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MILLEDGE YIL LE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1862.
[NUMBER 19.
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COUNTING HOLSE CALENDAR, 18G2.
AYS,
DAYS,
£. c c. s S
Mar.
'1 1 2 3 4 July.
1 2 3 4 5
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
6 7 8 9 10 11 )2
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
."2021 22232425
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
262. 2829 30 31
27 28 29 30 31
1 A GUST
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2
9 10H 12 1314 15
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
'23 24 25 26 27 28
17 18 19 2021,2223
24 2o 26 it 2829 30
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3l 1 2 3 4 .1 6
9 Hi n 12 13 14 15
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
16 17 18 19 20 2122
14 15 16 |7 18 19-20
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
21 2*2 23 24 25 26 07
(30 31
2.3 29 30 '
May.
t. 12 3 4 5 Octob's
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 IS 19
•20 21 22.23 24 25 26
27 28 2J 30
1 2 3 N
4 5 6 7 8 ‘J 10
,'ovv.M
June.
11 12 13*14 15 10 17
18 1920*2122 2324
25 2627 28 29 30 31
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 1314
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22.23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30|
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1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8' 9 10, ii
12 13 14 15 16 ITfis
19 20 2 i 22 23 24 2 5
26 27 28 29 30 3F
1
2 3; 4! 5‘ 6' 7 8
910 I! 12 13 14 ,5
16 17 18 19 20 21 ...,
‘3 24 25 26 2 72* 59
30 1 2 3 4 5 ^
7 8 9 10 II 12 13
A Voice from Chicago.
The Chicago “Times,” of the 16th
instant, leads off with the following
note of despair:
The people are restless, dissatisfied,
engerly asking for hope and counsel.
They are conscious of bad management
in Congress and cabinet. They know
they have made immense sacrifices,
and that success lias not been com
mensurate with the sacrifice. The
war has assumed unexpected magni
tude and proportions, and there is an
unlook£d tor unanimity in the South—
a determination evinced to do and
dare all that can be done by human
courage and perseverance.
The anticipations of the great part
of the North upon the breaking out
of the rebellion have been disappoint
ed-
We relied upon the material inter
ests that wtgild be affected—upon the
veneration of the South for the flag
and its history—upon the ties of kind-
j red and the protection which the
Government had always extended
i i io in 1,1* I'jjjo , to every just and constitutional right,
21 22 23 24 25 26
.28 29 30,31
Counterfeit
for at least a division of sentiment in
the South. All these have failed and
Confederate treasury the Southern people have fought with
ITotcs.
The notes mostly counterfeited are I
the 2()"s, -5()’s and 100’s, of the issue I
of Sept. 2, 1SG1—lithographed by
Hover <£ Ludwig, Richmond. In all I
the genuine issues of these notes there j
is a shield in the upper left corner, the
the right upper corner of which is j
placed in the centre between the let-
a daring aud perseverance that in a
better cayse would have earned them
the sympathy of the civilived world.
Our superiority in numbers and resour
ces haveas yet enabled us to make but
slight progress.
In the second year of the war,
when the past discloses too much
of reverse, and a heavy load of taxa-
j n jtion looms up in the future, the peo-
C01RT CALLENDER FOR 1862.
SUTSZZl.’OSl COUTvTS.
JANUARY. i JULY.
2d Monday, Chatham.
' ’Floyd
SEPTEMBER.
1st Monday, Appling
Chattooga
2d Monday.
FEBRUARY.
1st Monday, Clark
t Lumpkin
3d Monday, Campbell
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth
Polk
Glascock
Merriwether
Walton
■1th Monday, Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe •
Paulding
Taliaferro
Walker
MARCH.
Ut Thursday. Pierce
1st Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Coweta
Columbia
Ciawford
Gwinnett
Madison
Marion
Morgan
2d Monday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
V ayett
Greene
Pickens
Washington
tV ebster
id Monday, Cobbt*
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Talbot
Tattnal
Woe
T liursday after W hit e
Friday alter. Bulloch
4th Monday, Clinch
Putnam
Rabun
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton
Thursday after Ilabershanrter the ttn >
4th Thursday, Montgomery Monday )
1st Monday, Fioy8’
AUGUST.
1st Monday Luinpkint
2d M mday, Campbell
Clark
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth
Pols
Glascock
Merriwether
Walton
lth Monday, Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe
Paulding
Taliaferro
Walker
jTUusday after, Pierce
ter N in months directlv over it. mi
the counterfeit the corner of the shield l ,Ie > aroused and anxious, are inquiring
is placed directly under the right down . the wherefore. They find the answer
stroke of the letter N. jin the fact that every theory and
prophecy of abolitionism was false.—
! They feel the deception and demand
HUNDREDS.
