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j. W. WAftREX, - - - Editor.
Monday Morning, June 2d, 1864.
Death of Captain Robert A. Chambers.
£his sad announcement tells of another rude
Invasion of an already afflicted home circle,
and another costly sacrifice on the altar of in
dependence. Capt. Chambers died on Satur
day last at his home, near this city. The dis
ease which has thus ended a life so full of
hope and promise was contracted in the ser
vice of his country, and wa3 superinduced by
the excissive labor and fatigue undergone in
the discharge of arduous duty. Tde deceased
entered the service, at an early stage of the
war, as a private in the “City Light Guafds.”
He was subsequently appointed Adjutant of
the 2d (la. Battalion, and, when Gen. Cantey
was promoted to the command of a Brigade,
he received the appointment from the latter of
A. A. General. He v» in the patriotic and
zealous discharge' of the duties of this office,
in the army of Tennessee, when the fatal sum
mons reached him. Though he fell not where
the soldier would prefer to fall—on the battle
field, flushed wish the pride and rapture of the
strife, he nevertheless died for his count!y, j
and that country will write his name in im
mortal letters upon the roll of her young and i
heroic martyrs. ' '
For one who had just cqme upon the stage
of manhood Capt. Chambers exhibited an un
common maturity of intellect. Retiring and
modest to a high degree, the full powers of
his mind were never displayed in conversation;
but the productions of his pen (some of which
have been preserved in this journal) indicate
a degree of mental culture rarely attained by
one ot equal years. In the highest sense of
the term ho was a gentleman, as well by in
stinct as education. In a word, in his char
acter were combined and illustrated all those
qualities that make up the stature of the gen
erous companion, the good citizen, the pure
patriot and the devout Christian. The lO3S of
such a man is much rnoreH.nua a private grief;
it is a public misfortune.
Georgians at tamp Morton.
The following letter by flag of truce, has just been
received :
Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., t
r Apirl29th, 1363. j
James. W. Warren:
Dear Sir—The following is a list of Georgians at
this prison: Wm T W Kimble, E R Ham, company
E; E C Mobly and M Brown, company I; J J
Kinzcy, J J Blanton, W G Austin, A R Owen, J D
Bice, J B Harris, J Vs Plaster, J A J Duran V Cron
ic, company II; H II JfcGuaghey and Jas Conner,
company D ; D D Donorn, (deceased) also Jas A
Craemmer, nurse in hospital. All the abovo be
long t« the 2d Ga., cavalry. J Boswell and D T
Zachry, 17th Ga. infantry; A N Acree and L W
Thurlkill, 2d Ga. Infantry; P M Morris, H M Smith,
G W Stinchome, W D Kates, C B Braglin, company
F, 2d Ga. cavalry; S F Glawson, ldth.Ga., Batt. ’of
cavalry; IVm M Bine, 2d Ga. cavalry, has died here
also. Any person wishing to write to any of the
above named persons must comply with the follow
ine regulations: “No letter must be over a page in
length news must be of a demestic kind, each letter
accompanied with a U. S. Postage Stamp. Address,
# Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., via City Point,
in care of Col. A. A. Stevens.’’ All in good health.
Your friend,
J. J. BOSWELL.
The hat was passed round in a certain con
gregation in cue of the New England- States,
tor the purpose of Inking up a collection.—
Atter it made the circuit of the church, it was
handed to the minister, who, by the way, had
“exchanged pulpits” with the regular minis
ter, and he found not a penny in it. He in
verted the hat over the pulpit cushion and
shook it, that the emptiness might be known,
then looking toward the ceiling, he exclaimed
with gieat fervor, “I thank God that I got
back my hat from this congregation."
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(■'apt. J. 11. Ivky.—This gentlemen has been
appointed, and has accepted the position of Chief
of Staff (Brigade Inspector) in Gen. P. J. Phillips’
Brigade of Georgia Reserves. Capt. Ivey is an
experienced officer, and should the Reserves have
* sbowiug iu the pending couflict on the soil of
our beloved State, he will prove himseif, as here
tofore, an efficient and gallant officer.— Enquirer'
Aktkml's Wais[>.—-In an affecting account :
of his cou;ting with “Betsey Jane," Artetaus '
Ward says :
“There were many affecting ties which made |
me hunker after Betsey Jane. Her father’s '
tarrn joinedourn : »heircowsandourn squench- t
ed their thirst at the same spring; our old i
mares had stars on iheir forreds ; the measles i
broke out in both families at nearly the same |
bme; our parents (Betsey Janes and mine)!
slept regularly every Sunday in thr same meet- j
ing house, and the nabors used to observe— !
"bow thick the Wards and Teasels aire.”— J
It. was a sublime sight in the spring of the !
year to see our several mothers (Betsey Jane's
anc mine) with their gowns pinned up so that
they could ut sile em affecschun itely bilin’ j
soap together and aboo.-ing the nabors.’; .
iio.N they talk. — In ft special t'degntm to i
the Mobile Advertiser k Register, the Chicago I
Times of fbe 6th is represented a$ discoursing j
as to.lows. The Times is CoppcrhVnd ; j
Affei five weeks, Gnint's prospects <>f success j
aie unimproved. 1 1is present position, after |
Ir.S deteat at the \\ is a result of ne- j
cessiiy. Ur has precisely the same obstacles !
to encounter a? at first.
