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nret Glimpses of the 12(A Georgia.
I.
ing at bay, after his first retreat from
«r, Gen T. J. Jackson first began to
>se indubitable proofs of first class
ip which have cast such resplendent
v'und his name. Falling unexpected-
iMilroy, he by victory, plucked and
around his own brow the first of a
of laurels that will cause his name to be
ded down to posterity, lustrous with fame
d haloed by a loving nation’s praise.
On the bth of May, he, by a rapid march,
I rertook the enemy posted upon a hill top, ex
fitly where he was endeavoring to station his
\n men. Ewells brigade, which has done
>re and harder fighting than any other in the
ontedcrate army, marched gaily up that hill,
id, as it reached the top, regiment after regi-
ient tiled to the right, except the 12th Geor-
ia , this regiment, unfortunately for itself,
led to the left, and, consequently, encounter-
il>l anhee Regiment in ambush, whose first
nd unexpected fire made Rad havoc among
|he brat e son's of Georgia. And it so happen
1, too, that in order to.face two Yankee Regi-
nents the Twelfth was placed exactly at the
»rner of a right angle in our line of battle and
hus received a terrible cross fire that made the
len drop one after another in rapid and mourn
11 succession. Further, our other Regiments
lore so placed that by lying down, or by avail
Ig themselves of the cover of bushes, they
light screen themselves from a well posted and
rel hie sized enemy ; but the 12th had no such
idvuntages. Unprotected it was compelled to
•eceive volley alter volley from a concealed foe,
Imost without the opportunity ol returning
ie fire.
And, in addition still, this Regiment had no
. to command it; for, on that occasion, Col
nnor acted as Gen. of Brigade, anil with a gal-
' rv that excited the admiration of every one.
I nder such circumstances as these the Reg
lent gave way not an inch ; and would have
.tfered annihilation had not a flank move-
cat dislodged the forest-protected enemy.—
.11 are familiar with that battle—its sad casu
hies and its glorious termination. Well might
he pious victor telegraph to Gen. Cooper—
‘God blessed our arms with victory at Mc-
lowoll, yesterday.” Yet, to the old 12th, it
was a day of sorrow. The fall of lfavis, Fur
low, McMillan and Patterson, of Turpin, Wood
ward, Goldwire, Read and Sherwood, not to
mention a host of others, was enough to make
the day a bb.ck cne in the calendar ot each
member; hut one picture in the scene affords,
for its remaining heroes, food for lasting grati
fication: As the Regiment, uncoinmandcd,
stood in battle array, Gen. Johnson rode up
and among other words of encouragement, said,
”1 know the 12th Georgia, and consider it the
crack Regiment of the Confederate army—it
-an tight without a command ing officer."
, "• f'
It i- Friday the 27th of June at Gaines' Mill.
1 he Federals have, by means of their iftrong
■.■ntrenrhinents, numerous guns and immense
numbers, been, all that bloody afternoon, hold
mg Generals Branch, Longstreat and the two
bllsat bay. Fiercely bad the battle raged;
ir.d tiie well trained U. S. Regulars sent such
leuth-dealing volleys into our ranks as render
ed the issue most doubtful, until late in the
evening, when old Stonewall’s eager forces
l a mo rushing to the rescue with a shout of
1 bunder, to which our men joyfully responded
■1 mm all parts of the field,
p* At one point n Federal battery strongly sup
1 ported, resisted our attacks with such inccs-
/ ant an i murderous discharges, as it appeared,
10 troops could withstand. Not beyond the
summit of a certain ridge, clothed in pines,
could our soldiers ga. The —th Alabama is
‘here, whose valiant Colonel shared the dangers
ml. i mnds and glories of Mexico; but ho could
ot ..old his men in position. Such awful vol-
ys were enough to make mortals fear. The
ie wavers—it breaks, and, in confusion re
cats, notwithstanding Col. C.’s superhuman
fnrts ; to stay is death.
But what body of men is that quickly ad'
incing ? In solid phalanx and at a double
,nii k they enter upon the scene of action, un-
launtcd valor and exulting determination sit
ing upon each countenance. Suddenly whccl-
ng to the left and lorming into line of battle,
(.ward they speed towards the exposed sum-
ut, encountering tho dismayed Alabamians.
low is this • What’s the matter I" enquires
the commanding officer of the regiment that
VI has i,i rtr learned to retreat.
™ The reply comes quickly, “To stay there is
Meath ! There’s no use lighting in such a po-
sition I”*
• ''Hale way, then, and let men tome icho will
ight /" is the officer's response.
“Forw ard," tings through the forest, and,
above the roar of battle is heard by that regi
ment. I'p that hill and into that fearful fird
the intrepid officer leads his men. They reach
the uinmit, and with a wild ringing cheer they
pass it. Through death dealing halls they
spring forward to the battery—the battery is
reached—the Federate fly—the guns are ours,
and the noble 12(A Georgia led by CapL J. G.
Ji tters, rends the air with a far-rolling shout
of triumph.
III.
It is now, Tuesday, July the 1st. Forty
thousand Federals, posted by McClellan him-
•-•■If on Malvern Hill, support numerous batte
Vries that range outwards, fan shaped, from a
i vven centre. Those terrible guns have been
I 1 n log death into our ranks, woe into ten
I . HiMind households, and the benumbing sor-
Llr ' T of despair into many a widowed heart.—
Ilf All the Confederate troops, but a few of Gens.
V Wright anil Mahone, have been driven from
■ tho field ; and, did the enemy Know the wild
■ confusion that reigns in our ranks, he might,
“ d>y a vigorous, well directed effort, drivo us,
'1 mcll, into Richmond.
^ The dashing Stonewall, like a sleuth hound,
has been all day Monday following the enemy,
but numerous obstacles, such as felled trees,
1 obstructed fords, deep streams and artillery
strongly supported, have been hindering his
Progress. Besides, his troops are nearly fagg-
u - iii. And not till late in the evening did
|<n men reach Malvern Hill. But when they
drome, it is, as usual, at a double-quick and
t a shout upon their lips. One particular
\ fluent, in goed order, rushes np that slop-
11 lateau, its officer leading ; and, though the
? ; are still screeching and filling the air
■ th explosive thunder, and killing and mang
ling our men, yet that regiment, prepared to
bide the shock of to-morrow’s battle, should
there be one, lies down to sleep amidst the
thickening gloom and among tho dead and dy-
ng. No sleep visits that officer’s eyelids, nor
t, his weary limbs.
iddenly there confront him three General»
ien. Early, G/ Hill and his own comman-
r. Brig. Gen. iNFell, who speaks,
"Gen. Early—Gen. Hill, let me introduce
,i to Capt. Rogers, who so distinguished him>
•.Thank you," saya the confused captain.
