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Correspondence of the Telegraph.
SALT MEETING.
According to previous notice, the citizens of
Dooly county assembled at the Court House in
Vienna on the 9th April, 1862, to take into
consideration the great and vital question of
which and what was the most sure, safe and
best plnn to ndopt, whereby not only the citi
zens of Dooly county, but the people of the
State at large, might be able to obtain salt to
supply their wants now and hereafter during
the existence ot the present unholy war waged
upon us.
Whereupon, on motion of lion. I* J. Cross,
Peter Adams, Esq., was called to the Chair,
anti O. 1*. Swearingen requested to net as Secre
tary.
After a tin rough interchange of views, and
many thoughts, suggestions and-plans propos
ed, it was, or; motion of the Hon. II. B. Ham
ilton, unanimously
Rcsolvi I, That the several counties in this
State be requested to hold similar meetings at
once ; that the meetings pass resolutions re
questing the Governor to call the legislature
together at as early a day as possible; that the
legislature, when assembled together with the
Governor, make the necessary appropriation,
and, either hy the passage of sums lawful for
that purpose or otherwise, put in operation a
salt f ictory in this State, for the purpose afore
said.
It was further
Resolved. That the Inferior Court of said
county of Dooly at once obtain the service ot
three suitable and proper men to visit the coast,
examine for and locale if possible some muta
ble and proper situation to luake’salt, by the
authorities of said county, in the event the Gov
ernor and Legislature should fail to do that for
us.
It was further resolved, on motion of S. Ro
gors Esq., that a committee of three be ap
pointed, whose duty it shall be to correspond
with the Governor of tins State upon the sub
ject of calling the legislature together in extra
session, for the purpose of relieving the neces
sities of the people by procuring a necessary
supply ot salt for them. And that said com
mittee request the Governor to furnish them,
in some w ay most suitable to his convenience,
with all information in his possession relative
to the subject of supplying the wants of the
people with the article of salt.
It was further
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Macon Telegraph, and
that all the papers friendly or desirous on the
subject ot the people’^f^feng salt will please
copy. In^H ADAMS, Ch’n.
O. P. SwAEKINGES,*t^^.
•ArmyCorrespondence of the Savannah Republican.
THE BATTLE OF tHIILOAH.
THE FIRST DAY’S FIGHT.
not even to gather up their records and half-fin- transfer of his army to the other hank of the. From the Atlanta Inieliig
ished letters. The amount of property taken river, it were impossible to say. Lincoln Thieves, a
is immense. Our men are now regaling them- j "Will Buell con el I have iny fears. But Burnerf.
se'7es upon the ample supplies of excellent let us leave the morrow to tell its own tale. | On Saturday morning last, we were starlied
, food everywhere to be found. Meanwhile I shall court the sweet embrace of by intelligence telegraphed herefrom Mariettr
Battle-Fiei.d of “Sliii-OAti,” 1 j am una ble to speak with certainty of the Somo* upon Capt Fulton's camp cot. There that the engine, with three cars attached to tl
(Seventeen miles east of Corinth,) V nu ^ber of the enemy’s forces One of the first is mlln y a W( ' ai 7 soldier lying on the wet ground mail train, from this place to Chattanooga, ha
Sunday night, April 6th, 1862.) prisoners I encountered (a lieutenant, who tonight, who is ready to join with Sancho been detached therefrom, while the conductor,
1 reached Corinth yesterday, but lound it formerly belonged to the old army), estimated Panza, and sav,“blessed be the man who first
impossible to get a horse to come out to the them at 120,000 men. Others put them down invented sleep. ^
P. W. A.
army, then encamped fourteen miles cast of at 100,000 ; others, again, at 76,000, and some Froj| Roanoke land.—Ten free negroes re-
that place, on the road leading to Pittsburg !4t 50,000. Gen. Prentiss, who was captured CC ntl v reached Peniuimons County, from Roa-
I.ending. Ibis landing is four miles below about 5 o’clock says the Federal army on this n „i--ho renort that the Federal-
w says the rcderal army
Hamburg on the Tennessee river. I was more j side of the river was composed of six divisions, f 0 7tifvine the latter* place
fortunate at 10 o’clock this morning, however, of about 7,500 each, whi< h would make the for- t p e v intend to make it as
and succeeded in procuring a mule and a hard , ces of the enemy engaged about 45,000. They
Mexican saddle without any padding in the seat, probably exceeded this number, without in-
In tins w ay I reached (lie field a little aftei eluding the forces on the other side of the riv-
,,0,,n - er. At no time had we as many men engaged
It was known that the enemy had a heavy as the enemy,
for jo on this side the river, and that Buell was Nor can , k with eertainty of the num _
advancing overland from Columbia with a large | ber of batteries or prisoners we have captured,
reinforcing column. In view of these la| : Cs, i t j stoocai .(y a ( tel . t bcbattle,andtoomuchcon-
Gens Johnston and Beauregard determined to ' f(lsjon , )s for me t0 t at tlle recise
give battle before Buell should come up. The facU The num5er of prisoners is variously
army was put in motion on Thursday, and by lS . tiniattJ ; some say 2,<i'00 and others 4,000;
noke Island, who report that the Federals are
and that they sav
strong as Fortress
Monroe.
These negroes were furnished with passes
for the purpose of visiting their families, and
inducing them to return with them. They say,
however, now that they have reached home,
that no inducement could cause them to go
back again to their would-be masters.
The experience they have already had among
the yankees, has satisfied them that it is a mis
fortune of the direst character to fall into their
men, Stl
ve warnfl
appealed to tti
matter; we hav^
sure our safety
as to rid ou£
.. , , . , —. — , JL——...... , hands; and they state that, though worked ex-
. a unlay evening our entire force had got into une re p 0r t ),as it that one entire brigade has cessively they receive but a scanty allowance
position. t was the intention of our officers , been captured. This is, doubtless, a mistake, of food, and not enough of money to purchase
o ve given a c on yesterday, but some of \ m0 ng tlicl prisoneis are many officers, and | sufficient clothes to render them comfortable,
tin regiments were raw, and there was some the , er p . irto fthe Seventh Iowa Regiment, 1 Xor/olk Bay Boole.
delay in getting tnem ready. Gen. Johnston . who Utely petitioned the Federal Congress for “ ~
issjed the following stirring appeal to th* army permission to inscribe upon their banner the! From the New Orleans Picayune.
victories of Belmont and I tone! son. I BAFFLE THE SPOILER.
