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BUDrtlTOJ, iMSBET & BARGES, Publishers and Proprietors. •*. v. J UM. Che non; xito.n, ii. nimukt. | Edii«r«. JJtberal (Union Is published Weekly, in MilledgerHie, (In.; Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson S'Is., (opposite Court House.J At $2 a year in Advance, (Unless in Advance, £3 Per Annum.) rated or auvektinim;. Per square of twelve(ities. O ne insertion $i oo, aud tiity eeuts tor each subsequent continuance. rhoseseui without the specification «f thenumberol insertions will be published till forbid and charged *iccurdingiy. Bmiuess-u U'rofeesional Cards, per year, where the) do not exceed Six Lines ... $10 IH A IJteraf corUract *ciU be made irith those icho -wish U Advertise by the year,occupying a specified spacr LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex- ecutortr>r (ruaraians, are required by luw to be heli on the tii*t Tuesday in the month;between the hours ol 10 in t’je torenoun and three in the afternoon, at Oh Court nouse iu the county in which the property is sit uated. Notice of these sales must be given in a pubhega- zett® 40 days previous to the day ofsale. Notices lortiio sale of personaf property must be giv en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Noticesto tne debtors and creditors of an estate mus* aLo be published 40 days. S .tice that application will be made to the Court oi Ordinary for lea veto sell Laud or Negroes, must bt pub'inhed for two months. for letters of Ad ministration Guardianship fee., oust be published 30 days—for dismission frou Ad niuistration, monthly months—for dismissioi trora Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish** m+ntbJtf for four months—for establishing lost papers for the full space of three months—for compelling title; from Executors or administrators, where bond has beei given by the deceased, the full space of three month**. Publications will always be continued according t*. these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered at the following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration, Ate. f - 7. r “ “ dismissory trom i4dinr’n. 4 5* il “ Guardianship. 3 0« Lea ve to sell Land or Negroes Notice to debtors and creditors. *3 «w Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. Sale of land or. negroes by Executors, Ate. pr'sqr. 5 0* VOLUME XXXIII.] M1LLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, T U E S D A Y, J U L Y 8, 1862. [NUMBER 7. COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR, 1862. © ATf § 3 Estrays, two weeks For a man advertising his wife (in advance,) 1 51 5 0i BOOK-BINDING THE Subscriber is now )>re pared to do Book-Bind ing, in all its branches Old Books rebound, Ac. MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books- manufactured to order. Prompt attention v>ill b< riven to all work enttustc-d to me. s. j Kim). Bindery in NuuSlirrn Feilrrnl l iiion llffio- Milledgeville, March 1‘Jth, 1861. Id —; -r '/ jan t 12a, ii i.t. 5 0 7b D10I1 12 la 14 15 It; 17 lb . 20 21 22 2a 21 25 262. 28 29 30 31 FebT. 1 \ GVb 2 3 4 5 6 7 b 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IG 17 lb 192021 22 23 24 25 26 27,23 Mar. I Skrt’k •2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 lb 192021 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 1 2 3 4 SOctob’i 6 7 b 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24.25 26 27 2b 29 30 Mav 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 b 910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 lb 19 2021222321 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Junk. 1 i i He. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 h. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 l b 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2b 29 3b BAYS, 5 - - 12 3 4 5 6 7 b 9 Bill 12 13 1) 15 16 17 lb m 20 21 22 23 2125 26 ■27 2b 29 30 31 1 2 ■ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; 10 I i 12 13 14 15 |6 ! 17 lb 19 20 21 22 23 I 24 25 26 27 2b 29 30 3i I 2 3 -! 5 r, : a y in 1112 13 14 15 16 17 lb 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 ^7 2b 23 30 From the Examiner of the 28th ult. Tin- I.im-M nltont Kirlimoml—Heavy ]' n- giigenieiilM—Enemy falling baeU. The splendid contest of Thursday af- (prnorinr which resulted in the wresting, by Gen. A. P. Hill’s division, of Meehan* I iesvilie, though without decisive results, ; except the possessing of the place served i to attract the attention of McClellan from I a movement in his rear which oveitvhelm ied him. There Hill’s division of 12.000 men stood successfully, opposed to at least : four times their number, behind eartli- : works, which they, one after another, ; evacuated, carry ing oil’their guns, which, Later—the action becomes "aural—-the sit uation of' the tuo Armies at night. We learn from Major John M. Daniel, ! of the General’s staff, serving with Gen. Hill in these battles, and who, about 4 ! o’clock last evening, was obliged to leave the field in consequence of having had his right arm shattered by a Minnie ball, that at the time he left the field. Dill’s divis- i which had been engaged the whole day, and victorious throughout, was en gaged in a terrific battle with the enemy near New Coal Harbor, and were over matched by large masses of the enemy. Just as the Major was wounded several )VEM I 2 3 .j 5 6 / b 910 j] 12 13 14 15 16 17 |,s .19 20 21,22 23 24 26 27 2b 29 30 3! ' mounted on wheel carriages were r.ot cap- laige bodies of troops were appearin tured, as some of our cotemporaries an-4 the field, which were supposed to he rein- I nounced yesterday, though their positions forcements under Jackson, j were gained and held. Many valuable j Lat>-r accounts brought from the field of i lives wgre lost at Mechanicsville, but they ; battle are deeply interesting. The reiri- ; received immortality there. | forcements that reached thefh-Id, and which About 3 o’clock yesterday morning the were supposed to he under General Jack- grand coup dc main of Gen. T. J. Jack-j son, were troops of General Longstreet’s Ison was accomplished. With his army. , division. General Jackson was engaged 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 I ! 