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A. C. MARSHALL,
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Tu?«lay Morning, October 27,' UM
PBOPOBUD MSETIMO OP CITIZENS.
A writer, whose communication is pub
lished in our last edition lor Sunday, and
lirat for Tuesday morning, proposes that a
meeting of citizens take place in the City
Hall on next Friday, (the JOth instant,) to
devise measures for the relief of the poor of
this city the coming winter in the matter of
food, fuel and raiment. The communication
comes from one who has done as much lor
the poor of thi3 city as perhaps any other
one, according to hia means, (which have not
been small,) and who proposes in the future
to aid this clas3 of our population, now so
large in our midst, by substantial tokens of
whole-souled feeling.
The city Council has begun the good work;
t lie churches of the city ought, to and no
doubt will, provide for the poor of then-
own members; the varion9 benevolent Soci
eties o! the city will do their duty towards
those to whom they owe obligations; but
alter all these means of relict have been ex
hausted, and all the contributions of bta.e,
city, and county, have been absorbed, there
will remain a large, very large class who
will have failed to receive that attention
which it is*lhc duty of the private citizen to
supply.
Let tuc meeting thea be well attended ;
and as no hour has been proposed for the*
meeting to take place, we would suggest
the hour of 10 o’clock, A. M., which may be
so regarded unless notice to the contrary is
given. Will our cotemporarics of the press’
of this city speak on so important a sub
ject V
bona hum.—The Western papers s^iy that
the late severe frosts in the West liavedem-
ousirated that the sorghum, or Chinese su
gar cane, Is much hardier than ludiau <j)rn,
and may work something of a revolution by
the substitution of one cron lor the other by
the farmers.— R'chmond Examiner.
The sorghum crop in this State has been
utiax impied in liar history. Mnlasses from
that species of sugar cane brings only $‘J
aod $:» per gallon in most parts of the State,
Yankee Money.—'fuc Secretary of War,
lion. James A. rieddon, has given General
Winder the following order respecting mo
ney seut to the Abolition prisoners now con
fined iu this city, it reads thus :
“You will he.nd over such gold fife may be
seut to the prisoners, announcing to them
that, being money recognized b}* both Gov
ernments, it is handed to them in kind, and
that if at any time they wish to convert it
into Confederate money, it will be sold for
them, on application, at the market price in
this city. If the amount received be in Fed
eral paper, it cannot be handed over to them
in kind, as it is uot recognized os money by
the Confederate Government, nor can its use
or circulation be allowed; but it will at their
option bo converted, at current rate of ex
change into Confederate notes, and such
notes delivered to them, or will be retained
in kind lor future use.”
For Um JnteM'«ne« p *
BATHE-EVE DNEAN8.
r.Y A. 8 ACRAMS,
*Tis midnight, the winds are sighing
O’er the ground where brafes arc lying, :
Sweetly the llow?ret3 wild How smell; n
Their perfume springs from evVv dell,
And lulls the brave ones down to rest,
To dream of heme by heaven blest.
£eho!<i iliat soldier steeping near,
His form is youthlul, feat-res fair,
Dreaming of home, wc all can trace
By that bright smile upon his face.
Calmly he sleeps, ns if no fwr
Of death or danger beUfc near,
Gave Cause to slied a'ruigle tear.
Bleep on, smile on; he ne’er may know
Another dream of home below !
That scene is o’er, again we bring,
lleposing near a gurgling spring.
Another form; his soul iu sleep
A long arid troubl’d comae doth keep,
From the pale lips thebreezes fan
The softly murmur’d name of “Anne.”
He dreams not now of war and strife;
His thoughts are of some loving wife,
Who, far away, with tearful eyes -
With voics ascending to the skies . -
Breathes a prayer to God above,
To spare the object of her love.
A lather’d dream his soul doth cheer;
Fancy now paints hfs children near;
Upon his face a smile of joy
That wakefalnes3 will soon destroy,
Broke like a beam of welcome light.
•'1 lirough cloudlets darkening his sight—
ft did not lasl—'.hat moment blest
With dreams of lov’d ones, broke liis rest.
He wakes, and starting to litj feet,
His arms outstretch’d his child to meet,
Oae moment looks—the vision dies
And melts into realities.
The battle is fought,
And the list of the dead is sought—
A youthful son falls in the strife,
And a husband hSlh yielded hi; life,
A father’s soul ri far away ;
He was killed on that bloody day.
Their battle-eve dream was their last,
’ Twas a gleam from the light of the p.i-r.
Atlanta, Ga , Oet. 2-1, ISO;’.
$ la ?-i g£ut£ and it there is no-strong military
simply the policy of the Confederate
Government, inaugurated to meet the wants
of the army, proposed by the State, in or
der to meet the exigencies of the people*
its object was to make prices uniform for ak
classes, and while it allowed Adequate prof
its to producers, to reduce the prices of the
necessaries of lift to a reasonable standard.
