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J. W. W4IIREA, - - - Editor.
Wednesday Morning, June 29,1864.
From the Georgia Front.
By passengers who reached this city yester
cay ro Atlanta we have a confirm** _
tion of the report of our special
in reference to th* wholesale slaughter
of the 0 n Monday. One gentle
man s***J tes that, j n the last charge made by
V’le enemy on our works, not one of them es
caped—they were, to a man, killed, wounded,
or captured. He further says that the estimated
loss of the enemy was six to eight thousand.
This is good news, certainly. If Johnston can
Only serve the Yankees in this way, a time or
two more, his men will have but little further
use for breastworks.
This is! the day appointed for making a shipment
of vegetables from Columbus to Johnston’s army,
apd we trust that nobody will have cause to blush
for what may be done in that behalf. We suggest
to non-producers to combine and buy out the mar
ket wagons that come in this morning. Sellers,
under such circumstances, should be willing to con
tribute liberally by making a marked reduction in
the price of their vegetables.
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Children often sat us . good examples. Here is
one that a certain class might follow to the good
of some of their fellows and the country at large.
The Richmond Examiner tells us that wbcu the
roccnt series of bloody engagements between Gen.
Lee enemy commenced, tho children con
nected with the school of the Hebrew Synagogue,
on Eleventh street, bad saved up a considerable
sum towards purchasing delicacies for a contem
plated picnic into the suburbs. When tho suffer
er* began to come in op the trains, the good-heart
ed ltabbi put, the question to his charge, “Children
will you forego your excursion and make some of
these wounded more comfortable with your fund,
or will you have your excursion and forget the
suffering?” The children were unanimously in
favor of giving up their pleasure excursion, and
the day that was to have been.spent in the woods
was spent in distributing to tho wounded in the
hospitals the delicacies purchased with the excur
sion fund. Grown up people should he at least as
self denying as children.
A\ni vebsaklbs.— On the 18th of Juae, 1862, skir
mish of Kershaw’s brigade on the Nine .Mile „Road •
in front of Richmond; 26th, battle of Mechanic;-
ville; 27th, battle of Cold Harbor; 28th, battle of
Garnett’s Farm: 29th, battle of Savage’s Station*
30th, battle of White Oak Swamp. July Ist, Jbatile
of Malvern Hill; Bth, Lincoln visited McClellan’s
camp at Harrison's Landing. August Ist, Yankee
fleet and camp cannonaded from Coggins’ Point,
James river; sth, Malvern .Hill occupied by the
Yankees; (3th, Malvern Hill retaken by the Con
federates; 9th, battle of Cedar Run ; 80th, total de
featjof Pope at Manassas,
Fatai. Shots.— The army correspondent of tho
Rebel says: During the terrific shelling on Sunday
evening in front of Walker, a shell from the enemy’s
guns exploded in the vicinity of Bledsoe’s battery’
killing almost instantly Capt. Bledsoe and twelve of
his men. Another shell about twelve o'clock to
day, exploded in the works of the 20th Tennessee
regiment, of Tyler's brigade, killing one man and
wounding nine.
Among tho wouuded yesterday 1 regret to notice
the gallant and chivalrous Capt. Gracie, of Grade's
Battery, Cobb’s Battalion of Artillery. I learn,
howover, that his wounds are not, considered of a
serious nature.
Cleburne Plays the Yankees a Trick.— The
army correspondent of the Griffin Jiebel, writing
from the front under date of 21st inst., says: Last
night, very suddenly, Gen. Cleburne withdrew his
videttes aud skirmishers in such a manner as to leave
the impression that he had evacuated his works. —
On finding this, thc“ Yankee skirmish .line moved
rapidly up to the works with a yell, each one trying
to be the first to enter the rebel entrenchments.—
“But Lindon saw another sight.’’ Their surprise
may bo very .easily imagined when they reached
tho works and Iwerc ordered to surrender, which
they very quietly did, without the fire of a gun.—
Their main line advanced, before they saw the trick
far enough for Cleburne to pay his respects to them
in the way of a volley into .their ranks, which sent
them howling to their hiding places. The net pro
ceeds of this trick were forty live Yankees.
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The defences that surround Petersburg, like those
around Richmond, are strengthened with “batter
ies” established at intervals. These batteries are
numbered, beginning al the Appomattox on the
cast of Petersburg, and proceeding south and west—
“ Battery No. 1” being that one which is nearest to
the river. It will be remembered that batteries No
5 and 8 were captured by the enemy on Wednesday
evening of last week, and are |we believe, still held
by them. How many of these batteries, are there in
all has not been disclosed in the accounts of the op
erations. The Yankees have threatened as far
around as to No. 16.
The Y ankee lines stretch from the Appomattox
around to the Jerusalem plank road, near the rail
road to Weldon, - and south from the city. Peters
burg is thus about one-fourth invested.
Rkv. Robert J. Breckinridge.— The temporary
organization of the BlaekSßcpubliean Convention,
which recently met|in Baltimore, says the Peters
burg Express, was effectedjby ealling Rev. Robt. J.