12 13 11 I 16 17 lb 19 20 2! i 23 2425 26 27 2s% ailed evening t into position the pie- on General Hill's left during the day, but | f oresaw j t wouid fresh from the fields of | was also in time to j«in the general engage- meet tbe , n . ltte : ment of our fire eaters, and liave them I brought ont face to face in an open field, j I’d he willing to abide by the result, go • which way it would. But we don’t like to ! have to fight you.’ | ‘I do regret one thing,’ he said again, i addressing himself to the officer command ing the pickets <>f the Seventeenth Ohio, Col Connell, whom he had known as an old line Democrat, ‘and that is, that the old Democratic party is permitting itself to be used by the Abolitionists, and is now absolutely under their control.’ Col. Con nell disputed the pioposition.’ ‘You’ll see how it will be when the war is over,’ said Col. Thompson. ‘Even now you can see how Congress is drifting, and tl> n cur rent is sure to set, and stronger and strong er in the same direction.’ ‘But you might have checked the current if your members had stayed in Congress,’ suggested a by stander. ‘Oh, no! we might, perhaps, have pushed off the evil day a little farth er, butthat was all. Abolitionism is going to sweep everything before it, just as we It was just as well to now as any time, but we exploits in the Valley, came down the ment which ensued about o o’clock in the. j dJd not ct yoll Northern Democrats Cbickahominy on the right Hank of Me- j evening. _ I to help swell the A 30 6 7 8 9 KM I 12 |3 14 15 16 17 is IS. 21 22 23 24 25 24 ~- 28 29 30 31 Clellan’s army, to Coal Harbour, in the i At this hour the action became general enemy’s rear, and put his front upon it at for the first time on the Richmond lines. COURT ( ALLEM)ER FOR IS62. SUPERIOR. COURTS. JANUARY. 2,1 Monday, Chatham. * Floyd FEBRUARY. 1st Monday,Clink t Lumpkin 3d Monday, Campbell Dawson 3d Monday, Forsyth Polk Glascock Mirri wether Walton 4tU Monday, Baldwin Jackson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro Walker MARCH. 1st Thursday. Pierce 1st Monday I Appling Chattooga Cherokee Coweta Columbia Ciawfovd Gwinnett M adieon Marion 51 organ 2d Monday, Butts Bartow Coffee Elbert Fnyett Greene Pickens Washington Webster 3d Monday, CVbbt Calhoun Ball Hart .Heard Macon Newton Talbot Tattnal Ware Thursday after White Friday alter, Bulloch 4th Monday, Clinch Putnam llubvn Chattahoochee Dee Twiggs Wilkes Johnson Milton Tlmradayaft or Habersham 4tliTliurfd«v , Montgomery Monday af / Echols ter 11Ii Mon day. k Effingham AF RIL. 1st Ai 2d Mon. Carroll 1st Monday, Dooly Franklin Emanuel Early Fulton Gordon Pike Taylor Warren Wilkinson I JULY. 1st 51ondav, F ovd* AUGUST. ,1st Monday Luinpkint j2d 51 indav, Campbell ('lai k Dawson 3d Mondav, Forsyth ‘ Pols Glascock Merriwether Walton j 1th Slonday, Baluwin J a( kson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro U ulker jThusday after. Pierce I . SEPTE51HER. list Monday, Appling Chattooga Cher, kee Columbia Coweta Crawford 51 adison Marion Morgan 2d Monday, Butts Bartow Coffee Elbert Fayette Greene Gwinnett Pickens Washington Webster 3d Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Bull Bart Beard Macon Newton Talbot Ware Bulloch Thursday after W bite 14th Monday. Clinch Putnam Chattahoochee Lee Twiggs. Wilkes Johnson Milton ltnbun Thursday after Habersham Monday tif-) r the* 4th > Echols Mondav ) OCTOBER Emanuel Franklin Early Fulton Gilmer Gordon Taylor Warren Wilkinson Pike Thnrsd'yafter Banks 2d Monday, Hancock Richmond liairis Li-9 reus Miller Sumter Tuesday after, McIntosh 3d .Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Liberty Jlurrav Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Mouday Worth after* -Bryan 4th Monday,Wayne Decatur D< Kalb Houston J asper Lincoln Scidey Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday after, Irwin Monday “ Berrien Charlton 5IAY 1st Jlonday. Clayton Serivec Gilmer Randolph Upson 2d Slonday, Catoosa Ji fferson Chatham Fannin Mitchell M uscogee 3d 5Ionday, Bibb Burke Quittman Spalding Troup Union Baker Thursday after Towns 4th Monday, Dade Terrell Last 5Iondnv. Colquitt JUNE. 1st Monday, Lowndes Dougherty 2d Monday, Brooks Clay 3d Monday, Thomas ,\ Pacific Railrpad. Our Xorthern advices inform us passage by the lower house of the Yankee Congress, of its pet scheme of building a railroad to the Pacific. Something of the provisions of the bill arc indicated in ilie following extract from a letter in the A. } . \ rimes; ‘•The main line of the road to com mence at a point, not designated, on the 102nd meridian of longitude (which is j the western boundary of Kansas) and run , thence to the western boundary of Neva- | ia Territory, where it will connect with j lie Central Pacific railroad of California, i I'he .eastern connections are as iol- \ lows; ••]. From Kansas City to the 102nd, meridian of longitude, 2. From Leaven- j .vorth to a point on this line not more than j fifty miles from