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.1. er. i ..r tflectain men districts, ard all taxeBdue by any person, ..rnnmtion. com - anv or firm tnerein, and me uaid asseB B,,rs th ill n anirc . payer to make dae return on ,t. . f 11 Hrtic ei or obj' ct tuxed by sections one, two ihriP t.f ihe act f 17th February, lh-i, entitled an Act to lw rulJii nil taxes for the common defer ce and mi" iort ot tho i vi rnmeiit," to wit : I. 1'iu.n t!re vlne of property, real, personal bdJ mix nl of every kind and dreciipiion, urd not. xeinp'ed by i!,.' net r taxtd at a different rate, a tax or live per cent, h! a 1 be asserfli-d, b-vieii and collected. il. Upon the aiua of '1 and t-ilvrr wares and plate, j. wflrt, jewel: y a::d waU'hefr, a tax of Un er ctStum hhall t... a.cfi'd. 1. it 1 a''d culh.cttd. Hi? value of the above i. (. trv tai iJi ,er 4,,'lioii one (dull be m oh- d on the : ii i: 1 -I"' '"'"' ' v"'" ' the -aine . r f-knilar property n t!. n iiibi 1 1:".1 wiu-rt- iwisifJ, in she year lSlu, tx-c--pt 'aid, pisvir. cotiou ir tobacco purchased fince Ib' !. of J uar. 1- when :h- said iand, elavr lie;: r.nd i; i.;i ci- tl.rtii t t i it li j irice aotua.lij paid Ilt the t.aui.' by tl e o a to r. HI. Oi ill vi ue f allrbaresor intercs'B held in any l.-wik. buikki; -i inj -a? y oi association, canal, navigation, in. pit tn g a p" rti g, insaracce, m?nulacturirg. tele Kujh, fxrts r.u!road and dry dock c inpaniex, and all o'her j mt M l- l' P lU es of evtry kind, whether incor ii .rjttd i :'tr c-ut. tax shall be aM-iesBed, L-vifd I . . 1 Tl ( .... . i . . 1 , - . ind C')l ',ru ' 11 oi property i txeu uuuer eeci:on t.-. ,i ..." hi.d i.ct. u..d i:i!i:ratrd uuJor thin head, eh?:l be ., h.M il lipv.'t tiic bur i ot the market vai so of tuch pro I . 1 1 in h'' u ig i.-.r'.coii where aees-cd, in 8 i h cunta- i y ;i- t:;.i ! ' ' ; " in v it la lot" uic!ia c anu :-.( ill I" j, m n.e t ine oi a.-segment, ih;V. .s, '-n the i-ai , 1. mi.; unt i u voli and eilver cciii. trld IT d.! t IV. i .! !u i ii .-. i, ! tr 1 eld by the bauka or otter cur- r n.ii: i. s ul-, five pt-i a r.t. th:.ll be ltv;ed ana .1 '! ii aii inontj b held abroad, or upoa ti c . i n l I m (-! hi; g dr wn thert lor u Ion in f r. iu u live per ct-ut. i-hill he levud and col hncii la ulou iin-ncy ab:oad to be aKKCtntd and i; -.7l" C. ii "I illl"i"i! 1 ( Ul.1 i i cted collected i.v;.i iki. t'i value tht-rcol at iLe placo where j tt in p.. nl The ti.x u ; ur: t c ;old ana feiive; u. . t" piiirt ii"' ! ill-' I'U! i.veircohi and gold dust, an:! live pt r rei t. of the ftn; u;it to !Ol: ui t!..; thin taxed. H.t in. a tux ot i.- to be paid on every l.uodred dollars It the article taxeu be raunty hc;d .c! an.e drawn tlertfcr, it buMi be d at ;;s vaiua iu ConfcdeiAtu tu'ttnej Mc. tux 'n paid. u ui ol ail tn lveiit credits. an.l id nil !icr naicr iahu-d us currency, (exoent in j.; "Ill c- ! ,' c . i.ir.:d, or a l.n: . f v ul if J .in ! a- Ill li'C I'liU'C wi , V. Up. n t:.v !i i iik b i 'In ;i f j ' : I ufi iu'l-i c.-T i i.i'i'.cy V. jn H i i III which Irf ' '! .-.n l C ' c c l ic V l' : d ' h i- 'iHil"- . to !c i : b 1 1 1 1 1 i :i I i.iii li.i' t.'t-n.t derate irca&ury octet-) aid not i isiinnl bui-irena. the nc-vine deiivcd ,.i d. a tax ol live per cent, ahull be iisn.s 1. This tax to be paid in t'en cJerati" ci.r- cri di!h. t)-.!ik bil s, and o'her pj-pora isu ii sit ih ii at par accordiu.; to mc .iinRijt c't ll'U. u!i properly, coin, mo; ey, cudi!t atcc'.a, o--. . hf.'ore nieiitioneii, and laid tor the ! c ,ton4 1 sed as on tlu5 day of the p'Sd.-e oJ da. uul collected on the liist day ot mioG thereafter as pitcticabl-j, Bl'owinp ! : i:..;ty da entolthe Asidsiippi -iv iMi i i c i. ill it: t, a-..i b l-i 4. i i .. n 1 -. 1 i.e !: ode ..ill iriaiK.er 1 fistieiang sai l tux a.al2 be as toi'ov s : lii-iea 1 ol icci ivinf; the return on individual h-!f, as httttotore pmctiOiid, cuCh Disliict-(Jo lector wih be iVt.i d by the Mat -'.'.rthtcor with three copies of the tx dutbt i.i I t ..!: bini, witi i pprt priato Leud'.i tud .o,uiu!:b i jt nii cl u.e nii jictB ol laxdtion, and the cquiva t ot a tutirih c ,-.,k in uuiio sheets; the latter of wiiicn v. : i be n t h.iii m advai-co of the bock?. Upon the receipt i tit-? Li d n i e will iicincdiately place them in the ba?.d ! the AbrtMMf ot ins district, who shall proceed to malie the aenjiiit-ut3, itt-iiriuy: each tax payor to S'u his name io hid .-hLi-aiiic:it, having iirst been sworu according to tha louiiot lain i i thctiti instructions prescribed, and the As-H-.siir i ha.l c. rii y to each thtet acetrdisg to the furra tfn-reon pretcjitud- Tiie ai-.il -sjr ti.ail tra::ster the i heeta Iroii? time to time, ai they bec me tided, io the l'iitrict Collector, who etall tivtu-cnlie ih- nt into oiie ol the copies of the difroat, arrang u i: ih- name ct t.'ie tax i ajcra in alphabetical oidor; and miYr the a.-.rfes:-mfcittf are completed, and notice Riven, aLd time br hi am $ ar peala has expired, accorditg to law, the H. aiiK-t toilet tur hi.all piocitd t'j colicct the tuxes on the hrtH d iv ot June, lel. ai:d anall furnish the Commistiiouer it Tuxoii ai.d the Mate Collect or each with a copy of bib li-x b.H k, t;:; ir.iiiK-d iuto tto othtr two copies ot the digc si aa turn idled hsm, wh.ch copies shill be certified to by the i.,...enMor aa tiu- i.nd correct So much .l ti e imtruciionu c l li.h May. b o i, fct.d ot til tubbtquent itatiuctious aa me noi inconaineat wnh the existing tax lawo, and ad are i i iijiij.j i'.caiile to the tax laws cf as ameqded, are I, :cl y deci..itd .o be in full lorce. j iKHbtuv :'XiMtrki nv kction i;;e cf '!'.. Ti e !..:i:wu exeirp'.iona under the Kj.i.rii.i; . 1m 1, i.ivice ai.di.ional taxes fcLail THK ACT. Act ol 17lh bo Slowed iiv the A haetlM'Jl ". lu Vti;. 1 I. l u pntyil omii l.c:d if a family to the value ol 4"a' ;.ii.i t.r v.. eh minor cnihl cf a faniiiy to the further ii:a- o flu', ana tor taca kou actually engaged in the iii my or nav; , e.r who h.tn tiic or been killed in the mi'.ita i or nnv.ii t-"e:viee, and who waa a member-of the family luu he inicreit the beivic-j, to the further bum of II. I'rote ty oi the widow oi any ollicer, Hoidit-r, Bailor t r im .iii:,'. win' ii:av have died or been killed in the mili tary cu- l av hi servi-.-e, ur .here there is no widow, then tiimiertv i lias Uiiuily. it they are minor eaildren, to the va.un o! ;1,000. III. I'll p rt o: every ilVuer, Mcldier, E iin r or marine uctua lv el c: :-'..! in the- military or naval service, ot tuch i.ti hiive bin d. babied in tuch tervice, to tne value ol 11.(00. :o Th.-tcsc.oiuj t.-mntie.utj thall not bj allowed to unv person, v h-jBe propeity, exclusive of household fumi- 1,:. k), .11 i ; nesrcd at a value exceeding si.uuo. Where i.rrpeny he d or .i.vnei ua the SHh day ot February, i.i, h beeu ii i ivid cr dchtroved by tiie. enemy, or me owner n.i-. been teu;poian!y deprived of the use or occupancy ti eieut, or in ca c cl laudi, has been deprived ot themeane .,1 uit.Viiti k tht rume, by reason ol the presence or ,,..v,ii..tv . t P:L- t'cuiv. tne atsesaor may reduce the as- se:,:in nt n tu ii property ia pToportiou to the ciamage i,i.-i,iinnl lv u e owner, or if the it jury occurs alter asst-as-i.u ni. ami t'-!uie the iayii.eut ol the tax, the BP.nie may be iidjced in the hamc ratio by the- L'istiiot Collector, on sutiMucii !) fv;.Jti:co tubmititd io him by the owner or u: MT,M.r. I'ha ar.c.-aor is au'ihoiiz:d, ia reotivir.g rt tuiutt oi proj t r , i!io.i?y etc., to aum;uist.ei oaths to tax pay- !-, iii the t i:liv W l'J. teilni : Viiu d ) si,h luniy bweur thit jcu will render a t;ue and liiuhlal reuirn ami itatemcnt ol all the property, articles ..i oi iei-.ta lor which you are liable to taxation, and ol w i. n r lui-j ii ie(iu.:ed by law to be made at thia time, u. d that jou will n..t auNWeis make to all qacbtions which Mi.iil t..-- i.ir. n ou, tocciiiiK property or cilects, cr any . .. .noi.. n wi.irli n.av be ci iimtd, and also as to any taef j . leiereute ti.-tuto, aud thai ou shall t-peak the u uiLf whole im baud nothing but tna lruin, so neip you t..d." The Asm s.-.or, alter til'JiicHtcring this oath, will iLe-- inu irefra'.e the tax r-ftyer as to bis or her return, and an io any other tact or en cumsianee necessary to be known iu iiinvii k at a u ue rc-turc, and alter tne name bhall have Li eu euieieil in tiie ioi or sneei, iuc ia rnji;i win uc re Mutttd to t,)ii it, a heitinbctore staled. Ii any exemp tion is claimed, t:.oii.:t thii; lobe ascertained by tne AhKtsir wi.l bo whtib.r, exclusive of household larniture, ihd value ot tne propviiy cl tne tax payer subject to the tux, Mvordiif? to ihe ba-is ol valuation laid uowniulhe ct' i xi ic-. s' no thouwii.d dollars, if it does no exemp li.. u cau b.; ailo-cd. ii it does not the party will be iu- leirogaitd unu.r oath us to tho facts upon which it is i la.n.id, and ii the tacts be satisfactorily established, the , v.