The siege of Richmond is nor begun
Tfiv bureau ~i (- (''ascription has decided that after j
the 15th 11 “io able-oodied men employed
by the Express v ompany slmll be I’Ut en j
into the army.
The Savannah News'say?; Would « not be as;
well for the Bcroau of Conscription 1° draw upon
the army ot able bodied men who have from the v
com.nieneeinoatof.llic war, Sited comfortable bu-
rtau positions, the duties of which could be Quite as
well discharged by exempts ? We doub; if there is ;
any body of men out <*f the military service who
have done and are still doing more tor the interests. ’
<if the army and the Government than the Express ;
Company, which has already beta depriv and of many
of its effioient and reliable employees.
The corps commanded by General Bald; Smith,
which recently went to Gram’s support is known in
Yankee enumeration as the Eighteenth. Grant has
now five corps instead of three, which he had when
he crosso 1 the Rupidan, via : The Second, (General
Hancock i the Fifth, General Warren,) the Sixib >
(General Wright,) the Ninth. (General Bunimdc,;
and the EigliteenUi, (General Smith.) The fire
have less men shah the three had in the oeginn ing
Y r ,i ‘‘ ! ' rocu - Smiiii is barn to iff-u; v k. He
T *?*“«* which, wUh
lean Sher
binedb.rc,:, iJ-IJ?.. v' C °“*
while SuiitU csca- ”Y’ •- •'i.-mphis,
Smith was >, v s ‘ direction. —
Mississippi Iff ,ln-
and now/havic/retSfnßd f, vU‘V’ ! ? over l “ ere ’•
ik has pounced upon h ; m on In twtsaippi, Forrest
amy’aud Uke^hs
artillery. Poor Bmi tb \~MvhiU Uegi* < °
From the Valley of Virginia—
Movements on Lexington and
Lynchburg:
The South-Side tram which* reached hero"
yesterday morning, brought the Lynchburg
papers of yesterday, which we presume were
put to press Saturday night, or Sunday fore -
noon. We copy from the saveial items rel
ative to the movements of Crook and AverilD
the Yankee raiders. The Yirgipion says :
The city was thrown into donliiderable state
of excitement on Saturday afternoon, by the
news repeived from various quarters.
- It was definitely ascertained that a party of
Yankee cavalry, said to be about one thou
sand—though therfc could be no certain if as
to their exact numbers—were within four
miles of Arrington Depot, on the Orange ahd
Alexandria Railroad, distant 28 miles from
this city. It was reported, also, that they
had captured part of a wagon train, though
even this report was not verified. Late in
the afternoon it was supposed that they had
tapped the telegraph, and all communication
was suspended. The afterffoon train from
Charlottesville to this city was signaled in
time to put back and escape capture. j
A courier arrived from Lexington about :
noon,who stated that the enemy camped within j
seven miles of bexington on Friday night,
supposed to be in large force. Other parties
who left Lexington on Friday midnight, heard
firing on Saturday, which leaves no doubt
that an attack was made on our forces.
McCrualand was in command, but we for
bear to give any idea of the number of hi3
troops.
It was apprehended that an effort would be
made by the enemy to reach this city, and ac
cordingly the forces were collected and march
ed to the defences outside of the city. The
detailed men, convalescent soldiers, reserve,
BecoDd class militia and volunteers, made a
large force, whose numbers we shall not at
tempt to indicate, but they gave assurance
that they could effectually resist many thou
saßd raiders. But little uneasiness was felt
for the result. During the day, intelligence j
was received to the effect that Sheridan and j
his raiders had been overhauled at Trevilliau ;
Depotj by Generals Hampton and Fitzhugh i
Lee, where a heavy fight ensued with favora- j
ble results to our side. It was stated that a :
bat tery of six guns were taken from Sheridan
i and the enemy pressed back all day.
' An ammunition train that left this city, via
: the Orange road, about 2 o'clock on Saturday
! and for the safety of which great fears were
’entertained, returned safely aboutß o’clock
!in the evening. The conductor saw smoke
j in the direction of Arrington depot, from
which he inferred that that building was
; burned by the enemy. When the train went
down, a gentleman named Dowdy, who had a
hundred unarmed men with him, took the re
ponsibiiify of seizing an equal number of mus
kets that were on the cars, armed his men
and got off at Tye River Bridge with the
avowed purpose of defending it to the last ex
tremity. Such an instant of heroism should
not be left unrecorded.
The Republican says :
At an early hour Saturday, a courier reach
ed the commandant of the post oi this city,
from Lexington, announcing that a large force
of the enemy, estimated at several thousand,
were in eight miles of that town on the even
ing of Friday. Their march was stoutly con
tested by Gen. McCausland with an inferior
force, but the fear and probability i3 that
Lexington has. ere this, fallen into the hands
of the enemy. There is, however, no positive
confirmation of this fact. Another force of
the enemy, supposed to ba 1,000 strong, was
reported and believed to have crossed the
Blue Ridge at Robertson's Gap, jrfbving in
the direction of Lynchburg, view of
assaulting this point. The advance of this
force was reported to have reached a point
near Arrington Station in Nelson county,
about twenty-four miles from this city on
Saturday, at which point they are said to
have destroyed a small wagon train under
charge of Maj. Bell, Post Q. M. at Staunton, be
longing to the government, but not of much
vain e.
