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Newspaper Page Textm BOKiOTON, xMSBET k BARAEV, Publishers and Proprietors. .'y. BoiT.iiT».y,; p.;,.., JOH. H.NISBKT. ( Kd,,# "" (Ljje ^outjjern Jfrbcral Pinion Is published Weekly, in Milledgevdle, Ga., dormer of Hancock and H dkinson Sis., (opposite Court nottse.J At $2 a year in Advance, (Unless in Advance, $3 Per Annum.) BATES OF ADVEBTISINO. Per square of twelve line* 0»ein8'jrtioD 11 Oil, an-i titty oents lor each subsequent continuance. jTbodSssiit without the specification of the aumberol insertions trill be publiaued till forbid and charged accordingly. Businessor I'rofessional Cards, per year, where they do not exceed Six Lima - - - $10 OU A liberal contract will be made with those who wish to Advertise by the year,occupying a specified spare LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Hill for four months—for establishing lost papers for the'full space of three months—far compelling titles from Executors or administrators, where bond has been givea by the deceased, the full space af three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legairequiremeuts, unless otherwise ordered at the following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration, Ste. $2 75 “ “ dismissory from Admr’n. 4 5t “ “ “ Guardianship, 3 0t Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00 Notice to debtors and ereditors. 3 fit' Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 5P Saleofland ornegroes by .Executors, As. pr sqr. 5 OP Estrays, two weeks 1 5P For a man advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 OP VOLUME XXXIII.] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1862. [NUMBER 3 COUNTING ROUSi CALENDAR, 18G2. ©.AVs, 2 < ; -s;TI 3 ® * i- '1 —= c — T "* 2 |l=|? <rf S | Max. 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This is to fill up regiments which have been thinned out by wounds and sickness, and to form a reserve, under drill, for the future, which may be ready at the decisive moment.’ From the Lynchburg Rep. of the 31st ult. From «Iackt»on’M Command. We have certain intelligence from passen gers from Staunton, yesterday, that Gen eral Jackson’s army, with the exception of those left to guard the prisoners captur ed, and the stores, was on yesterday morn ing at Williamsport, in Maryland, without the least show of any force in the vicinity to oppose him. YV illiamsport is about twenty miles above Harper's Ferry, and we suppose about ninety from Baltimore, and seventy- live or eighty from Washington. Wheth er the army would advance farther was not known. The number of prisoners taken up to BOOK-BINDING The Subscriber in now pre pared to d* Hook-Bind ing, >n all its branches Old Books rebound, Ac. MUSIC Round in the best style. Blank Books manufactured to order. Prompt attention will b* riven to all work enuusted to me. S. J KIDD. Bindery in Wonlhern Federal I nion Office. Miiledgeville, March 10th, 1861. 43' (01KT CALLENDER FOR 1862. SUPERIOR COURTS. I JULY. • 1st Monday. K oyd* AUGUST. 1st Monday Luuipkint [2d M niday, Campbell Clark Dawson 1.3d Monday, Forsyth Pols Glascock Merriwether Walton JANUARY. 2d Monday, (diiatliaiu. “Floyd FEBRUARY. 1st Monday, Clark t Lumpkin 3d Monday, Campbell Dawson 3d Monday, Forsyth Polk Glascock Merriwether 4th Monday, Balilv Walton 4th Monday, Baldwin Jackson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro Walker MAKt-li. 1st Thursday. Pierce 1st Monday, Appling Chattooga Cherokee Coweta Ci liumbia Crav.-ford Gwinnett Madison Marion Morgan 2d Monday, Butts Bartow Coffee F.lbert Fayett Greene Pickens Washington Webster 3d Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Hail Hart Heard Macon Newton Talbot Tattnal Ware Thursday after While Friday alter, Bulloch 4tL Monday, Clinch Putnam Rabun Chattahoochee Lee Twiggs Wilkes Johnson Milton Thursday after Habershamiter the 4thTtiurvday, Montgomery Iackson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro Walker Thusday after, Pierce Echols Effingham Monday af ter 4th Sr day. A PHIL 1st A: 2d Mon. Carroll l*t Monday, Dooly Franklin Emanuel Early Fulton Gordon Pike Taylor Warren Wilkinson ThnmFyafter Hanks 2d Monday, Hancock Richmond Harris Laurens Miller Sumter Tuesday after, McIntosh 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Liberty Murray (>gk-tliorpe PuUt*ki Stewart Monday Worth after * * Bryan 4th Moudav,Wavne Decatur DeKalb Houston J asper Lincoln Schley Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday after, Irwin Monday “ Benien Charlti in MAY 1st Monday. Clayton Souven (Jiliner Randolph Upson 21 Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Chatham Fannin Mitchell Muscogee 3d Monday, Bibb Burke Quittm&n Spalding Troup Union • Baker Thursday after Towns 4th Monday, Dude Terrell Last Monday, Colquitt JUNE. 1st Monday, Lowndes Dougherty 2d Mouday, Brooks Clay 3d Monday, Thomas SEPTEMBER. [1st Monday, Appling Chattooga Cherokee Columbia Coweta Crawford Madison M arion M organ [2d Monday, liutts Bartow C-.ffee Elbert Fayette Greene Gwinnett Pickens Washington Webster 3d Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Hail Hart Heard Macon Newton Talbot Ware Bulloch Thursday after White 4th Monday, Clinch Putnam Chattahoochee Lee Twigg. Wilkes Johnson Milton Rabun Thursday after Habersham Monday af-) ‘ r the 4th > Echols Monday J OCTOBER. 