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MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLOCKj?. M., SEPTEMBER 19, 1862.
Volume XXXVI.—No. 52
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A PUZZLE.
Looking over the reports of the recent bat
tie* at Manassas, in the Southern papers, we
are forcibly struck with the (act that according
to these veracious chroniclers, the Grand Un
ion Army has been pitched neck and heels out
of Virginia, by an almost unbroken series of
Union victories, from Richmond to the Poto
mac. They have never yet met with a fare
and square defeat, according to their own
testimony. We think it will be a puzzle in
tricate enough to confound the most astute
1 sukce, to reconcile the grand result with the
pns
How a series of successes, more or
U s brilliant, and all illustrating the “uncon
querable valor ol the union troops” should end
in transferring the war from the “rebel capital'
to their own, is a question which* should be
submitted to the “Sage of Brooklyn Heights”
if he is yet alive.
Tutc M 1ST* k
lie seen that,
taken, as late a
the main torce
ks or rut: Telegrams.—It will
alter all, Cincinnati was not
< Saturday morning last; and
ol Gen. Kirby Smith was about
twenty-seven miles south of the city, on the
advance as we suppose. The statement of the
capture of Cincinnati was made on the credit
of an extra of the Cairo Gazette, and it seemed
to be continued by dispatches to the East Irom
Cincinnati, of an earlier date, but received si
multaneously. Readers complain of being so
•Hen misled by false telegrams, but it will be
noticed that nearly all of the telegrams of this
character, are based upon Northern reports.—
It must be expected that, in such exciting
tunc*, many unfounded reports will necessari
ly get atlonl and be credited for a while, to be
Contradicted afterwards. We As-lie ve the entire
’ aim to dts-
or against
we bu»c, is
used by the iovernment tor purposes of decep
tion, where it s believed the ti nth will dis
courage or disall'ect the people. It is to be
hoped il Cincinnati is not captured by this time,
she soon will lie.
“Mv Maryland.”—McClellan, it seems, had
posted a strong guard on the Potomac from
Harper’s Kerry to the Point of Rocks, who wore
unable to see any rebels crossing, (or the sim
ple reason that they crossed lower down.
Wool, too, extended his reconnoisance to the
Point of Rocks and could not see any rebels;
hut if he lias got seventy thousand men posted
at , he may chance to feel the rebels if he
cannot s.*e them. The Federate, themselves,
say they fear our forces will he joined by 60,-
000 Mary landers, and if Lee has taken along
with Inn 80,000 veterans, as we hope he has,
the Federal* are already seeing lively times in
that vie rily. Would that we could hear signs
of similar life among the Kentuckians.
Kikb. - Smith’s Victory must have been
victory indeed, to have secured so prompt and
full acknowledgment by the Cincinnati Com
mercia., even without the saving clause of be
ing “o’'< rwhelmed by sujierior numbers.” He
admits that th< tight ended in a disgraceful
panic :.iid flight, but Bull Nelson is the only
man In mentions as having got out of it. This
the ;hird Confederate victory which the
North t.as acknowledged—Bull Run, Leesburg
and Richmond, Ky.
cuniraiiicieu imerwarus. it c ’-^ucvi
Southern press and press d y a
semiuate truth, whether it I 1 ” - for
; but the Northern preW),*,G «
UNDER WHICH KING, BEZONIAN ?
Die telegram says the Legislature of Ken
lucky, a Lincolnile b>dy, have called out 50,-
OOO of the militia for thiriy days to tight for
the immortal ape. This puls a tiual estoppal
upon Kentucky neutrality, and the people now
will be compelled to take sides. We shall soon
see which side Kentucky will take in this war,
whether with her friends or her enemies.—
Speculation about the “state of feeling” must
now give place to fact, and we are glad of it.—
In no more favorable moment to us could the
issue have been possibly drawn, and if the
Lincoln government are able to command the
adherence ot .V),000of the militia of Kentucky,
vye shall ha\e nothing more to say about hei as
a Southern Statu.
THE STATE ARMORY.
We find in the Atlanta Intelligencer of yes-
THE REPORTS FROM MARYLAND. I WHAT SAYS THE EfEMY.
We can place little positive reliance upon I An analysis of the article Opied from the
what the newspapers report from Maiytend ; I New York Tfmes, of the 6th, fill disclose the
but it is safe to assume that the movements of I fact that that papei is really lopetew of the
our army will be characterized by more than I struggle. It concedes to us ev ry condition of
ordinary promptitude and decision. Every I triumphant success, an^ acc pts every one
thing is to be gained by energy or endangered I which is bound to eventuate ill disaster. The
by delay. Our Generals will be likely (o allow I salvo of hope to be drawn frdn a c hange of
Uie enenty as litUe time as possible iO mass I Generals and a change in the Cabinet, Ls evi-
troops—improvise strong bolds, or secure his I dently put in, not in the way o inspiring hope,
stores from capture. It is probable that, in a I but as a mere convenient back door of escape
few days, we may at least hear enough to form I if necessary, from its own instable condu-
an idea of tien. Lee's plan of operations, but at | sions.
