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\'l>ori of ihe Bailie in Allegoany
'louiiiaius, December 13lli 1§6|
^ Edward Johnson, Colonel ltfih
Georgia Keiflineiit,Commanding
' dome re > Cine.
Head q’rs Monterey Lise, )
Camp Alleghany, Dec. 19th, 1861. {
f < done): I have the honor to submit the
Lowing report of the engagement with the
my which occured at this place on the 13th
IstanL
On the 12th, 1 sent out a scouting party of
)> men, commanded by Major Ross, of the
'l Virginia volunteers, with instructions to
Lbomdl a point on the pike beyond Camp
* xler, on Greenbrier. On the afternoon of
day the advance guard of t^e enemy ap
broached, were fired into by Major Ross’s com-
and, and many of them killed or wounded,
mmediately the main body of the enemy ap
proached in force, deployed and advanced upon
scouting party, who retired and came into
up that night. On the morning of the 13th,
bout t A. M , I was aroused by the officer of
|c day, who reported tiring at the advance
t> on the pike in the direction of the ene-
1 immediately turned out the whole of my
lininand and prepared to meet them.
" 1 ordered llansborough's battalion the 31st
"ginia, commanded by Major Boykin,
i Reagins battalion to occupy’ the
[est of the' mountain on the right to
aid against approach from that quarter. On
s hill there were no defences. There were
bme fields and felled timber beyond which
■ached the crest of the mountain.' The fcneiny
aUanced to our front and conducted by a
aide, a I'nion man trom Western Virginia,
lli.i was familiar with the roads in the vicinity
Broad of from the turnpike about a mi'.e from
|ir position, near tfn> base of the mountain and
r Mud our right by a trail which led into a
ornniiig into the field slightly in our rear ;
Un-y approached this position pickets thrown
put from llansborough's battalion discovered
em and reported them as advancing in strong
ee About a quarter past't A. M. the ene
Ly advanced, and a terrific tire commenced.—
The enemy on this flank numbered fully two
iiousand. They were gallantly met by our
Urn, who did not number three hundred at
time. As Swon as 1 heard the tiring I or-
lereil two companies of the 12th Georgia,
[Hawkins and lilaiidfonl) who had at the first
alarm been posted on the pike about a quarter
a mile in front, down the mountain, to move
p immediately to the support of our forces on
.he riglit. Three other companies of the 12th,
JDavts's, Hardeman's and Rattei son’s (Lieuten-
E Moor commanding,) were also or-
> the support of those on the right who
diking a gallant,
tise odds. Gs.
ve up, and takir
.ved a terrible firi
tne the t xtreme r,
seeing the G
*y, wtio^l-;
, bmi.
ferritic tire. Tt \
err back. T1
Iteadily advanced
Many of
side of their men at
flict. I never witne-s<
•gainst the ini
he Georgians
n the left, re
■Kmy, By this
forced back,
kme on with J
ed upon the
some fallen
{uUi them a
Ml. but not
“ n inch, hut
on by their
ght by the
to the cou
rier fighting. The
God for the victory achieved over our enemies
on this occasion, we can but lament the loss of
many valuable lives.
Our casualties amount to twenty-six killed,
ninety-six wounded, and twenty-eight missing.
Many of the missing have returned since the
day of the battle.
I am much' indebted to surgeons H. K.
Greene, of the 12th Georgia Regiment, and W.
T. Blanc, of the 31st Virginia, for their atten
tion to our own wokinded as well as those of
the enemy. The^r have been untiring in their
efTorts to alleviate their suffering.
Dr. Greene was slightly wounded in the
hand by a spent hall, whilst attending to the
wounded.
Herewith I transmit a list of casualties, also,
the reports of commanders of regiments and
corps.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
[Signed ] EDWARD JOHNSON,
Colonel 12th Georgia Regiment,
Commanding Montery Line,
To Col. C. L. Stevenson, Assistant Adjutant
General, Army Northwest, Staunton.
[Official.]. John Withers.
enemy behind trees with their long range arms
it lirsl had decidedly the advantage, but our
> ,ii soon came up to them and drove them
oiii thaw cover. I cannot speak in terms too
[exaggerated of the unflinching courage and
lashing gallantry of those five hundred men
jho contended from a quarter.past 7 A. M. un-
4 !I a quarter to 2 P. M., against an immensely
uperior force of the enemy, and finely drove
hem from their position and pursued them a
or more down the mountain. I cannot
haine all who deserve particular mention lor
c r gallantry and good conduct.
onel lianshorough, whilst gallantly lead-
hattalion was wounded by a pistol shot
firricil trom the field. Soon after the tight
general, the brave Lieut, L. T. Thomp
of the 31st Virginia, fell severely woun-
■d; his good conduct had a.tracted iny atten-
jm, and he fell within a few feet of me.—
plain Mollolian, whilst cheering and leading
linen in pursuit of the enemy, tell mortally
led. Lieut. Moore, Pith Georgia volun-
ers. whilst gallantly heading a charge, fell
ortally wounded. This gallant offieer was
er ready for any expedition involving danger
-he was truly brave.
Captains Davis, Blanfcrd, Hardeman, and
law kins, their officers and men. behaved ad
i rahly. Capt. Davis and his company were
knspicuoiis for their gallantry and good con-
j t throughout the tight.
nitant Willis, Lieutenants McCoy, Eth
Marshall, and Turpin, 12th Georgia Reg-
deserve particular mention for their
Conduct.
i utcnanl Colonel Boykin, commanding
Virginia vo.unters, his officers and men,
■serve my thanks for their unflinching cour-
kroughout the struggle. This regiment
•d severely. Lieutenants Toothman, J.
lei, McNewman, J. B. Phillips, all wound
ve honorable mention ; Capt. Thomp-
Virgima, deserves special notice.—
k;>rgati, Licuts. Robinson, Haywood,
.vis, Racer, Pots, Collings, Mus-
Green, llansborough’s battalion,
vorablv mentioned by their commander,
i mnmand consisted of the Pith Georgia
ent, under the immediate command of
E T. Connor; 52d Virginia, Majors
I arts bo rough’s and Reager’s ; 31st Vir~
l'hi. Boykin ; "Lee Battery” ofartil
^"tour pieces,’Capt. P. B. Andersdn ; Capt.
s battery, four pieces; a detachment of
Ivania cavalry, • Lh Dabney. The artil
Irv was p. -ted on the hill left of my position,
|hirh had been.cn trend led.