1st A 2d Mon. Cat roll 1st .Monday, Dooly Emanuel Franklin Early Fulton Gilmer Gordon Taylor Warren Wilkinson Ptke [Thursday after Banks 2d Monday, Fannin Richmond Hancock Harris Lauren. Miller Sumter 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Murray < iglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union Werth Thursday after Towns Thursday \ Montgomery after » J4th Monday, Wayne Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Schley Tattnall Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday after. Irwin 'Monday after Charlton NOVEMBER. 1st Mouday, Berrien Seri ven Clayton Effingham Randolph Upson 2d Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell Mnscogee 3d Monday, Bilih Buike Quittman. Spalding Troup Baker 4th Monday, Dade Terrell Thursday after. McIntosh Mouday “ Colquitt «• “ Liberty Mon alter Liberty, Bryan r DECEMBER. 1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes •2d Mondav/Brooke Clay 3d Monday Thomas From the Advertiser and Register. [MS. found among the papers of a departed friend. HEAVEN. Ohl Heaven is nearer than mortals think. When they look with a trembling dtead At the misty future that stretches on From the silent home of the dead. ’Tin no lone isle in a boundless main. No brilliant but distant shore, Where the lovely ones who are called away Must go to return no more. No! Htaten is near us, the mighty veil Ot mortality blinds the eye. That we see not the hovering angel bands On the shores of eternity. a Yet oft in the hours of holy thought To the thirsting soul is given The power to pierce through the mist of sense To the beauteous sceues of Heaven. There, very near seem its pearly gates. And sweetly its harpings fall, 'Till tlie soul is restless to sear away, And longs for the angel call I know when the silver cord is loosed — When the veil is rent away— Not long and daik shall’tin; passage be To the realms of endless day. The eye that shuts in a dying hour VV in open the next in bliss, The welcome will sound in a heavenly world Ere the farewell is hushed in this. We pass from the clasp of mourning friends, To the arms of loved and lost, And those smiling faces will greet us there, Which, on earth, we valued most. forty-three hundred. It is said that the wildest enthnsisam exists among the people of the Valley at the presence of our armies, and they were flocking to the standard of “old Stone wall’’ in large numbers. The same may he said of the people of Maryland, near the Potomac, who welcomed with deli rious joy the stars and bars of the Con federacy. Jewels nt the Orent London Exhibition. The jewels in this year’s London exhi bition are said to be inconceivably splen did. 1 he Kob-i-Noor is there, but not alone in its glory, for a great rival, said to be worth a million sterling, has come in from Amsterdam. This is “the Star "of the South,” a single brilliant of immense size, and weighing no less than 12f> carats. It is set in the centre of a magnificent star of brilliants, each of which, though large From Mfonrwall Jiu-Umoii. A correspondent of the Lynchburg Re- i publican in Jackson’s army sends dates to that paper as late as the 2Sth at Winches ter. He says: When the army passed through the J town,, men, women and children were j shouting, “thank God we are free—thank | .God we are free once more!” Confedcr- j ate flags and white handkerchiefs were i waved front every window, and the happy smiles of lovely women on all sides met the wearied soldier and cheered him as lie hurriedly passed through the place in pur suit of the flying foe. After pursuing the enemy for six miles we were brought to a halt, and left the finishing stroke to the cavalry, who have captured a large number of prisoners who have been sent in through the day. The final result of the achievemnts are jet un known. Prisoners tell me that General Banks has said that lie was afraid that he would have to surrender his whole command and to be relieved pf the painful necessity and to save his own bacon left before day On an extra car. 1 be fire in the town was extinguished by our boys after tlie commissary stores were destroyed, but we succeeded in sa- ving all of the medical stores and ammu nition, both of which were very large. We also secured the depot and a train of cars, both of which were well filled with pro visions. The lankees left behind all their knap sacks, a large quantity of aims which they threw away, and iots of triuk- May holds three weeks, if necessary, at each term. tJudffe not required to draw Jurors for two we-ks • and not obliged to hold two weeks’ Court iu counties of Cobb and Lumpkin. and valuable, is a mere foil to the glitter- I ets, which the boys have been examining itig centre stone. Around the stand on which “the Star of the South” is shown is a most interesting collection of diamonds from various mines, in every state of' pro gress, from the rough stone to the finished brilliant. Emanuel shows an enormous emerald set in diamonds, a noble cross cut from a solid topaz, mounted in gold and enamel, with other costly jewelry. But the great blaze of gems comes front where the Devonshire emerald (the largest in the world) and the Devonshire jewels, said to be the rarest and most artistic collection of antique gems in . the world, are shown amid a perfect crowd of pearls, opals, ru'- bies, brilliants and topazes. In this case are jewels to the value of .