present all is uncertainty and conjectu a The I As for (lenerah, the Federls are through
reports look as if he intended to move upon I with their entire list of Napokons, and haTe
Baltimore, and this we confess, seems to us | begun again at the beginning. In respect to
most probable: but nothing is kno vn upon I Cabinet officers, if they mean, as it must be
which to base a conjecture. We must wait pa I inferred they do, their .Secretary of War in cs-
ticntly and be content with very meigre and I pedal, the North holds uo more active, until-
probably confused and contradictory accounts I ing and vigorous official thau Stanton. The
by travellers making their way from .he Polo- I Black Republican party went out ol its rj»iks to
mac to Richmonu. I take Stanton, a democrat, in order to get -, man
This advance is unquestionably a ' ery haz- 1 0 f peculiar boldness and energy. If they nake
ardous movement, but we believe it is attended a change it will be for the worse. But tkese
with far less danger now, than it would have I are the sole defences proposed by the Tines
been last year. l\ e have an army o veterans, I against a tide of victory which he says t bleat -
with unbounded contidence in them lelves and eDS the ,; nion csust . with , disastrous and
in their leaders—tried in desperate l attles and I spcedv overthrew
not afraid of any army they will cot front. On I | n lllne past the uil ^ iiug p*„acea 0 f the
the other hand, as the prestige of v.ctory and | Tlma , been Ww«*j, /" Coundess legions
terdai the following letter, addressed to Gov. (success is with us, so the order of defeat hangs must ^ out suflicieut t0 ^ ^ re .
Brow t by Gen. Wayne, accompanying the first, upon the Federal arms, and they ca mot shake M hogta under fet . t by . mew mu i titu de, li Ie a
ritle made in the Georgia Armory. The letter Ioff. These considerations alone are adjuncts pa rty of hunters by a berd of buffaloes. But
GEN. BRAGG.
This officer has been latterly attacked with
a good deal of severity by a portion of the
Confederate press. He has been particularly
charged w ith ty rannical exercise and usurpa
tion of power and cruelty to his men. Nu-
merou!- military executions lor slight offences
have been charged against him. A correspon
dent of the Mobile Advertiser & Register, how
ever, states that of five military executions
which were all that took place at Corinth and
Tupelo, Gan, Bragg had jurisdiction of but tw o,
and all five, as he states them, seem certainly
a to have been demanded for the punishment of
treason and the security of such discipline in
the army as was indispensable to its safety.—
A great deal lias been said about the execution
of a soldier for shooting a chicken. ’I he facts
of the ease are thus given by this correspon
dent :
No. 5. I will mention here a fact which every
e hmI otlicer and man, who lias been any length
of lime in the army, knows, when an army is
lacing or fronting another, a man lays himself
liable to be shot if he tires his gun (except by
accident) without the order from his officer, or
to give alarm to the camp of the approach of
the enemy, as it is only in this wav that our
army can be kept Irom being surprised at any
and all times. 11pon the first day’s march from
Corinth our uivn continued to are at random
on anything that struck their fancy. General
Bragg knowing how latal such conduct and
want of discipline might prove to this army, in
the event of the enemy attempting to cut us oft
on the right or left, to uiy knowledge he re
peatedly sent orders to Brigade and Regiment
al commanders to have the shooting stopped,
or he would otherwise he compelled, for the se
curity of his army, to make an example of some
one.
These orders were not regarded, though 1
believe the commanders used every effort to
suppress iL Un the second day of our retreat,
the tiring having again commenced, the Gener
al was compelled to force obedience to his or
ders. A young man, I believe from Arkansas
-name not recollected—in violation of orders,
tired his gun at a chicken in the yard of a lann
er and killed a young negro, said to be valua
ble, and which the owner could illy afford to
lose. Here was a case for an example, and it
was made.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 10th makes
the following extract fiotn a recent private let
ter from V :‘n. Bragg to a friend. It is conceiv
ed in a manly spirit, and we hope and believe
that the result of Gen. Bragg’s present opera
tions in the West will silence detraction and
twine the laurels of victory around the brows
of the patriotic general :
No uiat. in power can expect to do his duly
and escape detraction. All mortals are fallible,
and I have no doubt my errors are many and
great With a conscientious conviction, how-
is dat 'd as far back as the 8th August Gov.
Brown replies in terms very complimentary to
Gen. Wayne and the officers of the Armory: —
I have the honor of presenting to you by the
handi of Maj. Lachlan U. McIntosh, the first
Rifle with the sabre bayonet, completely man
ufactured throughout at our Slate Armory, in
the Penitentiary at this place. We have re-
pain d and altered several thousand guns, A put
up some, parts of which were forged and man
uiaci red elsewhere; but this is the first forged
and made in every part by ourselves—proved,
iiispjcted and tried in strict conformity with
the ivgulalions of the Confederate Ordnance De
partment. In workmanship this Rifle equals
any llinie Musket or Rifle made at the Spring-
belt >r Harper’s Ferry Armories, and on trial
it is found to range as well, and to shoot closer
than the Minie Musket, mode) of 1856,or the En
field Rille, with both of which it was compared.
We are now prepared to manufacture rifled
muskets and ritics, according to Army patterns,
ami on the principle of interchange with them,
equal in wotkmai ship and efficiency, to any
made on this continent; and Georgia has now
the germ of a State Armory whenever she
may desire to establish one on a proper footing,
as l.e machinery can be readily transported to
any buildings or place that may be selected for
the purpose. These results, so desirable to
the Slate and gratifying to inyself personally,
are one to the practical skill, energy and econo
my of our Master Armorer, Mr. Peter Jones,
who lor eighteen years, was connected with
tin Harper’s Kerry Armory; and to the atten
tion of Maj. Lachlan U. McIntosh, Ordnance
Officer, who was charged with the immediate
ujiervision of the works.