Breckinridge, of Ky„ to the chair. After being con
ducted thither by Northern hands he addressed the
(.invention. The following extracts from his speech
will show its tenor:
“Dreadful as they are, these fearful truths run
through tho whole history of mankind, that what
soever else may be done to give stability to an au
thority—whatever else may be done to give perpe
tuity to institutions, however wise, however glori
ous—and whatever may bo the philosophy ff it, it
had been found that the only imperishable ce
ment of all institutions has been tho blood of trai
tors.
government lias ever stood upon irresistible
foundations, which foundations wore not built on
traitor’s blood. It is a fearful truth, but we had as
well avow it once. Every blow you strike, and every
rebel you kill, and every battle you win. reluctant
as we are to do it, is adding a decade, jit may be a
century, it may bo ten centuries, to tne perpetuity
of our Government, and the freedom of your chil
dren.
He is now fully entitled to the honor, or the infa
my, as the case may be, of being the staunchest
traitor to his country South of the Ohio.
An Irish baronet, Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, com
mitted suicide about a fortnight since, by drown
ing himself. The unfortunate gentleman was
driven to this act by mental affliction caused by
embarrassed circumstances. The jury returned a
verdict of‘‘temporary insanity.” That decision
was at variance with the view taken by the peas
antry of Tipperary, who held that the deceased
bad been guilty of murder, and was unworthy of
Christian burial. The grandfather of the late bar
onet had, by his severity in 17&8, in the course of
which he earned the title of “the Floggcr,” fixed
in the heart of the people a deadly animosity
against the family. Moreover, tho popular belief
jn divine retribution had been strengthened by
the evils which had befallen the Fitzgeralds since
that year of cruelty, and the misfortunes had in
turn justified the wrath of the believers. The heir
of the “Flogger” was drowned on board the Nim
fod ; a son of the late baronet had hanged himself
with a cord fastened to a nail in the wall, while
explaining to his little brother and sister the meth-
od pursued ay the “Floggcr.” From the opinion
the peasantry rushed at once to action, and took ,
measures to prevent the burial in the churchyard, j
The family had warning, and the funeral pro
ceeded to the churchyard of Ballygriffin, accom
panied by a few relatives and without ostentation.
At the gate a mob was assembled, and in spite of
all entreaties, refused to admit the corpse into con
seerated ground. The coffin was borne back to
tle house. On tho Sunday following the priest
addressed the people from the altar in condemna
tion of their conduct. On the next day the inter
ment took place in the presenco of a force of 150
eonstaoloa: and exWuiluiw were delivered to
calm the popular excitement. A guard, however,
remains day and night at the grave to prevent ai
outrage.— London hide?, * ***
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Forty-Sixtii Gcuisia.
Mb. Editor :—Below, I scud tou* a list oi
the killed, wounded and missing of the 46th
Ga. Regiment on the night of the 20th June,
1864. In the evening our line of skirmishers
in front of Gist’s brigade was driven in. It
being nearly time to relieve that line, anew
detail was ordered to be made, and together
the old and new detail was ordered to retake
ths line. From the time the old,line was driv
en in. th the time the new detail was made
and everything arranged to retake the line,
was about two hours. We charged the
twice, but were driven back in tbt centre bo h
times. The enemy were in line of battle ior
tified. Finding that the Une coald not be re
taken by a line of skirmishers, six companies
of the 46th Ga. Regiment, D, E, G, H and I
were ordered to retake the line and drive the
enemy back. They moved out of the works,
formed line, and the order to forward was
rriytß between 7 and 8 o’clock or about dark;
the fighting was desperate —the enemy very
stubborn. We fought them and advanced
jam up to their breastworks ; we on one side
and the enemy the other. We soon got them
under and they w ould not rise up to shoot,
but would poke their pieces over the works.
In one instance, in attempting to shoot in this
way, the enemy laid his piece on one of our
men’s shoulders, and fired it; in other one, the
boys reaohed over and tried to take a gun
from a Yankee, when the Yankee shot him
in the hand. We held our position for an
hour just in this way, and never left until the
General ordered us to fall back. We cap
tured thirty prisoners; among them, one Lt.
Colonel, and one Captain—the boys pulling
some of them over the works by main force.
The six companies were unsupported who
were of no assistance whatever, and the en
emy’s works were i rwglso or 200 yarJs.
Cos A—Upson County.
Killed—Capt. II O Collier, 2d Lieut. J A
Dunham, B A Barker.
Wounded—Privates W R Fortner, W F
Lamb, Thos Stewart, J W Beverly ; Serg’t J
E Floyd.
Missing—Privates Job Bland. II Beckham,
J T Mayo.
Cos. B—Schley County.
Wounded—Capt lt J Redding; Sergts J D
Dunn, J H Sellars, Corp'l R H Snipes ; Pri
vates rV W Chapman, A J Bridgman. B J
Wyatt, J 11 Spurlock. J C McGill, J R Whit
ley.
Killed—J D Lumpkin, J B Eubanks, J T
Singletary, J T Walker.
Missing—J R Singletary.
Cos C—Muscogee County.
Killed—Capt F C Tilman.
Wounded—Privates John J Brooks, W Bus
sey, John Bussey.
Cos D—Chattahoochee County.
Wounded —Serg’t H H Lisle ; Corp’l W W
Wood, W Browning; Privates J M Austin
Wm Covington, E Hill, J L Howell, J K King,
Henry King, James Broach, severe, J M Jones
mortally, J Tomlin, W R Clark.