£300,000 ster ling- __ ^ Late IVorKhern Ncw«. We condense the following news para graphs from late Northern papeis which we have received : A destructive fire took place on Long Island, N. Y.. on the 13th instant, the dam age is variously estimated at from $300,- 000 to $600,000. A despatch from Cairo says that ac counts from Ilalleck’s army represent the weather as being “intensely liot and the men sufferingly greatly” It adds, that “sunstrokes arc of constant occurrence." Accounts from English papers represent the distress in'Great Biitaiu.and Ireland, in consequence of the cotton famine, as appalling, 1 he matter has been brought before Parliament for the consideration of that body. Visitors to Norfolk represent the city as like a cemetery; grass growing in the streets, stores closed. No sign of Union ism among the whites. Mr. Milison. hith erto spoken of as an outspoken Unionist, refused to talk on politics with members of Congress, obi friends, who called on him, concealing his real sentiments. The Post’s Washington despatches give the following startling intelligence: “The city is full ot excitement consequent upon reported battles ; also the report that the Governor of one of the New England States flatly refused to call for more troops until the government agrees to arm and employ the slaves where it is dangerous tor white men to perform military duty. The Herald’s Washington despatch says the recall of General Hunter is determined on. llis proclamation will be made tlie subject of communication by the President to Congress, and in that way- to the coun try, unmistakably condemning the course of Gen. Hunter, and clearly announcing the policy’ of the administration in the conduct of the war. An efbut has been made to have Gen. Beniiam placed in com mand of the Department ot the South. It is stated that it he could have had the consent of Gen. Hunter, he would long ago have recaptured Fort Sumter and re stored the Federal authority in Chatles- t°n. . Lincoln has called upon the dtfleren States for a large number of additional volunteers to fill up the ranks of the ret eral army, which have been decimated by disease and battle. Alluding to tlie mat ter, the New York Tribune’s special \V aslt- ington despatch, dated May 21st, says. “It is not jet determined what number of volunteers to call for; but it will not be 1 ill day. Having been on tlie march for twenty- two days, and ail of the pievious night, our General Stonewall alb,wed us to go into camp to rest but I guess we will be oft again in the morning in pursuit of the Yankees- In neither of the engagements we have not had one fourth, no, not one sixth of our forces engaged, and I cannot see why the enemy have lied in such confusion af ter so short a stand. * Up to this time we have captured and have in this place between 3,000 and 4,- 000 - prisoners, and" I am told that 1100 more of the Hessians have been cap tured near IIarper’3 Ferry and Martins- burg. We have now in this place S,000, stand of arms, taken since we entered Front Royal, besides a number of pieces of artil lery-, together with the largest quantity of the best ammunition of all giadesthat I have ever beheld. The medical stores captured are estima ted by the druggists of this place to be worth at least S200,0ti0. Among them are articles very scarce in the Confeder acy' and much needed by tht^government. We captured five hundred pounds opium and two hundred gallons castor oil, both of which are greatly needed and have been shipped to the hospitals in Lynch burg. To-day news was received that the Yankees had burnt the depot at Charles town, together with all the stores. From tlie Houston ("Texas) Telegraph May 7th. I tenia from .Xew .Tlrxico. horses shot under him at the battle oi Val ve r a e. Bill Scurry’s charge at "Valverde, was characteristic. He gave the orders, which was repeated by the other oftice.rs, when he jumped in ahead, crying out, “Come on nty ragged— 1 exians. Now is yourchance. (live it to them,” at the some time jump ing up and laughing. His humor inspirited the boys, and at it they went and swept everything before them. (.’apt. Shropshire charged a regiment of Pike’s Peakers with his company and put them to flight. He was promoted for liis gallantry. We are indebted to Major Ochiltree for the above. McClellan's Soldiers to Rival Butler’s— A Citizen Murdered for Protecting his Wfe.