In after years, when peace shall once more
be restored to the land, this wide will be a
phasing memento to you and to your descen
dants, of the part you are now playing in
these troublous time.
no more men are now called for. The Times
to success ot incalculable value; ar d particu
larly as we have entered a country which moat. ldmit tUt ^ to 0>lt _
make its election of the side it will spouse.— 1
All the resources of arms, munitions, supplies
The Federals can promise nothing. They have d , scip , ln , Lave ^ exhausted in vain,
no confidence in themselves or them Generals. T[ie anm , wjth all tho8u ^vantages,
The paroled prisoners, turned loa-e by Lee L „ wymhw geen beaten by half its num-
upon the Potomac, have gone home with such
hers—badly armed, poorly disciplined, hun-
frightful stories ol the carnage at Manassas and gry ud itl . clad rebels . the open Ueld or
the prowess of our troops, that well nigh every | (>ehirHi owtbwork% thcy Uve alike t(Wn t * at _
en. There is but one explanation—the rebel
Northern heart sinks in gloom and desponden
cy. Their stories are not printed in the pa
pers, but they are heard at every st reel corner
and in every ale house.
The raw levies which are massed in haste to
oppose the invaders, will come to t:ie scratch
shaking in their shoes and looking back tor a
safe place of retreat. On the other hand, the
men who join our forces will do it vdth bound
less contidence in their leaders and eompatrr
•JOHN POKE, MAJOR GENERAL.’’
This Federal “Young Napoleon,” it will be
seen, has been ordered off to Minnesota to tight
the Indians—Sioux's and others—who are wag
ing an unspairing war upon the colonists of
the upper Missouri. One thousand persons
are reported to have been murdered by them.
The appointment to this command is an hono
rable banishment to Major General John Pope,
and he will find there an enemy exactly suited
to the system of military ethics he favors. He
can subsist his army upon the enemy there,
and arrest all the inhabitants without doing
any great amount of damage. Pope seems to
have left in bad humor -charging upon his
officers generally. He has won an immortality
of disgrace in half the time it would have taken
any other Federal, Butler excepted, to have
done it Goody bye, John.
Two veteran* of the press, we see, are hoping
for a speedy peace from the present operations of
our army—they are the Charleston Courier and
the Raleigh Standard. It is certainly not worth
while to hope too strongly. The probabilities, we
think, are that the enemy will put forth all their
might in one more winter’s campaign, but the tone
of the Northern prints surely indicates that we are
in the road to peace at last. Disaster and inva
sion are doing a good work. There is no telling
what might be the effeet of some more of Lee’s
“signal victories” in the enemy’s country.
Generals are more skillful and bolder—the re
bel troops more effective than ours -how much
more effective, is to be inferred from the fact
that the Union troops are beaten by half their
numbers.
We are much mistaken if the Times’ article
Is not to be interpreted as a wail for peace.—
Nuch concessions as these are not only' fatal to
... ... • . i „ the proposed object of the war—the subjuga
ots, and count with certainty upon victory be-1 . * ” , J , , ,, „ J °
, . , 1 tion of the South, but they are, if well-founded,
fore a gun is bred. Ihts is the etlect of pres- ,, . , ’ , 3 ' . , ^
. , , •„ i , • . .i - I equally total to Northern security so long as
tige; and if our readers will look into their .. ... , “
° , .... .. the war continues. 1 he war is alike hopeless
own hearts and see with what conn fence they, ., . , , . ”
. , , , and dangerous, and every reader of the Times
too, count upon v.ctory, when they hear that mide must ^ b lu l0 tbat conclusion
our army is about to join issue with the ene- 1
MOVEMENTS IN TENNESSEE.
We yesterday learned that tiert. Bragg with
t- division of his army had crossed the Cnm-
herland river at Carthage, Tenn. This is nearer
Nt.shvdie than we expected our army to go the
present campaign, but suppose it was superins
dueed by the movements of the enemy, who
arc leaving all parts of our State in doubles
quick time. \Yhere the balance of the army
cr .-sed the Cumberland we are unable to say,
bt t know it was at points east of Carthage.
From the same information the news is con
firmed which wc gave a few days ago, of the
removal of all the enemy’s big guns from Nash
ville towards Bowling Green.
The foregoing is copied from the Chattanoo
ga Rebel of the 11th. Carthage, by our map,
Ls about fifty miles east of Nashville and not
ten north of it. Unfortunately the date of Gen.
Bragg’s crossing, and of Buell’s evacuation ot
Nashville, are both omitted, so that we can
form no idea of the proximity of the hostile
forces. It is probable, however, that they are
not lar apart, and perhaps Buell will not he
ab r to reach Bowling Green without making a
stand. Bowling Green, by the Edgefield road,
is at least seventy-five miles from Nashville,
while the distance from Carthage is about the
same. It is a tight race, in all human proba
bility, and from the tenor of Gen. Bragg's ad
dress to his anny, we are bound to infer that
he intends to make his best speed.
my, they too, will appreciate that effect upon
the destiny and achievements of an army, which
is the result of repeated and long continued
success. None of us believe fora moment that
the Federal commanders are worthy to be com
pared with our Lee, our Jackson, our Long-
street, Hills, Ac., and if they should accept
battle with an enemy three times their force,
such is our confidence in them and their troops
that knowing the disparity, we should still look
to see them triumphant.
on the statement made by that paper. So inote
it be.
FROM HUNTSVILLE.