The number of batteries taken is said to be j We have more than once described in va-
eighteen, which, allowing six pieces to the bat- rious ways the burden of Federal indebtedness,
tery, would make one hundred and eight guns. A very distinct idea ol the weight of that bur
den and the ruin which it is to bring upon
somebody hereafter may he gathered from a
lulion and disciplined valor becoming men were also captured—three by the first Louisia- reference to the taxable capacity which the
fighting, as you are, for all worth living or dy- , na regiment alone. I have seen two of them United States have exhibited in their former
mg for, yoa can but march to a decisive victory myself, and was present when they were ; history during their career as a Government
over the agrarian mercenaries sent to despoil ! brought in and delivered to Gen. Beauregard, and times of national difficulty. A few figures
you of your liberties, property and honor.— i I witnessed, also, the arrival and presentation will ciyiound more clearly than columns of
ltemeuiber the precious stake iuvolved; renvetu- ] of General Prentiss, who was taken by a staff speculation how largely this Southern war
her the dependence of your mothers, your | officer or officers of Gen. Polk, and conducted j transcends in its costliness all the undertakings
wini jour ■ietfif and your children on the I to the latter, who sent him, with his compli- j of the Government since its foundation, ever
before it left Corinth:
Headqvaktkrs, Akmv of the Mississippi,
Corinth, Miss., April 3d, 1862.
Hoteliers of the Army of the Mi*sissij>pi:
I have put you in motion to olfer battle to It is more probable that parts of eighteen bat
the invaders of your country. With the reso- j terics were taken. Several stands of colors
SALT MEETING IN TWIGGS.
According to previous notice, a portion of
the citizens of Twiggs county^net at the Court
House in said county, to discuss the propriety
of forming an association for making Salt to
supply the county.
Having unanimously appointed Dr. Dupree,
Chairman, and A. E. Nash, as Secretary, they
proceeded to discuss the propriety of a co
operation with other counties in forming an
association for the purpose of makhig salt.—
After considerable discussion between t’ol.
John Fitzpatrick, Henry Brown, Col. E. E.
Crocker and Col. DG Hughes, upon how a
eo-opcialion should be formed, it was finally
agreed that a committee of five be appointed to
devise a plan by which the counties of Twiggs,
Wilkinson, Laurens and Pulaski can be called
together for the purpose of forming a Salt As
sociation. The Committee was composed of
the following named gentlemen, viz: Henry'
Brown, Dr. II S Wimberly, Col. 1) G Hughes,
A McCullum, and Col John Fitzpatrick,.
After retiring for a lew moments the com
mittee reappeared and the following preamble
and resolutions were re-i i by tile chairman of
said committee, Henry Brown, who urged their
adoption, and they were carried unanimously.
At a primary meeting of the citizens of
Twiggs county, held at Marion, on the 16th
inst, to take into consideration the importance
ol an organization to make salt on tlie'seabomrd,
and having exchanged views upon the subject,
have at this meeting considered it expedient
to co-operate with our fellow-citizens of YY il-
tkimoa, Laurens and Pulaski, and ascertain at
|the earliest day whether such co-operation can
be formed, upon what terms, and to report at
another meeting to he appointed to he he.d at
a subsequent day, a' our adjournment to-day,
say on Wednesday, the UOlh inst
Resolved, That we now appoint Dr. Dupree,
land A McCallum to meet the citizens of Wil-
<>n county, Coft) G Hughes and Lai
Rtllu&on those of Laurens oodatr, and Dr M
IS Wimberly, Col E E Crocker and J R Coombs
those of Pulaski county, to ask immediate co
operation, to request eae i county to send ten
or more delegates to meet in convention on
Saturday the 26th inst, at Cool Spring, Wil
kinson county, for the purpose of forming a
Salt Association.
Resolved, That the Chair appoint a commit
tee ol five or more discreet gentlemen to meet
the delegates of said counties at the time stated
above.
In accordance with the above resolutions,
the Chair appointed the following gentlemen
on that committee, viz : II Brown, Col John
Fitzpatrick, Col W M Tarver. Col 1) G Hughes,
Dr II S Winibeny, Col F. F. Crocker, Thomas
,t .finer, Jaa Coombs, R R Shipper, .1 A I’liarp,
.tided. Dr 1 E Dupree, D W Shine, A McCal-
him, Win Faulk and K It Wimberly.
It was moved anil carried that these proceed
ings l»e published in the Daily Telegraph.
I Dr. I. E. DUPRE®| Cl.airman.
A. E. Nash, Secretary.
result; reinember the fair, broad, abounding
land, the happy homes and the ties that would
be desolated by your defeat.
The eyes and hopes of eight millions of peo
ple rest upon you ; you are expected to show
yourselves wort'iy ol your race and lineage—
worthy of the women of the South, whose no
ble devotion in this war has never been exceed
ed in any time. With such incentives to brave
deeds, and with the trust that God is with us,
your Generals will lead you confidently to the
combat—assured of success.
A. S. Johnston, General Commanding.
We commenced the attack at sunrise tliis
morning. Our order of battle is said to be the
strongest known to military science. We ad
vance in three parallel lines or Corps, each one
in line of battle. The first or trout corps was
led by Major General Hardee. Immediately be
hind him came a lull complement of artillery.
A thousand yards in *us rear followed the se-
cond corps or line, led by Major General Bragg.
Immediately in his rear came more artilleiy,
and behind them came the third corps, being
our reserve, commanded by Major General Polk.
General Johnston was in supreme command,
nob y assisted by General Beauregard.
flie artillery was commanded by Brig. Gen.
Tru h all, under the orders of Gen. Bragg. Gen.