-iti:.i i..u will bi? allowed. :r' 'liif ouestioii a. :o whether the value of tho tithe ol isr'i ,,r tbotiii ut lMi4 is to be deducted from the tax on the v illi i t luomriv lor '.lit. has ao many atttnient ditlicul ties that n is utecitd lest not to settle it at present by the .runri.f. but in rclo.- it to Cot cress in ns m.etju.ir in Mav. Tne ux r.t btijs p:'oab:c nil June, no injury will ensue trv iu dt .y. i.i,iTi!.NAI. TAX OK rilCFlTS. LLVIKD CKl'liU ACT llTU KhElUAHV, 1SG4. Immediately utter receivii g tho necessary forms, the District t'oih ctors shall cause tneir assttsors to pro ......i ti,r, i ..). ih.-ir d sirieiB. and reouire returns ot the V V V - ' uri.ii s mace on trade and bush esc, such returna to be public made wiibiu Mich lime as m.y prescribed by noiici' a follows r I. nu a i nr. tts made by buyiai arid tellu-g at any ;,. li.-iurin ;bc brat dv ct JaLuarv. ISJ. and the lust dav ot jian.ar, iMll, anv seintuois l:qjors, Uju.r, wheat, corn, lice, w.n.-ir, molas-.cs or tyrup, talt, bacou, pcrli begs, bett or t etl cattle, bheep, oats, nay, ludder, raw hides, leather, l.oites, mules, boots, shoes, cotton varnj, wnnl. woolen, cotton or mixed clwihs, h..'.s, v-atrons, hi i.PfiM. coal. iron, steel or nai s, a tax of teu per cent, tl dl be assessed and collected. This tax is ia additioa to the tux on income and profits under the tax act of ilt'.h Apr.l, 1S63. 11. Ou all vrc-rVa made by buylaR and sellinc between the first day i t January, 13, and tho tirst aay ot January, ibt. money, t,oia, fciivtr, lorewu c-xehactre. BtocKs. notes. debts, credits or obligations ol any kind, ami any mfrchan dzi, proiH-rty or tllects of any kind, not enumcratedin the preceding pari'siaph, a tax ol ten per cxnt. in addition to the tax on fueis prcats a income, under tie act oi "21th Ami!. Im'iJ. snail be assessed fd ctdiected 111. On the aurouut ot ail prclita exceedinsr twenty live per cent, nia-.le daring the year I6G3 by any bank or bank ing company, mriiiance, canal, navigation, importing and exporting, lek graph, txpress, rauroad, manufacturing, dry 'Jock or oit.ei joint btick company 6f auy description, whether lnceriioriued or lo: a tax of twenty-hva ier cent hhail he awfe:reJ and collected on such excess, in addition to the income tux of tuch banks, companies or corpora tiona under the act ot iltn April, 1SU3 The estimates wid be made and the profits ascertained in the manner required by tho last mentioned act aa here U- fore. Fr the leturc of profits under paragraphs 1 ar-d II, form No. 12 will te used; and lor preiits exceeding 25 percent., nameu in this oarakratih. form no. la wiu oe usea. a but as ihe eetimates ae takon. the assCbSors will transfer them to the dien ;ct collector in the manner heretofore prac tued aua rtqjired by i . w, who shall proceed to collect . . . , 1 ... i : . . . . 1 - . a me-ui iviiLirna. ue luiiQ ol tne oatn io De aammisicrcu to the ux payeis and reterets is laid down ia article la ot K'pplememai instiuctiwna dated 3d September. 1S63. The iode ol asaertaimng tho amount of protits derived from me purciiaeo ai-u taie oi any ot the arucloa or objects re tirred to, will be mat laid down ia parfcjrtauh V, section ii tne act oi pria, isoa. : :t. Ihe taxes on incomes or profits. for the year 1SG4, w at ne at-seetcu aim cuiitt ;.tn accorame to the orovuion ot the tax and ascesi-meat pet of and will be due and payable on the liist day ot January, !Se5. Bat no income or profits deiivtd liom oroperty or tlTects durirc thiavear. which pioperty or ellecta are taxed upon amount or value by ihe tx act ot 17th February, lS(i4, will be subject to iLCome tax, under the proviiions of the act cf 24th April, i.-ba. a du no esunjateu rent, aire or interest on proiertv . i.i . . . . . jr creana taea ;a C(i;o, er.r snail De a-fcesseu or xaxeu a incomes under the tax act ot leG3, and the first Bectio'a of va.i i u suspoijdtu and excluded tberejroru, as fttnehdeu anu ifc-enacitu ou 17th ol February, 164. 34. au non interest bi-ai ing Uonlederate Treasury netcs, ol all denutniuati jns win be receivable at par in payment ot taxes up to the first day ot April, 1SC4, eat and until u i J ILie iilDL Uoy 11 ' I 11, AOV-x, v.-- first day of July, ibC4, west of the Mississippi lii?er Confederate Treasury potea cf tho denomination of live UlO AU dollars shall be receWable in payment of taxes at par un til first day of July, '64, east, and nntil first day of October, '04. west of the Missiasippi River. After ihat time they nhall be receivable only at the rate of sixty-six and two thirds cents on every dollar promised on their face. The new it-sue of all Treasury notes and the old under five dol lars will be receivable at par. AW Treasury notes of the dencmination of ten, twenty and nfty dollars, from ard after the 1st day of April, 1864, east, and the Jst day of July, 18C4, west of the Mississippi Ktver, shall only bo received in payment of taxes at tie rate of Hixty-aix and two third cents on every dollar pro mised on their faces ; but from and afier the 1st day of April, 1SC4, east of the Mintdmippi River, all Treasury notes of the denomination of .ore hucdrtd dollars Bhall cease io bo receivable is payment of Taxes at any rate. The certificates ifsned under the act to reduce the curren cy, approved 17th February, 1884, and the bonds for which they may be pxcharced, are receivable for taxes of the yenr 18G4, at the fud amount expressed on the fac, with out interest, and are not subject fo the tBx imposed for the year 1864 on other bonds and credits. From and a ter the 1st day i f Jemmy, 1&C5, none of Paul J ;eabury cotes thai! be receivable in payment of ttixs at any rate whatever. .'5. Joint stock compani.-s ir d corporations may return and p iy Ux rn the s-haieH ot the capital Etock thtm-'elvea. and w her.c vcr they shall elect to do so not ice thereof shall be given to the Phareholdcia, and to the collector of the tax district in which ti e place of buhines of m ch com panies or corpoiation ia rituate, and the shares in the hands 1 1 iiu'ividu. i str:M.c.Iders shall be exempt. TuoMPtoN Allah. ('onimiisioi.er ol TSxes. A RFECrACLK UL'aNSir.H AND 1113 SELF IMl'OUTiKCS I1UI1N Sifci BEF'.KS TUB V.AH AM) BCBkSIDS AFTBK TUE WaK TliE CONStgCEJCS IK A I.1TTK GLOH7. lie conduct and language ol Major (Jceral Iarn siilr1, in public atd in private, stem to be exciting a gcoJ deal of utttniijn in the North 'I he U'oi Id talus u:ider cLarge the particular cae of this conspicu ous inililary functionary, und thows up the tuddec tume-iuctioii of his individual imoortance-: A Mi j jr (Jeiitral of the American urmy who abctit ruving cf the imbecile clemency of the (Jo goes ncy of the Uovern- mcnt wLose t'oaimirsioa lie boars ; who calls heaven io witters litiore eamtaiy fadic-8 und papinj,' iSunday Kchcol children tir.it be is personally iLiioceut ol the ruin of tlio State ; who, iu olub3 an J on the highways bcaiB Lis breast Oilore bis astonished acquaintances and proclaims that if-he were iuviste.l wild the pow ers v. f.ich his cobscitntv tells him ho is divinely fitted to wear, he w-' uid " hang a lur.d.td citizens " cf New York before tl e 'Govern. cut cot.ld ititenere to stay his LaLd, is a phtriomenou worth considering. Those whom the spectacle inovts to compassion, and those vhcin it excites to indignation, nre alike at a loss to account lor ft. Yet, the explanation is Leaner difficult nor nniLtticsting. Three years ogo, Mr. AmbtoseE. Lurcsidj wis a quiet, rtipcctable citizen of the United ritat.es ; a man who i:o doubt knew Lis rights, and kno?ang dartd maintain ; but who Ulcw hia dutus too, and who would r.s toon Lave thought ot commanding the sun to stand sull that his cucumbers might ripen the better, as ci buving the iState by the force of hia private will and judgment. Jie was not reputed a Colossus of in tellect, certainly ; but he went about, among his fellow men, in a sutlicitnt odour of sanity, atd would, eo d:ubt, have been readily entrusted with letters of ad ministration cu the estate of aiorphan, or even with the delicate duties of a village church-warden. The war came and made him a soldier, lie lacked neither bravery nor intelligence ; understood the orders given to him, and executed them fearlessly. In an evil hour, however, success and promotion came to him such success, and a promotion eo rapid, that he one night found himself suddenly charged with the tremen dous rtspOLsibilitits of the supreme command over an army larger than any ever marched under the banner ol a Marlborough cr a Frederick. Bueath this tuddeu accession of authority, and the attendant adorations of the Tribune, Lis brais, of course began to reel. Bewild ered an J excited, he hurled his army upon a horrible ca tastrophe, and from that catastrophe emerged denoun cing his subordinates to disgrace witn a sweeping fury which ought to have warned the nation and the gov ernment ot the state into which he was rapidly drift ing. The warding was net heeded, lie was transfer red from the more or less limited -responsibility of a general within reach cf the White House, to the practically unlimited responsibility of a military prelect. v ith the wider sweep of power came a fieicer accession of the disease which power had de veloped. Commanding at 1 redencksburg he had been m rciy frerzied. Commanding in Ohio and Kentucky, he went sterk mad. lie became in his own eyes the Cajiur of the West ; arrested citizens without consult ing the Government in defiance even cl LUe Uovern- -- ,i I- , i - . ment ; Bvizeci Mr.. ananaignam on ins own motion ; cn his own motion tried him, contemning the united re monstrances of the Cabinet at Washington, and, but for the decision of his own court martial, would, on his motion, have hanged him. Even the rcclilessncs3 ol Washington was not proof against the alarming fea tures of the case a3 it now began tojpresent itself ; and, as soon 3 circumstances wouui permit, me insane cue tator was withdrawn, to be subjected to the gradually curative process ot a limitation of responsibility in his earlier functions as a mere general commanding a corps. KkmArks or Cex. Urkckinkidgk at TjYnciiel'rg, rA. iinj. (Jen. John (J. Breckinridge passed through Lynchbuig, on his way to Lis new command. The cit izens of the place serenaded Lint. He appeared and resnonded as follows : Fellow-citizens end Soldiers 1 cjnie before you to cfLjr my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon mc, not to make a speech, lor 1 have not mado an ad dress since the commencement ol the war, and I shall not make one until alter its close, but briefly to return you my thanks. I have never doubted and never ex pect to doubt the result or tne war in wriicn we are engaged, ail I regard those as wanting in devotion to the cause and traitors to their country who would doubt itr 1 regard the prospects of the Confederacy now better thau they have ever been since the com mencement ot thu war. Our people know it, the eoI diera know it, and the people begiu to acknowledge it. Ihe Northern people had mistaken us ; they regard ed us as an effeminate race ; but they haver found that mm to man we are more than equal to them. They believed that our voung men were wild ana .uncontrol lable, and could not bo brought to endure discipline, but have found that they could endure discipline, with entire paU2hce, anu U3 disciplined equal to any troops m the world. I have hitherto been serving m the West, but have now by the l'residit been assigned to a command on a new theatre Southwestern Virginia! This city, al though not within the bounds oi my department, ii she be invaded by the enemy, I should led it my duty to ruh to her defence, and though there are thousands oi the people who, properly out of the ranks cf the army, I have no douot tney wouiu ai any can rusu io tne ue fence of their Lomes with whatever arms they could procure to check the invader until the regular troops COU li DG DrOUKUUlU ucui- uuuu iucm, 1 thank you, gentlemen, lor tiie attention Bhuwu me and, with ycur permission, will retire. VASKKV. fcl'ECl'JUATlUaiS l' run va:. vn t l IS 'illl'l PiitlSPktTj OK I -AS 'i KltMUVA rios. TLc Washington correspondent of the Chicago limes, writir." of the probable termination of the war -j & sava : The aominwtrr.tiou is still endeavouring to make the public believe that the rebellion is cn eits and that the war will be ended with the campaign o nest summer. Never was there a greater delusion. To these who know the real facts, it is evident that the end cf the war, so .'ar as the conquest or the subjuga tion cf the South is concerned, is asrr off now as it was tuo -years ago. The South may not. have as many troops in the held ia lSeT a3 they had in lbOJ. . 15ut, if they only have three hundred thousand, they can give abundant employment to over six hundred thous and, and if they have four hundred thousand, they can attack Washington besides. It is understood that the South wiil act entirely on the defensive, and will seek to dr-iv our armies as far a3 possible into ihe interior cf the country, where they expect to defeat them. And there is very little doubt that they wiil depart from the defensive system, so far cs to make an attack upon Washington. If they do this, and act on the de'ftnsive everywhere else, they have means and materia! for carrying on the war ;or five years more. 1 am satified lrom the information that reachtd us, that Richmond will never be abandoned so long os the Confederacy can put fifty thousand troops in the field. TnE Usfrecedented Cold. The iutence cold of thia winter ha3 penetrated everywhere. The unprece deuttd low temperature in Italy has already been no ted. Heavy fails of enow have occurred in the South of rrni.ee, and the followim anneanctment comes from Km 7 1 t.e stvcritT ot the weather has been experienced- even at Sur z, wheie the utmost eoLStercation prevailed ia coLEcqutcces oi the discovery of ice a phenomenon previously unl iutd of on tie borders of the Ited bea. Os.e cf the ho., n roosters found Larking by its claws to the limb ot . tree, at New Albany, ludiai-a, had his last crow sticking clevtn inches out ot hia nioatb, and frcen still. QKW. JOHN STOW S REPORT OF OPERATIONS 111 MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA. Miwdxak, Miffl., Nov. 1, 1863. Generals. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General: Bib The following report of mv operations in the De partment of Mississippi and East Louisiana, is respectfully offered as a tubstitate for the imperfect one forwarded by me from Jackson on May 27th, 1K63. Whie on ry w.y to Mississippi, where I thought my presence had brcome necessary, I received, la obUo. on March I2ih, the tol lowing telpgrarn from the Secretary of War, dated March 0th: " Order Gen. Brepg to report to the War Department for conference. As?ume voun-elf direct charge of the Ar my o' Middle Tennessee." . In obedience to this ordtr 1 at once proceeded to Tnl a homa. On my arrital 1 in for in ed the becretary f Wat , b j telegram cf March. 19 h. that Oen. Braeg comd not then be tart to BicbmoBd, as he was ordered, on account ot th4 critical condition of his family. On the 10' h of April I repeated this to the President, and adued : " Being nnwell then, I afterwards became sick, and am not nov able to terve in the field (Jeneral Brapg is. therefore, neccrsa'y here." n the 23th rry un fitness for Bervice'in the field was repeated to the Secre tary of War. Oajhe 9:h of May, I received, at To'lahcm. th follow ing dispatch of the ean e date from tha Her-retary of V r : 'Proceed at once to Misswsippi and" take chief ccmuiAiid of the torct-H th9e RiviiJ g to those in the field, as far a practicable, the encouragement ai d benefit ofyourpei Bunal direction, " It is thus seen thit neither ny orders nor my hca'th per mitted me to vist Mississippi nl'tVr the l.'th of March, uutii the time-when I to k direct charye of that dtprtincit. From the time of my arrival at TuiJuhoma until the 14th ot April, Ueneral Pembei ton's reports, all by ifl-craph, indica'ed that the tflorU of iLe enemy would bu a,ainst General ttrdcg rahei than himselt. and looked to the abandonment of iris attempts on Vickbburg. In that of April 13th he saya : I am satisfied Rosecrans will be reinforced from Grant's army, t-hall 1 order troops to Tullahoma T On the I7tb of April Gen. Pembsrton telegraphed the re turn ot Grant and the resumption of tho operations egainst Vicksburg On the 'i3ih cf April, he telegraphed: 44 The enemy is at Bard Times, in large force, wi h harcen and traohports, indicating a purpose to a'.tack Grar d Gaif, with a view to Vicksbu.