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E, rBOSSY.
,t*tv Rureeon to the New Orlehins "Fe- 1
rrOBMBUBY im fo Ts hi« services to the Cit
t 1 a U the branches of his profes
sion* . .Mention will be dfivetedlto, the treatment
of’'the diseases' r performed » fpr,
MS- lg T n o, 1 nViaico-Vaginal . . jftstula,
Fistula Congenital hnd A'ccudentaj Fhyntoihs,
tlydrocele. or Piles. YlaUous W
Varicocele, H m False Passages, Tallapesor Club
vie stnetur . * f t^o fi n?ers Strabismus or
and Xcurißm.'Varix or dilated vein*. Ptery-
Squinting, Ane r t ip; also for the remov-
tiuS 01 abnormal growths from.any part
us the body- . Gcr fi td -Urinary System', epmprsing
Diseases oi■ tei 0 j- Ghonorrhata, Strictures,
ta- d f e iSea ( Syphilis, in primary
Gravel, &perraA an d heriaitary foteis/Wrll receive
secondary,, ■ ■ r .,,r , .
particular ajt«n w • QBver Rdrcd as well as tho
References tfvett yearsprac ti<te‘in NewOr
recommendatio j lour3 every day at his office
leans; - J p ou ®’-!. t fi a ii Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock
in tho Mas 2 ‘to4o'clock P. m. .Patients wilfllo
a, m„ anu trom those hours, a,3 before ai)d
well licvotc d to visiting persons in
after that time
the city. ntcatioasto
Address all commiucai* DR K A^JKOgSY.
1 Columbus. Ga,
, „ from a distance having servants
or medical treatment, will be
requiring quarters, but m all cases
~n, ',v 7 . . b?°ish iheir own provisions and bed
dinK '- -ii particular attention to
*irl wlll different forms of Ulcers. PJieu
tho treatment. s a ff e ctiOiis, SyphiUticprup
n?ill,!il“’.. l U ‘other chronic diseases oi theskiiu
! I', V Fnuii'Mtions and Steam sulphurous.
M«uc.it*d i n the hospitals lußuropc and
ill ***** treat.uent. R>
Change of Schedule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, )
,>N THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
0 notice, the Schedule of the Passenger tram will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston a *
Arrive in Savannah p. m.
Leave Savannah ••• a - lu v
Arrive in Charleston 4.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at tho Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engmcer and Superintendent.
Notice*
Headquarters Post, )
Columbus, Ga., June 9th, ISol. i
demand Order No. 2.
In compliance with Special Orders No. 119, Hoad
Quarters Department South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, the undersigned hereby transfers the com
mand of this Post to Major Geo. O. Dawson,
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
Major, &c.
Headquarters Post,!
Columbus, Ga., June 9, ’64. 1
General Orders , 1
No. 1. j
In pursuance of Special Orders, No. 149, Head*
quarter? Department, the undersigned hereby as
sumes command of this Post. Existing orders and
regulations will remain in force until further or
ders. t V .
GEO. 0. DAWSON.
Major Comd’g.
AitrEnquire'.- and Sun copy. je9 ts
Notice io Piamtet ?i am! CJoik-
Ktiiucrs u! la*4>sa.’ ?
VUE will keep tor sale, for Confederate funds, or
\V exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, .ial
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles,
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER. BAR IRON ;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON;
iIOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING;
SHOVELS AND SPADES ;
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KET.TL£S —FROM 40
TO 100 GALLON A ;
."SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 13 INCH'.
We are ino>>aroil to receive and till orders tor any
dfccs aod quantity of Iron, from cur Iron Works
Il “ iU ” s MUIA LOU?f D. GRAY * GO..
tV ,, r ,ts Nox t,to Now Bridge,
|< gg,II)T I ®>N M ATH€JES!
MM IE Columbus, Ga.. Friction Match Company,
1 have again resumed operations, and will, m a
few days, bo prepared to supply them in quantity.—
They also make- a superior article of Blacking, wlnca
can bo supplied in quantity..
Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap
ply n, Messrs. LivingstOfrA Cos., or Jfessrs. Hull A
Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied.
A D. THU if/ A 00.,
Manufacturers.
N. 11, —It having cost, me about $5,000 in the past
eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to
make good matches, the public can now rely on get
ting a superior article. S. D. ruo-V.
Columbus, May 14,1304 du
~ "notiob.
X© Planter* awt«l Others !
I WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
1 Yarn. for Bacon. Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. 1
will he found ai Tlbbinctt & Qo'S oklstawo. wncre a
am ma&maeturlftg Candles and Lwd Oil p>r wii©*
fi. 8. WJifGii i.
june 2 ts
Shoeu&akers* aiid Saddlers'
TOO'l^3.
