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- i j* Q01
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MACON TELEGRAPH.)
TUESDAY"MORNING, MARCH 24,1863.
•Notice to Advertisers.—As the first edi
tion of oar paper will hereafter go to press at
4 o’clock, all patrons wishing- their advertise'
incuts inserted in that edition will confer a fa
vor by sending them in as early in the day as
practicable. * r
Post Office Hours.—We call the atten
tion of the Macon public. to the new hours of
closing and delivery of the daily mails result
ing , from the general change in the Railroad
schedules;
THE; FEINT ON NEWBERN
* • LIGHT ARTILLERY.
A letter from a member of the MacqirLight
Artillery'dated the loth sajrs :
“ I have not time to dwell upon tho details
of -the march, and will therefore •■skip over the
four day's consumed in our trip to Newbern,
where we arrived at about 5J o’clock yesterday
morning; our force consisted of about 2,500
infantry and our Battalion of Artillery, carry-
fifteen guns of'different calabre.
Immediately upon getting into position.. Xoyaltyis often defined by soiuo speakers and
fSV" Beast Butler, it is stated will receive
the appointment of Provost Marshal General
to Lincoln. It is an excellent selection. The
man suits the business exactly. He will pre
side over the bustling, as well the conscription
department, and give the Northern people now
a little taste of the flavor ot.the “ best govern
ment the world ever saw,' 1 as he made the
Louisianians drink the same cup to the dregs.
Butler will yet win the same kind of immor
tality which was happily bestowed on Bull
Nelson, some months ago.
Throwing Dust in the Eves of Yankee
Picks*s.— An “Eye Witness’’ writes to the
• Washington Star:
-A squad of six or eight butternuts dressed
in our uniform, with two of their gang in their
own dress, will appear, .when the following
dialogue will occur:
Disguised Reb.—~“We have got a couple of
a roundabout course, and arive.-i his nurtn
we opened fire upon the enemy’s gunboats and
tho defences of the city, which was briskly re
plied to by the enemy. The engagement last
ed about au hour and a half, when finding that
nothing was to be done, our artillery withdrew,
the infantry remained id position perhaps an
hour longer, when they also withdrew. How
ever, our route was for- several miles within
range of the enemy’s guns, and they continued
to pour their shot upon us.
Near Jthe"close of the engagement, one of
our pieces exploded, and wounded three of our
men severely. Their names were Chadwick,
Lamb and ^Corporal Wailze. Tho latter
though only stunned is not yet recovered.—
Chadwick has a leg broken, and Lamb has an
an arm and a leg broken, and i3 expected to
die. These were the only men hurt in our
company, but the loss of the whole command
in wounded. and killed was 25—so the Sur
geon tells me.
" Last night we remained within range of the
enemy, but the fire discontinued about sun*-,
down, and before one o’clock wo had started
again, and by six o’clock hid arrived here, a
distance of ten or twelve miles- from Newbern,
where we have only*stopped to teod men and
horses—where we are bound to I know not
and presume no one else knows except the
General commanding.”
Another letter, a day or two later says—
“We are now on our way to Youngville. Gen.
Hill I think was engaged with the Yanks at
Newbern yesterday, opposite where we enga
ged them, but with what result I know not.”
Stuart’s Engagement near Culpepper 0. H.
is more important than represented,by the
telegrams. We > give particulars to-day from
the Richmond Examiner.
New York, Tuesday Evening, March 10,
Mr. Yorhees began immediately by saying
that he owed his loyalty to the people. The
people have settled down, ho said, to under
stand the great fundamental principle which
lies it the foundation of our Governmont,
which is expressed in the first line of the Con
stitution, that the - people make this Govern
ment, and when 1 stand before tho people and
talk to them, I am talking to tho only Gov
ernment I owe any.allegiance to. (Applause.)
'by~m@rSx^51ttns of legislation. rj5n dc>.
fine ffiyloyalty in a 'single . Word.,; I owe my
allegiance to Constitution'of my country." I
owo it in that sense in-' which our fathers
wrote it. Tho sovereign power of this land
was placed by them in the hands of tho peo
ple in oxpress terms—not by construction, but
in express" terms, not ill those of Mr. Lincoln
and his cabinet. (Hisses.)
