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A Word for Dir. hLsmmInger.

We take the following from the Richmond En-
quirer Monday. We have no doubt there is a
good deal Of truth in it says The Wilmington Jour
nal. The amount Of praise or blame really at
taching to Mr. Memmneer is necessarily small, as
he could do no than carry out the Legislation
Of Congress, for which he hardly he held re-
spoasbie, IL responsible at all, only so in very
slight degree, sincD Congress seldom or never acted
upon his recommendations -
Whatever new IDEAS this war may have developed
in military science the history 9f paper money has
not been in the hast altered by the experience of
the COnfederaoy. The same results have been de-
moustratsd by thu Confedaraey that attended our
Revolutionary fatAers-f not TO the ssEse extent,
yet to as great degree. If 6me aud circumstances
are considered. Confederate notes, continental cur
rency, and Frsnch assignats, have ali the same
history, because Influenced by the general
causes, and whenever and wherever these causes
operate they win produces the same effects.
The resignation Of Mr.. Mcmminger, Secretary
Of the Treasury, will net in the least modify or
improve these results. As he did not prodnce them,
50 his resignation will not improve them. No sue
eessas that he can have will bring to the public
service more untiring exsetion, more zeal and de-
votion, 7r greater ability In tbe Of the means
provided hian by the Congrgss. The sabstantiai
wealth of the country has not been impaired by As
eHrreaey, exhausted by any action Of the Trea-
sury Department; but the illicit gains of heart
less extor,ion asd immoral speculation melted
away, Il to be expected that unmerited censuTe
and undeserved obloquy would be laveied az the
ostensibis cause Of all the loss.
The Congress made the notes, the Congness in
creased the notss, aud the Congress failed to pro
vide for their reduction or redemption. Without
taxation 10 Fetaru the notes 30 the treasury, and
withoat ether carrency to support and maintain
the war It was impossible for the amount Of notes
not 70 increase, and just equally impossible tC
prevent their depreciation and the consequent risC
Of prices.
All ehis @as The work Of the Congress, and no
Of Mr. Msfnminger; and whstsveT may be said o
the recommendations Of the Secretary, as the,
were never regarded or adopted by the Congress
he should net he held aeeoantable for the results
legislation that he did aoa recommend, and whic
he was Obliged 10 execute. people disappointe
in their expectations are not likely TO do justice
but when the eooer head Of the historian comes &
chronicle The anlncAl history Of this war, The hon
est zeal, the faithful slabor and devotion 10 ih
Gauss shown BY Mr.. MemmiBgcr will and their re
ward, and the esusOs that have prodnced the pre-
sent cOnditioa ef Confederate fnahees, their pro
DsF estimate.
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A PROCLAMATION
IsHAM q. HARRIS, GOVERNOR OF
TENN NESSEE.