the Missouri river; 3. From j •fit. Joseph to a point intersecting this line I not more than one hundred miles west of ! lie Missouri river; 4. Front a point on the | Western boundary of Iowa, on the most practicable route, to an intersection with I lie main line not farther than the 102nd meridians ot longitude; •>. i rom Sioux j casiotiall City, Iowa, to a point intersecting wit h one j heavy gt u- other of the above lines not more than hree hundred miles west of the Missouri Tver—this branch, however, not to becou- -tructed till a railroad shall liave been com pleted through Minnessota or Iowa to 8i- •ux City. Mr. Arnold moved an amend ment which was adopted, providing That n fixing the point of intersection of the main track w ith the western connection, jt -ball be fixed at the most practicable piuht for the construction of the Iowa and Mis souri branches—thus establishing the pre sumption, other things being equal, that he eastern terminus of the main line shall oe about on the parallel of Burlington Iowa. “The bill proposes to give the six per cent bonds of the United States, to the amount of sixteen thousand dollars pet- mile, to the company as fast as sections of oi ty miles each are completed. 'l itis pro vision applies to the main line and all its branches, and the government has a first mortgage on the road. T hrough the ruck- v Mountains and the Sierra N'evadas the amount of debt to be incurred I liave not the trouble to calculate, but it is safe to say that it is too large to warrant one in entertaining the hope that the bill will pass the Senate at this session. If it were not for our tremendous war, with its frightful cost and towering debt, we could build the road with comparative ease; but there is no probability tliat the scheme will beattemp- ted, at least until the war is ended,and the ability of the nation to pay taxes under Old Church. The enemy had fallen hack j No such collision of numbers has yet oc- “ ; still further during the night, and Hill’s j curred in the history of the war. Itises- ! and Longstreet’s divisions pressed him in j timated that seventy-five thousand Confed- front and left flank early yesterday morn- J ernte troops were.engagerf with an equal, ! ing. Thus, by a strategy unparaleled for j if not superior, force of the enemy. T he of the- its brilliancy, was McClellan circumvent- scenery of the battle field is described as ed. Up to this writing we have no ac- ! awfully sublime, and its sights of carnage counts of’ the battle that has been pro- as exceeding in ghastliness the worst imag- ustify particulars, j | grossing that I but McClellan ; ported retreat it ! nv, bearing off from would and his main army was re- g down the Chiekahomi- Stonewali’s’ guns in the direction of West Point, where the gfinboats were l\ing ready to cover him. It was six o’clock when the enemy gave wav, after leaving their last breastworks battery of thirteen guns, which was their best, mounting heavy seige guns. Mc Clellan retired, burning up bis stores at the depots of his lines. From t lie top of the capital, in the square, shafts of white smoke could he seen rising in the direction of Old Church and the White House. At first this was thought to originate from the firing of cannon, that could not he heard from the distance, ihe wind also being contrary ; but later in tlie day it was as certained to have been caused by the de struction, by the enemy, of J j is immense stores off to the tight of tlie Mechanics- yille pike, on the farm of Dr. Gaines. T he mutterings of the fight could he oc- i ; heard through the report of s, but it tlied entirely away as the scene of the conflict, was removed by ibe retreat of the enemy and the advance of the Confederate forces. The tetieat of McClellan’s army, and tusuit of the Confederate army, lias illations of the horrors of war. Nightfall has caused an intermission of the terrific conflict. From the best and most leliable information we can obtain, the field was undecided, when the ac tion was intermitted to he resumed this morning. The field of the imposing Gattle, on which the grandest fortunes ever contested awaits decision, is about twelve*miles from the city of Richm oil. The enemy’s retreat was certainly nut a rout, as it has been described on the street j corners, lie left his ground at leisure, I cat tying off all his dead and worn Jed, j leaving no marks ol disorder on the route : of his retieat but such as are imndfcntai, | id course, to the movements oflarge mass es. There is occasion to apprehend that Me(T ellan, in falling back on his present line of'defence, has improved his position. Fite advantages of his present position are mainly artificial, but they sire considered important and serious, although lie gave up yesterday several positions of great natural advantage, especially that at Mechanics ville, upon which he had expended every resource to make it impiegtiable. It is impossible to estimate the loss in* yesterday's engagement. The only stale* . . ; meets we can get of the casualties <rf the veil our base ot information concerning | terrific battle of the evening are vague and ghastly messages that the “ground is cov ered with dead.” The spirits of our troops are undimitiished. There was no strag gling hut from excessive fatigue. 