The Chattanooga Rebel learns from a gentle
man just arrived from Huntsville, that the Fed
erals evacuated that place between the 1st and
4th. Gen. Buell left a fortnight previous, and
Rosencrauz a few days after. Gen. Lytell was
left in lominand. The Federals committed great
depredations before they left, taking with them
about 1,506 negroes, some of whom went vol
We say, then, this prestige of success Ls of | untarily, and remainder were forced away,
incalculable value to the enterprise we have j They also took all the horses and mules they
embarked in, and we believe it will be soon veri I could find, brauding them at onoe with the let
tied and sustained bv an important victory on ters U. S. The stolen negroes were employed
tile soil of AJaryland, if the enemy ehal) dare I as teamsters and in other kinds of labor, for
oppose the uiaratl of our troops. | which their previous training fitted them.—
Some of them made their escape and returned
Dishkopoictioxatk Prices.—The editor of the
Georgia Weekly, quite a large and good news
paper, published at Greenville, Georgia, offers
to furnish his paper one year for one pound of
Wool I We think the bare proposition should
satisfy our contemporary that he cannot clothe
and feed his family on such a business. Peo
ple complain cf the increased price ot newspa
pers, but the rise hr* not held nny just propor
tion to the rise in the price < f uialciu.i, and is
far behind the incicase in the price of most of
the necessaries of life. Our Daily was five
dollars with paper at three dollars, and ink at
twenty cents. It is now eight dollars with
paper at six dollJb- and twenty-five cents, and
ink at one dollar. The old price, it will be seen,
was the better for us.
ever, tbat my course is right, i shall pursue it,
and if at the end of this war, when our inde
pendence is secured,an enlightened public judg
ment shall ooiidomnjme, after hearing the lesli
mony ol those who arc now with me, gallantly
and nobly defending their colors, as well as of
those who have basely deserted to their homes
to slander and revile their officers, in justifica
tion of their dishonor, I shall utter no murtner,
but to endeavor in silence to repent of my er
rors. Id any event, 1 shall enjoy the consola
tion of having done something to prevent the
moral degradation of our armies and our Socie
ty-
Had not the reformation ot grog-shop* gam
bling-houses, Ac., commenced by me at Pensa
cola and Mobile, been approved and enforced by
the Government, we should now be a degraded
and enslaved people. No armies could have
existed under such practices. In this I know
•he thanks of the mothers, wives, daughters,
and sweethearts of the country will be mine.—
The gallant men they have sent me shall re
turn to them uncorrupted.
News ikom.Mxkvi.jisi).—It is well again to
caution readers not to place too much faith in
reports from Maryland. The distance il con
siderable—the communication uncertain. We
shall certainly get a good deal of false news
trim that quarter.
The Planter’s Prerogative or Crop Proa”
poets.
Is not the following too good to be lost ? A
party of planters lately met in a neighboring
county for the purpose of comparing notes on
the war, crops, etc. One of them whom we
will style D, who Ls more celebrated for exer
cising the “planter’s high prerogative,” to-wit:
grumbling, than for any inclination to look up
on the “bright side ol things,” quietly draw-
ing from his pocket a short scattergrain nub
bin, said, “Look here. I have just rode
through a hundred acre field, and this is the
best ear of corn I could find. I sliai^t make
a support. I’ll be d—d if I do.” Whereupon
Charlie, with a sly wink at the crowd, respon
ded, “No, D, I don’t believe you will. You
couldn’t find even as good a specimen as that
in your field adjoining us.” There was an im
mediate tender of condolence to D, and D, who
not relishing the idea of being an object of
compassion, quickly rejoined, “Charlie, my
>x>rn it. better than yours—I’ll eat the devil if
it aint, and besides, I’ve got thousands of peas
and potatoes, and Til bet any amount Til have
plenty of corn to dt me, and three thousand
bushels to sell. I'll be d—d if I don’t" At
this sudden change of “crop prospects,” the
“high dome” rung with a hearty laugh, in
which D hunsell, Curly cornered, was obliged
*o participate. Yours, Occasional.