To the Sheriff. CoronerS and other civil officers of
the State of Tennessee. and to TIE officers In
command of troops from said State, either
duty or in hospitals
WHEREAS, vacancy for Congress in the llth
Congressional District of Tcnness e. has been oc-
casiOned by the death of Hon. David NJ. Currin.
you therefore commanded TO open and hold
/ election THURSDAY. the eighteenth day
of August, eighteen hundred aud sixty -four, At ali
the voting plnces in your respective counties and
in the camps of the army and at such other points
as Tennessee soldiers may be on duty, or ia hos
pital, ON the day Of election, in pursuance OF
act of Congress, entitled An Act 20 provide for
holding elections for Representatives in the Con-
gress of the Confederate States in the State Of
Tennessee" approved May lst, ls63, and an act
amendRtory thereof approved June 9th, ls64, for
the purpose of filling said vacancy, and due return
thereof n'akc 10 me according to law. In testmo-
NY whereof,
g. |, ISIIAM G.. HARRIS, Governor of
l.. =. Tennessee, have hcreunto set my hand
- aud caused the great seal of the State To
be ne xed, this the 2lth day OF June, 4. d., Is64
lSHAM q; HARRIS.
by the Governor:
}. +. II. RAY, Secretary Of State.
ju2T I'd.
.t.ss- Tennessee papers copy Proclamation till
election.
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We arc in the fourth yesr of. the v,r
I and MI the eherveseence &C flitfhI enthusi.
asm and excitement has long ainea vnaiehsd
before the costly SACRIFICES and steyr $780,
ions of a terrible struggle for life and Ia
ey. All hearts bleed aud all baeks ~ch. Ia
the burden. Ii is felt to be eauallv r~csf.,l
and TO demand the utmost of our fo-s;s,.s.
endurance, faith and patience. just no,- h.
is, therefore, that the voluntary eo-oper..;o,,
Of the people with the Government tskes tha
highest order of merit, and displays in the
brightest ooiors the elnStic, uneonquerablS
and patriotic spirit Of the Southern freeman.
We are delighted and proud 10 zee the promp-
titude with which the people Of Georgia "a
home--women aud men alike--are coming
up to the noble work Of providing for the
sick and wounded Of JOhnston's army. The
liberal contributions Of food-the patient
labor with which il is conducted and for
warded. and moro than all, the self saerifc-
ing spirit with which our men take upon
themselvcsiaae arduous task Of the battle
field committee, all bespeak n people acting
upon principlo-Hndcr a sclemn sense Of du Z.
ty and determined to be free at any cost
aud sacrifice. In future time they will re-
count with noble pride there sacsiSces for
liberty in behalf Of themselves Rnd their
children. Go into the good -Ss6sk1--haoOn
7eEe,It dtJh.
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SExAroBIA, juno 23.-Northern dates to the
evening of the goth Are received.
stanton's dispatches claim great in
Grants now movements.
Badly Smith assaulted aud carried the principal
limo Of works before Petersburg on tho Ijth cap
turing thirteen cannon, several stands Of colOrs
between 1000 and 5000 prisoners
The hardest lighting of the done by the
negroes. 4
The capture Of Petersburg was reported.
Rumors that Richmond is being evacuated. by the
citizens are rife
Gilmore has bocn rclicv cd oFthe command Of his
corps by Butler.
The Federal losses to the sd in tn battles near
the Chickahominy were $4,000.
Grants force, xciusive of Buffers aud Hunters
is cstiIn ated ut 1885, eco.
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Gold Still going Hin.

Gn the goth gold was quoted .in cw York at
1885, the 23d it went TO 225, aud finally closed at
206. These extraordinary fluctuations in the gold
market indicate, with uneriing certainty, great
lack Of confidence III the military operations
going on Our news from Petersburg direct is
only up to the 10th. the day whies the quota
tion was 1885, but il was then very evident that
Grants army was ehectually checked. IL any
battle occurred between that time and Thursday
the 23d, which day gold went to the unpreceu-
figure OF 225. have no information of it aud the
Yankee dispatches furnish account. We are,
therefore, led to believe that no battle occurred,
and that the excitement in the gold market was
produced BY belief daily strengthening, that
Grant had got himself and his army INTO a position
in which nSthing important could be accomplish
ed, and that tie campaign against Richmond was
a failure. The prediction of Mr. Chase, that
without military success ali financial measures
must tail, is being suddenly realized, and we see
the veriheatiou in she excitement in the money
market.
Those solemn looking figures, giving the price
Of gold as compared to greenbacks, tell us palmer
than words could do, that the faith Of the Yankee
nation IN their government, and in its ability to
eonquer us, is breaking down. The lying dis
patches Of Grant and ShezzcRn will weigh but lit
tie with the against such startling facts
an advance Of u cents in the value of gold in the
space of three days. For they begin to the
lark wing Of bankruptcy already overshadowing
them and all their national interests
At the same time that greenbacks are going
down, Confederate money is rapidly advancing at
Memphis and is worth 21 cents But few
months ago it could be purchased for cents in
the same city. These all cheerful and encour-
aging indications.
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MILITARY NorIcE.--Thc following is an
extract from tho late orders Of the Adjutant
and Inspector General s Office at Richmond.
Post commanders will inspect the Offices Of
stockholders as arc prohibited from employ
ing able bodied mon in the departments ar
bureaus, and in case of shc violation of tho
law, take the action required by the depart
mcnt aud district commander in section 9,
act of February IL, 1864.
This refers to the new military law
wherein Quartermastcrs, Commissaries &C.,
arc prohibited from employing men in their
departments capable of performing duties
in tho field.
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R6S- Teiecraphic communication with
Richmond Is interrupted by both lines. The
operator OF the Express Company's telegraph
is of opinion that raiding party has cut the
lines ut Burkcviiie, if they have not been in
possession Of the place This town is ct the
iasAersection OF the Peterit,urg and Lynch
burg (Southside,) and Danviile and Rich
u,ond RaiIronds-S7 miles from the former ;
SO from Richmond; aud SO frosa Petersburg
ly tho SotIthsido Railroad, IL will thas be
Hscn TO be an important locality. The in
tsrruption, however, is but temporary, as the
raiders probably did not hold the place.
C0lanabid Gsadian.
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AIR-W'ait tin the War, Love, is sver