The Sailor in the lower left corner ' a change. The democratic conven-
of the genuine note wears a black belt, ( tions of the several States haye truth—
with a buckle very distinct,—in the j fully declared the cause of failure, and
counterfeit the belt is very light, and; pointed out the remedy,
the buckle scarcely to be seen. The 1 A long and sad experience has en
lace of the sailor in the genuine is fine lightened the people, and they anx-
aud regular—in the counterfeit the | iously turn once more to the old charts
mouth seems pinched up, and the eyes j for guidence. The instinct of self
Clieroke
Columbia
eta
Crawford
Madison
h\ arion
-Morgan
Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
MaeoD
Newton
Talbot
[ • Ware
Bulloch
Thursday after White
:h Monday, Clinch
•Putnam
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton
Rabun
Thursday after Habersham
Monday af- ^
1 Echols
i Effingham
Monday af- , ,
ter 4tii Mon- > |
day. )
APRIL.
1st & 2d Mon. Carroll
1st Monday, Dooly
Franklin
Emanuel
Early
Fulton
Gordon
Pike
Taylor
Warren
. Wilkinson
1 innsd’yafter Banks
2d Monday, Hancock
Richmond
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Sumter
Tuesday after. McIntosh
3d Monday, Glynn
Haralson
Monday
after *
Henry
J ones
Liberty
Murray
Ogletho; pe
Pulaski
Stewart
Worth
’Bryan
4th Monday,Wayne
Decatur
DeKaib
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Whitfield
Wilt-ox
Friday after, Telfair
Camden
Thursday after, Irwin
Monday “ Berrien
Charlton
MAY
1st Monday, Clayton
■ Scrtven
Gilmer
Randolph
Upson
21 Monday, Catoosa
Jefferson
Chatham
Fannin
Mitchell
M use-ogee
d Monday, Bibb
Burke
Quittman
Spalding
Troup
Union
Baker
Tlin-oiav after Towns
Uh Monday, Dade
Terrell
East Monday, Colquitt
JUNE.
Gt Monday, Lowndes
Dougherty
2d Monday, Brooks
Clay
'a Monday, Thomas
OCTOBER.
1st A- 2d .Mon. Cat roll
1st Monday, Dooly
Emanuel
Franklin
Early •
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
Ptke
Thursday after Banks
2d Monday, Fannin
Richmond
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Sumter
3d Monday, Glynn
Haralson
Henry
Jones
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Union
W.rth
Thursday after Towns
Thursday / Montgomery
after «
,4th Monday, Wayne
Decatur
DeKaib *
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Tattnall
Whitfield
Wilcox '
Friday after. Telfair
Camden
Thursday after. Irwin
Monday after Charlton
NOVEMBER.
1st Monday. Berrien
Seriven
Clayton
Effingham
Randolph
Upson
2d Monday, Catoosa
Jefferson
Mitchell
Muscogee
3d Monday, Bibb
Burke
Quittman .
Spalding
Troup
Baker
4th Monday, Dade
Terrell
Thursday after, McIntosh
Monday “ Colquitt
*• “ Liberty
Mon. after Liberty. Bryan
DECEMBER,
let Monday, Dougherty
Lowndes
2d Mondav,[Brocks
Clay
|3d Monday Thomas
have it bleared or scratched look.
The sailor in the left hand end leans
upon an anchor, diagonally across the
vignette from left to right, in the gen
uine, there is a hair line* very distinct,
as if the stone from which the impres
sion was taken had been broken or
tracked. In the counterfeit there is
no such blurr or hair line. In the
centre vignette, right side, near the
cotton jiress, is a muie—in the genuine
it is very indistinctly executed, and the
mule looks as if lie were walking from
you, presenting only a tail view—in
the counterfeit it is much plainer, and
the mule presents almost a broadside
view.
At the upper right corner of the
preservation leads the.m back to the
constitution. We are not over confi
dent, and indulge in no hope that is
not warranted by the signs of the
times, when we say that the next Con
gress will be conservative.
The Worth awakening to its Banger.
REVOLUTION THREATENED.
genuine notes, the white
Tbe following editorial from the New
) ork I imes, is the boldest demonstration
we have yet seen from that quarter. It
confesses that the North has been whip
ped, that ruin stares her in the face, that
iier government (which the I imes helped
to create) is a failure, that a stronger gov-
•rnftient is needed, and that in these revo
lutionary times, might will control, and if
pears through the shading of the me
dallion work; in the counterfeit the
entire work is dark.
ap- j Lincoln does not come up to the public
triumph of the Republican party, and who
do not believe it possible to end it and
preserve the Union, until the results of
that triumph are for the moment set aside,
and tiie country has a chance to plant
the Government upon another basis. But
we can tell President Lincoln that there
are men in the army who do not believe
the war will end, except by conceding
the independence of tie South, unless the
Government is again lestored to Southern
control or a Convention is held to form a
a Comtitntiun under which both North
and South can live together in a common
Union. We do not know that any officet
in the army would Advocate, or in any
event aid the executicn of such a scheme.
