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The following persons only are entitled to the frankinS privilege, and in all cases strictly confined to official busi. ness. ' . ' Postmaster General. - His Chief Clerk. %. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters. *' , GREAT ATTRACTION! : ' THE PRIZE STORY BY-GONE LIFE, AMD THE PRIZE POEM ENTITLED X XT TiTT XX U -L^.JL -l- 4.J., -i" Will be commenced in the Southern. Field and Fireside, Published- at Augusta, Ga., SATURDAY, JULY 2,1S64. These beautlfhl Literary efforts, with the usual variety . of choice original and selected articles, embracing ROMANCES, POETRY, ESSAYS, SKETCH ES, SbC., Will make tbiopopular HOME JOURNAL unusually at* tractive to the Family Circle. Now Is the time to SUBSCRIBE. The Proprietors, determined that the FIELD AND FIRESIDE shall be the most Popular FAMILY PAPER In the Confederacy, offer the fallowing liberal terms for Clubs: 15 Copies, 6 Months, - - 9100 00 TCopies, G Months, - - 50 00 S Conies. O Months. - - W 01) r," 1 Copy, 4 Mouths, * - - # - 10 00 * CASH INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 0(7- News Dealers supplied at .'$25 per hundred Copies. "" - All yrJers must be addressed to STOCKTON & CO.. ' , ' * Augusta, Georgia. June 29 26 lp PEjy ? MOOBlWncAL ROLL or IIOXORI Xd&.TlN^r received ^eijnent applicaXX tions from the friends of deceased soldiers to place tn a permanent form and make itaceessiblc to all who might desire a copy,the "BOLL OP HONOR," on which I am engaged for the Btate, I propose to publish a work more ex tended In its scope aad design than the State Roll, emhra iitg rtookaratoal Skctcuks of the officers and men-from this State who have fallen or-dled in service during the pre sent war, and whose friends may furnish me with the neees sary materials for such sketches. The plan is this The friends of the deceased soldiers ' desiring a place in this work, will forward to me the necessary information to make up for publication the biogrnphical sketches, or send ine the notices..they wish Inserted, whan tliey will be revised and compiled for publication.? .rlt,- ''' > Each biographical sketch must be accompanied bytlie name ' - of at least one subscriber and Ten Dollars to defray the ex pens? and labor involved In the.preparation and compilation of the sketches, for which a receipt will be given entitling the holder to a copy of the work at the subscription price. ' ?? imtiMMPMi with n leri/Iinfr nuhiixlilm? boose lor the pnWicatiou.of the work. It will be published jn monthly, numbers, and issued in the best style of letter press printing, on fine white English book paper, and printed vrl^h tbp Sest Eugllfh Ink. Bach number will contain *' '" one or more portraits of officers and men who have distin' ' gtrteWSMteniselves during the war. The twelve numbers will make four handsome volumes. Terms $j0 per annum or for twelve numbers, payable on . the publication oftbe first number,'of whicbdue notice will be given. The work will be continued until the Roll is completed. Those intending to subscribe or furnish bio-" graphical sketches, should do so without delay, as the first edition will be limited to the number of subscribers. Address . WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, * . , Columbia, S. C. * February 17 7 3t "" . N^IW PUBLICATIONS ' 'v'; - BY ; - BURKE, BOYKIN&, CO* , v MACON, GEORGIA. "VTOW READY: J.N MASTER WILLIAM MITTEN; Or, the Youth of Brilliant Talents, who was ruined by bad luck. By Judge Longstreet, author of "Georgia Scenes." .. Price S5 00. CAMP. AND FIELD. Papers from the Portfolio of an ' - Amy Chaplain. By Rev. Joseph Cross, D. I). Part 1st now ready. Price S3 00. DUPflCAHf ADAIR; or, CnpturW in Escaping. A story of one of Morgan's meu. By Mrs. Jane T. If. Cross.? v?1? ?-J,. p?.u at no ** YofJNgT'MARO ON*SRS. By Rev. Francis E. Gouldlnp. A most entertaining book for young persons". Pronounced Judges to be equal to Robinson Crusoe. Price liberal discount to the trade from the foregoing prices. Pot tb<> amount owned, remitted to us, lneurrent fbnds, we .. . _ will send either or all 6t these books, post-paid, to any part V. of the Confederacy. Address, BURKE, BOYKIN & CO., "_v . , Macon, Georgia. Any newspaper In the Confedergcy copying the above ad > - v veftisement, with this note, will receive a copy of each of . the above books, upon receipt of the paper containing the advertisement. - June 1-22 tf KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL. ROAR. . /liMMBBa OWING to the great risk of fire, arid the difficulty of disposing or freights at the termini of this Road, the following orders will be strictly observed. Shippers are forbidden from putting COTTON and FORAGE in the DEPOT, or on the DEPOT PLATFORM with-' out the consent of die AGENT, otherwise they will beheld responsible for all damages to the Company. Shippers must agree to promptly receive their FREIGHT ftnd remove themmpqn delivery. This company will not be responsible for any COTTON or FORAGE before loaded, or alter it Is discharged from Its CARS, or for any goods alter twenty-four hours front tbelr ' delivery In Us depot. The Agent will receipt for no goods until they are ready * for shipment. , The general bad order of FREIGHT, the hazard of FIRE and the RESPONSIBILITY of this company, demand that the Agent strictly enforce these RULES. W. A. MOORE, Sup. Jane 22 . 