They ask me to desert my land,
Its history and glory,
Whose faith is pcnned suhlimely grand,
In thrilling opie story.
whose strength is written On ploughsd plains,
BY wars red, fiery finger,
where crushing battle shocks and stains
Of carnage ever liugsr,
Dear land, loved land, thou art my home S0TaYer.
They ask me to desert my land,
Loe, Beauregard and Davis, -
Bright names that fondest hopes have famed,
Bright heroes that will aaye rs;
Johnston, Longstrcet, Stuart, tco,
From them thcy would me sever,
And in my country's blood imbue
My hasds-I answer never.
Dear land, loved land, thou art my homo forever.
They ask me 20 desert my land,
My banner proud and fearless,
And ehargs more With blade In hand,
Beside tne brave and fearless
Though battle clouds, mid iFe aud she'll
Fair freedoms land defending,
And hear a dcspors dying knoll,
VIII i shouts 9f yi0tHsx e T. hlsRdisT; ;0
They ask me TO desert my land,
My tie OF country sever,
Affx traitors deed and brand
Upon my name forever.
They do not know the heart that beats
Beneath my bosom swelling
I'd rather, in my winding sheets,
Sleep in my last clay dwelling.
Dear land, loved land, thou art my home forever.
They ask me to desert my land,
To which my life is given,
Aud make my spirit fear to stand
Within the courts of Heaven.
Fair, sunny land ycu trusted me
Amid tho shock of battle
My arm shall strike 10 set thee free,
Again when cannons rattle.
Dear land, loved land, thou art my home forever.
J. NJ. Nice.
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NOVEL PLAN OF CoUarsmIP.--If marri age
is lottery prizes are apt to be drawn in the
following method as any other;
At a wedding, recently celebratei, werc
present some twenty-five yonng persons, ali
Of theu in condition which, for various
reasons, they generally concurrsd in regard
ing as undesirnble-the "unengaged" One
Of the gentlemen of the party suspected the
prevalence among them Of feelings that might
easily be exchanged for others indefinitely
more fixed and agreeable. Ho accordingly
proposed the choosing Of president, per
son worthy Of all confidence, whose duty
it should he to receive from each individual
q folded paper, inscribed with the name of
tho person handing it in, and alsoS with sthe
name of another person Of the other seq,
|.swhom the first would be willing to marry
The presideat, in addition to the restraints
OF his own sense of hono,, was to be put un-
der solemn pledgs of eternal secrcsy. ali
refusing to acesde to the proposition were for
the time to leave the room Those whose
choice was reciprocal, slaat is, whose papers
contained the same two nanlos, were TO be
privately informed, while the selections of
the others were to remain nndisclosed.. The
result svas that tho trial was made nli shar-
ed in the experiment, and eleven couples
were found to have nsde themselves happy;
and their several unions were afterwards con-
summated.
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Northern View Ofthe situation I'm sssorr,a