'Lite is sue, which is yet undecided, is solemnly entrusted to the valor of our troops and the providence of Almighty God. Jackson’s army was represented as-mov-j —— j mg down considerably ibis side of the j A F, »*t Truce between Bcaurrgnnl and Fatnunkey fora trussel bridge spanning it • iiaiieck’a Army, j at the railroad, with the intention of out-1 An army correspondent of the New Y. | stripping McClellan, whose forces were Tribune gives a graphic account ol the in- 1 making for the same bridge to secure it as | a crossing before it w as seized or burned iy Jackson. Gen. l.ongstreet’s A. P. j tli i tin | the fight, which, we learn, was kept up at ) j intervals with great severity, but, through j j the kindness of an officer from our lines, ! we hat e been supplied with a very intelli- i gent pencil diagram, furnishing the po- I ! sitions of the retreating and pursuing I I forces. the new ed.” revenue bill accurately aseerlain- Richmond Hancock Hart is Laurens Miller Sumter ,3d Monday, Glynn lluralsoo Jlrnry Jones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union tV.ith Thursday after Tow ns Thursday ) Montgomery after » lth Monday, Wavne Decal nr DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Schley Tattnall Whitfield Wilcox Friday after. Telfair Unmden Thursday after. Irwin Mondav after Charlton NOVEMBER. 1st Monday, Berrien Se riven Clayton Effingham Randolph Upson 2d Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell Muscogee , j;3d Monday, Bibb Burke Quittman Spalding Troup Baker lth Mondav, Dade ' Terrell Thursday Rfter. McIntosh Monday “ Colquitt “ Liberty Mon. after Liberty. Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday. Dougherty Lowndes 2d Monday, Brooks Clav 3d Monday Thomas 'May holds three weeks, if necessary, at each term. tJudge not reqnired to draw Jurors for two weeks; and not obliged to hold two weeks' Court in counties of Cobb and Lumpkin. Yankee Health on the Tennessee.—A lafe number of the Louffiville Journal contains the following doleful account: Dr. Blackman returned last night from Pittsburg, coming up on the Superior to New Albany, and from thence by rail. The Superior has on board 555 sick and woun- ed and unable to come up the river over the Falls, she will discharge her load he low and return to the Tennessee. Dr. Blackman states that the banks of the Tennessee river are covered by the’ sick soldiers to be counted by thousand^ upon thousands. T hey are necessarily poorly provided, for, and tiie boats are leav- bourly crowded with theinvalids. Ihe wea ther is very hot, and sickness increasing. Halleck has made his arrangements not to bring- his wounded at the battle of t’orinth from the field, but they will lie cared for at Corinth. The roads were wretched, and our troops enduring all kinds of privations and hardships to reach the enemy’s fortifi cations. Dr. Blackman is si ill Brigade | Surgeon of the army, the Secretary ot War refusing to accept ids resigna tion. Yankee Brutality — T hero, is a T ankee officer now in this city, a prisoner in one of our jails, who makes some startling state ments in regard to the treatment ot some of our men who were taken _ prisoner in the late great battle before • fortunate lack of Richmond. We give the statement for j e d officers killed, what it is worth. It it is true, it is time our soldiers were settling in their tninjs the question whether in future ihey will take prisoners those ruffians, who seem to he tiead to every feeling of common hu manity. This officer says that frequent ly, after our men had surrendered tliem- selve, and thrown down their amis, they were run through with bayonets, or else knocked in the head by the clubbed mus kets of their brutal f<>e. He mentions one special instance which came under his own observation. A Yankee soldier was de tailed to take one of our men (a piisonei ) to the rear He demurred, but was obii- lltil’s and I). II. Hill’s divisions were ptessing haul upon McClellan’s rear,while Magtuder and Huger, on the Chickahom- iny. held our right wing in the direction of New Bridge w ith a portion of the enemy in front of them. This was the supposed situation of the armies up to' yesterday af ternoon. As regards the battle, or series of battb-s, that closed the eventful day we have little that is reliable. So, too, of our loss and that of the enemy, hut it lias been heavy—that on the enemy's side very great; but we will not ventureon figures. It appears to be conceded that the ene my successfully withdrew their forces from the position held by them on Thursday night, after the capture of Mechan'csville, leaving behind, as a blind, some skitmish- ers and a battery, which, when charged upon by the advance yesterday morning at daylight, was found to he empty of men and guns. A pursuit of three hours brought our forces upon a formidable bat- terv of thirteen guns at Gaines’ Mill, near New Kent toad. Here occurred our hea- , .... viest loss. The breastworks were situa- the very district on whose soil he now stood ; ted on a bluff, across a mill-dam, canal ! un ^ r a and swamps, with rifle pits in front. troops charged through and over all with a valor and determination that swept ev erything, clearing rifle pits aud battery at the point of tlie bayonet. The troops that did this splendid act of gallantry were from North Carolina—Hie brigade of Gen. Tender. This was accomplished through terrific volleys of musketry, shell, round .shot, grape and canister, that piled tlie ground with ihe valorous dead and wound ed. In ihe retreat bodies of cavalry were thrown forward on the Prospect road and the Tuekertown road to intercept them, but it failed to succeed. We hear it said ' that McClellan’s letreat was conducted in i good order, and that the enemy carried i forwar i all their dead and wounded. It i was said few prisoners were taken ; how- tercourse which took place