Immediately alter the troops were turned
^hc 12th Georgia and 52d Vi ginia were
Pd into the trenches. The httsylvania
Try, dismounted, under Lieutenant Dab
y, also went into the trenches, armed with
rhines.
rge column of the enemy, led by one
a traitor, wellacquainted witlrthc coun-
Jproached the left of this position by
funning alot.g a leading ridge. About
hour after the attack was made on the
s column came up on the left to our
They were evidently surprised to
n trenched. Here the brave Anderson,
a! mistake, lost his life. As the enemy
d, he rode to the trerch and invited
a, thinking they were our returning
ckets, at the same time telling our men not
i lire, lie was instantly shot down by # the
vanced body of the enemy’s force. Our men
L opened a galling tire upon them, and they
Liaek into the fallen timber and brush, trom
Fliirti they kept up a constant lire at our men
the trenches anil upon our artillerists. My
A. A. A. General, Capt Jas. Deshler, of the
artillery, whilst behaving most gallantly, was
shot down^ the trenches by a wound through
both tliigldf He refused to leave the field, and
remained in the trenches until the flay was
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Adjutant «fc Inspector General’s Office, )
Milledueville, Ga., Febuary 13, 1862. J
General Orders, )
No. 2. (
To meet the requisition of the Confederate
Government upon the State of Georgia for
twelve Regiments (already announced to the
People oPGeorgia by the Governor and Cont-
inander-in-Chief in his Proclamation of the 11th
instant,) the following Regulations prescribing
the apportionment of men to be famished from
each county, the manner of calling for Volun
teers, or of making the draft, if drafting be ne
cessary, are published for the government of
all concerned.
1st. It is made the especial duty of every
Major General, Brigadier General Colonel, Lieu
tenant Colonel Major and Captain of the Militia
of this State to see, within the sphere of their
commands, that on Tuesday the 4tb day of
March next, every able bodied white male citi
zen, as-well as alien, between the ages of eigh
teen and forty-five years, not already in the
Confederate or State military service, or exempt
by law, appear upon his proper Regimental or
Battalion Parade ground to be there enrolled,
and to be invited to volunteer in defence of the
country and of his own rights and liberties, or
to be subject to the draft which will then and
there be mace, if volunteers enough do not pre
sent themselves. This duty the Commander
in-Chief urges most solemnly upon the above
named officers of the Militia, culling upon them
by every incentive to patriotism to exert them-
seives in furtherance of this order.
2nd. On the day of assembling,*to wit, the
4th of March next, the senior officer of the Reg
iment or independentBattallion present, accor
ding to grade, whether field officer or Captain,
'.ie.ff - -'H at 10 o’clock A. M. precise-
ir’-.ts rrA^rfrereto as practicable, take the
command and proceed to rorm tne Regiment
or Battalion. So soon as formed the comman
der with the aid of his junior officers, and
clerks if necessary, will take down in writing
the name of every man subject to perform mil
tary duty within his command, whether pre
sent oi absent. This enrolment to be made in
duplicate; one copy to be sent to this office,
the other to be filed with the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of (he county. ,
The enrolment completed the commander, or
an officer detailed by him, will read to the Reg
iment or Battalion the Governor's Proclama
tion of the 11th instant, and at its conclusion
will invite the required number of men to vol-
uutecr. If the invitation he responded to, and
the number he sufficient to form a company,
that is to say, not less than seventy-eight (nor
more than one hundred and feurteen.) men, an
nished from each county will be forwarded to
the Clerks of the Superior Courts, who will
communicate the same to the respective Com
manders of Regiments, Battalions or Indepen
dent Companies on the day of parade.
12th. Commanders of Regiments or Battal
ions will make provision beforehand for the
presence at the parade of competent Surgeons,
whose duty it shall be to inspect every man
volunteering or drafted, and who shall see that
none are accepted who are not able to undergo
the hardships of Camp life and the severities
of Military duty.
13th. Ifthere be two Regiments : n one coun
ty, the nutnljer required from the county will
be taken equally from the two Regiments.
14th. The absentees from the parade who
may be drafted will be officially notified by the'
Commanders of the draft and ordered to ren
dezvous at a certain place and time to be mar
ched to the Camp.
15th. Commanding Officers will report to
this office the proceedings at their respective
parades with lists of the persons volunteering
and of those drafted, giving full names, ages,
and heights.
16th. It is made the particular duty of every
Militia Officer in the State to give notice, with
in his Division, Brigade, Regimental, Battalion
or Company District of the parade herein or
dered that no one may plead ignorance of the
order as an excuse for absence.
By order of the Commander-in Chief,
HENRY C. WAYNE,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Capt. Miller opened upon the enemy with
his guns and behaved with great gallantry, ex
posing himself at his guns to the fire of the
enemy's sharpshooters.
After the enemy’s force, on the right, had
been rep ilsed and driven from the field, I or
dered all of our men who had Wen engaged in
that quarter to join our troops in the trenches
on the left. They took post with the other
troops and opened fire on the enemy as occa
sion offered. The enemy, under the fire of sir
tillery and infantry, soon retreated froi%the
left, leaving their dead and wounded.
The enemy's force on the left was larger,
anything, than the force on the right lhey
numbered, in ail, about five thousand men,
who had been drawn from Bealingtan, Beverly,
lluttonsville, Elk water and Cheat Mountain. M
My force did not exceed twelve hundred ef- * ieir own
fective men of all arms.
Gen. Reynolds, U. S. A., commanded the
whole of the enemy’s lorces, and Gen. Millroy
the attack on oui*right Gen. Millroy is^re
ported, by prisoners captured, to have been
wounded. The enemy lost upon the field thir
ty-live dead and thirteen wounded. They car
ried from the field large numbers of dead and
wounded. This 1 get from citizens who reside
upon the roads alotH’ which they retreated.
Ten or twelve ambulances were seen conveying
their wounded. We captured three prisoners,
and aliout one hundred stand of arms, which
the enemy had thrown away in their flight.
Although we have reason to be thankful to
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Adjutant and Insfector Gen.’s Office, )
Milledgeville, Feb. 18th, 1862. [
General Order, 1
No. 4. f
Under the Statutes of this State and" the
Confederate States, and by order of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, the following persons are ex
empt from military duty till further order, and
are not included in the proclamation of the
Governor of the 11th instant, nor in General
Order No. 2, of the 13th instant, to wit:
1. All Clergymen, regularly ordained.
2. The State House officers, including heads
of military departments, and the Secretaries
and Clerks employed in said offices.