-g. He also reported heavy firing at Grand Gulf, i ho euemy sLtliing ouV batteries both above arid below." Outl.elatof iVayh teii'K'aphed : "AfariiHj bitile ha9 been going on since dalighi justbclnw Port Gibson. lihiemy can cross uil his army lrom Haid Times to Bruinsbtirg. 1 ehou'd have laige reinforcementa. Ene my's mcvemeut threaten Jt.cuou, and if successful, cut off Vicksburg and Po t Hudson," I at once urri d h;m to concentrate and attack Grant immediately on his landing ; and on the next day i sent - the lollowiug dUpatch to him : 'It Grant crosses, uaUe all your troops to beat him Buo ccss will give back what was abandoned to win it." I telegraphed to ycu on the 1st : 44 General Ptmbeiton calls lor large reinforcements. Thiy citmot be sent from here without giving np Tennessee, l an one or two bri gades be sent lrom tha m.V On the 7th, 1 again asked for rtinicrceoiems for Misiia sippi. I received no further reL Jit of ti e battle of Port Gibson, and on ho otb aeked Gea. Pembirton : 44 What is the result, and trhjro is Grant's army V .' r- oeivod no answer and gained no additional ibformat'o:. iu relation to either sub ject until 1 reached the Dep&i iuieut of Mississippi, in oho dience to my orders of May 9th. Then, cn May 13th, I received a dispatch lrom Gen. Peru berton, dated Yickshurg, May lath, asking lor reinforce ments, aj the enemj , iu largd force, was moving f.oin the Mississippi, south of the Big UUck, apparently towards Edwards' depot, "which will be the pait,e field if I can for ward sufficient lorce, leaving troops enough to secure the safety of this place." Before my arrival at Jacks jn, Giant had beaten General Bowen at Port Gibson, made good the landing of his army, occupied Grand Gulf, and was marching upju the Jackson and Vicksburg railroad. . On reaching Jackson, on the night of the 13 Lh of May, I found there the brigadea'of Gregg and Wa'ker, reported at six thousand; learned from General Gregg that Maxuy's brigade was expected to airive trom Port Hudson the ntxt da; that Gen. i'cmbei ton's forces, except the garrison of Port Hudson (live thousand) and of Vicksburg, were at Ed ward' dspot that General's headquarters at boviaa ; the four divisions of the enemy, utder bhermin, occupied Clintoa, ten miles west of Jackson, between Edwarcs' de pot and ourselves. I was aware that reinforcements were on their way lrom the East, and that the advance of those under Gen. Gist would probably arrivo tho next day, and, with Maxey's brigade, swell my lorce to about eleven thousand. Upon this iniormation, I sent to Gsneral Pcmberton, oa the seme nkht, (13th) a dispatch informing him of my ar rival, and of the occupation of Clinton oy a portion of Jrant's army, urging the importance ot re establishing communications, and ordering him to come up, if practica ble, on bherman's rear at once, and adding, 41 to beat such a detachment would be ot immense vanie. The troops here could co-operato. All the strength j ou can quickly assemble should bo brought. Time ij-ull important." On Thursday, May llih, the enemy advanced by the Raymond and clintou roads npon Jackson. Tho resistance made by tha brigades of Greg and Walter gave sufficient time for the removal of the public stores ; and at two, P. M., we retreated by the Canton load, from which alone wo could form a junction with Gen. Pembertou. After marching six mile the troops encamped. From thiii point I sent let Gen. Pemtortou the dispatch cf May 14th, ot which the following is a copy : "General: The body of troops mentioned iu my noto of last night compelled .brigadier oenerai uregg and his com mand io evacutttd Jackson about noon to-day. The neces sity of taking the Canton road, at right angle to that upon wnicn tne enemy apprcaenca, prevented an obsti nate defense. A body of troops, reported this morning to have leached llaymond last night, advanced at tho saaie ime from thiit direction, rnsonera say thit it was Mo heraon's. (four diiBions,) which marched from Clinton. 1 have no certain iuformation ot tho o'her; both skirmish ed very cautioudy. Telegrams were dispatched when the enemy was near, directing tien. inst to assemble the ap-. proacning troops ata point litty or fifty miles horn Jack son, ana uenerai ivinxuy to return to nis wagons, ana pro vide for the security oi un origaao -ior instance, by join ing Gen. Gist. That bojy of tioops will be able, 1 hope, to prevent me enemy iu julcksou ironi i raw log provisions lrom the east, and thU one mjiy bt able to kocp him from the crouLtry, towards Panoia. Can he supply himself trom the Mississippi '( Can you not cut him off fremiti" And above all, should he be compelled to tall b.ick for want of supp its, beat lam. As soon as the reinf ore .meats are all up, ihey must Ue nnitcd to tho rest of the army. 1 am anxious to see afore aasembled that may be abio to in dict a heavy blow upon the.inemy. "Would it not be hotter to puce tne lorces to support Vicksburc between Gen. Loring and that place, and mere ly observo the terries, so that you nv'ght unite, if opportu nity to fight presented itself. General Gregg will move towards Cantou to-morrow. If p.isoncrs tell the truth, the lorcos at Jackson must be half of Grant's aimy. It would decide the campaign to beat it, which caa be done only by concentrating, especial ly when the remainder oi mo eastern ir oops arrive ; they are to be twelve thousand or thirteen thousand." This dispaich was not answered. General Pemberton stated, in his official report, tnat it was received &t ai.x, y. M., on the 16ih, "whilst on the rUieat" lrom the battle field of Baker'u creek. On the next dayi Jnay mn trriaay. tne iroos under me marched ten and a bait miles further, to Calhoun sta tion. On the morning of that day 1 received a letter from General Pembertou, cateu u,uwaru a Uapot, May 14th, (Thursriav,) rive tony, r. ai., 441 scan move an cuujr lu-muuuw Hioxumga practica ble, a co.nff'i ot seventeen tuousanu on unions. Tho ob- iect is to eat ou me enemy a ccaiuiuniuauuns, ana lorce him tO aUaCH lUV, a wuo.uvi iu; ivim DUUltlOUl to justify an attack on tho enemy ia position, or to cut my wav to JacKson. This was ins nrst communication received lrom General Pembertrn alter my arrival at jacsson ; and from it 1 learned that he had not moved towards Clinton, ten hours after the receipt oi my oruer io uo so, ana mat tne junc tion of the fcrctB, which could have been etlected by the 15th was deferred, and that, iu disobedience ot my oiders, and in epposition to tho views of a majority of the council of war, composed of all his generals present, bemre whom he nlaced the subject, he had decided to make a movement by which ti e un:on would be imposaib'.e. Gen Pembertou wni immsdiately instructed that thore was but oue mode by Which we tould nuito, viz : by his moving directly to Clinton. The brigadier generals ropiesenting that their troops required rest, atter tn fa igue they had undergone in tha skiimishcs and marches pieceding the retreat frcm Jackson, aad having yet no certain intelligence of General Pdmbcrton's route, or General Gist's position, I did not move on Saturday, la the evening I received reply to my last dispatch, dated four miles south of Edwards' depot, Is ay ltith, stating it had reached him at six thirty that morning ; that 44 it found the rmy on the middle road to Raymond. The order of countermarch has been issued. Owing to the destruction of a bridge on Baker's creek, which runs, for some distance, parallel with the railroad., and south of it, our march will be on tho road leading from Edwards' depot, in the direction of Brownsville. Tine road runs nearly parallel with the railroad. In going to Clinton we shall leave Bolton's depot tour miles to the riaht. .1 am thus particular so that you may bo able to make a junction with this army.' in a to3tscript, ne re ported 44 heaty skirmifchiag now going on in my front." On the afternoon of the sme day 1 received Gen.Pem berton's flrfrt reply to the order sent him trom Jackson, to attack bherman, dated Bovina, Kay 14th, 9 o'clock 10 min utes, A. M., as follows : I move at once, witk my whole available force, from EdwardB depot. In directiug this move, I do not turn yon fally comprehend the condition yicssDurg wui do leuin ; but I ccmply at onco with your orders." On May 17th, (Sunday) I marched fifteen miles in tha di rection iudicated hy Gen. Pemberton 's note, receivedlhe previous evening. In the afternoon a letter was brought from him, dated Bovica, May 17th, a copy of which has been lorwarded to the War Department. In this, referring to my dispatch ot May 13, from Jackson, Gen. Pemberton wrote : 44 1 notified you on tne morning of the 14 h of the receipt of your instructions to move aud attack the auemj towards Clinton. 