The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-05
An Old Paper.

A
 r 1862 furnishes interesting reading 10
 many people of this section of Alabama.
 The Reporter was published by M J'
 Williams and R. F. Neel is put down as assistant editor The subscription plice was $1O and 1t is noted that supseriptiohs
 were to be made invariably Tn advance.
 Two pages are taken up with accounts of battles copied from the klchmonu Disnateh of June 30, July l, July 7, ana from the Richmond Examiner of July o.
 The accounts tell of the conihets DC
 tween A. P Hills corps and that ol NJ
 Clellan. The fight at Ellysoh mn, at
 Gaines mills, at Coal Harbor, in all or
 which the Confederate were Vietoilous'
 IIere is the beginning of an article III
 tba Richmond Dispatch of July 7, loo1. eve continue in our issue of this morn
 ing such matters as we nave peen ,,,at apit to collate connected Wlth the LII iiii M :,
 exnloits of the Confederate army aiouiu
 Riehmond History has no record oi
 sncb n succession of triumphs as mas peer
 s.,,,afsod to the arms of the south In
 ,rose desnerate and deadly encounters,
 ,rhrouqbout all time they must slaha
 without parallel in the annals ol Waiia and give to southern character a posi tion for cool intrepidity, daring, Aaioi anu anu persistent endurance that Wouio nas - heen creditable to the Roman ieson ao,,, tha old euard of Napoleon. For SIX oaS . .
 tho,, have wrestled with the storm oi tatt,o with the most unfiinchng forti.uoe'
 and in every contest have wreheheu ilon. @
 the hands of the unwilling hol'iei ~
 the need of victory
 The paper publishes list or a easaa, ,.
 ties in the Fourth Alapanla
 ei,5inr the dead. wounded ana hiissihs se, comnanies. There were twenty-three l,i1ed and 10i wounded and eight nassins la tbis report The casualties or the Fiftb Alabama were also gwen anu .u.
 nan,e of Colonel Pegues is reported
 an,ona the wounded. There were fifteen
 killed and fifty eight wounded or tue
 Fifth Alabama. Among the oasuai',e, oa oa
 the Fourth Alabama appears tne iitli,ie
 of cantain Prince of Company C WHO
 wac hadly wounded in the left lung. rbera are many things of intense inter- est in the paper There Is notiee sisneo
 bv Mrs. Arthur M Small of mee'lns of the Ladies Aid society at whleh the following officers had been selecteo' Mrs. Treadwell, president; Mrs Waouen' ,,,.s ,,rasident. Mrs Small. secretary, MISS ear,b Nance treasurer. The notice asked
 tna ,adies of the city to meet at the nos
 r;tal at & o'clock and bring servants
 n as to clean I'D the place and get 1t in
 suitable condition for the future.
 A notice from the office or the ci'y clerk dated July ., lco-, says %h' ,,eetinp of the mayor and city eonncii ,f tha c;tv of Selma commenced on the osth uItimo. his honor. E. w. Marks, ,,a1or nro tenn. appointed the following na,,len,en the standing committee of the hoard of health, to-wt Dr. J. D, Park, Dr. A. G. Mabry, John Weedon' honert Hall, T. B. Pierce. Published by order of his honor, the mayor, John M' strohs' city clerk. - e,,,..# ,
 nol comma nding the Thlrtieth Alabama
 regiment sent from headquarters at
 Clineh Mountain. East Tennessee warned
 all members who were left at nome when
 Inc regiment moved to East Tennessee
 that they must report in ten days or be treated as deserters. Do not nope 10 eecane punishment by forwarding to me
 a nhvsicians' certificate of physical dis ahilitV'' says the notice. The question of vorr ability to come shall be tried pN ,.nurtmartfal Come forward! Every one one of you
 There is a want notice for 9O.OoO pairs of cotton and wooden socks for the west ern army" Ladies throughout the state will please assist to get them. Fonr to five dollars will he paid in cash or dry goods Duncan X Womaek.
 "Nanted-a Pair of carriage horses
 Apply to w. J. Norris" reads another notice "One thousand. bushels Of corn for sale by P. J. Weaver is another There is an editorial calling attenrfoN to the meeting to be held Wednesday, July g. of the stockholders of the Ala hama and Tennessee River railroad at Shelby Springs. and urging all stockhold- CTS to be present.
 An interesting notice Is signed by John T. Morgan, colonel, and states that he is authorized by the secretary of war to enlist and muster into service for the war a regiment of cavalry to act as Partisan Rangers
 Double barrel shotguns pistols and bowie knives are declared to he the best arms to commence with. My address