Missing—Serg’t N F Williams ; Privates
John A Hays, WE Med lon.
WouDded—G W Sizemore.
Cos E—Harris County.
Wounded— Lt JP Hutcheson ; Serg’t
J H Booker; Privates F M Beard, W A Bai
ley, F A Johnson, E G Hart, F M Tidwell, J
F Gamble, & C Harris, S Johnson.
Killed—Serg’t G W Mullins.
Cos. F—Webster County.
Wounded; Ist Lieut T W Clements, 2d Lt.
L S Harroll, 3d Lt C T King, Sergt D K Shep
hard, Corp’l W R King; Privates M Hogin,
T C. Butler, Chas Kelley, J Z Nickaelson.
Killed : Sergt Jas McCall, Privates J M Wil
kins, J B W Harris.
Missing: S W Saunders.
Cos. D—Stewart County.
Killed : 3d Lt F M Parkman, Ist Sergt J F
Brown, Corp'l B II Cleveland. Private G F
Wilder, A J Sims, A C Johnson and 11 S
Smith.
Wounded: Ist Lt A Wouldridge.
Wounded: J K Davis, L Davis.
Captured : Privates P Bownard, J J Day,
M M Flanigan, F L B Flanigan, J N Geerlin,
Harry Laton, J E Reeves. George Tucker, W
J Waddell.
Mortally Wounded: J K Meadows-, J E
Johnston.
Missing: H Wamble.
Cos. ll—Taylor County.
Wounded : Sergt J Livingston, S N Wil
liams, J W Lanier, Corp'l G J Barker, J N
McMichael, H T Hollis, Privates J T Benson,
G C Fudge, James Farrell, W R Kemp, J K
Levingston, J II Parker, J W Short, J W
Walls.
Killed: Corp’l J W Mathis; Privates J M
Adams, Jesse Benson.
Missing : J J Bradshaw.
Cos. I —Talbot County.
Wounded : Ist Lieut T J Davis,*3d Lt H F
Matthews.
Missing : 2d Lt M A McAffee.
Wounded: Sergt McCrary, W B Adams,
Privates T J Cohen, J T Elliston, G W Ellis
ton, A Q Hand, J L Hooten, T J Johnson, B
F Melson, Charles Pearson, John Sanders,
Jos W Sewell, W Smith, W F Weekley, Tkos
Capel.
Killed: Sergt W II Searcy, Corp’l Charles
Blanton, Privates David W Seay, B D Smith,
W A Stansell, M T Stary.
Missing: Corp’l N Mizell, Privates H Brown
ing, C C McFarland, D G Owen.
Cos. K—Muscogee County.
Wounded : G W Hammock.
It is necessary to state that Companies A
and B were the ones on skirmish, und it was
in the skirmish charge only that they partici
pnted. The total killed, wounded and miss
ing in privates is 104. Non-Commissioned
officers killed, 7 : wounded, 18 j missing. 3.
Commissioned officers killed, 4; wounded, 8 ;
missing, 1. The missing are all in the hands
of the enemy, either killed, wounded or cap
tured, it, being impossible to get them off. I
would have given the nature of the wounds,
together with more of the particulars, if time
aud space allowed. Respectfully,
One of your many
Readers.
A Gallant Son of Georgia.
The public have already learned from the
papers, the tearless and noble act of Sergeant
Isaac P. Collier, which is the subject of the
annexed correspondence, taken from the Ma
con Telegraph. They will now learn that he
is as unambitious as brave. He declines
promotion properly tendered him for this he
roic act:
Camps sth Ua. Rbgiicbnt, 1
June 24th, 1864. j
i Editor Telegraph : I send you a copy of an
i order promoting Sergt Collier, Cos K, and
I his declination. It is characteristic of the
: man, brave and gallant, but quiet and unas
i suraing. It speaks for itself.
Headq’rs Jackson’s Bbigadk, \
Walker's Division, Hardee’s Corps, r
Army of Tennessee. J
f In the Field three tniles West of Marietta.
| General Orders No. —.
On the 21st inst , while this Brigade was in
; line of battle behind breastworks, and under
■ a heavy fire from the enemy’s artillery, a
i schrapnel shot with a Roman fuse struck the
works, passed under the top log and fell
; among the men in the ditch.
While the fuse was still smoking, and the
men were flying from the danger of the ap
prehended explosion, Sergeaut Isaac P. Col
lier, of Cos. K, sth Regt. Georgia Volunteers,
seized the projectile and threw it out of the
ditch.
* In the judgment of the Brigade commander
this is a case which calls for the exercise of
the power of appointment for “acts of distin
guished valor,” which is vested in the Presi
dent. The wituesses of the bravery of Serg’t
Collier are Lt A II Hightower, Corporal E V
Burkett, Privates E P Simpson, WDKTalley,
I J T Backus, Cos. K, sth Ga. Reg’t, Privates
| John All-bright and J A Shettleworth, of
i Beauregard’s Battery. As there is a vacancy
! •2 i ,>.u.. "«a C„o. E, s:k G,» !>*'•. >'*rg r
j Isaac P Collier is hereby promoted to the
rank of 2d Lieutenant, and is assigned to duty
i as such in company E, sth Ga. Reg t, to take
} rank from the 21st day of June 1864 He
will report to the commanding officer oi chat
| company for duty. This order is subject to
I the approval and ratification of the I resident.