No President and no cabinet, no office hold
ers constitute our government. These are
times, however, when a few office holdors,
whose time is soon to expire, having the pow
er to-day, promulgate the strange doctrine that
they are tho government Let that doctrine
prevail and this is a free government no more
—your governmont is overturned, and you
will accept a monarchy or despotism, or any
other form of government from the Other side
of the Atlantic, and our form will be no more.
I am not hero because anybody lets mo como
—because any master, provost marshal, Pro
sident or Secretary of War says I may bo
here. I am here because it is my right to be
here—because you invited me hero, and when
I look in the faces of those before me, I ten
der my allegiance .to you as my government.
I owe none to those that would overthrow the
liberties of my country. (Applause.)' I owe
them simple commendation and support in
that in which they are right—I owe them op-),
position and denunciation in all they do that
is wrong. (Cheers.)'
The speaker then reviewed at some length
the history of the Democratic party, saying
that it had always been a noble organization
to which any man might havo been proud to
belong, and contrasting the condition of the
country under democratic rule with its condi
tion now, he said: I see its history written in
every bright lino of your country’s prosperity
and happiness. The people were sate; the
Union was saved ; the Constitution was pre
served. The fruits of labor came to the sons
of toil; no gigantic debt, no taxation, no wail
ing widows or sobbing orphans, marked its
track and the policy of this government, and
yet would you ask me to-night to abandon this
U- L ■ ' 3 J : r
old Cameron did-(loud hisses,) stole as much
as anybody else, had wa been, willing to put
up tho inward consciousness" of uprightness
and integrity at barter and exchange;—had we
been willing to bow the kneeaud whispor with
bated breath.
AVe could havo gone on swimming on this
current—no newspaper offices mobbed, no
personal safety imperilled—how. easy it would
havo been. Did you ever reflect how much it
cost to be au honest man sometimes, and. how
easy it is to ba a scoundrel. How- easy it has
been to jump upon a frenzy—a popular tide
and como into power, into place, into posi
tion.? Tho men who have done this-arc called
loyal and self-sacrificing, and tho Jittlo band of
men who have taken the Constitution as their
pillar of fire by night Sndtheir cloud' by day,
through this wilderness, that have, been sacri
ficing everything and making nothing—wo are
tho licentious and profligate men. What cause
have we had to do as we have done except tho
causo of truth, the cause of the country, tho
causo of constitutional liberty (Applause.)
The speaker referred at some length to the ef
forts of tho administration to bring the" negroe3
to amcquality with tho white race, and of tho
uniformity with which thby'have falsified
every promise of a prosecution of the war for
tho Union, and havo carried out all the most
extreme designs of tho Abolitionists, while
crying out for no party.
He continued: Thus, my fellow-citizens, I
havo traced some of the pernicious causes
which have led to the-present deplorable state
of the country. I have shown you tho broken
faith of those in power, and that even if this
war could restore the Union it has not been
prosecuted for such a purpose. The blood and
treasure .of the country, have been obtained on
false pretences; I; have;;shown you these
things. I will show you some other things
that make the public heart sick and weary of
this war—that make them long for the halcyon
days of peace. (Great applause.) The South
have not been told that they might come back,
like the prodigal son to the mansion of their
lathers ; they have not been told that the old
mansion would receive them. If they had
come back to-day what would they find ? As
Mr. Crittenden said, that “ your confiscation
law to-day lines, the borders, all along with
gibbets and ropes, and ..they would. have to
band their necks recumbent under lines of gib
bets, and suffer beneath the judgment of that
law which you pronounce in advance of the
return.
You have stripped them of all their proper
ty—even the “widow whose son is in the rebel
army, to whofh she has given a crust of bread;
even the infant babes in the cradle have been
time honored and glorious organization for this, ■, . . , . . „ ..... ,
pirate of tho Ifighleas of politics that I shall fwept of their possessions by this confiscation
sptak of directly ? I saw in the morning »»• Do y° u suppose it is in the nature of
distm-1 man to return to the embraces of tho govern
ment uoder such circumstances. [“No, no.”]