3. All Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts of this State.
4. All Custom House officers and their clerks.
All Post officers and stage drivers who are ac
tually employed in the care and conveyance of
the raaifs of the Confederate States. All ferry
men employed at any ferry on a post-road at
which the mails regularly cross. All inspec
tors of exports. All pilots. All marine!s ac
tually employed in the sea service of any citi
zen or merchant of the Confederate States.
5. All Telegraph Operators actually employ
ed as such in a Telegraph office.
6. The President, Superintendent, Treasurer,
Chief Engineer, Master of Transportation, Mas
ter Machinist, Master Mechanic, Clerks in the
Principal office, Depot Agents, Tyns-shipping
Agents, Conductors,Engine drivers are exempt*
anil eacll other iiiu.-haiiic or employed whoa©
sei vices the President or Superintendent will
claim in the manner herein after directed.
7. The Superintendent of each Express Com
pany in regular operation in this State, which
is used for the rapid transportation of military
supplies by the State, or Confederate Govern
ment, and each agent of said Company actually
necessary to the transaction uf the business of
the Company.
8. The Superintendent of each shop in this
State used at the time by the State or Confed
eracy for the manufacture or repair of guns,
sabres, bayonets, side knives, or pikes, with
three of the best workmen in each shop thus
employed, to he selected by the Superinten
dent.
9. All persons employed in the State Armo
ry-
10. Such number of persons as are actually
necessary to work each powder mill in the
State actually engaged in making powder.
11. The Superintendent of each Furnace in
this State in actual use for the manutaclure of
iron, with rfot exceeding five of the most expe
rienced workmen or experts connected with
the furnace. Also the Superintendent of each
rolling mill in actual use for manufacture of
common bar or Railroad iron, with not exceed
ing eight of the principal workmen or experts,
to he selected by the Superintendent in ekeh
case.
12. The officers and guards of the Peniten
tiary. The Superintendent and necessary em
ployees, not exceeding five, to be selected by
the Superintendent of eacn.tlie Lunatic Asylum,
the Academy for the Blind, and the Institution
for the education of the Deaf and Dumb.
13. The officers and cadets of the Georgia
Military Inatitute.
14. The Superintendent anil four of the
most experienced and necessary men in actual
employment in any cotton or wool factory in
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Midnight Heflectioas—Gigantic Interest
are nt Stake.
The clouds that are fast gathering around us,
look dark and portentous. Twelve thousand
more of our brave sons are called upor by our
gallant Governor to cease their peaceful avoca
tions and marshall themselves in battle array
to meet the advances of our Northern foes.—
The time is past for big words we must act if
we wish to be free. War, a war of subjuga
tion, with all of its attandant horrors is upon
us, and around us. Many of our Southern
homes have been desolated. Fields have been
reddened with the blood of hundreds of our
truest and bravest hearts. No one can tell
what thirty days may bring forth. But be not
discouraged, the God of battles is with us, and
victory will sooner or later perch upon our
standards, if we will be true to ourselves and
do our whole duty. These once peaceful vales
now filled with the sound of the;shrieking fife
and spirit stirring drum, will again re-echo the
songs of a happy contented, and posperous peo
ple.
We have, however, a work to perform in this
great conflict, and however small each one’s
portion may be, he should remember that the
future history of the country will hold him to
a strict accountability for its faithful perform
ance. No one should think because R is a
small work, that he has a right to avoid it, or
refuse its performance. Woman too hasst duty
to perform in this crisis, and we would have
her do that duty—exercise that influence. We
would have her in the first place, pray to God
to avert the great evils which threaten us. We
would have her intercede with those who are
nearest and dearest to her, to volunteer into
the service of their country, and preserve our
beloved State from dishonor. We would have
them then imitate the Spartan women of olden
times ; let them hand the warrior’s shield to
father, brother, husband and son, and calling
down blessings on their heads—bid them march
to the battle field. Test face to face unyield
ingly, the sword and lance of the enemy, and
return again either with the shield or on it.
This is their duty. The dictates of patriot
ism, of honor and self respect, compel such a
course, and I fear not that the women of the*
South, catching inspiration from the shades of
their departed heroic ancestry will never be
found lacking in the performance of a duty so
solemrly and sacredly imposed on them. Let
us consecrate our lives to the honor and
independence of every Southern State. Let us
resolve to conqueror die. Let this resolution
he written upon the altar ol every Southern
heart, and our independence will at once be
recorded in the great hook above, and marly of
us whose beads are even now silvered o’er by
the frost of time, will yet live to see the gov
ernment of the Southern Confederacy leading
in the great and onward march of human pro
gress. We will see its race the swiftest, its
character the brightest, and its achievements
the proudest of all nations. Talk abopt A fa
natical, ungodly set of picayune swindlers sub
jugating a nation of high toned Christian gen
tlemen. The idea is like all of their isms, un-
phUosophical anil unscriptural.
It is my honest opinion that Lincoln and his
army of linprincipled money loving hucksters
can no more subjugate the South than the
Devil and his followers can destroy the fiat ot
the Almighty, take possession of Heaven and
imprison the redeemed spirits in his infernal
regions. -Then take courage, my brave coun
trymen of the South—whether of native or
foreign birth. Keep your powder dry—derive
your tactics from the holy word of God. Let j
the cross be your banner and success shall be
ours, and when the great shock of nature shall j
take place and even time shall be about to pass )
into eternity, the flag of the Confederate States
Gen Johnston’s Address to the Army of
the Potomac—Bloquent Appeal to the
Volunteers.
We are indebted to the kindness of a friend
for a copy of Generals Beauregard’s and John- i i
ston’s addresses to the Army of the Potomac, j*[
The first we have already published; and we
now have the pleasure of laying before our
readers the stirring appeal of Gen. Johnston, | Friday night a
relating to the re-enlistment question, the all ingthat she had left Cadiz,
absorbing topic of conversation in the camps was n0 * known. As the v
and elsewhere. We have reliable authority ' ^ or P assa S e °^_ vessels tr.
for saying that the troops in the Army of the *° westward, it was tho-
Potomac are rapidly re^enlisting, and we can- that she should steam for
not doubt that this address will serve to arouse
arrival of th
the volunteers in other portions of the coun
try:
GENERAL JOHNSTON’S ADDRESS.
Headers Dep’t of Northern Va., )
February 4, 1862. j
Soldiers?—Your country again calls you to
the defence of the noblest of human causes.