' i'llE v NDERSItI X i£V> Sieving o-amuiouced the
* manufacture ufTb© aW\e i.aiued articles lu t-iii-s
citv, are prepared w fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, ft few doors above U, ;i.
Hosph. h UAKttIBON, BEDELL c; CU.
Reference —Ma,i. t. IV. I>u.!.Ard’.
Mobile Register, Missb-i,Man and Augusta 0..?t
--1 list, please copy mouth and seal bills
to this i'licc. f
mar SO •
OFFICE -'IOBH.V & GISARti R,. R. f
Cvluiubuo, Ga.. May Ota, Yd. j
The annual Meeting of Cm Blockin'-Je . up
Company, will be held at mV.-iice, 'anu, Ala.,
on Wednesday, sth day of July nett, at 11 o does
when the election Mr President and Hirers wiU
take place. -.0,
By order ? M roe y
uivdl td
HttADQrAO-I'EFS, )
Ist Class Battali.e.;, y
: oiumbus, Ga„ J une ±".
General Orders No. 4.
U 1 militia officers in this command win - b ivo not
yet reported at Atlanta, together with all civil offi
cerslin .'loseogee, Chattahoochee and Marion coun
ties, who are subject to the call of His Excellency,
the G , cruor and Commander in-chief, are hereby
ordered tu report immediately to •Hoa.Kiu.i.-teis at
Atlanta, Georgia, or suffer thy penaitits hniioSed for
failure to rymti kV.v~*“* v ■
. . _.-'GMPYJN,
Lieut. eV lcU
T. F. llfPt.MiOt'K, Jclg. Adj’t.
June 14 ts .
u FO» AT
111 S3L*octc3L Btreot,
FINE I’iIEWING AM) S>IOKiNG I fOMuO<
BFMKMBLit THE PLACE.
6M, BSS&A6* SXR^jET,
vV v H H. PHELPS,
Columbus. Ga.
•June 14 dStWjt
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Vol. XI.
J. W. WABREM & CO. Proprietors.. .....J. w . IVARBE.Y, £(titov
AUCTION SALES;
f;—; -j*- ’
By ML CBOYI,Y Auctioneer
AUCTION SALE OF
IMPORTED GOODS,
BY
'VOat^io^ue.
.05 fRURSDAY, June 30th, 1864, commencing
at 10 o clock, a. m., I will sell at my sales rooms No.
2, Granite Row, Wilmington, N. C., theentire car
goes of Steam ships
BAtt&ER and LUCY,
With large consignments ex ships CHICORA, AL
ICE, n ANNIE, QITY OF PETERSBURG, and
other vessels, viz ; t
Bry-fioods.
IS oases white ground Prints,
17 cases black and white printed Muslin
13 cases Hudkaback Towels
11 cases Organdie Muslins
8 bales Army Cloths
7 cases super Hosiery
7 cases Coats’ and Clark’s Spool Cotton
■6 cases finishing Linen Thread
6 bales fancy Shirts
4 cases solid, broken and moruning Gingham;
o cases bl ack Lustra
3 cases Confederate Tweeds
3 cases ready made Clothing
2 cases Chocks and Stripes, mourning
3 cases coat, vest and bone Buttons
2 bales Barege
2 cases black Satin
2 cases super black Broadcloth
2 cases Brown Holland
4 cases Flannel Shirts
2 bales mixed Meltohs
1 balo blue and grey Serge
.1 bale fancy Flannels
1 case Black Alpaca
1 case Black Orleans
1 case Paper Cambric, assorted coicrs
1 bale Mottled Alpacas
1 case Beauregard Tweeds
1 case Southern Cloaking
1 case Black and White Prints
1 case Shirting
1 case Fancy Shawls
1 bale Linos, superior
1 case Mosquito Netting*
1 case Ties, Gloves', &o
1 bale super Broad Cloth, assorted c dors
1 case Irish Linen
1 case Pant Buttons
1 case Black and White Pin^.
Shoes, laeatliei*, jkc,
36 trunks Ladies’, Gent’s and Children’s Shoes
19 cases Ladies’, Gent’s and Children’s Fr, Boo
tees, extra
6 .cases Army Shoes
7 cases Barton’s Bleached and Brown Shoe Thread
4 cases Fr Waxed Calf Skins
4 eases Chamois Skins
2 cases Morocco Skins.
Cotton Cards, Clothing, &c*
25 case? Cotton Cards, No. 10s, part Whittoniore/I
best
1 case Wool Cards
2 cases Card Clothing 32x1
2 cases filleting
Stationary.
10 cases Cap, Letter and Note Paper
2 cases Gilliott’s Steel Pens
* 3 cases Pen Holders
1 case Pencils and Peas
1 case assorted Stationary
Bagging and Hope.
10 bales Gunny Bagging
148 coils Bale Rope
Groceries.
