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Newspaper Page Textr Hv Joseph Olisby. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1862. Present Bates of tlie Telegraph DAILY—for one year In .advance, - $8,00 “ “ six months, “ 4,00 " per month for all (hotter periods, 80 Persons ere earnestly requested to remit no sums ihort of e dollar. TRI-WEEKLY—for one year In advance, $5,00 “ “ “ six months “ 8,00 No snbserlptlons received for lees than three months. WEEKLY—one year In advance, • - $3,00 '* for six months In advance, 1,50 No snbserlptlons received for less than six months. ADVERTISEMENTS—All transient advertisements iunst.be accompanied with the cash. Where the adver tiser Is ignorant of the amount required. It Is very easy to enclose a bill with directions to publish to that * mount. By transient advertisements we mean all which are not published !n pursuance of a previous a- 'reement or contract. PAKilCULAR notice to advertisers. ». All transient advertising most be CASH IN AD- \NCK- Let the advertiser send a remittance wlih his order. i. All announcements for oIBce most be Casa. $5.00 tsihecnarge. 3. All Obituary Notices over five linen are clinrgrd Are cents for each tunnnscrlpt line. The money mast be sent with the order. All condolatory resolutions of Compnnirs and Ledges nre “'tbitnnry .Notices.” MACON TELEGRAPH. FBI DAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1802. For Major General* Mm. Cussr— An election Is ordered on 9d August next forMelor General of thle Division to All the vacan- ■-y of Gensral Armstrong resigned. It U en important crisis with our country; we do not xnow whet a day or an hour msy bring forth. Uur Mil itia may soon become en lmpoitant branch of the pub lic service and we went men of Intrepidity and firmness to commend. In view ol these things, end believing him the man for the occasion, the Mends or Col. Wat. I). HOLT recommend him ei a suitable candidate for Major General of this Division. Col. Holt has been reared among us, and Is too well and favorably known throughout the district, to require, we think, any more then the announcemen t of hie name. BIBB. May SO, 1868. For Major Gifieral. Tra right man In the right place Is Co). Joan H. Jo*set, ol Bibb, for Major General, to fill the vacancy occasioned by ths resignation of Gen. Armstrong oftbe 3th Division, Georgia M 1111.1a. Col. Jossey la known to be a high-toned and chivalrous man, and in every res- pact competent to discharge the dnllea of the respon sible trust confided to his commend. He served a cam paign in the Creek war, was a member of the Macon V. lnntcers for six years, and waaYor several years ac ting Colonel of the county of Pike. He combines with unquestioned ability those qualitiesof head and hesit which eminently qualify him lor the office of Major Gen eral. Rally, men of the 8th Division, on the 3d day of Aug ust proximo, cast your ballot* for Col. Jossey, and put the right man in the right place. July 7 The Voice or THE People. Specie Leaving the North.—On the 1st Ju ly the exports of specie from New York since 1st January wer r thirty-one millions against six millions during the corresponding period last year. The printer by mistake In our last issue put “1st July” instead of 1st January—a pe riod of a few days instead of six months. The shipments for the next six months will show still more depleting figures. Gold, on the7tb, was quoted at 110J—a heavy decline, but still the Lincoln Treasury Notes maintain their ground surprisingly. The events of the next .month will, however, test them thoroughly. A FRENCH LEAVE-TAKUsta. The telegrams yesterday announced that “the Orleans Princes have retired from McClel lan’s Btati.” And another says that “they left on the 5th day of the battle” at Richmond. This is significant in any way it may be viewed— whether the Princes got'ired of such fighting and quit upon their own motion, or whether, as is more probable, they had some intimations from France that by retaining their position they might complicate themselves with their own people. The Lincoln powers, who have displayed such a hankeiing after foreign offi cers—even to negotiations for the help of Gar* ribaldi, must bo profoundly disgusted to see them taking leave in the very pinch of the cri sis. OLD FIELD EXAMINATION. Teacher—Jot, can you tell what part of speech is Corn 1 Student—Do you mean Corn in its present state f Teacher—Of course. Student—Well, sir, corn is a regular active growing substantive, nominative case,_ plural number, and with ono more good rain, govern ed by two good ears upon each stalk. Teacher—Well done, Joseph, go ahead. It is useless to say .that Joe received the prize from the Examining committee. Student. Important Arrival.