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“Salted by Fire ’ is a remarkable first
production, quite interesting in itself,
but yet more strongly suggestive of
better things to come. • With care,
study, conscientious self-culture, we
think it hardly requires a prophet to
predict that the author’s literary future
will be a successful, perhaps even a
brilliant one.
G. W. Carleton & Cos., of New
York have given us anew work by
Robert Dale Owen, called “ The
Debatable Txmd between this 11 or/d
and the Feset, with illustrative nar
rations, etc.”
A singular work, of voluminous pro
portions, and endless category of illus
trative matter; but one which the
reader, whether a Spiritualist, (in the
modem sense), or the hardest of
Sceptics, will assuredly find interesting,
if he takes it up in the proper mood,
and at the right time! Say whm.
we may, let us be as sarcastic,
and incredulous as possible, all topics
which are connected with the mysteri
ous Spirit-World, must possess an in
definable attraction ; nor do we be
lieve that the man has ever existed, or
exists now to. whom, under certain cir
cumstances, the instinct of the un
known, the possibilities of ghost-land,
have not brought vague shudderings,
and a surmise often quickened into
absolute conviction that the air about,
and the vast vaults above ns are full of
spiritual beings'
Mr. Owen, however, is evidently an
extremest on this subject; and he in
jures his own cause by the naive
credulity he displays in reference to
table-tipping, spirit-rapping, and the
mass of rather vulgar chicanery of
which professional mediums have too
evidently been guilty. Hut his book
abounds in curious details, circuni
j-.taijtially and clearly related; some of
them of a nature calculated to puzzle,
if not overawe, the most flippant and
irreverent intellect.
One section of these spirit exper
iences we pronounce especially note
worthy ; that devoted to the record of
ghostly appearances immediately after
death or almost in articulo mortis;
for the strong, accumulative character
ROSTERS OF REGIMENTS, BATTALIONS, BATTERIES, AND BRIGADE AND DIVISION STAFF ORGANIZATIONS OF LONGSTREET’S CORPS.
BY GENERAL E. P. ALEXANDER.
The following Rosters are a part of the “Records of Longstreet’s Corps” collected by General E. P. Alexander, formerly Chief of Artillery of the Corps, and soon to be published by subscrip
tion. They are designed to record: Ist. The Brigades in which each Regiment served. 2d. The list of engagements in which it took part, with its strength and casualties in each; official figures
being given where they can be obtained, and approximate where they cannot, fid. The name, rank, promotions, and wounds of all Regimental Officers above the rank of Lieutenant, and ot all Stall
Officers of whatever rank. The names of Lieutenants of Companies have been omitted on account of the great difficulty of obtaining them, and the bulk to which they would swell the record.
Having been collected in part by correspondence, they necessarily contain some errors and are by no means complete, and are published in the Banner of the South and Pi.antf.bs’ Journal, of
Augusta, in hopes that, those who may be able, will take the trouble to correct and complete them before they are published in more permanent form, in the appendix of the “Records of Longstreet’s
Corps.” All surviving officers who may see them, are earnestly requested to examine them carefully and to supply omissions or correct errors, however small, and without waiting to bear from any
body else, by letter directed to E. P. Alexander, Columbia, 8. 0. Copies of official reports of battles are also earnestly requested, particularly of the campaigns of 1863 and 18G4, from any who may
have preserved them. Any papers lent will be copied and carefully returned.
KEMPER’S BRIGADE, ORGANIZED JUNE, 1861.
LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS. j FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS AND CAPTAINS.
DATES.
I*ol. July 18tli I Black burn Ford Brigadier Gen'l J Longstreet % [Promoted Major General, August, 1861.
“ Julv 21stiFirst Manassas , j. “ “ C C Clark.....* Transferred, November Btli, 1801.
1802. * April Siege of Yorktown | | “ “ R S Ewell |Promoted Major General, 1862.
“ Mav sth Williamsburg , “ “ A P Hill ! “ “ “ May, 1862.
“ June Ist Seven Pines “ “ J L Kemper Wounded July 3d, 1863; pro Major Gen., September, 1864.
“ June 27tb Cold Harbor “ “ W R Terry Wounded July fid, 1863; served out.
“ July Ist Frazer’s Farm. 150044 205475 424 A D C P T Manning Transferred, 1861.
“ Aug 30th Second Manassas 33 240 1 274 “ GE Geiger Killed July 3d, 1863.
“ Sept 14th|Boonesboro 15 1021 27 144 “ Valentine Harris Killed April 6th, 1865.
“ Sept 17th Sharpsburg Ins General T G Pollock.. Killed July 3d, 1863.
“ Dec 13th Fredericksburg | 38 38 “ “ WI Allen Wounded.
ig63 May Siege of Suffolk ! j Adjutant F L Amiisted Transferred, 1861.
“ July 3d Gettysburg “ G M Sorrel Promoted, November, 1861.