But we warn the Preside t against doing
anything directly or indirectly, by neg
lect or by positive acts, to encourage the
development of such a sentiment, or to
stimulate in any heirt the toleration ot
such a thought. We need not warn him
of the absolute necessity of crushing the
growth of such treason and disloyalty in
its beginnings. But we may warn him
that this cannot he done by the exercise
of force, but only by the display ot
strength on the part of the Government.
What the people want is a Government
adequate to the emergency—a Govern
ment strong enough to meet any danger,
however great—strong in will, strong in
judgment, strong ia resources, and strong
in the confidence and respect of the peo
ple. Piesident Lincoln’s Government is
not strong in any of these respects.
The country has full faith in his per
sonal integrity, his patriotism, and his sa
gacity. But it demands mote titan this.
It demands a cabinet made up of men,
every one of whom shall constitute strength
and courage, and power to his administra
tion. It demands a Government which
will lead public sentiment, and not seek
slavishly to follow it. It demands a Gov
ernment capable of waging war—capable
of holding up, in biazing characters be
fore the people, the objects of the war,
of feeling profoundly, and of making the
people feel, the spirit of the war; capable
of organizing armies, of selecting and
judging Generals—of overruling their per
sonal contentions, their professional jeal
ousies, and making them all conducive to
the common good—capable, in a word, ot
making out a clear and comprehensive
policy suited to the emergency—of infu
sing its spirits into the hearts of the peo
ple, and then, with their aid, of ghing it
full and complete success. This is what
the people mean by a strong Government,
and they regard it as the duty of the Pres
ident t.o give them such a one.
Upon one thing the country may rely :
it is only such a Government that can
maintain itself against this rebellion. Any
other will he swept away by a usurpation.
We live, it must be remembered, in a day
of revolution, when violence aud force
give the law to national action, and when
strong, bold men will throw aside forms
and usages, however sacied, which stand
in the way of what they regard as the. wel
fare of the nation, and place power in hands
that are strong, however they may be
stained with the blackest and most damn
ing guilt.
[Army correspondence of the Savannah Repub
lican.]
OIR Alt41V IN .VIAKYI.AND.
FIFTIES.
Several white spots appear just over
the figures fifty, in the medallion work
at the upper right corner of the gen
uine notes; there are none in the coun
terfeit. The outside of this medallion
work in the counterfeit is covered by
a running net work; in
there is none. In front
taclied to the chest, in the centre pic
ture of the genuine note, there is a
padlock; there is noneinthe counter
feit. In the genuine note the head of
demand he will be overthrown and a new
power placed at the bead of affairs. This
is the plainest talk we have seen, and we
cam ot account for it except on the hy
pothesis that the proximity of the Confed-
eiate army is gradually dispelling the pop
tiiar apprehension of Lafayette and War
ren. The Times says;
“The battles of the last year—the con
flicts in front of Richmond, the retreat of
our army first from their fortifications to
the James river, and then from the James
tne genuine liver and the Peninsula to the Rappahan-
of and at- ' n °ck—the repulse of our troops in their
march toward Richmond, the battles by
which they covered their retreat to the
Potomac, and the general conduct and up
shot of a year’s campaign, have been dis
astrous in the highest degree to the Union
the man in the. lower loft corner j cause. And this is known and felt to be
is nearly bald, a little hair is! the fact by every man of intelligence,
combed down on the right temple; in
the counterfeit a full head of hair is
represented, the hair cn the right
temple being slightly dishevelled, as it
blown by a puff of wind.
In the genuine the lit ad of the fe
male between the woids Confederate
States, is near the centre* In the coun-
erfeit the head is placed so as to
touch the letter E in Confederate.
TWENTIES.