—We learn from a pri vate letter received in this city this morning, from a reliable source, that a steamer has just arrived in a Confederate port with a valuable cargo for the Confederate Government, consist ing of munitions of war. Among the articles, are thirteen batteries of rifle cannon, consist ing of seventy-eight guns, with all the neces sary equipage for service, presented to the Con federate Government by merchants of Liver pool. This is good news, such as will cheer the wounded soldier on to duty. Columbia Sun, 8 th. Capture by inn Enemy.—A steamer, under English colors, which cleared from Nassau, N. P.. for Beaufort, S. 0., and which had put into Bull’s Bay for a harbor, was captured by four Yankee lynches on Monday morning* last— Some tweK/ persons, who left her in boats, reached here yesterday evening, and wc learn that the steamer had on board a valuable cargo of general merchanize, &c. The Captain, Su percargo, and several seamen remained on board, ar.d were taken with her. Tho last that was seen of her she had been carried out to the blockadcrs.—Chat. Mercury, July 9th. AFFAIRS AT RICHMOND. The Richmond papers now fail us almost al together. No Dispatch has been received for three days—tho 5th being the latest date of that paper. The 4th of the Enquirer and the 7th of the Whig are the latest of those prints. The telegrams furnish no idea of what is in progress—or in fact of what has happened, ex cept it be in the way of summaries from the New York papers. From the Examiner of tho 7th we copy an account of the situation which tallies with that ol the New York papers of tho 6th, and represent McClellan’s position on the James River, to be all that ho could desire. Nothing from our side, either printed, writ ten or oral, indicates what is to bo done or at tempted, by the Confederates, but we can scarcely doubt that they intend to pursue the'r success with ardor and daring. The estreat ol McClellan has reversed the posb«ra of the par ties. Before the fight w* were on high ground and the enemy in the swamp. Now it is vice versa, and the health of the army will forbid the long continued occupation of our present po =ition in midsummer. We take it for granted also, that the President, when he issued his address to the army, on the 7th, was fully pos ted in regard to the position of the enemy, and did not threaten an invasion of the North, till he had fully satisfied himself how the raid up*, on Richmond would terminate. Mr. Davis has never yet indulged lu empty menaces or idle boasts, and we do not believe or fear that he has menaced the North with an invasion while he even suspected that the army were securely posted on the James River, within twenty-five miles of his own capital. We are confident, therefore, that a vigorous movement will bo made to drive them from their position, and the long interval of silence and apparent inaction has been in truth Busily employed in making the necessary dispositions for another assault The mind that planned the bold, brilliant and connected series of strat- egetic movements hy which the enemy were hurled from their strong entrenchments and precipitated from Mechanicsville and the Pa- munkoy river to the bank of the James, is suf ficiency astute and fecund to dispose of them in their present position.* The events since June 26th ought to assure every reasonable and candid mart, if he had any doubt before, that the energies of our army at Richmond are di rected by a great master in the art of war, and we ought to be satisfied that the very best will be done. Some there are who grumble that McClellan’s army was not totally destroyed, as at one time we all hoped it'would be p-butsome minds are so constituted that it is impossible to please tlitm. They are of the order described by one Marryatt’s facetious middies, in speaking of a sore-headed messmate—“never happy except when they are very miserable.” The victory at Richmond was a grand achievement—a feat which will astonish Europe—excite admiration among military men all over the world—great ly exalt the character and reputation of