— It has remained for McClellan to introduce pracrically the battle-cry of Butler into the South, and to enact the first tragedy emanating front the attempt to carry into effect the odious threat which the unprincipled Butler uttered twelve months ago and echoed again a week since, in the Queen City of the South." Almost within gun-shot of our lowest batteries on the river, a portion of the Federal sol diers have been encamped for a short time, devastating the country, and ravaging the barns and granaries of the citizens.— Not far from the' Chickaltdminy river is ^he residence of Mr. Cross, a gentleman doubtless well known in this community.-- A-party of the uniformed villains paid him a visit a few days ago, and while the >est of them helped themselves indiscrimim tel. to what came in their way, one went into the house, and assuming a free and easy politeness, entered into a conversation with Mrs. Cross. Knowing how helpless she was, she replied to his speeches with out hesitation, but at the same time with a re ;erve, and more than once was spirited, but imprudent enough to speak out her opinion of oar invaders. The brutal fellow, pretending a friendly design in visiting Iter, suddenly threw bis arms around her neck, and made an effort to throw her upon the floor, attempting to cajole her into sub mission by forcing kisses upon her cheeks and uttering endearing whispers in her ears. Mrs. Cross struggled desperately and sticessfully until her husband eame in. upon which the scoundrels released the la dy and attempted to leave the premises Mr Cross hastily eized his gun, and before the fi>ldier coni escape, shot him th ongh the heart. He dropped lifeles, and in a few momen a his comrades were around h>m — 1 hey seized upon Mr. Cross, and after treating him savagely to their heart’s con tent, consummated their crime by hanging him upon one of nis own trees.—Rich mond Enquirer. Prom Hie North. The New York Express, alludingto the report of a contemplated movement among the Border >tates Congressmen, published in the New Y'ork Times, says : There is some, much truth in-ribis, we are inclined to believe, judging by what we hear from Washington. The Border .States men in Congress and the Conser vatives of the North are in utter grief, and almost in despair—because not ottij' of the shameless prostration of the accidental powers of this government now in the hands of the Radicals and Jobbers in Con gress*. but because measures are in con templation by the Radicals, which, in their judgments, are as utterly subversive of the Constitution as Secession itself.— The Wilsons, the Suinnets, the Wades, seem to have absolute control in Congress, despite the Republican Brownings, the Cowans, and the Doolittles, while the President himself, as if under some fatal palsy, since he has taken the Democratic Mr. Stanton into his Cabinet, fails to exert the conservative "influence we had from him for some weeks before Stanton be come his counsellor, if not controller. The step contemplated, or talked of, is in no revolutionary, violent spirit—but in the spirit of profound grief and deep sor row—the spirit of mourning over events which cannot now be checked or controll ed, as the people cannot be reached in time through the slowly moving forms of our constitutional Government. Millions of taxation, millions of appropriations, are asked for and demanded for seemingly utterly unconstitutional purposes. 'I he idea is, that they- who ask for them ought to vote alone for the means to carry them out. We think, as is hinted in the letter to the Times, that the border statemen are willing to confide in the President, but of the Wilsons, Sumners, Wades, all con servatives have a horror. The President means right, or seems to mean right, which cannot be sa"id of the many ambitious men about him desirous of stepping into his shoes ; while, it must be confessed, the President lacks ability or courage to e.\o cute his own gflod intents or will. If he only had the spirit and self reliance of the Democratic Andrew Jackson, or the Whig Henry Clay, he would govern and not be bered about twelve thousand, and they were distributed at three points, Front ; Royal, iitrasburg, and Winchester. - When our men eutered Winchester the scene is described as affect ng beyond measure. The streets were crowded with all sexes, ages and classes, who enthusias tically welcomed their deliverers Old men with tears of joy streaming down their withered cheeks, and eyes uplifted to Heaven, called down blessings on the heads of the I ronzed veterans to whom they owed their freedom. Beautiful wo men crowded around them, and vied with each other in acts of kindness to the wea ried soldiers and amid the cheers and play ers of all, our brave men pressed on after the flying foes. The Lynchburg “Republican” of the 2Stb inst., which came to hand last night, says that a Staunton gentleman who left that place yesterday- morning, informs us that the rumor was extensively circulated that Jacksott had bagged Banks, several of his aids, and a daughter, who was stay ing at his headquarters. He did not know the source of the rumor or whether any re liance was to be put iu it. It was further reported that nearly the whole