To the indomitable courage already exhibited
on the battle-field, you have added the rarer
virtues of high endurance, cheerful obedience,
and self-sacrifice. Accustomed to the comforts
and luxuries of home, you have met and borne
the privations of camp life, the exactions of
military discipline, and the rigor of a winter cam
paign. The richresults of your courage, patriot
ism, and unfaltering virtue, are before you. In
trusted with the defence of this important
frontier, you have driven back the immense
army which the enemy had sent to invade our
country and to establish his dominion over our
people by the wide spread havoc of a war in
augurated without a shadow of constitutional
right, and proseputed in a spirit of ruthless
vengeance. By your valor and firmness you
have kept him in check until the nations ot the
earth have been forced to see us in our tr-
■fUltiq. \Otl
Vjfclk'e
In the t
character—not dismembered and rebels
communities, but an empire of Confedj
States, with a constitution safe in the atfecg au --'
of the people, institutions and laws in fuk, ju
unobstructed operation a population enjfj l _v
all the comforts of life, and a citizen soldiery
who laugh to scorn the threat of subjugation
Yi'Ur countvy now sunimonsyou to a nobler
and a greater deed. The enemy has gathered
up all his energies for a final conflict. His
enormous masses threaten us on the West; his
naval expeditions are assailing us upon our
w hoie Southern coast, and upon the Potomac,
within a few hours’ march, he has a gigantic
army, inflamed by lust and maddened by fanat
icism. But the plains of Manassas are not for
gotten, and he shrinks from meeting the disci
plined heroes who hurled across the Potomac
his grand army, routed and disgraced. He
does not propose to attack this army so long
as it ho ds its present position with undimin
ished numbers and unimpaired discipline; but,
| protected hy
expiration of your term of service. H -ecol- k ma( j e j n
lects that his own ignoble soldiery, Wf *—I Inoni
term ot service expired, marched away from | ^ ^ ]Ve t) , t
light, tempi. 1
object of intercepting th
chantmen homeward boun
On Saturday morning'
the lookout on the sumi!
the Sumter was six miles to
turing two large Union ships. T
may be imagined, claused the grea
inent, and everybody rushed out to
glimpse of the privateer and her prey „
The seizure was accomplished sim^i. "
no defence could be made. A boat j.
sent on board, the Federal flag ha- !I * lu
and the thing was done. The cruisi 1 . 1,
dently used to her work. No time wtiL
in searching the prizes, the few valuable e
were removed, the match was lighted
another moment the blazing ship was fast
drifting away with the current. When even
ing closed the flames were still visible, darting
upward in fitful flashes on the eastern horizon.
Ihe first ship taken wasladened with sulphur,
consigned, as the master endeavored to make
out,to Baring B^J^j.^^hut, as Captain Semmes
afterwards rero * . ©ulphur being the prin
cipal ingrediflP^JrJ 1 apowder, and its expor
tation from England being just at this tiuiq
prohibited, it was considereu as well to destroy
Fort '£> Especially as the master had no papers to
other vessel taken, a large hark, proved
den with an English cargo, so she was
and came in here yesterday.
DESCRIPTION’ OW THE SUMTER.
evening of Saturday, the Sumter anch
ored in this bay. On Saturday I went on board,
most anxious to see the.celebrated craft that
has led her Federal nary a dance over so many
miles of ocean. When going alongside I could
scarcely believe so poor a vessel could have
escaped so many dangers. She is a screw
steamer, with three masts, a funnel strangely
out of propotion to her size, and a tall, black
hull, so high out of water that she gives you
the idea of being insufficiently ha.'*'tsted. Four
32 pounders peeped from her sk' , and a large
8 inch pivot gun-—h-oq her feck forward.
Before she w^roposed to capilulaiN work, she
mi WSS a uesuinej
his fortifications, he awaits the ^ ^^e'a'rfs^ ccc P 10 ^
Ik. 4
and
Expecting*,',,
soon disbanded.
. -at restconf
the scene of conflict to the sound of the ene
my’s cannon:” and he hopes that at that criti- L —^.,7 wa
cal moment Southern men will consent to sluing x \ Jt> are
with them this infamy. ” — 1 “ ~ ** '
of our army to be soon
’t his immense numbers Mill easily
oveu'^jjttfvour gallant comrades vwo will bd
left hxQB^Bl thus remove the chief obat’celebrate-l
his cheT"Wl scheme of Southern sub t , cities l‘r
The Commanding General calls
twelve months men to stand by *’
comrades who have volunteered fo# 1 ■
re volunteer at once, and thus fl frotl
wot Id that the patriots en#^^ 1 jn
gle for iudependenceC ccounts a( a.-C
bloodiest path thef , . ^^jjXled t<
The enemies of yen?'’well as her
friends, are watchinf^flfWiction with deep,
intense, trep > ^*i<*,is interest. Such js your pc-
will he there. When eternal darkness shall 1 sition thajtrer fj/kn act no obscure part.—Your
settle over all that is of earth, the last gleam- r ‘ r — 1 J> --' — *--
ing borrowed light from heaven will reflect the
irganization will be immediately effected by
the election of officers.
3rd. Should the requisite number of Volun
teers not present themselves, the commander
will make up the deficiency hy draft, selecting
from the rest of the Regiment or Battalion in
the following order:
Firsh From those subject to military duty,
who are absent from the parade except for
Providential cause satislactorily evidenced to
the commanding officer.
Second, From the unmarried men, bachelors,
prevent.
Third, From the married men and widowers,
present.
The number to he made up from the first
class, it there he so many absent, and then
from the other two classes successively, ex
hausting two thirds of the second class before
the third class he entered upon. The men thus
drafted to be attached to the number volunteer
ing, if the number of Volunteers Exceed fifty,
but »not to be entitled to the privilege of vot-
img for officers, r.or to receive the bounty. If,
however, the county he required to furnish a this State, which is manufacturing cloth by
full company and the number of Volunteers 1 machinery.
does not exceed fifty, then the Volunteers aril!
proceed to ihe camp of instruction designated
ior the county, in charge of an officer detached
for the purpose to he there organized into com
panies with other volunteers, as far as practi
cable with thus© from adjoining counties. The
drafted men will also be inarched to the camp
to be attached to such organization as the Gov
ernor may direct.
4th. Il there he no volunteering, but the
whole number required he made up by draft,
the commanding officer will assign a Captain
or Lieutenant to conduct the draft to the camp
of instruction there to await such formation as
the Governor may determine.