T. distributed his batteries along the roads and
upon such open elevations as he could find.—
The batteries have been handled with consum
mate skill and etfect throughout the day by
their respective officers;
The nature of the ground is exceedingly un
favorable for field operations. With the excep
tion of two or three small fields of sight or t,:i
acres each, the battle has been fought wholly
in the woods. The woods are quite open, how-
ments, immediately to Gen. Beauregard. The including all its expenditures for its own suj>-
following is the substance of l he conversation port rom the first day of its existence, aull
that ensued after they had shaken hands: j how more desperate the necessity for further
Prentiss—Well, sir, we have fl-lt your power experience for relief. We take for a basis of
to day, anil have had to yield. ’ the exhibit, the statement ot Mr. Spaulding of
Beauregard.—That is natural, sir. You could New York, a member of the Committee of
not expect it to be otherwise. We are fight- W ays and Means in the Federal House of Rep
ing tor nur homes, for our wives and children, ! resentatives. In a late speech on the finances,
for generations to come after us, and for liberty be computed the eventual debt entailed on the
itself. Why does your government thus war. Federal Government, by the war, in the most
upon us, and seek us upon our own soil ? j favorable event, and by the strictest conclusion,
Prentiss.—Our people have never yet been at $1,800,000,000—eighteen hundred of mil-
able to bring themselves to consent to see the lions of dollars.
Union broken up. Such a thing has notenter- Turning to the official tables made up at the
ed into our calculations, and cannot. United States Treasury, to the 30th June,
Beauregard.—The Union is already broken, 186i», the last year of the undivided Union,
and the last man, woman and child in the South wo find that the total expenditures of the Fed-
will willingly i»erish before it shall be restored, eral Government, from its beginning in March,
What force have you had engaged to-day ? I 1789, to that day amounted to $2,151,098,828
Prentiss.—Six divisions, numbering a little —twenty-one hundred and fifty one millions oj
over 7,000 each—the whole not amounting to dollars. *
more than 49,000. Gen Grant commands, as I So, the-attempt to enslave the Southern
sisted by Gens Sherman, McClernand, Hurl- ! States will have cost, for the beginning of the
hurt, Wallace, and myself. Gen. Smith is sick, j war, as we esteem it, from the most favorable
and has not been upon the field. My division ! estimate of its completion, as the invaders
was the first to receive your attack, and we count it, six sevenths of the whole amount,
were not properly supported; if we had been, which served to support the whole Federal Go-
the day might have gone otherwise. There has vernment, in all its branches for seventy-one
years, during which it carried cm the war with
Great Britain and the war with Mexico, and
sundry small but not inexpensive Indian wars
been mismanagement somewhere. Had I been
supported in time, wo should have broken your
centre at. the time we stopped your advance.
Beauregard.—4'ou aie mistaken, General.— in Florida, in the Northwest, in Utah and upon
My order of battle was such, that if you had the Pacific coast.
even penetrated the centre ot our front line, it The war is, however, but just begun in an
would only have been to encounter certain de- interminable career of cost. These are but
struetion ; we would have cut you to pieces, the first expenses of the experiment; and they
Has General Buell arrived, and what are his have already, by confession, reached an amount
forces ? i which must rapidly transcend the whole ex
Prentiss, (hesitating.)—I do not know where penditure of the Government of the United
ever, much molt so than they* are *in Gcor- j Gen. Buell is, or the numbei of hut forces. 1 States when llie Union was entire, for three
gia, but they nevertheless interfered very much j tiave heard he was at Nashville, and then at
with the evolutio is of the army. The ground j Columbia, and also that lie was on the road.—
is rolling, and in many places quite wet ana | W e do not look for him under forty -eight hours.
I fear you will capture the greater part of our
army on this side of the river. You have met
and overcome to-day the best troops we have.
Beauregard.—I am glad to hear it, aim trusfo 1
t at the result of this day’s work may bring*
overninent to a Irame of mind more fa-
boggy near the water courses, several of which
cro-s the field, and still further impeded the
operations of the day.
But Gen. Haidue has encountered the ericiny
in front. The sun is just rising as hit division
is hurled against them like a thunderbolt.—
The enemy was not expecting an attack, as was
evident from the condition in which lie received
us. Indeed, he was not aware of our near
presence ; he never expected us to attack him,
and was doubtful whether we would ever allow
him to get near enough to attack us. Hardee
“.-.et lus squadron in the field ’ with great
judgment,ar.il led them most gallantly through
out the day. I have not been able to come up
with liim, but hear that he escaped without a
scratch.
The enemy was at length driven from his
first line of encampments. Meanwhile lie re
cover#! from his surprise, and met our onset
with firmness and resolution. The fighting
now became hot and close, and raged with
great violence and fury along our entire front.
quarters ot a centufy.
How these sums were raised is another in
teresting item in the tables. Nearly four hun
dred millions were raised by loans and treasury
notes. The actual direct contributions from
all other sources, from 17S9 to I860, were as
follows:
Customs, $1,635,570,454 28
Lands, 174,947,302 G6
Miscellaneous, 95,413,122 72
engineer, anil train handa were breakfasting at
Big Shanty, and had been steamed up the road
by unknown parties. Prompt measures were
at once taken to pursue the robbers. Mr. L. i —- — T%t .
Kendrick who, as soon as it was ascertained have been<*.C;
that the engine was in possession of thieves, ..
rode with speed to Marietta, and from there though .Itti
telegraphed the fact to this place. Major Row
land, the Superintendent, being absent up the
road, Mr. Walker, the Master of Transporta
tion, immediately directed Mr. Kendrick to take
an engine and such armed force as he could
get, and proceed at once in pursuit This was
done. But as our readers will be interested in
a detailed account of this extraordinary and
most audacious attempt of LINCOLN’S SPIES
to rob, burn, and destroy the State Road, we
give below the statement of Mr. Fuller, the con
ductor of the train from which the engine and
three cars were detached by the Lincoln hire
lings *
MR. W. A. FULLF.It’s STATEMENT.
On Saturday morning, I left at 4 o’clock with
the train, and reached “Camp McDonald”
(“Big Shanty”) at regular train time. While
at breakfast, 1 heard the engine “exhaust”
very rapidly and suddenly. I immeniate rose
up and stated to Mr. A. Murphy, who is Boss
of the Stato Road Shop, but who happened to
be a passenger that morning, and Mr. Jeff Cain,
my engineer, that something was wrong with
the engine. We three hastened out; and,
much to our surprise, discovered that the en
gine with three cars were out of sight. I at
once suggested to Messrs. Murphy and Cj
the propriety of following the engine to C
tanooga, if no other way, on foot, and p
till we overtook and captured the unk
thieves. But when I first got out, I enquire!
of a guard who was on the platform, “who
had taken then engine off!'”