btween the two atmies recently confronting each other at Coiin h, under a flag of truce borne by a detachment tinder Colonel Jacob Tbomp- s- n, of Mississippi, Secretary of the Inte- iioi under the Buchannan Administration The account will he found highly interest ing. After describing his reconnissance about tlie ‘rebel’ lines the writer pro ceeds : Looking down the next turn of the road, beyond the two or three blue coats on du ty, I noticed a group of officers, among whom were two conspicuous for the gaudy uniform, of the Confederate army, while the presence, just beyond, of a tall, grey coat ed private, bearing a white Hag, ex plained the phenomenon- hiding up, I was introduced to Colonel Thompson, of General Beauregard’s stall’. The cordial warmth of manner, the fine head, expressive features and grizzly heard and moustache were not unfamiliar in Washington, even so late as the begin ning of tlie present year. It was Mr. Bu chanan’s well known Secretary of the In terior, the Hon. Jacob M. T hompson. Mis- j sissippi millionaire, ex-Congrcsstnan from help swell the Abolition power.’ Then followed enquiries, almost innu merable, about old friends on the’other side. Among others, Colonel T. asked after Matt Martin, of Columbus. I told hint of his being the editor of the States man ; and when I added, with a trifle ot malice aforetought, for which I trust Matt will forgive me, that up North we accused him of being a pretty fair secessionist foi Ohio latitude, J am very g-lad to hear it!’ ex#ftimed the Col. ‘Very glad, indeed, T ’assure you.’ | ‘loti havn’t heard of your taking Rich- I mond yet, have you ?’ We told him we I had no dispatches to that effect, but that i we confidently expected them within a J few days. ‘You won’t get them,’ said he; | ‘you’re not going to take Richmond with- | out a much harder fight than you’re coiint- ■ ing on.’ The loss of New Orleans, Pen- j sacola and Norfolk was freely admitted, and the nmense advantage thus gained acknowledged. ‘But all won’t do, gentle men. I otv may t^ke some of our cities, hut you can’t subjugate the South. Your confiscation, which, stave it off as you will, in Congress, you are bound to come to, and )*tur subjugation mea<i4> simply exter mination. 1’ts :oo great an undeitaking for any powe4-. And, gentlemen,’solemn !y repeated the martial looking cavalrj captain, ‘you may win seme victories over us, hut you can Dever subdue us.’ The Secession prisoners at Columbus were inquired after, and the story of their kind treatment was received with great gratification. Colonel Thompson had relatives among them ; and‘could vve ar range it so that he could send them a mes sage, or, if possible, a few lines in writing?’ True to newspaper habits, I had writing materials with me, and tlie Colonel at once availed himself of the offer, and sat down ott a log to write a letter. He in sisted on reading it over to Colonel Con nell to assure him there was nothing im proper in what he had written, and ex pressed great delight at the opportunity for such certain anti speedy communica tion. Meantime, our officers had been ming ling freely with the rebels, and all manner of good-natured remarks or tart rejoinders exchanged. From tlie Richmond Enquiry. Xarthrrn anil Kn$li»h Journalism—A ( on- Iras I. The separal ion from the north which we are now vindicating by arms, will yield us as a portion of its fruits many social ad vantages. Wc think the Southern tem perament is much more magnanimous and courteous than that of the North. There is far less disposition to make life a scuffie for advantages in which every man is a ri val if not an enemy. There is more gen erosity of character, more hospitality, more refinement of feeling, less credulity, more steadiness of opinion and less susceptibil ity to what is known as “sensation.” The influence and example of Northern litera ture have however, had considerable in fluence in perverting our natural taste.* and habits of mind, and adaj ting them to its own vicious standaid. But we trust t hat separation will work out our full e mancipation in this respect; and that the felicitous diction and quiet dignity of such a style as Madison’s will over please our taste infinitely better than the vain bom bast of such as Sumner or the coarse speech and brutal vituperation of such as Ben nett and Greeley. We trust that the ap petite for seeing men abused in print, will not like that of the tiger which has once tasted human blood, prove undying and insatiable; but that whey we shall no longer he accustomed to Northern periodicals we shall speedily be recovered from the con tagion of their example, and form ourselves after our own native instincts. Perhaps the departure which Northern iiovi-u papers have made from the standard *'f dignity and good taste, could not be bet ter illustrated than by comparing them with similar English publications. We have before us copies of the New York “Herald”.and the London “'Times.” The latter paper seems to assume that its read ers will give it credit for filling its col umns with the most instructive or enter- tertaining matter it could provide. Hence it rnakes.no attempt to excite a factitious interest- Its valuable and instructive cor respondence is introduced with a caption that simply tells from what country it comes. 