered him their
1 swords. These trophies of his valor the youthful ,
1 hero bore off in triumph. To stimulate others to I
i emulate his example, and to render honor tj whom 1
j it is justly due, this brief record is made.
! Disturbance at Vicksburg.— The Mississippian, |
j of the Sth, says that its regular correspondent “Lo- j
1 gan,” who is now in Yazoo county. Mississippi, has i
j been permitted to make the following extract from
a letter dated Canton, 2d lost: “A gentleman came
; out from Vicksburg a few days ngo, who says there
was a groat fuss there last week. Some negroes in
suited some ladies, and the citizens undertook to
| punish them, and two or three of th3 citizons were
.killed. The Yankee soldiers then turned in on the
negroes and “slew them fore and aft.” The troops
i reported as landing at Vick-burg were some of
1 Ranks' urea whose time had expired and were going
I home. They got on a general ‘bust, ’ and thus added
! tv the disturbance.
The officers oar men or toe-tith Mis.-issippi
llcrimes, t un.*n: :n -nisty «-»rec-t : ■ rviua? aalf of
, their rations tor two days, to me poor u:. ! suffer
ing woman and children of Richmond. This is a
noble example and should be folia wed by those at
home having an abun dance.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Funeral Obsequies.— Tho remains of our
noble and gallant ycung friend, Wm. H. Young,
Jr., reached this city yesterday afternoon at six
o’clock, and were borne from the depot to their
last resting place in the city cemetry, followed by
along and weeping cortege of relatives and
ffiends. At the grave the solemn and impressive
burial service of the M. E. Church was read by
the Rev. J. S. Key, during which the deep feel
ing exposed by those present, exhibited not a
mere semblance of feigned sorrow, but a profound
and heartfelt regret at the loss of this estimable
young man and heroic soldier.
Thus closes the grave over another martyr to
liberty, and and young man of noble character and
rare promise. He fell as falls the patriot, and his
memory will prove a precious heritage to his
friends and country. He sleeps well, and from
hia peaceful slumbers he will nerer wake to weep.
The Meat Question. —The Local of the Eu
faula Spirit is the recipient of another fine ham.
Verily, hams are plentiful in that locality, or the
system of “puffing” in much higher repute than
in these parts. Our friend John couldn’t gull any
of our roaders into the bestowment es such munifi
cent presents. Where the system of Local gas
sing is reduced to such a science as it is in this
city, a newspaper paragraph would hardly be
deemed a sufficient return for a ham. But our
style of “combustion” is evidently too eheap. We
oongratulate our Eufaula friend on the better use
he makes of his gasometer.
We are under obligation to you, John, for your
appreciation of our good looks. But really we
don’t wish to be understood as running on “purty,”
or money, or anything of that sort. However, we
are sure you don’t express the universal senti
ment of Eufaula, for there’s one girl down there
who says that “we’ll do that is, that we combine
the necessary qualities te “come in.” What do
you say to that ?
This war of Locals is becoming interesting—our
city cotomporaries pouncing upon us “like a duck
upon a June bug,” and our Eufaula neighbor sail
ing ia indiscriminately. Three on one ain’t fair.
Give us fair play, gentlemen, and eeme one at a
time. Perhaps we shall then be able t© stand our
band. But hear bow this new “Richmond” takes
on :
Another Fine Ham. —We are indebted to an
esteemed lady friend, sos a most superb Ham, —
none of your puuy ones, but a regular seckdolla
ger. And we can testify to its being fine, for we
hare tried if. We expected to awaken the envy of
some of our brother locals, that bad been going
into spasms over flowers and strawberries, when
we mentioned the one we received last week from
Mr. Roquemore, and sure enough our old friend,
Tom Jackson, the clever -Local of tho Columbus
Timet, frankly acknowledges that a present of a
Ham, would produce a first rate notice at least a
column long. Tom facetiously calls us his “ugly
brother.” Coming from him, that is rather un
kind, for every man, woman and child in Eufaula,
knows that when he loft here, ho carried the jack
knife toith him:’ Will friend J ones of tho Enqui
rer, inform us whether Tom still retains his su
premacy in that line.
A Welcome Visitor. —The face of our goodna
tured, cheerful friend, the Sun, was visible again
"yesterday afternoon, after an obscurity of four or
five days. His face was as agreeable and plea*-
ant as that of a lovely maiden wreathed in smiles.
How charming to contemplate. If he will only
refrain from a too ardent display of his
we shall feel all right.
Just in the Nick of Time. —As we were sit
ting yesterday afternoon cogitating on the fallibil
ity of femininity, and the gullibility of masculin
ity, as well as the incongruity of matters and
things in goneral, aud the “huge preponderosity”
of Local Editors particularly, wondering what we
should next harp upon to create a sensation, in
came a package of fine smoking tobacco, from the
store es Mr. W. H. 11. Phelps, duly labelled “In
dianola Smoking Tobacco,” and directed to our
earnest consideration. Mr. Phelps will please ac
cept our thanks for the same. We have tested it,
and find it of excellent flavor, and equal in our es
timation to the best. Those in want of such an
article will know where to find it—at W. H. 11.