L\nd thus, on that field, in the darkness of
lies day night, Capt James G. Rogers, of the
l Antral City Blues, receives, fer his gallant
. ,et, the complimentary congratulations of
Generalt Ewell, Early and A. P. hill
And the Regiment which thus rushed to that
memorable battle field and, without firing a
shot, lay down to rest, preparatory to storming
those terrible batteries on the morrow, is the
glorious 12th Ga., of Ewell’s Brigade. From
the battle of Alleghany it had fought its way
up to Harper’s Ferry, and back to Fort Repub
lic : hail helped conquer Milroy, Banks, Fre>
moi11 and Shields: bad assisted in Banking
McClellan and in whipping him across the
Chickahominy; and now, after having been
engaged in sixteen regular battles, it is in at
the death of the “Grand Army of the Poto-
'ieif." All glory te the 12th Georgia! But
this is not all. Almost without resting, it has
once more taken up the line of march, and is
„ now at Gordonville, on the way to W , but
Vie following on my passport from Richmond,
•.toted July 15lh, 1862, stops my pen as to fur
ther movements of this intrepid Regiment;
"Permission is granted S. Boykin to visit
Georgia, upon honor not to communicate, in
writing or verbally, for publication, any fact
ascertained, which, if known to the enemy,
might l>e injurious to the Confederate States ot
America. “E. Griswold,
“Provost Marshal.”
‘ This Regiment shortly afterwards assault
ed and, in handsome style, took a strong Fed
oral battery.
Corresondence ofthe Telegrauh.
THE CORN CROP AND SPECULATORS.
Mr. Editor -.—It is with a greatful heart that
I recordjthe flattering prospects lor a large yield
of corn in Westernjand South-Western Georgia.
Although Providence has chastened us with a
short crop of wheat, He has graciously smiled
upon us in our extremity, with the prospect of
bread ; and every heart should acknowledge His
goodness laud and magnify His name whose
mercy is over all his works. Let the Confede
rate States praise Him!
Whilo we are thus blessed, we find inklings
of a disposition among the fanners in some pla
ces to put up corn to a certain price, and hold
it at that until they can get it, or if they cannot
get it, to let it lie over until next year and plaat
but little, so that they may be the better able
to plant largo cotton crops. And as the pros
pects of success to the Confederate cause in-
crease, this spirit gains strength. Doubtless
it is more or less prompted by secret chagrin
at the high prices for cotton, and none making
to bring in large stores of wealth. This is un
patriotic. If we had not made no corn, our
enemies would have persisted in their scheme
of starving us out, but now they must abandon
that idea and base their hopes of success upon
other grounds. This is a great triumph ; and
who will feel chagrined if he has contributed to
such a result, even if it be at the loss of a few
bales of cotton and a few hundred dollars ?
Another reason assigned by some of the far
mers for holding corn at certain high prices, is
to retaliate upon speculators for the base per
petrations they have practiced upon the fanner
in many articles—such as salt, clothing Ac.,
The end may he laudable, but the means are
not at all adapted to its fulfillment. Such a
course would only enlarge the yield for specu
lators and invite thorn to the performance of
such deeds as would result in great injury to
the country.
In such a course, the farmers would inflict as
much injury upon the poor as the speculators
have done. The hand of Providence has lav
ished upon us these blessings in order that his
poor may be fed, and woe to the man, whether
farmer or speculator, who wrests it from their
mouths, and locks it up under extortionary
prices. Let corn come down, and matters will
rest easy; hut hold it at high prices, or save it
until next year, and we may yet have a desola
ting famine before the war is over. We would
also urge the consideration, that all those who
live in towns and cities, and others who are not
farmers, are not speculators; and while the
fanner would thus punish one overhearing
speculator, he might crush ten innocent poor—
for the speculator atn and will have it, and
make money upon it, unless the whole country
flows with abundance.
We would also suggest, that the idea of sav
ing the corn for the purpose of planting heavy
cotton crops next spring, is not only dangerous,
hut very preposterous, inasmuch as the war is
not at an end, and nothing known that would
give a satisfactory conclusion as to when it
will end. We know that tho present high pri
ces of cotton aie very tempting, but we should
remember “King Cotton” may rule us to our
entire undoing. Let wisdom and moderation
govern us in all things, and Providence will
bring us through in safety. Iota.
July 25th, 1802.
Dr. l*t>o and the Viiginia Salt Works.
Saltvillb, Va., July 14, 1862.
Editors Southern Confederacy :
My attention has just been called to an arti-
cle in the Southern Fitdd and Fireside, writ
ten by Dr. Lee, in which the following para
graph occurs:
“There is every scientific reason for believi ng
that the supply of salt in Washington county,
Virginia, is equal to the wants of the whole
Conlederacy, hut the mines are in the hands of
a few men who appear to study how to realize
the largest sum ot money from the least possi
ble amount of salt. Their almost incredible
extortions havo greatly exasperated the people,
and I have heard many threats which I do not
care to n-paat. The salines at present yield
only some 2,500 bushels of salt per day, at a
cost of about 20 cents yer bushel. It is sold
at the works at seven dollars, making two thou
sand three hundred per cent profit.”
The error in this statement calls for some
notice. Dr. Lee occupies a prominent position
in Georgia, and Messrs. Stewait, Buchanan A
Co., who own the salines, should not suffer
from the errors in the article alluded to :
Messrs. Stewart, Buchanan & Co., have con
tracted with the Confederate Government to
supply them with 264,000 bushels.
The State of Virginia, 400,000 “
The State c f Tennessee, 51,000 “
Steadman, of Georgia, 120,000 “
loeir contracts amount to. . . .835,000 “
l hc 264,000 to the Confederate Government
is at 76 cents per bushel. The 400,000 to Vir
ginia is at$l per bushel. The 61,000 to Tenn
essee is at f;l. The contract with Steadman,
ol Georgia, is in exchange for cotton goods,
principally for Sacks, I believe. Messrs. Stew
art, Buchanan A Co, sell rn an average every
day, to persons who come with wagons and
pack horses, 600 bushels of salt at $1 per bush
el. A small amount of salt is paid out by them
to men who have furnished them stock, wood
and corn. This exhausts the whole of their
production. The sales made at $7 per bushel
are made by outside parties, who get the suit
either in exchange for the articles mentioned
above, or by purcha-ing salt tickets from wood
cutters or wagoners. They have endeavored
to stop the speculation in salt They even try
to make tho tickets not transferable. When
they find that one has been transferred, they
relusc to deliver the salt on it, and refund the
money to the party.
They have contracted to furnish water to
companies from Georgia and North Carolina,
for the manufacture of salt. In doing this they
have expressly stipulated that the salt shall not
be for speculation. When the contract was
mado by the Planters’ Salt Manufacturing Com
pany, (Augusta, Ga.,) speculators Yvere offer
ing them $1 per bushel for the privilege of
putting up works to manufacture salt, with a
supply of water from the wells of the compa
ny. The Planters’ company get the water for
a great deal less.