of Banks’ army had been captured, and this we arc told my be relied on. Twenty-five hundred prisoners were at Woodstock on Tuesday night, en route to Staunton, an-.l would arrive there to-day-. They were those that were captured at Front Royal and Winchester. A number were at last accounts in the latter place [ waiting to be sent off. The reports that onr cavalry had pos- ! session of Martinsburg is confirmed They captured at that place a number ol cars,; and a passenger train, with a large quail- j tity of stores, ammunition, etc. They al so have possession of Charlestown, captur ing at that point many of Banks’ fugitives and commissary stores. The result thus far of this brilliant a- chievement of Jackson, has been the utter annihilation of an army of 12,003 or 15,- 000 men, the capture of an amount of pro visions,ordnance stores, small arms, horses, wagons, and camp equippage, almost in credible, and last though not least, the possession of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, the main artery- which connects the imagines he may play the despot and d what he pleases with impunity. It is very- clear that Wadsworth is com pletely iu the wrong, and he would hav« been far better employed in helping Gen eral McClellan to whip the enemy Richmond, instead of creating riots it Washington, and helping to detiaud th loyal citizens of Maryland of their prnj erty. It is an axiom of our laws, and in deed of the laws of all free countries, tha the civil power is supreme over the mili tary, unless where martial law is proclaim ed by the Chief Magistrate. Even if mar tial law- did exist at the time in the DU trict of Columbia, the act of General Wadsworth would have been a riotou proceeding—a high-handed outrage ; fot martial law only suspends the civil law s« far as is necessary to the safety of th ai my and the success of military opera lions, and can only he employed for tin arrest of dangerous and suspicious person? within the lines of the. army. ’1 here art no'military operations going on at Wash ington, and tin'acts perpetrated by orde of General Wadsworth might have beet done with the same legality in the city of New York. '1 lie Washington correspondent of the Baltimore “Sun” writes: If of the contrabands who have come in at Federickshurg, ‘.1,000 are working a- bont the camp,” then there must be three or four times that number of women and children and old and infirm persons that have been sent to \\ ashington. There are now several hundred of this class at Dufl Green’s row. The army surgeons have to attend to them, though overborne by the weight of .their.duties to the great number of the sick wounded of the army that are now at this point. At this sea son, nearly all the contrabands can do something upon plantations towards the production of crops, but as they now are. but few ate useful. Tbe sort ol work that most of the working kind (a quarter of the whole) are doing is got up for the purpose of making them do something, oven if it is not of much public advantage. Mean time there are an abundance of white men at the North who would like employ ment at the hands of the Government here i or elsewhere. So that, practically, con- Yankce capital with the West Truly i traban.ls shut out white l«b may Jackson say in his dispatches, that “God lias blessed our arms with brilliant success-” During tlie fight at Glorietta, New Mex ico, Tout Green was watching Canby-, Sibley was Albuquerque, and Steele was j governed, as lie now is too often, at Dona Ana. Since then Steele has gone to reinforce Sibley. up to reimorce oiuicy. Our- men have captured three mouths supplies. On one occasion three of our men under Dr. Kavanottgh. went up to Fort Oobero, GO miles west of Albuquerque, and deman ded the unconditional surrender of the fort, with ail its contents and the gartison of 48 armed men as prisoners of war. The Doctor gave them ten minutes to decide whether they would surrender or be put to 1 be sword At tlie end of ten minutes, the garrison marched out and stacked their aims and surrendered as prisoner of war! They were parnlled by tbe. Doctor and sent off He captured at this point, $150,000 worth' of supplies, all of which were safely trans ferred to Albu (unique. Dr. Kavanough's report is exceedingly rich. He divides his force of three man fGardenhire, Gilles pie and Thompson^ into three divisions, right wing, center and left wing. He des cribes the movements of his investing army with all the grandeur of a large army, and signs tbe report as Comander-in-chtef of tlie Confedeiate force in the District of Cubero. We have the promise of a copy of the official reportsof the battles of Valverde and Glorietta, as well the other movements there, as soon as they are given in at Richun nd. They are now being carried on by our gallant young friend, Major Tom Ochiltree, who has been promoted to the office of A, A. G. He had two “Slonmnll’n Great Victory. Gen. Jackson has redeemed his pledge; he has released the good people of Win chester from Yankee thraldom. Last ac counts from him represent that his cavalry had entered the town of Martinsburg and taken undistuibed possession of tlie place. If this report' be true, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is again in onr possession, nod has no doubt been effectually destroy ed for such a distance as to make it of no use to the enemy for some time to come, even if our *roops should be compelled to retreat- The Lynchburg Republican says that General Jackson’s men were most in the rear of the enemy who were completely routed and dispersed, fleeing Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. “The Negro” iu Wa«hiugton. Washington, May 23d.