25. tf IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY, . -' YORK DISTRICT. * -? To Eliza J. Sugg?. WHEREAS, G. F. Wallace has filed H a petition In my Office, praying to he permitted to nrove In solemn form, a paper which has been admitted to probate In common form, as the last Will and Testament * . of Susan Currence, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish yuu, the said Eliza J. Suggs to appear at my office, at York Court House, on the first day of August next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. with such witnesses as you may deem proper, for or against the confirmation of said Will. Given under my hand and seal of office, at York Court House, this twentv secopd day of April, 18Q4. ($12 00) J. A. BROWN, O. Y. IJ. April 27 ' * 17 3m,in ' * "STATE OF SOITH CAItOlL\4, c . - . YOBji DISTRICT. Roddey ?t Co., vs W. B. Dunlap.?attachment. ' \jt7HEEREAS, the plaintiff's did on T t the 15th day of October 18w, file their declaration against the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and wltlmut the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might'be served. It is therefore ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the loth day Of October, which Will bff in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aid sixty-four, otherwise final and absolute judgment Wilt then be awarded against him. ($16) S. E. MOORE, Clerk. October IStb, 1663. November 4 44 qly. inOlTTAX COLLECTOR.'?AVE X? are authorized to announce SMITH SANDERS as a candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, at the ensuing election. January 6 1 te* Siege Matters. I Three Hundred and Sixty First Day. i Since our last report^vents of consider- ! able interest have taken place within the ! circle of hostilities of which Charleston is i the centre. I During Friday night the enemy crossed i over from the' upper end of Dixon's Island i to Legare's Point, and at daylight on Saturday morning advanced on Rivers' cause- 1 way. Here they were met in gallant style ] by Lieut. DePass, in charge of a section of Blake's Light Battery, 1st S. C. (Regular) I Artillery, then on picket duty. With his i two guns *he promptly opened a?brisk fire, I delivering fifty two rounds with good effeot, \ driving back a portion o?tbe enemy's force 1 in some confusion. The enemy soon sallied, 1 however, and again advanced. Our artil- i lerists stood to their position nobly, and, as I it proved longer than it was prudent, for, be- i ing entirely ^without infantry supports at hand, they were compelled to retire, and through the desertion 01 ono or inerr an- i vers (originally a deserter from the Yankees,) they found it impossible to remove j their pieces in time, their assailants being i but forty yards distant, and both guns fell in the hands of the enemy. The caissons, i however, were both saved. The musketry fire lasted three quarters of an hour. Our batteries opened heavily on the enemy's advanoe.and checked them at the causeway. It was reported Saturday evening that a gunboat and barges were in i Stono, but no farther development took place before nightfall. The enemy's force in* "this affair is estimated to have numbered 1500 under command of Col. Hclner, of the 103 New York regiment. From deserters afterwards taken, we learn that the Yankee loss in the ad vance was 96 killed and wounded. During the remainder of Saturday no more fighting took place. On Saturday night the enemy's lines seemed quiet, stretching from Grimball's along the causeway. Their force at that time wa? believed to be about 8000. Gen. X&li&ferro commands our for<jes on James Inland. Simultaneously with this movement a column of the enemy was reported advancing up the Stono on John's Island, in the I district commanded byjGen. Robertson. All this, however, seems to have been 1 mainly designed to divert our attention 1 from the real point of attack; 1 THE ASSAULT ON FORT JOHNSON.. I Early yesterday morning dispatches were- 1 received by Gen. Jones, announcing that the enemy had made a determined assault ' upon Fort Johnson, in 48 barges, but were handsomely repuls^l by the garrison of that 1 post, under Lieut. Col. Joseph A. Yates, 1st S. 0. Artillery. We captured in the liA n*>ioAnoM oUm? nPomnll ormo QUAliiXTV |/K0VU?iO^ XX(/ PittUU V* UUiuu UlUiL; and five barges. Only ll out of the 48 barges wbicb made the attack were seen to ; return to Battery Gregg. The following ( official dispatch gives some additional par- | ticulars of the assault. Royal's House, July 3,9.30 a. m. , Captain Fielden, A. A. G. I In tbe absence of Col. Black, I have the honor to forward tfce following report of , Lieut. Col. Yates ; * * * >fC $ I The oommander of the expedition, Col. Iloye, 52d Pennsylvania Regiment, says the ] expedition was about five or six hundred j strong, but the Adjutant who .is mortally ? wounded, says they were one thousand j strotfg. His statement is credited by most f of tbe prisoners. I have the honor to-ro- t port the capture of one hundred and forty ( _1_ ? ? /-? : : J prisoners, idciuimu^ uve cuuiuiissiuueu uui- e cere and 6ome wounded, also five barges, t one hundred and fourteen stand of' small arms, with accoutrements. f The enemy's loss in killed and wounded I cannot be estimated, as most of the wounded were taken off. We will be able to tell t better at low tide. Our loss was very small. s The expedition was composed of men of the t army, who advanced in two columns of [ barges, about 28 in number, jone column around Gregg, and one down Schooner ( Creek. As far as ascertained they numbered J.000 strong. The expedition was formed at the south end of JIor:i3 Island. The prisoners have left for Charleston. The 1 enemy brought implements for entrenching, also rations. 