It is a matter of deep regret that Dr. Lee did
not iniorm himself more accurately 1 cfore pub
lishing his article.
In regard to tl.e sal*, supply for Georgia, I
beg i0 say that the work under the contract
with the Governor of Georgia, is in rapid pro
gress. This will yield 500 bushels per day.—
The work under the contract with the Planters’
Salt Manufacturing Company of Georgia is al
so progressing rapidly. This, it is hoped, will
yield 1,000 bushels per day.
I would say, in conelus ; on, that if the people
of Georgia will respond promptly to the calls
that may be made for labor and supplies, the
work will go on rapidly, and salt will soon be
sent to Georgia at cost and charges.
Robert Logan,
Agent of the Planters.’ Salt Manufacturing Co.
of Georgia.
A Yankee Train in Knoxville—Our streets
presented quite a lively appearance yesterday
morning. The long train of U. S. wagons,
captured by Col. Forrest at Murfreesboro’, made
its entree, with drums beating and colors fly
ing, and passing up Gay street, was turned
over to the Quartermaster, after first having
deposited their captured an ys, Ac., at the Ordi
nance Department. In the afternoon a portion
of the horses and mules were also brought in,
ana turned over to the care of the Quartermas
ter. The spectacle was witnessed by a large
crowd of citizens and country people. Among
them we noticed some Unionists, who have
long been anxiously waiting to behold the ma
chinery of a Yankee army in tho streets of
Knoxville. We hope they enjoyed the sight
yesterday, notwithstanding the Yankee teams
had Confederate drivers.
Knoxville Register, 23rf.
Grn. Toombs.—The Times learns from par
ties just from Richmond, that Gen. Toombs has
resigned his command with the view of retir
ing from the army.
In all probability this will not be a very se
rious lots in our army. The General can now
have ample time to see after bis cotton crop.—
Col. Sa.r.
THE WAR MEETING IN NEW YORK'
Atrocious Sent i inenG—A Letter from Seward.
Among the speakers at the late war meeting
in New York ^was “the venerable" Dr. King,
of Columbia College. He is reported to have
slid:
“We have hitherto lacked in our energies.—
We have thought too well of those who have
once been our friends. Our enemies make war
in earnest They lose no opportunity sf doing
us injury. They have no remembrance that we
were once their brethren. If they forget, then
let us forget too.
“Let us treat them as enemies, as traitors
and as usurpers of a power that does not be
long to them; as men whom we must annihi-
late if we are to have peace in all future time.
We have been lacking in earnestness and in
resolution in defence of our liberties. Let us
make this war Jieice and bloody, as far it can
be made by civilized men. Let there be no
temporizing or moderation ; let us act by the
rule 'Might males right.’ Wo are here "twen
ty to one, with all the advantages that science
and skill can give us. Let us now, therefore,
strike rapid and continuous blows, constantly,
unceasingly—blows that ahall tell.”
The Chairman read the following letter,
which elicited enthusiastic applause ;
Dfpaktmest of Statf., Washington, July
14, 1862.— Gentlemen—Your note, inviting me
te attend a meeting of loyal citizens of New
York to be held to morrow evening, has been
received.
The objects of the meeting are of vital im
portance—they involve nothing less than a
choice botween an early peace, with the delive
rance of the nation from all surrounding dan
gers, or a pi otracted war, with hazards of ulti
mate national dissolution. Public duties forbid
my leaving the capital at this moment, but I
have given to the only male member of my
family, not already in the public service, per
mission to enrol himself as a private in the
ranks ot the volunteers, which it is your pur
pose to send to the field. I have the honor to
he, gentlemen, your very obedient servant,
Wm. H. Seyvard.
American Affairs in England.
London Correspondence of the New York Herald.
London, July 1, 1862.—The intensity of the
feeling of anxiety respecting the progress of
the war in America telt over England, and
scarcely less in France, can hardly be less than
that experienced in New York. It is the one
great, absorbing topic of conversation. John
Bull even departs from his customary unsocial
habits and talk6 with his neighbor in a railway
carriage or omnibus on the dreadful war.
And he likes it less and less. He grows more
and more impatient. He thinks that something
ought to be done. If the Confederates are beat
en (he never says rebels) ho looks grum, and
speaks savagely. If the prospects of General
McClellan seem discouraging, he is in good
spirits. If there is news of some Southern suc
cess, he is delighted. The desire for interven
tion certainly increases.
As to the prospect, it depends upon the events
of the present campaign. England cannot act
alone, and her hands are tied by all her posses
sions, while things remain as they are at pre
sent France is engaged in Mexico, and if the
settlement of the government of that country is
to be the preliminary ol American intervention,
there is no hurry. Still, it is certain that the
Confederates in London are looking hopefully
to Paris, and it is said that Mr. Slidell, within a
few days, has been accorded a long and confi
dential interview with the Emperor at the Hotel
Persigny. Perhaps it was about the tobacco.
The nervous desire that something may he
done breaks out every few days in Parliament.
Last night Lord Broughaui rose in the Ho se
ol Lord.- and denounced the war bitterly, as he
only can. He had been the friend of America
—ho had been called the partizan ol Jefferson
and the attorney general of Madison ; but all
the evils and horrors of slavery were not so bad
as this war. He wanted it put a stop to —hut
how it was to be done his lordship did not in
form us. His speech was a scolding, which
will increase the feeling against the North and
lessen abolition sympathy. In the House, Lord
Palmerston, in answer to an inquiry, said the
governments of England and France were most
anxious to do something, hut they could not
see that the time had come for effectual inter
ference. But the mere tact of the subject be
ing brought up so often shows the stale of feel
ing. Lords and Commons are waiting for the
great battle at Richmond England and France
are waiting.
The cotton famine and distress grow visibly.
The stock at Liverpool dwindles day by day.
Supply there is none, and piospert very little.
All the talk about India, Egypt, Jamaica, or
the Fejee Islands is futile. The Government
Yvill not protect cotton culture beciuse it is
committed to free trade ; and capitalists will
not embark in an enterprise which the end of
the Aruciican war by the submission of the
South, or otherwise, will ruin. So there is no
help or hope. The war must be ended, or Lan-
castcrshirc must starve and England he ruined.
It is iny conviction that Parlirment cannot
put off the consideration of the crisis a month
longer.
CASUALTIES
In tho Companies from Pulaski county, in
the battles of Richmond.
Pulaski Volunteers—Co. G, 8th Ga. Reg.,
1st Lieut. Jno. A. Young commanding.