Bv command of
Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson.
S. A. Moreno,
A. A. Gen.
Cos. K, sth Ga. Reg’t, June 24,1864.
Captain—l have the honor to most respect
fully decline the above promotion. In throw
ing the shell from the ditch, I am conscious
of having done nothing but my duty in at
tempting to save my life and the lives of the
men around me. I prefer to remain in my
company with my comrades who I left home
with on the 7th day of May, 1861.
Isaac P. Collier,
3d Serg’t, Cos. K.
Capt. T. A. Moreno, A. A. G.
No casualties in the regiment the past two
days. Please give the above a place in your
columns, and oblige.
Very respectfully,
Sid. C4IEATHAM,
Lt. & Adj’t.
Military Notice. —The following is
an extract from the late orders of the
Adjutant and Inspector General’s office at
Richmond:
Post Commanders will inspect the offi
ces of such officers as are prohibited from
employing able bodied men in the depart**
ments of bureau, and in eases of violation
of the law, take the section required by
the department and district commander
in .section 9, act of February 17, 1864.
This refers to the new'military law,
wherein Quartermaster, Commissaries, &c.,
are prohibited from employing men in j
their departments capable of performing ;
duties in the field.
Bbunty Bonds for the Soldiers.
Congress has authorized the issue of
“bounty bonds,” each representing one
hundred dollars, says the Columbia South
Carolinian, one of which each private sol
dier shall be entitled to receive on the
first of October next, provided he has
been at his post in the army from the first
of April last up to that period. These
“bounty bonds” are to bear interest at six
per cent., and, considering the condition
of their grant, they will have a certain
honorary character over and above their
pecuniary value. A special additional
tax of one per cent., besides the other
Confederate taxes, is also appropriated to
guarantee the bonds; and in the case of
this Confederacy securing its indepen
dence —of which there is ne reasonable
doubt —they will be real value for the
amount on their face, and produce six
dollars annually in gold. It is to be hoped
that soldiers, whose good conduct shall
have earned this certificate, will'prize it
at more than its money rate, as a high
attestation of their faithful service to their
country during the present great and per
haps final campaign. Speculators, bro«
kers and money changers will of course
endeavor to buy the securities for a trifle;
and if the' soldiers tempted by a small
sum in hand, should be so improvident as
to part with them, many extortioners
would make a fortune, and thousands of
soldiers would lose, not only a diploma of
honor, which would be deeply valued by
their children after them but also a sub*
stantial fund which is to produce each
year, more real money than the whole
principal i£ paid in Confederate paper at
this day. The “bounty bonds” will have
been hardly earned; we trust they will
be still harder to buy.
The Paris Pays tells the following story:
When George IV was King of England, the
King of the Sandwich Islands sent him an
embassy to salute the Majesty of England.
They were duly presented to the King, aud
performed on the occasion some of their most
complimentary dance3. On returning to their
quarters they found a stately gentleman ill
black, with white neck tie, who told them
their civilities would be incomplete until they
had paid their respects alsd to the English
electors, by the control they possessed over it.
Anxious to comply with all proper etiquette,
the embassadors thus edified, suffered them
selves to be conducted to a room, crammed
with “electors.” Here the gentleman who
conducted them announced that in accordance
with the court ceremony of the Sandwich Is
lands they would perform the national dance.
The conductor afterwards escorted them
home; but called the next day to take them
to see a fresh batch of electors. This went on
fora fortnight until the embassadors, tired
out and offended by the familiarities of the
electors, complained to Sir Robt. Peel. An
investigation ensued, when it was discovered
that they had been used as showmen at a
place of public amusement by a man whose
name was Barnum.
Catholicism in America.
From the New York Catholic Register.]
Sir : I take the liberty of communicating
an item of Catholic intelligence, which may
have some interest for your readers. In the
cities of Mobile and New Orleans, C. S. A.,
the city hospitals are in the charge of the Sis
ters of Charity. To the Sisters the city au
thorities entrusted the funds necessary for the
support of three institutions ; and so well
content are the citizens with the Religious,
that, could these communities meet the de
mand on their services, they would be wel
come to assume charge of public charities in
all the Southern cities.
Asa proof of the kindly feelings entertain
ed by non-Catholic Southerners for the Reli
gious of our Church, and a testimony of their
gratitude to the Catholic Irish who are serv
ing in the Southern army, or have already
fallen in battle for the defence of Southern
rights and liberties, I append a statement of
the receipts at the annual bazaar held on new
year’s day for the benefit of the Catholic Or
phan Assylum in the city of Mobile : Net pro
ceeds of the annual bazaar, 1862, $6,800,
(£1,360); do., 1864, $17,385, (£3,133); do.,
1864, 543,600, (£8,720). The Catholic inhab
itants of Mobile number between ten and
fifteen thousand souls and as the majority of
Catholics are people of moderate means, they
have to credit the non-Catholic citizens of
Mobile witfi at least one-half of the $43,600,
or £8,750 contributed in four nights for the
support of a Catholic orphan assylum. Can
Catholic Dublin or Catholic Ireland, show
anything like this? It is due to Mrs. John
Delamere, of Mobile, to state that this unpre
cedented success has been achieved under her
presidency.
