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VOLUME XXXII,]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, 0 € T 0 B E R 15, 1S6I.
[NUMBER 21.
Bp AUTHORITY.
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
of the Second Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
OF THE
I'ONEEDEKATE STATES.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
rotors or (iiiBruion*, arerequired by taw to *>e
i the tir-t Tuesday in the month; between (lie hours of
10 in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Courthouse in the county in which the property is sit
us'
Notice of t hear sales mus* be given in a publicga-
ie!ti I'J days pre«ious to the day of sale.
Notices forthe saie ot personal property must begiv
en : n iike manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must
•Iso he published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must b«
published for two months.
1861.
[Kb. 241.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the expenses of
y. R ;. ,i,vermn '"the Legislative, Executive and
i Departments, for the year ending eigh-
of February, eigliteen hundred and sixty*
Cnations for let tors of Vdministiafion Guardians’in
Sic., must be published 3!l days—for dismission from
Ad ninistration, monthly sic: months—for dis.i.ission
irom Guardianship, 10 days.
Kola*for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
m inth'y far four months—lor establishing lost papers.
forthe foil space of three months—fnr compelling titles
fr.en Executors or administrators, where bond has been
given by the deceased, the full space of three
month*.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered
ettlie following
RATES:
Citations, on letters of administration, Ac. $2 75
“ “ dismissory from Admr’n.
“ “ “ Guardianship.
Leave to sell Land or Negroes
Notice to debtors and creditors.
Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr.
Sale of land or negroes by .Executors, Ac. pr sqr. 5 00
Estrrys. *wo weeks 1 50
For a man advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 00
•[ 50
3 00
4 00
3 00
1 50
GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A.& W. W. TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
J nd if
tetiiit
two.
TIid C‘»rvre«g<»f the Confederate .State? of America
do enact, 1 bat the follow ing Hums be, and the same
are hereby appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects
hereafter expressed, for the y?ar ending the eighteenth
of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two :
Legislative.—For compensation nu-.l mileage of
members of Congress, forty-five thousand dollars.
Kxm utivk.—For contingent am! telegraphic ex
penses of tlie Executive office, two thousand five
hundred dollais.
Department of Justice.—For incidental and con
tingent expenses, including printing and advertising
the laws, twit thousand five hundred dollars.
For salary of the Law Clerk of the Department ol
Jiisiice, eight hundred and seveuty-tive dollar*.
For salary of Superintendent, of Public Printing,
and Clerk aud Messenger in his office, tliree thousand
dollars.
For purchase of naper for the printing of Congress
five Departments, undet the fourth sec-
and the Executive Departments, uurtei Uie tour,h sec
tionof tlie act of May fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, seven thousand dollars.
Treasury Department.—For oue Chief Clerk to
aid the First Auditor in auditing the accounts of the
Post Office Department, at two thousand dollars per
annum, per act approve I May sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, the sum of one thousand five
hundred and thirteen doll ;rs and ninety-seven cents.
For fifteen clerks, at twelve hundred dollars en« h,
the sum of thirteen thousand six hundred aud twenty-
five dollars and eighty-two cents.
For fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each,
thesnmot ten thousand five hundred and ninety-seven
dollars and eighty-five cents.
For one messenger, at five hundred dollars per an
num, the sum of three hundred and seventy-eight dol
lars and forty-nine cents.
For one Chief Clerk fi»r Second Auditors office, at
fourteen hundred dollars per annum, pci act approved
ninety-nine thousandeths, shall be deeised equal to
fifteen dollars aud sixty cents.
Approved Aug. 24, IftCl.
[No- 253.]
AN ACT to fix the fees and costs in Admiralty ca
scs.
The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri-
ica do enact; That for all sendees rendered by
clerks, marshals, and district attorneys in admiralty ca
ses in the Confederate Courts, and for which no coin
pensation is now fixed by law, there shall be paid to
said officers, an t allowed to them in the settlement of
their accounts, the same eostaand fees as were allowed
under the laws of the United States in like cases, which
were in force on the eighteenth February, eightecu
hundred and sixty-one.
Approved Aug. 29,1861.
[No. 2543.]
AN ACT to amend the second section of “an net con
cerning the transportation of soldiers and allowance
for clothing of Volunteers, and amendutory of th
act for tiie establishment and organization of th'
army of the Confederate States. ”
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the Secretary of War be,
and he is hereby authorized and required to provide,
as far as possible, clothing for the entire forces of the
Confederate States, and to furnish the same to every
regiment or company upon the requisition of the com
mander thereof, the quantity. qualitv ami kind thereof
to be established by requisition of the Department, to
be approved by the President: and, in case any State
shall furnish to its troops and volunteers in the Con
federate service such clothing, then the Secretary of
War is required to pay over to the Governor ot
such State the money value of the clothing so fur
nished.
Sec. 2. The commander of every volunteer com
pany shall have the privilege of receiving commuta
tion for clothing at the rate of twenty-five dollars per
man for every six months, w hen they shall have fur
nished their owu clothing.
Approved Aug. JO, 1861.
ri s s ' May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the
LaiORlOn* vi sum of one thousand forty-four dollars and thirty-nine
October, 18, 1859.
21 ly.
COATES & W00LF0LK
mi tar cIm use anti Commission
m MERCHANTS,
ARE now open nml prepared for the reception of
Cotton ot (heir NEW FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE,
opposite Hardeman & Sparks. We will endeavor t
prove ourselves worthv of the patronage of those wli
will favor us with their business. Liberal advance
made on cotton when desired.
Macon Ga., Sept. 21, 1853.
18 tf.
JO arc T. BOWDOIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ElfOSTOS. (II.
Eatonton, Ga., Feb. 14, i860. 33 tf.
BOARDING.