Killed—J R Regan, J W Sapp, Jas Pate, W
\V Wilson, George W Wade.
Wounded—Lieut. Williamson, flesh wound,
thigh ; Jas Burros, flesh wound, leg ; Jas Fra
ser, leg, amputated ; W J Sapp, in leg.
Missing—Geo. Folds and H Grace, supposed
From the Richmond Examiner. July 25.
The Northern Confiscation Bill—-message
from Lincoln on its Constitutionality—
The Bill as Finally Passed by Congress-
Through a special source we are enabled to
give this morning the Northern Confiscation
bill as finally passed by Congress. It is a law
which affects thousand.-; of citizens in the South,
and we would advise taem to preserve a copy
of it for reference. Tie question as to what
property is liable to confiscation in the North
is one that deeply concerns many of our read
ers, and is one that almost daily arises.
For nearly one year measures have been
pending in both brt.nches ol the Northern
Congress looking to the confiscation of all pro
perty and the emancipation of all slaves owned
by persons engaged “in rebellion against the
United States." Congress spent monthsin deba
ting these measures, f.nd hundreds ot speeches
were made on the subject. The question was
disposed ot in the lower branch of Congress on
the 18th of June, by the passage ot a bill re
ported by a select committee, providing that
all the estate and pro perty, means, stock, cred
it and effects of rebels bo seized and appropri
ated for indemnity against the expenses of sup
pressing the present rebellion. The Senate
substituted for this b 11—the Emancipation and
Confiscation bill of the House—much less rad
ical in its provisions. The House rejected the
amendment The Senate insisted on it, and
the matter was referred to a committee of ref
erence. This committee agreed upon the fal
lowing Confiscation and Emancipation bill,
which passed the House, July 11, by a vote of
82 to 42, and the Senate, July 12, by 27 to 13.
tjie confiscation and emancipation bill.
A BILL to suppress insurrection, to punish
treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate
the property of rebels, and for other purpo
ses.
Re it enacted by the Senate and house of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress asst mbled, That every person
who shall hereafter commit the crime ot trea
son against the United States, and shall be ad
judged guilty thereof, shall suffer death, anil all
his slaves, it any, shall be declared and made
free ; or he shall be imprisoned for not less
than five years, and fined not less than ten thou
sand dollars, and all his slaves, if any, shall be
declared and made free ; said fine shall be le-.
vied and collected on any or ail the property,
real and personal, excluding slavery, of which
said person so convicted, Yvas the owner at the
time of committing the said crime, and sale
or conveyance to the contiary notwithstand
ing.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if
any person shall hereafter incite, set on loot, as
sist or engage in any rebellion or insurrection
against the authority ot the United States, or
the laws thereof, or shall give aid or comfort
thereto, or shall engage in, or give aid or com
fort to, any such ex isting rebellion or insurrec
tion, and be convicted thereof, such person
shall be punished by imprisonment for a peri
od not exceeding ten years, by a tine not ex
coeding ten thousand dollars, and by the libe-
eration of all slaves, if any he have.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That eve
ry person guilty of either of the offences de
scribed in this act shall be forever incapable
and disqualified to bold any office under the
United States.
Sec. 4. And it is further enacted, That this
act shall not lie construed in any way to atiect
or alter the prosecution, conviction or punish
ment of any pcrsoi or persons guilty ol trea
son against the United States before the pas
sage ol this act, unless such person is convicted
under this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That to in
sure the speedy termination of the present re
bellion it shall be the duty of the Pre ident of
the United States to cause the seizure of all the
estate and property money, stocks and effects
of the persons hereafter named in this section,
and to apply and use the same and the proceeds
tiiereol tor the support of tho army of the Uni
ted States, that is to say : First, of any person
hereafter acting as ui officer of the army or
navy of the rebels in arms against the Govern
ment of the United Slates; secondly, of any
person hereafter anting as President, Vice Presi
dent, member of Co ig.*-s, judge of any court,
cabinet officer, foreign minister, commissioner
or con-ul ol the so called Confederate States of
America; thirdly, of any person acting as gov
ernor ol the State, member ol a convention or
legislature, or judge of any court of any of the
so called Confederate States of America ; fourth
ly, of any person who, having held an office of
honor, trust or profit in the United States,
shall hereafter hold an office in the so called
Confederate States of America; fifthly, of any
person hereafter holding an office or agency
under the government ol the so called Conler-
ate States of America, or under any of the sev
eral States ol the said Confederacy, or the laws
thereol, whether such office or agency be na-
4 onal, State or muni :ipal in its name or char
acter : Provided, That the persons thirdly,
fourthly, and fifthly above described shall have
accepted their appointment or election since the
date of the pretended ordinance of the State,
or shall have taken an oath of allegiance to, or
to support the Constitution of the so called
Confederate States; sixthly, of any persons
who, owning property in any loyal State or
Territory of the United States, or in the Dis
trict of Columbia, shall hereafter assist and give
aid and comfort to such rebellion, and all sales,
transfers or conveyances of any such property
shall he null and voic.; and it shall be a suffi
cient bar to any suit brought by such person
for the po.-session or she use ef such property,
or auy ol it, to allege and prove that he is one
of the persons described in this section.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if
any person within ar y State or Territory of
the United States, other than thoso named as
to bo wounded and prisoners.
Georgia Rangers—Co. G, 10th Ga. Reg’t, : aloresaid, after the passage of this act, being
n — engaged in armed rebellion against the govern-
Capt. Chas C. Kibbec commanding.
Killed—James Newman, Robert Wilcox and
Henry J Taylor.
Wounded—Corp’l Isaac D Jenkins, severely
wounded in shoulder; E B Miller, leg amputa
ted ; John Kennedy, flesh wound, thigh ; John
Ross, flesh wound in arm; John Fleming, se
verely wounded in side ; Tom Moore, in hand ;
Benj Whigham, in hand; Wm W Johnson, in
elbow ; Marshall Odom, severely in face ; M J
O’Brien, slightly in foot ; H Giddens, slightly
in side : G W Davidson, slightly in neck.
Pulaski Bluer—Co. F, 31stGa. Reg’t, Capll
W. D. Wood.
Killed—Wilson Conner, Willis Watson, Har
rison Bellflower and John Keen.
Wounded—Lieut Bozeman, Lieut Brunson,
Serg’t Geo II Gamble, C Bradshaiv, W Nobles,
Jas Miller, John Hendley, W Keen, Joe Millet,
Tom Lancaster, Joe Dunn, Jno Taylor, Bart
lett Harrell, arm amputated in Macon ; Frank
Butler, II Laidler, Rob’t Kennedy, and four or
five others wounded, but names not recollec
ted.
Pulaski Greys—Co. K, 49th Ga. Regt, 1st
Lieut John H. Pate, com’g.