the Southern people —and secure us at once a sta tus among the independent nations of the earth. Let us rejoice over it, and have confidence that the same ability which has triumphed thus far will complete the work. ‘•I The nemphia Amtahche under Unn. The Avalanche of Wednesday contains tho following, which explains itself: Heasquateks Dis’t West Tennessee, Office Provost Marshal General Memphis, Tenn., July 1, 1862. Meters. Willi*, Bingham <& Co., Proprietors of the Memphis Avalanche ; You will suspend the further publication of your paper. The spirit with which it is con ducted is regarded as both incendiary and treasonable, and its issue cannot bo longer tol erated. This order will be strictly observed from the time of its reception. By command of Maj. Gen. U. Sy Grant. Wm. S. Hillyer, Provost Marshal General Memphis, July 1, 1862. Tho Avalanche can continue, by tho with drawal of the author of tho obnoxious article under the caption of “Mischief Makers,” and the editorial allusion to the same. U. S. Grant, Maj. General. To our Patrons—For reasons apparent from the foregoing order, I withdraw from the edito rial management of the Avalanche. Self re spect, and the spirit of true journalism, forbid any longer attempt to edit a paper. I approved and indorsed the article in question. Prudence forbids my saying more, and duty less, to the public. Jjeptha Fowlkes. A ITankcu Balloonist makes a Short Trip. A body of our infantry, under cover of a dense thicket intervening, passed around, on Thursday last, to the flank of a number of Yan kees, who were evidently the “Balloon Guard,” and was rapidly approaching ir. musket shot of them, just as ono of their “Prof-^-nra” was about to make an ascension. They halted in order to give the aerial voyager time to get up. The balloon was soon under weigh, and the windlass unwound, but as the observant pro- fessor attained a.height of about two hundred feet, he perceived, to his horror and consterna tion, our infantiy marching upon his “basis of operations.” Giving a shout, he ordered thoso below to haul him in, which wa3 obeyed ; but the operation being too slow, he leaped aut of the car, grasped the rope and slided down with a speed which would have done credit to the expertness of a Gorilla. The balloon soon fol lowed, was bursted up, put in a cart, and “Pro lessor,” balloon, guard and all mizzled, just in time to save themselves from capture. Prom the Eichmond Examiner, 1th The Richmond Lines. The Enemy on a New Line cf Defence*—A Critical Situation. SENSATION STORIES. The fact is, that owing to the difficulties put in the way of the press by the government, it ible to get reliable accounts ol the i is impossible iu get rename accounts ol tbe re sult of the battle about Richmond, the loss of the enemy, the degree or the nature of the ex tremity to which he has been brought, &c.— The newspapers have, in most instances, to get their information from uncertain and ignorant sources. Tho “perfectly reliable free man of color,” who “crosses” James river .so often at “Bermuda Hundreds” in search of “Yankee overcoats.” still continues to electrify the world, via tho metropolis of Chester, with astounding reports from McClellan’s fugitive forces. From this veracious source we learn one day that McClellan has been surrounded, the next, that ho has been brought to the brink of a “mill £?"?’ h< Vt as esca P ed . and the next, that the position Of his forced ia observed by vast columns of smoke, Ac. We expect soon to advise, “via Chester,” that McClellan’s whole army has turned up at Ashland, having sent half of his forces to that point by balloons and cut a subterranean passage under Rich' mond for the rest A newspaper published in Petersburg states that large numbers of the enemy’s- transports were in the neighborhood of Berkeley—seventy sir of them having been counted last Thursday —and is also informed that, to judge from the extent of the enemy’s wagon train, his -tents, Ac., there are from twenty-five to thirty thou sand men. All these reports, obtained through spy glasses,” “reliable gentlemen, ’ ami “tree men of color, v we do not recommend to our readers. WHAT IS KNOWN or THE SITUATION OF THE ENEMY. We believe all that; was known in this city yesterday, outside of the severe circles of bu reaucracy, was that the enemy had taken a strong position, with one of his flanks resting on the river about Berkeley, completely