In the counterfeit bibs tbe figure 2.
from one end of the country to the other
We might possibly flatter the v&nity of
individuals responsibly connected with the
army or the government, if we were to
shut our eyes to this palpable and unmis
takable fact. We know very well the
penalty of telling unpleasant truths. But
we know also that, in such a country as
this, with such a people as ours, no good
can possibly be accomplished by the sys
tematic concealment of facts, however
unpleasant, and that nothing but disaster
and ruin can follow systematic misrepre-
sentation of current events however ami
able its motives. The best service any
on the right side, in cut bv a fine line,
entirely separating the tail of the fig- j ™ ; ' n ’ wll0?e business it is-to tell the peo-
c * .1 , j +i 10 ! pie anvthing, can render them, is to tell
“ re !™ m he “°" 1 b “ d V 1 > 1 ll.cn, the talk.
genuine the J S UI< ~ 1 I >ei { * 1 i And the worst service any man can
the genuine bills the hat on tne head renc j er t|j e government or the country, at
of the mail in the lower left corneu ot j this, the most critical instant of its fate,
the note, sits more upon the top of is to hoodwink either into the belief that
in the counterfeit; in the people are satisfied with the condition
. i.,o people
seems to be : of affairs—that the people look upon the
hack of the ; campaign of the past year as having been
crowned by a “long line of glorious vic-
and that they will be content to
tones,
see the army handled and the government
the head than
the counterfeit the hat
thrown more towards th
neck. . t ,
In the genuine the crown of the sailor s
hat is broader than in counterfeit—the sha
ding line on his jacket in the genuine, run ,
square across the body—in the countei-
feit they run diagonally across the body.
Also, between the XX on the right i
lower corner are two hearts separated
and pointing towards each other in the ,j ]e salvation of the Union
genuine, butiu the spurious only one,
or if two, run together.
The paper of all the genuine notes
is of poor quality, but in the counter
feit it is of a fair quality ot bank note
paper.
’NOTE.—The hair line is not an infallible test,
as I have seem one on a counterfeit but a famil-
iority with the face of the sailor on the genuine
bill will enable you to detect the false one on
.* J. J.
managed for the year to come as they have
been for the year that is past. Others
must select their line of duty for them
selves. We shall incur no risk of dam
aging the country by deceiving the gov
ernment! It is but little wd can do for
but
In Front ok Fredericktown, Md., I
Sept. Sth, 1S62. J
As was intimated in my letter of yes
terday, (*) the people of Maryland were
not expecting to see us on the east side
of the Potomac so soon. They would
not have been more surprised if an army
had dropped down from the sky, than they
were when they first beheld the head of
our dust covered columns moving out from
time tbe army of the Potomac has fought
three pitched battles aid seven combats,
engaged in numberless skirmishes, (in all
of which it was successful over a sttperi r
force) marched two hundred miles through
a comparatively desolated count v, with
out tents, and in many instances on hare
feet and with insufficient food, crossed one
large river and several smaller streams,
and to-day threatens the capital of an en
emy who, seventy dayssii.ee, was invest
ing our own. This brilliant campaign will
strike the scales from tlie eyes ot the peo
ple of the North, as it has already torn
off the mask from their inramous govern
ment. While the former will be dazzled
by the light of truth suddenly flashed
upon them from our guns the falsehood,
treachery, despotism and folly of the oth
er, like the vile features ofMokanna, when
stripped of their veil, can hut disgust its
deluded followers and bring it to open
shame before an indignant world.
We ransack history in vain for a more
brilliant campaign than this. Oar track
from the James river to the Potomac, like
the milky way in the skies, is one of un
surpassed brightness and splendor. The
rapidity of our movements, the splendor
of our triumphs, the valor of our men, ami
the genius of our leaders, will strike the
world with amazement. The army has
not only driven the invader from our cap
ital and cleared the State of Virginia of
his presence, but it is encamped to-day
within twenty miles of the Pennsylvania
line, and in striking distance of Harris
burg, Baltimore, and Washington. Such
achievements as these, if they do not ex
tort from foreign governments a formal
recognition of our independence, will at
least demonstrate to all thinking men out
right to he free, and the utter folly of any
further attempt at our subjugation.
It may be, as we advance forward, that
our line of communication to the rear will
be intercepted; nevertheless we expect to
be able to maintain ourselves wherever
we go. We now hold the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad from the Monocacy to Har
per’s Ferry, and the branch road leading
from that place down the valley of the
Shenandoah to V\ inchester. This route
will probably be adopted in our communi
cations with the South, instead of the more
exposed and inconvenient line to Manas
sas, and thence across tlie fords of the Po
tomac, always subject to he rendeted im
passable, by heavy rains - * The enemy did
not Lave time to destroy the rail way bridge
at Harper’s Ferry; but succeeded, I am
informed, in removing most of the cars. It
is not known what cars were on the Win
chester branch at the time of his unpre
meditated exit.
We have conflicting reports from Balti
more. It was first said that the enemy
were removing all the military stores in
the city, and that our friends there had
risen to prevent it. To-day we hear that
a force, estimated at 30,000 men was
marching to the relief of the city, from
Washington. Botli reports may be true.
Gen. Wool is the military commandant ot
of the city. Of course, we do not care
how much the enemy divides his forces.