He replied that “lie did not know hi
that “he was a tall, black bearded mai
a military black overcoat, with a la
On foot, then, in double quirk time,
in pursuit. I was the first to rci
Station, some two and a half miles
Shanty.” There I found a hand
turned a short distance to take in ir
ions, Messrs. Murphy and Cain, a
with a few men, whom we got at
tion to pusli the car along, pursued on to with
in a halt mile of Aeworth. At this point, we
found some forty or fifty cross ties laid on the
track of the Road, to obstruct pursuit, and the
telegraphic wires torn down some quarter of a
mile. It took us some time to remove these
obstructions. When we got to Aeworth
took another hand car and some ten i: _
armed, as well as ourselves, and pursued on till
within a mile and a half of Etowah, where we
were again impeded by the track being torn
in a shott curve, by which we were tl.
to the ditch. Having extricated ourse
this difficulty, we proceeded on to
when-Arc took Major Cooper’s engine, which
rfully delivered to, and run by iLs
us, to Kingston. We als
[h a coal car tor the puvpose
sen, who then had increasei
mostly citizens. When
n, we found that the thie
ed some twenty-five minutes ahead
were there told that they stated thal
been pressed by the government to entry pow
der and ammunition to Beauregard—that Ful
ler and the regular mail train was behind, and
would be on directly. This, they did, to get
the switch keys; and so plausible were their
statements, that they completely deceived the
agent at Kingston. At Kingston we changed
engines—taking the Rome engine, which was
already fired op, and which was kindly offered
to us by Mr. Smith, the conductor. We pur
sued on then till within four miles of Adatrs-
ville, where the track was again torn up, and
cross ties pin ed upon it. Mr. Murphy and
myself then took it afoot, at double quick, till
we met the down Express train one and a half
miles this side of Adairsville. This train we
stopped and turned back to Adairsville, where
we switched off the cars and took the engine
this. We now
ment, Martial Lai!
of both person and
confidently believe *ha
is daily being ▼'sited by spies
ol the Lincoln government—tbaV
property here is endangered—ami
quence privato property will share.
But to this subject we shall again
TUB SUPPLY OF CO]
Messrs. Neill Brothers, of Mancl
just issued a circular, in which it is sa!
can discern no hope ot peace till one side^
other is utterly prostrated, and to aceoni]
this result will tye a work of time. Meantime,
it is apparent that national enthusiasm will
now f urnish money more readily to the North
ern Government, and that the "ecent events
will thus have a tendency to protract the war.
It is thus evidently futile to look for any early
re opening of the Southern ports ; and, even
were it otherwise, very little Cotton could be
brought ddfcn before the summer fall of the
rivers. Prior to this date last year, upwards
of 3,000,000 bales had reached the ports, leav
ing only 650,000 to be subsequently received,
“his season we have not yet heard of any re-
and the exports do not probably as yet
5,000 bales. This, however, may be
sed by 20,0‘iO or 30,000 during the rc-
er of the season, by vessels running the
^■Till last month the stock at Liver-
showed no great falling off relatively to
r, but this ciscrepaucy is now becom-
t.
)resent and immediately prospective
American Cotton, as compared with
ast year, is now as follows: 1862 at
’166,000 bales: afloat, nit. 1861—At
718,000 bales ; afloat, 295,000 bales.
,013,000 bales, showing a decrease of
59,000 bales, besides a probable reduction of
ingojj
twer
Kin
j our
vorable to peace.
Prentiss.—That can hardly be, sir. If your ^ ( . ( .
atmy had pushed on after the battle ot Minas- ,.. ■ , .’ ,’j! ’ .
•V . r . . . , All the receipts of the federal tioverument,
sas, it might have taken W ash ington, and over- . ■ .... • „ . • . •— -—-
run the North, and brought us to peace. We ! f“ ru>k > ‘ ts " j*** 1 ." . s |*“?* t( .,^,^”,""^1,. alone, Mr. Bracken, its engineer, running it —
had an insufficient supply of arms then, and .‘' j 1 " ’ ■ ' " f . J 1 s a t, l 111 ° - In this way. we stiil continued the pursuit, af-
were not prepared. The muskets purchased | b P* ,d,n J5“ "f "““ Ln “ u ' r ha ™K a ‘°P to remove the obstructions
in Belgium by Fremont were ol but little nc- i 0 11 , £ . Vi°.i' - v.. i i i ot cross ties. &c., that the thieves had put at
a J t i .1 - .1 I 11 must be noteu that this eighteen hundred j n *„ rvn u .... thu ahnriadi : tl ,- lir
count ;you could turn your thumb in the muz- : .... . , <• it. 1, *i,« ' ‘“tervais, on the aoorLast in our way.
7 i t . *he bore was so lar^e We also procured lni ,OIIS * < o ars l> °!?^ ^ ,e which the , \Ve reached Calhoun, where they had left
zlu, the tiorc was so lar^e. tu_ also procurer 1 1 F d ral Government will have contracted, be- h , m : nil , es ’ ... , irr i va i there and
from England the old arms that have been stor-1 yond , u avaiubIc raeans . Tbe cost 0 , tb ’ e ex . I ‘ lbo,,t flve m,nutes our - arr,val there - aml
periment in therefore still greater. This is what
it is computed will remain to be paid by some
body, and the Federals are assuming to decide
that it is to be paid by us!
But this sum of eighteen hundred millions is
to be first borrowed somewhere. The robbery
ed away ns useless in London Tower ever since
the war with Napolconin 1815. They arc of no
value whatever. It is only within the last six
ty days thal we have become thorouj lily and
efficiently armed. Our supply is now ample,
and we cannot he overcome. Your g .vernment
The right and lefuwings a- well as our centre has made two mistakes-first, in not availing an( , cxhaustion of the SoutU fo to come after- 1
were engaged, and the roar of artillery and the
rattle of musketry fairly shook the earth. But
on Hardee presses, backed up by Bragg and
followed by Polk—each corps rolling onward
lii.e succeeding waves of the storm-lashed sea.
Hardee’s cor s advances, but it is done slowly,
for the enemy has rallied his lorcesand isliand-
itsell of the fruits of the battle of Manassas
„ , , ... wards, in order to make a fund for redemption,
and secondly, in waiting until we had become have to wait a good » hile before they
well armed and organized. We have now 2“V l ,f ze much out thal sort of success bu t
000 men m camps .. instruction, who will be sucb is ihdr oa , cil i ation . Tbo comparative
brought upon the faeld as they may be needed. nitUlle of tbe borrowing to be done may
W e do not doubt tbe final result. . h . re
| COM M US IC ATEP. ]
The planters through this section have gen
erally put in tbe ground a very large quantity
of corn, and have succeeded in getting good
stands. The plant looks well, and is growing
off vigorously. Se far as 1 have heard, there
are three exceptions in this county; two ol
•.hose reside up the country, and the other, I
an. sorry to say, in our midst I propose the
Grand Juries of each county in the State make
a registry of all such persons and call it the
black list or Lineoln aidert.
