VOL -II.
Major H. R. Thomas, an additional
Paymaster in the United States Army,
has been tried by a court-martial, held at
"Washington, upon the charge of defraud
bag the Government, and sentenced to
" forfeit all pay and allowances now due
or to become due him, to be confined in
the State Penitentiary at Albany, New
' York, for six years, and to pay the Government
of the United States $35,000,
and upon non-payment, to be confined
nntO the same is paid; providecfthe whole
term of his imprisonment shall not exceed
twelve years."
fl^The rebel Gen. Finnigan was asked,
. the other day, if he knew to what use the
"Yankees had put his elegant residence in
"Fernandina? "Yes," he replied, with his
Irish brogue, "they say that a Yankee
uehoolma'am has turned it into a iiager
" simittcuy." The schools there are in successful
operation; well attended, and well
taught by noble self-sacrificing teachers.
m
r- w* An influential deputation of noble-*
men and gentlemen from the " Society
' for obtaining a Cessation of Hostilities in
America," waited upon Lord Palmers ton,
July 15tb, for the purpose of urging upon
the government the propriety of taking
steps to bring about peace between the
* belligerents. The general tenor ' of the
Premier's reply may be collected from a
couplet quoted by him in the . course of
( his remarks:
** Tbey who In quarrels interpose,
often wipe a bloody nose."
W* " The ugliest trades," said Jerrold,
** have their moments of pleasure. Now
if I were a grave digger, or even a hangman,
there are some people I could work
I * for with a creat deal of enjoyment."
Acknowledgements.
Headquarters 33d U. S. C. "P., )
Folly Island, Aug. 7th, 1864. f
Me. Editor.?Please allow me, through
Ihc columns of your valuable paper, in
k ?chalf of our regiment, to return warm
HMand lieai-ty thanks to our friends among
PBtbc^?reedmeg and freedwomen of St.
t fcelena Islahd, for their kind remem.r.ui?
of us while at the front, not in
faith only, but in works also. Those water
melons, oh, how delicious; out men enHfjoyed
them so much the more as a gift
from " friends at home." Also thanks to
Mr. R. Tomlinson, the agent through |
1 "whom the gift was brought to us in safety. ,
I 'The 1st Soiith will not soon forget his !
wmiling fac<e, and our inquiry is now
<^Wheu shall we look upon his like again.
The health of the regiment is good. We
liave but a small sick list
J. D. STRONG,
T.ipnt t!nl f'nmdV.
Vj Doing a Little Business.?Old Eques- !
Yian.?"Well bnt?you're not the boy I t
my horse with?"
I Bov.?"No, Sir, I jist spekilated and 1
lought 'im of t'other boy for a harpenny!" j
? Semmes, the pirate, tells one truth in 1
lis "official report" to Mason. He says
^feongh his men lost their ship they didn't
rtse their honor. They didn't have it to
lse.fris the reason.
<jThe man who put up a stove pipe witlijfct
profanity has been found, and a comDpjiy
have secured him for exhibition iu
> jttp principal cities. He will draw better 1
Uan the pipe.
^The Inteknal Revenue Act.?Secreta""^'Fessenden
entertaeus a favorable opinion
of the value and efficiency of th^Int?rnal
Revenue Act in raising funds for i
tje support of the government. The resilis
from it are exceeding the most sangrine
expectations of its authors. He
tins speaks of it:
J am happy to say that to exceed results
ate ptoving the Internal Revenue Act in
^tciency the most sanguine expectations
o|ts authors. For the month of June, 1863,
iwielded about four and a half millions
ofdohars, while the corresponding month
yBfhis year returned about fifteen miltfts
under the same law. Under the
a^Llaw, w'lich went into operation on
uVhrst day of the present mouth, the !
Eawnry frequently receives one million
day. As time and experience enable j
A
*V
THE FREE SOUTH?BEA
the officers employed in collecting the
revenue to enforce the strength of the
provisions of the new law I trust that a
million per day will be found the rule,
and not the exception. Still, much space
is undoubtedly left for improvement in
the law and in its administration. As a
greater amount of necessary information
is acquired, the proper sources of the revenue
and the most effective mode of obtaining
it are best devoloped in the execution
of the existing laws; and I have
caused measures to be initiated, which
will, it is believed, enable Congress so to
improve and enlarge the system, as, when
taken in connection with the revenue,
from customs and other sources, to afford
an ample and secure basis for the national
credit.