1 (signed) J. R: PKINGLE, ( Lieut, and A. I. General. [Official:] | Chas. S. Stiungfello'w, A. A. G. c We are gratified to be able to state on r official authority that the enemy on James j Island fell back hastily before our troops sent forward on Sunday to feel them, and that onr picket line is now reestablished t where it was befbre the move began. r General Robertson reports that the ene- j my landed at White Point, and advanced ^ to King's Creek, whore they were met, and j after a eharp^ekirmish fell back. Our loss ( very slight. The bombardment of the city goes on.? t Thirty shots were fired on Saturday and thir- t ty three on Sunday, up to six p. m. There has been considerable firing on the Stono c and Edisto, and a brisk shelling of Battery r Pringle has been kept up. Two monitors ^ were in Stono yesterday. Heavy firing was j going on up to the hour at which we went , to press last night, but we could not ascertain the cause. t Fort Johnson, July 3.?List of wound- j ded in the attack on Fort Johnson : j. 'Field and Staff.?Lieut. Col. Yates, e slight in hand; Surgeon McCauley, hurt in ] ankle by fall of his horee in marsh near c liattery Simkins. 1 t Sergeant Wm. Stubbefield, Company GL. 1st S. C- Artillery, wounded in abdomen j . Private Woodward, killed. J Company E, 2d S. C. Artillery?Private t Prown, wounded in abdomen ; Private At- ^ kioson, Wounded-in thigh, bone fractured. Mercury, 4th. t Three Hundred and Sixty Second Day. r The enemy were still in position on Lc- r gare's Farm at our last accounts from Jame&? 1 Idud, T?e9dar wore re-'i s i sorted to have thrown up additional works, ind mounted guns bearing on Battery Pringle." Tho monitors and gunboats in Stono had also kept up an oocasional shelving of our lines. Our batteries have returned the fire, cheokijjg the enemy, and, it is believed, doing considerable execution in their ranks. A number of dead bodies, mostly negroes, were reported in front of Gen. Taliaferro's lines. On Monday evening the enemy drew up two lines of battle. Borne considerable skirmishing took place, the enemy making three separate advances, which were immediately ohecked by the shelling from our batteries. There was also a sharp musketry fight, lasting about half an hour, which, with the canonacling, led to the impression that a general engagement was in progress. Some few of our men. belonging to the 32d Georgia regiment, Col. Harrison, and the 1st S. C. Artillery, Col. A. Rhett, were slightly wounded. * No names were given. Tuesday morning the enemy were again drawer up in two linps of battle, and continued so daring the day, occasionally throwing out skirmishers to feel our position and ascertain our force. Xhe enemy, it is-believed, has a force on the Island of between four and five thousand. It is not necessary for us to state the number of our troops-, bat will leave that for the Yankees to find out. We feel sure, however, that the enemy,' should he attempt any further advance, will pay as well for his foolhardiriess as in the affair of Fort Johnson. Their principal demonstration on Taes-a day was directed against Battery Pringle. It is believed that their present object is to obtain a foothold on James Island, and to attempt the capture of some of our battories. We have no doubt that the programme of General Foster has been carefully planned, and includes the oapture of the city, but as surely believe ho is destined to the same disappointments as his predecessors. The whole Yankee force in the department is reported from good sources to be not over Beven thousand. They rely on their fleet to make up the deficiency in the number of troops. It has not heretofore been the case, and not likely' to be so now. The enemy continue to shell the city.? Twenty six shots have been fired since bur last report. Only six were thrown on the fourth instant. The Yankees emitted the national salute from their vessels and batteries Monday. Another body of Yankees landed on John's Island Tuesdav. but it is believed / ? r ? to be only a small force for the purpose of covering some movements elsewhere. Ncr change offafportance in the fleet has been noticed.? Courier, 6tk. Three Hundred and Sinty.Third Day. No material change in the position of affairs on James' Island took place Wednesday. Slight skirmishing was kept up on both sides. Very little heavy firing occurred. Wednesday morning the enemy were discovered in some force on John's Island, between Eegarcsyille and Dr. Townsend's plantation. They threw