Col. Jord ;n—be it ever said to his memory—
has planted 9 or 10 thousand acres in corn,
grain, ic.—not the first seed of Cotton—and
will, with any thing like fair seasons, make 200
thousand li^hels of corn. 1 his is the way to
back up our victory at Shiloh—with Beaur“
gard in the field, and the Lee Jordans in thei r
farms, we can defy all Lincolndom until dooms-
,j ay * Dot OIJURTY.
A Yankee Breast Pi.at^—We have of late
heard much of the steel breast plate said to
have been invented and worn by the cowardly
Yankees in time of battle, the truth of which we
wero at first disposed to discredit,but that there
is such a thing, and that they are w orn by tbe
invaders to protect their hated persons from
Southern bullets, ye are now convinced, for
we saw one of these “life preservers,” yester
day, which w as taken from the body of a dead
Yankee who fell at the battle ol Corinth. The
plate was struck five times with Minnie or mus
ket balls, three of which evidently found their
way through it. They were all centre shots.
either one of which would have killed the Hes-
sian instantly, had he not been thus encased.
( an a people fignting an enemy so cowardly as
the wearing of these breast plates prove them
to be, be conquered—be subjugated ?
Jtallon Time*.
Atlanta Hospitals.—The Atlanta Common
wealth iuakt“ the following snspicous state
ment :
Since the. establishment of the hospitals in
AUauta, one hundred and sixty soldiers have
buried in the City Cemetery.
agnitude or the borrowing to be done may
_ .... „ . . . , be estimated by reference to these tables. The
, . , , , . . , BeauresarjL-Nor do we. Our cause wjuat. ^.^^ni which the Government of,
lmg them with coolness and spirit We moved ! and t.od will yet give us the victory Unit.-.l States raised by loans and the issue I
forward as it were by inches, but still we did ■ Prentis.-.-M know you have able ofheers | , treasury notea , during its entire term, from
move; and never at any time during the day I and a spirited army to back them, but our con- 17K0 f | S *a> 0 ’ 170 Tim in
did we lose one foot of the ground *e gained, tidei.ee is firm. And permit me to add, Gene , ; mou ,n s negotiated fw the exten- |
At length we reached the centre of the one- ; ral, thal among all the Confederate officers, no | ^ of b “ uls alread d “ e and tbe rcls * uo ol
mys encampment. He yielded his home in one is so great a favorite with us as yourself. tre notcs . The largest amount in any!
tl.e woods w ith much reluctanee, and disputed Such is my own feeling, and that of our army onu J $85,000,000, was raised in 1815, uti
every foot of ground with courage and resolu- and people. . .for the impulses of peace, but the distresses of
turn 1 bus far we have advanced through the Beauregard.-You are very kind, Eir; bul l h(j Government for money and the extreme
woods, which are almost destitute of under- we hava much better officers than I am Den. i (lilHcuU jn borrowing during tl.e warare mat-
growth. Everywhere the trees bear the marks Sidney Johnston and Gen. Joseph Johnston ^ ' which historians have dilated, in or-
,1 the terrible conflict Limbs were earned | are both my superiors m ability as well as der toVxpose the trouble with which money
away, and in some places trees a footm d.ame- I rank. have served under both of them most | js ridsed Uhoutan adequate system of finance
ter were cut off. In a lew instances, the long, cheerfully and know them well. I care noth-; and uxat : on| to secure p unctli al repayment—
ing tar rank ; the good ot my country is what | the money which the Government obtained
I l*ok to during the four years of the war hy loans, &c..
Other observations were made, but tl.e fore- j we re less than a hundred millions of dollars,
going embrace-the chief points of the inter- | x be whole sum of $380,000,000, for fluctuating
view. Gen. Prentiss was easy and pleasant, debts, renewing and repaying, was spread over
and not at all depressed. Apparently, too, he i the seventy-one years. Now a new debt is run
was quite candid ; and yet I thought I detect- I U p by a portion of the disjointed Union in less
ed a disposition to evade, if not to deceive, in j than two years, which, by confession, cannot
his reply as to the whereabouts and forces of be less than five times the whole aggregate of
Buell. I believe that Buell is near at hand. a )| the sums borrowed an ! paid, and reborrow-
Itis to be hoped I ain mistaken, and that our e ,i anl j repaid again, for its entire existence of
men, who have already fought twelve long | seventy-one years.
hours, may not have to encounter a fresh force j To get rid of this mountain of debt is now
the general object of the war of the North.—
t They are adding to it with a spendthrift reck-
sfiarp ritleil cannon balls passed entirely thro’
the tree. The traces of the musketry fire arc
to be seen everywhere upon the trees and bush
is, and also in the numbers of the dead and
wounded over whom we advanced.
At two o'clock the rcsisiance had increased,
and became more obstinate than at any time
during the day. Gen Johnston, in order to
make a sure thing of it, placed himself at the
head of our attacking force, and led the charge
in person. How unfortunate that he should
have done so ! for at half past 2 he received a
minnie hall in his breast, and had his leg badly-
torn by a shell. He fell, and died soon after- | to-morrow,
wards, but not until the enemy had again giv
en away all along the lines. He died in the
arms of Col. YYm. Preston, of Kentucky, his
aid and brother-in-law, and former U. S. Min
ister to Spain, while Gov. Harris, of Tennessee,
supported his head.