M V HOUSE will be open for transient ami retju
lar boarders. JAMES E. HAYGOOD.
Mill edge vWe, Jan. 18tli, 1801. 35 tf.
NOTICE.
T HE UNDERSIGNED having bought the es
tablishment of Ills iriend F. SHOENBEIN,
deceased, respectfully informs the public, that li
will continue the business in the same form and
respectfully solicits i bare of public patronage.
WM. SCHEIIUXG.
Milledgeville, July 15, icfil. 6 lyr.
WATER 1’iPES,
FIRE BRICKS, AC.
ritliu NOmiEltX PKOCEIiAISf MAM -
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are now piepared to furnish nt short notice WATER
PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitrious body
suitable for conduit pipes for cities, &c.. from twenty-
six inches diameter to.me inch, capable of sustaining a
pressure of 150 head of water.
ALSO,
FIREBRICKS which have no superior.
We also manufacture all kinds of O. C. and Granite
Ware, and would most respectfully solicit oidcrs for
the above goods. W. II. FARROW,
12 3m Agt. Kaolin, S. C.
ITWAB.!
VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS
OUT 1C TO OH3DER.
miiE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit
any County in the State, and Ct-'T Uniforms
for Companies, and warrant a good fit.
Orders respectfully solicited.
Hr Address, THOMAS BROWN,
Merchant Tailor.
Full &ett of Patterns for Uniforms
seat to any part of the State, upon the receipt <■! ifittt).
Milledgeville. Ga., July 15, J8t : l, 8 tf
BOOK-BIDING
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pared to d>> Book-Bind
ing", in all its branches.
Old Books rebound. «kc.
MUSIC bound in tlio best style. Blank Books
manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be
given to all work euttusted to me.
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SLATING—SLATING.
W. E. ELLIOTT,
PRlCTH.tL SLATER V\!> DEALER IX
EE ST SLATES,
RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA.,
I S now ready to do any work in bis line of busi
ness—Slating, and warranted free fioin Leak-
age.
■trpnir* la old Stair Roofs nltinil:<1 to
Promptly.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory
oflron Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs.
Fountains. Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes,
Figure*. &c ,&c., and all other Iron Work ot a
decorative character.
Unclosing Otarlrry I.ots will receive his par-
tienlnr Attention.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble
Monument Works, likewise for the Steam Marble
Mantle Works.
Designs of all. with prices, can be seen at bis
office, up stairs, over Morning News office. Bay
Street, Savannah, Ga.
A specimenjof our work may be seen on the
Depot building ir< Milledgeville.
Reference—G. W. Adams. Superintendent C
R. R. Savannah.
23 dds&wtf.
50 Saw Colion Gin for Sole.
ONE of WATSON S best TO Saw Cotton Gius,
is offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal
to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow
ners having no use for it. Any planter wanting a
good Gin, can have a chance to get one at a re
duction on the regular price. Apply at this office,
•ioiN. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany.
Confederate
fpREASURY Notes and Bonds taken nt PAR for
Furniture or Notes and Accounts due.
WOOD Sl CO., Macon,Ga.
rills,
rty-
For Five Clerks,per sr.me net, at twelve hundred
dollars each, the eum of four thousand four hundred
and seventy-six dollars.
For five clerks, per same nef.nt one thousand dollar.-
each, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and
thirty dollars.
Judiciary.—For salaries ot .fudges and District
Attorneys of the Confederate States, and incidental
and contingent expenses of Courts, twenty-two thou
sand dollars.
Public Debt.—For interest on the public debt, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Approved Aug. 24,1861.
[No. 245.]
AN ACT to authorize the issne of inscribed slock in
the stead of Coupon Bonds.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That in all cases where bonds
are authorized to be issued under the acts of Congress,
to raise money tor the use of the Confederate States,
the Secretary of the Treasury, nt the request of the
party interested, may cause to be issued, instead of
Bonds, Certificates of Inscribed Stock, payable to or
der, transferable at the Treasury for the same amount
ot principal, at the same rate of interest, and pay
able at the same dates as are prescribed for the
Bonds.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any per
son shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause,
or procure to be talsely made, forged or counterfeited,
or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, or forging,
or counterfeiting any certificate of stock, in imitation
of or purporting to be, a certificate of stock, issued in
accordance with the provisions of any acts of Congress
authorizing the issue of any certificate ot stock, or
shall pass, utter or publish, < r attempt t<> pass, utter or
publish, us true, any false, forged or counterfeited cer
tificate of stock, purporting to be a certificate of stock
as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely made,
forged, or counterfeited, or shall falsely alter, or cause
or procure to be falsely altered, or willingly aid or assist
in falsely altering any certificate of stock, issued as
aforesaid, or shall pie-s, utter, or pjblish.or attempt to
utter or publish, as true, any falsely altered cer-
pas-
tifieate of stock, issued us aforesaid, knowing the same
to be falsely altered, every such person shall be deemed
andadjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof con
victed Itv due course of law, shall be sentenced to be
imprisoned and kept at labor for a period ot not less
than three years, uoi more than ten years, ami be fined
in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Approved, Aug. 24, 1861.
[No. 246.]
AN ACT to establish Assay Offices at Charlotte and
Dablunega.
Section I. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That the President be, and lie is
hereby authorized to appoint an Assayer at Charlotte
North Carolina, and another at Datilonega, iu the
State of Georgia, whose duty it shall be to assay and
certify the fineness and value of such gold and silver
ns may be submitted to them respectively to be as
sayed.