'Tlie brief headings of its news matter simply name the subjects treated of. Its editorial are without even this; • he reader being left to learn the subject from a perusal of the article. This, we think, carries the idea too far; for it is a convenience to the reader to know at once the topic of discussion. In everything, indeed, the “Times” avoids the least approach to “sensation.” It does not sound its own praises. It has no boasts of its circulation; no boasts of presenting later news than others. It qui etly publishes what it gathers and produ ces, and leaves the reading public to de cide what is “Startling!!” and what is “Astounding!!” and what is “In advance of our neighbors!!” When on the other hand, wc open the New Y<>rk “Herald,” we feel at once as we had entered a noisy auction store, ora show where the man praises his goods as if he must sell them quickly or die At the head of the first column of the leading matter we are told that the “Herald” has “tlie largest circulation of any daily journ al in the world” “equal to the aggregate circulation of all the other daily• journals in N<-w York.” 'The headings to the edi- A Proper KetaliatiM. The following letter from Gen. Hindman to the Federal commander in Arkansas, is written in the proper spirit: Headquarters Trans-Mississippi Dist., ) Little Rock, Ark, June 8, 1862. J General : I have received information that you have in prison at Batesville cer tain citizens of Izard county, Arkansas, captured a few days since by a detachment of your cavalry, who are charged with firing upon your men, while attempting to arrest them, and whom it is your intention to hang as outlaws Without stopping to inquire whether they did actually tire upon your soldiers or not, I asseit it to be the duty as well as the right, of every cit izen of this district, to fire upon the Sol diers of the United States government so ■ otig as the government persists in the nva- sioii of their homes, and they have the arms to defend these homes with ; and in the performance of that duty, I should sustain them at every hazard. 1 liave in custody several officers and sol diers of the army of your government, and I-write this to warn you that if your threat is carried into execution against one single i-itizen of this district, who now is, or may hereafter fall into, your hands, 1 sh ill avenge his death by hanging eveiy Federal officer and soldier whom 1 now hold as prisoners of. war ; and from that time for ward this becomes a war of extermination between us. Neither asking or granting quarter, I shall put to death without mercy every soldier and citizen of the United States who falls into my hands. 1 am futher informed that in a published order you have already declared this to be a war of extermination, and that you ex pect to wage it as such. I request, sir, that you specifically advise me as to the truth of such information, and if compati ble with your duty, furnish me a copy of the order in question. If such proves to have been your declaration, however, you can consider this as an acceptance of ihe issue tendered, and we will ignore all re cognized rules of civilized warfaie aud make our campaign one of savage cruelty and unsparing butchery. Hoping, General, that there is some mis take in this matter, aud that the rules of civlized warfare will continue to influence us both, in conducting the campaign in which we find ourselves engaged, I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, T. C. HINDMAN, Major-General C. S. A. Brigadier-General Cl'RTls, Commanding U. S. forces in Aakansas. eing exchanged. One of our captains | torials are short enough, and are descrip- and a tall, lank, long haired, sallow-faced, tive hut coarse. 'The captions to its spe- black-eyed Louisianian struck boldly out c ; a | core jespondence are very long and in tensely sensational. Its news from Eu rope, in the paper before us, is headed by into first principles—and the wrongs of tlie 1 South aud the theory of secession were most volubly defended anil ridiculed.— Horse trading was proposed by others, and but for the ‘L*. S.’ brand, some of our animals might have transferred their alle giance, and have been enjoying another government before sundown* At last the officers returned from Hal- leck’s headquarters. The general co" 1 ’ not consent that Col. Thompson should come within our lines as requested, and he would be willin nearly la If a column of displayed cap tions, printed in large black type. Ever- thing which it gives from the seat of war appealing as it does to the sensibilities of the people, furnishes admirable opportuni ty which is duly improved, for sensation headings. In short, for almost everything it pub lishes it begs, for readers, that is to say for purchaser of tlie paper by such superlative to reciprocate the re- • praises as a small shopper employs for ma il ease of prisoners by returning an equal king sale of bis goods. 0 tII - The Colonel bad been sent in by Gener- nutnber in exchange. Col. Thompson was evidently chagrined at being allowed to go no further, but lie was too politic as well as too gentlemanly to manifest any open dissatisfaction. He must complain of the United States, however, for its course with reference to the exchange of prisoners. It had added needless barbar ism to tlie war, and its practice was in di rect violation of the usages of civilized na tions. Certainly the South had done e- nougli fighting to entitle herself to treat ment as at least a fighting power. '1 here was too much good sense in this to give any ground for dispute, and so the inter view ended, as it had begun, in the most a Beauregard to turn over to General fect harmon „ Halleck some sixty-two pnsoners recently ; The . )rison ^ s _ a so looking set- captured near tort Hetman, lennessee, were marclied forward, the rebel cavalry (and released under parole not to