At 10 o'clock Saturday night, the telegraph
was forking to Charlottesville, from which
fact it is supposee that the enemy bad not
reached the Orange railroad up to that hour,
t is inexplicable to us, if the location of the
nemy be properly reported, that the railroad
Ihould not have been tapped sooner. That it
was not done, would appear to discredit the
eutiae story of the enemy being iu Nelson.—
But on this head, we are not prepared to speak
positively, and must leave the question for to
day to determine.
The raiding party under Sheridan is re
ported to have been met by Geu. Fitz. Lee on
Saturday, in Louisa county, and to have been
defeated with considerable loss. Gen. Lee is
said to have captured a battery of six pieces
of artillery and at the lastest accounts from
the field, was driving the enemy in the direc
tion of the llapidan river. The fight is re
ported to have occurred near Louisa Court
House. The telegram in another column,
'makes no mention of the fight, but we ob
tained our information from such a source as
to justify us in believing that it is correctly
reported.
OBR CITY.
The reported advance of the enemy on Lex- •
ington and Lynchburg, produced hut little, iff
any sensation among our people on Saturday. I
Our vigilant and able Commandant, General I
Nichols, at once proceeded to out his house- !
hold in order to meet any demonstration which \
might be made in this quarter, and we think j
our citizens may rest perfectly secure, in j
view of our means of successful defence.— j
Let our people keep ccol, be brave, vigilant,;
and determined, au l Lynchburg cannot be j
taken.
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Atrocious Murder.—A letter from I
a trust-worthy source, received in this city i
W ednesday, gives an account of a most j
atrocious murder committed at Flat frock, j
North Carolina. Mr. Andrew Johnstone, j
a native of Charleston, residing at Flat
frock, N. 0., was most brutally murdered
last Friday in his own house, * by three or
four men, who came in ostensibly for the
purpose ol obtaining something to eat. j
Mr. Johnstone furnished them with the !
best he huu, and sat at the tabic to attend
on them. One or the party declined to
enter the house, and remained at the door,
saying he did not wish to eat anything. !
The others had no sooner finished than
one asked, “are yon ready ?" at the same
time drawing a pistol and deliberately
shooting Mr. Johnstone in the head.
Mr. Johnstone’s son, a lad about fifteen
years of age, suspecting from the appear
ance of the ruffian at the door that all was
not right stepped into an adjoining room
: and loaded the weapons that had been
placed there for safe keeping. Upon
' hearing the shot, he sprang out, and see* ;
ing the condition of his father, immedi
ately handed him a loaded weapon, while
he himself shot one yf the scoundrels, who
: fell to the floor. The others escaped.
The wounded man save his own name and >
dm names of his accomplices, ail tones.
Mr. Johnstone lingered about two hours
, after he was shot, when he expired. The
ladies ©j the family were a!! present at the
time. The young lad acted with deter- >
mined bravery and gallantry. Mis. John- '
stone, widow of the unfortunate man, fr.
the daughter of the late V* m. i.ihoit. Lsq.
Oho /'/cst < •,{ (x illUtll,
. There is a class of good women who have no right
to marry good men, for they have the power of
i serving those'.who would goto ruin but for the gui
-1 ding providence ol a good wife.
Dogs, Yankees and Negroes.— The
Houston Telegraph is responsible ior the
following:
An amusing inoident occurred in Lou
isiana the other day. Among the prison**
ers captured in the late battles were two
Yankees who were determined to escape.
They adopted the ingenious plan of bury
ing «hemselves alive. They dug conven
ient sized holes in the night, got in, and
by the aid of comrades, were covered up,
loose leaves being thrown over it. In the
morning the prisoners were moved off
under guard, leaving the two buried men.
After everything got quiet, they crawled
out of their holes. Unfortunately for
them, they were seen by two little boys,
who, however, failed to give information
for several hours. r -
When it was known that there were
two Yankees lost, it was determined to
secure them. A pack of negro dogs were
brought out and put on the scent in the
lately oecnpied holes. They followed the
track until they finally treed the Yankees,
fifteen miles away. The Yankees were
exceedingly indignant at being hunted
by dogs. They cussed the d—d rebels
soundly for chasing white men with dogs.
It was bad enough to chase negroes that
way, but it was d —*d brutal for white
men to be treated so. One of the chas
ers replied : ‘‘Well now, you nean’t take
on that a way, Yank. Fact is, you have
yourself to blame for it. You have been
associating with niggers so dog on much,
since you have been South, that the dogs
took you for them.”
Another Abolition Circular.—
The Abolition recruiting officer at Nash*,
ville, Tenn., lias issued the annexed or
der. It will be seen that he has, with
“one fell blow” demolished the institution
of slavery in Alabama, Georgia and Caro
iinas Here is what he says :
All able bodied men desiring to enlist
may be recruited.