Punishment of a miit&rjr Criminal.
Lieut. Andrew J. Smith, acting Inspector
General of the 2d Brigade, Kautz's
cavalry division, for committing a rape on
the person of a colored woman, has been
sentenced to be dismissed the service,
and to be confined at hard labor for ten
years at such place as Gen. Butler may
direct. Gen. Butler, in reviewing the
sentence of the Court-Martial, remarks:
"The Commanding General has ex- <
amined the evidence in "this case wit&
much care, and with an anxious desire to I
find some means to escape the conclosion
that an officer of the United States tfiny
could be guilty of so heinous a crane.
t 1 .L.-iJ oi._
A ieuiuin uegru uiiuu qtuus umtcij auu
comes into the protection of the Federal
Government, and upon first reaching the
limits of the Federal lines receives the
brutal treatment from an officer, himself
a husband and a father, of violation of
her person. Of this the evidence is conclusive.
But a day or two since a negro
man was hung, in the presence of the
army, for the attempted violation of the
person of a white woman. Equal and
exact justice would have taken this officer's
life; but imprisonment in the Eenitentiary
for a long term of years, his loss
of rank and position?if that imprisonment
be without hope or possibility of
pardon, as it should be?would be almost
an equal example. For these reasons the
Commanding General cannot listen to the
recommendations to mercy of the members
of the Court, for whose opinions
personally he entertains the highest respect.
"The sentence will be carried into ef- I
feet by confinement of the convict at |
hard labor in the Penitentiary at Phila- I
delphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, if
the President shall so direct, and until
the President shall make such direction
a - - J i- t. i i- it. - I
tiie prisoner is oraerea 10 ?e sent to me i
Superintendant of Prison Labor at Nor- !
folk, there to be put at hard labor on the
street."
Gen. Thomas'* Circnlar? The Contest
of the 22d?The Contest of the
28th?Changes in Command.
Nashville, Tenn., July 31, 1364.
Maj. Gen. Thomas, commanding the
Army of the Cumberland, has issued the
following interesting ftrcular to the army
near Atlanta
Ae^cy Headquarters, July 26,1864.
The Major General commanding the
Army congratulates the troops up#c the
brilliant successes attending the Union,
army in the late battles. In the battle of
the 20th instant, in which the 20th Corps,
one division of the 4th Corps, and part of
the 14th Corps were engaged, the total
Union loss is killed, wounded and missing
was one thousand seven hundred apd
thirty-three. In front of the 20th Corps
there were put out of the fight six thou
sand rebels, live hundred and sixty-three
of the enemy were buried by our own !
troops, and the rebels were permitted to
bury two hundred and fifty. The second
division of the corps repulsed seven different
assaults of the enemy with light
loss to themselves, and which must have
swelled the number of dead buried by the
* t ' i ix 1 1 j ,1
re Deis to oeyona tnree uuuurcu.
jfy also captured seven stand of colors.
No official report has been received of the
part taken in the battle by the 14th Corps.
In the battle of the *22d inst. the total
Union loss in killed, wounded and missing
was 3,500, and 10 pieces of artillery.
The rebel loss in prisoners captured was
3,200. The known dead of the enemy in
front of the loth and 10th Corps and one
division of the 17th Corps was 2,142.
The other divisions of the 17th Corps
repulsed six assaults of the enemy before
they fell back, which will swell the rebel
loss in killed to at least 3,000. The latest
report states we buried over 3,200 rebels
killed in the fight. There were captured
from the enemy in this battle eighteen
stand of colors and 5,000 stands of arms.
By command of
"Major General THOMAS.
AY. D. Whipple, Asst. Adjt. Gen.
1'
I
UFORTK C., AUG. 13, 1864
The bail? of the ?2d was a riank attack
of the enei^y upon our left During that
attack the 17th Corps was crumbled up ;
uut iiut nillii ib iiuu irpuisca ?cvcitu ui
tlie desperate charges of the rebels, and
afforded time for Logan, who temporarily
succeeded McPherson in command of the
Army of the Tennessee, to face about and
repel the assaults made on liim. Our correspondents
with that army state that therebels
were driven back to their last line
of works around the city.