See. 2. The said Assayers ahull, respectively, execute
a bund of the Confederate States, with sufficient sure
ties, iu such sum as may be approved by the Secre
tary of the Treasury, to discharge the duties of his office
ami shall take oath to discharge the said duties and
to support the Conaititution of the Confederate States;
whereupon t he Secretary of the Treasury shall place in
his charge, and subject to liis Use, the buildings used
for the mint, uud ttie tools uud implements used there-
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said Assayer to
lake proper care of the said buildings, grounds ami
properly, keep I he same in good repair, and to restore
the same to the Confederate Slates in like condition iu
which they were received; he stmllhotd his office for
two years; aud shall employ under him, at such rates
as he may agr e upon, such workmen uud inferior
officers us lie may see fit.
Sec. 4. The whole expense of the establishment shall
he defrayed by the Assayer; and, iu order to defray
the same and to receive a reasonable compensation for
his service, he shall be entitled to retain from all
metals or ores submitted to him for assay, such
iguorageor charge as will enable him to receive
un animal salary not exceeding two thousand dol
lars.
Sec. 5. The said Assayers shall, from time to time,
ns required by tlic Secretary of the Treasury, make
an accurate report of ail proceedings at their offices,
in such formas may be requited by the Secretary ; and
tbeirofficers shall, at all times; be subject to such or-
dersand regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury
may from time to time, make or direct.
Approved Aug.21,1861.
AN ACT inakin;
[No. 247.]
additional appropriations for the
[No. 257.]
AX ACT to authorize the establishment of recruiting
stations lor Volunteers from t lie States of Kentucky,
M issouri, Maryland and Delaware.
Section 1. 'I he Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the President be, and lie is
hereby authorized to establish recruiting stations with
in the Confederate States for the reception of volun
teers into the military service of the Confederate
States from among persons who are, or have been,
ressdentsof the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Mary
land and Delaware.
See. 2. That the President be authorized to grant
commissions ns Captains to such persons as he may
think fit to raise and command companies to be com
posed ot sueli volunteers; upon the condition, how
ever, that such officers shall not hold rank or receive
pay until such companies have been raised ami are
mustered into service.
See. 3. Whenever such recruits sliall amount to a
sufficient number to be formed into companies, the
President may direct the same to be organized, ap-
poiutingall commissioned officers of the several com
panies in addition to the captains provided for in the
preceding section. And such companies may lie or
ganized into regiments in like manner, under the di
rection of the President.
See. 4. Until such recruits shall amount to a suffi
cient number to be organized into companies, they
sbail receive no compensation except their clothing
and rations.
Approved August 30, 1861. 20 4t.
XVe I’nrled in Nileiire.
BT MRS. J. CRAWFORD.
We. parted in silence, we parted by nigh’,
On the banks of that lonely river :
Where the fragrant limes their boughs unite,
We met—and we parted forever !
The night bird sang, and the stars above
Told many a touching story
Of friends long passed to the kingdom of love,
Where the soul wears its mantle of glory !
We parted in silence; our cheeks were wet
With the tears that were past controlling;
We vowed we would never—no, never—forget.
And those vows at the time were consoling;
But those bps that echoed the sound of mine
Are as cold as that lonely river ;
And that eye, the beautiful spirit's shrine,
Has shrouded its fires fotever !
And now on the midnight sky I look.
And my heart grows full of weeping ;
Each star is to me a sealed book,
Some tale of that loved one keeping.
We parted in silence, we parted in tears,
On the banks of that lonely river;
But the odor and bloom of those by-gone years
Shall hang o'er its waters forever '
From the Richmond Dispatch.
The Battle of Lexington.
We received on yesterday tlic New
York Herald, of October 1st, and the
Baltimore Sun of the 30th September,
from which we gather the following intel
ligence :
Details of the Battle of Lexington, Mis-
Navy of the Confederate States, for the year ending
*red and sixty-
Fehrunry eighteenth, eighteen hundre
two.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact. That there be appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury, uot otherwise appropriated,
forthe year ending Februan eighteenth, eighteen
hundred aud sixty-two. the following sums lor the
Navy:
Fiir the purchase mid building ot steamers and
gun-boats for roast defences of the Confederate States,
the sum of riftv thousand doilur
The Herald copies the following full
account of the surrender of Lexington from
the Chicago Tribune :
Preliminary Movements.
On Sunday, September 1st, the Irish
Brigade^ Col. James A. Mulligan, who
were then in a partially entrenched camp
at Jefferson City, were ordered to pro
ceed to Lexington, Lafayette county, one
hundred miles up the river, to reinforce
the troops already at that place, under
Col. Peabody, consisting of several hun
dred Home Guards, a few Kansas troops,
and a portion of the Missouri Stli Regi
ment,' Col. White, with 700 of the 1st
Regiment Illinois Cavalry, Colonel T. M
Marshall. These latter had preceded Col.
Mulligan’s force one week in their advance
from Jeffersou City.
Col. Mulligan’s arrival with the Irish
Brigade swelled the force at Lexington to
about 3.500 men, Col. Mulligan taking
the command as senior officer. The
Brigade reached Lexington Monday, Sep
tember 9, and found the attack by the en
emy under General Piice, imminently
threatening. No time was lost in the
work of entrenching their position, chosen
about midway between the new and old
towns of Lexington, which are about a
mile a part, connected by a scattering set
tlement. Midway stands a solid brick
edifice, built fora college, and about this
a small breastwork had been already be
gun
By Col. Mulligan’s orders this was ex-
! tended, and the troops set about the con-
I struction of an earthwork, ten feet in
i»»': * ■»><*•w****■» **>)•■
two thousand five hundred aud twenty'-three dollars. | enclosing a large area capable of contain-
For raising the ships of the-line Columbus, Dela j j nff a force of 10,000 men. The army
ware,Pennsylvania, uuil the brig Dolphin, the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For pay, subsistence, and other wants of five hun
dred additional seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen
und boys, aud firemen and coal beavers, the sum ot
finely thousand dollars.