I have not been able to discover any sub-
Maj. Gen. Geo. II. Thomas.—It has been
already stated that this individual, who is
now connected with ltosccrans’ armj, is a
native ot Southampton county, Va. A lady
who resides at Jerusalem, the county seat
of Southampton, informs the editor uf the
Spirit ot Age that Thomas distinguished
himself in the war with Mexico, and ou hi3
return home was presented by the ladies of
his native .county with a handsome sword.
After the beginning of the present war, and
Thomas had determined to array himself
Against the South, he wrote to his sister to
send him that sword. The true-hearted, pa
triotic woman replied Umt he could not have
a sword presented by tho women of Virgin
ia to turn against their brave fathers, sons,
and brothers, who were fighting in defence
of the land whose birth-place he had dis
graced, and that instead of sending the
sword to liitn sho would prefer seeing it
thrust through his traitorous heart.—Peters
burg E.v.
The Fruits of Gambling.—Two sui
cides have occurred recently at Ger
mantown gambling places. A young man
who had lost heavily at Wiesbaden blew
his brains out iu the public gaming saloon,
at a time when it was crowded. The
body was refnoved, and the play went on as
usual. An old woman picking up fuel iu
the woods Hear Hamburg found the dead
bod/ of a young man, who was recognized
as an agent who hud been trusted with lands
tor indigent roles. Ho had lost all at the
gaming table.—Richmond Examiner.
Special correspondence cf the Atlanta Ir.U-’digcr.ter.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Oct. 22, 1863.—A dispatch, rc-
rcceived yesterday from Staunton, informs
us that General Imboden surprised and cap
tured Charlestown, (Ya.) cn Sunday morn,
ing, took four hundred prisoners and a large
amount of store?. The enemy made a vig,
orous effort to recapture the provisions but
were defeated in the attempt. Between ten
and twelves hundred prisoners arrived in
this cit3 r yesterday, via Gordonsville, from
Northern Virginia, and were marched to
the rendezvous ot prisoners, the Libby pris
on. General Lee’s attempt to interpose
portion of his army between Gen. Meade’s
lorccs at Culpeper and Washington city
proved a failure, and was attended with con
siderable loss, which was, however, more
than redeemed by the gains of the army
elsewhere. Wcliave no positive informa
tion as to General Lee’s designs, but it is
generally believed that the enemy having
lied to the cover of his defences at Wash
ington, and the bridges being destroyed
which wound afford au opportunity lor him
to retire, the campaign in Northern Virgin
ia has cventu illy closed for the season. The
advance on Richmond, ..which has so often
been attempted in vaio, until the thought
of it is regarded with a species of contempt,
must now be postponed till next spring.
Iu the meantime it will be very conven-
eut for Gen. Lee to send a considerable por
tion of liis army to the west to reinforce Gen*
Bragg, and complete our victory in that quar
ter. You have seen, b> the way, the pom
pous address of ltosccrans to the Army of
the Cumberland, in which he claims a victo
ry at Chicamauga. This claim on his part,
knowing the man as you do, was to have
been expected. The Yankees never ackno'wl*
edge themselves, whipped^ren when beaten
to a jelly. So long as they can wag a tongue
they arc sure to employ it in boasting of
their prowess and in invincibility on all occa
sions. It is a contemptible hahjf, but they
have practiced it so 1 >ug thai||p> one places
the slightest reliance on their reports of bat
tles. This is the inevitable penalty incurred
by the exercise of this lying propensity 1
which operates fearfu^w against them even
when they gain somir'slight advantage.—
Meantime wo are quite content to allow them
to boast ol theirjjjjjpiiquests, w hile we
It has’workeil weS and without oppression^
ia the cass of the army, which must neces
sarily be clothed and led, and I see no rea
son why it should not hare operated equally
as welV, 4f invested by the Stale, tor the ben
efit of all elates of her citizens. The press
of (his city, with the exception of the “Sen-
liueli” raised ft clamor against the maxirh-
uiu l because it was tried during the French
lievoiuion, And did not work as well as was
expected; but there can be no solid objec
tion, it seems to m°, to the policy of the max'
imum,.if thorpqghly carried out tbrcygh the
on lire range of alb industrial pursuits. It
should not be of a parti:*!, but of universal
application.
No remedy for the distresses of the peo
ple now remains but the amendment of the
currency, and this cannot be Accomplished
without the intervention of Congress. The
subject has been so fully discussed during the
last six months, that, that body, when ii con
venes cannot b j at .a loss as to the measures
it should promptly adopt; and if it could
meet immediately and address itself to this
all engrossing theme, the country might be
saved, not only from great, distress, but from
deep find pervading discontent, which may
terminate in popular revolutions
Since writing the above, I have sceu a
gentleman who has just arrived from Mobile*
who says the capture ofBanks and his army
by Gen. Taylor is generally credited in that
city. - CLIO.
From the New York World.
MEADE’S AND BOSECiANS' REPULSES
DEMOCRATIC DEFEATS—THEIR CAUSE.