Slaves presented by loyal owners, resid
ing in Kentucky or Tennessee, may be
enlisted.
Certificates of enlistment are to be given
only to loyal owners residing in Kentucky
and Tennessee. The llecruiting Officer,
or Agent, will state on the Certificate
whether the Claimant presented the Re*
emit for Enlistment, or, whether he aps
plied for the Certificate after the Recruit
had been enlisted.
There is no slavery in Alabama, Geor*
gia, or the Carolinas. Consequently no
person residing in either of those States
can receive 'Certificates that, their slaves
have been enlisted.
Before receiving Certificates of Enlist*
ment Claimants must file with the Officer
or Agent, giving the Certificate, an Oath
of Allegiance to the United States and an
Affidavit that they have never in any way,
aided the present Rebellion.
Later from the North. —The New
York Herald, of the 16th inst., contains
one day later intelligence from the U. S.
Gold opened on the oth at 195, reach
ed 1981, and closed at 197. The Herald
says : “It will probably reach 200 to
morrow, and the ambition of the speculas
tors will then be gratified.
“The rebel guerillas, under John Mors
gan, appear to be running riot in Ken
tucky. They now hold undisputed pos
session of Paris, Georgetown, Cynthiana,
(where they burned a warehouse) and
Williamstown, the latter place on the
Lexington Pike, within thirty miles of
Cincinnati. A force of cavalry, 700
strong, entered Paris on Wednesday with*
out resistance. The rebels occupy the
railfoad near Lexington. They are also
reported to be between Crab Orchard
and Stamford."
Lincoln has been verbally informed of
his nomination, and replied : “I know no
reason to doubt that I shall accept the
nomination tendered, and yet, perhaps, I
should not declare definitely before read*
ing and considering what is called the
platform."
The Herald attacks Lincoln with great
bitterness, and calls for Grant, McClellan,
Sherman, Hancock, Thomas, “or any
other man," to-oppose him with.
Sheridan's raiding party consists of the
Ist and 2d divisions of his cavalry, under
Gens. Torbett and Gregg. “It is one of
the most hazardous, and, if successful,
one of the most- beneficial expeditions of
the war ” Whither bound we are not
told.
The census f 1860 gave the States in
rebellion 719,566 males between the ages
of .eighteen and forty-five years. With
this as a basis of calculation the Wash'
ington Chronicle makes the appended
estimates: To allow 600,000 of these fit
for duty will be a liberal estimate. Sub
tract then, the exempts and those who
would in various ways, escape conscrip'
tion, at the commencement of the war,
the men to d«ty would not have
compriso4 ow- r 500,000. The losses of
three yeaflg must reduce that to 300,000,
which the gain ot population may again
bring up to 400,000; so that if now
every man in the South, liable and quali
fied to do military duty, were in the field,
the number wohld not exceed the figures
last named. And if it has any such
number ot men in the field, it has drawn
out pretty nearly its last men, and there
are no resources for it in the future.”
The same census gave the North a popu
lation of 4,000,000 of males between
those ages. Assuming that the same
disproportion as to other resources exist'
ed between the sections, why have we
been three years carrying on the war?—
Ch icago Tim es.
Hermes, the Richmond correspondent
of the Charleston Mercury, says :
The Yankee practice of shooting at
our wounded was carried to a villainous
extent during the late battle at ' Aid Har>
bor. i hear of an artillery oth.ov who
was shot seven times after he hud fallen.
On the iielu in front of Kershaw, where
the blue coats lay so thick, the Yankee
sharpshooters killed many of their own
wbtmded, and left the rest to die at leis
ure
A negro-belonging to the 13th Alaba
ma, being jeered by his brother negroes
in the regiment for his great fear of balls
;hw shells, corrected their mistaken no
tions of his courage, in the following sut
isfactQry explanation : ‘Oh ; Lor. nig
get's, I not afeard of balls and bombs, de
reason I runs and dodges so ; de faet is,
Marster aint able to lose me, and I knews
! !”
[From the Army and Navy Herald.j
Self Help, or Practical Mints
for tlie Camp, tiic Forrest and
the Sea.
Wintkbquxrtkus. 1* The AeiectipL of a
place for winter-quarters will, of course, be
made with reference to a convenient supply o*
wood And water. , '
2. The south side of a sunny hill possesses
great advantages in respect to warmth.
3. A winter hut should be constructed with
a solid, wind-tight wall on the side exposed
to the prevalent Vjrinds, an<J the door should
be on tke side opposite.
4. The side3 of such a hut are usually con
structed either with logs well ohincked with
clay, or of sods cut into squares and laid with
the grass side down. Galton.
5. The sides all around, to the height of a
man, should be mad# imprevious to wind and
snow; bat fo# health's sake, a free circulation
in the uppor part should be provided by spaces
left open below the eaves.
5. The bunks, or sleeping places, should be
raised three feet from the floor, in order to
leave room underneath for storing away trunks
provisions or wood ; and the wall next them
should be perfectly wind-tight, so as to allow
no draughts of air directly upon the sleeper s
person.
7. Immediately beside the bunk a moveable
plank, arranged for a seat or for a half way
step into the bed, will be found convenient.