•233 bags Itio Coffee
10 barrels brown Sugar
10 barrels crushed Sugar
182 kits No. 1 Mackerel
8 casks Chieoryj
10 boxes Sperm Candles
10 bags black Pepper
TO caddies Young Hyson Tea
Hardware*, Ac.
8 tons Hoop Iron
28 kegs Nails, assorted
4 casks Wire
4 cases Gun Caps
12 bags She.
3 eases Knives, Files fend Razors
Diqitors, &c.
4 quarter casks pure Cognac Brandy
1 half pipe pure Martel Brandy
l quart or pipe pure Pinet, Castillion <fe Cos., Brandy
1 eighth pipe pure (Hard, Duny A Go., Brandy
10 casks Whiskey
82 casks old Hum
100 cases Holland Gin
30 demijohns Holland Gin
DRUGS, «fc€L
30 cases Liquorice Paste
Ul cases Liquorice Sticks '
t 13 casks Alcohol
. 14 casks Alum
8 cask# Epsom Salts
9.casks Balsam CWuL,
0 bbls Tanner’s Ou
42 kegs Bi Carb Soda
5 bbls Borax
and cases Quinine
3 c.ifCS assorted Dnre
ovL 9° Operas . _
3 eases Po.caiA.Uasw
-2 cases Blue T/afis
and v ase Powd. ipecac
\ ease lodide J«tass ;■ od * j-Jjr».o
2 casks Soda Cryst.i s
2 cask; Blue Stctae
' 1 case Phosphoras.
juue 20 ebdtiis " - ‘
units is# iiEmasrs
GOODS,
At Wholesale and Retail.
. ADA Mil GRADOT, Savannah Ga„ has just
: received from Pari-, via Bermuda, a largo as
sort men! L . lies' and Gentlemen’s goods, and
will open tb m-".n M'mday, June 20th.JL354. at her
residence, Pro-si lent street, between Drayton and
A here mi, tc-wit:
- Flowers
Ribbons
Straw Hats
Eii’JLSiiu
lari its:".
Ti.i-t-.i 1 Lace Ygi::
Paint d3 La.c .Lae- 31 vr!s '
A. iso,
L-.4i“a‘ Gaiters
Ges.-t-D f'clt liats and Coats
Mound . - is.
j\ Augt;- ■■ Cnwntutionalis'.-Macoh Telegraph,
Montgomery A-ivertiser, <’oiumbusTimes, Columbia
Guardian ar. 1 /iichmond Examiner, please copy
thr e ■ ? ;• I sen--', 'ills to Republican office,
ie 18 "t
M-s s e Rsit.rovd Office. \
Gvlu .-.--us, •*&., June llth, ISTI. i
Notice,
i Hi' i-t .1 w ;i hire six abie-s Leu negro men
JL "for the., bakt&v- es the year. Rat.es, $25 per
month, payable quarterly, and g'jod rations. Ap
•’Lf. n « JbSmSk
Columbus, Ga,, Tuesday Morniug, June 21,1884.
Monday Evening.
Erratum.—The first dispatch in the telegraph
ic is dated “Petersburg, June 14.” If
should read, “ June 19.”
Funeral of Bishop Polk. —The Bishops,
and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the Confederate States, the officeis of the
Confederate States, and the citizens generally
at-e invited to attend the Funeral Service of
the At. Rev. LEONIDAS POLK, D. D., from
the City Hall of Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday,
the 29th of Tune.
The procession will move at!l o’clock, A.
AL, from the City Hall to St. Paul’s Church.
His remains will be deposited in the Church
Y'ard of St. Paul’s until the war closes.
STEPHEN ELLIOTT,
Senior Bp. of Prot. Epis. Ch. of the C. S. A.
The New Y'ork Herald has an indecent exulta
tion over the fall of Col. Lawrence M. Keitt, of
South Carolina, and says : “And thus these rebel
leaders pass away, leaving but a few of those who
were prominent in bringing about the rebellion to
share its impending fate and the just reward of
their infamous conduct.” The Sentinel remarks:
Others less beastly than the Herald will see in the
fate of the patriotic gentloman referred to, a devo
tion to principle and a personal courage that will
the applause of aU good men. It is
true that Sumner, and Seward, and Wade, and
Chandler, and Hale, and Wendell Phillips and
AFard Beecher, and such as they, have not fallen,
and they never will, because they leave to others
to fight the battles which they orignated,
A Raid on the Southside Rail Road.—
Conrad Station, on the Southside Rail Road,
twelve miles this side of Lynchburg, was vis
ited by a band of Y r ankee raiders on Monday
night at twelve o’clock. They numbered
about 150, came clad in Confederate uniform
and represented themselves on entering the
place, as a portion of Gen. Imboden’s com
mand. Their acts, however, soon gave the
lie to their words, as they proceeded to burn,
the depot, tear up the track, and destroy the
little Government property in the vicinity.—
They cut down two or three telegraph poles,
and destroyed but a few feet of wire. They
left before the dawn of day, proceeding in the
direction of Lynehburg, from whence they
came.. The damage was repaired in a few
hours, so far as the telegraph is concerned,
and the other damage can and will be repaired
soon.