bear j turned them 0V er to our officers, a descrip- arms against the Confederacy until regu- , tive rf)11 was pi . odllC ed, and sixty-two rc- !.y y exchanged.) and to see what Genet- leased prisoners a „ swe red very joyfully al Halleck would agree to in the way ol a as tl)( A names were called . C-.donel Con- general system of exchanges, lie was es corted by Beauregard’s body guard, a fine body-of cavalry fiotn New Orleans, under tiie command of Captain Dreux. It might be ungenerous, after the very pleasant in terview we had, lo.t our officers could not repreoo tlieii suspicion that there was an other object besides the release of sixti- nell enquired if they wished them sworn not to bear arms against the Confedeiacy till regularly exchanged. ‘Oh, we’ve at tended to that already,’ said Col. Thomp son, ‘and I guess it’s pretty well impressed Some ale was produced, Of the policy of the “Herald” it is not now our province, to speak. It might he defined as simply a sailing before the wind in search of a market. It speaks the words that will bring it the most dollars. But while its editorials are generally specious and often able, they are not any more than the captions of its correspon dence and its news, free from the slang and the low lingo which pass current in a North ern crowd. Into its vocabulary and for frequent use it admits a thousand words that degrade the language, though they may enable the new sboys to sell an extra “Herald” to some one who loves to be told itow somebody was brought up with a round turn.” The tone of the “Herald.” too, is ever denunciatory and dogmatical. All who differ from it, no matter how much esteem ed, by the wise and good, are treated with unmeasured rudeness. In this tespect however, it is but fair to Bennett to say that lio has not gone tu tlio lengths of Lis principal rival for fame and favor in the North. Some one, when asked lor a defi nition of dogmatism, replied that it is sim ply full grown puppyism. The discripjion j is severe but just, and Horace Groely sits on tbeii minds. and Rebel and Unionists alike drank out ot the same cup. ‘If we could only take j ; pply sucb terms lirtr> tool , numbskull, over that may be. but few have arrived in Richmond.. As far as our limited kt.owl- Y" na 0, ‘ r P'f «'“• f D . . . edue extends this moment, there is a very T leasa,,t talk filled up tl.e intervals r’hiie two paroled prisoners, and that they were 4 ,i •• i • 1 of • I you up to our camp, wc. would give you iA. lll »ciite roe-ue Src tn ^11 who Ktnnrl in desirous ol learning precisely where our J i .. , r - i « <x,c. f to ail w no btanu in i* ii i i i i 1 bomet Inner uettoi* said one or our otoccis* ♦ i.n w n v nt his u i ptnpnt his iinimnns hues were, and what more they could by . OI nev | r mindt repiied a rebc l with a the - - s,rtte,nen,s ’ h,s *’P ,n,0,ls - penetrating them as far as possible. quizzical look, ‘we expect to entertain all i hey had, ot course, been stopped e- y OU g en tl e meu at our quarters pretty soon, voiid our pickets, and an hour or more of and depend on it tips party shall have the best brandy Corinth affdids.’ The leave-taking grew protracted — Eaeb one bad something to say or ask.— Hands were shaken with marked cordial ity, all around.’ ‘May we meet again un der pleasanter auspices,’ said Col. Thomp son, and there wasn’t one of the party that did not fervently echo the wish, and iu- l „ l I Beauregard s letter to Halleck and 1 houip- , son s request, fora privateiuterview wete taken back to headquarters, and answers We hear tlie light batteries suffered se- j awaited. Both, the Colonel and Captain I verelv. Purcell's battery, of Richmond, jj rPU x made themselves as agteeable as Colonel Lindsay Walker, went into the ! p ossible, aud there was a sort of tacil un action of Thuisday evening with above derstauding by which both bides avoided ninety men, and brought out only thirty , unpleasant subjects. The grounds of; , - . • ... , , or forty. ' Seventeen of their horses were c „mplaint the South had against the North i " ar< ' 10 P e .. t ^ ,at ‘, e , soine c a ' T , ! iav , e killed. The Maryland battery, Captain i were alluded to for a moment, but with Snowden Andrews, in the same battle, lost ; (Lionel Thompson’s ‘Well, well, we can-’t five men killed and wounded, and several 1 see j n tbe same light,’ the matter was horses. Doctor Hunter, of Maryland, the ! dropped. . suigeon, was killed. The Chesapeake) i hey were profuse iu their expressions ged to obey tlie order. Alter ba5 ing some distance from his regiment he was seen to halt the una.med man in .lie road that fight.ng between some and deliberately b ow his brains out. Ihe gunboats aud out fotces murderer^on d return, was only remon- '!>• 1 strated with. Shad we take such men pmg at City 1 ouit. be\ prisoners, and feed them?