1 deemed the movement very hazardous, preterring'to remain iu position behind the Big Black and near to Vicksburg. 1 calied a council of war, composed ot all the general officers. a majority ot the effisers expressed tnemselves favorable to the movement indicated Stevenson, preferred a movement by which this army inignt enueavor iu cu iue enemy s tupput nuui the Mississippi. My own views were exyresaea as nnfa vorab.e to any rxovement which would remove me from my base, which was, aud is, Vicksburg. l aid not, how ever, see fit to place my own judgment and opinion bo far in opposition as to preentthe movement altogether ; but believkg the only pctsibiiity of success to be ia the pUu proposea ot cutting cfl ihe enemy's .upplios, 1 directed ail my d sposhle lorce, say seveuteea tbi-usand five hua drbd, towaids Kaymond yr PUlop's." I1 ls coutaiued intelligence ot lm engagement with the enmy oa the Ibth, near iJiiier'ii creek, three or four miles lrom Kdward'a denot. andot bis having been compelled to withdraw, Kwita heavy loss, to Big BJack bridge, no farmer exprees- ed the apprehension that he wcnld be compelled to -fall back frcm this point, and rey esenied thit it so, hi po sition at fcnyder'B milla w u!1 1,.. n .tenable, and said : "I nave about sixty dsys provision at ick6burjr a- d fcny dei's 1 iespfctmily await your in-trnctionH." 1 imn e diatrlv repfctd, N ay 17ib : If Ha nit' blvfl be uuuna il6' ''ir is 'f no value, and cannot be- held If. theiefore, jouare iuv sted in Vicktbnrg. on must u!t tnately fnrretder. Under such circunii'ttiru.Ya. limN-ad ol losing both trm ps and plfce, you mnt, d ,i.Hhih!e, save the troops. It ja t too late, tvacuiie Vck.b'ug and its depekdeuchs, a 'd mtin h to tb- Porh-ast." Tfiar weht 1 was mfoimed that (ieneri! Pcmberton had fallen back to Vicksburg. On Monday, May the 18th, Get-. Fembt ri! n inform ed mo. by lett.r, daitd VicktUurK, May 17th, h.i. he had jo tircd within the line or entrenchment) ri ud Vicksl.u-g havir.g been attacked a: d li iced back from B it Black bridge, nd that he had o:durud Uavneb' blufl to be ubu loLd. His letter cctciuded with the followir g remarks : 4 I greatly rgreitl atl felt compelled to make tne advance beyond Big Biack, wh ch has proved so disastrous in its results." It will be remembered that Gen. Pembert n fx peeied thit Edward's depot would be the battle fiald be fore 1 reached JakDGn, (.see his d'spjtch of the 12th, al ready quoitd,) and that his army, betoie he receded any orders irem rne, m hr?en or eight milen. tait of tho Big Black neai Edwards' depot. Ou W ay ltiu. Gen. PcmbertOi.'.. reply, dated Vicksltirg. May lth o ray c mmuntcdti n of ihe 17th was brou li me, near Vrnou, wh::ie 1 had gone .iih the troops order my cjuiiudud, ior th purpose o' erJeetiuK a j l.ction with him, in the event v.f his evhCuatijg Vi ksvni, as 1 had or dered, in which he ai vised me ibt he had -Kbtembied a CwUucil of war ol the goneral officers of this Ccmmard. and having Uid your iufctruciioijs before them, asked the free expression ot their opinloi s as to tha practicability of car rying tUeui out. The oouiju as unnnimouily xpressed that it WfS impossible to witndraw the tnov lioiu this po sition with tuch m rule ai.d material, as to b; of lutther service to the Cot-ftderacy." On receisijg this informa tion, 1 replied, -41 am tiyiug to gdher a fo'ice which miy att:mpt to relieve y ru. H id uui." The same day 1 sent orJeia to Maj. Gen Gardner to evacuate Port Hudson. I then determined, by easy marches, to re-establish my Ihie bctwteu Jackson aud tlatitou, as the junction of the two cuu mands hud become impressible. Ou the VOth and 21st i f May, 1 as joint d by the brig ades of Generals Gist. I etor and Mcfiair 'Jho division of General Lonng, cut tfl'lrom General Pembertou in tha bat tle of Bafcer'a creek, iracbcd Jickbou on the 20rh, and General Maxey, with bis biigdde, un the 23d. By the 4th ol June, the ar a y had, in addiviou to these, been rein toiced by the bngado ot General Evans, tne division of General Breckinridge, and the division of cavalry, number ing two ti.outand egbt huuured. commaodtd by Brigadier General YV. H. Jackson- tauaall as was thii torce, about twenty-toor lhourai.d li.fantry aud artillery, Uut tne third of that of the enemy, it was dtficient in artilltry in ammu nition ior all aims, aLd field transportation, and cou:d not be moved upon that eutmy, aiieady entrenching his Urge lorce, with any Lope of success. The dralt npon tne country had so far reduced the num ber at horses and mules tht it was not until late iu June that draught animals could be procured, from distant points, lor tha artillery cud trains. There was no waut ol eummissary supplies in the depart ment; but the limi'ed tr.li 'Sporiatiun caused a deficiency lor a moving aiiny. On the Til ot May, I received a dispaich from ajor General Gardner, daied Pert Hudson, i!ay Vlit, informing me that tte euomy was about to cross at Bay ou ir-ara ; lUat the wUcle loice Ircm Baton Bonge was. m his troat, and askug to be ic-inf jrced. Ou this, my orders lor the evacuation of Poit Hudson were repeated, aud he was in formed : 44 You cannot be re-intorced. 'Do not allow your seli to be hmstcd. At every risk, save the troops, and if practicable, move iu th;3 direction." This dispatch did not reach G-no.al Grunei Pott Hudson being thcji in vested. T About the 24th of May, the enemy made suih demon strations above the big Black and towards Yazoo city, that 1 sent Walker's division to Yazoo city, with orders io tor tUyit; and the demonstrations beig renewed, placed Lome's division wiihiu supporting distance ot Walker's, and, in person, took post at Canton. Dispatches arrived from General Pcmberton, dated Vicksburg, May 2(Hh end 21st. Iu that ol the 20th, he tilated that the enemy had assaulted hit entrenched lines the day belore, and weie repulsed with heavy loss. He estimated their lorce ut not ctS than sixty thousand, and afeked that musket caps be sent, they ben g his main ne cessity. He concluded : . "An army will bo necessary to save Vicksburg, aud that quickly. Will it b-i sent? ' On thu 2lst, ha wrote : "Tne men credit, aud are encouraged by a report that you are 'near, with a laigo force. They are fighting in good spirits, and their orgauizition is com plete." Cii a were sent aa fast as thty arrived. On May 29th I sent dispatch to General Pembertou to the following effeci : lam too weak to save Vicksburg. Can do no more iLn. attemot to save you and your garrison. It will bo imuosable to extricate vou, unless you co operate, and we make mutually fcupportirg movemeuts. Communicate your plaua and suggestions il possible." The receipt of inis was acknowledged ia a communica tion, dated Vicksburg, June 3d, iu which Geueral Poniber ton says : 44 We cau got no information from outsida as to ytin" position or ttitngih, and very little iu regard to the enemy." In a dispatch, dated June 10th, from Gtu. Gardner, Ihe first received since his Investment, he repotted haviig re puiBed the enemy ia several severe attacks, but that he was getting Bhort ot provisions and ammunition. To which I replied, June 15th, intormiug him ihat 1 hid no means of relieving him, adding: ueneral Taylor will do what ha can on the opposite bide of the river. Hold the place as long as you can, and it possible witndraw in any direction, or cut your way out. It ia very important to keep Banks aud his foices occupied." in a dispatch dated June 20lh, 1 sent him word that General Taylor had intended to attack the enemy opposite Port Hudson on the night of the 15tn, and attempt tj send cattle across tht river- Iha want cf field transportation rendered ary move ment for the relief oi Port Hudson impossible, had a march in that direction been advisable ; but such a march would have enabled Grant, who had now completed his strong lines around Vicksbuig, to have cut my line of communi cation, and destroyed my army ; and from tho moment that I put my troops in march iu that direction, the wnole of Middle and Nona Missiasipp'i would have been open to the enemy. On June 7th I repeated the eiubatanco oi my dispatch of May 29th to Gen. i'eniberton. un the 4th of June, t told tho Secretary of War, in an swer to his call for my planB, that my only plan was to re lieve Yicasbuig, and my force was Ur too tttnall for the purpose. . ou jaa0 the 10th, 1 told him I had not at my disposal half the tioopB necessary. On