Your obedient servant,
• Sacrkdos.
Gov. Michael Hahn. —lt would appear front
the following, from the Mobiie Tribune, that Lin
coln has quashed the New State of Louisiana.
What does it mean ?
The statement that Michael Hahn has been re
moved from his place as “Governor” of Louisiana
we are assured is true. Banks is deputed to fill
the place as “Military Governor." What the
cause of this change is, we hare not learned.
Michael has had a brief measure of life in his new
honors. However, it may be said that he thor
oughly enjoyed them while it lasted.
Gen. Washington’s gold medal has been
purchased for $»,000, and is to be presented
o Lieut. Gen. Grant.
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Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863. by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
! the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest from the Georgia Front*
Marietta, June 28.— The serere punishment in
flicted upon the enemy yesterday by Gen. Hardee
and Loring, has rendered them very quiet to-day.
While the fire which communicated to the woods
was raging, one of our officers in authority called to
Yankee commander, that as an act of humanity we
would cease firing and give them time to carry off
their wounded, then in danger of being burned
alive, which was done, after which the action was
resumed with frightful result to the enemy.
In front of Cleburne’s division they lost over 1000
alone, while in Chamber’s [Cheatham’s] front it
was much greater.
Our loss’was less than on some days in mere skir
mishing; 150 will cover it.
Walker’s division skirmished and acted with
great heroism; nine out of every ten being bay
oneted in one rifle pit alone, while their officers fac
tually cut down the enemy with their sabres. Two
of our officers from the same pit come in with
bayonet wounds, while their cloths were perfectly
perforated with bullets.
A Sergeant [in Jackson’s brigade seized a shell
while the fuse was lighted and threw it from the
pit in which it fall. He was promoted on the field
by[Gen. Jackson to Lieuterant, but the heroic fel
low modestly declined.
Sergt. W. J. Wolthy, company “I,” 29th Tenn.,
Regt. leaped over the breastworks and seized a Stan
dard presented by Gen Buford to the 27th Illinois
regiment, wrested it from its bearer and brought it
triumphantly to camp; for which Gen. Hardee pre
sented) it to the gallant Sergeant. It was inscribed
“Belmont, Union City, Stone River;”
The enemy mado a desperate attempt to take
Kennesaw .Mountain. They attacked our works in
columns of picked troops from the heroes of Mis
sionary Ridge, but Loring’s corps drove them back
with a loss estimated at 2,500.
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of J. W. Sappiug
ton are invited to attend the funeral of his little
daughter, Mattie Carrie, this afternoon at s o’clock
from his residence.
Suits Matters— Three Hundred and Fif
ty-second Day. —There has been no change
of importance since our last report. Fifty-six
shots have been fired at the city during the
twenty-four hours, ending at 6 o’clock Friday
evening. A desultory fire has also been kept
up between Battery Gregg and our batterips
on Sullivan’s and James’ Islands. The heavy
tiring heard in the direction of Stono, is be
lieved to have been the enemy’s gunboats
shelling Secessionville. The working parties
are still busy on the lower batteries and Bat
tery Wagner. There has been no further
change in the fleet.
One of the most heroic acts of bravery con
nected with the history of the bombardment
of Fort Sumter occurred on Monday last. The
second shell fired by the enemy on that day,
at I.} P. M., carried away the flag staff; but
before the flag had touched the ground, it was
siezad by Lieut. C. H. Claiborne, who rushed
with it to the parapet, through the smoke of
the bursting shell, and, before the enemy
could discover the effect of their shot, its de
fiant cross was again flaunting iu the air.
The brave Lieutenant was immediately fol
lowed io the parapet by Messrs. N. F. Deva
reaux, and B. Brannon, of the Engineer De
partment, who, daring the codsiderable space
of time occupied in readjusting the staff, af
forded a most conspicuous target. Too cow
ardly to appreciate, and too mean to honor a
gallant act in a foe. the Yankees at once pour
ed into the gallant trio, a close and rapid fire ;
but they coolly finished their work, saluted
the enemy with a cheer and a wave of their
hats, and left their perilous post, without
haste, and thank God ! without scaith.
Sergeant Shaffer was wounded by the fall
ofthe flag staff.— Mercury of Saturday.
The Washington^A r k!) Telegraph contains
a long and interesting letter from Camden,
descriptive of the Yankee occupation and exit.
The writer says that a Yankee general order
prohibits the use of calomel in the Western
army. “That order alone would lo3e them
an army in South Arkansas, if General Smith
allows them a footing here. The Yankee sol
diers at Camden were ashamed of their negro
association.
They hate the negro with a perfect hatred.
They say they “knock down and drag out.”
They say they make good soldiers, but regard'
the whole negro business as a stain upon the
service, and an excuse for a white man not
to re-enlist. Soldiers uniformly declare that
they will never submit to the competition of
negroes against white labor. Would not fight
if they thought such would be the result,
etc., etc. Col. Manter, chief of staff to Gen.
Steele, (Steal) conversing with Mrs. ,
made this pious remark : “If God Almighty
had sense, he would kill off the whole negro
race !”
[We admit the .above quotation, simply as
testimony to the shocking profanity and irrev
erence so common at the North.— Sentinel .]