out their skirmishers about ten o'olock, and were met by the Clarion Artillery and a detachment of the 32d Georgia, Colonel Harrison's Regiment. A. considerable fight ensued, the enemy taiing refuge in Dr. Curtis'.residence. The Marion Artillery opened upon them with shot and shell, and drove them from that point towards Legarevilje, The enemy left ,wo negroes killed and three wounded after hem. We did not learn the casualties on )ur part, bat sappose they mast have been ilight, as the enemy ran as soon as our batery got in position and opened upon them! It was reported last evening (hat they lad left the island; bat nothing definite was cnown. No unusnal movement was observed in lie enemy's fleet; the number of vesselsiniidc the bar including four Monitors, and he number in Stono with two Monitors, icing about the same as previously reported. Forty five shells have been thrown at the lity since last report.? Courier, 7 th. Three Hundred and Sixty Fourth Hay. Sinee-our last report both sides h^ve kept lp a continuous shelling of each others' ines on James' Island. The fire of the eneny up to Thursday evening was still priniipally directed at Battery Pringlo. About 7 o'clock Thursday morning, Batpries firpcf* iinH Wrurnnr onpnfid a i'liriouft w?.~w ? ?- *"o ^ ire upon Fort Sumter, and continued it all lay ud to the hour of elosiug our report.? fiie bombardment was kept up alttmiitcly >y Gregg and Wagner, and each littery firng for the space of one hour. One hunIred and twelve shot? had been thrown at he fort up to 6 o'clock Thursday evening, [he enemy's fire was briskly answered by batteries Simkins, Haskell and Ryan, on lames' Island, and by our batteries on Sulivan's Island. We have not learned whothir there were any casualties. Wednesday night, it was believed that he enemy were about to mako another at-' empt on Fort Johnson. Just before sun-' let, a number of the enemy's barges were ibserved moving about Schooner Creek. iearly -opposite the "Swamp Angel" batery, between Black and Morris' Islands,J Preparations were accordingly made to revive them, but they failed to come up. About 9 o'clock Thursday morning, leavy and at times rapid iiring was heard n the direction of Stono. The Yankee gun-. >oats and mortar boats at long range openid about 10 o'cloek on Battery Rringla and j iattery No. 1. No~casualties are reported in our side. Skirmishing was kept pp beween tho pickets, more or less all day, The enemy's force on James'. Island ocou)y the peninsula to the rear of Grimball's md Rivers' causeways. The largest porion are to the South of Grimball's cause?ay. We learn that the loss of the enemy In he fight at Rivers'oauseWay on'Satu*-1Dorninp, was very heavv. tbe mmbcrs Limteuaot DeLorme bundled his guna splendidly and continued :o ftre them until but three cartridges were left. The Yankee ambulances were seen moving until dart upon that portion of the field. A number of their dead, loosely estimated at thirty, are still- lying unburied where'they fell. Thus it will be seen'that the foe paid dearly for the two gtms they captured from our pickets. , The Yankees on John's Island occupy a position covered by their gun-boats. It is believed most of the enemy's troops in front of Major Jenkins', on John's Island, are negroes. Considerable skirmishing Was go ing on Thursday^ the particulars of which we have not learned. A river steamer with troops 'on board left Folly Island Thursday evening, and went round to Stono, for the purpose, it is supposed, of landing her troops'on Japaw' Island. * " Everything, we arc asscii'ed frpm a high source, is working well, and stirring news of the most gratifying character may soon be expected. The bombardment of'Sumter and heavy firing in Stono contianed at 1 o'clock Friday morning, the hoar of closing this report. Since writing the above, wo learn that the enemy on John's Island, abont 2 o'dock yesterday afternoon, made three saparate advances on our lines and were repulsed eaoh.time with heavy loss. Our own casualties were estimated at one hundred killed and wounded. The fighttog Is said to have beau quite severe for a time. The firing on the oity continues about as usual. Twenty five shots have been fired since our last report.?Courier-, 2th. Three Hundred and Sixty Fifth Day. The enemy, since our last report, has kept up a heavy fire from the monitors and mortar boats in Stono upon Battory Pringle. , The latter replied, dijing, it is reported, considerable execution. The effects of our fire fi$m the Brooke gun was plainly visible on the monitors, the latter being compelled .to retire behind a point of wootft. Skirmishing on both James and John's Islands has also been continuous. The report of casualties in the fight of Thursday afternoon, given in our last, received lato at night, was, we are glad to state, greatly exaggerated. Our entiro loss was not over twenty or thirty killed and wounded, and were principally from Col, Limpscomb's regiment of dismounted cavalry. A Yankee Second Lieut, was brought up badly wounded. He states that he was on duty with the 2Qth New York regiment, and admitted that he haa been fighting with mixed troops of .black and white soldiers. ' Capt. Beanos and Capt.' Clark's