Phelps’, 114 Broad Street.
Time to Quit. —We were shown yesterday by
our negro pressman, a magnificent tri-colored silk
tobacco bag, of elaborate workmanship, which
seems to be several degrees in advance of any of
those it has been our good fortune to receive. He
*says it was given to him a* a token of “lore.” If
lore brings with it such tokens, we have conclu
ded to try our hand at lore. Who’s in ?
—
Be Practical in Charity.— See that tender,
beautiful, innocent and shoeless little girl treading
the streets with sadness upon“her face; be kind to
her, and open your purse; her father sleeps be
neath the roar of cannon on some distant battle
field—he died maintaining the standard of your
country—he died for the “rights of man”—“he died
that you might live” as freemen: then turn not
away in coldness, but smile and give.
TheGf.orgca Militia in the Field.— The Mili
tia called out by Gov. Brown, aud taken by him to
our front, have been turned over to the command
of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, to report to Gen. J. E.
Johnston as will be seen by the following General
Order, dated Atlanta, JunelOtb.
Major General Gustavus W. Smith, having been
elected Major Gent ral of the First Division of the
Militia of the State of Georgia, will immediately
relieve Major General Wayne in command of the
same, and report to General Joseph E. Johnston
whose orders he will obey during the present cam
paign < f the enemy against the city of Atlanta, .or
until further orders from the Governor and Com
mander-in-Chief of the Militia of the State of Geor
gia. . n
Major General Wayne on being relieved by Ma
jor General Smith, will resume his appropriate du
as Adjutant and Inspector General of the State.
(Signed,) JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor and Commander in Chief.
Gen. G. W. Smith, in assuming the command has
appointed the following a3 his Staff Officers :
Gon. Robert Toombs, Inspector General.
Major W. K. DeGraffenreid, Adjutant General.
Cbl. Joseph S. Claghorn, Chief of Artillery and '
Ordance.
Col. Luther H. 0.. Martin, Chief Quartermaster,
Major W. J. Williford, Chief Commissary.
Dr. Henry R. Casey, Medical Director.
Dr. Thomas A. Rains, Division Surgeon.
Col. Linton Stephens, Aid-de-Camp.
The reeent raid against Petersburg, suvs the Char
leston Courier, should be taken as a warning to all
cities that can possibly be threatened in like man
ner, and should induee prompt preparations in or
ganization and enrollment and equipment of all
who can bear arms for local defence. Such daring
raids are never undertaken without aid and infor
mation from traitors and those disaffected. The
movements of such persons should be closely
watched.
From the Macon Telegraph.)
From Morgan’s Command.
In Camp, 13 Miles from the Kv. Line, )
Juno Ist, LS64. j
Mr. Olisby: —l this morning bid adieu to
“Dixie.” The long wished for orders have come
at list, and we are already one day’s march ou
our way ro the green waving fields at Kentucky.
Morgan is in the saddle once more. and. ere long
the Yariks will tremble at his sudden approach. —
We have 2500 of the best men thu fever drew the
blade in defence of Southern liberties.
We iinend to have what the motto on our ban
ner oni’v for, “Southern Rights, or Northern
Guta/’
i mu-t bid adieu to you and all my Georgia
friends. Excuse this short epistle, for the sin ill
c ite.- of the buße are blowing “saddle up I
Y >u wl:t hear from mi again, if I should bo for
tunate eu' ugh to get back to Dixie once more.
Respectfully,
Eugene Graves,
Morgan’s Command.
„ of a Cotton Speculator.— B. W. Woosu t
a \ ankee cotton speculator, was hung a 3hort time
ago, near Haines’ Bluff, on the Yazoo river, for en -
dorsing the conduct es Forrest, at Fort Pillow, aal
threatening to take the life of a jaegro soldier. Ho
was pHt to death by negroes and negro>fficors. Ne
gro equality is working well.*
In Richmond they are killing up the dogs at the
rate of about one hundred per day, with the view
of saving the provisions they consume. This U
reducing the economizing of provisions down to a
system.
The Montgomery Advertiser says that planters in
Pontotoc county, Miss., are contracting to deliver
their wheat at two dollars per bushel, such unusu
ally heavy crops have been made there.
Southern Mechanics’ Union*
The Southern Mechanics Union will meet at the
room of the Vice President, J A Colvin, in the Ma
sonic Building, this, Thursday evening, at eight
o’cloek.
By order of the President. *
ISAAC G. DENSON,
June 16-11 Sec’y
Wanted, a Piano!
PERSONS leaving the city for the Summer month >
I and wishing to hire a Piano where it will b e
carefully used, will please address E. H. M., Box
q 55. stating terms,
jelfl 3t.
Advertise men!,
(Jomumbcs, Ga., June lith, 1564.
Sir: I wrote to you twice not long since, relative
to a deed of land No. 130.14 th Dist., Taylor, co., Ga.