under the cover of his gunboats, and his extreme right reaching to Herring creek, where his po sition is defended by an almost impassable mo rass. ‘ It was supposed that the enemy would have been attacked yesterday, but there bad been no fighting up to the last accounts we had from the lines. Thera were three of the ene my’s gunboats at Berkeley. It was reported yesterday, with great persistence, that the ene my was embarking his forces, but we are in clined to suppose that he was doing nothing more than transporting his sick and wounded. THE COUNTRY AROUND BERKELEY AND WESTOVER. Beerkelcy and Westover have, within the MSt three days, become points of absorbin' merest. The remnant ot the grand army o the North having eluded the Confederate gen erals, and escaped from the awkward situation in which they sought to hold it in the swamps near Carter’s mill pond, in the rear of Shirley, has taken position, and, it is thought, will make a last desperate stand on these planta tions. In this situation of affairs a description of the locality and topographical features of the enemy’sjselected Thermopylae, will be mat ters of interest. We propose to give such an account 'of the country in the enemy’s occupa tion as the haste with which, newspaper arti cles are necessarily prepared, and the limited relcrences within our reach have enabled us'to obtain. Berkeley, now the residence of Dr. Starke, lies on the north side of James river, five miles below City Point, and by the course of the river sixty-five miles, but by the Charles City road not more than twenty-five miles from Richmond. The building, an old fashioned brick edifice, stands upon an eminence a few hundred yards from.the river, in a grove of Lombardy poplars and other trees. President Harrison was born here in 1773.^^|i^^^| The Westover plantation, long the seat of the distinguished family of the Byrds, and at pre sent owned by Mr. John Selden, adjoins Berke ley on the east, tho dwelling houses being some four miles apart Charles City Court House is between eight and ten miles cast of the lat ter place. It is not to be supposed the enemy has selected these plantations as the scene of his last great stand without good reasons. The first and most apparent of these is, that the Westover landing is, perhaps, the very best on James river; and the stream, for miles up and down, being broad and deep, affords both ex cellent sea room and anchorage for his gun boats and transports. But this is by no means the only advantage of the position. On the west ot Berkeley are innumerable impassable ravines, running from near the Charles City road on tho north, to James river, making a successful attack from that quarter next to im possible; Within a_ quarter of a mile of where these ravines begin, Herring Run creek crosses the Charles City road, and, running in a south easterly direction, skirts, on the north and cast, the plantations of Berkeley and Westover, and empties into James river at the extreme eastern boundary of the latter. Tho whole course ot this creek is one impassable morass, ‘ while along its northern and eastern banks extend the Heights of Evelinton—a long range of hills that overlook tho Westover and Berkeley es tates, and which offer eligiblo positions for heavy guns. . It will be seen, that protected on the south by tho river and his gunboats, on the west by impassable ravines, and on the north and east by Herring creek and the Heights of Evelinton, the enemy’s position pre sents but ono pregnable point—the piece of level country northwest of Westover, from a quarter to a half mile in width, lying between the head of tho ravines and the point where Herring creek crosses the Charles City road. But it is certain that the enemy, with his im mense resources of men and machinery, will, in a very brief period, obstruct by art this only natural entrance to his stionghold. Already it is within range of his gunboats and of his siege guns planted on the Evelinton hills; an other day may see it strewn with felled timber and bristling with field batteries. In enumerating the advantages secured to the enemy by his present position, his superi or facilities of transportation must not be omit ted. Whilst our ammunition aud stores must be wagoned a distance of nearly thirty miles, his steamers and transports are running up to the'very doors of his tents. • If we have given the reader an idea of the topographfcal