5th. If the number apportioned to any
county equal or exceeds one hundred and six
ty, two companies, if of volunteers will be
formed. If of drafted men, one full company
of one hundred privates will be organized, to
which the commander of the Regiment er Bat
talion will assign, subject to the ratification of
the Governor, One Captain, one First Lieuten
ant and two Second Lieutenants, to be taken
from the most competent and reliable officers
of the Militia in Commission. The remainder
will be sent to the Camp of Instruction with
the Company and under the charge of its Cap
tain.* to be there attached to such organization
as the Governor may order.
6th. In case the whole number be required
from a county is less than seventy eight men,
w ill be sent under an officer detached for that
purpose to the proper camp where the volun
teers will be united with other volunteers (from
at jacent counties as far as practicable) to elect
their own officers so soon as a company shall
ho embodied; and the drafted men to be distri
buted into such organizations as the Governor
15. Before the persons connected with Rail
roads, Express Companies, Iron Foundries,
Rolling Mills, Factories, Powder Mills, Gun
smiths’ shops, in the employment of Govern
ment, Ac., shall be exempt, it will he required
j that the Superintendent or head of the com
pany, or establishment or institution, as the
case jnay be, make affidavit giving the names
of the persons whom he claims as exempt, with
the reasons why he claims the exemption,
which number shall in no case exceed the
number herein mentioned, and the affidavit
must state that the whole number which he
claims are actually necessary to the successful
management of the company, institution, or
work, of which he has charge. This affidavit
must he filed with the commanding officer of
the county of the residence of the person claim
ed as exempt, by the 4th day of March, and be
fore such officer commences the draft, should a
draft be necessary.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
Henry C. Wayne,
Adj’t & Ins. General.
—Mr. Erastus Brooks, writing from Wash
ington, states that the expenses of the Govern
ment reach three millions a day. This is an
augmentation of a third within the last quar
ter, and . the rate of increase will grow vyitli
each month. Paper money, with nothing to
rest on, is substituting specie, and is daily in
creasing. and consequently depreciating rela
tive to all other rfroperty. But there is anoth
er and quite as influential cause operating to
enlarge the expenses of the Yankee Govern
ment Everybody at the North is looking to
the government for a livelihood.
All commerce and trade, unconnected with
brightness of our Stars and the last wave on
time’s ocean, only will engulf the liberty cap
of our banner. Cheer up, brave so.diers, who
are on the field.
We shall not forget that while we are here,
safe and comfortable at home, that you may be
upon the eve of some fell and bloody ehcoun-
ter* in which hundreds may he hurried to
their great account. We should remember
that even to-night while we are reposing upon
beds, there may be maoy of you stretched up
on the cold ground, trying to snatch an hour’s
rest before the clarion and the war trump shall
summon you to arise and go forth to meet the
foe, hut unable to sleep because haunted by
gloomy visions of the 'absent wife and sick,
and suffering child, left all alone, in the world,
with no friend or resources—no kindly word
to cheer them in their loneliness. Be not thus
troubled. The ladies will continue to supply
your wants and 1 trust Wo (the gentlemen) will
not grow unmindful of our obligation to pro
vide for the comforts of those of your loved
ones at home. For one, I am in far the war,
wherever duty calls me either at home or on
the tented field. T. S. Powell.
decisior^ ays for honor or dishonor, will be
writterl , 'hi;
draw b> s P-<W S
4 nJ« kl
writter^ “‘ jhistorv. You cannot, will not
. , solemn crisis of our struggle,
when al^fultv *s heroic in the land is engaged,
and all that.is precious hangs trembling in the
balance.—Richmond Dispatch.
The (’•uft-derair farces on Koanoke lalaxl.
The New York Herald makes the following
statement of the garrison on Roanoke Island :
General Officers.
Major General Hill, commanding.
Brigadier General Henty A. Wise.
Troops— Wise Legion.
Light artillery battery, Captain Romer.
First regiment, Col. E. S. Ewall.
Second regiment, Col. Frank Anderson.
Third regiment, Col. J. L. Davis.
Iiifkntry battalion, Lieut. Col. Gibbs.
Infantry battalion, Lieut. Col. Patten.
Infantry battalion, Major Duflield.
Infantry battalion, Major lianshorough. ,
Georgia regiment, Col. McMillan.
North Carolina regiment, Col.
In all about 5,000 troops.
over
of the wa-
ast and
engines
1, with
Til the effects
by cylindrical
wood covered with half-inch
ars—a very poor protection against an
nch shot Her officers and crew number
all. The latter are a hardy, devil
e set of fellows, ready for any work —
o would stick at nothing. They are of
l g— even the Irish brogue was among
f commander, Capt. Semmes, is a
etermineil'looking man, whose left
hand knows not what his right doeth. He
received me most courteously, and took me
over his ship.
may prescribe. But in such case il volunteers the’ war, is at an end in that region, and any
. . ... e y or t to curtail the Government expen
ditures would render the war unpopular, and
perhaps inaugurate the reign of mob law.—
Nothing is left, therefore, for the Lincoln gov
ernment hut to go on pouring out their paper
money. All hands are interested lor the time
being in -giving credit But the crash must
come, if they do not speedily subdue the South.
That’s their only hope of safety. A few more
Port Royal and Burnside expeditions will set
tle that point.
sufficient to' complete the number to seventy-
eight can be obtained in the count}’ after the
d -aft anil prior to the time of marching to the
Camp the volunteers if exceeding fifty in num
ber may elect their company officers, and the
drafted men who constitute the remainder of
the number required will be attached to the
Company and commanded by the officers chos-
ei by the volunteers.
7th. As it may happen that in some of the
new counties there may -be no Regimental or
I attalion organization, the companies in them,
in such case, will assemble at the Court House,
v hen the senior officer present according to
grade will take charge of the whole and carry
out the requirements of this order.
8th. Tenders^rom Volunteer Companies to
s irve for three year*, or during the war, will
be received and deducted from the apportion
ment to the county or counties from which
t u*y are tendered. Such tenders are irtvited,
and the Secretary of War has promised to make
early arrangements for receiving such compa
nies into camp and-service.
9th. Volunteer privates receive Fifty dollars
bounty, to he paid when the companies or Reg
iments shaU he mustered into service, and elect
officers. Drafted men neither receive
bounty nor elect their officers, but are subject-
el to all the rigors of Military Law.
10th. Volunteers and drafts throughout the
State will report to the Camps of Instruction
as follows:
Those from the 1st, 2d, 6th, and 13th Mili-
ti.ry Divisions, at Camp Davis, on the Central
Railroad, thirty miles above Savannah.
Those from the 3d, 5th, 8th and 10th Milita
ry Divisions at Camp Stevens, near Griffin.