Killed—James Holt
Wounded—Lieut E A Smith, thigh broken ;
Rob’t S Anderson, in leg; W L Mobley, in
leg; E W Dickson, in leg; Levi Harrell, in
j leg; Wesley Harrell, in arm and side; Green
Jones, in shoulder.
Missing—William Lee.
county recapitulation.
Co G, 8th Ga..
CoCJ, 10th Ga.
Killed.
...5
Wounded.
4
Miss'g.
2
.. .3
12
0
Co F, 81st Ga.
. .3
16
0
Co K, 49th Ga.
...1
7
1
Total ....
..13
39
3
Yankee Losses Before Richmond.—The
New York Times says the following statement,
which comes from an official source, mav be
relied on as a perfectly correct enumeration of
the Yankee losses during the six days battles
before Richmond:
2,737
2,086
777
2,073
T,252
176
23
Corpa.
tilled.
Wound’d.
Missing.
Franklin,.
..245
1,313
1,179
Sumner,..
.170
1,008
348
Keyes,...
. 62
507
201
Hentzlman
..189
1,051
833
Porter, .. .
. .873
3,700
2,779
Cavalry,..
.. 19
60
97
Engineers,
*•
2
21
Total,..
1,666
7,701
6,958
—The Baltimore Sun, of the 18th
16,224
states that Col. Morgan has occupied Frankfort
the Capital of Kentucky, and that thousands of
Kentuckians had joined him. Great excite
ment prevailed at Louisville and Cincinnati.—
We are on the eve of lively times in the West
ment ol the United States, or aiding or abet
ting such rebellion, shall not, within sixty days
after public warning and proclamation duly
given and made by the President of the United
States, cease to aid, countenance, and abet
such rebellion, and return to his allegiance to
the United States, all of his estate and pro
perty, moneys, stocks and credits of such per
son shall be liable to seizure as aforesaid, and
it shall be the duty of the President to seize
and use them as aforesaid, or the proceeds
thereof. And :.’l sales, transfers, or convey
ances of any such property, after the expira
tion ofthe said sixty days from the date of such
warning and pioelamation, shall be null and
void, and it shall be a ti ffieient bar to any suit
brought by such person for the possession or
the use of such property, or any of it, to allege
and prove that he is one of the persons Jess
cribed in this section.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That to
secure the condemnation and sale of any such
i property after the same shall have been seized,
so that it may be made available for the purpo
ses aforesaid, proceedings in rem shall be in
stituted in the name of the United States in
any District Court thereof, or in any Territori
al Court, or in tho United States District Court
for the District of Columbia, within which the
property above described, or any part thereof,
may be found, or into which the same, if mov
able, may first be brought, which proceedings
shall conform as nearly as may be to proceed
ings in admiralty or revenue cases; and if said
property, whether real or personal, shall be
found to have belonged to a person engaged in
rebellion, or who has given aid or comfort there-
to, the same shall be condemned as enemies’
property, and become the property of the Uni
ted States, and may be disposed of as the court
shall decree, and the proceeds thereof paid into
the treasury of the United States for the pur
poses aforesaid.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
several courLs aforesaid shall have power to
make such orders, establish such forms of de
cree and sale, and direct such deeds and convey
ances, to be executed and delivered by the mar
shals thereof, where real estate shall be the
subject of sale, as shall fully and efficiently effect
the purposes of this act, and vest in the pur
chasers of such property good and valid titles
thereto. And the said court shall have power
to allow such fees and charges of their officers
as shall bo reasonable and proper in the prem
ises.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all
slaves of persons who shi.ll hereafter be en
gaged in rebellion against the Government of
the United States, or win shall in any way
give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such
persons, and taking refuge within the lines of
the army; and all slaves captured from such
persons, or deserted bv tbem and comiii
der the control of the Government of th
ted States; aDd all slaves of such pert,
found or being within any place occupied
rebel forces, and afterwards occupied by the-f
forcee of the United States, shall be deemed
captives of war, and shall be forever free of
their servitude, and not again held as slaves.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That no
slave escaping into any State, Territory or the
District of Columbia, from any other State,
shall be delivered up, or in any way impeded
or hindered of his liberty, except for crime or
some offence against the laws, unless the per
son claiming said fugitive shall first make oath
that the person to whom the labor or service of
such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful
owner, and has not borne arms against the
United States in the present revolution, nor in
any way given aid and comfort thereto, and no
person engaged in the military or naval service
of the United States shall, under any pretence
vt hatever, assume to decide on the validity of
the claim of any person to the service or labor
of any other person, or surrender up any such
person to the claimant on pain of being dis
missed from the service.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted. That the
President of the United States is authorized to
employ as many persons of African descent as
he may deem necessary and proper for the sup
pression of the rebellion ; and for this purpose
he may organize and use them in such manner
as he may judge best for the public welfaro.
Sec. 12. Andie it further enacted, That the
President of the United States is hereby au
thorized to make provision for the transporta
tion, ^colonization and settlement,in some tropi
cal country beyond the limits of the United
States, of such persons of the African race made
free by the provisions of this act as may be
willing to emigrate, having first obtained the
consent of the government of said country to
their protection and settlement within the same,
with all the rights and privileges of freemen.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the
President is hereby authorized, at any time
hereafter, by proclamation, to extend to persons
who have participated in the existing rebellion
in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnes
ty ivith such restrictions and at such times and
on such conditions as he may deem expedient
for the public welfare, also that the President
shall have power to restore property seized un
der the act to any person who may be found to
have been innocent.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the
courts ol the United States shall have lull pow
er to institute proceedings, make orders and de
crees, issue process, and do all other things
necessary to carry this act into effect.
Lincoln sent in a veto message, on the pas
sage of the bill; but it was subsequently passed
with the additions ot the following explanatory
resolution, removing the objections of the Presi
dent to the bill:
Resolved, by the Senate and house of Repre
sentatives, dec.. That the provisions ofthe third
clause of the fifth section of “an act to suppress
insurrection, to Dunish treason and rebellion,
to seize and c<^ H jscate the property of rebels,
snd for other p jposes,” shall bo so construed
as not to apply j any aet or acts done prior
to the passag .hereof; nor to include any
nu mber of a 1 -'/e Legislature or judge of any
State Court, who has not, in accepting or enter-
ing upon his office, taken an oath to support
the Constitution of the so called Confederate
States of America; nor shall any punishment
or proceedings under said act be so construed
as to work a forfeiture of the real estate of the
offender beyond his natural life.
On the 17th of July the President returned
the bill with the above explanatory resolution
appended and with his signature affixed, where
by it became a law.
London Tunes on tho Northorn Tariff.