Fuol Gen. Johnston—A telegram from
General Johnston to General Bragg, dated
the 14th instant, states that for days past it
has been raining. The Yankees are fortified
on his front about a mile off, and are making
no demonstrations —hence all is quiet. The
Army of North Georgia are in the highest
spirits.
On the 19th ult., a large meeting was held
at Shreveport, La., to offer a tribute of respect
to the memory of Mrs. Beauregard.: The Gov
ernor of the State, Henry W. Allen, occupied
the chair ; in assuming which he spoke a few
words in earnest praise of the deceased and
sympathy for tier distinguished husband.
Tins Latest Parisian Style. —A Paris
correspondent writes :
. I must for an instant allude to u new fash
ion, grounding my statements on a picture in
the Journal Illustre. I hinted some weeks
ago that, ladies were about to weay ‘‘tail
coats.” The time .has arrived for that inno
vation, and only last night I beheld with as
tonishment, not unmixed with terror, many
ladies in silk aiid dress coats, waistcoats, shirt
collars and cravats—they have assumed them
all ih turns. What remains for them to wear?
And echo answers—Well, never mind what
echo answers'. I hope they won’t get in the
habit of standing with their backs to the fire
place and their hands in their pockets.
Siege of Chas leStoii.
Three Hundred and Forty-fifth Day.
The enemy’s firing upon the city since our
last report lias considerably slackened- Forty
four shots were fired during the twenty lour
hours ending at six o’clock Friday evening,
. Five shots were fired at Fort Gum ter, one
of which struck;
There was crnsiderable signaling among life
fleet Friday, and one Monitor moved out some
distance and commenced practicing with a
light field piece, firing seventeen shots.
’Some firing was heard Friday afternoon in
the direction of Legarc’s Pwdifia believed to
be one of the, Yankee gunboats practicing.
There is no change m the fleet.
The Yankees continue hard, at work eveiy
.L-.v upon both Batteries Gregg and Wagner.
,-{. *■ f Courier i I Bth.
Appointment to the Command of the cav
alry in the Valley.—We learn from the
Richmond Examiner that Major-General Rob
ert Ransom, of North Carolina ha? been re
lieved of his command of the department of
Richmond, and appointed to the chief com
mand of all the cavalry forces in the valley.
It will be recollected that Gen. Jones, who
filled the position, was killed in the fight
about a week ago with the enemy near Staun
ton. Gen. Hanson) will proceed out at one?
to his new commaml,and will be accompanied
we believe by most oi his present staff.
Owing to.the assignment of Gen. Ransom
to this command, there will be r, vacancy in
the beau of the departmedt at Richmond
We here several names mentioned as his prob
able successor and most, prominent among
them is Gmi. Cm W L*e.
We sh.di heve >iiSO -i change ir. 'he cor)*-
maud A’ tu- mi.iuiy poG of Ricluuc , Brig
adier Gen. G ; trd.-ct. of Florida, having^ be*m
ore-red to report heie. in place Cx V, iii-uer
sent out to Georgia.
Gks. M agrcokr's. Di»c:pi.tNß.—lt k- common to
think of G-fi. Magruder nnlr as a drhT'r, hut T he
orders which wo read troai rime to time iu iho Tex
as papers exhibit him also i R the light of ath f> tight
ful command:-r and a -rigid disciplinarian. Two. of
these orders are before us. oue of which, under date
of March 24, we copy, viz ;
No cause can prosper uphTessad by L?o4 ; no man
can prcscrv ' .os self-respect 'vh-> lives in cdpiiuuai
defiance of his laws. Goldie* give }>uf uawilling
obedience to officers who rehisc- bedie-. '* +,> 41
mighty G.*d. the King- of and Lord of
Hosts who 3igiven strength, to ufkii a.nd. cpur&jEd
to our hearts iu this unequal struggle for our liberty,
our lamihes and our property. Officers of all grades,
and particularly those of high raiik, are callea upon
to set a worthy example to their men, by a regmar
■y ,y **> rj? 1 “ *-* I * 17 l.j J u oj• n 5 ill w c
attendance at divine worship whenever an opp*r
tfimty a ftffwrded, sad «*tecmlly oa the Sabbath
d,ay, and to uso all their to mduc9 thffii*
o T°, in fr, ft® Public worship of God. To this
end vt is hereby ordered that the usual Sunday in
spection take place at 9 o’lcleck. A. 1L
throughout this District, and that all the offices shall
be closed and no business transacted between the
hours of 12 a. m„ and 3 p. m., on that day, except in
cases of emergency.