If he should send them all to Baltimore,
we can hut quietly take possession ot
Washington, and should he concentrate
them all in the latter place, the agreeable
alternative will be left us to march leisure
ly down the great Cumberland Turnpike
and take Baltimore. If he divide them,
instead of one, we shall simply take two
bites at the cherry, nr if we like it better,
we may march North to Harrisburg and
take np our winter quarters in the capital
of Pennsylvania.
As we approach the Pennsylvania bor
der, the people appear to be more equaily
divided in their sentiments. In this and
the more southern counties the secession
ists are represented to have a decided ma-
vouacing, is a place of several thousand
inhabitants. All the hats, clothing and
shoes in the town have been bought up by
the quartermasters or ihe troops them
selves. We have found less trouble about
our currency than ua-> expected. The
farmers and merchants prefer Maryland
or Virginia money in exchange for their
produce and wares, but still they are not
indisposed to receive Confederate notes
at some discottr’ Those, who are unwil
ling to take theu. are generally Unionists,
who close tbei: tores and barns agr : -~t us.
As we advam • iway from the I ..jmac,
and the broker* and 'harpers come upon
the board, the trouble w ; M doubtless be in
creased, unless we are speedily and com
pletely successful’ It would have been
wise, therefore, for Mr. Secretary Mem-
mi ttger to Lave made some arrangement
with the Virginia banks to supply asuffi-
cient amount of their notes to meet the im
mediate wants of the army. The plan
was suggested to him, and it may be he
will yet adopt it.
The army is still too much scattered
and busy for me to gather up the person
al incidents and the gallant parts taken by
particular officers in the late battles. I
may say, however, that Jackson, Long-
street, A. P. Hill, and Ewell, among the
Major-Generals, and Toombs, Lawton,
H .od, Wright, Wilcox, Pryor, Jenkins,
Feat liei stone,. Gregg and others, among
the Brigadier-Generals, and Col. Ander
son, commanding a brigade, were conspic
uous for gallantry and good - conduct. With
rare exceptions, all the officers and men
behaved with great coolness and intre
pidity. The battle of Saturday, next to
the first day’s fight at Shiloh, was the
best conducted battle of the war.
intended—no intimidation will be allow
ed. i i
Within the limits of this army, , at least/
Marylanders shall once more enjoy their ’
ancient freedom of thought and speech.
We know no enemies among you, and^
will protect all, of every opinion.
It is for you to decide your destiny, free- - *
ly and without constraint.
This army will respect your choice,
whatever it may be ; and while tbe South
ern people will rejoice to welcome yon to
your natural position among them, they
will only welcome ou when you come cf
your own free will.
R. E. LEE,
General Commanding.
■
the river - 1 hey hadJyeen waiting for ns i - n • , , , ,,.
1 *i t tet* t i Jonty, especially in the large slaveholdin
so long, they had felt so keenly the truth j•*_-*„ 7- • , , * , , . .
c ,t J , ..t j e J districts. Our friends have no doubt that
ot the saving that “hope deterred maketh ~ . ,, , A
,, , . - | ,, + i j i ,, + it left to a fair vote, the btate would elect
the heart sick; and had been so often de- . n e , , ,
i ji-ii i , , , • to go with the Confederacy bv a large ma-
ceived and bewildered by the mendacious ; • , Pl , . J J &
, , ■ ,, v ., T - , ionty. Ihe people at manv places re
press and Iving authorities of tbe United _ • ,, .., r , , . . - 1 , ,
iL A „ i • , . ,, ,. cetved us with shouts anti tears.andbesr-
btates, not only in regard to the achieve- i . t , ... °
,, J ged us never to leave the Slate until we
ments ot our arms, but as to our disposi-
lion and ability to render them assistance, . .
that they had almost given up all idea of . , ,, - , ,
r - - ■ k - - gun to enroll themselves, and we are as
sured that as soon as the Federal forces
shall have released it from the grasp of the
The young men have already be-
ever seeing a Confederate army firmly
planted on the soil of Maryland. The
authorities had exerted themselves to keep ;
scattered over the State shall have been
, - f ... - compelled to retire towards Washington,
them in utter ignorance ot our true inten- ., r . ,, , e
. , , R.. M-i-. o , ■, , as they will be soon, thousands more will
tions and ability. Military forces had i , , ri „
. . , , J J , , j array themselves under our banner. Ihe
been posted along the river and quartered ^ excitement prevails from tbe Po .