features of tho enemy’s position, we haveluUy accomplished our object It is not for us t* suggest how our generals are to overcome the obstacles now presented to their advance, nor to discuss McClellan’s ability to resist a siegt indefinitely, now that his water communicatbn is free and uninterrupted. For the benefit of tho distent r eader we may here properlj say something of the character of the countiy to which, suddenly and unex pectedly, the s$$t of war has been shifted. Ten days ago, wken McClellan beleaguered Rich mond, wiih the exception of about five miles of Ohickahominy low ground, he occupied the most barren, and at the same time the worst watered and mast unhealthy region of-Eastern Virginia. Agues, hooppoles, and whortleber ries have been always tho only sure crops of the country within a radius of ten miles about tho Sevenrines, taking that point as a centre; and but two living streams cross the Nine Mile or Williams iurg roads between Richmond and Bottom’s Bridge. On thess two roads, with the Seven Pines as the the vef y P‘ ck and fl ower of the is or i hem army m. concentrated • and here for weeks their vigor and numbers rnJuia« wav under the influences of miasma, bad water, and a southern sun; but, by his hasty trip through White Oak swamp, McClellan has emerged, with thinned ranks, into a more genial land.— A broad fresh river flows before him, while his tired and hungry hordes will find boundlesB supplies in as fair and rich a valley as the sun shines on. The country of the lower James river is $e very garden spot of Virginia. No where does the soil better repay the toil and skilL of the husbandman. It is laid off in im- nacneo ostates, the property of wealthy owners, who have spared neither skill nor means in their improvement. The dwelling houses are of alraoBt princely size, and surrounded by teeming gardens capable of supplying the mar- Icets of the great city of New York. Most of the residents of this section ot coun try, leaving their negroes with their overseers, deserted their homes, and took refuge in Rich mond immediately on learning of the destruc tion of the Virginia. That they acted wisely in this is exemplified by the fate of those who remained on their farms, trusting to the wave of-war rolling away from them and theirs.— Since the beginning of his flight from Rich mond—indeed, since the foray of tho gallant Stuart—McClellan has seized and sent away to Fortress Monroe every male citizen his minions could lay hands on. To have been a non-com batant, and have taken no part in the war, has proved no protection. The mean spirit of re venge for blows inflicted by Southern soldiers, which he dared not resent as ■ fairly as they were given, he has torn defenceless citizens from their homes and families and huried them iu Northern prisons. It is sincerely to be hoped that the ability of our Generals, and the dauntless courage of the Southern armies, will soon relieve this portion of our State from the presence of the invader. In them, under Heaven, is our only hope. So long as the enemy holds undisputed possession of the lower James, so long is tho capital ot the Confederacy menaced. LOSSES IN GEN. PRYOR’s BRIGADE. Out of about 1,500 men carried into action by Gen. Pryor, 814 were killed and wounded. Among the officers killed are Lieut. Col. Jo seph V. Scott, commanding Third Virginia regi ment ; and Lieut. Col. D. W. Baine, command ing Fourteenth Alabama regiment. The death of Col. Scott was noticed several days since. Col. Baine, resided in Lowndes county, Ala, was a man of high moral character, and among the most distinguished lawyers in his portion of the State. His gallantry and daring on the field could not have been surpassed. He fell at Frazier’s farm, on Monday evening, aged about 40. b Of the field officers wounded, are Col. E. A. Perry, of the Second Florida, severely but not dangerously, and Maj. Wood, of the Fourteenth Alabama. The last named regiment is now said to be commanded by a Lieutenant. The loss in company officers was'fearful. Gen. Pryor came through unhurt, though ho was always in the midst of the fray, and at Gaines’ Mill led the charge of his brigade, bear ing himself, it is said, the colors ol the 14th Alabama regiment through a fire ol artillery and small arms, the fiercest and most deadly, whilst it lasted, perhaps, of any our brave sol diers had to encounter. The regiments com prising this brigade, are the Third Virginia, .fourteenth Louisiana, Fourteenth Alabama, Second Florida, together with St. Paul’s bat talion. TnE LATEST FROM THE LINES. Wo learn lrom an officer who was on the lines yesterday, that the reported reinforce ments of the enemy, as yet, are entirely suppo sititious and umeliable. The Confederate boat Teazer, with one of our balloons attached to her, was captured by the enemy’s gunboats.