From the Richmond Examiner, 19th.
THE ACTION ON THE RAPPHANNOCK.
The intimation given to the reader of this, - , - . ..., ..
journal on yesterday, that an action on the papers of the other morning that a dr
line of the Rappahannock would immediately gushed gentleman of your city said it v““ l VYiso laws iust enactments conciliation" com-
Lake nlace has been ranidlv confirmed bv the good once in a while, as wo were progressing vv ^e laws, just enactments, conciliation, cont
inue place, nas Deen rapiaiy conarmea oy tne i ° f . . . of the n» m n P ronllse ln tb e m'dst of peace, not in the midst
SteiKd^ TO T y ° DCe HS?"* ottered ... _ „ W1 _ _ „
ty miles above Falmouth, on yesterday morn- | and hisses] md it was good to get out of the | T JI" | ri< * S b } irg. ’ He was. comparatively a youth-
FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
The Ball Opened—The Enemy Cross the
River, hut are Driven Back With Great
Loss. .;, ...
The long silence at Fredericksburg bas at
last been broken by the clash of arms. The
enemy has begun his “advance movement,”
and mado his first stop by attempting to cross
tho river at Kelly’s Ford, above Fredericks
burg. On last Tuesday morning, about 9
o’clock, A. ML, the advance of tbo enemy,
some 3,-000 strong, aft estimated in the official
dispatch to Gen. Lee, and -supposed to be
Avcrell’s division, appeared on the north bank
ofjtheTtaopahannock, and succeeded in effect
ing a crossing. Accounts brought down by
passengers put tho "enemy’s force a little high
er—say some four or five thousand. They
wero hero met by a portion of GoDeral Fitz-
hugh lice’s command, about 1,200 strong, ac
cording t© "the reports we get. A severe en
gagement ensued. The fighting is said to have
been terrific, and the enemy are reported to
have fought with great stubborness. 'l’he bat
tle wavered a long time, and tho great bravery
of our men alono won the victory. Our men
dashed on'tho cnomy with all tho force of an
avalanche, and for a long time the fight 'raged
—hand to hand. The Yankees con tested every
inch of the ground, but finding the fire of our
men too much they foil back in great disor
der, and retired to the other side of the river.
As soon as the retreat .was ordered the Yan
kees fled in great dismay and confusion, leav
ing behind them their dead and wounded on
the field, and a number of supplies. So rapid
was the enemy’s flight across the river that
his hospital'established in the rear lor his
wounded was abandoned, and his dead lay
strewn over the ground—everything left be
hind in his panic.
Of tho loss in the action we can get very
little information. It is quite certain, howev
er, that the enemy suffered severely. Wo can
get no actual estimate of his loss, but from the
accounts .brought down by passengers last
night, as well as from tho official dispatches, it
is very plain that the fight was a hard and des
perate one, and the loss severe. TEe Yankees
would scarcely have been thrown into such
confusion and disorder had not they have been
terribly cut up.
So far as regards our own loss, we are with
out any definite information. It is to be hoped
from the accounts we get that our men suffer
ed not seriously. The dispatches we have
convey no idea as to the extent of our loss, be
yond the mere fact that Maj. Pelham and Maj.
Pullen are among our killed. Major Pullen
was from Gloucester county, in this State, and
was esteemed by all who knew him." He was
a man of high character, and stood well as an
officer. Maj. Pelham was from Alabama, and
was a young officer of great promise. He
graduated at West Point in the class of ’61-
just after the outbreak of the war—and on
coming South entered the army. He had
passed through all the battles in Virgiina, and
was mentioned for his gallantry by Gen. Lee
in his official report of the battle of Frede
failed, not, however, without the loss t„
noble spirits a3 Majors Pelham and Pnlu 111 '
J -vAi
Major-G^J
©bUnarg.