You will oblidge me very much by sending me the
deed, that my brother S. L. Hanks, sent to your
office last year to be recorded. I now own the land,
and hope you will do me the kindness! to send it to
me. Truly yours,
G. M. HANKS.
To Jas. T. Harman,
Cl'k Superior Court, Taylor Cos.» Ga.
Butler, June 15th, 1364.
G. M. Hanks,
Dear sir: The last time before this note a gentle
man by the name of Sullivan handed me note [re
questing me to sond the deeds by him, but could not
wait until I could get them for him. There is tw©
deeds in office to S. L. Hanks, and the recording fee
has not been paid and I cannot take Confederate
money unless I got an equivalent to Specie. _ The
recording fee is $1,25 cts.. or $25 in the new .iesue
and when you send me my fee and postage I will be
very happy to forward you your deeds.
Yours very Respectfully,
JAS. T. HARMAN,
June 16 It* Clerk.
Found,
A POCKET BOOK containing about two hundred,
dollars which the owner can have by paying for
this advertisement, and proving property, on appli
cation to HENRI C. COOK,
junelfitf Box 81.
For Sale or Hire.
AN easy and pleasant gaited riding Horse, suitable
for riding about town or round a plantation.
A careful man can have him for his feed, or he caa
b, bought for S6OO. Awgrto H D COTH[MN
je 162t* or C’HAS. 11. SMITH.
S2OO Reward.
Headquarters Enrolling Office, )
3d Congressional District, >
Columbus, Ga., June 15, 1864.)
IWILL pay the above reward for the delivery of
Thomas Freeny, a deserter from the 12th Geor
fia Regiment, who escaped from the Guard at No.
, on the S. W. R. R.
Description—Age 25 years, height 6 feet, complex
ion sallow, eyes grey, hair dark.
* W. L. DAVIS,
Capt. and Enrolling Officer.
June"l6 3t .
Enquirer, Sun and Jfacon papers please publish
three days and send bills to Times Office.
To the Public !
The undersigned proposes to establish a Soldiers’
Reading Room <fc Library, in this city, so soon a?
a central location can be procured. Its object is t >
furnish a pleasant resort for the convalescents of
our Hospitals, and other members of the Army and
Navv; and where the Papers of the day, Secular
and Religious, may be found, as well as facilities
for information and letter writing.
As the proper channel of communication and
distribution, I respectfully solicit contributions of
funds for purchase of publications, and also of
Books, Papers and Pamphlets, and which may be
sent to the office of the Post Commandant, for
GEO. W. STICKNEY,
Chaplain of the Post.
Headquarter’s Post, 1
f’olumbus, Ga., June Bth, ’64.)
The Rev. Mr. Stickney, Chaplain of the Post, is
authorized to carry out the obove.
The Post Quartermaster will respond to such as
sistance as may be requisite in the case.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
Major Cornd’g Post.
June 9; 1864. lw
llkadquauters, )
Ist Class Battalion,
Columbus, Ga., June 13, 1364.)
General Orders No. 4.
All militia officers in this command who have not
yet reported at Atlanta, together with all civil offi
cers in Muscogee, Chattahoochco and Marion coun
ties, who are subject to the call of His Excellency,
the Governor and Commander-in-chief, are hereby
ordered to report immediately to Headquarters at
Atlanta, Georgia, or suffer the penalties imposed for
failure to comply with said call.
D. B. THOMPSON,
Lieut. Col. Commanding.
T. F. Ridenhour, Actg. Adj’t.
June 14 ts
“FOR SALE” AT
114: Broad Street,
FINE CHEWING AND SHORING TOBACCO.
REMEMBER TIIE PLACE.
114, BROAD STREET.
W. H. H. PHELPS.
Columbus, Ga.
June 14 dotw2t
Wanted to Purchase.
A SMALL FARM within four miles ofColumbus.
Enquire at THIS OFFICE.
June 14 3t*
Change of Schedule.
Office Engineer and Supkrintkndf.nt, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad,
Charleston, June 7,1361.)
ON THURSDAY, June 9,1861, and until furtue:
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train w
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.4-3, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5 30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Wonted.
V3V ET NURSE, without a child preferred. Ap
ply at once at COOK’S HOTEL.
Columbus, June 13, lw
Lee Hospital.
I would respectfully call the attention of the citi
zens of Columbus and vicinity to an act of Congress,
punishing with fine and imprisonment, any person
found guilty of buying any article of clothing from
any soldier of the Confederate States.
I shall, in future, cause the prosecution of any
person violating this act, by buying any clothing
from any patient of this Hospital.
W. A. ROBERTSON.
June 13, 6t Surg’n in Charge
Wanted,
rO HIRE by the month, a good negro man, to ?
to the army as cook for an officer, in the 46th'
Ga. Revt. now in North Georgia,
june 13 lw* JOHN KING.
C. V. WALKER & CO.
AUCTIONEERS.
_A_ui£:'Usta, Oa.
-ITTTT T s e ii in front of their Store, No. 265. Br vi i
\Y street, at 81-2 o’clock, A. M. on THURSDAY.
June 15.
Fine Double Rectified
Rye Whiskey!
One Case B. & W. Prints
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