English papers to the 9th instant were
brought over on the City of Washington. Tho
London Times is particularly bitter on theta-
riff and the late Federal reverses before Rich
mond. It says :
Federal America, hat ing taken seriously to
the vice of tyranny, is stripping herself to the
task of gratifying her new passion. She deli
berately rejecting the silks, the wines-, the trin
kets, and the works art of France; the fine
woolens and cottons, the finished hardware, and
the agricultural implements of England ; and
she is to restrict herself for the future to her
own coarse, clumsy, and costly substitutes. It
is with a shout of triumph that these foolish and
angry people celebrate their new discovery of
a means of punishing England and France.—
They are exulting in the notion that, by means
of the tariff, they will either shut out altogeth
er the productions of the two great industrial
European nations, or that they will compel
them, by the payment of high duties, to con
tribute to the expense of their civil wars.—
Could any folly be more pitiable ?
If Federal America Yvere the only market in
the world for British and French manufactures
there might bo some hope that the foreign im
porters would have to pay some of its burdens
in heightened duties; but, while there are a
hundred competent customers for such produce
there must be a market price, independent of
any single demand. At that market price the
produce will he delivered at the American ports,
and whatever addition is made to it by the
Government must be paid, not by the foreign
importer, but by the American consumer. Are
American statesmen and the American people
such children that they require to bo taught a
simple truth like this? On the other hand,
when these duties become absolutely prohibi
tory, they tend to no other purpose than to
make it every man’s interest throughout Europe
and throughout America that the Federal flag
shall fly over as narrow a portion of earth as it
can possibly be restricted to.
ENLISTING AT TIIE NORTH.
Privato accounts, by persons lately from the
North, concur with the information obtain
ed from the Northern press, that voluntarv’ en
listments there are virtually at an end, or at
least in a state of suspension. Premium is be
ing piled on premium and bounty on bounty,
to tempt the needy and the mercenary; but
thus far with very little effect. The opinion is
generally obtaining at the North, that nothing
but a compulsory draft will enable the Yankee
Governors to meet Lincoln’s last requisition.—
Whether the temper of the people would .--i
dure that, would remain to be seen. U : , i,„i
l.kely that it would. Men will submit to any
thing and will honor the most extreme call of
their government, when necessary to defend
their liberties and their homes. But when they
are violently commanded to go on an aggres
sive war against a people who only ask to be
let alone, out who may not be attacked with
impunity; nay, in the fruitless and inglorious
attempt to conquor whom, a quarter ol a mil
lion ol the invaders have died in camp or hos
pital, or have been maimed for life—the ques
tion becomes a very grave one, and Jonathan,
accordingly, shakes his head, and may perhaps
rebel.
We must not, however, on our part, presume
anything against the enemy. We may, very
properly, encourage ourselves with all rational
hopes; but these hopes are traitors if they
cause us to relax our zeal. On the contrary,
they should animate our endeavors, and ener
gize our operations, and add to our means. Let
our brave men rally in full force under the lead
of our Generals, and let these last press opera
tions with renewed and sleepless activity !—
This is our opportunity—not for sleep, but for
energetic and effective operations. Let us im
prove it 1—Richmond Enquirer.
A Scene.—The Richmond Presbyterian, re
ferring to the late session ofthe General Assem
bly of the Northern Presbyterian Church,
says; In tho midst of the speech of Dr. R. J.
Breckinridge it was announced that Richmond
had been captured and President Davis with it
This was immediately followed by a scene at
which we hope for the honor of religion and
the name of Presbyterianism, there were some
present capable of blushing. We are told there
was “uproarious applause, clapping of hands,
4c;’’ in short the church and General Assem
bly were turned into a theatre. If tho discove
ry that their supposed telegraphic dispatch was
the trick of some mischievous boys in Colum
bus, did not reduce their faces to a graver cast,
it is reasonable in hope that later and truer in
formation from Richmond has done it some
what effectually.
But let us dismiss this Assembly, and all in
it who have spoken most unadvisedly.
Washing
“from a pa^
commenced
voting for the
tion, sent to Cong
ged emancipation oi. -y
If the war continue!r.\.^g, :i-
ohject be not sooner attained, the institute
your State will be extinguished by merT^j^ i.
tion and abrasion—by the mere ineideT'^ y Q
war. It will be gone, and you will haYC ^
ing valuable in lieu of it Much of its value'--
gone already. How much better for you and
tor your people to take the step which at once
shortens the war, and secures substantial com
pensation for that which is sure to be wholly
lost in any other event! How much better to
thus save the money which else we sink for
ever in the war. How much better to do it
while we car, lest the war ere long render us
pecuniarily unable to do it! How much bet
ter for you, as seller, and the nation, as buyer,
to sell out and buy out that without which the
war could never have been, than to sink both
the thing to be sold and the price of it in cut
ting one another’s throats 1
1 do not speak of emancipation at once, but
of a decision at once to emancipate gradually.
Room in South America for colonization can be
obtained cheaply and in abundance, and Yvhen
numbers shall be larg-, enough to be company
and encouragement for one another, the freed
people will not be so reluctant to go.
Ho then alluded to his disagreement with
Gen. Hunter’s proclamation, and the “power-
tul party that supported it,” and added :
Yet, in repudiating it, I gave dissatislaction,
if not offence,to many whose support the coun
try cannot afford to lose. And this is not the
end of it. The pressure in this direction is still
upon me*And is increasing. By conceding what
I now you can relieve ine, and, much
m-v;r Bj Relieve the country in this important
Hve jfl have J
jui* * I Ti them to go home and deli-
dilit*
rived at Louisv"
Has have been 1
L lttuses have been 1
viste around Salem-i
from 'Tvashinp
ggyip order
'.beafforde
irec}.
the
he
| navigatil
resident
^htir.gj|| ucs t i w hich they did, and a
—Y t '<4^tln conclusion ofthe majority
. ■> < V ■ ic. They are sensitive about in-
te> rvlPi®yy’Y^ten institution peculiarly under
the control otv^teStates, and then they arc ap
palled by the be paid for the slaves,
which would be at #300
per head, the comp
emancipation act for
They are alarmed
Hunter proclamap l
We will 11(4-,
” oposition is, i tJ1 .,
slavery, to the end i
tion may be let loose*
for it is too well kno-d ^thase who A be
parties to any sucbtearHj. belie/ .tbSywe too
much respectBte'ln Yvould
propose it. Oan^remean thai^^v sacrificing
our interest in slavery we appease the spirit
that controls that measure, cause it to be with
drawn, and rid the country of the pestilent agi
tation of the slavery question ? We are for
bidden so to think, for that spirit would not be
satisfied with theliberation of 700,000 slaves nor
cease its agitation, while three million remain
in -“^bndage. Can it mean that by abandon
ing slavery in our States we are removing the
pressure from you and the country, by prepar
ing for a separation on the line of the cotton
States? We are forbidden so to think, because
it is known that we are, and we believe that
you are, unalterably opposed to any divisional
all. We would prefer to think that you desire
this concession as a pledge of our support, and
thus enable you to withstand a pressure which
weighs heavily on you and the country. Mr.