NORTH WESTERN VIRGINIA
The good news which sheds its halo on our I others were secured by their masters, who pur-
cause is coming to us now from North-west | gued them, but the number recovered was
Virginia 1 We undemtand that our troops are sma „ Most of tbose uken wt . re
near Clarksburg, if indeed they have not pos-I, . , . ,
session, and that their progress is onward! j J,lt in some instances men, women and child-
We hope they will catch our dear “Governor ren were taken, leaving plantations eutirely
Pierpoint” before long. | destitute. Some of the plantations were deso
Clarksburg is the county seat of Harrison, I latecl and turned into barren wastes. In one
and is on the line of the Parkersburg and Graf I ■ . „ , ... _ . , ec
ton railroad 6 I lustAnce near Huntsville, not a pannel of fen
It is stated, too.that Carlile is, beyond doubt, cin K Wk8 left » lon g tl,e *" tirr in olhcrs
making speeches in opposition to Lincoln's war. they were consumed for miles, and stock left
M e trust that Our Government will be very cle-| to graze and destroy at pleasure. In many
merit towards such as may abandon their op- oaM , s i( wjU bl . allm , st an impossibility to ga
position to the Southern cause, and prove here- I , , ,
after loyal. It may be hard to forgive, in the tier tle t:ro P !i . cr to prepare for next years
case of many ; but much allowance Ls to be | planting. Hie town ot Huutsvills was but lit
made in numerous instances ; and as to all,the I tie injured, but the suburbs and vicinity suffer-
duty of a free government coincides with the ed g rea tly, and the machinery of the depot of
dictates of true policy—to be very lenient to- I,, . .... , ,
wards political oi£nc4 when they ire repented lhe * nd Charleston Railroad was bro-
of, or are no longer dangerous. ken U P »*“1 destroyed ; the depot buildings
For the sake of seeing Virginia a unit, we were not burned. Between Huntsville and
would be willing to pardon even PierponL Let Stevenson, the country is desolated aud desert
us not imitate the conduct of the North,breath- ^ Jackso „ county having been left almost en-
mg confiscation and death, but while maintain- U. ,
ini our cause with courage and energy, let us V™** r '"habitants or sign ol animal
if possible, win by our moderation those com- | 1 depot at Cauideu is destroyed. The
munities that are to forma part of our Com-| town of Woodville is burned to the ground,
monwealUi, back to their duty and their frater- and from that place to Bellefonte, scarcely a
nal relations. Rich. Enquirer. I house ia left standing. Blackened ruins is all
Although the above may be considered as tha t remain. The bridge over Paint Rock river
straining clemency a point or two, yet we be- I (probably 200 feet loo.gj was unfortunately
lieveit will be a safer and better error than the i, urne d by our men aft er the Feds had passed
system of confiscation and proscription adop- lbe road the second qinie, and the depot at
ted by the Lincoln Government We were Larkinsville was, we fear, causelessly destroy-
sorry to see, a few days ago, in the East Ten- I ed
nessee papers sweepingly retributive measures Tiie Federals are s: lid to have declared the
recommended against the Union men of Ten-1 independence of Jackson County, admitting
nessee, who it seems, arej coming back con- that they bad sustain .ed more loss and stouter
vinced of the folly and futility of the cause resistance from that county than from any
they have pursued. It may be well to punish | portion of the country elsewhere. Of the
the leaders, but to visit any largt portion of | ■Ith Ohio cavalry numbering perhaps 1,000
their deluded followers with severe retribution | on their arrival, nut more than three 300 re-
would be poor policy. The most of them, in | tnained. They were mainly bushwacked.—
effect, were but victims to their own ignorance j ^he citizens, with very few exceptions, were
and gullibility. | w 'ld with rejoicing at their departure. Judge
A HOPEFUL MAN I Ge0 - W - Lsne left with his friends. Jere
Bennett’s Herald, speaking cf the present Cleu,uns rema,n!i hurt boarded Federal officers
military status with Yankeedo n says, “what I dunn « the,r sU >’’ N,ck Davis is considered
therefore, looks now like a deep, rate cruU on
true. There w» >re some few who bought and
sold cotton, one of whom, (Hickman) former
proprietor of the Madison Hotel, was re
quired to give a bo nd of $40,000 for his ap
pearance. The Fed erals, also at their depar-
sion for hope even in the very desperation of I J ure . !eft , f " few ^ ‘ Unio ? men than they
. . ww . . a aJv i it found, and their bi tterest foes arc in Athens,
the crisis. He hopes because He “Grand y n - Al . the last nUce in > he Stl -
Krei.ia ■c*e !• ihf Cou»cripi l.an.
We learn that a party of men in Marion Co.,
in this State, have defied the Enrolling Officer
in this district, and are in armed resistance to
the execution of the Conscription law. The
party does not number more than about a half
a dozen, but they are armed with double-bar
reled shot guns, and swear vengeance against
any man who shall endeavor to compel them
to perform their duty to their country. We
understaig,,that some of them were arrested by
the SheriL^jf the county, but were subsequent
ly rescured. Captain Croft knows his duty, and
will perform it, though it lead to bitterness, or
something worse. The best advice we can give
these misguided men, is to use the arms, which
they now threaten to otnploy against the con-,
stituted authorities of the land, in fighting th£
common enemy. It is their only means of es
cape from disgrace and condign punishment.—
Timet.
The above from the Columbus Times, re
minds us that we have had on hand for several
days the evidence of a still worse combination,
said to be in Coffee county. Our correspondent
is a gallant officer in the Confederate service.
We say nothing, because we know nothing of
the justice of his strictures upon the chief En
rolling Officer, who we have always supposed
has been active in the discharge of his duty !
By Etectric Telegraph | Richmond, 18th.—In the Senate to day, the
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, 11th.—Late Northern papers re
ceived here indicate that serious apprehension
of invasion are felt at Harrisburg, and Phila
delphia; at the former place business was
suspended and the citizens are forming into
companies and drilling.
The Mayor of Philadelphia recommends the
citizens to iorm a military organization to re
pel invasion. -
. In the Senate to-day the resolutions submit
ted yesterday by Haynes, of Tenn., was refer
red to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill was passed declaring that the first sec
tion of an act passed February 18th, 1861, con
cerning the exemption of certain goods from
duty, remains in full force. The exemption
bill was further discussed by Messrs. Henry, of
Tenn., and Maxwell, of Fla. The House ses
sion was occupied in further discussion of the
Conscript bill.
