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THE COUNTRYMAN.
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“Gen. George Doles.—This gen
tleman, says the Columbus Enquirer,
who was announced in yesterday’s tel
egrams as having been killed in Vir
ginia, was born and raised in Mil-
ledgeville, Ga., and was not over'
thirty-six y ears of age, at the time of
his death. At the breaking out of
the war, he was Captain of the Bald
win Blues, and tendered his company
to Governor Brown ; and when the
4th Georgia Regiment was formed (of
which his company was a part) he
was elected its Colonel, in which ca
pacity he ably led the regiment
for over a year, when President Da
vis promoted him to a Brigadier-Gen
eral. He was just such an officer as
the lamented Gen. Paul J. Semines,
.and bade fair to rise still higher as a
military leader. Ho was remarkable
as a disciplinarian, while his universal
frankness, and goodness of heart,
caused every one under him to love
him, and, consequently, liis orders
were always obeyed. * There were
but few instances, in which be found
it necessary to punish his men.
Gen. Doles’ grandfather was a
brother of Dr. Lovick Pierce, of this
city; and the General possessed just
such a practical mind, as his venerable
uncle is noted for. He was held in
great esteem, and confidence, by his
superior officers. He was universally
esteemed, honored, and loved, in Mil-.
ledgeville, where his death will cause
a gloom to hang over every one in
the community, while his amiable and
generous nature will long live in the
hearts of all who knew him.”
“Torpedo Defence.—The Rich
mond Sentinel suggests a new use of
torpedoes, as follows :
‘We do not think we have made
all the use we might of torpedoes, as
a defence against invasions and raids,
Why confiue their use to the water?
Why not plant some of these in the
highways, by which yankee cavalry
approach our railroads, as well as in
the channels by 7 which their steamers
ascend our livers ? It. would ho easy
to set them so as to be exploded by
the feet of the horses. A few of
these, properly planted around our
bridges, would greatly assist the
guards, and would he as terrible as
masked batteries once were. They
might be planted in fiont of our lines,
wherevej an attack is apprehended.
In short, ihero is a wide field, yet un
explored, for their useful application,
including the security against aggres
sion, which, in many cases, it - might
afford to premises/
T hey were put to the use suggested
by the Sentinel, when Johnston with
drew his army from the Peninsula of
Virginia, in the spring of 1862 ; but
the enemy, as soon as they were dis
covered, made the prisoners,the)' had
captured, go in advance of theiivarmy,
and dig them up.”
The Atlanta Appeal says : We
have learned, from competent author
ity’, and may’ state to the public, a
fact connected with the recent impor
tant official changes here, which does
high honor to all parties concerned.
When the order of the president, re
lieving Gen. Johnston, and placing
Gen. Hood in command of the army,
became known, the three Lieutenant-
Generals, Hardee, Hood, and Stewart,
united in sending a telegram to the
president, representing the unpropi-
tious effect that might be produced
by a change of commanders at this
critical moment, and respectfully urg
ing a re-consideration of the order.
The president declined to do so, and
the Generals, having given expression
to their convictions, then accorded to
the new commander their prompt sup
port, that tlio army might be a unit
before the enemy ; and every true
soldier will honor, and follow their
example.
The Great D^m.—“Thedam con
structed for the passage of the boats
over the falls, saysjhe New Orleans
Era, is a work of immense labor, the
greater part of which was accomplish
ed by the army. The first dam that
was built, buist, after being complet
ed, before the boats were ready to at
tempt the passage, not having been
built strong enough to withstand the
volume of water that pressed upon it.
Thus a week was lost in rebuilding
it.
When the dam was a second time
complete, all the water of Red river
was forced through the channel, but a
trifle wider than the largest of the
gunboats. As one steamer followed
another into the rapids thus formed,
it seemed as though they must be
dashed to pieces, the waters throwing
them about as though they were chips.
Even our large, and heavily plated
ironclads were tossed like cockle
shells upon the bosom of the stream.
But all passed through without dam
age.” •
Lieut. Col. Kerr, of the 14th Illi
nois Regiment, mentioned as having
been taken prisoner by our forces, at
the front, on Monday last, is supposed
to be an identical yankee school
teacher, who, a few years since,
wielded his Jerule> in this county.
He is well-known to some of our citi
zens. His brother, Alex. Kerr, was
formerly Instructor in the Brown-
wood Institute, tK'ar LaGrange.
At the battle of PerryyiHe* one . of
our men, young Mr, Tharpe, from
this county, formerly a pupil of Col.
Kerr, was severely wounded, and fell
into the hands of the enemy, Being
recognized by his former SGhodlrrias-
ter, he was kiudly nursed by him,
and restored again to health. But
then he in vain attempted to induce
our gallant friend to take the oath of
allegiance tc Lincoln.—LaGrange
Reporter.
“The Herald’s correspondent, writ
ing from Burnside’s corps, July 3d,
‘before Petersburg,’ says, ‘for some
reason, the rebels have been very bit-
tor in their hostility to our corps, and
constant picket firing lias been in pro
gress in its front, when elsewhere the
combatants were on the most friendly
relations.’ * * * * ‘Whether it
has beeD on account of the negro troops
who constitute a portion of the corps,
as some think, or for other reasons, I
can not say ; but certain it is that the
rebels have shown themselves most
hostile to us.”
No Time foe Conundrums.—“Ar
my teamsters are proverbial for the
scientific volubility with which they
swear. A teamster with the Cumber
land Army, not long ago, stuck in
the mud, and he let fly a stream of
profane epithets that would have as
tonished ‘our army in Flanders’ even.
A chaplain, passing at the time, was
gieatly shocked. ‘My friend,’ said
he to the teamster, ‘do you know who
died for sinuers?’ ‘Damn your conun
drums ! Don’t, you see I’m stuck in
the mud ?”
Caleb Gushing.—"A correspond*
exit of the Mobile Telegraph says :
I see, in one of the city papers, that
Caleb Gushing is classed with Beast
Butler, and it is declared that, after
being sentimentally with the South, he
had deserted to the abolitionists. This
is a mistake that does great injustico
to Mr. Cushing. He occupies, now,
about the same position as ex-Presi-
dent Pierce, and has never lifted a
hand to push on the war against the
South.”
A large (Jordede'ate gum-ilia force is
reported to be in southern Kentucky .
They bad much better be in Northern
Georgia.—Macm Confederate.
B’a think they had much better be in
Midd'e Georgia.