President, no such sacrifice is necessary to se
cure our support.
They announce their willingness to leave it
to a vote of the people in their respective States
but say :
Before they ought to consider the proposi
tion, it should be presented in such a tangible
practical, efficient shape as to command tiieir
confidence that its fruits are contingent only
upon their acceptance. We cannot trust any
thing to the contingencies of future legislation.
If Congress,by proper and necessary legislation,
shall provide sufficient funds ami place them at
your disposal, to be applied by you to the pay
ment of any of our States, or the citizens there
of, who shall adopt the abolishment of slavery
either gradual or immediate, as they may de
termine, and the expense of deportation and
colonization of the liberated slaves, then will
our States and people take this proposition in
to careful consideration, for such decision as in
their judgment is demanded by their interests,
their honor, and their duty to the whole coun
try. We have the honor to be, with great res
pect.
O. A. Wickliffe, Chairman ; Garrett Davis, R.
Wilson, .1. J. Crittenden, John S. Carlile, J.
W. Crisfield, J. S. Jackson, 11. Grider, John
S. Phelps, Francis Thomas, Charles B. Cal
vert, C. L. L. Leary, Edwin H. Webster, K.
Mai lory, Aron Harding, James S. Rollins, J.
W. Menzies, Thos. L. Pi ice, (j. W. Dunlap,
Wm. A. Hall.
The minority of the body fall still more ab
jectly at the foot of the gorilla. They promise
to urge his measure in their States. Their res
ponse concludes thus;
Few of us though there may be, yvo will per
mit no man from the North or from the South
to go further than Yve in the accomplishment
of the great work before us. We, in order to
carry out these views, will, so far as may bo in
our power, ask the people of the border States
calmly, deliberately and fairly to consider your
recommendation. We are the more embolden
ed to assume this position from the fact, now
becoming history, that the leaders of the South
ern lebellion have offered to abolish slavery
among them as a condition te foreign interven
tion in favor of their independence as a nation.
If they can give up slavery to destroy the Un
ion, ve can surely ask our people to consider a
question of emancipation to save the Union.
With great respect, your ob’t servants.
John W. Noell, Sain’l V. Case}’, Geo. P. Fish
er, A. J. Clements. Wm. G. Brown, Jacob B.
Blair, W. T. Willey.
Condition ofthe Federal Troops.—A Geor
gia soldier who has just returned from the camp
of the Fifty-fourth Regiment, in North Ala
bama, gives us a few interesting particulars :
Our troops are encamped at Long Island, and
Buell s i.ieees are about three miles distant, on
the o jposito side of the river. The pickets of
the two forces were close to eaeh other and of
ten ir terch-inged views about the war and mat
ters in g eicral. Tho Yankees religiously be
lieve ill n Richmond is now in the hands of
McCltll.in. They are kept by their officers in
the dark regarding all unfavorable news, and
crammed with all sorts of lies favorable to the
Federnl cause. Special editions of Northern
papers, are struck off for distribution in the
army, and great care is taken that they contain
nothir g discouraging to the troops.
The Western army is composed chiefly of na
tives, from Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, and they
express themselves as utterly disgusted with
the war. A number had deserted and crossed
the river to our camp. They were very ragged,
and said they had been living on half rations
for a long period, and had not received a dollar
of pay in ten months. Great dissatisfaction
exists as a consequence, and those that have
come over say large numbers would desert if
they could do so with safety.
There was a considerable movement in Buell's
camp Thursday last, but the forest was so dense
that it was impossible to ascertain the direc
tion, even from the highest points in the neigh
borhood.—Sav. Rep.
From East Tennessee.—We have at Chatta
nooga e strong force, which is being daily in
creased. General John P. McCown is in com
mand. Gen. McCown, is, says the Memphis q>eiit so many happy hours in the~Gmilv“cYrrlp ” oTZn
’ ' “ H not m Gath, puplii-hit not in the “rm/of A-wVln,,
cop
ing without P 0 outl
Making ia»»* ct lor 1
seize the dog,. W-JJ U
him tojtia h|. V ,. T
allow
His b&SprJii£. ,
the vessel, who canii$ .
know the cause of tht*f‘
answered by Martin, whd l \^.^:kly sprang
deck of the schooner, and informed the Captain
that ho had come at the bidding of Gen. Mc
Clellan, to effect his arrest The Captain ex
pressed great surprise, declared his innocence
of crime, and wished to know ivhat were the
charges against him. He was told by Martin
that he was not there to decide upon his guilt
or innocence, nor to prefer charges of any sort,
but to effect his arrest as Gen. McClellan had
ordered. The Captain then consented to sub
mit and manifesting no disposition to resist,
was allowed to get into the boat untied.
In the meantime the other five soldiers had
reached the deck of the vessel, and gone into the
cabin. Hero they found a straw bed, which
was ripped open, set on fire, and the cabin door ar
closed. The party speedily disembarked, leav-,
ing the crew behind, who it is supposed escap- yn'lV
ed on the small boat belonging to the schooner ffei'
They were not taken because the small boat ’ . f
used by the boarding party, hid a hole near its hd W
top, and could carry but seven men. As tin-; tT ? -? L
surprise party pulled off - for the Southern shore -
the captain had his suspicious aroused, as to
the arrest having been made by order of Mc
Clellan, and remarked to his captors that the
General’s headquarters were not on that side of
the river. He was told to hold his peace, that . L n ai
his captors knetv what they were about that j- ' •
they had changed their mind, and intended ta' J 10
ing him to a Confederate, instead of a Fedei‘‘ c0lrfn ‘ r '
neral. Tho Captain now became greatHed. Y
led and besought tho clemency of his capjr lo
tto's, stating with tears in his eyes that he had w ~
a wife and children in New York, who would ,
be not only deeply distressed at his loss, but'
greatly impoverished. His fears were quieted^w
by the assurance that he would not be harmed sup
but that as he was a subject of the Lincoln
Government, he must consider his capture as >^1
entirely legitimate, and himself a prisoner of j
war. “. _
Upon reaching the shore the Captain declar
ed that had he seen his captors approach from
the Southern bank, tho rase adopted would not
have availed, for he had arms aboard, (EntieldSTfckf'
Rifles,)and would have only surrendered with * ,
his life.
In the passage from the vessel to the shore,
not a ray of light, save the lamp in the rigging,
was to be seen, and our boys had made up their
minds that the vessel would not burn, and that
the arrest of the Captain was the only result of
their enterprise. But they were soon most
agreeably disappointed, for as they ascended
the bank, the fire suddenly burst out and in a
lew minutes the flames were licking the sides
ot the vessel from bow to stern. She burned
slowly, but brightly, and the flames illumina
ted the river and the country around for miles.