Mk. Cushy: I am not an alarmist, but in
perilous times like these, is it not the duty of
every true Southerner to watch closely the ac
tions of suspicious characters, that they may
be dealt with ? It seems, Mr. Editor, that there
is woree than bad^ management on the part of
the enrolling officers of this State. Not 200
miles from the lovely city ol Macon, open re
bellion to the laws of our Government, is now
assuming an unpleasant magnitude. A num
ber of men have banded themselves together,
armed, equiped, and provisioned themselves,
to resist the enrollment under the Conscript
Act. The band has been in process of organi
zation for the past several weeks, as it were,
immediately under the observation of the chief
enrolling officer of the State or his sub-agents,
and yet no vissible step are being taken by him
to put a stop to the rebellious conduct of these
unworthy men. Indeed his entire acts in con
nection with the duties of his office, seems to
be made up of one continued series of blun
ders, coupled with a never ending desire to det
lay as long as possible the complete enrollmen-
of the State.
The last accounts I had from this band of
outlaws, (ten days since) they then numbered
forty and increasing daily in numbers, and
strength, and corrupting influence, and I was
informed by gentlemen of unquestionable ve
racity, that this band had secured aud provis
ioned a house and arranged it iri the manner ol
a military castle, with a determination to re
sist to the last extremity, their capture. How
is it Mr. Clisby tbat such things are permitted
to continue among us't Is it not the duty of
Major Dunwoody to remove these grievances
instanter ? He certainly is not ignorant of the
case in question. And if he is inforined of the
facts herein mentioned, and does not initiate
steps to arrest these outlaws and traitors, he
is unfited tor the duties assigned him and
should be removed from the responsible po
sition he occupies, and a competent person
appointed in his stead. Observer.
Aug. 30th, 1862.
on our part, may, in reality, be the opening oft
the final triumph of the Union a tns.” Here is f
a case in which the New York Iferald may af
ford us a profitable example. He finds occa-1
ton Army" is within seven miles of the Con
federate Capital, and he hopes because it is driv
en in defeat and disgrace from the soil of Vir
ginia and the victorious rebels lire threatening
Washington. If in the gloou of present as
pects he can see the “opening of the final tri
umph of the Union arms” in tie subjugation of
avast territory like the South,s ..rely nothing so
bad is likely to happen to is in which we
should lose sight of hope tDd faith in the ulti
mate and certain achievement of an honorable
peace and independence. This expression of
the Herald is well worthy of t emark as indica
tive of the state of feeling in th a North. In two
months that section has sunl from the zenith
of confidence in a speedy ant perfect extermi
nation of the rebellion to the acknowledgment
that, alter fifteen month’s warfare they have
reached a "desperate crisis. ’ Why then not
accept peace V
Ala., the last place in -the State to acknowl
edge allegiance to the Southern Confederacy,
Reported Fiuht op Jackson in Maryland
—A special despatch to the Charleston Cour
ier, from Richmond on the 12th, (last Friday,)
says that Stonewtll Jackson has fought a suc
cessful battle with, the enemy fifteen miles from
Baltimore. We doubt the news. It seem to us
had there been anything in it, the regular press
telegrams would have announced the fight be
fore now.
F#r Whiit means the following paragraph,
which we <:lip from the Northern news col
umns ? ’ Why shoul d the draft be postponed in
Ohio T Perhaps it i.s the intention to call out
all the militia:
The I>raft.—We understand that a dispatch
was received last night by a member of the
Military Committte from Gov. Tod to the effect
that the draft had been indefinitely postponed
in Ohio.—(Jincinna.ti En$ mirtr, 9<L
From thk Seat or War.—We have been
favored, says the Augusta Chronicle, with the
fallowing private dispatch :
Richmond, Sept. 13—-Jackson has had a
fight fifteen miles from Baltimore and was
successful. No details.
From a reliable source at Richmond earn
that one of the divisions of the Confederate
army was in or near Harrisburg, Pennsylva
nia. There is a general uprising against the
Federal Government throughout Maryland,
and fifteen thousand Marylanders had joined
the Confederate army.
FROM THE 12TH REGIMENT.
A letter from CapL J. G. Rogers, of the Cen
tral City Blues, 12th Regiment, dated Sept. 4,
two miles from Leesburg, says: “I have just
stopped a few minutes to rest, and let you know
aui well. We have had another fight. Okl
Capt. Brown was killed close by my side—shot
through the head. He was in charge of the
Brigade, and I in charge of the Regiment
had then to take his place, but next day made
application to be relieved, which was done, and
I am now in command of the Regiment again.
Two men of my company were wounded slight
ly : S. Johnson and W. F. Calver. Capt. I
Hardeman was taken prisoner, E. Lewis we*
killed. I have no time to write particulars. The>
fights were more terrific than those of Rich
mond. We killed and wounded 15,000 Yanks.
We arc now bound for either Baltimore or
Washingto*. Have about 160,000 troops.”
FROM THE WEST.
lk, 12th.—A special despatch to the
troillAdvertiser and Register dated Knox-
,st Tennessee, 11th instant, has the fol-
lowin
Dr. D. W. Strader arrived tills morning in
charge of a Yankee Stage bringing three pris
oners captured by Morgan on the 31st, at Co
lumbia, Kentucky.
He reports the Kentuckians docking to Mor
gan by hundreds, and a genera! uprising of the
people.
Buell’s army, it is Stk.’, has left Nashville,
taking the Edgefield Road to Bowling Green.
Gen. Bragg is in full chase of him.
The Knoxville Register Extra of to-day con
tains a letter from Morgan’s command, giving
glorious accounts of the progress of our cause.
Morgan is arresting prominent Union citi
zens and taking their bonds conditioned that
they are to be exchanged for Southerners or
report as prisoners of war.