—The anoma lous state of things here at this time, in connection with the institution of slavery, gives rise to new and expected incidents from day to day, which are Dot only per plexing, but may- become, in a degree dangerous. A just discreetness and a wise forbearance are to be hoped for. how ever, in the premises. Since the difficul ty mentioned yesterday, with the 7Gfh New Yotk regiment, in restoring the civil police in the reclamation of the fugitive slaves from among them on writs issued under the law, we have had another epi sode—a military guard going last night, by. order of General Wadsworth, the mili tary governor, to the jail to take away a colored girl belonging to Mrs. Allnot*, of Prince George’s county, Maryland, and because of the jailor, (Mr. B. Millburn.) declining to deliver Iter up, placing hint and the Deputy Marshal (Mr. Phillips) under a military ariest, and taken posses sion of the keys of the prison and the pris on itself. These two official's were taken to the guard house, while Messrs. Joseph II. Bradley and James M. Carlisle, both prominent members of the bar, the first counsel for the claimant of the slave, who in the meantime went to the jail in their official capacity, were held within its walls as prisoners also. At a late hour of the night, however, the United States Mar shal of the District, Col. Lamon, having duly summoned the police, went with Po lice Superintendent Webb and Sergeant Cronin to the jail, and, in turn, placed un der arrest the Military Sergeant und sentry who had been left in charge, releasing Messrs. Bradley and Carlisle. During this morning tlie Sergeant of tlie- military guard was released by the Marshal, and Deputy Marshal Phillips and Jailor Mill- burn, it was expected, would be dismissed from the guard house. The Marshal a- vails himself of the earliest opportunity to "consult the President on the subject. The Washington “Star,” of the 23d, has an account of the disturbance, which concludes as follows : The Marshal found it impossible to see the President, who was understood to be absent ftom the Executive mansion, en gaged with the Secretary of War in the transaction of business of so great public importance as that had some hours before gi-*eii (Elections involving a. dccl-naiun to see any one on any bn.-iness whatever last night and to-day. The Marshal then re paired to the Attorney-General, with whom he consulted freely as to his path of duty in the premises. Subsequently he returned to the jail and arrested the mili tary guard by virture of his civil authori ty-, disarmed them, and placed them under lock and key. J M. Carlisle, Esq , act ing as his posse comitatus armed with the revolver and sabre of the disatmed ser geant. Thus the matter stands at noon to-day. Deputy Marshal Phillips and Jailor Mill- burn arc bold as prisoners by the provost guard in their prison. The embroglio is not to be solved until the President can find time to dispose of it, which inay be twenty-four hours yet. We hear that the Military Governor’s Order to take the women from the lawful custody of the United States Marshal was supported at the expense .of the public, which public is also a loser by- their not being at wotk producing crops. In a word, they- are consumers, and not pro ducers. From the National Rep. of Washington City. Enforci-inrnl of tbe Fugitive Slave Law in the District. Quite an excitement was created in the city yesterday by the ariest and return to slavery of a woman and Iter three children, whq were demandedLty her master under the odious fugitive slave law. The claim ant was Dr. Duvall of Maryland. Slave owners and slave stealers are now quite numerous in the city, and prowl a- round the contraband depots like so many ravenous hyenas. As the fugitive slave law has now been enforced in tins District, there will be a large number of writs placed in the hands of Marshal Lamon, who has no discretiouary power, but is obliged to execute the Jaw. 