The following extrnct from the Waahinw-
Ton correspondent OF the Chicago Times.
bearing date the 2d instant, is interesting,
us showing the degree of insight which
Northern observers have into our affnirs,
and tho presagcs they thence draw of the
event of the campaign.
Ii is said on good authority that informa-
tion has been received here. to the effect that
whatever rcintorccmeuts Gen. Lee may
have received havc no. come from tho
West, ana that Gen. Johnston,s army is now
inact the same as ii was when it began To
fall back from Resaca-minus of course the
casualties of battle. This information il, no
doubt, CORRECT Brcckinrihgc's division (which
is now with lcc) is spoken of in some of the
papers as having bc,n II part of JOhnston's
forces but that is incorrect. Brcckinridge
has been stationed in Southwestern Virgin
ia, and has never formed any par. of John
ston's forces. There is good reason to be-
iieve, also, that Gen. Johnston has been hcavi-
~ reinforced by Bishop Polk from Mobile,
by way Of Selma aud Montgomery. aud that
lie has, including these renforccments and
lIardoc's corps, $4,000 troops.
know that doubt has been expressed us
TO his having over 5O,OW men, because it has
been said If he had had that many, bo would
not have abandoned the line of tho Etowah
river. Surely tho intelligent reader of the
Times will remember that Gen. JoInstou's
VDjcCt II to save Atianta anu to ucteat Sher-
mans army. Now il he is convinced by
sound military reasons that he can accom-
plish this object more securely, moro effcctu
ally, by retiring to the line Of the Chutta-
hoochcc river, why should hc not do 50?
We have learned great many useful les
SONS in this war, but one that we have yet To
learn Is, that some campaigns eau be best
gained by retreats. Washington's celcbra-
ted rotrrat through the Jerseys is case in
point. Is the present case, by rctrcating to
the left bank OF the Chattahoohcec river,
Gen. Johnston meets there, aud is strength
encd by the rcinforccmcnts brought to him
by Bishop Polk, and has drawn Gen. Sher-
mans army far into the interior Of Georgia,
and to an immense distance from his base Of
supplies. These considerations, and others of
a like nature, cause considerable apprehen-
sion i'm regard the uutuuf result or the
paign against Atlanta,
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FRox MIssIssIrrI.-A correspondent of
the Mobile Tribune says TINT he has seen
and convcrscd with gcntl imam of high
standing, who has just returned from the
Yuzoo~allcy, and whose word can be relied
on, who states that the Yankees, in their last
raid, totally and most eee,tually destroyed
everything that was in their way, laying
waste some of the finest plantations in the
Confedcracy. aud making the rich section of
country which in the good old times of yorc,
was justly called the granary Of Southwest
ern Mississippi, II barren Wilderness.
4 gentleman who has been on n trip a.
long the banks of the Mississippi river says
that the people in that region nrc yet untain-
fcd by contract with our cnsIny. They are
quite loyal to the cause of freedom, though
they trade to a considerable extent with the
Yankees. Cotton is not being cultivated
there any more tl,nn it is in the interior dis.
tricts, though the inducements are great.
There is a surprising number of negroes
there, considering its proximity to the enc
my. They appear to be as docle rs they
ever were before Lincoln's ukase Of cman;
cipation was Illuminated.
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BsS~ The entire losscs in tOugstrcet's
cor s;s. in the recent battles around e chmCn 1,
In killed, NEoanded and aaissing, is stated 20
be only 28s.
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TELEGRAPHIC

Entered according 30 Act Of Cnnere>s in the 1861
byJ j. & TuRAsItsH, in the Clerks Office of the Dis
trict the Confederate States for the Northern
OF
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Prom the Montrornerr NfaII.