Departed this life In this city. 0 ;, ti„,.
after a protracted ana painfal illn’-ss Cm £ :| “ —
HuauxKiK, in the 57;h year ol his are ’
The deceased wa* bom on tbo co-TVY
Una and A *- —*- •>-- - l
and moved in early life to UeoIIrix
good Judgement and indomitable p
&“s££.°‘ argC8t aud moH
Ho uniformly co Ulya ted that libemin... ■
banded hospitality and dignity “it’lj
characterise tho low country grnt'ema^ au )‘, tr!
a liberal education in the UmversUy ni n Uc hj
ing graduated in that Institution^mtta„S,' or «iJ
Col.. XI. went heart aud mind with hiJ * nt £l
ln the great struggle she is making tor inuSSF’ll
and national independence. Bekg £o?~;,' d «4
to’ enter the publicise: vice, he contnbn^'^M
hia abundant means to ckrry fo^ard th' 4 M
favorable issue. He equipped a Cornn^?,
adopted his name. The writer has bc en r , w V
he has made a munificent bum Js t i 0 r iii r a -
an Orphan Atsylum, to be erecit-d !n
The subject or this notice w ls ; h e „
all hia transactions with his fed jw m ,. n ' c(
ot hia friends he exhibited that freednm
which ie tne charm of social liic-SW 0 -
circio the wnole wealth of his tfieciion J? e *
on hia wi'eand children. His realm„?f >e
folly displayed to the members of ni 9 “l n t, f *
A short time prior to his decease i c ' .
aion or religion and united with the Epiw 0 , . c 'ih|
Hia last moments were peace.nl and tYi
with tho bright hope of a gloiious Unio-
lift; I
Advertisements must bt-
PUBLIC SAlE^
Of a handsome House &Groi
\57ILL. be sold in iron', of the c< art it ^
Georgia, oa first Tuesday in v ri ,
and ifrnnmlfi k n n wn
house and grounds known as tne late M >s
H. A. Franklin; the eituauon is a b *1
overlooking the city, ilvt-i- and
the Boose is large andcommoai e.’ ^
oat houses; and the grounds ncarlv u ur ami 4 '
well laid out and planted with a i*n»
flowers and shrubbery. It ie tfcihom iha
tablishment is offered for sale.
Terms, either Cash, or such credit is .
may desire. r, v «
March 17th. 1S63. Jtuii ■
Savannah XCepatltcon, Cbarletteu tour
Constituiionalis and Columbus Sun
3 limes. - v
I
SL.At»t»K SALE OF
Hew and Elegant Pu
ANl» HOUSE KEEPING GOOts,
.A-T AUCTIljI
I SHALL sell my entile tl< ck *iu C at -
lrontof my store, on Cfceiiv m, ki -5,_
mence on Tnesdav 17ih Mrreii, ardcwiirtoJ
to day until the wnole stock is sold. ' U5, l
Housekeepersa..unew Leaini.i-rsnilifn.
interest to attend.
Macon, March nth,
x P0St Office Notice-
On an after Monday, March 23rd, lfCS,tieg.
hours will be in force at the Marcu Post 0fo|
Open from 8.00 a. m. to 1.00 p. a .
“ “ 2.30 p. m. to 4.30 p. n.’
“ “ P.OOp. m. to 7.00 p.n.
All mails lor Atlanta, and the Macon kWa
Hoad will close at 7.30 a. m.