'J he claim ant may be in rebellion against the Gov ernment, still the laaw gives him his slave. There are two means by wUich this ne farious business can be arrested, and they are, either to repeal the law, or suspend its operation during the continuance of the rebellion. We urge the immediate con sideration of this matter upon Gongress, and h-pe they will act so promptly, that no more scenes like those enacted yester day will be witnessed in the Capital of the Nation. outlie roads that held out the last chance i predicated upon testimony impugning the of escape. But our troops were catcliin_ them hourly, and the occupation of Mar tinsburg would no doubt lead to the cap ture of nearly the whole army, the larger portion of it having fled by that route. Winchester was Banks’ depot of sup plies, and the amount of commissary aud and ordnance stores captured by Jackson is reported to be immense. Twenty-three hundred prisoners are re ported to have left Front Royal on Mon day, and are expected to arrive at Staun ton to-day, (Friday.) Other detachments would be sent to the same place as they were assembled. The Yaukee force in the Valley at 'he time of the attack, it is believed only num- loyalty of the cl-iin a it. The parties under arrest were all subse- ' quently discharged. ! The New Y"otk ‘Herald’ comments on the affairs asJ'ollows : In another column we publish a tele graphic dispatch from which it will be seen that, under the leadership of Gener al Wadsworth, a disgraceful military riot; even to the breaking of jail and the rescue of a prisoner; has taken place in the city of Washington, the capitol of the nation. In the very presence of the assembled Congress the majesty of the law has been insulted and the dignity of the republic set at naught by orders ot General Wads worth, who, because he wears epaulets, We clip the following paragraphs from the Richmond (Va.) Examiner, of May 29th : The fight near Hanover Junction— The Potomac and Fredericksburg Railroad in Possession of the Enemy—Our people yesterday were deeply moved by the vague news circulated in the streets of a considerable disaster to onr arms iu the second fight of Tuesday in the vicinity of Hanover junction. The news assumed a great variety of shapes—some more terri ble than others, but even the smallest and most moderate version of it was suffi cient to produc^fa serious sense of disaster. Some had it that General AndAon and his entire division had been cut oft", others that Ashland had been taken by the Yan kees, and others that a number of regi ments had been almost butchered in cold blood by the enemy. Tbe Government might have readily relieved, at least to a considerable degree, the distress of tbe public mind yesterday by furnishing a •bulletin of what intelligence-it had of the affair (if. in fact, it possessed any more than the street people did). On account, however, of the ignorant and contracted jealousy nf the press—a sure evidence of small reputation and weak minds—which ia the famous characteristic of the officials of Richmond, it was possible to gleen but few details of intelligence of tbe events of Tuesday. From this general remark we take occasion to exempt a few polite offi cers in the Departments to whose courte sy, wherever it can be of any use to the public, the press of Richmond is habitually indebted. The substance of snch intellie , c n ue as we have is, in bri^L 'fiat the brigade com- rn.iridcJ Ry General Branch, of North Car olina, and consisting principally of troops from that titate, had on 'Tuesday evening engaged the enemy near Hanover June tionf that after a fight of two hours dura tion. our forces were driven back, a portion of them being badly- cut to pieces, that the enemy- have possession of the railroad between Hanover Junction and Ashland; and that, up to a late hour last night, it was not certainly known whether our for ces still retained possession of Ashland or had been driven furllter back. General Branch’s brigade consisted of tbe Seventh, Twelfth, Eighteenth, Twen ty-eighth and Thirty-third North Carolina regiment and Forty fifth Georgia. 'The precise locality of the fight is sta ted to have been “Peak’s Turn-Out,” about midway between Atlee’s Station aud Hanover Junction.—From all we can learn oi'the conduct of the engagement it appears that. Tuesday afternoon, onr pickets discovered the enemy advancing, aud reported that a body of cavalry, sup posed to be from "five bundled to two thou sand strong, was appioaehiiig onr lines. I )n this information the I bitty-third North Carolina and Forty-fifth Georgia ■vere oidered to make a movement with t he design of cutting off tbe cavalry force from the main body. The Eighteenth and twenty eighth Carolina were ordered o the front, and bore the brnnt of the en gagement. as the terrible suffering of these two regiments testify. We had but one field battery in the ac tion—Latham’s Battery. The euemy had everal batteries on the field—certainly two. It is reported that the Eighteenth and Twenty-eighth Noith Caiolina were irdered to take different batteries, and, on lividing was raked by the enemy’s fire in t most terrible manner. Nearly two- birds of the Twenty eighth North C aro- !ina regiment ate reported to have been billed and wounded, or captured. Me were rppulsen and driven back with the 'o«s of two guns, which were abandoned on the field. < »ur loss in killed and wounded is vari ously estimated trom five bunded to one Itousand. It is impossible to form any in- elligent estimate of our loss, so various ire the accounts we hear of it. I here are said to have been but three egiments