the 12tb 1 said to him, 4 4 to take from Bragg a force which would make this army fit to oppote Gram, would iuvolvo yielding Tenuesseu. It is for the Government to decide between thia btate and Tounoseee." On the 14th, I Beat General Pcmberton the following : 44 All that wo can littempi to uo is to save you aua your garrison. To do this, exaoi co-operation Is indispensable ; Sy fighting the enemy bimultaneously at ihe same points ol his line you may ba extricated. Our joiut forces cannot raise thq siege ol Vicksburg. My communication with the rear cau beat be preset ved oy operating north of the rail road. Inform me soon as possible, what points will suit you best. Your dispatches cf the 12th received. General Taylor, with eight thousand men, v ill endeavor to open communications with jou fioai Kichniond." To this com munication Gen. Pemberton replied, Juno 2rst, leconi mendiug me to move north of the railroad towards Vicks burg, to keep the euemy attracted to tnat md, and stating that he would himself moe t the proper time by ihe VVai renton rod, crossing itie Big Biack at Hankiuauu'a terry ; that, 4 the other roads are too strongly entrenched, and the enemy in ton heavy torce, tor u reascntjc prospect ot iuccese," unless 1 could compel him io Abandon his com munications by Sn dei's Oa the ljth 1 expressed to the Department the opinion that without some great blunder of the enemy, we conid not hold both, (Mississippi and Tennessee) anu that 1 con sidered saving Vicksbuig nopeless. . On tho 18tn I saidt Grant's position, naturally very otrong, is ettrenched and protected by powerlul aitiilery, ml t be roads obstt acted. His reinloreeaunts have been .i,-t tonal to mv wholo force. The Big Black covers him trom attack, and would cut cfl our retreat if Bl io or,H onniil cnt i.ff mir Trrj-at ir drfflnt- ed On Jut.o the 22d, in reply to a dispatch from General Peuioertonot the loth, in which he said that, though liv ine on greatly reduced rations, he had sullicieut for twen ty das. 1 informed him that General Taylor had been sent by General K K. 8mitb to co-operate with him from the west bank of the Mississippi, and that, in a day or two, I would try to make a diversion in hia favor, and if possi ble ODen communications ; adding, 44 though I fear my force i8 too email to eflect trie latter. 1 have only two thirds of the force you told Messengei Saunders to state to me aa the least witn which 1 ought to make an attempt, fccouta report the enemy lortitymg towards us, aud the roaus Aday cr two after thi3 a dispatch was brought me from Geo; Pemberton, dated June sd, suggesting that 1 suould make to Grant "propositions to pass mm ay out witn an its arma and equipage ;" reuewing his hope of my being able by force ot arms, tc act witu hiaii and expressing the oDinion that he could hold for fifteen cay longer. To this disnatch I replied, June 27th, informing him that Gen. E. K bmith'a troops had fallen back to Delhi, and that 1 urged him to assume tne direct command: and continued, 4-ihe determined spirit you miniiest, and this expected co-oper- hnna thst LnmuthtF rr nun vat liA atien. encourage uie iu "f- BueeestediOf merely extricating the garrison. Aiegotidtiona with Grant, for the ie lief of tne ganisou, ehonld they be .oolirv. mnatbe made by you. It would be a con fession of weakness on my part, which I ought not to make .1 oa them When it became necessary to maSie ... .u. mi. ha considered as made under authority." On the 23th June, iitdd transportation aud other supp.ies v. v. r,Ktin-d. the army marched towards tbe Big BU jk, and,' ou the evening cl July 1st, encamped between Brown 'He and tho tiTcr. . Hacounoissances. waich occupied the tecond and third, convinced me that the attack norm ol railroad was nn i iiu.prniii.ed. tneretore, to make the exami o.;.. ..ani for the attempt Booth of the railroad. Thinking, from what-wa already known, that Uie chaLce for success wan mucu - qaences of delet might be more disastrous, im ih ntTht-cf the thiid, a messenger was sent to Gen Pemberton with iniormation that an attempt to cieaie a d.version would be made to enable him to cut his.way out aii tv,t i imnod to attack the enemy about the seventh. tin ti, nth. however, we leatned ihe fall ol Vicksburg and, tbcjefor. fell back to Jacksou. . Tha nrmv rPAched JhCHbou the evening cf the teventh and on ihe morning cf the ninth the enemy appeared ia huo.t. w in front of the works thrown uo tor the de fence of the place. Tnese, consi6tug ol a, iino ot lille rr..in At intei Vila ior ur tiller v. extend jd lioni a poinWnorth of tho town, a little east of the Cahtou road, to a point Bouth of the tow a, within a short disiance ui Pearl river, and covre most oi the approaches weetoi the river ; pat wore badly located and constructed, pre senting but a 'slight obstacle to a vigorous assault. The troops pjiMcptly took their positions io tho entrench ments on the appr srancft of the enemy, in expectation of an immediate assault. Maj ec. Lor in a: occupying the r'ght; Maj. Gen. Walher the right of the centre; Msj. n. Prench the left of the centra, and Mej. 5en. Breckicridae the. left. The Cavalry, nnder Brig. Gen. Jackson, wa or dered tc observe and guard the roads of Pearl river above and below the town The reports that bad. at various tim s beira mcd.i o me bv tha commfliidinK ofiiepra of the troops encamped near Jackson, of th-5 scarciij ot water, led me to believe that HberBian, who ndvaEced inhoavy order of battle trom Clin ton, could not besiege, but w.mld bo compelled to make an immediate assault. His army was represented to ccn slst ol Ins own ftnd Ord's army corps, nnd three divisions io additioa. The spirit and confidence raauiteated by the whole army under my command, were such that, notwith standing this vast superiority of numbers, 1 tcit assured, with the advautape given by the entrenchments, weak as they wcie, an assault by him would result in his discom fiture. Instead of attacking, the enemy, as soon m they arrive d, cemmetced entrenching and constructing batteries. Ou thedourth, there was spirited skirmishing with slight can nonading, continuing throughout the djy. Thia was kept up with varying intensity and but little interrupt? n, until the period of our evacuation. Hills, commanding and en circling the town, within easy cannon raDe. otlered favor able sites for batteries. Acnsi fire i f shot and shell reachtd all parts of the town. Rhowmg the ponrion to he entirely untenable against a powerlul ai tiller v. On the eleventh I telegraphed the President, 44 If tho po sition i nd works were not bad, waLt of etorew, which could not be collected, would make P impo.-sible io stand a sfcgo. It the enemy will not attack, we must, or at the last mo ment withdraw. We canuct a.tack seriously without risk ing the army." Ou the twelfth, besides the usual tkirmiihing, there was a heavy cannonade lrom the batteries near the Canton and south of tha Clinton roads. The missiles reached all parts of the town. An assau't, though net a vigorous one, was also made ou General Breckinridge's ime. it was quickly repelled, however, principally by the direct fire of Cobb's and Skcumb's batteries, and fUuk attack of the skirmish ers of the First, Third aaid . Fourth Florida, and Forty seventh Georgia regiments. Tne enemy's loss was two hundred prisoners, nearly the sime LU'nber killed, many wounded, and the colorB of the Twenty-Eighth, Forty-First and Fifty-Third Illinois regiment. By the thirteenth, the enemy had extended his line?, un til both his flanks rested on Pearl river. I telegraphed the President on the fourteenth, that a large force lately Lift Vicksburg "to turn us on the north. This will compel ns to aoandon Jackson. The troops be fore us have been entrenching Pid constructing batteries since their arrival." On the filteenth I telegraphed the President : 4iTLe ene my is evidently making a Biege which we cannot resist. It would be madness to attack him. The remainder of the army under Xirant, at Yickeburg, beyond doubt, ij ou its way to this place." On tho sixteenth of July, information was received that a large train from Vicksburg, loaded with aumiunitiou, was near the enemy's camp, liis and the condition of their batteries, made it probable that fcherman would, cn the next day, concentrate upon es the fire of near two hun dred guna. It waB also reported that tho enemy had cross ed Pearl river ia rear of their left flank. - The evacuation of Jackon that night was, therefore, determined ou. Our withdrawal was effected on tho night