, 1864-05-30

10 doubt johnston has fortified the petition,
since 1t commands by its railroad connections
tie whole interior Of the State Of Georeia.
It ID aAcurlshing town, lc1a out In 1916. It
had, IL 1850, asia inhabitants, ard in 1850,
a,4lo. -Four OF the principal railroads of, the
Stese form junction hcrc, and rs tac center
OF the Gotten and grain trade, it Is also the
ccrter Of military operations in the Cotton
States Eastward it hns-the Georgia Rail
road, extending to Augussa On the Savannah
River; eorthcastward the Macon and Vest
e1n kailroad leads to Macon, Millcdycrillc
2ud Savannah; and eonihwestWard the La
grange Ia:lroad goes to West Point, seventy
TWO miles dlstant, on the Alaba1aa frontier.
Atlai,ta is 101 miles northwest of Macon, and
III mics west Of Aucusts, As Sherman was
resting two Gays It Kingston With Ills army,
to 1tllcE1sl III. sto:es ard send back to Chat
tunccaa t~r wcraGed aud disabled men, and
rest Lis forces, OF course Johnston would
lsayr .lc start pf him in tie march to Atlanta,
ctd wua'd haze time 10 complete bis dispo-
e.lic1 for tie defense Of the place, bat sher-
z:-an viii he Joined By DaIis' 1ivlIoa from
Ronc, ana by reia:orceHcuts from ehatta
ncc.E ard cther pieces along The line.
SWORDS FzTLY sPoEEy.n
El!g Gen. Seymour, nufo tunlte IL the ar
lair at Cbustee, ard recently captured by q
1iaLt attack duriEs the battles OF the wilder
1tes, may or may rot be o skiliiul officer, but
lis speech to the rebels st Oh =rlottesville
entities him to the respectful regard Of his
l. cocutr. nen-. Ec told them
t'Gcn Lee na5 possibly do!eat Gen. Gzant and
the Ftdcr;l n.ruy but what Of that? tEost that
!. E. .ssst h,1n he @ sr fo9% ap ns &c hseSys a1Ig y
End !. LII not stop thcrcs let him cartEre and
hun fsl.1rnre, taca ssauco OF rhtlaae1pais, aad
! iC,n thSt- Then, ut last, we Hhsll lare rnttHd
! Ncrlh, ard shall bt:ia to ssuw ,oa what wu L."
Those words hare the ring OF the true
! metal, especlall:: when we consider that be
I who uttered thcrs was at the time Of thai.
! u,tcrapce, on lis way to the horrors of Lib
h; Tf'scn. Ltss thau t!lis has giyen aa15 i
| brave prisoner among our Fesee foes the
c1owD Of marty rGom.
I 50 Gcnernl S.oSle.
From indu5iFssile evidence whiea llss come
| into Cur possession, We are led to believe shat
1 our STRUCTURES upon the course Of Gen. Stone
i'll The disaster III, Western Louisiana, were
based uren partial and unfair statements
made to Us at the tinc and from sources
| which VIC deemed reliable. We arc unwii-
ling TO deprive amy soldier or officer fighting
| tLis IT, et battle Of freedom Of n singleleaf ol
lis inur. is. We. ere convinced taat Genera!
Stone Cid his whole duty ns brave and loya
soldier, and that wlsaterer orders he ma; have
! issued were tho orders Of . superior he was
bound to obey, end that he is in no wise re
eporsiblc tor the b1uuders Of his commander
OF the disasters that bciel The army. =.
/! e a lady residing in Cincinnati, vho il
Eaid to- be highly accomplished and mos
respectable menher Of soe1ety, recently be
! came jnIatuatcd with desire to visit gam
alirg ealoon. Ecr friends finally gratiio'
| her Niehes, ard che patronized first clas
n!aro bank" bet her money snd drank he
bourbon, smoked cignre, and dissipated gen
| erully in o manner worthy Of the most &C
cotnplisbed "sport'', Of the other sex. Sh
firally retired from the scene OF detravity
! whether any wiser thsn when SIZE entere'
: the account Goes not state. :
E Willis Home Journal, Of last week
contaips a lengthy and very interesting lette
from Gottecl,rlk, It appears that he Is slcl
Of pianos. He eays: II like to imagin
myself in paradise, where Piano concert
RE prohibited, and the Carnival Of Venice,
]; with variations, crime. On the Other hand
l p1ctnrc lie 6ty1 only as grand depot o
Ri kinds Of pianos upright, square, obliqu
and What not-a Kind Of Botany Bay 70
hardened piaulsts, where never-satisae'
public insist upon having the Carnival
| Venice with variations, forever"
The Gnlcsburg (ul) Fts: Democrat say
III. J. T. Bates, of that place, has process
OF making grsnulated sugar from Sorghum
which produces an article rs good as the bes
grade ct New or.cans brown sugar, whicl
now sells Mt twenty-five cents per pound. Il
these times Of high prices this invention /
really valuable.
w VIM. Boyd, Esq the first proprieto
= Of Lafayette, Ind, died In that town on Tues
day evening. He purchased cighty-fonr acfes
! now In the heart Of the city, for s4.75 PC
acre, and afttr laying out the town, sold til
whole, except small fraction or tso, 10
s1 eco * >.--''
!. ~ Tie rote for the sword At the 81
e Louis Fair on Thursday night, stood:
q AnEsoSk. 40 Fisk
e UuIler Steele .............
a GrEnt- ..116 Heron ....-.........-
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