For medical supplies and surgeon's necessaries, the
in:; of four thousand dollars.
To pay employees at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Yir
giiiin, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred und
sixty-one, to the eighteenth of February, eighti en
hundred anil sixty-two. the sum of six thousand seven
hundred dollars.
For floating defences for New Orleans. Louisiana,
eight hundred thousand dollars.
To construct sub-marine batteries for the destruc
tion of vessels, fifty thousand dollars.
To construct a centrifugal gun, invented hv Charles
S. Dickinson, subject to the condition of the Act
passed for that purpose, five thousand dollars.
For expenditures in tile Ordnance Di partment of
the Navy Yard at Norfolk, for the year ending Feb
ruary eighteenth, eighteen hundred and Sixty two,
one 'hundred aud fifteen thousand uud fifty-one dol-
larw.
For the construction, equipment and armament of
two iron-clad gun-boats, for the defence of the Missis
sippi river and the city of Memphis, one hundred and
■ixty-tliousund dollars.
Approved Aug. 21,1861.
Amerieus, Albany, Cutlibert, Fort Gains, Griffin aud
Millefi^eviile papers wd 1 please copy Bix months and
•end hill. (4 ftm. W.&CO.
FOIL SALE.
CVFBEIO& TENT CLOTH,
O weighing »2 ozs per yr.rd, 30 inches wide,
in Bales containing about t>20 yards, manufac
tured by Ocmulgee Mills.
Apply to isaac scorr,
July 18th, 1861. (9 Groos*) Macon. Ga.
JACOB S CORDIAL will relieve et once the most
olwtiuate case of Dir.rrhooen, and dysentery, no mat-
how severe or violeot, itcootroU with the utmost
wjothing the mucous lining of the intestinal
t * n *l, allaying all irritation and, brings about a speedy
cure.
. ■•■eofc’a (la-dial, which is an excellent remedy
or cough, colds, pain in the breast, inflamed throat. Sec
“*7 be found at tbo Drug Store of Hzbtt St Hall.
[No. 248]
AN ACT to repeal the fourth section of “an net to
regulate foreign coins in the Confedeiate States, '
approved March 16th, 1861, aud for other purposes.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do euact, That from and after the passage
of this Act. the fourth section of “An Act to regulate
Foreign Coins in the Confederate Stctes," approved
March 16,1861. be, and the same is hereby repealed,
and that hereafter the following gold coin shall pass
current as money within the Confederate States of
America, and be receivable for tile payment of all
debts and demands at the following rates, that is to
sav : The Sovereign of England, of no lees a weight
than five pennyweights and three grains, and of the
fineness of (91o 1-2) nine hundred aud fifteen and one-
half thousandeths, shall be deeme 1 equal to four dol
lars and eighty-five cents; the Napoleon, of the weight
ol not less thnn (4dwt. and 3 1-2 grains,/ four penny
weights, three grains and one half, and of a fineness of
not less than (8991 eight hundred and niuety-nine
tiiousandetlis, sliall be deemed equal to three dollars
aud eighty-five cents; the Spanish and Mexican
Doubloons, of no less a weight than (17 dwt. 8 1-2 gn» )
seventeen pennyweights, eight grains and one-half, and
of the fineuess of not less than (899) eight hundred and
train, consisting of numerous mule teams,
six mules to a team, was brought within
this. The supply of entrenching tools be
ing inadequate, a thorough search was
made through both towns, and every de
scription of suitable or available imple
ments appropriated. The work was push
ed with great vigor, the heavy muscle of
the brigade telling well as brave fellows
toiled in the trenches. This went on for
three days, until Thursday, the 12tli, at
which time the portion of the work as
signed to the Irish Brigade was well ad
vanced, that of the Home Guard be
ing weak on the west of New Lexington
side.
Of Lexington it should be. said in ad
vance that it has been considered a most
important point by the rebel forces, and
their preparations for its capture and oc
cupancy abundantly declare this. Among
other proofs that it was a coveted prize
was the fact that Claib Jackson and his
Legislature had been in session there as
late as only the week previous to the ar
rival of Col. Mulligan, holding their ses
sions in the Court House, whence Claib.
fulminated a proclamation counter to that
of Gen. Fremont. When this worthy
body prudently retired before the Fed
eral troops, they did so in such haste that
eight hundred dollars in gold coin, and
the State seals left in the vault of the
bank, fell into the hands of Colonel Pea
body.
The college building, within the forti
fication, became Col. Mulligan’s headquar
ters. The magazine and treasure were
stored in the cellar and suitably protected.
The hospital of our troops was located
just outside the entrenchments, in a north
westerly direction. The river at that
point is about half a mile wide, and about
half a mile distant from tlio fortifiea-
to their camp dishes, carefully saving the
id t' -----
priceless fluid thus obtained. Rations al
so began to grow short. The fighting at
this time, from the 10th to the 21st, knew
little cessation. The nights were brilliant
moonlight, and all night long the roar of
the guns continued, with an occasional
sharp sortie and skirmish without the
works.
From the first but one spirit pervaded
our troops, and that was no thought or
word of surrender, except among some of
the Home Guards, who had done the least
share of the work and the fighting. The
cavalry behaved nobly, and could the full
details be written up, some of their sharp,
brave charges on the enemy's guns,
would shine with any battle exploits on
record.
Gen. Price sent Col. Mulligan a sum
mons to surrender, to which the gallant com
mander sent a refusal, saying, ‘If you want
us, you must" take us.’ But the defection
aud disheartenment of the Home Guards
intensified daily, and on Friday, the 21st,
while Col. Mulligan was giving his atten
tion to some matters in another portion of
the camp, the white flag was raised at his
own instance by Major Becker, of the
Home Guards, from the portion of the en
trenchment assigned to him.