Tiie point decided by the late elections is,
that the war will be protracted until after
the end ot the presidential canvass. The
means bywhich these elections have been
carried furnish both a motive and a reason
for a dilatory military policy. The war cry
having been found by a trial to lie the most
efficient electioneering engine the adminis
tration can use, they have a a political in
terest in the continuance of the war quite
distinct from the general interest the coun
try which requires lhat the rebel armies
shall be destroyed and the loyal Stall s re
lieved of.their heavy burdens at the earliest
possible date. The country has no interest
that the war -should continue for a single
day beyond the shortest period withiu which
it is possible to subdue the rebellion ; but
every interest to ike contrary. The Repub
lican party, on the other baud, has no less a
stake than its, own ex'stence in the continu
ance of the war, so long as war cry is the
most stirring legend it can inscribe on its po
litical banners. Here, then, is a motive which
the late elections furnish for an unnecessary
protraction of the war; and the means by
which these elections have been carried sup
ply a reason why the war will drag its slow
length along as tho administration desire?.
We, of course, understand that in ascrib
ing to the administration sach a motiv e as
the one now uained, we are impeaching its;
honor and its patriotism. We are making a*
charge which, if sustainible by proofs, ought
to work a complete forfeiture ot public confi
dence in our present rulers. Shall we be
told that their high sense of honor and duty
forbids them to weigh the possession of povv
er against the good of the country V We
can in reply only-appeal to indisputable facts.
That the ad min is tratiou ouglU to be restrain
ed by honor and duty from seeking to
strengthen their hold ou power" by proceed
ings which tend to prolong the war* is true
enough; but, unfortunately, a question of
right is not iathis case identical with a ques
tion of fact. We ask no reader to follow us
into the doubtful domain of hypothesis; our
appeal is to facts actually accomplished, and
to the consequences which necessarily result
from those facts. The evidence is such that
if taken down in the form iu which testimo
ny is given in a court of justice,,it would
procure a conviction of the party inculpated
without any labor of summing up. It could
safely be submitted to the jury without com
ment.
Question. What is the number of Repub
lican soldiers furloughed to go home and
vote in the Renn3ylv3ftia election ? An
swer From twelve to fifteen thousand.
Question. What is the Republican majori
ty in Pcnnsyivauag? Answer. From twelve
to fifteen t liolm ml Question. When
were these soldiers withdrawn urom Gen.
was depleted to carry the Pennsylvania elec
tion for the Republicans, military advau-
t&ges have been sacrificed for party t pjects*
Tf he w as originally too weak to fight in so
advanced a position and with such long
to defend, then so much greater ia the conn
of weakeuiny him s ill further, and expos
ing his safety, to" accomplish a party pur-
If Meade could not fight Lee on the
position in the whole intervening distance
from the Tt&pid&u to Bail Bau. wliere he
dared to give battle, what did lie advance
to the Ripidan for ? Why was he allowed
to increase the cost of maintaining liisaroiy.
by lengthening the distance from his sup
plies, and guarding long lines of communi
cation in the enemy’s country, if* without
fighting, he was to hurry back to the neigh
borhood of Washington and there stand on
the defensive? He could have hovered
around Washington and have kept on the
defensive without incurring all this expense,
and without the loss of prestige involved in
fifty or sixty miles hurried letreat, under
vigorous put suit by the enemy.
The simple truth, obvious to the whole
country, is that Meade maintained liis ad
vanced” position until the administration
weakened his army to can*y a state election
and that he was then compelled to fly be
fore a pursuing foe.
. We could, if neeessaiy, demonstrate with
equal clearness that the defeat of Rosencras
and hi3 present critical position are the di
rect consequences of using soldiers by the
administration for accomplishing party ob
jeots. Toe attempt to put Governor Sey
inour in a false position, as a means of pre
judiciug the countTv against the Democratic
party, caused forty-fiv(u regiments (this is
Senator Wilson’s 'statenbnt of the number)
to be sent to this city, when half of that
number as a reinforcement to Rosecraus
would have saved him from a disastrous
defeat. The two or three thousand soldiers
the draft produced in this city were not im
porlant enough to justify the administration
in weakening our two most important armies
endangering their safety, and rendering the
fall campaigns in tho West and the East
worse than a nullity. The dralt could have
stood still for a while here, as well a3 iu a
dozen other states. But political consider*
lions prevailed and the administration lifts
caused important campaigns to miscarry
that it might carry elections. The season of
deep mud, which will postpone active ope
rations for the winter is close upon us ; and
next summer the administration will have a
great, war upon its hands, as an engine for
electing a Republican President.
the battle?.
The news h|| jus* reached ua here that
Gen. StevcmflHias captured 700 prisoners
50 wagons and five or six^piecef of artillery
at Philadelphia, Tenri. It Is saidfto be eon-
laiucd in a dispatch
Gen. Bragg, just
“ Re Constri ction.’’—The Rochester, N.
Y., Express proiesses to have private infor
mation that all the Judges of the United
States Supreme Court, Chief Justice Taney
included, have agreed to the opiuion, that
“die Slates m rebellion have lost their righis
as States, and must come into the Union
simply as territories, subject to the General i
Government!’’ Indeed! We are not in
clined to think that they “must come into
the Union” at all 1 We are sure they never
will.— Religious Herald.