— The scene of active operations has been re moved to such a distance from Richmond, that it is difficult to obtain any news of the incidents of each day; but from what is generally under stood of the situation, it appears to admit only of the sovere alternative of an immediate assault upon tho enemy or the falling back of our lines. From the Atlanta Intelligencer. Chattanooga, July 7, 1862, i To the Editor* of tie Intelligencer : The army at Chattanooga has recently been augmented more than ten thousand. You will be glad to hear that Major General John P. McCown, of East Tennessee, is now in com mand at Chattanooga. He is a native of Sevier county, East Tennessee—one of the Union counties of that section. He entered the array of the United States in 1840; saw much ser vice in the Seminole war, and in the Mexican war; was in every battle of importance except Buena Vista. He was at Palo Alto, Resaca do la Palma, and Monterey. Transferred to Gen. Scott’s lines, he was at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gor do and all the battle] in tho plains. Ho wa3 breveted for “Gallantry,” and by the Tennes see Legislature a vor.e of thanks was given to him for gallantry at Cerro Gordo. East Tennessee may well be proud that one of licr own sons is at last entrusted with the defence of her mountains and her vallies a man who, like Rob Roy, may exclaim, “Now I’m on my native heaths, and my name’s Mc Gregor l’ r The heroes of Oak Hill and Eik- hora are under his command—whose deeds of prowess already emblazon our history. BY TELEGRAPH. Mobile, July 10.—A special despatch to the Mobile Tribune, from Grenada, dated tho 10th, says passengers from Memphis, last night, bring intelligence that Hindman had captured Curtis with 6,000 prisoners. Fitch being una ble to reach Curtis with reinforcements, return ed to Memphis with his command on Sunday. A special despatch to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, 10th, says that tho enemy is throwing occasional shells into Vicksburg. It is report ed that thoy Trcro buoy digging u <unol «oroco the bend of the river a few miles Tront the town. Crops are suffering for rain. No truth in the report of the capture of -Baton Rouge and fif teen hundred Federals by Van Dorn. FROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, S. C., July 10.—A force of the enemy landed yesterday on the main near Port Royal Ferry, as if for another attack against rno '-oton & Savannah Railroad., treated on the approacu . An Adventure.—4 daring Guerrill out on an excursion from which wir hear in a few days. We cannot say| will turn up at Nashville, New Orff phis or . But if his adventure s out as successful in execution as it conception, his enterprise will wake up — keedom, and several thousand Yankees Skeedaddle.—Atlanta Intelligencer. A Cargo of Fuss and Feathers.—The New York Sun says that the Hudson river steamboat Armenia conveyed to that city from West Point, on Saturday, General Scott,accompanied by his servants, carriage and baggage, under wssr po;pti ° 8 *°™ ~ rly r ™ dance at ©bituarji. The following was picked up in camp near Richmond and sent to cation: Skedaddle. The shades of night were tailing As through a Southern village passed, A youth, who bore, not over nice, A burner with the gay device— Skedaddle! His hair was red; his toes beneath Peeped, like an acorn from its sheath; While with a frightened voice he sung A burden Btrange to Yankee tongue— Skedaddle !