.Chaplains and other Ministers of the Gospel will
..five* whenever possible, timely notice of the hour
ana plate of service, and commanding officers and
all others will afford to chaplains and other preach
ers every encouragement and support, and all the
military facilities in their power to enable them to
discharge in the best manner their important du
ties.
Further from the North.
From Northern papers yf Sunday, the 12th,
we give some additippal news i
Grtuit's Army—the Flag of Truce * Burials—the
Fourth 'of July to he celebrated in Richmond.
A telegram; from Dispatch Station, on the
York River road, dated the Bth inst., announ
ces the arrival there of two divisions of Grant’s
corps. They commenced the march about
dawn that day. It says :
It was three o’clock in the -morning when
the men began the march. When day dawned
the rebels on the south side of the Chicka
bominy, observed the moving column, and
opened on it with two guns of very heavy cal
ibre. Several men were injured while march
ing in the ranks, Col. Hoffman’s brigade, of
the 4th division, immediately took possession
of this side of the railroad bridge. A barri
cade Vcas thrown across the railroad about
half a mile below this station.
Between us and the rebels, flaws the Chick
akominy, a sluggish stream, bounde4 on eith
er side by jungles and morasses, from which
are continually arising dampness and noxious
vapors. At this point, the stream is not more
than one hundred yards in width, the bridge
is three times as long. All the track is iu ex
cellent running order, though a little rusty
from disuse. It is still quite complete, with
the switches and side tracks in good repair.
During the'afternoon, the rebels moved a
eavy piece of ordnance oaa truck and approach
ed within a short distance of the bridge, when
they threw some six inch shells over our men,
eliciting considerable criticism from those who
happened to make narrow escapes.
Rifle pits were dug and a long line of forti
fications begun. For a long time the skir
mishers were friendly and conversed with
each other across the river. Before dark,
they were using every species of finesse to
cause one another to expose their bodies for
a mark.
The flag of truce which Grant was forced to
send, the character of which is studiously
concealed by the Northern papers, is thus de
scribed by a correspondent of the Tribune,
writing June B.th :
The short interval of last night, employed
by both sides in the humane occupation of
removing the wounded and interring the dead
between the lines, seem3 to have visibly di
minished the hostility of the pickets, and led
to a tacit agreement on the subject of picket
fighting at certain points along our front.
The courtesy and apparent sanity which
characterized the meeting of the parti'es ac
companying the flags of truce last night, for
cible remind one of the diabolical nature of &
w-ar into which the country was plunged by
its unnatural enemies. The truce lasted from
six to eight o’clock, and pending the removal
of the wounded and interment of the dead.
But few wounded were found. As several
days had elapsed since the batile, many prob
ably died from exposure alone. The bloat
ed form of many a poor fellow, whose name
had been enrolled .among the “missing,” was
found lying between the lines and buried
Where it fell. Decomposition had already
commenced, aud, in many cases, identification
was impossible. During the armistice, the
rebels openly exhibited themselves in their
works to witness the scene, which, toboth par
ties, was one of peculiar interest.
All firing along the linc3 ceased at 0 o’clock,
and in a few moments after curious eyes weie
peering above the works of the opposing armies,
where ten minutes before, they would have
been greeted with a leaden shower.
A short time after a detail from every brig
ade consisting of a surgeon, accompanied by
the pioneers and stretcher bearers; mounted
the works, proceeded by a white flag, and ad
vanced midway between the works, where it
was met by a similar detail from the other
side- A few moments’ conversation on
the subject of the truce, .and both parties pro
ceeded to explore the intervening space for
their dead and wounded. The task of bury
ing the former and removing the latter con
cluded. the flag returned, although hostilities
at many points were not renewed during the
night.
A correspondent of the Times, writing from
Graut's army, pitches into our sharpshooters.
That they have been doing good service, is
evidenced by the annexed paragraph, clipped
from (he array latter of. the Times, dated at
Grant’s army, Juris sth :
These sharpshooting pests have disa
bled, at a low estimate, one hundred men per
day, since Friday, iu both the Sixth and Eigh
teenth corps, while other oranizations of the
army have also not been exempt from their
. annoyance.
*
84 ANTON Id- OFFICIAL DISI’A l CUi**..
War DisTAri'j’MKkT, Washington \
• Saturday. June 11,1864 —2 jp. M. /
Major General Dix, New York:
Official reports from theheadquarters of the
Army of the Potomac, down to o o clock jes
terdnv evening, detail ao movement of impor
tance.