Bkave deserters.—One day last week
a party of twenty five deserters fiom a North
Carolina regiment passed through Louisa
county, and, on their way, broke in and roll-
bed the tannery of Mr. Carpenter of about
$3,030 won (' of leather, which they carried
aloug. Behind them they left a badly writ
ten note, which read as follows: “Don’t
think it was niggers that robbed you. It
was twenty-five North Carolina deserters,
and wc are going home. Wc are well armed
and all hell can’t take us.” The citizens of
the• county were too few iu the neighbor
hood to raise a posseti and attempt ther cap
ture. Such ditgraces to humanity should be j expediency of the ‘mutfiminu bill, now pen-
outlawed- —RwhinondJExaminsr. I di# g before the Slate Legislature, The
u.. m T" .. votes have not b_ea declared, l>ut the
York Sewing Girls.—Sewing girls in New resuU 1-5 su *T iea ^f wcil . kuowo t.i en-
York appear to meet with but j>*>or success J able me to state on good authority,- that
in their efforts to secure an increase of wages, j the vole has gone three to one against the
bilk The expression of the popular senti-
received, and adds to the encouragement we
have so largely received ot late from that re
gion. Our newspapers to day contain, also,
a dispatch from Jackson, Mis?., of the I3:h
inst/, announcing that Gen. Taylor has cap
tured Banks and staff aau fifteen regiments
The communications iivm Jackson, via Mo
bile, arc something like the Yankee claims
ot victory afUy a defeat, and arc received
here with abundant caution. )Ve can only
hope that statements made, as it seems, by
several gentlemen, and confirm^ by a lady
who attests that she saw them in the New
Orleans papers, may turn out to-b’eYrue.—
The doubters, however, in this eommuQiiy-
exceed the believers.
The citizens of liiehmna l have, to day
expressed their i-p'.uioiia at the polls, as the
Meade’s array ? An ;wer. Two or three weeks
ago.. Question. When did Gan. Meads be
gin his arrangements to retreat from the ad
vanced p©sition in the enemy’s country
which lie then occupied ? Answer. Very
soon alter liis army was weakened J»y this
taking away of Republican ^okliei^Yor po
litical duty in Feuuaylvahh. GBeskon.
Was General Meade suffered by We
to make his retreat uomofested? A
No ; it was hastened and made corap
by a vigorous advance of the .v&btff'^ardiy;
npw re atively so strong that Gen. Mesue
fdared not imper’l what remained of his own
’hrmy by staying and giving battle.
These simple, unvarnished facts, stated iu
the plainest and dryest form, without rheto
rical artifice, prove that the political*victory
won by the admiafetration in Pennsylvania
has been won at the. expense of a’ disgrace
ful retreat by tho. Army of the Potomac.—
The cost of this political victory to the na
tional treasury cannot be estimated with ry. -
ithamtical accuracy for the want of exact
date; but it must amount to many millions.
The pay, subsistence and transportation of
the soldiers sent into Pennsylvanii, is less
than a drop in the bucket. The retreat thus
made necessary by converting the army into
Prom the Chat!a loog i Rebel
A MERITED TRIBUTE.
“Honor to whom Honor is due.” The
army and people of the Confederate States
have great cause for prido and congratuld;
tiou for the present mo3t excellent condition
of the Medical Department, since it is con
stituted and directed by the best medical tal
ent of the South, and composed of men who
have consueratod their best powers of mind
and patriotic devotion of heart to Hie good
of the service. *
With the sick and wounded soldier, the
namea of Foard, Stout, Lewellen, Yandell,
iiic'uardsoD, Lyles, Eve, Johnson, Logan,
Pirn, aud a host ot others,both Surgeons and
Assistant Surgeons, will live as household
words long after, the horrors of the present
bloody c.'iitest has given place to the plea
sures and pursuits of peace and independ
ence.
The lives of such men should be the ebief-
cst treasures of the World’s great heart.—
They deserve well of their country and man
kind. Let the choicest blessings of life at
tend them, and the most sacred memory of
their actions remain to instruct coming gen
erations how to feel and to work fora bleed
ing country in times of sore trial and dis
tress.
Prominent among those who have dedi
cated their distinguished abilities to the good
of our imperiled nation, is the elegant and
accomplished medical officer, whose name
heads the list of those to whom the nation
owes its gratitude foa labors so nobly and
faithfully performed.
Surgeon A. J. Foard, is at present Medi
cal Director of the Department of the West,
composing the Army of Tennessee, of Missis
sippi and E ast Louisiana, ilis Headquarters
are at Montgomery, Ala.
Dr. Foard is a naiivc of tho State of Geor
gia, educated and graduated in Arts in the
State of his nativity, with high honors be
fore he had attained his majority. He be
came Master of Arts and Member of the Ac
ademy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, to
which he has contributed many papers, on
useful aiid important subjects. lie studied
his profession in Georgia, and moved to Phil
adelphia, where lie became the pupil of
Francis Gurney Smith. He graduated at
“the Jefferson Medical College in 1848, and
passed a thorough examination of the U. S.
Atmy Board, Ncm^York. He was commis
sioned Assistant Sm-geon, U. S. Army in
1853. lie was ordered on duty in Florida.
From there to Texas, and afterwards to
Washington City.