mg A division of° the enemy crossed Democratic omnibus and walk; and I under: will no more do it than I would have.the power Uc^i^ovcrtwcmytZ years o
river, was badly beaten, and retreated, our stood him to say that he was out and walking shouMris^to fife we uad erstand, by being struck on I
cavalry pursuing. This sentence probably aow - . 1 w > 11 y° u ^ow to do; just instruct £*nd upon ite face t.ll it should nse to bfe t ^ c h d ^ a piece of she!lj wh ilc in the act of
the driver to whip up the horses and let hun I our nope is in peace. L«reat applause.] cfleei . ln „ his men on j n a c ^ ar „ e> His body
trudge the balance of the journey on foot ^ ave , tr -‘® d and what have you done f wag brought down by the cars last night, an’d
A man that would rather wait On foot, ,nd ^UUUo ond 3 Ibis .dSSJttS, VT.m f 1 *°H|™aS° rn’lSrS." 1 U1
cheerful, do not clear the doubts which may, j (loud hissing,) and that class of fo« passen- fou ^ ded upon brotherly affection, can be re- L Unl “P ortant a s this action may appear, so
with reason, be entertained as to the extent | gers, I do not thiuk is fit company to ride in*. killing each other are nroved to ho Sar as tfae numbers engaged, it
and importance of the action. He speaks of side a stage «,ach foil of Democrats. ,(Grcat I tongwU^
1
- ■ ,US 1 the SoUthorn States would have rested in the rM 1 ," h ? 1Ien ^ ^e judgment of history; I am .^ow that he was prepared for a lone rn^T
safe, and tho Union read y to K S° b » fore There never wsis Si tiniG j and thst it war nn mbm ? ^ w^rch.
cavalry pursuing. This sentence probably
contains all the authentic information of the
subject yet available. The rumors from the
scene, which is many miles distant lrom Fred
ericksburg, are confused. Major General J.
All Mails for Mas cogee Kail Road, Pern, ft*
ley, Colambas and beyond will etnas it 4.30, i|
All Malls for Savannah, Augusta aid mJ
close at G p. m.
information, who.^^satTnigia ^m^n | ““‘^Pated mancBuvre, ' of ffir^TIa I Purity ^ WOuld
force a„d gobbles up the reserve. | ar “7 the Southern side of the river to al would nerefliv K ^ 8I , -“ion I >, ' - was a ume I V' -
.. Would it not be well for our confiding sol- t f ck the dank a « d rear of General Lee while Jefferson J fl ek^, b p? dlsso * v ? d - Washington, ^ere there was so imperative a necessity for ‘h e y &»ve b
diers to play trick against trick ? a J rest of h.s forces engaged him on the old ed that the r° “ y and Webstcr Predict- f tko perlect organization of the Domocraticpar- f hat the y wt
fi ol d behind Fredericksburg; that the t~ I reS “ ltof a sect »onal party would IP » n °w, (Applause.) Why. the I by the who!
NORTHERN ITEMS. j w bo crossed yesterday were tho head
must be taken
It was the ads
was his first
packed provisions J
All mails for Americas, Alban J and E±uJ
[ and beyond will close at 7 p.m. fc
All mails close on Sunday at 1} m.
bun day hours lrom 9 a. m. to lft.a. m.
mar 24-dtf WASQIN9T0N Hif j
dbQA AAA stats trsasuri yoretl
tptJvlUUw HD. for investment.
Auotiou.
J. B. SMITH & ffl,|
they have 1 aS 00 reconnoi ?sance. Had
Piates,
Dishes^
ncssee, iaiied to pass"ior want of time ** 1 ^ 7 ?, : , !pb*t the enemy’s corps crossing I blood of'thls^ar w'fJ > ' eaIier ’ ^ ^ t ’ lat *-bc I / tl0 white man and up wittT tho black I a ? d dr * 7en hack he is now disconcertedIri'hio I Chambers. 0 * 1 Koni "
. ln the Federal Congress the bill authorizing L C0 ! umD > but were so
the hol. ing of a Congressional election in Teu-1 W b?l R movement has been i
*~ Vlctsb “ rs f A u, | ^l^ctTKs’iS? I as I OBSxSsSSSatai”
that the paymaster had arrived and was en- finite horse before they had the opportunT • - I d ° Ubt ’ lo turn thR bolts of tfiat fort Ja eav'IrJ at Ford with | An assort
gaged in paying to November, having four ^ to attain much informaiion and comnXd
month } arrearage. The small pox is re- ^o a hasty and disastrous retreat. YVhh .