* He saw no household fires, where he Might warm his tod or hominy; Beyond, the Cordilleras shone, v And from his lips escaped a groan— Skedaddl _^O t stay,” a cullered pusson said, a’ on dls bosom res’ your hed 1” (jjie Octoroon she winked her eye, _ it still he answered, with a sigh— Skedaddle! _ eware McClellan, Bnell, Banks— •^■seware ofHalleck’s deadly ranks!" * This was the planter’s last Good Night, The chap replied, for ont of sight— Skedaddle! At break of day, as several boys From Maine, New York, and Illinois, Were moving southward, In the air They heard these accents or despair— Skedaddle! A chap was found, and at his side " A bottle, showing how he died; Still grasping in his hand of ice, That banner with the strange device— Skedaddle! There lu the twilight, thick and gray. Considerably played out he lay; And through the vapor gray and thick, A voice fell like a rocket stick— Skedaddle! pensatiou of Providence lell with a heavy shJck uDon a large circle of relat ves and friends, as they had no knowledge of his illness until a .ew days oelore his f e ? w ne ®° Y oaa K. with hopes and prospects f® while we bow eubmlmuve- wU1 ° r . the Lo Oi. we can but feel that truly s ways are not as our ways, and Hia Providences are 9 £? rl< ? u, ?? explica ‘ >le - 80 sudden and unexpec- hls death that he was not permitted to tn- moment the presence of his mother, whom he much to see. Surely “Oh, death, this was “u*; Oh, grave, this thy only victory.”— prepared lurnself for great usefulness in completed his education at Mercer Univer- lunamerorifWS, with the h.ghest honors ol But he was not permitted to enjoy long the i labors, tor soon the tocsin or war was feoun- i tho land, and he hastened among the first n his armor in defence of his country’s rights. _der of a-company, oy his Inflexible will. age amTt*Eurpose, invincible fortitude, intrepid cour- nrhl. l-ii^—— |qgp ana respect that 0> A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES. The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot, without fear before its eyes, gives the following peep behind the scenes into the management of the Yankee army. We can scarcely think from this that the war is as popular in the North as the or gans of Mr. Lincoln would make it appear. The Patriot says: Many of our Pennsylvania volunteers have been disabled by wounds and debilitating fe vers. Not being any longer efficient in the ranks, they receive an honorable discharge and transportation to the capital of Pennsylvania. They arrive in our midst without a cent in their pockets. Thoy ask for their pay—they learn there is no officer here authorized to pay them. They ask for rations to protect them from star vation—they are answered that there is no au thority to issue rations to them 1 They ask for transportation to their homes—they are in formed the United States Quartermaster cannot give them transportation! They beg their bread of our citizens; they beg their transporta tion of rail road companies. Tho patriots of Pennsylvania who volunteered to fight the bat tles of the Constitution and the Union against rebellion, who have been mutilated,or who have lost their health in the service of the govern ment, return to their homes as paupers, de pending uppn public charity to save them from pinching want, while tho prompt payment os their dearly-earned wages would help them onward to cherished homes and the consoling care of sympathizing friends. Who is to blame for this heartless desertion of our brave invalid volunteers ? Has our Re publican Congress done its duty in this impor t*nt matter ? While it authorized the discharge of sick and wounded soldiers by army Surgeons, did it make provision for their immediate pay, for transportion to their homes, for pensions, in reward of their patriotic services ? Alas no! they unfortunately are white men 1 Now mark the contrast. All tho runaway negroes that find their way into the District of Colum bia arc fed at the expense of tho whito tax payers of the North; all tho runaway negroes that hang about our armies in tho field arc fur nished rations and live at the cost of the tax payers of tho North. At least one hundred thousand dollars per day of the people’s money is thus expended to feed thousands of the idle negroes, whilo tho sick and wounded v VI*e volunteers ot Pennsylvania are left to hr- way back to their desolate homes! Wo have in no wise exaggerated here the for lorn condition^of our returning discharged vol unteers, whose sufferings are daily witnessed and alleviated by our citizens, and whose nu merous and Sequent applications for relief to the Governor of Pennsylvania and to the Mayor of the city are as ^notorious as they .are dis graceful to the authorities who neglect to fulfill the most imperative obligations of the country to her brave defenders. . —tw- Ji ao deserv- In open, hon- oald Rave been battle c'ond . «; and the writer ’ -"•u*n|^^^^**jeneatn another bau- *ne eye or^^N>dne, on