A dispatch from. General Sherman, dated
yesterday, states that our cavalry yesterday
(Thursday, 9th ( developed the position or the ;
enemy in n line along the hills from Kenes iw
to Lost Mountain, and we are now marching
by the roads towards Kenesaw.
A dispatch from General' Butler, dated this
morning at oneo'cioek. reports “all quiet along
our lines. Yesterday Genera! Xa'utz charged
the enemy's works at Petersburg and carried
them, penetrating the town, but not being
supported by General Gilmore, whohad with
drawn his forces without a copSict. General
Kautz was obliged to withdraw without lur
thcr effYc.t. Omier-G Ratlin - captured forty
prisoners and .? piece af artillery, which bs
brought away with him,
A dispatch from GeneralCanbri dated Vicks
burg. -June ,4th. su.tes that “General Emory
re-vorts that riteußOt by Taylor’s force to
cress tLi- Atyh.Gul.qv-i bad be.-n frustrated, the
troops that ha-i crossed dispersed, aaJ.a large
quantify of c'o;.; nrssArv store; and clothing
captured.
Gtr.era: :>urV.j-i-'.see, commaudir-g in Kentuckv,
in a-uispntch .fated yesterday, at Lexington.
repbi'S that -rifi-:- edn can; rati eg a force at the
mouth of In -•cr t-re-k. or. the Big Gandy, I
\pnv and iigq.in M * gan's force ir. Virginia west
js :.ir as 'GY- .icsrille. Morgan, 2!s*>'o
ju—n. . Kentucky, vie. Wbl: -sburg.
I pursued, ado, t-y matching ninety miles m
twenty-four hours, came upon him at MpriTt
Sterling yesterday morning and 'defeated aim.
By stealing iresh horses, he reached L»xiag
$4.00 PerJMonth
ton at two o’clock this forenoon. Oor forces
held the fort and the rebels did-bnt little dam
age. He left here at 7A. M. for' Versailles.—
I start in phfsnit with a fresh force this mor
•ing.
No official report has yet been received from
General Hunter.
Edwin M; Stanton,
Secretary of War.
From Middle Tennessee.
CAVALRY FIGHT IN HICKSIAN COUNTT.
By private advices from Aliddlo Tennessee tho
Atlanta Register learn3 the annexed particulars of
a very handsome little affair which came off in
Hickman county some weeks ago:
Tn that county a Yankee Gapt. Sullivan had a
company of cavalry, made up principally on Mill
Creek, and composed mostly 6f deserters from the
Southern army.' Capt. Dural McNairy, of our
cavalry, had beon sent into that section to gather
up Confederate soldiers whose furloughs had ex
pired, and who had not made their way out of the
enemy's lines. Ono day; while going down Lick
with thirteen men, he came suddenly upon
Sullivan and about twenty-four members of his
company. Both parties unslung their carbines,
and one of the briskest little fights of tho war was
begun. Having fired a few shots, they clubbed
their guns and ran together, knocking one another
over the heads in the most approved style. This
mode of lighting being rather too slow to suit the
taste of McNairy’s men, they threw aside their
guns, and drawing their repeaters, made quick
work with Sullivan and his renegades. Os the
twenty-four, all wero oither killed or wounded,
with the exception of one discreet fellow who took
no part in the fight, and was . captured unhurt.
Sullivan himself, and eight of his men were killed.
Captain McNairy and one of his men received
slight wounds, which made up his list of “casu
alties.”
MCRDER OF LIEUT. E. R. POINTER AND EDWARD
BUFORD.
Pointer and Buford were both in the fight be
tween McNairy and Sullivan. A stort time there
after, they were going up Lick Creek, and stopped
at the house of Mr. J. C. Bradley, when Crecy,
with about thirty-five man suddenly surrounded
the house, and demauded their surrender. This
they consented to do, seeing no possible way of
escape. Tho house is a small log cabiu, with a
Sort of shed room in the rear. Into this they had
retreated, and when Creey entered they laid their
guns across the doorway, and stood before .him
unarmed. Crecy instantly drew his repeater and
commenced firing at them. Mrs. McCoy, a daugh
ter of Mr. Bradley, endeavored to protect him,
and clung to him until he had been struck by two
or three balls, when Crecy threatened her life and
compelled her to desist. Pointer received no less
than nine shots. Buford, teo, was shot down
without mercy.
Lieut. Pointer was the son of Cant. William
Pointer, of Gen. Whealer’s Staff 1 , who has greatly
distinguished himself in many a bloody light.
This fellow Crecy is one of tho most cold-blood
ed scoundrels that has risen to the surface during
the war. lie is said to have killed twelve or fif
teen unarmed citizens aud soldiers during the war
without the slightest provocation.
—
Tlie Yankee Draft.
Washington, Juno 8,---The following was laid
by the Speaker, before the House to-dav, and
was referred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs :
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, D. C., June 8.