When the present sanguinary contest
commenced we tied him cm duly at the Fed
eral Capitol. Dr. Foard as au enthusiastic
Southerner and Georgian, scorned to enjoy
honors at the expense of the suffering and
tears of such a people as his dear native
iiiy South, and resigned the position he then
held.
lli*AYhole connection with the service of
he old Union Army formed a period of use
fulness .Ufit aud at honorable mention on the
part ot'ffiw superior officers.
He discharged the duties to which lie was
assigned with honor to himself, and complete
satisfaction to his Com mantling General.
In conversation with a distinguished cap
tured officer of the Federal army not long
since, the writer was informed that Dr^oard
was considered otic of the most efficient as
he was one of the most popular Federal offi
cers of the old Army. ,
During Dr. Foard’s stay in Texas, the yel
low fever entered the camp of hia command.
Hjs posiiiofflwas ,oflb of much, danger and
responsibility* but in bis manifest disregard
of personal peril* in his prompt and humane
attentions to ifte sfck under his charge ’ ^
a political machine tocarry elections tor the .demonstrated his fitness to exercise the
Republican party, has rendered abortive all
that has been done by Gen. Meade since he
rocfosseJ the Potomac in pursuit of General
Lee after the battle of Gettysburg* Not on
ly has all the expense of maintaining tlie ar
my of the Potomac in this long interval
been squandered, but, what L still m*>re ini
ease, demoralization and death and deatnic
lion in our rank?. Compared with the
gloom of that distresiog period in our event
ful history, how bright pur present prospects
are! * m % ^ . *'
No One can be blamed With the unfortu
nate condition of ciriumstanccs then sur
rounding our patriot army. They were the
legitimate result of the sad fortunes of a
merciless war, waged Yipoa tis/which no
human foresight could have prevented.
In the Medical .department, the laborers
were few in comparison to the immense
amount of labor to be performed.
Tho two. days hard fighting at Shiloh,
speedily followed oiu occupation of Corinth,
and added five thousoed told to the troub
les of the situation. The Medical Corps,
generally was confused, and iu some degrees
inefficient, from the immense pressure ot du
ty upon it. To meet the responsibilities of
the crisis, bouc, brave aud muscle were un
equal to the task.
Huudred&of our sick and wounded’were
seut to their homes—or were picked up on
the way-side by sympathising strangers.—
Tuc cars were crowded with me unfortunate
men, who had periled their lives in the
country’s defence, whom thanks to God. re
ceived a cordial welcomt| a from Southern
hearts, in warm, sunny, genial Southern
homes.
Our government was unprepar ed for a
war,.of the gigantic demensions it has as
sumed The people were unprepared, hu
manity and Heaven itsrlf was unprepared to
witness the terrible invasion of, and hellish
outrages c >mraittod upon an innocent peo
ple—a ouce happy people, Who aimed not
for conquest—but for the poor privilege of
being let alone.
During the dark days and trying sceucs
of our unfortunate retreat, tho Medieal of
ficers did all within their power to properly
provide for theimmense numbers which the
ill fortunes ot war had placed in their charge
The means to be employed in effecting the
desired end, were meager in the extreme.—
The Surgeons, many ot them unskilled in
the management of hospitals, or ia the
transportation of the sick or wounded, fail
ed to come up to the immediate and press
ing wants of the army.
The larger number of them firstrate doc
tors at home, were not prepared tor such an
extensive practice as the field then before
them.
The Department needed but the touch of
military discipline, and comprehensive or
der to infuse new life, spirit, energy and ef-
ficency iu it.
At this important juncture, Dr. Foard as
sumed the direction of ^medical.affairs, and
proved himself a master, by bringing order
out of chaos iu reducing the discordant ele
ments then predominant to regularity, obe
dience and wholesome discipline. Oar gal
lant army soon reaped the fruits of the new
ly and well established order of things.
Hospitals sprang up, thoroughly appoint
ed, along the lines of the various railroads!
Oka Ion a, Oxford, Crytial, Holly and Lau
derdale Spring?, Columbus, Aberdeen, Ma
con, Marion and Enterprise, became the re
cipients of the sick and wounded—and the
people vied with each otlie in constant and
unremitting attentions to them. The wants
of the invalid soldier were well supplied,and
they rapidly regained their accustomed
health and returned to duty.
Through the hearty co operation of the
able and distinguished Surgeon, W. O.
Lyles, Medical Director of L f . Gen. Polk’s
corps, the Department was placed in a most
excellent working condition, and the re
filled companies and regiments of the Army
of Mississippi, exhibited the extent of the
good work that had been done.
Geu. Bragg moved round to Chattanooga,
preparatory to the Kentucky campaign.