throughout the State, to repress all spirit f . ., i , , •
p. 6 - , , . . - f r , tomaetothe Deleware, and Washington
ot inquiry and shut put intelligence; and x „ , P
, J . i and baltimore are represented to be in a
where these instrumentalities did not sue- p . . ,, r ., ^,
ceed, the knife, the halter and dungeon ! P e . rfec * tre ™ or - th e one from fright, the
were thought into requisition. Men have . , w
been taken from the side of their wives t appears t rnt the Federal draft has
and the caresses of their little ones at the ! ^ been postponed to the 15th inst., not
hour of midnight, and hurried to distant ' abandoned. _ 1 he peopln say our coming _ _ . _ „ o B
prisons; whilst others have been hunted Y as J“ st , m time sa ' e 1 j cm ^‘e I been inflicted upon the citizens of a Com-
trom their homes and compelled to seek dreadful alternative of either taking up monwealth allied to the States of the South
refuge in the swamps and thickets, where ain j s a S ainst Gieir brethren ot the South, j by the strongest, social, political and com-
they were slain like, wild beasts and their j or “ ee,n ? ff° m their homes: One man j mercial ties.
bodies hung up by the aighways. Women i , he devoutly believed the finger of; They have seen, with profound indig-
have been imprisoned and forced to flee i ^ 0( t had guided our footsteps and deliver- nation, their sister State, deprived of ev-
from burning homes, only to fall into the ec ^ thepeop e through our handq. cry right, aud reduced to the condition of
embraces of a brutal soldiery; and moth- j _ The army has been resting to-day along a conquered province
From the Richmond Enquirer, Sept. 18.
54, iu-rni I.ee’n Proclamation to the People
of Maryland.
General Lee, in the following address,
has very happily stated the purposes of
our government and people towards the
State of Maryland. The presence of our
army in ihe heart of that State rendered
explanation necessary; and it has been
made in a manner that will allay every
resentment, and kindle tiie profoundest
giatitude in the bosom of every Mary
lander who loves his State or values his
liberty.
The despotism which has crushed the
people of Maryland is without a parallel
in tiie annals of civilized history. What
ever the course her people may wish to
pursue—whatever choice of future rela
tions they may desire to make-their first
duty and the first impulse of manliness, is
to be free. She should not make her
choice with fetters upon her limbs. Her
sovereign dignity demands that liei 1 action
should be unconstrained, and should be
free from even the appearance of con
straint. So far from this being her present
condition, the succint re-enumeration of
tyrannies and outrages, presented in Gen
eral Lee’s address, tells of a people ground
into the very dust, under the heel of des
potic usurpation, violently established,
and for hostile purposes. So far from
Maryland being a free, republican com-
nmnwealth, tlieie is not a province in the
Czar’s whole dominions that onght not to
pity her terrible condition. Lincoln has
proved to her worse than the Czar or Sul
tan.
So far as our operations are to affect
the people of Maryland, we go not there
to replace one yoke with another. We
propose to restore Maryland to her free
dom and her free choice-nothing more.
This fait, so well stated by General Lee,
d scloses the difference, wide as the hea
vens, between ’lie character of the two
governments now at war. SubjugaiLn,
oppression, d( spotism, the crushing ut of
all liberty of action are the objects and
means of Lincoln. Self government, inde
pendence, liberty, free choice and free ac
tion, are the watchwords of the Confeder
ates. We are too proud of her own char
acter. and too respectful of the lights and
dignity of others, to be willing to have a
constrained or reluctant community in our
brotherhood of freemen and sisterhood of
States.
The following L> the address.
Headquarters Army of Northern Va., )
Near Frederick Town, >
September 8, 1862. )
To the Peoph of Maryland .
11Is right that you should know the pur
pose that has brought the army under my
command within the limits of yonr State,
so tar as that purpose concerns your
selves.
The people of the Confederate States
have long watched, with the deepest sym
pathy, the wrongs and outrages that have
Addreu of Col. Kradlrr T. JdinMB W the
People of Maryland.
Tbe following address has been issued
by Col. Bradley T. Johnson, who accom
panies our army in Maryland :
To the People of Maryland:
After sixteen months of oppression more
g-'fling than the Austrian tyrannv, the
v._torious aimy of the South*brings free
dom to your doors. Its standard new
waves Lorn tbe Potomac to Mason and
Dixon’s line. The men or Maryland who,
during tho last long months, have bee
crushed under the heel of this terrible des
potism, now have the opportunity for
working out their own redemption, for
which they have so long waited, and suf
fered, and hoped.
The Government of the Confederate
States is pledged by the unanimous vote
ofits Congress, by the distinct declaration
of its President, the soldier, the states
man, Davis-, mevM to cease this war until
Maryland has the opportunity to decide
for herself her own fate, untrammeled and
free from Federal bayonets.
The people of the South, with unanim
ity unparalleled, have given their hearts
to our native State, and hundieds of thou
sands of her sons have sworn, with arms
in their hands, that you shall be free.