To the Senate and House of Representatives :
I have the honor to submit for the consideration
of Congress a letter and enclosure from tho Secre
tary of War, with my concurrence in the recommen
dation therein made.
Abraham Lincoln.
War Department, 1
Washington City, Juno 7. j
Sir—l beg leave to submit t* you a report made
to me by the Provost Marshal General, showing the
result of the draft now going on to fill the delicien
cy m the quotas of certain States, and recommend
x«g a repeal of the clanse in the Enrollment Act,
commonly known a3 the three hundred dollar clause.
The recommendation of the Provost Marshal Gen
eral is approved by this Department, and I trust
that it will be recommended by you to Congress.
The recent successes that have attended our arms
lead to tho hope that by maintaining our military
strength, and giving it such increase as'the extended
held of operations may require, an early termination
of tho war may be obtained. But to accomplish
this it is absolutely necessary that efficient means be
taken with vigor and promptness to keep the army
up to its strength, and supply deficiencies occasioned
by losses in-the field.
To that end resert mast be had to a draft; but
ample experience has now shewn that the pecunia
ry exemption from service frustrates the object of
the enrollment law by furnishing money instead of
mem
An additional reason for repealing the exemption
clatise is that it is contemplated to make the draft
for.-coinparatively a short term. The burthen of
military service will therefore be lightened; but its
certainty es furnishing troops is an absolute essen
tial to success. I have the honor to be your obe
dient servant, Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
It is estimated that 60,000 Yankees es
all grades, nations and colors—have been
buried in North Mississippi and the ad
jacent portions of Tennessee and Alaba*
ma, since the opening of their war for
“re-occupation” of the South. We cans
not deny a very charitable wish that the
number of such occupants would be large
ly increased through this summer if the
villains do not see a more congenial cli
mate, by taking off their holMnspircd
and brutal myrmidons.
A Profane Woman —V member of Whee
ler’s cavalry picked up a letter the other day
in the neighborhood of Sherman’s army and
sent it to the Maeon Confederate, wherein it
is published. It is written by Mis? “Lee”
somebody, to “Jee Evaats. Cos. B, 4th lowa
Cavalry, Lagrange's Brigade, U. S. A.,“ whom
she calls “My dear Friend.” Among other
things. Miss “Leg” say?;
‘‘Something about the war first a] wry?. I
have been investigating that mo.u horrible
Fort Piliow affair, and find trmt the soldiers
at that piece were both white and black, the
victims of the most heartless, inhuman bar
barity that ever was enacted by damned hu
man devils on this broad *-arth.”
In*addition to which Miss “Lee” also pious
ly remarks:
“I had more pictures taken iast week, but
they are so d—d natural, that I won’t sand
you one. If I am mat ugly. I waul you to
forget hoec I look.
Tho Confederate says “the inter is written
in a beautiful hand, and is r. doubt from sn
e ium «and woman, but South -rr ’.‘■-dies will be
'shocked a; her profanity."
We .should say they won and.
Awr.-.mcs Ward.—ln an a-.-coant
of iris courting with ■•Betsey Jane. Artemus
Ward ;a*s :
“Them were iiovf.y affecting .Y mac-*
'me banker after Betsey June IY. lather
Harm joined o ;rr. theircow?i .. •. . yter ri’.-
Cd their thirst at the same spring: our old j
mares uni stars on’iieir for reds: the iumsYs j
broke oat in both families at neaciy the same !
time: our su rents ; Betray Jane s r> i mine) ’
reguirtriv every rvinuayin tue
i us house, olid the nabors used to .User )
•■How thick the Wards ar. Tease!- air- j
I; was a s-gut m -"'’"n r -he t
year to see our several mothers ‘ Betsey .Yu* s
and miney with their gowns pinned up so that
thev eouid'nt sila «r afTecschunitelv biiin’
soa’o together and aboosing the aabor?.
Aflaiis Around Lyuckbuig.
The only information received jester
day from this quarter was a report that
the enemy had ournt the Court-House of
Campbell county, which is couSrmod by
the letter which we give below:
[From our own Correspondent.]
Concord Depot, June 14-2 P. M
I left Lynchburg this morning at 0
o’clock, and reached this place, which is
on the Southside Railroad, thirteen miles
from Lynehburg, at noon. A raiding
party, about 150 strong, crossed, James
River last night, a short distance below
Halt s Mill, which is fourteen miles be*,
low Lynchburg, an<* readied this depot
at two o clock this morning. They burn
ed the depot here, commissary buiidin°
and the Agent’s office, water tauks, wood*
house, and a train of cars loading with
blacksmith’s tools, &c. Thev also des
troyed the locomotive attached*to the
train, cut the telegraph wire, and tore up
and burned fifty or sixty yards of the
track. The track is now repaired and
trains passing over it, and the telegraph
wire will be connected in a short time, and
an office established at this place: N'
private buildings Were burned, nor any
private property destroyed, with the ex
ception of the store-room and eon tent
belonging to Mr. J. L. Arrington, tho
Depot at this place.