Capt. Simpson, of the Earl Rifles, call
ed Col. Mulligan’s attention to Major Beck
er’s action instantly, and the Jackson
Guard, Capt. McDermott, of Detroit, were
sent to take down the flag, which was
done. The heaviest part of the fight of
the day followed in a charge upon the
nearest battery of the enemy, the Illinois
cavalry suffering severely.
tions. The bluff there is high and abrupt,
the steamboat landing being at New Lex
ington.
The first Evidences of the Approachnig
Contest.
After these several days of anxious
watching and unremitting toil by the lit
tle force, on the afternoon of Thursday,
the 12th inst., scouts and advanced pickets
driven in reported the near approach of
the rebels. At this time Col. Mulligan
had a portion of his small artillery iu read
iness. We had only six brass pieces and
two howitzers, but having no shell, the lat
ter wereu seless. Two pieces belonged to
the Kansas City company, and were work
ed by them splendidly. The cavalry com
pany had only their side arms and pistols,
and having no carbines or rilie*, could do
nothing at long range. Several mines
were laid in front of the entrenchments by
our men.
The attack on Thursday, the 12th, was
led by Gen. Rains in peison, with a bat
tery of nine pieces of artillery on the an
gle least prepared to resist assault. The
enemy were repulsed with heavy loss. In
the fight companies I, Captain Fitzgerald;
K, Capt. John Quirk, and G, Capt. Phil
lips, did gallant service.
As stated, the hospital had been located
on the bank, below the new town, and
contained about twenty-four patients.—
The attacking party did not spare or re
spect this building. They were met by
the Montgomery Guard, Capt. Gleeson,
who made a brave resistance, but were
driven hack, with the loss of twenty-five
of their men killed and wounded. Capt.
Gleeson was shot through the jaw and
badly wounded. The gallant Montgom
ery made many of the Texans bite the
dust. This fight was very fierce. Some
of the sick were actually bayonetted or
sabred in their cots. Rev. Father But-
tler, an esteemed Catholic clergyman of
this city, and the Chaplain of the Irish
brigade, was wounded in tlic forehead by
a hall which passed across it, layiitg open
the skin, lie was taken prisoner, as was
also Dr. Winer, Surgeon of the brigade,
thus depriving the regiment of the valua
ble services of both during the dark and
trying days that followed preceding the
surrender.
r l he issue of the 12th warned the ene
my that they had a task before them which
was no easy one, and they commenced on
Friday morning a new system of approach
es. They scoured the entire region for its
staple, hemp in bales. These were tlior-
oughly wetted as a safeguard against red-
hot shot, and then were skillfully used to
mask the batteries of tlic rebels, and
rolled forward as they made their ad
vance-
The fight went on thus for several days,
the enemy bringing more of their artillery
into action. Following the skirmish of
Thursday, Mulligan ordered a portion of
the old town on the east to be burned, to
prevent the rebels from gaining therefrom
the advantage of shelter. Meanwhile the
little garrison, already worn by labor on
the entrenchments, began to look eagerly
for the coming of reinforcements.
On the 10th, Col. Mulligan had sent
Lieut. Rains, of Company K, of the brig
ade, with a squad of twelve men, on the
steamer Sunshine, to Jefferson City, one
hundred and sixty miles distant, pressing
the necessity for reinforcements. Forty
miles below the Sunshine was captured,
and Rains and his men brought back to
New Lexington and lodged as prisoners iu
the old Fair Ground- Other messengers
were sent off to guard against the failure
of any one.
The enemy were in sufficient force to
throw out parties to intercept the Federal
troops en route for the relief of Col. Mulli
gan. Thus, a detachment of 5,000 strong
met and turned back 1,500 Iowa troops
from Richmond, sixteen miles from the
river, they retreating, it is reported, to
St. Joseph. Our informant says heavy
cannonading was heard at a distance sev
eral times by them in various directions
from Lexington, which they understood to
be encounters between the enemy and
these relief parties.
Progress of the Siege—The situation of
Fcderals becoming Desperate.
The situtation of tlic Federal troops
grew more desperate as day after day
passed. Within their lines were picketed
about the wagons and train- a large num
ber of horses and mules, nearly three thou
sand in all, now a serious cause of care and
anxiety; for as shot and shell plunged
among them, many of the animals were
killed and wounded, and from the strug
gles of these latter danger of a general
stampede was imminent. The havoc in
the centre of the entrenchment was im
mense. Wagons were knocked to pieces,
stores scattered and destroyed, and the
ground strewn with dead horses and
mules.
Ou Monday, the lGth, an evil from the
first apprehended fell upon Col. Mulli
gan’s command. They were cut off from
the river and their water gave out. For
tunately, a heavy rain, at intervals, came
greatly to their relief. But to show how
severe the straits of the men, the fact may
he stated of instances occurring where sol-
uiers held their blankets spread out until
thoroughly wet, and then wrung them in
Hope Abandoned—The Surrender—Af
fecting Scene. •
The Home Guards then left the outer
work and retreated within the line of the
inner entrenchments* about the college
building, refusing to fight longer, and here
again raised the white flag, this time from
the center of the fortifications, when the
fire of the enemy slackened and ceased.
Undertbis state of affairs Colonel Mulli
gan, calling liis officers into council, de
cided to capitulate, and Capt. McDermott
went out to the enemy’s lines with a hand
kerchief tied to a ramrod, and a parley
took place. Major Moore, of the brigade,
was sent to Gen. Trice's headquarters, at
New Lexington, to know the terms of ca
pitulation. These were made uncondi
tional, the officers to he retained as prison
ers of war, the men to be allowed to de
part with their personal property, sur
rendering their arms and accoutre
ments.