Kentucky and Tennessee became in turn,
the fields of Dr. Foard’s usefulness He
was at the battle of Perry villa, and render
ed most efficient service. At Mnrfrcesboro,
he was highly complimented with his staff,
in the official report of his commanding
General. In his capacity to serve, and hi s
devotion to his duties, he has elevated him
self to the honorable position, which he
now occupies in the estimation of a grateful
people, and in the affections and confidence
of the army 1
Dr. Foard is a medical officer of rare ad
ministrative abilities, au accomplished schol
ar, and skilful Surgeon. He is a man of
high sense of honor—a lover of strict and
impartial justice. While he would be the
happy medium of rewarding the meritori
ous of those acting under him, he has no en
emies to panish. He is a man, in whom the
refined excellencies aud elegancies of the
gentleman are so intimately btended with
those of the officer, tlikt it would be impos
sible to seperate the one from the other.
HEAfcQ’BS GFORGIA ST AT* eUARiT,"
Ailaita, Oct. 24. Iff a, ’ j-
Gu till Orpfrs I
Mo. 14. f
I. WiJi a view loth* mo.-e efficient or S autaion o
Uuj command the State !» divided into two A4i.ltj.t-y d s
Dicta. VL« «units lying Noith indWeit of, anjh:t,r
s-cted by, a line extended from Columbus fo Meon a ,. c .
the railway, theoce a'onjtfce railway through AtUi.t 410
the Cli ittahoochee kircr, and tlieace along the t luan 1 1
f that liver t> iu aouice. will crn.titote tho First Di.
°ri«t. Ihe Secc.Ld DiUiLt Will I e composed of the i<
raoining Counties of the State.
- II. Brig. Ger. Alfred Iverson, P. A, C. S., having r .
parted to these headquarters for duly, la asi-igned to th~
00 inmarid of ihe tree ps from the Firtt I mulct, indwi.l
establish his Ueidquwteri at Tome of Kingston or a U ch
other point as the exigencies of the s.rvic j rr»:iv 3 iggc.-t
III. H. R. dacfcs'11 P. A. O. is i h . D e.i
to thecommAEdof Ihy troops frvm the Stccul Lh>tii.',
and wilt establish his heaihiuirlors at Augusta or Fav*n.
nah or such t ther point as the i nries of t'estiviee
Ba*7 re quire.
IV. Whenever a 1 egim nt 0. Uatta ion tlmll he eon.
posed of troops from both Military Diitricta, It shall be
attached to the District command under which a innj; rity
of its component parts would legit irately fall; and -nheii
ever troop* shall be transferred uoui ooclo tie other J
theaa Diatiicti for temporary service, t hey will l e atlar.'
td to the co amv u 1 of tho Gen> i d eommxnCing in such
Di trlct. '
V. Should t fce'pnhiic exlger. '.cs r t quire the piesecce
of both Generali iu the same tL l ’, ‘.heir respective c ia.
mands will be detinei by orders f.otn these hcadqasit
By itoaiaaad »f
Mejor Lleuei al H0WK1.L (Obli
H J. A. A. A. Lieu
Oot27-&a
Apoeal and C nfederacy ccpy two tlire.
MriildgevUlo t outliem Union, and Attn us Bnuue -,
MHledgvvlile Recorder, Athens IVutchuiaii. Augrstw Con-’
ft tu loyalist, Augus.a C .rooiclc Jt Seotloel, Suvuun It
Republican, Savannah News Mscoa Telegraph, Co urn
bus Times, Columbus Enquirer, Co'uaibus .Sun, Home
nod Martstts papers copy one lime.
ATHEN/EUM.
Lessee * *»a manager, - W r , II. VKIS**,
( Also at the Mobiio nu t Montgomery Theutres.'
OPEN EVERY EVENIIQ
GREAT COMEDY NIGHT!
Tuesdty Evening Oct 91th, wi lbe pr.seated the
Comedy of
SIMPSON & GO.
MVSTC - . - - by the Orchestra
&>ng—Here’s Your Mule—Mr. Huntley.
. Af.erw.mis the Great Di *rai o.‘
L U C M- L E.
f9F~ In preparation ‘ CAMILL8.”
53^Pile Float Ten Rows of S.-ats reserved for I. d'es
In Preparation the War D amt l>y John IK-ivi.
ot the ** Brittle ol Oak Htlt.”
ssr a guard will be |>1 toed Iu ihe Theatre to )>
order. Se.'.its reserved for Lucies.
Prices—Parquette, $2.
Gallery, *1,
Upper Tier, $1. tub Uviuiti
HOUSE AND LOT
For Sale.
ITyATUD on Csllins Street, 1 fit) yard.-; fr .in tha ( a •
iJ BheiL The It vusecontuius four rooiqs. Lbb'et and
other outbuildings on the lot. Possessi in given lmnu-di- -
atfiy. T. JC. Wblt’aivKtt,
et. Whitaker A Turnei’s Ntgro Wait.
$100 Reward
I F tho Gentleman who by mistake cartied f.t ui room
3tf, At nnta Hotel, oottuodsy even ug. it btm k V»-
iise marked J. W., wilt rttnrn tli.j same to this ortic*- wbl.
its contents,he sti-til be paid Ih ; above it*vord and i.’o
impertinent qaeatim s asked.
Oct 2T-d3t
$100 Reward.
S TOLEN from the WMhlng'on Hal', a Ladles' Bonn t
Tiunk, conta ning a Indies’ bonnet, a few pieces of
jewelry, several tiresi patterns, a lot of ladies Hue < t.llurs
and a child’s ambrofype. 1 will pay the above- icwam
on the delivery of said tiunk to Mra. Tim Muiphy ft the
Washington Hall. FRANK WARD.