two com panies of the 2d S. C. Ca7alrysare said to havs acted withgreat-ffrint and dis.tiDguished gallantry during the ttMR The enemy advanced atoi*t four miles this side of Haulover. On thoir way they burnt Mr. Tripp's house. ' On coming up with our forces they immediately threw out two lines of skirmishers and advanoed three times on our lines, butr were as often Repulsed. The forces of tboafcemy on John's Island is estimated at between 3,000 and 4,000. His line of operations appears to be between Legaresville and Haulover. The position they occupy has always been considered as neutral groupd. The bombardment of Fort Sumter con tinues without intermission. Daring Friday from cig"ht in the morning to six in the evening two hundred and thirty shells were fired at the fort. Twenty eight shells were fired at the oity. Heavy fifing was still going^on in Stono at the closing of oar report.? Courier, 9^. Union Prisoners Placed Under Fire in Charleston. Washington, June 21.?The following is the correspondence between Generals Foster find Jones: letter from gen. jones to oen. foster. Headquarters Department of South Carolinat Georgia and Florida, Charleston, Juno 18, 1864.?General: Five general - ? - r. . m ' < .T - TT-I.-J ana rorty-nve neia omcerg 01 uuneu States army?all of them prisoners of war? have been sent to this city for safe keeping. They have been turned over tor Brig. Gen. Ripley, commanding the first military district of this department, who will see that they are provided with commodious quarters in a part of the city occupied by noncombatants, the majority of whom aio women and ohildren. It is proper, however, that I should inform you that it is of the city which La9, for inaDy months', been exposed,.day and night,TO-tba fire of your guns. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. ' ^ SAM. JONES, Major-Gen. Commanding. Major-Gen. J. G. Foster, commanding United States forces on the coast of South Carolina, Confederate States.. gen. fgstett's reply. Headquarters Department of t7te South, Hilton Head, S. C., Jane 16, 1864. Major General Sam. Jones, Commanding. Confederate Forces, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida : General ^1 have to acknowledge the receipt this day of your communication of it. !r., . T__; /!_. cue xoin instant, informing we mat uve generals and forty-five field officers of tbe United States army, prisoners of war, have been turned over by you to Brig- Gen. Ripley, with instructions to see that they a're provided with quarters in a part of the city occupied by non-combatants, the majority of which latter you state are women and children. You add that ypu deem it proper to inform me that it 0ity for-many months exposedto the firo gf our guns. Many mouths since Maj. Gen. Gillmore, United States-army, notified Gen. Beauregard, then commanding in Charleston, that the city would be; bombarded, This notico was given that1*""-oombauots ?ight be iBd ?uU children spared from harm.?. Gen.. Beauregard, in a communicatipn to Gen. Gillmore, dated August 2?, 1863,.informed him that the non-combatant popula-, tion of Charleston would be removed with all possible celerity. That women and M y \ . ' , . ^ '* 'JL* .' V* > - . . r- . , t * children have been since retained'by you 3n a part of the city Vwhioh has been for many% months exposed to fire is a matter .decided by your own sense of -humanity. I most, however protest against vonr action in thus placing defenceless prisoners of war in a position to constant bomba'rdment. It is an indefensible act of oroelty/and'oan be designed only to prevent ,-a oontinnanoe of our fire npon Charleston. That city is a depot for military snpplies. It contains not merely arsenals, but also foundries and factories for tho manufacture oft munitions of war. In its shipyards several armed ironclads have already been- completed, while others are still upon fho stocks in coarse of construction. Its wharves and the banks of the river on both sides of the oity aye lined with batteries. To destroy those means of continuing the war is/ therefore, our object and doty. You seek to defeat this effort and by means not known to honorable war: fare, bat "by plaoing Unarmed and helpless prisoners under their fire. I have forwarded your communication to the President, with a request that he place in my custody an equal number of prisoners of like grade to be kept by me in positions exposed to the lire of your guns, so long as you .continue the course stated in your communication. ' I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. G. FOSTEB, Major-Gen. Commanding. D. C. WagerrA. A. G. Prom Qen. Johnston's Army. We copy from the Gjiffin (Ga.J Rebel, the annexed interesting extracts from a letter which appeared in that paper .under date of Marietta, June 29, p. m. The quiet of-the night, [last night,].$eemed to ezoite the apprehensions of the quid nuncs and conjectures to its meaning were rife, some conjecturing that Sherman was about attempting another flank movement, or is about to give it up and retire?as it is known that. Harvey with .eighty men had gotten into his rear, destroying some inconsiderable bridge and capturing and burning three trains of supplies. But nothing as yet indicates his purposes. It is most likely that his ohastisement of day before yesterday, has temporarily checked, his madness. This aforesaid Harvey is again upon the war path this morning. * .