Another Japanese embassy, consisting of three
plenipotentiaries and therr suite, has arrived in
Europe; they are stopping at the Grand de la
Paix in Paris. For a nation which, three years
ago was the pattern of exclusiveness, two embas
sies in the course of two years 3ent to the very ex
treme of the earth is not a bad beginning.
CORN FOR THE ARMY.
APPEAL TO THE GEORGIA PLANTERS.
Read! Read!! Read!!!
| At the request of Government functionaries
! we address a very solemn appeal to the plau
! ters of Georgia, one and all, who have corn to
! spare, be it much or little, to deliver it at once
|to the nearest agent of the Government. Ah
I unanticipated demand for Lee’s army is now
j upon the Commissary Department, and it
| must be met promptly 1 by the patriotic plan
i ters of Georgia, or that army cannot be sub
j sisted. We are requested to state these fatfts
| in the plainest of terms, and to assure the
people thattheie is no mistake about them.
! True, the growing crops are now in a critical
I condition from the grass, and the tax upon
' tho planters’ teams tor agricultural labor is
very great. But we are authorized and requested
to say that unless Georgia planters heed this
call and come up to the sacrifice it demands,
they may prepare themselves to be dispossess
ed of the soil they cultivate by the rude hands
of the public enemy. Each man must do his
! part, and the man who neglects or refuses,
will not escape exposure,
i In full confidence, then, that the skulker i
will be known and dealt with, let the patriot
ic report at once, without a day’s unnecessary
delay, to the nearest Commissary Agent, how
much corn he can spare,and how soon deliver it.
The case is one of great urgency, and let no
time be lost or effort spared. Now is the
crisis of our fate, and let every man put Lis
shoulder to the wheel. We append the fol
lowing extract from a letter from Maj. Locke
Chief Commissary:
“Instruct your agents to make one more ap
peal to the planters to sell their corn, receiv
ing the customary obligations therefor, and to
haul it to the usual points of delivery. If
they cannot bring in much, let them bring ac
cording to their ability. This may be the last
appeal that will be made to them. Events
hurry foTward with fearful rapidity, and the
fate of the Confederacy, now suspended on the
scale of a balance, may be, and probably will
be, soon decided, for weal or for woe.
This is no time to stop and talk about small
sacrifices with folded arms. A planter or
farmer who will not sell now to the properly
constituted authorities of the Government,
without the cash in hand, is no man. If
they do not want obligations or Treasury
notes, in God’s name, let them give away their
produce if they are capable ot a spark of lib
erality.”—Macon Telegraph.
CITY MATIKKS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Hkadquautirs Post, [
Columbus, Ga., June 27, 1364. j
The following telegram has been received
at these headquarters:
Atlanta, Ga., June 25, 1864.
Commander of the Post , Columbus. Ga.:
Call on the citizens of your city and sur
rounding country to send all vegetables they
can spare to this point for the use of the army ;
the soldiers are suffering for want of veget
ables.
[Signed] M. S. WRIGHT,
Brig. Gen’l Com’d’g Post.
Those who respond to this call will deposit
the vegetables at the store of Messrs. Gunby
& Cos. by 3 o’clock, Wednesday afternoon.
They will be forwarded Wednesday evening
by a special messenger.
By order of Major DAWSON,
Cliff. B. Grimes, A. A. A. G. d2t
The Union Prayer Meeting will be held daily
this week at the old (St. Luke’s) Methodist
Church at 6 o’clock, p. m.
Sick and Wounded Soldiers. —Between one
and two hundred sick and wounded soldiers ar
rived here yesterday afternnoon from Johnston s
army. Many of them were too unwell to walk
from the depot, and had to be brought through
the city on drays.
Vegetables.— The call tor vegetables is still
pressing. Notice particularly the dispatch from
Brig. Gen. Wright to the Commandant of this
Post, published at the head of this column. The
sick and wounded are daily accumulating at At
lanta, and the demand for vegetable diet constant
ly increasing. Let our people persevere in their
efforts to meet this demand.
Auction Sales— The following prices were
realized yesterday at Messrs. Elhs, Livingston <fc
Co.’s auction : Negro girls, from SBOO to $3,300 :
flour, 75 cts per lb : rice. 41 to 42Lcts per lb; cal
icoes, $3 to $4 per yard : mules, $195 to $075. —
The ladies will doubtless hail with joy the fall
in calico. The article sold was fine mourning
prints; such as sold a few months ago at from
sl2 to sls.
Amends. —Mr. Abe Gammell, proprietor of the j
omnibus line authorizes us to say that the article i
in our paper yesterday morning, over the signa
ture of “A Subscriber,” charging that the agent of
the omnibus line had been discounting State cur
rency, was untrue so far as himself and men in
his employ are concerned. He has never, he says,
discounted a State bill, nor has any one in liis em
ploy. We are glad to be able to makq,the contra
diction, as the article in question was calculated
to reflect unfavorably on Mr. Gammell. While
our informant is a man of the highest veracity, we
trustit may prove that the source of his informa
tiou was incorrect.