The party left here this morning about
daybreak, and went to Campbell 0. H
and burned the Court-House. Their ob*
ject in visiting the Court-House, was to
capture Gen. Longstreet, who has been
sojourning there since lie was wounded.
The General, however, left that place du>
ring the day yesterday for a place of safe
ty-
The general situation about Lynchbui -
may be summed up in a few words. Our
forces are in line of battle, and the ene*
my are making reconnoisances, and send
ing out. small raiding parties in every di»
reetion. Averill’s party from Lexington
or a portion of it, had crossed the .Tamo
river, and camped last night a few miles
from Buford’s Depot, on the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad, 37 miles distant from
Lynchburg. The raiding party, after
burning Campbell C. H., it is supposed,
will endeavor to effect a junction with
Averill’s command west of Lynehburg
Averill’s force is established at *3,000, aiTd
prisoners who were captured in Amherst,
say that they belong to Stahl’s command,
which is the left wing of Averillls com
mand, and 2,000 strong. Hunter is re
ported to be moving on Lynchburg via
Lexington, but he will necessarily have
to move slow, as his infantry and wagon
trains cannot be brought over the mouu -
tain road with celerity. Os the move
ment of our troops it i3 needless to speak,
as a few days’ developments will render it
unnecessary. J shall “probably remain ;u
this place until communication is securely
and permanently established, as my facili
ties for sending you the news from this
quarter will be so good here as in Lynch
burg. —Richmond Dispatch, 16/vV
Returning Troops. —The 9th New
York State militia have returned home,
their three years’ term of enlistment hav
ing expired. There were but one hund
red and nineteen left, counting recruits,
conscripts, and all. The regiment has
had 2,200 on its rolls. In the present
campaign it lost 209 killed and wounded,
including the Colonel. The Pennsylva
nia reserves have returned to their homes
having been discharged on the 31st of
May. Tho New York Times, in announc
ing the return of the reserves, says:
Os the 15,000 men who marched to
the front about 1,450 returned. Os the
original general and lino officers few re
main. In some regiments, the sth for
instance, there is not an officer left who
went out with the command. In the sth
every officer has risen to position from the
rank of private. All the Colonels and
Lieut. Colonels, with one or two excep -
tions, have either been killed or wounded
Ttae Latest from Morgan
The following is the latest from Mor
gan. It is highly interesting:
Louisville, June 10. — A special
train with two hundred armed soldiers,
which left here at eight o’clock last eve
ning, reports that they were within thir
teen miles of Frankfort, and ascertained
that the ordance train bound here, turned
back and went towards Frankfort, an es
cort of forty soldiers oh board fighting
and following the force of the rebels at
various points.
The rebels had obstructed the road be
tween here and Bagdad, destroyed the
bridges in the rear of the ordnance train
as it returned from Bagdad toward-
Frankfort and it is supposed the train
arrived safely at Frankfort, but telegraph
ic communication is not yet open to that
city. Private advices from Bagdad re
port that Frankfort was occupied by the
rebels this afternoon but it is discredited
hear, as headquarters have received n.
intelligence on the subject
[second despatch.]
Lours ville. June 11.-—Gen.
commanding the District of Indiana, nor
here, has received a tclerrram, dated Ba.-
dad, 10.60 this morning, saying that hea
vy cannonading was heard in the direction
off rankfort at 7 this morning, and sti;
continues at intervals. About 9 thi
morning a iarge fire was seen in that dU
rection, and it is reported to be from th?
burning of a bridge about three miles thi -
side of Frankfort.
(third dispatch.)
Louisvillß, June 11.—Headquarter
have just received advices that Governor
Bramlette has armed the citizens of Frank*
fort, and that the fort is well garrisoned
and can doubtless hold out against any a:
tack until General Burbridge, who, at las'
accounts was at Lexington, shad arriv.
there.
(fourth dispatch.)
Cincinnatti, June 11. —After IcavL,
Lexington and Georgetown, Morgan •
main force appears to have turned nor::,
and following the line of the Mentucky
Central Railroad, attacked the .160th Ohio
regiment et Cynthiano, this moraing,
v:r;_ them north, and burning the town
and two trains which left Lexinct.:. Y
uight: and this morning Morgan - -
patently trying to make his way out
Sr *r. near!; in the direction he enter a:.
r-.ere is a elassof good Lave n :. ,Y
to marry goofl men, for they have the p-v-v-- ■
serving those ’ray would go: o ruin bat for to s *’x
Jiag pr?T:d*ace oi a good wife. ,