* In my rambles this momipgf J i IL . t_.ni_ ?.13 .f ii. nrriL mi_ _ went.upon'tne qatiieneia or tne -aria.- j.ae scene was horrible. Tho Yankee dead, lay thick along oar front as "leaves in Vallambrosa.'' (I ask "pardon of the leave? and of Vallambrosaalse.) Some of them were i? ten feet of oar- entrenchments; The fetid state of the atmosphere rendered it a most disagreeable place. You .know the. odor of a defanot Yankee. differs from cologne in several essential'particulars. "Fortunately for the oifactories of our gallant boy? they were abifat to t bury .their dead under p flag of truce. Humanity would seem toJiave demanded this long ago for these'unhappy wretches, though dying the victims, of'an. insane fanatioism. The*Federals had "entrenched themselves within siity .yards, of our lines ami I bad a full view of them and' of the old flag of the "stripe and the star," which all of us once loved "not wisely but too well. * T mast relate quo inoideat of the battle of the 27th, as itdllustaatea alike^?the.chivalry of a Tennesseeau and the perfidy of the Yankees. After the terrible repulse of the six lines of battle?and while the surviving Federals of the assaulting party were uroaehing under cover of the hill. wKich jlopes down from that part of Cheath'am's front?tbe^ ground being strewn with Federal dead and woqnded?one who was bad' ly mutilated'cried out to our boys in great agony. "For God's sake boys, bring me a drink of water. I would go to you if I could, but 1 am disabled?iu God's name bring me a drink of water." A noble youth of our Statej pitying the miserable wretch, mounted the breastworks and shouted to'tho Federals, who were iu . full heading, "J am going to take;one of yonr wounded men a drink of water, don't shoot at me.*" Whereupon he took the dying Federal the canteen, allowed him to. drink,-and in retiring was fared at by a dozen Yankees, and instantly killed. ,U Our. "boys witnessed the act, instantly and without .orders' fired at the squad before they could Conceal themselves, and it'is said '/tilled every one of them. So much for the retribu-. tive jusfcioe of God. Wen. Cheatham, was telling me this morning that nothing .oould , surpass the dash}qg gallantry of his men in the l^tp fight. .c Gen. Johnston in riding along the lines : asked, how is it that so many dead Federals ! _ _1. x_. 1 x 'J * T1 ae bo ciose 10 your Breastworks i nc was ( told that Cheatham had ordered his men to j reserve their fire, until the enemy almost , touched the muzzles of their guns. "Ah,f j said old Joe, "I understand it now." The j truth is, however, as I was 'told by the sol* ( diers this morning, those who fell so near , oar works were- ende?yoring to - got in and } surrender themselves, but the exigenoy j would not allow of discrimination. . Some who did get in'said to ourboys, "there is a j thousand men there who wish to come in ^ and surrender if you will let them." It is j due to these people, however, to azy that, as $ a general thing, their oharge was. -bold, x steady and.creonaDie.. xne assailing neg- j iments were from Ohio, India*^ Illinois J &ad -5entjoi?j *a the register of prisoners z ttows.: .. f j TT- ' Prisoners at Andkrsonytlle, Oa.? r The Macon Journal and Messenger say^ The number, is now ow? n.?an thousand, and ? ?*"' .-*e?t* ? n . uos been almost daily inoreafe- 1 xng. An ad^ition -of five-aoi^s ha?. recent- t ly been made to the enolosare, but even I ,with this, it is .already too muckorowd&d t and tho Commandant is endeavoring to re- ( ceive no more. The1 mortality'is consider- i able,. being generally from fifty t<J sixty a < day. A strange state of affairs seems to 1 prevail among them, wholly of a domestic 1 character of their own. TberiT has been f t thieving, fighting and murders, and to ?e- i care some of them from damage frdm the t others, about .ninety hwve to be kept out- i side the walls under guard. It is said that 1 several will be hung by their comrades for 1 the murders committed.' - * i There is room for more ih Charleston, 1 and if our Generals and ""counselors do not 1 wish to admit and confess the charges of the J Yankees and of a few captious critics among' 1 lis, that it is not legitimate to keep prison* < era in Charleston, more prisoners shoulcLbe. 1 sent here. * "* s ' \ iiomamty win certainly do violated 11 i the number is . increased at the ^Georgia i C&mp Prison, and we cantiot be expected 1 to build a*Camp" in every State for prisoner^ .1 or*to Te'move* them from bvery placo-threftt- ij ened by shells.?'Charleston Courier. < it , ..??