1864. May 16th Drury’s Bluff “ W O Fry Wounded, July 3d, 1863.
•i * June|2d Cold Harbor , “ Herbert Bryant Wounded.
u June Bermuda Hundreds jA Q M S P Mitfchell
1865. March 31stjDinwiddie ! ; 1 ! “ Meade j
“ April Ist'Five Forks j “ NW Crisler. •
“ April 6th Sailors’ Creek A C S I II Chichester !
“ April oth Appomattox I “ J W Green I
'Surgeon C B Morton j ,
BANNER OF THE SOUTH AND PLANTERS’JOURNAL.
of the proof furnished therein, is tool
striking to be passed over in silence, |
or to be put aside by any of the argu
ments always levelled at stories of
common apparitions and inconsequent
visitors from the realms of silence,
and oblivion! We have not the space j
to quof% them, or any other of the;
marvellous incidents Mr. Owen has so
industriously collected in support of
his theories, —but his book, in the
main, has an “eiry" and “gruesome”
sort of fascination, and except to
people of weak nerves, and uncon
trolled superstitious fancy—will prove
worthy of a careful examination.
Our commendation however, so far
as it goes, must not be taken as ap
plying to such facts of the work as to
treat of Mr. Home, and the Clairvoy
ant Humbugs generally. There Mr.
Owen’s reason departing, leaves him
struggling in the bogs of fanaticism,
not to say fatuity, and the prudent
reader would do well to wait until he
escapes therefrom, before again yield
ing to his guidance!
Soldiers’ Monument in Athens. —To
the Ladies’ Memorial Association of
Clarke county will belong the honor of
having erected the first costly, durable
and appropriate monument to the Con
federate dead in Georgia. The beautiful
structure which, under their auspices, is
shortly to be erected in Athens in honor
of the soldiers of Clarke county, who
fell in defense of “ the soil that gave
them birth and reared them men,” is
thus described by the Athens Banner, of
Saturday: “The monument is now
nearly completed, and by the Ist of
May next will be ready for erection. It
is an elegant work of art, constructed
after the best models as to style and
finish, and thoroughly free from every
thing that would detract from its mean
ing as a memorial of the dead. Good
taste has been shown in avoiding all
ornaments or showy embellishments,
while the characteristic features of a
cenotaph—simplicity, chasteness and
classic beauty—have been admirably
preserved in the form and ornamenta
tion of the work.
“The baseof the monument,is granite,
formed by a series of steps, on which
rests a tall marble column, so divided as
to combine solidity and grace. Flags,
wreaths and military symbols adorn the
STRENGTH.
KILLED.
WOUNDED.
MISSING.
TOTAL.
PLACES.
upper portions of the pedestal, while
above them are urns and flowers. The
names of officers and soldiers of Clarke
county, who fell in the Confederate
struggle, are inscribed on the lower
facades. Over this section of the mon
ument rises the main division of the
column, with its imposing scroll work,
containing four inscriptions, one on
each side. One of the fronts is simply
inscribed to the Confederate Dead ; the
second records the name of the Ladies’
Memorial Association, while the third
and fourth have the following inscrip
tions, viz :
[inscription- on third side.]
True to the Soil
That gave them Birth and reared them
Men ;
True to the Traditions of their Revolu
tionary Ancestors of High Renown
And
Hallowed Worth ;
Alike by Instinct and oy Principle,
Cherishing the Sentiments
of
Home and Country
And the Allegiance thereunto Due
As
One and Inseparable :
These Heroes
Ours in the Unity of Blood,
Ours in the Unity of Patriotism,
Struggled for the Rights of States
As Held
By
The Fathers of the Republic
And
By the Fathers, as a Sacred Trust,
Unto them Bequeathed.
[INCBIPTXON ON FOURTH SIDE.]
The measure of their years
Suddenly Completed
In
The fatal Issues of Battle,
Reached the consummation of Earthly
Glory.
By their Death,
Last and Holiest office of Human Fidelity
Possible to Brave Men,
Attesting their sincerity,
Vindicating their honor
And
Sealing their Integrity,
They won their Title
To
An Immortality
of
LOVE AND REVERENCE.
“This beautiful monument will be be
tween thirty and forty feet high. It is
the work of Mr. T. Markwalter, of Au
gusta. The noble women who have
toiled for several years to accomplish
this work, have now the supremo satis
faction of seeing the completion of their
patient and self-denying labors ; and no
words that can be writteu or spoken
can express their praise half so eloquent
ly as this silent memorial of their “ Love
and Reverence” for the glorious dead.
NAME.
RANK.
[From the South.]
Representative Women of the South.
To those who heartily despise useless
sectional prejudice, such as prevent all
sympathy with the South in her de
pressed condition, and who regret while
they cannot wonder at the spirit of-
Southern ostracism, which is an almost
insurmountable obstacle to her renewed
prosperity, it may not be uninteresting
to know that in our metropolis there are
now welcome to a generous and elegant
hospitality two representative women.