actually engaged—the Eigh- eenth. Twenty-eighth, and 1 hirty-third North Caroliua. On retiring, onr forces fell back in the lirection of Ashland, aud destroyed tho bridge jnst beyond it. It is reported that two or three of our regiments bad been cut off in the retreat; >ut this appears to be surmise; at least, there is no reliable confirmation of it. General Anderson, from last accounts, s in command of our forces in tbe neigh borhood of Ashland. The impression was last night that the enemy- was iu possession of Ashland, al though we have nothing but circumstan tial evidence of the fact. All the woun- • led and sick in the hospitals at that place were sent down to Richmond yes- erday. During the afternoon the tele graphic communication with Ashland was -nispended, and it was impossible, outside >f government officials, who were reticent n that subject, to get any reliable news from thete. A gentleman who left Ashland at half past one o’clock yesterday afternoon re ports that our pickets were being driven n at the time of his departure. New Cotton Bagging.—We saw on Sat urday last a bale of cotton put up by Mr. las. Chambers, which beautifully illustra- ed tbe old adage—necessity is the mother f invention. The bagging used was either Kentucky nor India, but real enuitte Texas. It was made of bark—- liuwood wc believe—iu widths of from a inif to one inch wide, woven like a chip basket, making a strong and durable cov ering for the cotton. In the scarcity of tietnp bagging, Mr. Cbambe^’ example is well worth following.—Houston (Texas) Telegraph, May 7. We saw a soldier yesterday, one of Price’s invinciable heroes who never suc cumbs to misfortune. He was haggard and pale and way-worn, yet his face wore pleasant smile. He accosted an old cit izen of our town with the inquiry whether he could find any clothing in the village. These rags are all 1 have, said the Mis sourian,” ‘You can find no clothing here,’ answered the citizen. ‘Then tell me where there is a paint shop ’ ‘What would you have a painter do,’ asked tlie citizen. 1 think a good a suit of white paint would last me through the next bat- le, aud as aoon as I can get it on. I’m off for “old dad.”—Macon Beacon. The marylaud Liar. The officers having in hand the organi zation of a “Maryland Line’’ in Virginia, are progressing quite successfully with the work- Many members of Maty land com panies, whose term of service recently ex pired, have entered the Line, and, in sev eral instances, whole companies have ap plied for admission. Others are coming under the privilege of a transfer from regi ments of other States. None but native Marylauders are received into the Line. There is now in this city an elegant silk Confederate flag, manufactured by the Southern ladies of Baltimore, which is in tended for presentation to the Line as soon as its organization is completed.” [ Richmond Examiner 2Sth. A Newsboy Badly Mold. On Friday evening, an immense crowd collected at the car shed, expecting to get a slight of Col. Jack Morgan. Conspicu ous among the crowd, were the ubiquitous newsboys, each ore, of whom where more eager to see him than -any one else—the exiled Kentuckians here not excepted.— They had all road the anecdote published in our paper about the newsboy at Opelika, who refused to accept any compensation from the Col. for a paper, and how it result ed, and had determined to profit by tbe in formation. The doors of every car box were besieged by them anxiously scanning the face of every man as lie emerged, and frequently inquiring if Col. Morgan wag aboard. At let g h a fine looking m> n with heavy beard, dark eyes and portly dimensions, stepped out of a car The nearest newsboy ran up to him aud aske.d if Col. Morgan had cotne on that train.— “Yes,” said the gentleman, “I am Col. Morgan.” “Here’s the evening paper, Colonel ; I don’t charge you anything,” said the boy. The gentleman thanked him and passed on. The boy followed him a considerable distance, expecting to receive a present ftom the Colonel of a U. S. Treasury note, as the b«y at Ope lika did. The spell was broken and he turned another way. by his companions, . who rent the air with the shouts of laugh ter. The last we heard of him, he was begg ing the other newsboys not to tell the editor . of the Confederacy.--- Conftder- eracy • — Cal. 6. W. I.re. Col. Lee. with the well-drilled and well- seasoned troops under his command who are now at this place, has been ordered to a place, where their services will perhaps be needed in making peace with Y’ankees; and Col. E. P. Watkins, whose.tegiment is now encamped at Camp McDonald, has been ordered, here with bis regiment, to take the place of Col. Lee and his men. We have seen the order to Col. Lee from General Lawton, which states that in consequence of General Mercer having gone to Charleston, Col. Lee will be tLe senior officer, and therefore in command of General Mercer's brigade.—Confederacy.

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Southern federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1861-1862, June 10, 1862, Image 1