Reluctantly this was acceded to, and
the surrender took place. At 4 I'. M„ on
Saturday,jhe Federal forces, having laid
down their arms, were marched out of the
entrenchments to the tune of “Dixie,*’
played by the rebel bands. They lelt be
hind them their arms and accoutrements,
reserving only their clolhing. The boys
of the brigade, many of them, wept to leave
behind tlieir colors, each company in the
brigade having its own standard presented
to it by their friends. At the surrender
the muster rolls of the companies were
taken to Gen. Price’s headquarters, the
list of officers made out, and these or
dered to report themselves as prisoners of
war.
The scenes at the capitulation were ex
traordinary. Col. Mulligan shed tears.—
The men threw themsel'-es upon the
ground, raved and stormed in well nigh
frenzy, demanding to be led out again to
“finish the thing.” In Colonel Marshal’s
cavalry regiment the feeling was equally
as great. Much havoc had already been
done among their horses during the siege,
and but little more than half of them re
mained. Numbers of the privates actual
ly shot their horses dead on the spot, un
willing that their companions in the cam
paign should now fall into the enemy’s
hands.
The privates, numbering some 1,500
strong, were first made to take the oath
not to serve against the Confederate States,
when they were put across the river, and
in charge of Gen. Rains marched on Sat
urday niglit to Richmond, sixteen miles,
whence on Sunday they marched to Ham
ilton, a station on the Hannibal and St.
Joseph Railroad, where they were de
clared free to go where they pleased.
While on this march they experienced
generous and humane treatment, both
from General Rains and from the residents
along the route. Such is the statement of
several of our men. Gen. Rains ordered
an entire flock of sheep to be given to them,
and there was no time lost in apportion
ment or appropriation. The inhabitants
also liberally gave them provisions.—
Wagons were provided for those unable to
walk, either from wounds or fatigue, and
the whole party thus came through with
extraordinary expedition.
Word was sent to Gen. Prentiss, at
Quincy; and means of transportation pro
vided by which the men were brought
down to Quincy, where they arrived on
Monday. There were with the force only
eight women, Col. Mulligan and several of
his officers having left tlieir wives at Jef
ferson City.
The prisoners—The wounded and the
dead.
The prisoners will be taken to Spring-
field, and held for exchange, rank for
rank. Claib. Jackson came into Lexing
ton on Saturday, it is reported, bringing
his traveling Legislature with him.
We have thus hastily thrown together
the main features of the protracted defense
of Lexington, without detail, and almost
without touching upon the question of loss.
That of the enemy is variously estimated
at from one thousand to two thousand
killed and wounded, and on the side of
the Federals from three hundred to five
hundred. Of our men, one hundred and
forty were left in tlic hospital at Lexing
ton. A full list of killed and wounded
must be awaited.
Col. Mulligan was wounded on the last
day of the fight by a ball through the calf
of the leg, and a flesh wound in the right
arm from a grape shot. We have already
referred to the injury of Captain Gleeson,
received in the defense of the hospital. In
the same encounter, among the killed was
John Salie, a private iu Company G, Irish
brigade ; also, Corporal Andrew Hill, of
the. Jackson Guard, and Cornelius O’
Leary. Sergeant Moony was shot through
the shoulder. Private Morris was instant
ly killed by a round shot, half his head be'
ing carried away.
Col. Marshall is wounded, a hall having
struck him in the chest, inflicting a serious
wound. James Conway, the hospital
steward of the Irish brigade, is killed.—
Our last night’s dispatches, in the tele
graph column, give a continued list of the
killed and wounded as far as made up last
evening.
Among the lamented dead is Colonel
White, of St. Louis, of tlie.Missouri Eighth
a gallant officer, who did his duty nobly,
and was mortally wounded in the last
day’s fight.
The incidents of the eventful week so
sadly terminated would fill a volume if
written out. Iu one charge on the enemy’s
battery our boys captured a flag, which
one of our informants assures us will be
brought to this city.
The inhabitants of Quincy turned out in
generous style to receive and refresh the
worn and weary soldiers. An immense
store of provisions awaited their arrival at
that city, and no word or token to welcome
and sympathy was lacking.
But one sentiment prevails in the ranks
of our gallant Irish brigade, and that is to
demand that they be re-officered and led
into the field, to revenge their reverses
and win back their noble commander. And
they will do it. Let them be treated gener
ously. They will remain at Quincy until
they are paid off. Let them be at once
re-armed and accoutred, and this time
with the best that can fall to the soldier’s
lot. They have shown themselves worthy
the best. (The rascals !)
The Buried Treasure.
A large sum of money, estimated by
some as high as a million of dollars, one-
half in specie, was secured by Price
after being buried by Colonel Slulligan.
On the train, this afternoon, were portions
of Captain Graham’s Moline Company, be
longing to Gen. Lane’s brigade, and a
cavalry company from Bloomington. The
latter brought their flag with them, which
private Carico saved by winding about bis
d’
ody after the surrender. It bears the
marks of severe usage, having two cannon
ball holes, and various bullet perforations,
and is fearfully torn and stained. They
planted it from a stick on touching Illinois
shore, and the boys clung to it with the
most earnest devotion. It was presented
by the ladies of Bloomington.
Thus ends the account, colored as much
as it well could be with the warmest hues
of Federal prejudice.
Elfrli«n Day fmr Vier«Prcnadent
and Member* of Con grew*.