I aoi unable to approximate the number kill
ed and wounded on either side. The loss upon lessness, because they know that they can
the part of both must be very heavy, though never carry it, by their 6wn resources ; that it
not so great as it would have been but for the must bankrupt them inevitably and speedily,
protection afforded by the trees. j and that their only chance for relief is in the
Among our wounded are Gens. Cheatham, wholesale plunder of Southern people, the seiz-
Thus a brave soldier and skillful officer lias j Bushrod Johnston, Bowen, Clark and Gladden ' ure not only of the products of their farms,
gone down.before t' r He j —the first five not seriously. Gen. Gladden, their annual crops ami all the profits of their
fell in the very arms ol viofiuy, withonr flag tvho commanded the right wing of Hardee’s 1 futuie industry, but their whole capital of lands
up-raised and advancing under the mighty im ! corps, lost his left arm. Gen. Cheatham re- , and labor, to be the spoils of conquest, to help
petus given to our atta k by his own individual i ceived a ball in the shoulder, and Gen. Bushrod j their enemies pay for the expenses of destroy-
heroism and daring. Let the Republic do jus- Johnson one in the side. Gen. Bowen was ; ing their liberties.
tice to his memory, and repair the grievous woundtd in the neck, and doing well at last This plan ol warfare is the resource of a
wrongs which have of late been heaped upon accounts. Col. Adams, of the 1st Louisiana | condition of finances confessedly desperate,
him. , regulars, succeeded Gen. Gladden in the com- There is no object for the war, but that of
The fall of Gen. Johnston did not in the least tnand of the right wing, and was soon after plunder. L he spoliation of the South is the^o*-
discourage our
lun4 Beauregard
many other officers ot skill and courage. _ .
they press, therefore. Bragg has long since sippi, formerly Consul to Havanna, were killed,
brought up his corps, composed for the most Many other officers were wounded and killed,
part of his seasoned Pensacola troops, and but my knowledge of the regiments is too litn-
most admirably has he handled them through- ! ited, and the confusion too great to procure re-
out the entire day. Gallant and chivalric, yet liable details. Die Missusipptans, Tennesseans
cool and sagacious, he knows when and where and Louisianians suffered terribly. All the _
to nlunt his terrible blows. Gen. Polk was troops behaved most gallantly. Never did men five to make this a life-time struggle, against
also many times in the thickest of the fight,- tight better; and yet many of them were raw j the enemy who comes to rob his family of their leader
when about a mile and a half from that station
we caine in sight of them, where they had de
tached their hindmost car, and left it as an ob
struction to our pursuit, till we came to within
a mile of Resaca, where they had detached
another car. This we also coupled on ahead,
and continued thus in pursuit till we reached
Resaca, where we switched the two cars otV,
and without delay still continued the pursuit.
In the meantime, it seems that they had loaded
the third car which they had with cross-ties,
and punching out the hindmost end of* it, they
dropped at ^intervals, as before, the cross-ties
upon the track. These obstructions delayed
us a little,, but were soon removed.—Beyond
Dalton, about three miles, oppositeCol. Glenn’s
camp, the obstructions of these cross ties were
greater, the thieves having stopped thete and
piled them upon the tract . There we were de
tained some three minutes removing them.
Reaching tliis end of the Tunnel, we again
came in sight of them, they passed the vil
lage on the other side.—About two and a half
mites on the other side of Ringgold we saw the
engine we were pursuing apparently fagging.
We soon came within half a mile of them, and
apprehensive they might turn their engine
back to coinc into collision ^ith us, we ap
proached cautiously, satisfied that they could
not then escape us. This- they did, but their
steam being exhausted almosi, the scheme did
not succeed. II -re the rascals jumped oil’ and
took to the woods. YY'e all g"t off, took after
them, find pursued them to the Uhicamauga
about two miles oft, where they crossed a fer
ry. Our party here divided, to capture them,
should they take to the mountains, or take up
the river. In the meantime we had the rail
road bridges and the railroad guarded, so that
they could not escape that way.
1 Mr. Fuller here states that being exhausted
he could pursue no further. The pursuing
party it is reported have captured eight of the
rascals. •
From Big Shanty, wo learn, Mr. Kendrick
lot in proportion to the pres-
ifference in price. Yet this difierence in
probably be maintained, as American
shortly occupy the position of a “fancy
cles” for which piore than its relative value
ill be given for certain styles of goods, for
whfth other sorts of Cotton will not suit.”
Startlini; Figures.—Th^ debt of Lincoln
dom is so vast that the Yankees admit that un
less they can conquer and rob the South this
Spring, by July it will reach $1,000,000,000.
Y r ery few peopla have an adequate idea of this
sum. If it was in gold, allowing two hundred
and fifty dollars to the pound, it would be four
millions of pounds or twenty thousand tons of
two thousand pounds each. If in silver, at a
dollar to the ounce, it would be sixty -two and
a half millions ot pounds. If carried on drays,
a thousand pounds on each dray, it would take
62,5r*0 drays to carry it. Suppose a person
could count a dollar each second and wotk six
hours each day. Then it would take one hun
dred and twenty years to count it. If in a
pile of half dollars, allowing ten to the inch, it
would make a pile over 3156 miles high, or if
laid dawn on a liDe, each an inch across, it
w ould be nearly seventeen thousand miles long.
People of the South, the enemy say that you
shall pay this vast amount.
Tkar from ita«- Noulhural.
The telegraphic dispatch from Mobile, re
ceived yesterday morning by the Associated
Press in this city, contained nothing reliable
in addition to the news published in this paper,
from our special correspondent, on Thursday-
morning. The report of the death of General
Buell, the Federal commander, is not believed.
No-intelligence confirming it has been received
by any department of Government; and since
there is direct telegraphic communication be
tween Richmond and Oornith, the news would
have reached here officially at the earliest mo
ment. Nor do we place any laith in the stale-
ment about a conversation between Generals
Beauregard and Prentiss. Beauregard is not
the man to be indulging in that style of inter
course with his captured foe. It is totally un
like anything th&t we have been accustomed
to hear from his lips or to read from his pen.
Richmond J)isj>ateh.
S^i Effi 4 T/A; r " 'j ft
SPIES AND TRAITORS.
The Atlanta Confederacy closes a long ac
count of the recent remarkable affair on the
Stato Road with the following :
Let tliis be a warning to the railroad men
and everybody else in tfie Confederate States.
Let an engine never he left alone a moment.—
Let additional guards be placed at our bridges.
This is a matter we specially urged in the Con
federacy long ago. YVe hope it will be hee led.