Oot27—dS.*
DYEING.
A LL 1 iada of goods
guaranteed, oy
tier offices’^! ttie tAiigeon aud physiei
Dc-'-Foam-w«a commissioned
S. A. iu 1861, and Ifi-dered on duty wJfhGen.
Bragg at Fensaeoia, Fla, where he waimed-
ir.al-director from it?occupation down to its
bombardment and evacuat ion. The general
mauageraent of medical affairs at that jkis!,
portrait, precious time has been wasteei at a I rill larther attested the dislioguished ability
:h Apciu-les the re
ien. Meade has lost
I he umbrella sewers *f that city reoentiy
struck tor an advance of two cents per um- , .
brella, but they mot with so little encourage- R ,t; h lur,u ' J > somewuat uac-xpected
raeut from their employers, that they endea- j will go far to defeat the bill; and,’ if defeat-
vored to ettect a compromise bv redneicir /v.1 cftr.iA Al)if*p
, . , . compromise by reducing
their demand to one cent. Bat even in this
they did not succeed, and all were obliged
to return to their work except a tew, wiio
still hold out.
ed, sotae other method must bevlevi^ed, aud
with as muBh speed ns possible, to raeut the
season al the year whi«
covery of the ground Gen.
uuiii lire roads shall have become practice
bie in ihe spring of 1804, when the term of
service of three- years mea firs: enlisted will
be'abotft 4b expire. The Republican politi
cal victory iu Penn-ylvauis, therefore, costs
the country the greater part of a year’s _ex-
peneses Ot the Army-ot the Potomac^ and
post pones anythiug more than defensive op
erations hy that array'until a greater part ot
its'men an* mustered out of service.
\V r e presume all sorts of taics'will bp
invented to show that Gen. Meade’s
retreat was purely voluntary, aud made for
strage-lic ie;vsuns. But no reason, stragetic
or oliiir. can t»e given for General Meade’s
retreat which is iiot a reproach to tho ad
min isiratIon. A hurried retreat of fifty or
of Dr. FoarJ as an executive officer.
In lStlj, whoa Gen. Bragg was ordered to
Corinth, Aiisv., Dr. Foard, an the ranking
medieal otfieer ia this tfonartment, became
medical director, and entered upon theoner-
<>us auu responsible duties of the position.—
He was the succ essor ot the disiioguished
Kentucky surgeon. Dr. Yandell, of Louis
ville, a men of eminent abilities as a schol
ar, and of national xepatraion as a Sur
geon.
Our army had just completed its disas
trous retreat /rom Bowling Green, aud Co
lumbus, Ky.—exchanging and giving up a
vast extent of home territory, with heal h
ful plenty, for the swamps, fmg pounds and
golgothas of North Mississippi.
Our escaped sick and wounded -from the
Doncfepn surrender, aud the Fishing Creek
disaster, with the sick ham scores of Con
federate hospitals, which had to be given up •
were scattered to every point of the com *
Affairs in New Yqbk.- A letter from
New York, dated t he*14th in9t., gives the
following intelligence from that metropolis
of Yankees, 5-
The iron clad Hgifthattau was launched
from Secor’s yard, Jersey City, this morning
in the presence of several thousand specta
tors, among whonHhvere noted Admirals
Farragut and Gregory, Chief Engineer Sti
mers, and a number of officers from the
Russian and French tieets. The vessel was
christened tjy Miss Gregory, grand daughter
of the Admiral, after which the “monster”
glided into toe water without the slightest
mishap atSB^midst the cheers of the multi
tude, *Tfffl dimensions of the Manhattan
are as follows: Extreme length over armor,
285 feet; length outside of stern post, Kit)
feet ^ extreme beam over armor, 45 feet;
depth of hold, lb feat. It is expected that
the Manhattan will be ready for sea say
about the 15th of November.
The one hundred and sixty rebel officers
who were sent on here from New Orleans
by the steamer Evening Star, were transfer
red from Governor’s Island to-day to San
dusky Bay, to join the thousands of their
follow rebels confined on Johnson’s Island.
It seems that these prisoners, while on the
steam tug conveying them from the evening
Staiito David’s ’Island, were supplied with
&n abundance of champagne by certain sym
paihiztng friends, which was so freely iti
bibed that all bauds were in a state of i
toxicatiou before their destination
reached. At one lime they threatei
anack the guard, a ad in other respi
haved themselves so scandalously as
ate serious alarm an board the boat.
;. There is, I here, some reason to S^pcct
that the Russian officers were ofieuded at
the invitation given to the French aud Bri
tish officers by the Commissioners of Char
ities and Correction, yesterday, to visit We
public institutions. The Russians preferred
going alone; and hence declined the invita
tion. At all events that is the story. To
morrow, however, the gentlemen from Mus
covy have concluded to go on the excursion,
and have scat the Commissioners anotifica
tion to that effect. As for the Britishers,
we have got rid of them altogether,'Admi
ral Milne having returned to Halifax in the
Nile, which, with the Itnmortalite, went to
sea this morning.