cf the six teenth- All public property and the eick and wounded, except a few cot in a condition to bo moved, hud been previously carried to the rear. The right wing retired to wards liracaon Dy tne new Jt5ranun road, end lelt wing by tlio old Brandon read. The cavalry remained to destroy the bridges over the Pearl river, aud observe the enemy. The evacuation was not disco vuied by the enemy until the next day. Our loia, during the eiege, was est'mated at seventy-one killed, live hundred and tour wounded, and about twenty five iiissing. The army retired by easy marches to Mor ton, distance About thirty-five miles lrom Jackson. De sertions during the aiege and oa the parch, were, 1 regret to saj, freTjuent. ;wo divisions of the tnemy with cavalry, drovo our cavalry through Brandon oa the nineteenth, re turning to Jackson tho next day. Their objectB Boomed- to be to uestroy the railroad bridges and depots. Col. J. L. Logan, commanding a mounted force around Port Hudson, reported three successful etgagemeuta with detachments of the enemy. On ihe twellth of July l received information from Col. Logan of the turrendi. r cf Port Hudson ou the ninth MobEequently the report ol Major Jacksou, Assistant Ad jutant General, was received, informing me of the surren der. That clh;er stated that provision was exhausted, and that the position of the enemy rendered it impossible tor the garrisou to cut ita way out. But two th usaud fiv -hundred ot the gairiaoiij weie fit for duty at the time of ihe surrender. The enemy advanced against Yazso City both by land and water, on the 13th. The attack by the gunboats was handsomely repulsed by our heavy battery, under the com mand ol Commander Isaac N. Brown, oi the navy. J he Dekalb, the ilag ship cf the hostile tquadrcn, an non clad mouatii g thirteen guns, was sunk by a torpedo. To the lorce advancing by land no resistance was malo by ihe garrison commanaed by Col. Oieascn, of the 2'Jih North aroiina regiment. Here follows a review cf aomo minor poinis ia the or deia, and Gen. Johuston then proceeds : Ti e lime lo strike the enemy, with the best hope ol sav ing Vicksburg, was when he wm landing near Bruiusburg. rl'o do this, wuh any proBpectof Buccess, a rapid conci liation oi all tho forces should have been made, and au at tack. Under this con vie Lion 1 telegraphed to General Pembertoa on May 1st, from Tulluhjina : 44 if Grant's aimy lauds ou this side ot the river, the safety ot Mmsis Bippi depends ou beating him. Por that object you should umie your wnoie lorce. Ana agam on May zd: 44 n Uraut crosses, unite the whole lorce to beat him ; cucccss wnl give bacK what was abandoned to win it." These instructions were Lglecitd, and time was given to vrant to giiu a lootbold iu tne biaie. At Port Gibson and Baymonu detachments of our troops were defeated and diiveu bucK by overwhelming numbers oi the enemy. On the i3th, when 1 learned that there were tour divis ions of the enemy at C.intou, distant twenty utiles trom the maiu bedy ct Gen. Pembenon'a forces, 1 gave him-or-ders lo ait acs: them, aud notified him tnat we couid co operate. Tnis oruer Gen. i'einbenou iasoviuyed, and Bo reported to mo ia iiis lcttar ol te i7th. It directed him to move twenty mdes to tne east, to co-operate wuh me in attacking cbcrinau. He moved to tho &outn, and nude our Co-operauou and junction imposaihie. He claims tnat tjiis order compelled mm to make tuo advance beyond the Bg Biack. which proved bo "disastrous." Belore 1 had reach ed Jackson, aud betoie the order was given, Gen. Pember ton made hw first advance beyond (cast ol) tho Big liiacli, . to tdwards' depot ; afier lUo receipt ot tne order, ia vio lation of it, be made his second and UHt advance trom that point to the fietd ct baker's dec It. He lurtner ciaimrf that this order caiued ihe tubveisiou of hia 4 matured plans." 1 do not know what those plans were, but am suittied to find matured plans given up ior a movcinm in violation of my orders, rejected by the majority dt his council ot war, and disapproved las bo states) by himself. On the lnti ho wrote u-o that it he could collect force enough, Ed wards' dpot would bf the battle lieid. The hatt.e of Baker's creek was fought three or tour mdes from tdwarda' depot Thu presence oi the enemy was reported to him the nignt before. Thsre was no apparent Obstacle to prevent his resuming his original position and Carrying cut nis "inmr ed p ans." It is a new military principle that when au oftio jr dis obeys a positive order of his superior, that superior be comes responsible lor any measure hia subordinate may k choose to faubsiitute for ihat ordered. But had the baftie of Baker's Creek not been fonght, Gen. Pemberton's bejiet tnat Vicksburg was ni baso rendered hia ruin inevitable. He would still have been besieged, and therefore captured. The larger lorce hd would have car ried itothe lines wouid have added to and hastened the catastrophe. His disasters were due not merely to ns en tangling hiaiseil wuh thu advancing columns ot a superior and uuobservea enemy, out to nis eviueut uoieiiuina.tion to bo besieged in Vicusnurg, instead oi matcoavniig to pre vent a siege. rv.nviuctid of the imposaibiliiy of collecting a fcudi.iient force to break ihe investment of Vicksburg, obou.d it be fomuloted appreciating mo uiuicuuy oi cAincaimg the ov 4 .,iA ,h t Vii L-almr.r u nil Pur, II.. , nad lost most of their value by tho repeated pasaaga cf armed vefcssla and transports, 1 ordered tno evacuation of both Dlacea. veu. uaruuer uiu not receive iu.b oruer be fore the iavestment of Port Hudson, it at all. Gea. Pem bertou Bet asiue mis oruer, u-uer uiu auvico oi a Council of war ; -ana tnougu no nau m vicusourg eigut tiiousand fresh troops, not u'morahzed by deieat, decided that "it waa impossible to witnuraw tne army 1 rem tnis position, with BUCU JWoraie aua lutticimi oo j uo ui juriutr Eorvice to the Coniederacy ; but -to noiu vicdsnu.g as long as possible, with tne fiuu nope that tne Gov en uieut may ye4. L able to assist me iu keeping this obstruction to the ene my's tree navigation ot tne aiihBissippi river." Vicksnurg waB creatly unpeilacd wheumy ii .motions lrom Tullaho ma, to concenttate, were ncgiect.d, It wai lost when my orders of the 13th and IStii ol Miy were ds .beyed. To this Ioeb wero adued tUJ labor, pnvatiOi-s, auj cet tain cap ture of a gallant aim, nhen mj orders UT ita evacuation were set aaiue. In this report 1 hvo boon compelled Lo e.U'r into m.iay details, anu to nitiiie Bomo uinuiuaytraiuui upon the con duct of Geu. Pembjrtoa. i be oi:e WiiS no piiEA-ant tslt the oilier a most pAioiul duly ; btu have been lorccd u ,ou ma by the clli-i-ti lepurt o; Gea. r'tiubiiitou, mde to 'the VVai Departiuent instead oi to me, io wnoinit was du?. Gen. ftmbtrtcn, oy uiiecw asBer..ion anu r.y ituplication, puts upon me the reponsitiiiy ol the niovement vhich led his army to ueiuat at cuKer s cretK an.l Big Biack bridge delcuts whicu prouueed the lots oi Vicksbuig and its aimy. This statement ui- ooeu circulated by th p:e;s, in more or less detail, aaid wuh mom or lessmarKaol au ofhcial character, until my silence oull be almost &n aciiuow- led cement of ihe justice ot the onarge. A proper regal o. tor mogoou upmiou oi my uoveniriieui has compeileu me, mereiure, to inrow aside HjAt delicacy whicti l would triuoiy nae ooserveu towarcsj broifccr oi- ficer, fcufiermg aiUca uaaeteived ohkq iy, and to show that in his hi rt cauipaign Geu. Peniheiton mde not a single movement in cbuuiencj to my orders, and rega ded Lone of my instructioub; and, haauy, uid not embiace the only onuortunitv to sive Lis army, tnat given by my orcer to abandou V ickauui g. Moit respect! u.ly, Your o bedient tcrv. nt, J. K. JOHNSTON, Gjiier!. The Mr.lTNTATH DEPARTMENT. The Bristol Gi zdte .nnnouue-is that Gtn. William K. Join s haUc lnlbf-rtiAii' fJiiD. with some tCICU iXUlUVAJ) llll VUU uiuvwou - 1 fiftf-i-n hnntlnd rrif-n. .ncludii.cr tiie Kiffhth V lrgiol Cavaliy and Wiicher'u hittalion. U trite we prumti the recent report td the rc capture ol OumlxrhiiuJ tiap, which ia still a fculi ct oi uuxioua epi cuktiou. We ie;irn that lr.Bt wetU a CiValj tku ubmi Hok place below MorrUiown, wsalting iu our totcib aiivin Duck the tneuiv. A lo.ce ct the oneu.j'a civufry y imi .-.t viit.a-.iirir. twrcntv-two inih s b- low i.'"' viile, oa Saturday laat. . . , j , -il'H 11 18 fcuia inai our iniio... 