Further: let a sufficient guard be placed to
watch the Government stores in this city ; and
let increased vigilance and Watchfulness be put
forth by the watchmen. We know one solita
ry man who is guarding a house of nights in
th*s city, which contains a lot of bacon. Two
or three meu could throttle and gag him and
set fire to the house at any time ; and worse,
he conceives that there is no necessity for a
guard, as is sometimes seen off duty, for a
few moments—fully long enough lor an incen
diary to burn the house he watches. Let Mr
Shackelford, whom we know to he watchful and
attentive to his duties, take the responsibility
batte
YY'e
battle of
Y r alley ‘
yet- thou^ll tve are now inv
enemy is changing his tactics^
the next blow to fall on the Peri
Clellan is understood to have gone -
and has carried with him a very larg
some 50,000 to 100,000—and the half
may be raging at this moment. Gen. Jo
son went down there with 10,000
Richmond a few days ago. The j
of the revolution are to come otj
Johnson and McClellan on thq
Beauregard and Halleck in the!
ley.
Burnside i.^iot doing much,
demonstrations to distract attention^!
other purpose, make the sum total of
rations, h e have nothing from Island j
or the Army of the Potomac that is tA
and all we get is through Northen eha
The taking of Fort Pulaski, the ilij
movement upon Savannah, and the aU
on our Forts near the mouth of the/
we regard only as demonstration
Burnside’s .opreations on the Norr
coast.
Meantime, the Yankees are build]]
gun boats of the largest size. Unles
operations shall completely and overv
ly defeat the enemy on the Peninsull
the Mississippi Valley, so as to extort ^
from them at once, we may calculate onf
all our seaport towns and cities, and
portion of the country that they can reach |
water.—Atlanta Confederacy.
Saltpetre.—The Charleston Courier
tors have been presented with a specie
Saltpetre by Col. VY. S. Cothran, of Romo
taken from a mine 01 cave within a fewJ
of Kingston, (ia. The present yield isl
live hundred pounds per day, but the opl
expects to produce fifteen hundred pour
the same period of time. This is anothe
dence of the great mineral wealth of 1
State.
A member of the “Crescent City Guards,^
writing from Corinth, on the lfcth March, says: ^
Twenty-three Yankee prisoners were brought
in a few days ago. It is reported that they
had on their banners “Corinth or Hell.”—
They have not got Corinth—wonder what they
have got?
[From the bav.vnuah News.]
Our City.
Sitting in the twilight lonely,
Half to muse, and halt to pray,
Such a world of thought comes o’er me,
1 would speak it, ti 1 imy.
Like a dove my sp rit winders,
Treading as it olt hath t.*od, •
From the city of our latheis.
To the city of our God!
Here, the “ watchman'’ Yvaketh early.
Here the guard on duty ft and.
Hereof mighty braves, the bravest.
Gather ronnd us heart aud hand.
There, the '•angel-* veil their laces,’’
Veil their snowy brows to pray,
For the Lord doth “keep tbe city,’’
Keep the city, night and day 1
H(t i the lonely, lonely sentry
\\ alketh with his measured tread ,
Never rest, nor ever pillow.
Old, .fjrs.finvynd h..oHJ
There, t e mug, tne King ot glory.
With tne stars beneath his feet,
spreads iis banner, his, his only.
Guard i h • city, street by street! “
There h* itches—watches ever,
Kevei slumbers, never sleeps,
Wh »’ •*.. vhtt is earth's poor asutry,
G«-1 als he “city keeps !*’
Th re, lor a\ • ihc anxious leader
<Jouuts hit* numbers, one by one.
Let the toeiO'n be not vanquished,
l est the victory be not won !
' There, oh ! there the glorious captain.
Not l *r battled gain or loss,
By the stars beneath his footstool.
Counts the soldiers of his cross!
That great host * no man can number,”
Only he the King of Kings !
Lout of ho>ts, oh! Lord of glory.
Keep our city ’neath thy wings ?
All in vain the watchman waketh,
All in vain the sail tries stand,
All in vain, the thousand, thousands,
Gather round us heart and hand.
All in vain, beloved country.
All in vain, thy noblest ones,
Shape a living wall around thee.
Make a breast-work of thy sons.
All in vain—oh 1 mighty Victor ! *
Captain, Conqueror, Watchman, all—
Thou alone cans! “keep the city,”
Listen, listen to our call!
All the place is holy, hallowed,
Joy or sorrow hath La spell •
Tree and wail, and roof and altar,
Every stone its tale could tell.
Keep us. Lord—or lead ns, on ward
en ward as our martyrs trod—
Lead us from our father s city.
To the city of our God *
JSavanuah, April 14th.
Gen. Johnston did not in the least tnand ol the right wing, and was soon after plunder. Lhe spoliation of the bouth is theofr-
tr men for they knew fhe gal- : shot, the ball striking him just above the eye ■ ly refuge of the North from utter rum. The
-ard was still left to them with 1 and coming out behind the ear. CoLKittYY’il lory which prompts it gives rise to desperate
fficcrs of skill and coura-e. On liams, of Memphis, and CoL Blythe, of Missis-! exertions; but it produces, on the other hand
and OoL Chailes Phillips took the engine or
dered up from this place to pursue the thieves. . , , . , , -, ,
The Colonel took with him twenty men well ! at onc „ e uf P lac,n 8 a well armed guard of suffi
armed. The last heard of the Colonel and his ! clent forc « around every house containing gov-
men, he was on the track of five of the thieves j eminent stores. Let i lug be done without wait-
who had ordered their hreaktast at a house I m o ,or instructions from Richmond,
about five miles from Ringgold in the raoun- j One other thought The press is requested
tains. A runner on a mule gave this informa- hy the Government to keep silent about the
tion to the Colonel, who immediately took ! movements of the army, 1 and a great many
horses and went in hot pursuit after them. ! things of the greatest interest to our people.
Major Rowland informs us that he saw three - It has, in the main, patriotic illy complied.—
of the men captured at Ringgold. They con, i VVe have complied in must cases, butourjudg-
fess to having belonged to Lincoln’s army, and j ment was against it all the while. Tae plea
were attached to an Ohio Regiment—that they is that the enemy will get the news, if it is
had been sent to spy out the land, and to burn ! published in our papers. No-v, we again ask,
our bridges. These three are lodged in the 1 what’s the use ? I he eneu y get what infor-
Dalton jail, which is guarded. ! ujation they want. They are with us and pass
Major Rowland and Dr. Phillips, also took an : among us almost daily. They find out from us
engine at Dalton, and pursued the fleeing j w-liat they want to know, by passing through
scoundrels—the last named gentleman, though our country unimpeded. It is n ^ense ; it is
in feeble health, we learn, displayed great cn- f°l*y> to deprive our own peopie of knowledge
thing, in the South, feels an additional incen- | ergy in pursuit of the robbers. ‘ ^ c y are entitled to and ought to know, 1
1 Mr. Fuller also states that he is satisfied the j f ear tbe enemy will find it out YVe ought,
ider of this audacious band got on the train have a regular system of passports over all o
a corresponding energy of resolve, and a fixed
purpose to meet the desperation of the assault
with unflinching—and if the extremity should
require it, of desperate resistance. Every man
who has anything, or expects to have any
in' tfore fo^in - no necesslty'for"it. b * the place of worship'of the surrounding coun- j —and in which the bullet of the rightful heir,
A. half »«st five o’clock the enemy was in try, and will be known in history as the Bat-, or his avenger, may find him, in the midst of
full retreat, and hotly pursued by the victori- j tie of Shiloh. his entrenchments.