A Poetical Local. —Our friend, John Black,
Local Editor and Proprietor of the Eufaula Spirit
of the South, is according to our notion much
more gifted in poetry than prose. We remember
as long ago as 1850, when the old Union recoived
a shock from which it never recovered, that John
was the author of many patriotic songs, whose
mission was to 'fire the Southern heart,’ and many
of these songs became familiar as household werds
in Southeastern Alabama—a section embodying
tho soul of chivalry then as well as now. Our
friend is still laboring to keep alive those fires, as
will be seen by the following beautiful and stir
ring lines, which we copy from a late number of
the Memphis Appeal :
We Will Conquer or Die.
ltY J. BLACIC.
These words so defiant they sweep on the gale,
They ring on the hills and resound thro’each vale;
They are spoken by women and brave-hearted
men,
And re-echoed by millions, again and again.
For the South has resolved her great duty to do,
While htfr sons have an arm and her women are
true;
For her standard is waving, it floats to the sky,
With the true words emblazoned—“We will con
quer or die.”
Tho’ her lands are invaded, her sons have no
dread—
Though her towns are in ruins and her soil is all
red,
She still is defiant, and as proud, and as free,
As her rivers that roll*in their course to the sea;
And her children have sworn, by their altars and
graves,
That ne’er to the Northmen will they ever be
slaves;
And her flag is still waving, it is floating on high,
With these noblest of watchwords—“We will con
quer or die.”
And if there’s a dastard beneath our bright sun,
Who would falter or flag till our freedom is won,
Let his name be a by-word, a hissing and scorn,
And held up as a traitor to million/ unborn ;
Let no taint of his blood ever press on the sod,
That’s devoted to Freedom, Religion and God ;
And let us, united, shout the thrilling war-cry
That rings from our legions,—“Wo will conquer
or die.”
For sweet peace is coming, which we’ve won from
their hordes,
By the blood of our sons and the might of our
swords;
And that mercy and aid from our Father on high,
Who shielded and saved us when danger was nigh,
And to Him be the praise for the liberty won,
And to Him give the glory for what we have
done ;
And long may uur standard, as it floats to the sky;
Bear on it our watchwords, —“We will conquer or
die.”
Columbus Ordnance W orks.
While on a late visit to Columbus, we had
the curiosity to look into the Government Ord
nance Department, which, under the adminis
tration of Major F. C. Humphreys, we had
learned had arrived at great perfection in the
manufacture of implements of war and of mil
itary equipments. Through the polite atten
tion of Capt.P. Knowles, an old friend and ac
quaintance, we were taken through the vari
ous workshops, and were pleased with the
systematic order and propriety with which
each department was conducted, from the
casting of the beautiful and highly finished
brass Napoleon 12 pounders and howitzers,
down to the manufacture of cartridge boxes,
haversacks, canteens, &c., &c. The cavalry
equipments, made from Georgia duck, we
thought equally as serviceable as if made
of leather, and certainly more durable than
most of the latter make. They are handsomely
finished and present a decidedly neat appear*
ance. The various workshops give employ
ment to hundreds of artizans. Besides these,
innumerable ladies are constantly driving the
needle, shaping Georgia fabrics into the vari
ous accoutrements that constitute a consid
erable portion of.the soldier’s outfit.
There are no drones in this hive of indus
try, and the system and discipline reflect the
highest credit upon the Major, through whose
perseverance the government is greatly indebt
ed for what has been accomplished.
Major Humphreys is the son of the late Col.
Gad Humphreys, of St. Augustine, Fla. W hen
the war broke out he was in charge of tho ar
senal at Augusta, a Lieutenant in the t. S.
Army. After surrendering the arsenal to the
! citizens of Augusta he went to Washington.
| threw up bis commission, and, on his return,
joined the service of the South. He has done
»ood work a3 an ordnance officer, and de
lves well of the Confederacy. —Savannah
Republican. 27th.
< rvrq. A*.' trPu ;« r
From Hie Iron!.
In the Field near Marietta
June 26th, 1364. .
demonstrations of the enemy.
The movements of the Yankees on yesteuia 7
gave ground for the belief that an engagettun
would come off this morning. Their skir
mishers advanced several times during the
day, but being opened on by our pickets after
a sharp skirmish of several minutes duration
would retire. This “feeling" of our lines is
generally an indication of battle, at least so
our officers appeared to consider lor the ne
cessary' precautions yvere taken to meet an
advance this morning. It is now ten o clock,
however, and no aggressiye movement has
been attempted, and from the silence which
reigns along the lines I do not anticipate an
attack. It may he the calm which precedes
the storm, for the day is not yet advanced
sufficiently to render a general engagement
impracticable. But whether a battle is fough'
or not the army is in good fighting trim, ex
cellent spirits and eager to meet the enemy
whenever he does advance.
bhwrmas’s position
is now very precarious. He must either fight
or retreat. If he risks a battle, there Is every
probability that he will be defeated, for, pla
cing aside the superior fighting qualities of
our men, he has to take several entrenched
picket lines before be reaches our main lin -
of battle. To carry our picket lines he mu.-e
bring up his lines of battle, one at least, very
possfbly more than one, for our pickets cannu
be driven in by skirmishers. After carrying
our entrenched picket lines, will iie be able
to storm our works ? If we consider his dis
astrous failures from Dalton to Kennesaw, i>
becomes evident that he cannot . In .act, Ido
! not beliifve he can succeed, no matter how
; overwhelming his force may be. Letrea
i would not only be an acknowledgement o
! failure, but would virtually annihilate his ar
! my. Those who are familiar with the topog
-1 raphy of North Georgia, will discover the
i comparative easy access our pursuing aran
would have to the flanks of a retreating en
emy. There are dozens of gaps in the nu
merous ridges which cover the country, tha
cavalry and artillery could pass through and
gain thqflanks and rear of the Yankees, uni;'-
our infantry pressed him vigorously in tioni.