These Indies are descended in the same
line of ancestry, and are cousins german
to each other. Madam Octavia Walton
Le Vert, the amiable and elegant woman
of fashion, who a few years since graced
many a brilliant salon' abroad, and who
will always be remembered among the
indispensable habitues of Saratoga so
ciety, is one of these ; she is now spend
ing the Winter in the fashionables cir
cles of New York. There are few young
people at this day vho can better en
dure the fatigues consequent upon in
dulgence in society festivity. She is
the grand-daughter of George Walton,
one of the signers of the Declaration of I
Independence, and daughter of Gov
ernor Walton, of Florida memory,
whose earliest history belongs to the
later times of General Jackson. Her
mother was Sarah Minge Walker.
Madame Le Vert’s birth-place was Belle
vue Cottage, near Augusta, Ga. This
was the residence of her grandmother,
whose maiden name was Elizabeth Tal
bot, a sister of Captain Thomas Talbot,
of Wilkes county, Ga. The family is
among the oldest and truest represen
tatives of the best Southern society.
Macauley, in his History of England,
speaks of this Talbot family being “ sec
ond only to the De Vere family in anti
quity. ”
Mrs. Carleton Belt’s mother was the
only daughter of Captain Thomas Tal
bot, of Wilkes county, Ga. Her father
was Colonel William Jones ; he was_ an
officer in the United States Army in the
war of 1812, and after that a wealthy
Southern planter. Descended from a
line of planters on both sides of her'
family, Mrs. Belt’s wealth consisted in
slaves and land ; and by the war she was
deprived of her wealth and the labor so
necessary to develop her resources.
Born of a noble mind, with an enduring
spirit—daughter of one whom a cotem
porary speaks of as “one who never did
a little or mean thing in all his life, and
as perfect a gentleman as ever trod Geor
gia soil ” —his daughter is now working
faithfully and earnestly for her sec
tion and people, submitting without a
murmur to every deprivation which
was to be expected from war, but which
was not on that account more endurable.
Her husband, Captain Carleton Belt,
was killed early in the late war. In
person these cousins are as different as
the pursuits of their lives. The first
named, formed for the pursuits andl
pleasures of society ; the other, caring i
little or nothing for these things, nnclj
always reaching after the grand pos-l
sibilities of a progressive future. Mrs.
Belt lias such a face as is rarely seen,
and looks like some picture of Hliaks
peare’s heroines. Sl* is above the
medium height. In manner she has
the old-stateliness, somewhat different
from much of our modern affected
dignity, combined with an affability
which prevents natural pride of charac
ter from being at all forbidding ; and
added to these the varied experiences
of life with its vicissitudes of fortune
have left behind them, and upon her
the peculiar impress of a marked and
yet not stern individuality. In religious
faith she is a Roman Catholic. The
development and prosperity of her sec
tion is her one absorbing idea. Judge
Johu A. Bingham, member of Congress
from Ohio, in speaking of Mrs. Belt’s
efforts for the restoration of Georgia,
says : “Such devotion, such fidelity to
the interest of a great people, should
not be refused the tribute of that peo
ple’s gratitude, nor the respect of every
true American at home or abroad.” In
ber efforts after progress, under great
difficulties, for her section and country
men, we chronicle her a representative
woman, and believe every truly patriotic
heart in America will bid her God-speed.
A Northern Woman.
The Knotty Problem Solved —How
to Live on Twelve Hundred Dollars
a Year. —Under the leading of house
hold expenses, the New York Times has
called out a long list of communications,
showing how a middle class family may
be maintained in good homes nud have
every comfort on twelve hundred dol
lars. The following letter strikes us as
by long odds the most feasible and com
monly practiced :
Your inquiries are by far more numer
ous than the replies as to the mode of
making both ends meet when keeping
house or living on a small salary or in
come. I have for the past two years
kept house with a wife, three children
and two servants, on an income of less
than twelve hundred dollars per annum,
and from present appearances shall do it
again this year. My plan is, that I
spend what I need to live well, keeping
a monthly account with the grocer,
butcher, &c. ; I let the bills accumulate
for a period of, say two months, and at
this time the treasury is empty and the
bills considerable. Then (and this is
the grand idea) my wife collects the bills
and goes with tears in her eyes to her
father, pleads poverty, talks the old
gentleman out of a check, and the
crisis is met. The next time, to give
him a rest, one of the two inevitable
well-off brothers-in-law is called into
requisition. This you will see only
happens twice a year to each, and it
don’t hurt them much, so we swing
along.
The above is the only feasible plan I
see, and is, I know, the most common
way. No young man in my opinion has
a right to get married unless his father
in-law keeps a bank account, and unless
the marriage brings him a collide at
least of moneyed brothers-in-law.
REMARKS.
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