ol ' Confederates He* lied back to the Ten- I write in Capt. Fultan’s tent, Quartermaster i
nessee and took shelter un ler his gunboats | of tbe 63rd Ohio regiment, winch Gen. Beau- Marietta, April 14, 1862.
anil river works the fire from which was too j regard has kindly assigned to two friends and , Editon Confederacy .—Two more bridge
’’ ...... myself. Capt F. was good enough to leave an burners were brought here this evening. They
ample supply of paper which I have been us- were taken at Camp McDonald, and makes six
ing freely. The tent was perforated by twen- 1 in jail here and three at Dalton. A. YY\ York.
tv-one musket balls. •••■ ■—"
* It is now raining very hard. Up to sunset, 1 The Conscript Law.—In secret session yes-
the day was lovely. The change is the result, terday the Senate passed an act giving the
heavy lor our light field batteries. Night too
had come on, and our army returned to the ene
my's camp, and arc now occupying it The
Federals left their tents standing, together with
all their camp equipage, quartermaster and
commissary stores, private baggage, medical
sunt dies ami considerable ammunition. The
attack was so furious—it came so much like | sinccearly morning.
mate knowledge here and elsewhere of all its
operations.
Just before going to press we learn that four
of the rascals were captured beyond the Tennes
see line, by Col. Phillips and his party, and
have been brought "to Marietta, and are now
lodged in the ja:i there.
Two more were ariested at Camp McDonald ;
and it is reported that two others have also
been caught.
The captured scoundrels have made “a clean
breast of it” Twenty-three in number corn-
doubtless, of the* heavy cannonading kept up President power to make conscriptions from j pose the band. The leader, or captain, as they
The enemy is still throw- among all males in the Confederacy between term their chief, has not yet been caught—
* The bill was ordered to Their mission, as we stated above, was to spy
attacK j nL , s hells from his gunboats, and some of them Uhe ages of 18 and 45. The bill was ordered to ! Their mission, as we stated above, was to spy je
^ ‘^Ind tL „uS so dZ and ur^leffi ; all uncomfortably near our lent. Whether he the House, there to be considered in a secret | out the land, to burn and dest.oy, especially Ip.
ing; tit/t they Ud do time foramove anyThinfe 1 fears a night attack, or is seeking to cover the 1 night session.-Richmond Enquirer, 12 th inst. 1 the bndges of the State Road. V
formation from the enemy far more effectually
that any reticence ot the press, which ought
to lay before our people the full facts in every
thing of a public nature.
Tiif. Troth in Three \Vorl>s.~Parson Brown-
low, iif a late speech at Nashville, calls the
Confederate Government a "'hell forsaken in
stitution." Glad of it Mr. B., you can tell the
truth occasionally. YY’e never liked the Devil,
and wish to have no dealings with him. He
found nothing congenial in us, and therefore
turned his back upon us in despair. In roa
ing “to and fro on the earth” in search of
jects, he very wisely concluded to
permanent residence in the North,
ou his recruiting sergeant,
(Pbituarji.
It fn my painful duty to chronicle the death of our
worthy and esteemed l’riend Judge Asa E. Ernest,
after an illneae of two week*, which ho bore with pa
tience and resignation, lie departed this life on the
12th inst., aged 75years. He was a good hunban
father, steadfast friend and indulgent ipast. i .
whatever light we may view his life and character, we
And a lesson for instruction and an example worthy the
imitation of his children and prana children. In him
we find strong and powerful Intellect combined with
the greatest excellency of character ; and more beam i-
ml s ill, we find all those combined with- a noble and
generous heart; indeed he was all affection could claim
or friendship desire. He held several public trusts
which be exercised to the satisfaction of his fellow-citi
zens. But that » eart has ceased to beat. In the quiet
shades ot Hose Hill his manly form lies La the silent
grave. But oh! t«’ll us not he is dead, he is only “gone
before,” for he still lives enshrined in the hearts of his
children and dear grand children, whom he so often
counseled and advised. He died with a full hope ol
peaceful bliss beyond the grave. He often repeated sa
cred poetry during his illness. His last words were,
“Come Iloly Spirit, heavenly dove,
Witn all thy quickening power.’*
His loss is irreparable ; he was one of the eldest citi
zens of Bibb county, and one of the most patriotic, al
ways ready and willing to do anything for the benefit of
the Southern Confederacy. He felt great interest iu the
state of 3ur country ; he was quite weak and feeble, and
the news from Fort Donelsou seemed to almost over
whelm him ; he could not sleep after hearing the sad
news. How anxiously h.* used to look for the morning
paper, hop ng to find some good news in it. He was
ambitious and industrious ; he was always up before
light, and as energetic as a yoang man. This was too
much for his declining years, he had not physical
strength and therefore sunk into the grave. He laid
inanv plans in regard to making an abun lant crop of
provisions ; but alas! he has left all unfinished. His
book is here, the Bible, which he so often read, there
too, in the old home yard, stands the tree beneath wh
shade be so often sat at evening, anj} :
fit emblem of his well spent life.
“Dear friend, thy father ag
Are gone before ; ‘The
But you shall go to th
To see their virtues In ]
Brightly reflected on youi»4
Then passing througt thej
Join tne blest spirits
Died, on the 2d inst., Wiu
county, Ga., in the thirty s.s
is, when we cry out, “peace _
cometh.” The subject of thi«
of useful 'i/e, surrounded hy
tify to his kindness of he ri,
ir.g care in *h*- a day of our '
ties. In a word his dea
borliooU that may
no pretentions t * r
ful in the Redeemer
himseif at, and m 114
ful sentinel in its \
devices of wicked i