Our informant states that it was quite amusing
to witness the commotion among the fleet of
Did Abe, consisting of some two hundred steam
and sailing craft. Steam was crowded on
gunboats and transports, and the sailing craft
were quickly towed out of the reach ofthe bur
ning schooner. She continued to burn from
half-past one until the dawn of day, when oniy
such portions as were below the water’s edge
remained.
The schooner was nearly new, called the
Louisa Rives, and commanded by Capt in John
A. Jones, of .New York. She was 163 tuns
burthen, ]<>«]■ with corn and provisions and
valued si *6,' "<* exclusive of cargo. Capt
Jones’ was brougni to Petersburg Saturday and
lodged in jail, where he now ruminates on the
daring of the rebels, and laments over the for
tunes of war.
Just abovo the Louisia Rives, several schoo
ners Yvere moored, but a gunboat lying along
side, it was considered somewhat imprudent to
attempt to burn them. Another batch of ves
sels lay not far below tho Louisa Rives, but a
gunboat was near these also. Between the des
troyed vessel and the Berkely shore, the wa
ter was studded with vessels, but the Confed
erate force was too small to ventnre in their
midst.
The light from the burning vessel reflected
brightly on the north bank of the James, and
for miles and miles the tents of the Federal ar
my were distinctly visible.
ip
"he-’
©bituam.
On the Mia int-t., in Richmond, Va., Rhubin J Wil
liamson, youngest eon of R. J. and Sarah Williamson,
ot Crawford county, Ga.
11c was a volunteer in Company K., 45th Regiment
Ga. Vuls., under Capt. A. W. Gibson. He hae left a fond
mother; who loved him with all the ardor of a mother's
heart; yea. even as her own life; a father and sisters
and brother who lament his loes. besides a large circle
of fritlids and relatives deeply afflic.ed by lib early and
untimely end Farewell, Reuben, may the afflictions
ol a broken heatted father and mother, brothers and
sistersbe sanctified to the good of each.* Fkibnd.
We are called upon to notice tho death of Mr. Thos
R. Feaain, who departed thia life on Sundv ni-hl v’>
20th lust. °
The I ccrcc of Heaven is fnllllled, and as noble a -out
as ever adorned the walks or social life has gone to min
gle, we hope, with the spirits bright that throng aroui.il
the throne of mercy. Although endowed with unuscai
strength, and ble-sed with health such as is accorded to
but lew, the destroying fever swiftly marked its way
aud soon laid him low in the silent grave None but
those who knew him and felt the magic of his friend
ship. can properly deplore the loss of that simple and
unalb-cted kiudbess which made the bestowal ol confl-
d uce a pleasure, and that geniality of disposition which
made bis society always desirable. Temperate t> an
utter abnegation of all excesses, sincere and ardent in
bis affection, and uniformly kind and benevolent his
mother mourns a model son, his young and lovely’wife
an exemplary husband, and his steadfast friends w-eo
over the departure of a loved companion. We met
within the walls of learning aud burned mat dose asso
ciation whence sprung an attachment which has been
oueof the c lief glories of existence. Though death has
broken the chain of communication on earth, and drop
ped its shining links into the heart-chilling darkness of
grief, liis memory yet is left me to revere, and his noble
virtues I will strive to emulate. Farewell, Tom, though
you ne’er will meet me again with cheerful words and
a smiling face amid earth’s realities, whenever dark tri
als may gather in my pathway, I will often draw near
in sweet spirit communion and lift my heart from Its
sad m.-givings to the light ol Truth and the puritv ol
every virtue. We are separated now, but when I come
to die, may it bo with the blessed assurance that t will
meet you in aeaven. G W H
Tw.ggs comity. * ...
It is with a sad heart and tearful ev 8 , that I attempt to
write the obituary of my friend Capt. .loan A Hamil
ton, who was killed in the battleof Richmond, July the
Urst, while gallantly leading his company to charge one
of tho enemy’s batteries. Two balls struck him but
unflinchingly he sti*l pressed forward till a third ball
pierced his brain and he fell without a sigh or moan —
t'apt. Hamilton was born In Houston county, October
the 14th, 1S34, aged 27. Kulogics on such men seem to
be unnecessary, but Capt. Hamilton could not be eulo
gized. He deserves all that could be said of Mm. I have
known him from his boyhood. A more pure, npright
youth never shed sunshino on a widowed mother’s
heart. That mother can take consolation in the pas
sage of Scripture, “Blessed are 1 he pure iu heart for the*
shall see God.” Oh, lonely, heartbroken mother take
comfort, it is well with your boy ; your noble son hae
gone to rea'ms of everlasting bliss, where there Is no
more war or rumor of war. He was among the firs* to
volunteer to do his duty ; now he is sale, we hope in
that haven of everlasting repose. He was a specimen
of the perfectgentlemen-amiable, agreeable, polite and
pious. His Bible was his daily book of reading A1
though not a member of any church his life was a Dat-
tern to many who are. He was never known to take a
drick or swear an oath ; did not even smoke cigars In
his last letter to the writer he said, “I have no lear of
Appeal, an able and experienced officer—a na
tive Tennesseean—familiar with the geography
as well as West Point tactics, and a man of
great firmness and energy.
—The Mobile Tribune learns that on the 17th
insL .he Yankees sent a gunboat, also sent sev
eral t mall boats up tbs Pascagoula River load-
ded ivith about 125 men. These were attacked
by a company of Confederates, and driven
back with a loss of twelve or fifteen killed.
—The South has only to realize the terrible
consciences of subjugation to arm her with
the resolution of victory or death.
vill only regret t° leave my "dear'’moUierf’’-
Oh ead, sad i» hia fate. We shall miss his splendid
voice in our choir, we shall look at his vacant teat in onr
church with sorrow. We shalnever.no^“eeth^
welcome face around our own fireside, where we have
tmily circle. Oteil
that the vile invader shall slay our sons, husbands 1 and
brothers, and we be not avenged. My friend was all
that his iriends woulu have him to be ‘ um waB 1,11
"White paper was at. emblem of his file
And no loul blot upon its page appears ■’
Kach page a day, each day devoid of strife
And spotless virtue was his polar star • ’
And now he’s filled the measure of the book
And has been called to pass the grand review.
May the Great Critic now approving look
And happy see his errors were but few ”
“vale, vale, lougum Y-nle.” M J M
Fort Valley, July goth, lt>62.
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Wanted.
T WO good journeymen Shoemaker*. Applr person-
aU^, or by letter, to ^ JOHN h.’. KKILY,
Drayton, Dooly county, 0*