Under these disadvantages, ho could not te;D *
Chattanooga with an organized force suui
ciently large to hold that important position,
but would be compelled to fall back on Nash
ville. As both these measures are likely to
result in ignominious failure, he must resort
once more to strategy and
FLANKING. •
But lie can only flank us to the Chattahoochee
river, a distance of thirteen miles move. W hen
he arrives there, his army will be one hundred
and thirty one miles from his base of operation s,
while ours will only be seven, the troops no.v
guarding different points on the river, and be
tween hero and Atlanta, wil! be called in, ami
form heavy reinforcements lor the army. !l
the other hand, tho enemy will be proportion
ately depleted in strength, by bciug compelled
to garrison those points which would be e\ae
uated by our forces. It is neither imprudent oi
exaggerating to say, that the reinforcements t
our army, in the event of our tailing sti.l fur
ther back, would amount to eight, and possi
ten thousand men. It may bo said, and wu..
truth, that a majority of these men are raw
Nevertheless, I have known raw troops to tig
behind breastworks as well as veterans. Lore e
which, all these men are Georgians, and 1 can
not believe they will fail to do theii duty m
hour of their State’s peril.
THE PRESENT SITUATION.
Everything is perfectly quiet on the lines as i
close my letter. The Sabbath day wear.-> a calm
and peaceful aspect —so calm in fact that it .oom
to me as if the good old days of yore had returned.
Throughout the army prayers are going on, ana
thousands of earnest hearts are pouring out a
prayer to God for safety and protection, The
weather is sunny and a clear and almost cloudless
sky canopies the earth. Heaven grant that toe
almost sublime and holy aspect of this, sabbati.
may soon be with us, never to be again broiiea
upon, by the roar of cannon, the rattle of musket
ry, the death wail of the dying and the shrieks, o
the wounded. The “halcyon days of wit
their innumerable blessings and long train of hap
piness, cannot be far distant, and every brea?'
throbs with the hope that their advent will not b 1
much longer delayed. St. CLAIL
Soldiers’ Rations in Lee’s Army.—The
following extract from a letter published iu
the Harris county Enterprise , shows how the
bravemen of Lee’s army are fed. The letter
is written by an officer of the 17th Ga.:
“The soldiers are fed very well at this time
I will give you a list of what they drew : ij
lb3 meal or flour, J lb. bacon, peas, rice, on
ions and genuine coffee and sugar in abun
dance. So you see it is a mistake about the
suffering of soldiers for something to eat. A
great many of the regiments have donated a
portion of their rations to the suffering pool
of Richmond.” * * * * *
“FOR SALE” AT
114= Broad. Street,
FINE CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO.
Also Military Shaving and Toilet Soap.
W. H. H. PHELPS.
114 Broad Street.
June 29 lm
BUTTER AMD TIMED AR
100 lbs. Choice Butter,
One Barrel Vinegar,
50 Dozen Eggs,
Killikinick and Chewing Tobacco,
' Received this morning.
je29 It W.H. PHELPS.
Office Sen. Scno. of Post, \
Columbus, Ga., June 28th. /
As soldiers from the Hospitals have been im?o«
ing upon the public by begging butter-milk or veg
etables and trading them off for whiskey, it i3 re
spectfully requested that no more should be give*
to any of those men who straggle about the eountry.
but that any who 'desire to contribute would 3end
their supplies to the Hospitals, where the deaervinr
will get them. GEO. B. DOUGLAS,
jo 29 3t Sen. Surg. in chg. Hospitals
WAITED,
ONE THOUSAND bushels MILLET SEED, for
which the highest market price will be paid.
BRAGAN & TILLINGHAST.
june 29 dlw
A EARCJf PRICE
Will be Paid for Red Haw. Wood
By . A. D. BROWN <s■ CO.
Inquire of M. P. Ellis & Cos.
je 28 2t„ ___
Office Post Commissary,, l
Columbus, June 25th, 1384. S
By General Orders, No. 53, Par. VIII. C. S. A.
and I. G. Office, detailed men are entitled to draw
one ration on provision return, commencing June
9th. The ration from 9th to 30th June, may be
drawn prior to Ist prox. but not afterwards.
J. H. GRAYBILL,
jo2B 2t Capt. and A. C. S.
FOUMD,
ON Opelika R. R. Train, a power jef Attorns?
from John Calhoun to Lieut. Daniel McLeod,
to draw money of hi3 son, H. B. Calhoun, deceased,
company E, 24th Alabama Regiment, together with
certificates, which can be had by calling »^ FICE
lost.
Arttvph nf three KEYS, ifton a bead ring-*-*
|h. finder will.be rewarded the^delivering
j e 27 3t
Muscogee Railroad Offic*. i
Columbus, Gc., June 14th, 1384. f
Motice,
THIS Road will hire six able-bodied nea£o
for the balance of the year. Rates, s2t> p*
onth, payable quarterly, and good rations. Ap
or A boSTkI’-