8. A perfectly tight roof may be constructed
of small boughs of cedar, Qr long leaved pine
closely laid, with the tops slanting steeply
down, or on the seaboard of the lower Confed
erate States, of the broad leaves of the pal
metto. From their liability to fire, however,
it is preferable to construct the roof of clap
boards, which may be kept in place, (if nails
cannot be had) by means of logs or of stones
placed above.
9. A hard clean floor can he made of a mix
ture of cowdung and ashes, preferable in some
respects to a floor of mortar or of. board. Gal
ton.
10. Chimneys are sometimes made of sticks
built up in proper shape and heavily daubed
with clay, and sometimes of sods cut into
brick shape. A flour barrel, with both ends
knock out, placed upon the top of the chim
ney will greatly increase its draught.
11. Chimneys for tents are sometimes made
with the fire place and cooking place outside,
and with a flue passing under the floor. When
constructed with care and with sufficient ac
cent, they do well; otherwise they are apt to
moke ru?d to be very disagreeable.
12. A wall tent may be easily converted in
to comfortable winter quarters by surround
ing if with a hut of which the gable ends are
open. It, will have plenty of light and air,
and yet be warm.
13. Let the sides of your winter hut be well
supplied with shelves and pegs for storing
away things.
14. On the ground, floor, a good substitute
for a chair can be derived by digging a trench
to let down one's feet, the opposite side of the
trench can serve for a table.
15. When the flour barrels can be had, chairs
need not be wanting. A flour barrel cut two
thirds through, about a foot from the ground,
makes a delightful chair. The cut staves may
be fastened in for the seat, and the concave
of the part of the barrel left uncut, exactly
fits the back.
IG. If the ground be high and dry, so as to
admit no moisture, the Laplander’s fashion of
building the hut partly under ground will add
greatly to its warmth. The depth of a foot,
with the evacuated earth used as a part of the
wall, will make a difference of several degrees
of temperature inside.
IT. myier quarters for a horse are almost
a»neeJftiT as for a man. They may be made
of the boughs of cedar, pine, or any other
closely leaved tree, thickly walled together,
with their tops downwards, for roofs and sides.
If a roof is impossible, then a tight wall to the
windward will alone prove a great protection.
4,; §iaS?sidfze«l Press. 99
As applied to a Southern journal this epithet
is the most offensive and the most .infamous
that could be employed. It is a libel upon
the honor, integrity and common honesty of
the party accused. An editor who could be
brought to advocate a measure which he be
lieved to be inimical to the public good, wants
but the tempertation and opportunity to be a
pickpocket and thief—fitter for the peniten
tiary than the sanctum.
Among the Yankees this practice of buying
up newspapers, like many other acts of scoun
drelism, is common. A Yankee sells his opin
ions and hi3 influence as he does his nutmegs
and his rat traps—to the highest bidder—as to
honor, being destitute of it, there is of a con
sequence none to sell. A Yankee editor lis
tens to a proposition to “subsidize” him as
he would to any other business affair—with
an eye to the money to be received and the
pecuniary advantages to be obtained in the
future. In the North there can be no differ
ence of opinion among the press without each
accusing the other of being“subsidized.” The
crime is as frequent as the accusation. A
Yankee editor, of any influence whatever, and
engaged in any political discussion, who fail
ed to receive money from the party he sup
ported would be regarded by the rest of. the
fraternity as anything but “cute”—in short,
written down an ass.
It is probably for this reason that when a
Yankee editor moves South heat once becomes
a violent partisan, hoping and expecting to
receive pecuniary aid from the party he sup,
ports. Unaccustomed to those courtesies |
which are common among gentlemen, lie plun- j
ges wildly into controversy, using dirt foriog
ic and accusation for argument. His whole |
aim and object is to be bought up—to be sub- i
sidized—to sacrifice his brains, his influence j
and his honesty to the god of his idolatry, •
money.
A Southern editor knows no difference be
tween being “subsidized” and being a villian. !
We have an extensive acquaintance among j
Southern editors and we* know not a single
one whose answer to a proposition of this soli :
would not be a blow. The editors of the South, j
differ ars they may in opinion, are men of in- i
tegritv arid individual honor—soaring far i
above Yankee meanness and Yankee scoundre- j
hstn.
We have no fears of ever hearing this vile i
epithet of “subsidized” bandied about between
the gentlemen conducting the public press of
the South; and trust whenever it is attempted ;
to be introduced by any imported Yankee edi
tor, it will but serve to draw upon L.is head ;
the scorn and contempt of the whole Southern
press, irrespective of party and anxious only !
to sustain the honor and integrity of Use edi
toria 1 profession. —Macon Confederate.
Is Gov Milton a Monarchist?—The Gov
ernor of Florida is a monarchist in his views
and upholds the uncoasiiiutional and
tnous acts ot the Adwi, ;- ration.