' Those from the 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 12th
M ilitary Divisions, at Camp McDonald, seven
miles above Marietta on the Western & Atlan
tic Railroad.
11th. The apportionment of men to be fur-
THE CURSE OF WHISKEY.
We see that the Yankee Generals are adopt
ing stringent measures to prevent the intro
duction of whiskey into their ot.mps. It is wise
policy, and if they can succeed it will no doubt
increase the efficiency of tbeir army. Whis
key is the most dangerous of *11 the enemies
and dangers which soldiers have to encounter.
Drunken soldiers are not to be depended on,
and still less drunken officers, whose indul
gence of this maddening passion may involve
the fate not only ol themselves, but of the men
whose lives are in their keeping, and the coun
try whose honor is entrusted to their guardian
ship.—Rich. Dispatch.
—The Federal general, Stone, who was de
feated by Gen. Evans at Leesburg, has been ar
rested and imprisoned at Fort Lafayette, on a
charge of treason.
Specimen or Yankee Running.—When Col.
Wright took possession of Elizabeth City, it
was very suddenly evacuated ay the Federal*,
who went off at 3.40 time, znJ that too with
out the advantage of a plank road. After oc
cupying the town, tho gallant Colonel display
ed his forces, but the enemy ,declined the invi-
tion.
Three cheers for the 3d Georgia regiment,
and their gallant leader.—Norfolk Day Book.
.
Camp Hardship 3d, Ga. Regt )
Portsmouth Va. Feb. 15th, 1862. j
Friend lelegraph:—Not knowing how soon
I may be ordered to join my company and de
nied the opportunity of writing, I will give you
the general news and rumors of this place. A
portion ol our regiment havs advanced within
three miles of Elizabeth City and camped, leav
ing the remainder at South Mill*. The enemy
have not landed, hut still lay off the City in
their boats, although they have been reinforced
by some thousands of men. It was repoited
yesterday that nine of their gun boats were at
the mouth of the canal preparing to enter, hut
whether they have or not I cannot say. The
Merriuiac left the dry dock yesterday and to
day (Sunday) the workman are busy putting
guns and amunition on board, and by Tuesday
all will be re»dy for action. The men in the
yard have all volunteered to work until ten
o'clock at night until all shall be prepared and
ready, there has not been as much activity
since the war began as at the present rime.—
And in my opinion humble as it is, the taking
of Roanoke Island instead of being a draw
back to our Confederacy will be an incentive
to exertion and vigilance. We cannot always
be successful, and this defeat has breught us
back to reason, and redoubled exertion. The
excitement runs high in Portsmouth and Nor
folk, Gen. Huger is censured much by the peo
ple of the above places for negligence and want
of attention in his apartment, rumors of court
martial and are afloat but the truth of which
1 cannot say, I see hy one of your late issues
that Col. Wright is reported as appointed-Bri
gadier General. I hope such is the case. For
a more worthy Colonel for promotion the Con
federate army cannot produce, or an officer that
worked more assiduously and disinterestedly,
for the public good and benefit, as the above
named gentleman, my wish is that success may
attend him: quite an amusing scene transpired
in camp a few days before the regiment left.—
Our worthy orderly having permission to visit
town in company of a friend didnot return at
the time appointed nor until the next morning,
when upon his arrival, he was ordered to the
guard house, from which in a short time, by
the Captain’s intercession, he was released,
upon re entering camps the boys asked him
how he liked his new quarters, he replied with
all the nonchalance of innocence, that he
thought that it was nothing but proper and just
that a “Governors Guard’’ should be honored
with a “Guard house” the aptness of this reply
caused some little merriment among the boys,
and they forgave him. The regiment general
ly enjoy good health and little said of reenliss.
ting in Virginia. Yours with RespL F. M. B.
(S^The New York Herald, ol the 15th, has
news from Gen. Burnside’s expedition. They
state their killed and wounded as follows:
35 killed and 800 wounded; 10 probably
mortally wounded.
We are rather inclined to think this would
be nearer the truth if it was reversed.
Among the killed are Colonel Russell, 10th
Conn. Regiment, and Lieut, Colonel Victpr Mc-
Monliel, D’Epindeil Zouaves, both of whom, it
is stated, fought gallantly.
James Hunter, a private in the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry, of Savannah, tia., who was se
verely wounded on the 21st July, has been pro
moted by President Davis frqm the ranks to a
First Lieutenancy in the regular army oi the
Coniederate States.
j
THE REPORTED FIGHT BETWEEN TIIE SUMTER AND
THE IROQUOIS. ‘
The Akhbar of the 23d ultimo, a paper pub
fished in Algiers, has the following:
On Monday last, between ten and eleven in
the evening, afi event occured opposits Point
Pescade, which will, doubtless, soon be explain
ed. Meanwhile we have received the following
Retails:
Abbut ten o’clock, a heavy cannonade was
heard at sea, distinctly, by the inhabitants of
the village of St. Eugene. It was also heard
at Algiers. A fisherman, who had been out
late, was for a short time in danger from the
? rojectiles of the two vessels engaged in combat
t is supposed that a naval combat was taking
place between the two American ships, th.-
Sumter and Iroquois. .
The Monitur de T Algeiie says :
On Monday, between ten and eleven, in this
vicinity, a well sustained cannonade at sea ex
cited the population of Algiers. Two police
agents were immediately sent to Pescade Point
in which direction the guns were heard. The
The fortifications are supported by a small 1 coast guard officer on duty gave the following
naval force, under Commodore W. F. Lynch, report: “Twovessels, about six miles out at
The names of the rebel steam gunboats are the | sea, were engaged in combat. When the fight
Fanny (captured from the Union), Curlew, ' was over one of the vessels hoisted a flag on her
Seabird and Post Boy. Each of these vessels j raizzen, and went out of sight The combat
has an armament of two guns each. lasted about one hour.”
Per contra, we have the following statement j To-day (Wednesday) a steamer, with a red
from the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal: funnel, with a black stripe at the top, was sig-
The forces at the post at the commencement ! nailed off Cape Matilou. She lias three masts,
To a day t
We’ll ’
mori: V
Hope points
ure reign.