> ' ; I Letter From Madison, Ga. . < Correspondence of the Chronicle tc Sentinel. ' Madison, past andpresent? The Hospitals, Officers, j&c.? Care of the sick and wounded?The Commandant of the PosC ( &c?Weather, Crops?Army News, ( Rumors, &c. ~ , ' ' t Mr. Editor :?In other days this was a | favorite place of resort forsnmmer tourists ( on their way to the mountains. - June was i commencement month with the Female Col leges here, and the beauty and intelligence ] of the State were rwell represented ~by the ] pupils and sojourners. Now the'scene, is , .changed; and, ..instead of .merry, hearted ( school girls,, the college grounds reveal here . and there groups of pale. and war-searrcd | soldiers; and the strange faces to be met ] along.the quiet avenues are refagees, wear- , ing the pensive look .which, at a .glance,'tells \ a whole chapter of. the horrors of-war. ^ Tho. principal public,' aqd many private ( buildings, are devoted to hospital purposes. There ace four distinct establishments, called the "Stoui," the </Asylum,v the."Blackie;" .and the f'Rebeoca." The "Stout" embraces the old aetton .factory,, and Dr, (Ileon,* of New Orleans^is in oharge.. It is, I believe, named itr honor of a medical director in the 1 army. * The "Asylnm" embraces the'Itfoth- ' odist .College and the old Baptist Chnroh. ] Dr. Clayton is-the surgeon in oharge-. The J "Blackie'^consists of the hotel, foryearseo ' popular under the admirable management of J Mrs. Campbell and "her Bona. Dr. Boat- 1 right, of Virginia,''is the surgeon in ohargo. 1 The "RebeOba" embraces the * Bapftiat Col- ' lege buildings, and is in charge of Dr..Sey- ? . % * V , mour. r.' 1 Beside these, the capacious building near. f the-de^otj'lateljr occupied by ^"Wilson as ] a.shoe factaxy-and store, is set apart as h 1 "Receiving Hospital,to Whioh the most ^ feeble-are transferred from the cars, to wait conveyance to the regular hospitals. ( " DrVDrafton, of Yorkville, S. C., if the 1 Principal Surgeon in charge of the whole. 1 Ho is a gentleman "of experience and ac- ( hoowledgfcd'skill; and-With the aid * of'hia * corps of skiHfalr^tvi humane kssooiatesj the 3 sick and.woundedjreoetye the ^est possible 1 care. ' ' ' . Thp citizens are co-operating, through a 1 "comniUtQe,"whose "duty it is to receive pa- 1 tients as they'arrive, and through an asso* 1 ciation of ladies,* two'members from which 1 visit each hospital daily, and administer ( food and delicacies to all who are oh. low 1 diet. Thus^ wfifle removed/ from the red i glare of batfT67 and the devastating traok of ( armies,'the' people here, as e^eWhere, are 4 zealously discharging thoso sacred of&oes essential to the sanguinary'work of the day. . ] In addition to the attention bhstowv| oh i the local hospitals, a committee, is out all the 1 time, composed of citizens exempt from t held duty, distributing supplies raised in tbe# 1 _. 3 _ .? i n county, auu zuumg ia me removal ana care i of the'sick mid wounded at the front. I I must not omit tp stats that this Post is' j ia command of Col. >3trawbridge, of .J*a., a j most: affable gentleman, and a triad-soldier, whose health naw unfits bim for field ser- I vice. Capt. T, C. .Ajadcrson, of Arkansas, o is the Provost Marshal, Major Ci'Qmp, of r Memphis, Quartermaster, and Major Esaos, v of Ky.,*Commi?flaiy, all qf ^whom^are cour- f teous and agreeableip their relations to the ft citizens and civil authorities^ giying floiWof o those petty causes of-aunoyanoe whioheuch v officers often inflict. ' a I trust I have not been tedious in*pre- a seating your readers: with the military status- r of one>of tl^mpst^pleasantaud attractive } a of ;our interior town^i ' " The weather^ though up.tQ fervid summer I heat, is favorable for the wheat harvest;' waion is ptogre^ipg, rapidly. iheorcte-ia & this- sectiqn will bo good-^&od-corn%pron> iaing. It i| ^0;earlytto-jH*diofe-wdMd;^eot, si the ptesqjat.crop will >have-Qtt-prices.- y n . Muoh jdepeuds.oa^the movements of our i.< armies.. If the-army of Tennessee remains it in its presenkproxiinity tauj^it wiU-require si all the snrplus produce^of this section,-and prices wiH--iiot. decline. IX.Shermag ia i forced back to th^Tennesseej further, n rar army"will 'follow, the' tide of xejEuggps a! IT ill roll homeward in its Wake, and' there* a irill be room "to hope for cheapening rates fc 'or food. So mote it be. . It amors from the front are-plenfcy.as blaok- m aertres/'hdt thC/mofit cheerii)g.onejiiB from ly he rear, to' the effect that in a weekLee will jg able to supply Johnston with as many: rtdfw-'as he ' wa^te. . This is brought by a everend. gentleman just from Biohmodd/ E vho says Leo Las drant abgutflsudeupi ja ot Ee absence of the mails imi telegraphic- g< idvijesj this grapevine news,,thojjgh jileaflv qi ng, is .notaltogetlmr.satisfaqtoiy. . . t ? fm Yon will hear from mq iu^Vmhta to-mor- fc ow'. * . AsifiiiDES. tl ? - '??? -?