In looking over our exchanges, wc find
3 uite a discrepancy with regard to the
ay on which the Gonfederatc elections
are to he held. We have, ourselves, been
mistaken in tue matter, not being able
heretofore to lay our hands on the Act of
Congress regulating such elections.—
Through the courtesy of our Representa
tive, Hon. Thos. M. Forman, we have it
now before us, and for the information of
our readers copy the first four sections,
which are all that are important to he
known, the remaining sections having ref
erence to States not then in the Confeder
acy. We suggest that it would be well
for our exchanges generally to transfer the
Act to their columns, even though they
may have previously done so.
[Savannah Republican.
No. 143.
ANACT
To put in operation the government under
the Permanent Constitution- of tlic Con
federate States of America.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confed
erate States of America do enact, That
an election shall he held in the several
States of this Confederacy, on the first
Wednesday in November, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-one, for members of the
House of Representatives in the Congress
of the Confederate States under the per
manent constitution, which election shall
he conducted in all respects according to
said Constitution and the laws of the sev
eral States in force for that purpose; and
in States which may not have provided
by law for such election, according to the
laws heretofore existing in such States for
the election of members of the House of
Representatives in the Congress of the
United States. And on the same day the
several States shall elect or appoint Elec
tors for President and Vice President of
the Confederate States of America, accor
ding to said Constitution, and in the man
ner prescribed by the laws of the several
States made for that purpose; and in States
where no such laws may exist, accordin
to the laws heretofore in force in such
States for the election or appointment of
Electors for President and Vice President
of the United States.
Sec. 2. The Electors for President and
Vice President shall meet in their respec
tive States on the first Wednesday iu
December, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, and proceed to vote for President and
Vice President, and make out lists, certi
fy the same to the President of the Sen
ate; all as directed by the said Constitu
tion in that behalf.
Sec. 3. The members of the House of
Representatives so elected, and the Sen
ators who may be elected by the several
States according to the provisions of said
Constitution, shall assemble at the seat of
government of the Confederate States, on
the eighteenth day of Febuary, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two; and the said mem
bers of the House of Representatives
shall proceed to organize by the election
of a Speaker, and the Senators by the
electionlif a President of the Senate for
the time being; and the President of the
Senate shall, on the nineteenth day of
Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty- two
open all the certificates; and the votes for
President and Vice President shall then
be counted, as directed by said Constitu
tion. .
Sec. 4. The President of the Confed
crate States sliall be inaugurated on the
twenty-second day of Febuary, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That in
case the State of Virginia shall adopt and
ratify the Constitution for the permanent
government of the Confederate States of
America before the elections in this act
provided for, she shall be entitled to elect
sixteen members to the House of Repre
sentatives; and the State of North Caro
lina, in like ease, ten members; the State
of Tennessee, in like case, eleven; and the
State of Arkansas, in like ease, four mem
bers; the same being upon the basis of one
member for every ninety thousand repre
sentative population, and one additional
member for a fiaction over one-half of the
ratio aforesaid, in each of said states, un
der the census of the United States taken
in eighteen hundred and sixty, and being
the same basis of representation fixed for
the seven original states in said Constitu
tion for permanent government.
Sec. G. Be it further enacted, That the
same rules and principles shall be observed
as to the number of Presidential Electors
in the stales aforesaid as in the other
seven original States.
Approved 51 ay 21, 1SG1.
Interrating from Tcxn*
The Mobile Register & Advertiser has
received some interesting intelligence from
Mr. Wm. De F. Holley, a Texas wool
grower and stock raiser:
The returns of the cereal crops arc rn-
precedentedly abundant all through the
grain regions—the cribs and bins not
sufficing to hold the abundant yield of
wheat, corn, rye and barley, great quan
tities of the latter varieties of grain being
raised by the German population. The
cattle upon a thousand hills and plains
were never so thriving and well condi
tioned and if there were railroad commun
ication Western Texas would feed and
forage all the army of the Confederacy at
the lowest rates.
Mr. Holley and the other wool growers
have abnndant “clips” on hand, and have
bought up great quantities of wool at ex-
ceediagly low prices, hut the difficulties
in the way of getting it to market keep
it on their hands. Could it come forward
there would be no lack of wool to weave
and kuit into army clothing, blankets and
socks His three thousand sheep, as well
as the myriad flocks of his neighbor Ken
dall of the Picayune are thriving wonder
fully. On his ranches are horses roaming
numerous enougli for a battalion of cav
alry if they were only here, and they
might be bought by thousands in the neigh
borhood at ridiculously low prices.
Mr. H. encountered the transportation
party which was toiling its way across
North Louisiana with a battery of four
Columbiads and several rifled cannon
with ammunition for Galveston. In this
herculean undertaking of the government,
a draughi force of between two and three
hundred oxen were employed and the
conductors were endeavoring to obtain
two hundred more to aid in dragging .the
vast weight through the soft, mnd soaked
roads. The conducta was making a pro
gress of about ten miles per day, the line
of march having been taken up at Alex
andria, on Red River, where the ordnance
was disembarked from New Orleans
boats.
Fickle fortune often makos Ho
fuse.
Lfc Spared at Manassas by the Mascn-
ir Sign.—A gallant Georgia officer was
shot down as lie was forming his company
in line of battle on Manassas Plains, and
refusing to be taken from the field while
in the exposed position, was again woun
ded, each time mortally. His regiment,
the 8th Georgia, being compelled to fall
hack during an overwhelming charge of
the enemy, the poor fellow, unable to move
was made prisoner—had his watch and
money taken from him, and was about to
be bayoneted, wheu he gave the Masonic
sign. They now removed his boots to
relieve his suffering, and laid him beside
a tree to die. The life thus spared, owing
to a vigorous constitution and religously
observed habits, was prolonged thirty
days. This was the fate of Orderly Ser
geant O. B. Eve, of the Miller Rifles, of
Rome, Georgia.