Where we who part bo eadly now shall i
Aye! full ot faith and hope, and trust
troubled sea, _ _
’Till the last throbbing wave ot time shall bear odr €
to thee,
Where clanging trumps of war shall rouse the hostlld
host* no more,* * /
But shouts of peaceful jubilee shall peal from shorg^c
shore. * T
Oglethorpe. February 18th, 1862
— thM
Commercial Intelligence. Th<(7
MACON MARKET . IL
office Daily Telegraph, i ‘ ‘ V]
February 2otu, 1882. f a, J
Business—Business has been very active during
week, and there has beeti an increased^ demand
goods. The difficulty cf trun*porting Sugar and Moll. ,
ses from Memphis, Tennessee to this city, has caustA^ n «* ,
these articleslo advance. Whiskey is also advancing)*, e-,
UROCERjKS.
Bacon—None in market. The last sale was 20.00U
lbs. at 28c.
*. .. ^ n >
Lard—23c in bbls.; 25c .inkega; 30c. retail. Advan- , w
cing. 4 " ;*•
Flour—Superfine $5.00 Family $5.25®$5.50. Stiff. 8 caller
Candles—Star, GOe.; Hard Pressed, 85<&4Cc.; Sperm
(15c.; Patent Sperm, Transparent, 75c.
Coffee—Rio and Cuba, 65c **>.
Rice-^-4(&4#c. ^ lb. Advancing.
Sugar—New Orleans, Frown, 7#(§Ht)c. $ lb : White
ll<ai4c.
Molasses—No Cuba in market. New Orleans is Arm
with upward tendency at 70c(&75c ^ gallon.
Snuff—Maccaboy 50c* lb; Scotch. 35c.
Whiskey—Common brands, $2,00 $ gallon.
Starch—20c. (& 25c $ lb.
Soap—Bar Soap, 30c. $i lb. Stock small
Soda—Super-Carbonate, 53c. lb.
Salt—$18 # Sack.
Pork—Sells from 15c.<&18c. ^ lb.
Beef—Fresh Tennessee 12%(&15c. lb ; Dried Ten
nessee, 20c. $1 lb.
Mutton—Dried Tennessee Mutton 20c. $1 lb.
GRAIN.
Wheat—$1,60 V bushel.
Corn—$1,20.
Corn Mka^.-$1,15®$1 55.
Oats—$1 $1 bushel.
Rye—$2 14
Barley—$2 $ bushe .
Peas—$1 95 44
Sacks not included.
OILS.
Oils—Tanner’s $1,50<&$1,75 $ gallon ; Cotton Seed,
$9,25$2,75 gallon ; Sperm $4 # gallon.
H A3D WAKE
Steel—Cast, 50®75c.; Plough, ll(j£12>fc.
Iron—Refined, 8(2>10o.; Swedes, 0(240c.
Nail Rods—12#c.
Nails—Cut, 15®18c.; Wrought, 25c. ; Horse Shoe
Nailif, 50c.; Stock very light.
Copper—Bolt, 60(&7oc.; Sheet none.
Axes—Collins, $30 doz.
Shovels and £padeh—Ames’ $30 doz.
• MISCKLLANEOCS.
Yarns—Very scarce. Selling at prices ranging from
$2(&$2»50. Advancing
Shirtings—20c. •
Sheetings—22c. ; Macon Mills, 25c.
OSNABURUS—24c.
Drilling—22c.
Kelsey^—75^90c.
. Thread—F . tory Sewing Thread, 50c. lb.
Hides—12 #(»/• i.*c.
Beeswax—2-V. ^2 lb. •
Wool—50 (put ■. lb
1 ope— eui * fi35o. $ lb.; Cotton, 40c. lb.
Bagging—Uuui 2l &25c.; Kentucky, 20®22c.
Twixu—Hemp itagging. 30c. lb. ; Cotton Wrapping
30c. # lb.
C NIONS—$6 J bushel.
Potatoes-—Irish, $*><£,$9 bbl.; Sweet, 75c. # bush.
Apples—$1 $ b .she!.
Butter—30^40c. Ib.
Chickens—25@40c. t.piece.
Eggs—12Me. & 15c. doz.
Shoe Pegs—(Southern made) $4,50 $ bushel.
Shoe Lasts—( 44 41 ) 35<&55c., according to
quality.
of the tight or belore its close were
8th N. C. Troops, Col. Shaw
31st N. C. Troops, Col. Jordan
1st Reg. Wise’ Legion, Col. Anderson..
2d Reg. Wise* Legion, Col. Anderson...
Bat. Wise’ Legion, Col. Green
.SOO
600
400
400
200
2300
heavy canvass, and stern deep in water. On
reaching Cape Matitou she suddenly tacked, as
if giving chase to some vessel, and was lost
sight of. She was again seen in the evening
off Point Pescade. This vessel has all the ap-
pearence of a pirate. Sue appears to mount
For Cotton or Confederate Bonds.
I OFFER for sale the following Lots of Land, (as a
whole,) for $1,50 per acre, payable in Middling and
Fair Cotton, to he delivered in good order in any Store
in any city in Georgia, less incidental expenses at 10c
per pound, or Coniederate Bonds, (provided my offer be
taken) within 30 days from date. Should m? offer be
taken the purchaser wiil qot be bound to take any lot
turned into a vessel of war. She hoisted no
This is not the full strength of any of the flag while cruising in the Bay of Algiers. It
commands named, but many were sick and had j is generally believed here that she is the Sum-
been sent oil' or were at Nags Head in hospi- ter, which left Cadiz o.i the 17th, and which
tal. Some were in a battery on a flat near the gave chase to the vessel she attacked on Mon
mainland ; three small companies were at Nags day evening
about twenty guns, and she looks like a trader | or lots that has not a perfect title accompanying it:
- - - Dooly County, Lot No. 211 In 11th District, 202>f
Habersham, “ “ 555 “ 12th “ 250
Thomas “ “ 269 “ ISth “ 49U
Brooks “ “ 15 “ 15th “ 49J
Irwin “ “ 35 “ 1st “ <9n
Irwin “ •• 194 “ 1st “ 49)
Head.
The number that escaped, including the sick
at Nags Head, might be not incorrectly stated
at about 450, or at the utmost 500. Ol these
270 or 300 retreated .along the beach from
Nags Head, on Saturday night, £lter having
set tire to the buildings. Some got over in a
boat to the mainland; nearly or quite all of
those on the floating) attery also got off to the
mainland.
Of the loss ol the enemy, it fs almost impos
sible to speak. They were mowed down in
their attempt to land, and must*have suffered
terribly. Had we possessed a field battery or
had proper breastworks been thrown up, the
result might have been different: or had we
had sufficient force, or in fact had there not
been grievous mismanagement somewhere.