Oct27-aiw*
Dyed li’a^k, and raU.fact'.o
Mrs. MART F. DAVIS,
on Fcrjyth SU, next, door to D. May< r’j.
Letter Paper.
on co'sfjnm nt and
OAA REAMS Lelter Pape
jmdVJKj fcrt&leby
OctS7-d6t
ANDERSON, ADAIR k 00 ,
Comialniiou Mei'chxn.3.
Ladies’ Shoes.
BOXES (10 Dozsn) Ln}les’ Oalteis oa cl>nsi^n-
JL U meni and for aaie by
ANDERSON, ADAlB A OJ,
Ceti7-J85 Commission AJerotiauta
Matches, Soap, Starch and
Candles
pr/X OASES ConfeJerate Mf tchea,
f) V/ R Boxes Oasttle Soap—bt st
1ft do Start'Ll, >
20 do Candid—wax and Tali oar.
On consignment and for sale by
ARDER30N. ADAIR A CO .
Oct27-d6t Oc in niaaio:i Mcrchauts
Administrator’s Not ice.
T WO moo',Lis afterdate application will be made La-
t‘ie eoi rc of ordinary of Butts co inty, for leave
tv sell all ihe I inds and negroes belong ng io the t state
of Tnom&sJ. G les atjof Bu ts county deceased. Vet’
Slst,13fii.
octi7-*£m E. 1*. CILfeS, AdmV.
B
1 v'rlueof aut
‘FilC'S DKrXHTKCXl, I
October £0th, 28 3 f
1 in me hy an act of Con-
cstsbt sh neat-of Fxpiejs
Mat's,’’-approved May 1,'t?®?, I have il.ii day entered
into-anagreement by which two mails awtek will bo
carried eitni way between Meridian, In tho glare of Mis
sissippi, and Bbrevrpjrt, in the Stale of Lon’siana.
Now, to meotthe expense of the. carrying of said ex
press mail, it Is ordered mat on all letters and packages
to be carried on said route, except the official cerrtspon-
dence aqd blanks and postage stamps of tho Font UtBco
Department, the postage t»Le prepaid ia;i Wa~.t», sh ii
be at the rate of forty cents on each sin, to letter of Lu»*:
an otnee cr less, and forty cents for every additional
half ocnca or fraction of aha'f ounce.
Letters and packages to be sent by th's route ^ ay be
mailed, and the postage paid, at any post offife j iu tii»
Ooafeder tie States, and those sent from the East t j die
West of the Mississippi steculi be plainly marked via
Meridian or Brandon, Mississippi, snd those sent froin'ihe
West to the Eact of tne Mississippi should Be ;plain v
" irked via ei har ®hrcvep3rt or Alexandria, Louisiana,
i they »ill be forwarded from cither of said c lli •( s au-J
from m>aeother without further noti. e
JOHN H REAGAN,
:t2.-dSt PosUcailer Utnerai.
tW“ There ih a man io town so witty that
hi wife manufactures all the butter that the
family uses from the cream of hia jokes.
“ Do you like codfish balls Mr. Wig-
giahT\ Mr. Wiggins, hesitatingly—“Really,
I don’t know, miss, I never recollect at tend-
ivg one.”
Mortgage Sale.
B V vutu s of the f over in me retted by a mortgage,
given hr ttenry it Woaddy, bmrin^ date theiStU
August, 1S59, l shaft soli at public auction, io t*ie
U f w ~ ot J* * h nobers County, AL , on Mendav
the 7th dug of Best moer, ltd}, tba ho oae and lot so-t
buildings thereuato nuac fed, known as the OgleUuup^
House, and lormeriy nsed a3 a tav-ra. The Loin* is
large andcammool ,u"; the stables and outbuildings sic
wdi suited for the purpts*. Tnere is a well of good vi
ter in the yard, aud a good garden cn the place, la
short, the place Is a desirable one.
TKAM£—A credit of twelve month i nil be given tie
purchaser giving note with two good aud approved se-
ca*i les. tearing interest from da/ ol s ate, or cash will oa
taken if fhe purchaser i refer to pay it
Oct £7-w3t « W. fl. 3 GJLMET*.
Who Wants the Best Farm in
8. W. Georgia?
I WILL sell my Farm on Keel’s C.-eik ou the line r •
Calhoun aat Bakcr'Countirs,..fjr'Sil «U»s. raid
Farm contains 1509 acres with the privilege of f0M> sere*.
S-»<ue 3 ot WO acres cleared and lush. On said farm a
ia- g-i new framed dwelling 4»x*B Uot, fl rooius, negro
cabins, Ac. K as good water as ts sooth of Macon, tan
false newly •▼cry article wc need or wl h, salt and i.ou
excepted, of tohichthnformer ts cloie by, good stock
coantry, ronre-uoatto uaktis,churchessncl scLmoIs, pleas
ant saotlon and good society. Judge Win. W. Ciajton cf
Ailaatn. knows the locality of any farm.
lllifcrJ.Oct £4-St* N. 0. DAN1SI.L.