What do our coi.-lein.' .. mes ofTaHahassee.
the Sentinel «n«'t ii.«- FWidiftn. S*»y to the
above charge against Uieir Governor, made
by the Chronicle & Sentinel, of the ota inst. ?
flu- Guv. Milton, eloquence we have
often heard in boyhood’.- day* defending con
stitutional repul fi'cauismS; become a monarch
ist ? This ij & direct, definite, positive charge
made against a particular man. If we have
one who desire3 to exchange our Constitutional
Govern mem for a monarchy, iet ns know it.
and rhe paper- •>? P’orida -owe it to our cause
and our country id _ ue .t out. and expose the
enemy to cur success, whoever he ni-v be.—
The public, generally, don’t believe such a
charge against such a man as Governor
but •'* may ’>e we:: to examine inte
he truil'ulness yf that the peo
ple of the Confederacy may know how to re
ceive the statements % paper w u-h also
Sip: -fitly styles the .. :i of a Southern Ad
mini*'ration ••ioNTUous.”
VAXhunia ft’ e-/i : >:*? r.
The country "ns hen. Lee a deb: -.f everlast
ing at ■ ’ ’ *•• ■; -.- w. *.-‘isevera’ •: ••! skill
with wh.- | re au» <'.tniuet® 1 this ram- igr.. We
are eonfaicjtu. a* Toe R ■-am rr.d LH<;, marks,
that there m authiag c> mp arable to it ir. •»!; histo
ry. His eiconomy of his men’s lives is above all
praise, and ought to, as it no doubt does, call
down blessings on him from every family in the
' Confederacy.
JEB IiBSRAP HSS.
Reports of the Press Association,
Entered acoordin* to act of Congress in the year
1863. by J. S, Thrashes, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Petersburg, June 14.—Grant’s whole army is
in front of this place in line of battle.
More or less fighting has taken place since
Wednesday. ..
The enemy have been generally repulsed until
Wednesday, when they got within one and a half
miles of the city, taking some of our works which
they still hold.
Occasional shells have been thrown into the city,
doing, however, but little damage.
Grants new base as at City Point, on J antes
rivor, 12 miles from hero.
The enemy have constructed an immense ob
servatory about 12 miles below, from whieh to eb
sorve operations hereabouts.
The enemy yesterdaj attempted to advance
upon our lines, hut our troops opened upon them
with artillery and musketry, inflicting a loss upon
the enemy equal to any of the campaign.
The enemy at no time got nearer than 400
yards of our lines.
There has been some cannonading and heavy
skirmishing to-day.
The poople of Petersburg are quiet and resolute,
all able to bear arms being in service.
Petersburg, Juno 19.—The Express has Nor
thern dates of the 14th.
Stanton telegraphs Dix that Burbridge tele
graphs here that he had a fight lasting an hour
with Jack Morgan at Cynthiana, Ivy., on the 20th,
completely routing Morgan, killing 300, wound
ing nearly as many, and capturing nearly 400
prisoners. Burbridge lost 150.
The dispatch further says that Morgan’s forces
aro flying in every direction ; have thrown away
their arms; are out of ammunition, and wholly
demoralized.
Morgan had previously whipped Hobson, com -
manding at Cynthiona, capturing 1500 prisoners.
A correspondent of the Tribune writing in re
gard to the fight al Cold Harbor, on the 3d of
June, says the regiments engaged all lost from
one-third to one-half of their commands.
Gold closed on tha 13th at 19S.
Richmond, June 19. — Authentic information
of Sheridan’s movements are received. He passed
through Bowling Green Thursday and arrived at
Nowtoivn, King and Queen county, yesterday,
where he is reported to hare been again at
tacked by Hampton.
Sheridan is evidently aiming to reach Glouces
ter Peint. His wagon train is reduced to twenty
three wagons.
Prisoners taken confess the thorough defeat of
the expedition.
Richmond, June 19. —N0 official dispatohe s re
ceived at the War Department to-day.
Marietta, June 19.—The enemy Jro to-day
shifting their right throwing it further towards
the east.
Information from undoubted sources says that
their troops are much disheartened and demoral'
ized from recent numerous defeats and sickness. .
Deserters in squads of ten consfantly coming
into our lines to-day, or leaving for their homes.
Skirmishing continues to-day, with unimport
ant results.
The roads are heavy from recent rains which
have retarded military movements.
Richmond, June 19. — United States papers of
the 16th have beed received.
A telegram from Lexington, Ky., states that
Burbridge defeated the rebels at Cynthiana on the
12th, killing 300 and taking 400 prisoners.
Maximilian arrived at Vera Cruz on the 26th
Maj, and would proceed at once to the city of
Mexico.
Grant has commenced anew campaign against
Richmond on the south side of the James river.,
with his headquarhers at Bermuda Landiug.
Sturgis, who was defeated by Forrest, has con
fessed cflicially his disaster.
European advices of the Ist received.
Lindsay’s motion for the rocognition of the
Southern Confederacy was postponed until th#
17th.
It is reported that Napoleon has sent two com- j
missioners to America to report on the progress i
of the war, and will renew overtures to England
for a cessation of the carnage.
The proposition of the London Conference that i
Holstein shall have the southern part o.f Schleswig
from Denmark has been rejected by the latter.
Gold in New York opened and closed at 197
Richmond, Juno 19.—1 tis reported that the
enemy are retreating from the vicinity k of Lynch
burg. Foui peices of artillery and three hundred
prisoners were captured from them last evening. ;
Nothing officially.