-* . ia An Incident oe the City 'CoDOBfcif -,tS tfrssiON?CHAELEBTON; s- C;?While"" leated in-tbe Parsonage -on a oold'day of d ifce-winfcer just past, there was a knock, "at c< he door. " Upon opening it I recognized it me Of the old, wealthy'and" mostrespects- e< >!e citizens of Charleston. - He sard he had h jailed to get me to conduct the funeral ser- to noes of. his servant, Charlotte. Said he, fe irhile a tear gathered in his eye ; "She was 01 lie 'daughter of my old maura, a confrere ind playmate/. She has' &jen a devoted temrft,a consistentmem bet ofyqntfchpreh ind I desire that all proper resgeofcrtiflnld De paid to her memory/' The residence ay in that part of the oity now under* ban from Yankee ebejls. The .entire family, white and black, had fled* the city. The master had. been, detained on business and this faithful servanti had-remained to serve aim-. Her olass leader, with t^o pr'fonr colored persons from the deserted neighbor- ' flood, were present. ,We_ gathered*.around :h o opffin, and be fore beginning to read the ritual for tlje burial of the dead*' her master recounted' many interesting particulars, relating to her faithfulness as .at.servant,-her In death, and^ then the usual sSSswrireS Dondaoted. Her ohildren and other relatives' being away, and her class leader the1 river of the beam*: I looked to s#e who should form fche~escort to her bier. As-the bearso passed into the street there was hat jne mourner following, "ft wis her master. [q his suit of Mack, with bowed head, on this bleak winter's day, he was-following to the farthest outskirts of the city the remains af his faithful servant. .Charlotte. Itwai^jjfl^B touching to behold. I Stood and watched the little procession until it pasted out of rig*. ' - ' In spite of all the dangers/stfrroundicc ber .home from thosevwho profess pity for ber condition, she had clang^to her master, ind now, while Yankee shells Hcreamed ieath warning's overheadto her Blaster, be < ?bowed and venerable with years?stood jy her remains a solitary mourner to do jouor to her dust. . What- a commentary ipon what is passing in the world relative to these Southern slaveholders. Who but they will appreoiatewhafl have 'above dea:ribed ? ' -\? A. M. ' - + - * " On the 29th ult., Maximilian issued the the following.procUtnatipn : . ^ Mexican*: Yori ha?ede?j!lfc<y$fr. Your noble nation by a spontaneous majority, itfve selected me henceforth to watch over pouridestfiiiee. I deliver myself upswith oy to this call.. _ However; painful it may ?ye been for me to* say farewell to foy aa-" ' ,-V ive country and to my kindred', Itave/already done.it, fully persuaded that the Al- ' nighty has called me, through you, t6 the jobl* mission of eono^ntntiug ull my might ind soul to a people who, word out by dlsistroas and warfare, sincerely desire peace ancKprosperity?a people who, laving secured their independence, wish aow to enjoy the fruits of rivilisajib* and irue nrogfess. '* The mntnal confidence with which we ire animated, you and I will be crowned with a brilliant puoeese, if we remain always inited, to valorously, defend the great-prinliplea which are the.omy trbe aad'doftable bundafious of Stated; the principles of inriolable and immutaMorj[fls|jftei If equality inder the Jaw, the path ipen to eyery. uu#, o all o&reenjttd social positions *vihe<com alete personal liberty, as' rightly understood, seouriog with it$eyprotection"of the indi-~ ridual and of property, the development of he nation's wealth, improvement in -agriiultnre, mines and indtw}^ establishnent of means of (^tmrnicatioa for an . intensive commerce, Yhd -finally tbedevelipmeat of education ia all its he pnblio interest. : The blessings of heaweo, anci with them progress and liberty/ will assuredly net fail as, if the prions, allowing tfeetnaelves to >e led by a strong and Ittyal Govettnnent, hall unite to realize the object which I iave indfeated, and if we always eontinue o be animated by the religions sentiments >y which oat beantifal coaal^ & ^stinfished itself e von daring iIs most unhappy jeriods. 'rho rt5_wUwinoL_flfloLA^ " wftWiT cr% * w* r WUiiUg Ml A iUUVV) w ligh by her noble Emperor, to whom you we'the regeneratteti <jf . ordef-'aod-poacrf, eprtsenta.these same principles. This is rhat the ohief of bis forces said to, 70a a QW months skiee in sincero and disinterred language-^-as a forerunner of a now era f happiness. E?<iry oosmtry whttsb has nd strong by fo?oV^|; .tbia..roa4.united s&jsjsgwsss: ire. Mexicans-ithe future of your beauts ill country is in your haDtis. As to myself -offej^ypu^a sincere-wi^^d-a-firm inten on to respept your laws, and to oaoa& them )"bercspected with wiiaMHriable authority. trength, The banner of independence"^ lysymhqly mydeweeyottaiready Snow? equity and justiceI shall be faithful to. all-my life. Ic u.my doty.mgtttp the septre and the s wordof .honor" with, firm* ess. It becomes the inevitable task of the Impress to jptoiseorate to the country all the cble sentiments of a Christian ^rture and >1 the sweetness of a tender mother. Let s unite to gain the oochmbn end ; let us irget past shadows; jet as. bury the- odiagfi^ 7 faction; and the aurora ofpeaee and erited happiness- will shine again rad iant oyer the new empire. . / *? ^ M&XIMILIAN1 : j QUALIFICATIONS 0? AIT'- EDITOR-r?AQ nglish writer says : "A-gopd editors*, impotent newspaper conductor??is- like a ?eral or a poet-born, hot made, flxer**&&&*>? g?o 'fiSBity, >? '<& ' aaliflcation is ipnafce, or ijife oe?r owlajfedj On.the ^London.daily papers,^ to, and the writers of travels, haVe -been ihd, and nearly every one has Med." Pcan/'-said the late- editor of the "Irfmon TUoesj" "find very" seldom. a man <rf Hnmon sense.". $aarly"all successful odors'have been .of, this description. A good m Jitoc'seldqtn writes much? for his paper? steads, judges, selects, dictates,'alters, and do all this well he has bat" little -time ir composition. To write for* paper is ae thing?to edit it adbther.