Louisville dates of the 3d instant contain
£ull Nelson’s letter to the Cincinnati Gazette,
'admitting a total route at Richmond. He cen
sures Gen. Munson for bringing on a battle, iu
violation of orders.
All Government stores were removed from
Lexington previous to its capture. It was evac
uated on the 1st instant.
The Legislature, now in session at Louisville
passed resolutions calling out 50,000 men for
thirty days. Gov. Robinson’s Proclamation
calls the people to arms and appoints rendez
vous at Paris, Louisville, Bowling Green, and
Paducah. A perfect panic prevails.
Five hundred negroes, freed by Curtis, arri
ved at St. Louis on the 31st, and 200 more
were expected. Our men are rallying in Mis
souri.
Jackson, Miss. 11th.—Four thousand Con
federate prisoners arrived at Vicksburg yester
day—principally those captured at Fort Doncl-
son. They complain of barbarous treatment
by the Yankees.
Official information ha:* been received that
Gen. Pratt, with a force of Texans and Louisi
anians attacked the enemy at Bayou Lies&lma,
killing forty and capturing 144 prisoners, with
a battery of field pieces. Our loss one.
-Sept. IS-
resolution concerning the execution of Confed
erate soldiers by Gen. Bragg, without trial, was
further discussed. A substitute was finally
adopted requesting the President to inform the
Senate whether auy soldiers in the army ot the
Contsderate States have been shot by order of
any general officer without trial according to
the rules and legulatioi i* for the government of
the land forces, and if so, that he will lay be
fore the Senate all the information he has upon
the subject; and whether any steps have been
taken by the Executive in the matter.
The House bill passed to create the rank of
Lieut General in the Confederate army. A
bill to increase signal corps ; a bill to provide
for the payment of certain claims against the
Confederate States in Missouri; also a bill to
increase the pay of non-commissioned officets
and privates in the army. Yeas 76, nays 6.
The Conscript bill was further discussed.
(PRIVATE DISPATCH.)
Rapidan, 14th.—W. C. Singleton.—We (the
2d Georgia Battalion) leave here to-day for
Maryland. W. R. Singleton.
A CANDID ADMISSION.
The New York Times, of the (ith, in a leading
editorial, from which we made a brief extract yes
terday, make* the following remarkable confes
sion:
It is perfectly idle to conceal the fact that, as
we stand to-day, we are beaten; and the same
faults which hare beaten ua hitherto will, if con
tinued, beat us to the end of the chapter. If we
persist in the policy thus far pursued, if we have
not better Generals in the army, and better coun
cils in the Cabinet, and more vigor, a more high-
toned energy, a more resolute and well aimed de
termination in the Government than we have had
hitherto, the rebellion will conquer the Govern
ment, Jeff Davis will take Mr. Lincoln's seat, and
the Constitution of the Confederacy will replace
the Constitution of the United States. But with
such a reform promptly started and vigorously
carried out, we can conquer the rebels and restore
the ascendency of the National dag.”
The Lincolnites will never, for one moment, ad
mit the idea that they can be separated from the
much-loved South.” If they can’t subjugate aud
annex ua, they mean to be subjugated and annexed
themselves. If they can’t put Davis out of his
seat, they mean to put him in Lincoln’s. We tell
them “ 'Tis no use knocking at the door.”
Confederate Force in Maryland.—Two of
our correspondents have undertaken to name
the force which has crossed the Potomac.—
One says 150,000 men, and the other says over
a hundred thousand. We suppose neither know
much better than we do, although one is with
the force. We accept the statements, how
ever, as some evidence that the force is a
large one.
CONFEDERATE STATES CONGRESS.
Richmond, Sept. 12.—In the Senate, to-day,
a bill was reported to increase the number of
the General staff officers.
Nearly' the entire session was occupied in
the discussion of a resolution (or the appoint
ment of a select committee to inquire whether
certain soldiers in the Confederate army have
been executed without a trial. Before this re
solution was disposed of, the Senate went into
Execuiive session.
In the House, two resolutions from the Com 1
mittee on Military Affairs were reported and
discussed all day, and finally adopted. The
first tendering the thanks of Congress to Gen.
Lee, the officers, and men under his command,
for their late brilliant victory, was unanimously
adopted. The second, expressing the profound
satisfaction of Congress at the triumphant
crossing of the Potomac river by our victorious
army, and favoring the advance of our standard
into the territory of the enemy, was adopted—
yeas 63, nays 15. A motion to strike out the
clause relative to advance into the enemy’s
territory elicited a long debate, and was nega
lived—yeas 29, nays 62.
LATEST FROM THE NORTH AND EUROPE.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 12th.—Northern papers of
Sept, yth have been received here.
A despatch from Harrisburg, Pa., aunounces
the arrival of General Porter there to confer with
the Governor, as to the best mean* of checking
the advance of the enemy.
The Rebels are said to be entering Pennsylva
nia, in force, near Hanover.
The excitement at Cincinnati has subsided.—
Garibaldi has been defeated, wounded, and cap
tured in Itulv.
Lord rslmerston has made a speech highly
complimentary of the United States Government,
for its conduct in the settlement of the Trent af
fair.
Lord Brougham made a speech advocating a
complete and entire neutrality in American affairs.
Gold in New Pork was quoted at 119.
Sad Accident.—Lieut. Thomas Bell, ofCuth-
bert, fell k'rom the platform of the down train
of the Central|Railroad, when near Goirdon, on
Friday night, and was severely injured in the
head. He was brought back by th e return
train the same night, and expired Saturday
morning. He was, we understand, a very es
timable young Mian, and wo deeply regret the
sad catastrophe.