gu^L V fayetfoSK n ^ sZ mtrag^eatfoto^e ^
st ° ck of HARDWAK3,e
many articles much wanted at present. > ,
P S Part- J- .B. SMITH * t o.. Artful
I ocean wo^no?!^!?. 11 t b° waters « the | shed^k him who | in the real John Gilnin sMo ' SPEOXA.L * t * i-{ A)
Between Gordon and Milledqak
Youhav l I ? nem y’ s for oo is said to have been two dlviq 0 1 CHNTRAL RAIL toil
ally of imprisonment.' This is tho orde? o Ik^ 8 ° ther tT00 ^ N o? does it follow and love nfont' .il / thank God to-night, to-night iTm for no revnlni DOt S ? 6ak of thcm The prilonere confirm ib ” w,th diviss ^ve MiUed'li.i.so.. m. i^veatSI
st* ““ “—* h - r bm “-‘ b « ■sas narasia saa sszsa sarm^yt giawr-w* “aXteWs
is made.
Damasks,]
Cornices, Boards and (
and Tassels,
■A-T -A-TJCTIO)|
FINE
A LARGE lot of
FUBHIYIlII
mewucago Timesof the 7th has a special ifa„s w 1,1636 events be a1140 mark the ides of r, JlD, 1 l;, ieir eyeballs are sealed bv h« Z raay ’ ■“ i ,v '» tba t I shaU hold the^Der- i, ? ° 11 °. clock last night nothknr
froin Washington, which stated thof *. I “®fch, No^r or never must the Ion® j awful sight. They ask that tho ^ tho I sons and property of these nwn who mnnto ^ I has been received at the War n ^ *3-ter
^ Tho Washington Republican
respendent writes that fifty
iriflen -
To the ABSENTEES tat
3rd GEORGIA REGIMEN!
T HB undersigned has been detailed for tie f
of recruiting and sending back to Camp
ar 101 Northern Vlrginii wM
■ . ,. wu b wns and munifS/jna
intending to run the blockade.
the I
men, but whatever may I
„ , War Department:
Headqrs, two miles from Kelley Ford, 1
March 17—7 o’clock, P. M f
' General R. E. Lee: * »
tiiis J roads.
(Signed,)
this ac lw- r i 9 ^ Dd Iimbs of
„ f ac betide I know very well lioiv
-o do so, I will respond to that issue —
“ Detroit! recently a ncvTI T" ah wouId HttempKtafofifor™ I a S ain ^frectly. ’ " ™ trust thc » 'f 4 will not bear aU. (iJSfe
* - I W'»«l fudrariilb-rv ..... th.ir fai ... - , u ,™? called-tbat felt 11200 acres, south of Macon and not rn,, Z
liri.’xrr “ , b “ j
. . I’ ,° rSCS l ,nule3 < Provisions
[second disj
J. E. B. Stuart.
Major-General.
(Signed,)
tier
ddf
gloHdan roceptloo
order, * '
*L E- B. Stuart.
. Major General.
[third dispatch.]
tOf Telegraph from Culpepper j
adfleaagaiaa^xaggsggsei
' * bto guide sad Mlom "
St*r |
de-1 From the best information it was
. hospital on
dad as a great
O/f AfiA ACRES of eelectcd land oa Jj 1 !
and Spring Creek in U2e0oonf* , j
■ v- J Spring Cicca xu Luevv—*•—, a
I ^f J f^E < L^ ccatnr - Theee lands lid in bodi«^p
500 to 5.50Q acres, and are nearJyallinipw^J
I Ig.and a half dolhra per
"aurcli 18th, 18fX
- War^iQBsa
viLMrf-.ner'Ifonday the 15th Insttut
F Ojtton stored by ne will be filly cenff pa ■
[ ® ,or sge as nsntl—after W >J|
SS %tomge. of twenty-five ctDts pwJ^Jjl
ggfd ®H Cotton Ia Store, or recriwi* 3- *"
ewtoaSSith^m^ 0Tef m p00ri, ' * iB
tlottoa r«nalninj; over ono ye*f fro*
i«ut the weather, mmt Mr*
| good ordcrat expense of the owner. f ■
Albany,March 6th, Iftflft, Jillm*]
. Shot, Shot,
Cotton Cards
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