You must now do your pait. We have
the arms here for yon. 1 am authorized
immediately to muster in for the war com
panies and regiments-the companies of
one hundred men each ; ihe regiments of
ten companies. Come, all who wish to
strike for their liberties and their homes.
Let each man provide himself with a stout
pair of shoes, a good blanket and a tin
cup. Jackson’s men have no baggage.
Officers are in Fredvrick*to receive re
cruits, and all companies formed will be
armed as soon as mustered in. Rise at
once!
Remember the cells of Fort McHenry !
Remember the dungeons of Fort Lafay
ette and Fort Warren, the insults to your
wives and daughters, the arrests, the mid
night searches of your homes ! Remem
ber these your wrongs, and rise at onceiu
arms and strike for liberty anj right.
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,
Colonel C. S. A.
Sept. Sth, 1862.
From General laoriujc’s Arusy—Official Des
patches.
We have the pleasure of publishing the
following copies of official telegrams to
the Secretary of War, in relation to the
recent brilliant successes achieved by Ma
jor-General W. W. Loring in Western
Virginia.
CAPTURE OF BUCHANAN.
Headq’rs Dep’t S. W. Va., I
Fayette C. H., via Giles C. H. or >
Dublin, Sept. 14. )
Jeukins captured Buchanan, Upshnr
C. II., General Kelley’s main depot, with
5,000 stand of arms aud immense stores,
all of which were destroyed. He took
the commanding officer and thirty pris
oners. The next day he captured Weston.
The next day he took Glensville. The
next day he took Col Rathbone and his
regimeut at Roane Court House. The
next day he drove a force of the enemy
from Ravenswood, and the next day cioss-
ed into Ohio, marching twenty miles in
that State. He was at last accounts on
the Kanawha.
(Signed) W. W. Loring,
Major General.
the shady banks of the Monocacy river,
cooking, washing and bathing. It is re
ported that w'e will move to morrow, hut
in what direction I am unable to say.—
Should we succeed in jrettintr possession
Under the pretence of supporting the
Constitution, but in violation of its most
valuable
provisions, your citizens have
been arrested and imprisoned upon no
charge, and contrary to all forms of law
we can
sight.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
rpHE undersigned having removed from Mil-
te-,
'May holds three weeks, if necessary, at each
'hidge not required to draw Jurors for two
Wee »; and not obliged to hold two weeks' Court
iu coi & ti«t of Cobb and Lumpkin.
_ ledgeville desires and intends to close up his
business matters of that place speedily as possi
ble. All persons indebted are notified toat the
no; es arid accounts are iu the hands of J. A.
Breedlove, Hn d p. h. Lawler, who are authori
zed to collect HDd make settlements If not ar
ranged at an early day, settlements will be.enforced
by law.
13, tf. A. C. VAIL, Agent.
at least refuse to shut our eyes to its de- j who appeals in vaii to the mercy of her
struction. * * * | ravisher. To-morrow she may be free!
We tremble to think of what may fol- 1 We have come to -trike the fetters from
low the successful lodgment of a rebel her beautiful limbs and punish her despoil-
army on loyal soil. We do not fear the ! er. We have come .o gather in the last
division of the Union, so much as the tribes of the South ind to set a boundary
overthrow of the Government. No man! betwixt our adversely and ourselves. This
of ordinary political sagacity can conceal done—as we trust it will be before the
ers and their children have been stopped
in the streets aud rudely stripped of their
bonnets and sashes where they happened
to correspond with the colors of the Con
federate States. Churches have been de- _ _ _ _ „
filed and the Ministers of God dragged ”1 Baltimore, the army will probably go The faithful and manly protest against
from the very “horns of the alter.” Ihe into winter quarters there and in Washing- this outrage, made by the venerable and
writ of habeas corpus, the freedom of ton; for the occupation ot the former place illustrious Marylander, to whom, .in bet-
speech, and the sanctity of tiie domicil, j W0U D insure the fajl of tiie latter. With ter days, no citizen appealed for right in
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the ’ vain, was treated with scorn and contempt.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal already in ! Thegoveinment of your chief city has been
our possession, and tiie railway line be usurped by armed strangers ; yoqr Legis-
tween Washington, Baltimoie and Annap- I lature has been dissolved by the unlawful
olis rendered unavailable by our occupa- arrest ofits members; freedom of the
tion of Baltimore, the ciicuitous route I press and of speech have been suppressed ;
from New York and Philadelphia around : words have been declared offences by an
to the Chesapeake Bay, and up tbe Poto- arbitrary decree of the Federal Executive,
mac, would be the.only channel left open
have been wantonly violated or ruthlessly
destroyed.