For the 12th Regiment.—Mr. John. Puckett
ill start for this regiment Monday n ight. All
wishing to send letters will please have them
at Geo, T. Rogers & Son’s store.
FROM MARYLAND.
Richmond, Slept 13th.—Northern papers of
the 10th have been received. They contain
despatches giving the whereabouts of the Con
federate army, which are contradictory; but
it appears certain that a large force was at
Hagerstown on the 8th. All the rolling stock
had been removed from Hagerstown and the
Telegraph Office evacuated.
The Baltimore correspondent of the Herald
says the excitement in Baltimore had increased
in intensity and there is every indication of a
popular outbreak.
Pope has been assigned to the Department
of the North West, head-quarters at St Paul,
Minnesota. Before leaving he preferred
charge of cowardice against Seigel, and of
disobedience of orders against Fitz John
Porter.
In New York gold stood at 118J. Cotton 68
cents, for Middling Uplands.
Hesitating about the Draft.—The time for
the Yankee draft has been extended in view of
the scarcity of arms—the government being
unable to arm 600,000 men at once. And, if
the preset * course of events continues, the gov
ernment will very soon be unable to arm a
corporal’s guard. The War Department offers
$16 apiece for the Springfield musket, but man-
ifacturers demand higher prices. The cost of
each musket is - lid to be $12 50.
We advise Mr. Lincoln to give out the draft
ing business .-'together. If volunteering will
not pay, v • u.-ir see how drafting unwilling
soldiers c .u bt uo io a better account.
Stealing Furniture.—The Lynchburg Vir
ginian learns upon unquestionable authority
that during 'he occupation of the Valley by
General Banks, for a portion of the time he
used the house of a wealthy gentleman named
Lewis Washington as his headquarters. Mrs.
General Banks was with her husband, and se
lected the best of the furniture in the house,
and shipped it north, to her home in Massachu
setts. Upon his return, Mr. Washington found
his house dismantled and robbed of its furni
ture, and inquiry disclosed the fact that the
wife of Major General Banks, had sent it off to
ornament her Northern home.
FROM THE WEST.
Mobile, 13th.—A special to the Evening
News, dated Knoxville, 12th, says that Lieut.
Col. Hart’s cavalry, belonging to CoL S. J.
Smith’s Georgia Legion, has just returned from
t he Cumberland mountains,where they encoun-
t* :red Col. Cliff’s brigade of renegade Tennea-
s« leans, near Jamestown. A desperate fight
et isued, in which fifty of the enemy were killed,
tit -enty taken prisoners and thirty horses cap->
tu red, without loss to the Confederates. Col.
Cl iff was taken prisoner.
THE NEW CONSCRIPTION BILL.
The following is a copy of the bill as it was
passed:
An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to
provide further for the public defence,” ap
proved 16th April, 1862.
Section 1. Tire Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That the President
be, and he is hereby authorized to call out and
place in the military service of the Confederate
States for three years, unless the wai shall have
been sooner ended, all white men who ure resi
dents of the Confederate States, tie, ween the
ages of thirty-five and forty-five years at such
times the call or calls mtj be made, and who
are not, at such time or times, legally even
ed from military service; such call or cal! iu
be made under the provisions and according to
the terms of the act to which this is an amend
meat: Provided, that nothing herein con
tained shall be understood as repealing or modi
fying any part of the act to which this is
amendatory, except as herein expressly stated
And provided further, That those called out
under the act and the act to which this is an
amendment, shall be first and immediately or
dered to fill to their maximum number the
companies,battalions, squadrons, and regiments
in the service for the respective States, at the
time the “Act further to provide for the pub
lic defence,” approved 16 th April, 1862, was
passed, and the surplus, if any, shall be assig
ned to organizations formed from each State
since the passage of that act, or placed in new
organizations or disposed of as now provided
by law : Provided,, That the President is auth
orized to suspend the execution of this act or
the acts to which this is an amendment, or any
special provision of said acts, in any locality
where he believes such suspension will promote
the public interest
The Killed and Wounded.—The list of
killed and wounded of the Yankee army, in
one day’s fight, fills three closely printed pages
of the Herald.
The Herald of the 2d publishes from bio
graphic sketches of six generals and six colo
nels killed in the recent battles.
The Herald says that nothing but the most
stupid blunder can prevent us from capturing
“ Stonewall ” Jackson and his entire force.
The Great Rock Fight.—We referred ye^
terd&v to the fact that a North Carolina reg:
merit,’ having exhausted their ammunition in
one of the late battles, took to pelting the Yan
kees with stones, and actually held them at
bay until a Louisiana regiment came to their
relief. The Richmond Examiner corroborate*
the statement, and gives the result of the fight
as follows:
Two gentlemen who, since the battle of th e
30th ulL, have been engaged in burying the
dead on the plains of Manassas, arrived at Gor
donsville yesterday. They report that near »
rocky cut in the railroad, which run* through
the battle field, they counted seventy Y'ankees
who had been killed with pieces of rock. The
rocks, clotted with blood, lay near, » nd in man ) r
cases upon the inanimate forms of the Yankee
soldiers. This account corrob>> r *tes the story
which we had previously heard of * regimen
of our men, during the battle off*? 6 30dl ’ a f| tel .
having exhausted their »munition, assailed
their adversaries with st« ce8 ^nd pieces
rock.
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