SATURDAY NIGHT’S DISPATCHES,
Three Miles West oe Marietta, June 18.
—1 he enemy lias moved a large number of his
forces on our left. Cannonading and musket
ry are constant, amounting almost to an en
gagement. The rains continue to render the
roads unfit for military operations. The in
dications are that our left and centre will be
attacked. The army is in splendid spirits and
and ready for the attack. A deserter came
in this morning drunk. But few casualties
yesterday on our siue. Several prisoners were
captured this morning.
Marietta, June 18.—Jlain bus been falling
heavily and incessantly the greater part of
last night and all this morning.
Clinton, La., June 18.—The steamer Pro
gress, loaded with thirteen hundred bales of
cotton, has been burned on the Mississippi.—
No lives lost
fix- Mayor French, of New Orleans, died on
the 14th.
Thursday ni'ht our batteries attacked the
* :
steamer Landas, another transport loaded !
with troops, and struck her 10 times ; 3 shells
exploded on deck. She whistled a signal of
distress, and a gun boat came up and towed >
her off.
T ankee cavalry from Hudson pursued our ;
batteries, but a few shells drove them off.
Richmond, June 18.—The New York Herald f
of tile 13tu received. News unimportant.
Gold closed on the 12th at 119 premium.
A dispatch from Gen. Lee List night, says our
troops assaulted and carried oar original po
sitions near Bermuda Hundred, with slight
ioss on our part.
The enemy near Petersburg, urn ie au attack
la force late yesterday afternoon and were re- I
pnised. About 300 prisoners wr • captured.
Richmond. J une 18.—Ti** Y..nk;*es having
been driven rioia the railroad at Port Valihaii
Junction, last night, direct communication
with Petersburg will be resumed this morn
in*. »
Richmond. June 17.—A dispatch iron. Lee
to the P-osiieat this forenoon, says that “at
i O iitof U , WC tvzOK tli fr K '
at Howiett’s house tfhd other portions of the 1
T
same line The bat rry a* Rowett sis being
established. j
i iVC V6S3<ri3 IiLIVC uUCIi 'SUllii 07 g
in Trent’s Reach ; ten steamers are within
reach behind monitors.
Soaio fighting near Petersburg this m
ing. without results.”
R. E. LEE.
— ♦
(Special to the Mobile Register.
Senatobia, June 17.—The Memphis Bulletia
the 15th is received.
Morgan, with a force estimated at from three t >
fife thousand, wall mounted and armed, had whip,
ped Gen. Hobson, capturing his whole commas i.
about fifteen hundred men, at Cynthiana, ou the
11th. Much of the tewn was burned.
Frankfort was attacked and tha barracks wars
burned, but the attacking party were repulsed.
Burbridge is reported to hare come up with >1);
gan on the 12th, routing him, but the report .
net croditod.
The wildest excitement prevails at Louisville.—
The city ha* been placed under martial law, aai
the citizons are being armed. Morgan having dis
patched to the authorities es that city that i
would be attacked, and to govern themselves ac
cordingly. The force there is inadequate for do
fence. If Morgan carries out his threat, unisji
proper steps are taken to stop the raiders the re
sults will be more disastrous than any during the
war.
All the news from Virginia and Georgia com.'-
through official sources in the usual distorted iuaa
ner.
A great success is claimed for Hunter.
Gen. Sturgis is repoited arrested on Lis re* :ra
to Memphis, charged by Grierson with having *,> <
his command.
Capt. Barton, es Gen. C. W. Adams’ staff, iu
arrived from Western Arkansas, gives cheering i
counts of the condition of affairs.
The crops aro remarkably good, and the roi ,
in fine spirits. The weak-kneed are taking cour
age.
Gen. Shelby was at Jacksonville, with 1.580
men, and had torn upthe railroad between Duva!
Bluff and Little Rock.
Dardanelles was occupied by t'ne Confederate
and it was expected that the State would soon
clear of Federal*.
The Mississippi river is completely blocka ie.l
to transportation.
Tlie Cotton Trade In England
We alluded a short time ago to the letter of Mr
McHenry upon this subject, inferring from whr
was therein set down, that a famine in the art. '
was imminent. We resume the subject this m
ing.
Iu tho year ISOI the cotton of all fbrts impor; e
amounted to within a fraction of 1,900,000, ;
lbs., or about 5,750,000 bales of 400 pounds eac
Os this quantity nearly nine-tenths came from the
Southern States of America, so large was the pro
portion which it was found necessary to work in: >
the inferior staples from other countries. I'm
this cotton £36,000,000 sterling were paid. It
was imported in IS6O, tho year of largest impor
tation. When manufactured and sold this cotton
brought £56,000,000 sterling. The year 1362 w •
the year of least importation. That year but 525.