During our imprisonment al Point i.cekoet eve
~ prisoner was brought before an oaieer, aud had
several questions propounded bim, among which
was, " Do yen wish 20 take ths oath Of allegiance,
which caused me To write thesn lines:
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FoUND.--A gentleman has lee at this Office
blus VEIL fsnud n the saEass, Which the ovner can
get, By calling at this Oales
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Tohn Tott cp
Jos Braupbtop 90 X stb
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Anon Rollins CO r. 9th
Sergeant J II Hodge CO d. SOD
Private J + Driver CO f. 4Ist
+ w ,,ayinc &c l. Ist Mo
WI Newton, co H. Ist
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J ID Fowler co 4, Loring's Eng. Corn
Laban Ovcrtree, ard Eng CorDs
Scburn IIl 3rd
/. VI Thompson, CO c. 3d .
John Gentry, go f., 9Th Texas Cav.
Whiincll Phillips co F. 10Th Tex Cav.
Nathan Liltlclied. Ferrclrs Datt.
Sylvester Martin. Kobb's
! " Fnlwcll Pioneer corps
WRTclI 81 Eng corns
oriNr.pb nospIrAL
Private H. F. Rhodes co b. 3gtb n C.
Jno r Cabc, % l. S9th
J Fairchild co h Sth
s. r. MOORE HOSPITAL
Serot Wise en- T. 9Th Ark
private Il TnrpIey CO d. 5th
Uaul KiiIian co X Goth N C.
4, NJ Davis ro ID 18th
IIez Tbomas
In, II Dric,anco CO X 3ad Ten
LAFAYETTE Bjnns
&; w Rozcu1an CO c. 7th Flo
Sergt Jon Sparkman, co. e., list Ao.
Private IL Walker, 90 f, 1st
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j II Page, co X, Ist aud 81 Mo. cav.
Alex McMeurtre, Kings Ao. bat.
Willis Mckinney, CO G, 9th Mo.
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Isaac Spiycy to c. 10th Ala
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Dr. J. w. Kennedy, Resident Dentist.
: prepared 90 perform any opera -
l. tiun in the Dental line. Office at
his residence in west Griffin, eornsrNT TfYYY
Ninth and SOlompn sts.
Refers 10y permission. TO w. y. Innaan, Cash: n.
W. Bank, Atlanta; Dr II. J. Massey, NJ. D., Allan
ia; Isr sHrn. Hapc, Dental Depot. Atlanta
Gao- Indigcnt sOders and their families by
coming to his ofisc, have teeth extracted free
Of charge. junelo- 5%
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A beau.ifal loa Of ladies' Pans jast received and
II for sale by ]. Fl. JOHNSON CO.
ja2s, It.
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Death Of Col. nd. G.. Cock OF the Thirty
second Tennessee.

The service has met calamity in the
death of the gallant young officer whose
name heads this article. At an early pc
riod Of the revolution, Col, Cook raised
company in his native ecounty-Williamson
Tccnne sseo--and upon the organisation of
the regiment, he was almost unanimously
chosen as it's commanding officer The tai
cnts and industry hc displayed in that posi-
tion vin1icatcd the good sense Of his elect
ION. lie has entered heart and soul into the
Southern cause, and devoted every energy
of mind and body to the discharge Of his
arduous duties. lie was wounded on We'd
nesday, the 22d inst, aud expired at Mariet-
ta OH the night of the 23d. His gallantry
Az commander was frequently spoken Of
by his superior officers in the most compli-
menrary manner.
At the age of twenty three ho was elect
al representative ia the Legislature, from
Williamson county. lie died at Ahe age OF
about thirty-tllree years, and Mt the time of
his death was commanding Gen. John c.
Browns brigade. The writer knew him
from boyhood, aud loved him as brother
and friend.---lHdnta Contcierdcy.
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NUSIC, HTRTII, Melody & TABLEAUN,
THE ATLANTA AMRTEIIRR.

VETIL.L give n CONCERT at the Amateur Hall
w Ia this City tomorrow evening, JUNE 2sth.
Proctc to bc given 10 the .sadies Soldiers Relief
Society, OF Griffin. ADMISSION DOLLARS. Tick
cts to bc had at the Hall, Tuesday evening, from
TO o'clock.
ju27 wM. II. BARNES, Manager.
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rsa Tho baltimore Gazette. Of the l6tt

seA. Tho Baltimore Gazette, Of the 10th,
says that the campaign in Northern and
Eastern Virginia has been brought to n close
After pushing from the Rapidan to the Chic
kahuminf with indomituhle resolution, but
with II terrible sacrifice OF life, Gen. Grant
has concluded to abandon tho limo on which,
ut one time, he declared his determination to
fight it out if il took all summer, aud 60
commence new campaign against the de-
fences of Richmond from the SOuthside Of
James River. Gen. Grant has established
his headquarters at Bermuda Landing. He
will proceed to invest Fort Drewry, the cap
ture of which is regarded rs an absolute ne
cesSity