Five days ago Maryland, chained hand
and foot, writhed iu the arms of the op
pressor, like a weeping, trembling virgin
from himself the fact that there is a deep,
strong undercurrent of political machina
tion underlying all the movements of the
war, and giving character and color-to the
developments of public opinion. There
are men North and South—men of ability,
of character, of position, both civil and
snow shall have covered this lovely valley
—we shall depart iu peace to our own
homes among the sunny hills of the free
and independent South. But should it he
the will of Heaven that the war shell con
tinue yet another year, then we a?3 resolv
ed, by the blessings of God, to maintain
military—who look to the possibility of; the stand we have taken as long as there
saving tbe Union in other ways than by ; is a musket left and a band to wield it.
simply conquering the rebels and com-1 We can never quit Maryland except as
peiling by force their return to their alle- conquerors, or a broken, ruined army.
giaDce- W’e need not tell any one that j A little more than two months ago, the
there are men who regard this war as hav- j battles of Richmond were fought and the
ing been brought upon the country by the siege ot the city was raised. Since that
by which the enemy could receive his sup
plies. The Potomac is frequently closed
to navigation by ice in the winter; but if it
were not, and if we should not obstruct it
by batteries planted along its banks, still
it would be impossible to procure sufficient
supplies by this rout for the city, and the
army quartered there- Whatever be our
destination, we hope to be able to clothe
and shoe the army wiierever we may go;
but as this is not absolutely certain, the
people at home should strain every nerve
to provide for the comfort of the troops.
The sick and wounded in the rear should
be the special objects of their attention,
even if we should succeed in furnishing the
army in the field.
Fredericktown, near which we are hi-
and citizens ordered to be tried by a mili
tary commission for what they may dare
to speak.
Believing that the people of Maryland
possessed a spirit too lofty to submit to
such a Government the people of the
South have long wished to aid you in
throwing off’ this foreign yoke, to enable
you again to enjoy the inalienable rights
of freemen, and restore independence and
soveieignty to your State.
In obedience to this wish onr army has
come among yon, and is prepared to assist
you with the power of its arms in regain
ing the rights of which you have been de
spoiled.
This citizens of Maryland, is our mis
sion so far as you are concerned.
No constraint upon your free will is
FAYETTE COURT HOUSE TAKEN.
Headquarters Dek’t S. W. Va., I
Fayette AJourt House, Sept. 11th, V
via Dublin, Sept. 14th. )
After a fatigueing march I came upon
the enemy near this place on yesterday,
at half past one o’clock. P. M., with the
best of my forces, which were in front.
After contesting every, inch of my advance
for some miles, he entered his fortifica
tions at this place, which were strong, and
which consisted of very formidable outer
works, enclosing a quadrangular fort with
glacis and redoubts and well mounted
with nine heavy pieces of Artillery. My
men pushed up to the walls with great spir
it. inflicting great loss on the enemy. Our
loss small. Abought nightfall to the force
of the enemy already in the fort, three
regiments were added as reinforcements
by one of the many roads, which my forces
were not numerous enough to guard. This
made the enemy about five regiments
strong; but while we lay on our arms to
renew the attack this morning, the enemy
fled. Probably they took the same road
by which the reinforcements entered, arid
1 am now master of their works. I am
now pursuing with all my forces.
(Signed) W. W. Loring,
Major General.
two more victories.
Headq’rs Falls of Kanawha, Va., (
Via Dublin, 14th September. t
After fighting tivo obstinately-contest
ed fights to-day—one at Cotton Hill, and
the other at Ganley—tl • enemy have
been put to flight down the Kanawha, and
I am now in possession of their foimer po
sition at Gauley; with their wagons, trains
and some stores, The magazine and many
more were burned before they fled. 1 am
crossing the Kanawha and pursuing the
enemy. We took 700 barrels of salt. ’We
have taken camp Gauley, and are pursu
ing the enemy down the Kanawha. -L,
[Signed] W. W. Loring* ‘
Major Gerieral.
CAPTURE OF CHARLESTON—THE ENEMY
JfepUTED, AGAIN FLYING.
The Mowing despatch was received at
the War department yesterday from Gen
eral Loring:
b)
Charleston, Kanawha co., Sept. 13,
Via Giles Court House, 16th,
And Dublin 16th. J
Hon. G. W. Randolph, Sec’y of War:
After incessant skirmishing from Gauley
down, we took this place at 3 o’clock
P. M,
The enemy, six regiments strong, made
stout resistance, burning their stores and
most of this town in their retreat. Our
loss is slight, the enemy’s heavy. He is
in full retreat. Jenkins in bis rear. *
W. W. Loring,
JfryorGen’l Commanding.
*