“Richard's Himself Again, with a Ven
geance.”—The grand army (says the Her
ald) is itself once more. One of the finest
display of cavalry and artillery ever wit
nessed upon this continent was made this
afternoon upon the parade grounds, one
mile east of the Capital. There were two
thousand cavalry and eight batteries of ar
tillery in lines. Each battery consisted of
six pieces making forty-eight cannon in
line. About an equal proportion of 32-
pound howitzers, Parrot rifled cannon,
James’ rifled cannon, and Napoleoii guns,
constituted the character of the ordnance.
The cavalry was under the command of
Gen. Stoneman, and the artillery under
the command of Gen. Barney, both aids
to Gen. McClellan, and detailed to the
several services named. The whole was
reviewed by Major General McClellan at
four o’clock. The General was accom
panied by Gen. YanYleet Quartermaster
of the Department of the Potomac, In
spector Gen. Marcy, Capt. Hudson, of
Gen. McClellan’s staff’, Gen. Mansfield
and staff, Gen. Fitzjohn Porter, General
Meigs, Gen. Keyes, Gen. Smith, Gen.
Blanker and staff, includiug Rrince Salm
Salm and the Prince do Joinville, and son
and two nephews. This entire party ac
companied the Commanding General in
the grand review. It was witnessed by five
thousand people, and was highly satisfac
tory toGen. McClellan, to the guests, and
the spectators generally.
The Prince de Joinville, Prince Salm
Salm, and other experienced gentlemen
from the classic fields of Europe, who have
witnessed many military displays in their
own countries, express their admiration of
the appearance of our men, especially
when they learned how short a time they
had been mustered into service, and do not
hesitate to say that they never witnessed
a spectacle equal to it in Europe. The
character of the ordnance and the pre
cision of manieuvres of our men elicited
their enthusiastic applause.
The companies of regular cavalry on the
ground, though indifferently equiped,
showed good drill, and the raw volunteer
regiments evidenced much improvement
upon their condition when brought here a
month since.
Towards the close of the display an acci
dent occurred of a serious character. As
the artillery was passing at the double
quick the tongue of a caisson broke, throw
ing the artillerists from their seats, and
causing severe injuries to two of them,
namely James Green and Wm. Hatfield,
of Company K, Fourth Artillery. This
is the “Grand Army” before the bat
tle. It is quite as imposing as was the
‘Grand Army of the Union’ that went ‘on
to Richmond’ with “all the pride, pomp
and circumstance of glorious war,” but who
returned in such disgraceful rout. Mr.
Russell saw the “Grand Army” of Gen.
Scott in the two phases. If the Prince de
Joinville and Prince Doublesalm will wait
till after the “awful battle” which old Ben
nett informs us is soon to be fought, thev
will in all probability be gratified with a
spectacle equally as novel and exciting as
that which so amazed and terrified the
Cockney correspondent of the London
Times.— News.
Our Army Cookery.—Soyer, “the Prince
of Cooks,” distinguished himself, as all the
world knows, by bis culinary campaign in
the Crimea. So valuable was the depart
ment esteemed, that the services of the
celebrated Frenchman were specially
engaged by the British Government.—
There is really nothing to prevent the con
venience of Soyer’s excellent system of
cookery in our camps. These convenien
ces were of the simplest description —
They consisted of airtight stoves, calcula
ted to cook for fifty men each, and so consti
tuted as to be easily carried as panniers,
each pair, on one strong horse.
Wc learn that the offers have been made
in Richmond to supply the Government
with any number of portable stoves of this
description, jl lie construction is exceed
ingly simple. A boiler is constructed ca
pable of holding 50 pounds of meat with
seven and a half gallons of water, with a
fire box beneath for coal, and a lower
grating for wood a chamber with a slide
furnishing the draft beneath- The com
plete apparatus is not more than 3 1-2 feet
high. With a supply of these stoves and
a man detailed from each compamy, thor
oughly qualified to manage them, the en
tire cooking of our camps might be con
ducted with the most admirable system
and, certainly, with the best resultB.—
Such culinary officer might also act as com
missary for the company. It was found
in the Crimea that one man might attend
to two of these stoves and have, besides
leisure for other employment.
While on the subject of camp cooking,
we may also recommend the suggestion
that the flour rations of the army should
be in the form of light, baked loaves. For
this pnrpose, a good bakery might be at
tached to each regiment. Temporary
ovens can be easily erected in each camp,
that it seems unpardonable to throw the im
portant work of m£king v bread into the
hands of privates, wht>, many cases have
it done, amf whose best idea is
never seen
to fry it in bacon greese. It is these lamps
admirably preserved in the stomach, which
are so prolific of diarrhtea, disentary, and
other camp diseases.
How Gen. Lee’s Plan was Thwarted.—
Major Allenswortb, who has just returned
from Western Virginia, furnishes the
Nashville papers with the cause of Gen.
Lee’s plan to entrap and whip the Lin-
colnite army in that section beiDg frustra
ted. The plan, it seemed, was admirably
arranged, and Cheat Mountain was at one
time completely surrounded by the Con
federates under Generals Lee, Anderson,
Loring. Donelson and Jackson, and had
it not been for the killing of Col. John A.
Washington, who had in his possession
the plans of attack, a brilliant victory
would have been the result. On hearing,
however, of the death of his aid, (Col.
Washington), Gen. Lee with his accustom
ed prudence, promptly ordered our troops
to their former positions.
It is report that Col. Doniphan, of Mis
souri, whose name is linked with brilliant
achievments in the Mexican war, had
joined the Confederates. If this be true,
we have made a valuable acquisition to
our cause in Missouri.
‘‘Helping the Oppressed.’ —The Mem
phis Appeal leams from a reliable source
that tax hundred men from Iowa have |
into Missouri and joined the i
Price the hero of Lexington,
a banner on which was
i to the l