000,000 lbs. from all countries were imported. F
nevertheless, cost £35,000,000 sterling, and wh?
worked up, sold for £80,000,000. When we r
flect upon the immense population that must ha
been thrown out of employment by the fallen u
importation from nearly 2,000,000,000 lbs. to one
fourth of that amount, we may readily infer th.*
labor became very cheap and profits very great.—
The manufacturers, therefore, had no reason to ■
discontented with the existing state of affairs, an
they aro charged with using every effort to ; •
long iL
The association for keeping up the supply
cotton, composed principally, we presume, of man
ufacturers, has in the moantime busily employ.: -
itself in making up reports to satisfy ParUamc: *
with the present condition of affairs. ParUame
gets its information from the Board of Trade, a i
the Board of Trade from the Cotton Supply A
ciation. In 1563 there was a considerable inere-.t>
in the supply over the preceding year. Thi- j
crease was occasioned principally by the moreine*
success of the blockado runners, and the success
ful transfer of cotton to Mexico and other cor,"
tries. In such cases the association always gj ■
j the country from which the cotton was reshipm
j credit for having produced it; a palpable from.
evidently designed to make the public satisfie i
; with things as they are, and to aid the Ministry
jin sustaining their so-called neutral policy. The
j fact is that there has been no increase of cotton in
Mexico, anu very little in other parts of the world
In India it is well ascertained that not more tha :
2,000,000 bales were ever produced in a year. The
impression that it is a great cotton country, ari-e ;
from its having produced cotton from time imma
modal, but it is altogether a mistake. About 15/.
000 bales were exchanged for Yankee goods, a: r.
wards brought into the Confederacy. °Butfor tha'.
supply Yankecdom would have been compelle 1
buy its cotton in Liverpool.
These frauds, practised in the interest of Y.-ir.
keedom, to prevent the recognition of these ~ > .
and the opening of the ports, are likoiv. we are
pleased to see, to bring retribution in their tram
om ’ c °tton is so small, and it is -?/
absolutely impossible to make tolerable goods ■;
tuat imported from India and other countries
without intermixing some other material, that the
manufacturers have been making use of miners
-and other foreign substances to supply the place «
our staple, heretofore used in working them ur>
Tbo consequence has been a deterioration of am -
ity so serious that British cotton goods are in i
fairway to lose their character in the markets •>
the world. Everyman outside of Great Britain
who loves justice must rejoice that it is s». Fa
this stupendous fraud the British people have ha !
to pay through the nose. The whole weight o
the population thrown out of employment has bee:
sustained by them for the benefit, it seems, of the
manufacturers, who laugh and grow fat while the:
workmen are starving. —Richmond Dispatch.
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acQuaintances of Mr. and Mr"
Wm. C. \ incent ar.d family are invited to attend ti. -
funeral of their infant son, Wm. C. Vincent, tin
(MONDAY) evening at four o’clock, from the re
dcnce of Mrs. Sarah A. Vincent, Ogrlethore stree*
Anibiilamce lorp*
Columbus, June loth, 1-S 5
At a meeting held this day the following
tion wa3 adopted:
That the thanks of the Committee arc due, .r ■
hereby tendered to the President and Director? >
the Muscogee Railroad Company, for their kin
ness in gratuitously furnishing them with a ci
for their use in their recent trip to Marietta a:
baek, also to the other Railroad Companies, en r y.v /
for their assistance.in enabling them to avoid doL
11. L. GOODRICH,
Preside-:, t.
C. G. Holmes, See’y.
.ie 18 2t
Lost.
A X INDIA RUBBER OVERCOAT between
- » Post Office and -Muscogee Depot, on "he at
noon of 17th <lune. The finder will please leave
at the Times Office. R. J. MO SIT
je 18 3t
12 y 4EIIIs, liiringstoii & Cos
To Refugees, Lawyers, Doctors ami Other
THE HOI SE AND LOT situated at Crawfi -
Ala., formerly owned by Judge Tate, is now f ]
sale at a reduced price. House has five well fin
large rooms, good out houses, good vineyards, £:.
young orchards of desirable fruit, 116 acres land *i r
tuehed, with tine well and spring of wafer. Th . s
who want a comfortable and healths’ place in a no .
neighbohood, will do well to apply soon. Oth-:
land radjoining can be bought at reasonable :a
junelT 5t §2O
GovKRXMfcNT Transportation Works.
Cbluabus, Ga., June lb, 1704.
I have Osnaburgs, Augusta Sheetings and An. •
ta Spun 1 am, sotne numbers as high as 12, wh:
desire to exchange lon equitable terms for Ea
and Meal. THOS. JOHNSON
jo 17 1m Special Ag't Q. M. Io:
WASTED:
Mi'oCOGEK R.ulhoai* Office. [
Columbus, Ga., June lath, I>*>4.
\{ r ANTED ago >d BOILERMAKER orP-LAf \
SMITH. Apply to
W. L. CLARK.
je 17 2\v Supernitcr. lent Muscogee R.
Change of Schedule,
AN and after Sunday, June 19th. the Ira -a
t/rhe Muscogee Railroad, will run a* follows
1* ASSKX GER TR AIN :
Lt..-v c Columbus • a ;> '
A rive a; Mrie- n.... Os- A. ■
!..'«yc Mneop s " ?. U
-4' ri\e at Coiumb:!- .i. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 500 A M.
Arrive a: Columbus 4 A:- .1 11.
W. L. CLARK.
mar 19 ts Supt. Museogeo 11. 1«