—likh. Dispatch, iost. Artillery was orde-ed to join Gen Long- of regret that the war should have broken street’s division on tbe right, and was not j out a t a ll, a nd particularly hitter against engaged. { the abolitionists. ‘We don’t like to fight We hear from near Petersburg ...... „ , . , . liting between some of the enemy’s men we like as well as we do jou in bat bad commenced tie ; we want to light your abolitionists. _ ed all the ship- 1 know,’ he continued, ‘you have very at City Point. Several lives were few of them here ; but if you could collect a regiment of them, I’d pick out a regi- a» opportunity to do a kindness to this of ficer of Beauregard’s staff. But at Iasi there was no excuse for wailing longer. Mounting their horses, the colonel and captain waved a final adieu, and, with un covered heads rode on, the body-guard wheeling in behind them, every man lift ing his cap tjike passed our officers, and the . I a, i , ;,t n. t ns r. so, under the white flag, the courteous n the Appomatox river, I you Northern men, said Col. I hompson, rebels ]eft ug _ May our balls and shells g, below Port Walthall, ■ ‘It grieves us to think of ha\mg to meet de-i j ]jj, bt ] ghtly with that party in the com ing day ! The world is beautiful to those keep their hearts pure. who his ambitions, his hates and partialities. With vagaries and crotchets enough in his head to consign him to a moral Bedlam, be yet surpasses even Bennett in apply ing abusive, contemptuous and degrading epithets to men of iepute for talents ana integrity, and of course infinitely his own superiors. Erom the influence of such examples, so omnipotent at the North, we are pro foundly grateful that henceforth we are separated —For sooner would we have our people and our journals build on the English model. But in preference even to that, we would delight to see them take counsel of their own inborn courtesy and sense of propriety, and their native taste. ’The stiff almost grown dignity, of En glish periodical literature, would then find that all its solid merits were exhibited hero while added to them would be that vivacity that marks the American temper ament and that out flowing good will acd chivalrous courtesy which form the basis of •Southern hospitality and the charm of southean society, wherein we have devia ted from this ideal, let us make haste to re form. How Wounded Yankees are Treated by their Surgeons—In the Yankee House of Kepreseutives on the lltli instant, Mr. Foster, of Connecticut, said there had been great mismanagement in tbe appointment of surgeons. Many of the surgeons were utterly unfit for their duties. At the battle of Winchester, many wound ed men lay for eight or nine days without having their wounds dressed, and were buried in tlie clothes they were weunded in. If the Committee on the Conduct of the War examine this case, they will find that not all the cruelties are practiced ny the rebels. There were men who had their legs amputated, and while they laid on the floor in agony, were told to get up and go out by tlie surgeons ; and when the poor men said they could not go because they had no legs, they had been kicked by the Surgeons : or meu connected with what is called tlie Medical Department of the Army. Such facts occurred after the bat tle of Winchester. There are at least fifteen thousand men in the hospitals now ivho ought to be discharged ; there were men sent to the hospitals so carelessly that not even their names were sent with them, and such men have died and been buried as unknown, leaving years of suspense to their families. The Death of C'ol. Robert A. Smith Fills all hearts hereabout with depres sion and grief. He was in many respects the highest type of a man. In the camp.a fine disciplinarian—a valiant soldier— untiring in his devotion to the interests and welfare of his command, and brave perhaps to a fault. In civil life he was one ot the most, valuable men who can adorn and bless any society. To all the qualifications of a good citizen he added an ardent, Christ-like and consistent piety, which made a daily avocation of “going about doing good.” We must deeply sympathize with his widowed mother and other relatives, in the loss of such a son. It is a great bereave ment to them and to Macon. 'The corpse of the Colonel, we learn, will be brought to Macon for interment. His mother’s only charge to the servant, when Col. Smith left home for the last time, was to hurry back his master’s body. She never ex pected to see him agaiu alive. She knew his impulsive bravery would betray him to too great hazards. When the fight came on, he had just left the hospital from twen ty day’s confinement with fever, and was so weak as to require assistance in moun ting his horse. None of tlie three wounds he received were fatal, lie died of exhaus tion from the loss of blood and over exer tion in bis weak state of health. Telegraph. — <►— ii From South America.—We have news from Buenos Ayres to the 14th of April. It is said that the South American re publics were greatly alarmed at the reports of the allied operations against Mexico, fearing that Spain would endeavor to ap ply the new principle of European inva sion to themselves. Uruguary especially felt uneasy concerning the rumor of an I- talian fleet being despatched to her wa- ters.-France was steadily urging her many claims againt Buenos Ayres. Manuel Rosas ex-Dictator of the Argentine Con federation, had been condemned to death, after a ten year’s trial. His property is declared confiscated; but, as Rosas resides in Southampton, England, the death pen alty cannot be .enforced, and no person seemed inclined to pmchase his estates. The produce market of Buenos Ayres was quiet. Foreign lumber went off freely, and flour, on board, was at S8 a $9. A remedy foi Congestive Chills.—The “Mother of a soldier” lias sent to the Pe tersburg Express, a remedy for congestive chiiis, which she never knew to tail. She has (she says) for a number of years been managing a large boarding school and has had some experience in nursing. The rem edy is spirits turpentine—give from ten to fifteen drops in syrup or toddy—rub the spince, chest, and extremities well, adding a small quantity of oil of turpentine to prevent blisteriug. The extremities should be rubbed until reaction takes place. A cloth should be applied to the chest,