The battle of the 18th inst. was an assault
in force on the 15th Corps, and appears
to have resulted in as complete a
defeat of the rebels as that of the 22d.
Six hundred and forty-two dead rebels
were buried by our force after that battle.
Gen. Stanley succeeds Gen. Howard in
command of the 4th Corps. Gen. Howard
has been assigned to the command of
the Army of the Tennessee, in place of
Gen. McPherson, killed.
Gen. Hooker p'ssed through this eity
en route for the North this morning. It
is hed$under8tood that he leaves Sherman's
command to enter upon other duties
elsewhere, and that Gen. Rousseau
succeeds lnm as the commander of the
20th?orp&..
^ the battle of the 22d july.
; [From a private letter of a late date te
a gentleman of New York, written by a
staff officer of rank in Sherman's army,.
Ire are permitted to make the following
extract:]
Two Mtt/pk North of Atlanta, )
* July 24, 1864. (
I believe I have not written you since
we commenced this campaign. I suppose,
in fact I know, you have kept close watch
of our various end so far successful movements.
We have at last found the last
ditch north of Atlanta, the-objective point
of our three months' campaign. Day be
fore yesterday they made a tremendous
assault on our left?the Army of the Tennessee.
They gained some temporary advantages
at first, but we regained our
ground and reoccupied our line, though
we lost several pieces of artillery, and had
the gallant Gen. McPherson, Commander
of the Army of the Tennessee, killed, but
in the actual conflict we are the victors.
They massed two corps on our left and
behind it, intending to take the 17th
Corps en masse into Atlanta, but we badly
defeated them, and they being the assailants
lost-heavily. We have already
buried 1,200 of them in front of our lines
under flag of truce. Counting the killed
then even at this, we have placed hors du
combat at least 7,000 men in the fight of
day before yesterday. If Mr. Gen. Hood,
who is in command since Johnston was
relieved, tries many more assaults he will
have no army left. Two days before, he
tried an attack on our right?the Army of
the Cumberland?and in this he failed,
losing at least 4,000 to 5,000 men.
When we force them from this ditch,
we shall have acccomplished the object of
this campaign. We have driven them
from 17 lines of earthworks since leaving
Chattanooga, and both lines together
have built over 300 miles of earthworks
and rifle pits in the northern part of
Georgia during this campaign. Our army
ic in enlpnrlirJ pnndifcion?l)lentv Of food
and plenty of clothing. Whenever we
come into line we build fortifications, and
inftwo hours have lines to fight behind
which they cannot assault successfully.
Atlanta is in sight from our position, and
we throw shells into the rebellious city by
night and day. Gen. McPherson was
killed early in the fight while reconnoitering
the ground, accidentally riding
through a gap in our lines. He is a great
loss to us. The enemy had possession of
his body about five minutes, when we
recovered it All day yesterday a truee
was existingpalong our left, both sides
burying their dead. What our loss is 1
cannot tell, though it is nothing like
theirs, as we fought the most of the time
behind our works.
A Picture to. Reflect I'pon.
Grace Greenwood, in her late lecture ir
Chicago, drew the following picture ol
the future:
Back on these troublous times will otu
. children look, in reverence and awe. The
' sons of our brave soldiers will date tlieii
patents of nobility on grander battl<
helds than Agincourt or Bannockburn?
such patents of nobility as no royal her
aid's office has symbols sufficiently glori
ous for. Many a coat of arms in thos<
days will have one sleeve hanging emty
We may picture to ourselves a group o:
j noble young lads, some ten years hence
| thus proudly accounting for their orphan
age?an .orphanage which the country
i should see to it shall not be desolate,
j Says one, " My father fell in beating
' back the invaders at Gettysburg." Say
another, '' My father fell on Lookou
Mountain, fighting abbve the clouds.1
Says a third, 4 4 My fater suffered martyr
/
NO. 31.
J (lom in Libby Prison/' JSays another,
" My father went down in the Cumberland,
"yet another, " J/y father was rocked
into the long sleep below the wave in the
iron cradle of the Monitor." And there
will be hapless lads who will listen in
mournful envy, saying, in their secret
hearts, "Alas, we have no gloryings.
Our fathers were rebels."' And here anoth- ^
er youth, more unfortunate, who will
steal away from his comrades and murmur,
in bitterness of soul, "Ah, God
help me! Afy father was a CopperheadV
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