1 L... them back. Jn thw bkirimati we are rponcu 4" lost eight, killed. A general engagement is expeicu. eitreme cold, ref zing weather otlho Ia8t f j h pretty effectually done for this yew. , of thia tbe most lu?cicn9 of Pomona's treasures. fp exchan e;pH penrraliy, not only in this State, but in th ad" joiniDtj, and even in-Florida, express the earae fearB in regard to the crop. This is to be regretted, aa 'an abum-aucs of fruit helps out an impoverished larder. jAusta Chronicle ft Sentmcl, 2ith inst. .'JT,ere ia not iit"r,rcaent aljrTglc cotton spindle in ope ration in the city of Lowell, MaP83chnBetta. The mills which formerly gave employment to about thirty thous and ft males, arc row as silent as the tomb. A leading Republican paper says that "fven if the Administration bag committed some mistakes, it iauae ef?g to cry over spilt milk." "Yes," saya Prentice, "but we cannot help crying over needlessly ppm blood." Dkvartatict n y S i i k R3i a x. The )rand0D-(Misii) Republican publiabca a list of nearly a column in length cf tic loss?? of private citizens by the Yankees with Sherman. Tiicy rango from 1,000 to $100,000. Among lli!? heaviest loosers arc : In lirandon, A. (. Mayer, $70 000 ; 7. . Laiicasters 8C0.000 ; R. P. IT. Lamb, $80,000; Uenry Sc Tappan, $10,000 in Rinkin, R. Khotwell t Son, $100,000 ; Mrs. Melton, $75,000 ; Ir. JI. U. Parker, $."0,000 ; AVm. U. Hat tie. $15,000 ; A. O. Mi'lcr, $10,000 ; and Mrs. Rat chff, $40,000. CAir4 UK THE lttii W. C. T., IEAR Libkuty Mills, Va., Feb. 6th, 18C4. J THU UNDERSIGNED respcctlully announces to tho citizens and soldiers of Bludon County, that he ia a candi date lor the cffic2 of Phenfl of eaid County, and would bo pleased to receive their support. If elected he pledges himself to discharge the duties of the office with the same fidelity and i:cal which ho treats has characterized him an a soldier. BEXJ. F. R1NALDI, Capt. Co. A, 18th N. C. T. March 2nd. ISCi. M A It UHCO. . In this town, on tho "27th ind-, bv Rev. A. Paul Replton, Mr. DANIEL, b'. Ht.'ULL, to Mrs. ELIZABETH EVANS. L1K1. Oa the Uth inst.. at her Brother's residence iu Bruns wick Cuua'y, ilABTIlA J. LEWIS, of Now Hanover County, in the 2tith rear of her age. bhe was a confident member of tho Baptist Church for upwards cf ten years. At Fiemirgton, N. ., W. !c M, 11. 11., on tho morning o f the 2-tth inst., CABBIE CAIltiOLL, yotngest daughter of tiicholaa and Mary C. Carroll, aged 2 years, 5 months and i days. WILMINGTON MARKET, March 30th, 1804. Ssi kef Cattle Are in demand at high prices anu scarce ly ay coming to market. We quote on the hoof at . to $1 50 per lb. for net meat, as in quality. Bacon MeliH lrom carts in the wmall way atJG per lt. Bkkswax-$J fiO to $1 per lb. BuTTEa $S to $7 per lb. Corn In demand, and market hare. We quote at $20 per buatiel. Cokn Meal la scarce acd in demand. BeM from the granoriea at $'24 per Lunhcl, in lota to suit. CorrsKAS Retails at $i to U per lb. Cotton Bniall sale dunng tlio wools at tl.per lb. m Fgu3 -From cirts, $5 a M per do7.eu. Floeu Hales for the week at prices ranging from t'270 to $J0O per bbl. for superfine- Foookk $18 to $20 per 100 lbs. 11 iY SIS to $20 per 1C0 ibs. Bidks Utetu $'2 00 to $2 fiO, end dry $1 to Jb. Leather i'le $L'2 50 to $13 '2a, and Upper 11 per lb. Laud By the hid. f!' fo $J u0 per lb. $1 50 per $13 50 to Nails $1 to $2 2a per Jb. Poultky Live lowU 1'2 to $ each and drf sted M to per lb. Tea Nuts $20 to $2.) per Bushel. I'okk. FrcBh, $5 to $ per lb. Potatoes. Swoet $-0 to S'2j, and lush $2". to $:i0 per buhel. Bice CleaD, $1 to $1 2." per Jb. r-ALT doui.d mado sells at $25 to $30 per bushel. t-uoAR- $'J to $10 per lb. fciiEK'iiNci. Fa ettevillo factory, $i 75 to $5 per yard, by the bule. r riKirs Tunrb.Ni ink U held at t Per gallon. Tallow- fi 50 to H per lb. V a UK By the baie, $5U per lunch. Wooi bells hy trie hnai mat at $.0 to $22 for pine, $25 to $2K lor awh, f.ud $.(0 to $.'16 pr cord for oak. sno iint'Aiu). a RUNAWAY bltOM T11H t-UBsCTRlBEU, on the 26th iust., two negroes named rdACK aud DhLlLA. &iack ia low aud ainut built, bUcit, wi lghs 1.0 pounds, . i : I , .i.Ia ... I... . I- .. X. ... I. .. I i . . anil id JO yearn Oiu. ibui? io in.ii.ivy nuni, jciiuw vuior, 1.1 years o.d, anu very likt-ly. fcatk'8 mother uves in WJ mington, ur Mr. AgoHiiin's. Tho aboe reward will bo mud lor iht ir delivery to mc, or lor their couiiuemont in jail I-1- r. WJLKuN. M?trch31 . 27-Si filOO KKlVAUU. X Tt AN AWAY iroui ihe bubscribrr in Brunswick county, on the. '2'2d inMt., my man NATHAN. 4ln is abmit r feet 2 or A imkH h gu, htout built and toler- . . - .... i.:. i. ,1 o. ,1 tVt. Lit aoiv o.aca, iiilb i rem ku m, . i v u . i. . . . u v. w, .,. side of his head, and the hair over tho two Bears very closely cut wiih rcksors. I will give the above reyurd lor tha apprehension aud delivery of the ba d boy to mc at my imiucnce, or hm colt Qnement fnjai; so man cau get mm. mii,OT March 31 at. ... . . Nonet:, I AM INFORMED THAT MY WIFE PUinClLLA HEW ETT, has lelt my hf.mo in Brunswic" Co., N. C., with out rcdson or provacatiou , ana guno io eouiu aionna wuii one Jmnes Bhi.il-js. This is to cautioii all persons not to trust her on ray account, aud to advise tticiu not to do ho t,aLerOWU JOHNUEWETT. Co. C. '2rftfc N. C. Bet. March 23lli. . JV'1. riiincK. A T TL'K COUitT of l'icas and Vuartor Ecssions, held A. fur tho County ol New llauover, buio of North Caro liua, ou the secobd MioLday in Maich, 1K04, 1 took out lot, iora ot admiaistraiion oa Uie estato of Charles H. Alexan .!. ,i .-..ihck All liters out having claim ugamst said es- Ute! are hereby notified to preHcni tt.o same for payment lefiuesrctl to coma forward ;iuJ i.i tha sumo. u. f. ALh A AN DEB, Administrator. lbJ-2l427-2i March 'iflib, 1S01. rnjriciJ.. WILL BE SOLD cn Saturday, tho ICth ot' April next, at tho residence of Chits, il. Alexander, deceased, all tho perishable property belonging lo ihe said estate, con sisting of liorsiis, Aiuicrf, Cattle, og, t.orn, dodder Wag ons, Carts, Itockaway, llotinelioia ana inictieri ruruiturc, Farming Utenai.'e, 1' jik, uacou, o-c, mo i urcuutier giving notes vi4.h aporoved security. At the name time anu puce, win oe nirtu ior uiu uaiiiicc of the year, the Nigroes oeiongmg io baiu .tsiaio. aibo, the Laud rent-.d lut tiic prtseui year. U. t Alt-A AIN11KU, Administrator. Mirch 2Cth IVJ 'il '27-2f WALT FOIL l'iiODUCK. WILL GIVE one bushel ot Halt lor one bushel of Coin, or iu propoition for 1'c.is, Fodder, Bitccn or Pork, ihe above agricultural pr.ducts to bo delivered at my place oa btump isouLd, (UdJ's bait Works.) AU lieiH.:l'3 JU WUti OI null WJUiu u ' rtK.il iu uiny noon. id. L. F. BE11). Miirch JJ. 171-'2tx-27 3i' i k a c qc a r.Tt. ii3 CuiEy Enkollino Offick, NO OFFICK, 1 listrict. N. C., iarch lOth, lMil. ) r outth CoiK:'i!',-1(;nl wistr Mar APART of the appointment: hi herto male by Captain Swuun, lor tho us.-.Liiit,ii ,g oi the following Miliha Ucgimeuts, aie hi;r.-t.y chauK J and tho Commanding ;fli-ct-rs of the Home inn J h;;o1 M.hu.i wid iiot.ly eotry whit mole rwrs'jn n-cni ihe ui;m o! i anu , to aapc-ar atilie .u.nuuiir uUcvn ai d 1 1 nn-r- ,ut vxi-m .ndt tou ami enrollrreni . Coiumbua Co. 5iihi:gt., at Wi iteviii'?, K.aich 14th to Ware i I5i:i liiciu'iiv;. Itohesoii Co.,aih ii arch 2lih icjiusive. Richmond t:o., -0th .'t.,a. Luiuho-ton, March '23d to Rtg ... at Iiurinburg, April lot aiid 2nd. Richmond Co ,C-ft Rcgt. ih. Bladen Co-, 55:1; iie.t., a at Bov'Mtighnra, April i'h und F.iiziihlhtown, April 7ih.ard ., at Fayetteville, April 11th, ., at 1 f teviile, Aj.rilllth, nt Liilii.;tou, April lsth and 8th. Curnbciliind Co., 53d id I2lh and 13th. . CumbrltHid (.' ;., Sllh B'1. tlh aud loth. Harnett to , 52.1 Pegu, This DotiSij will no: i:ha"g ' 'h0 appoiulmenti mad? foi Columbusi or RoLeaon Voaiitic?. . A. LANUH, Ja., Capi. and Chit EuroilutK OlS- Fourth iloiigrt-s-iioii.il li-in t N. C. Fajctteiille Observer coiy two we-fcs- NiTft;t: T-Hkai-o.1" Cm. I CO.Vr-'CKIP'M. K?, j. !( 1. 1. PA HTM Ii NT, ,;,!; !iif..s Jan. .hi. 4. - .-1 v ! ij.ioi Ma,.pi-Lrivi. I 1 ., o ll'giud to 'iil in ) lutli,,. ;:r; v. I n,;r' rt", :'.;.!lt. oVt-d I .)i-".'.U li.ii.Kl lor i' oll'i V , .ii CtliVit.t; nil rn! m:u',. .. f liti'Li . III! ' I C iji'.i lO till' t'ldoW Id,' 1. 'oi.s to I Pu: : U f U oii'cii; "' " ' " ih, l-r:, t....- M ;.;' l)i C ! C..ut'r V. i'h i: Tin v, H-:i'.Kl i.itl- l :, ot dli C"-l" All t'fl:tillhtHS if til i- f'c oo c ' ii't.O'l art) kiidj i i :o ,i. ii .01 -t ir.o-.ii of o'.. iijiii -.'i, ; t. Oil ...Hot rjf liy lilW, 'Vlll S.-. f. .uL ti. M.S. - V. ..i:gi-i HI' i'hiHl oi EX '..noil' K t'"rd, ... in O..U- 1 Ui' i il.: . 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