General Wise had remonstrated in vain with
the Secretary of War. He had asked more
forces from General Huger, in whose immediate
department he was placed. He had been re
fused in both cases, save that Gen. Huger had
finally consented to let him have the two ar
tillery companies of his Legion, under the com
mand of Colonel Henningsen. Gen. Wise or
dered the batteries to march down the beach
to Nags Head. This, Gen. Huger counter
manded, and told them to go to Elizabeth tiity
where there was no transportation.
When on Saturday morning a courier from
General Wise, who had ridden alll night, reach
ed Norfolk, he got only a rude answer from
Gen. Huger. “They’ve got plenty of men.—
Tell them to stand to their guns and d—mn
’em we’ll whip ’em,” or very nearly these
words.
Why Commodore Lynch did not carry his
boats to Norfolk, through the Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal, instead of rurilling them up.
the Pasquotank River, is remarkable. He
could have done so. On Saturday night, a
boat did leave Nags Head, and did get to Nor
folk, showing that the navigation was open.—
The whole affair appears like a Tragedy of Er
rors.— Wilmington Journal.
The Zsandon Herald's Correspondent.
We are pleased to see that Mr. S. P. Day,
the correspondent of the London . Herald and
London Ch T onicle, who spent some months in
Richmond last summer, and has"%ince returned
to London,has addressed a letter to the London
Times, explicitly and emphatically contradict
ting the accounts transferred to that journal
from Yankee papers, alleging that the prison
ers in Richmond were treated with great cruel
ty. Mr. Day says that he was himself a spec
tator of the facts, and that the prisoners were
treated with great kindness, and that he has
sometimes seen tears of gratitude rolling down
their cheeks at the unexpected proofs of hu
manity which they received. Sir James Fer
guson, who spent some weeks in Richmond, has
also written a letter to the times to the same
effect—Rich. Dispatch.
—The English papers publish Seward’s apol
ogy for the stone blockade. He says the
scheme was not devised for permanently injur
ing the harbor, without conceding such perma
nent destruction unjustifiable. He says it yill
be the duty of- the Federal government to' re
move the obstructions after the suppression of
the rebellion.
t>t ±.
—The English government has ordered the
Confederate steamer Nashville to quit South- %
ampton, and declared that hereafter no North
ern or Southern war vessels will be allow
ed to remain in English ports longer than twen-
tyriour hours. .
The Wil-
“We are
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“ “ 222 “ Sth
CHEROKEE PURCHASE.
No. 896, 21st and 3d. I Nb. 253, 27tU and 2d.
No. 9)4, 201k and 3d. No. 580, 2d ana 2d.
No. 697, 20lh and 3d. | No. 717, 2d nd 3d.
No. 146, 19ctiand8d. I No. 65, 12t!i uud 1st.
No. 24, 19ik and 1st. | No. 6-.L, 2d and 1st.
Making Acres 8,260.
LEWIS SOLOMON.
Marion, Twiggs count^Jan. 30th, 1862.—lilt w3t
l*T Southern Federal Union please publish
for lour weeks.
.41/
Fine Furniture.
TjMNE Parlor Setts, Rose Wood, Mahogany and Geor
i; gia Walnut Furniture.
Secretaries and Book Oases, Desks and Book Cates.
Bureaus of Rose Wood, Mahogany and Walnut.
Sofas, Tetc-a-Tetes, Divans, Sociables, Ottomans in
Hair Cloth, Flush, Brocf.1, «fcc.
Hair Cloth ,Plush. Broca tel, Cane, Split Bottom, and eYj
ery kind of Chair known to the trade.
BSD STEADS.
Rose Wood, Walnut, Maple, Mahogany, Beech, Gum,
Ac., High, Low. French and Cottage.
Wardrobes of Rose Wood, Mahogany, Walnut and
Pine. Safes of all Patterns.
TABLES.
Mahogany, Walnut, Cherry, Pine, Extension, Folding,
Leaf, Square, Round, Ac
Mattresses of llair, Colton, Moss and Patent Spring.
Feather Beds, Pillows |jid Bolsters.
fcIFine Mirrors, common booking Glasses, Looking Glass
Plates, Picture Glass. .
Wmdow Shades and Fine Cornices.
Buckets, Tubs, Dippers, Brooms, Brush Brooms, FsathJ
er Dusters, Foot Mats, for sale on the most reason
able terms.
Lumber taken in exchange, or Lumber made up In the
most fashionable styles of Furniture to order.
We nave one of the largest stocks of Fine Furniture in
the State, and we are constantly manufacturing, and
wish to sell. Call and sea us.
feb 25 w-ly WOOD A CO.
TH0S.
Good for the Old North State.-
■lington Journal of Saturday, says:
pleased to find that nearly the whole force on
General Holmes’ fine of the Lower Potomac and
Rappahannock is now, or will soon be, in for
tho war. With a very few exceptions, all the
twelve mohths regiments have turned them
selves over for the full term, and the rest no
doubt will.”
Another Old Hulk Sunk.—The Yankee ^
fleet off this port brought up an old bark on I ami bes*t selected 8i
Thursday last, and sunk her to the South of the Confcderale
Rattlesnake Shoal, where her spars may be
seen above water. The blockaders in sight
TED WAli
The Subi
Jr. and A.
the style of
suuie partner
fifteen years,
cilities as "
the inspection of
The negro used as a decoy to entrap the Yan
kees at UarjJer’jj Ferry, on Friday week, did
not use the flag of. truce. He mounted the
bluff, showed his bundle, and pretended that have been for some time three steamers anil a ,|,j”
he desired to run away. The Yankees took hark. These are ail that are visibld from the I it
the bait, manned the boat, and attempted to i city, but it is said that some of their vessels vor
cross and emancipate the contraband, when , are occasionally observed cruising off shore. ‘
they were fired upon by our troops lrom their Charleston Mercuy.
concealment. • j •%* .-erej*j
«•- A Lincoln Hulk.—A private letter recelts,
At a recent sale of groceries in Fredericks- ! in this city from St. Mary’s dated Friday It
fiurg, Ya., the following pieces were obtained: says the bow and stern of a vessel had
Molasses, 90 cents; Sugar (commop) 13 cents; I cast ashore near that place some days previj
peper, (grain) 70 to 87J cents; Whiskey, (com- ■ The stern is marked “Courier, New Beilfi
mon) $5 15; Rye (common) $2 15 to $2.62; 1 and she is gjtid to be oneof the identical
Soap, 16| cents; Vinegar, 25 cents; Tobaco , lers recently sunk by the Yankees in the
from 25 te 62 cents. I nel to Charleston harbor.—Sax. Rep.