wnicn is inscrio- and its bleeding victim, be fell to rise again corruptible, immortal. In that relation re to one, who knew and lovei him best— a friend—tbe noblest elements of his nature found fall — — — ... rwi . come thronging to my mind, and give me to recover for a mo- ment the forgotten value of existence. “Who Is left to Jake thy place ia my heart ?” To all, save one, la con solation known; then let me indulge faith in that beau tiful tenet of Sweeilenborg, that “Friends who **e dead are sent on errands of love”—ana cherish the belief that ^ “Such beings walk wlthjia thro’ life, Beside iu thousand streams, As sweetly and as spiritually, As angels in oar dreenuc” _:e, though we msy be separated now, yet •re fortune comes upon me, and life grows “““ ad is gloom and sadness, ihy spirit will be there cheering, consoling, comforting, until beyond this “fleeting ehoie” we meet again In a bright em brace. Noble spirit 1 all hall, and farewell. Is J. C. A GOOD INVESTMENT | HOUSE AND LOT EOR SALE ! A HOUSE AND LOT situated on College Hill, In one of the beet neighborhoods lu the city, is offer ed lor sale. The lot con ains about seve n-eights of an acre. Has on it a Dwelling with five rooms, And neces sary outbonses—a well of excellent water, fine shrnb- j^7’bl2fng C :G?^e.: e 5!c StOCkCCl * OUDKlrU * tietB and conditions; to July 11—lm* terms* HON. E. A. NISBKT. or T. K. BLOOM, Esq. LUMBERAND LATH. THE CENTRAL GEORGIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY Are prepared to receive orders for Lnmber and Lath. ALSO, Plantation Looms, of superior quality cud approved style. 1'rice at the Factory $9,w); delivered in Macon j'.O.CO. TEMi'LES and BHUT- ILEs supplied to order. . _A11 orders left with Mr. A. K. Freeman, at Freeman’s 2f° cer .third door Sou{ji of the Telegraph Bnilding, will meet with prompt attention. u “ July 11—dlf BTI i prompt i ‘Messengerplease copy. NOTICE. after date application will be made to — of Houston county, for leave to sell lands of Dr. John Fordham, late of said county, deceased, containing about iso acres of land. GKOKGEM. T. FKAGlN, j.Administrator. July 11 "Wanted Immediately! Rags I Rags! Rags ! w ewlll pay five (5) cents per pound.— -L Nothing wanted but cl ban Cotton and Llxu 'RTniRR*; Macon, June 30—dSt w6t EOEGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY : ' Ordinary’s Office for said county.* The pet ition of Stephen W. Brown, Guardian of Miss l J. Pope, showeth that he has folly discharged mat as_ Guardian, apd prays for dismission from Eliza. his trust his said trust: These are to cite and admonish all persons interes ted to be and appear at my office on or before theMrft, Monday in September next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters ol Dismission should not be granted. Given under my band and official signature, this 8th Juljr.lB63. W. T. SWIFT, Ordinary. • r<EORGIA, HOUSTON CtftNTY : Orxllnaiy’a Office of said county. Whereas Madison Marshall applies by petition to the undersigned for Letters of Administration upon the estate or James IUrrow, late of said connty, deceased- These are to cite and admonish all persons Intercs- . be granted. Given under my band and official signature, this 8lh July, 1863. W. T. SWIFT, Ordinary. July 11 - Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL persons indebted to the estate of John H. Da- XX mour, late of Bibb county, deceased, are hereby required to pay the samo to the undersigned; and all those having claims against eaid estate aro notified to present the tame in terms of the law. July 11 ANN DAYMOUR, Ex’x. nEOBGiA, HOUSTON COUNTY: Whereas Joseph Harper, Guardian of John L., Mary C\, James V., Sarah A. and Martha E. Wooten, minors of John Wooten, late of said connty, deceased, petitions the undersigned for Letters of Dismission lrom his said trust: The. -ere to clto and admonish all persons interested to be at... ippear at my office on or before the first Mon day lu September next, to show canee, if any they have. July U C R \ mifflsY said connty, deceased: These are therefore to .cite all concerned, to show canse, on or before the first Monday In August next, wby letters should not be granted to said applicant. Given under my band July tho rth. 1S63. July 11 T. H. STEWAKT, Ordinary. Sbcrlll’s office) Bibb County. rpHE Sheriff Sales of Bibb connty wft hereafter be a published In the Georgia Telegraph. J. JOSEPH HODGES, Sheriff.