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About The daily register. (Augusta, Ga.) 1864-1865 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1864)
DAILY REGISTER. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. w • m r % BITDBDAT EVENING. OCTOBER 1, ISCL . YANKEE PimoNKUS. The accumulation of prisoners on our hands, presents sorious questions for consi deration. From the best information at eoiu m«nd, we should judge we roust have consi derable o»er fifty thousand Yankees in our custody. Scarcely a week passes but adds to that-.number. Every honorable effort has been made tn effect an exchange of them for our brave men confined in N'W.bern bastil.es. I'unctillio* hate been abandoned minor points of difference have been ignored, in tb«* endeavor, on the part of our governnt nt, to eecnre a resumption of exchange on anything like fair and honorubln terms. Every sense of duty to the brave Confederates who lan guish in confinement and are subjected to Yankee indignities nnd tyranny, impels our authorities to pursue this course. A country, that would forget the condition of those who had risked their lives in its defense, deserves no longer their loyalty or their service. Thero has pis'o been another motive, less imperative perhaps than the duty to our own tuen in prisons, which has urged our author!* ties to their persistent endeavors to re adjust the subject of exchanges, and that has been a feeling of humanity lor those languishing as prisoners in our bauds. True, they are eue • mies. They have taken up arms to overthrow our liberties aud to rob us of our rights.— They have left their homes and their families in order to desolate and destroy ours, whilst we wished jot to disturb their peace nor hin der their prosperity; and when this view is presented, it would seem they deserve no better treatment than that meted to robbers and murderers, llut the laws of civilized warfare quires ot us kiod treatment of those deprived of the power of further resis tance, and He who spnko as never man spake, has taught us when our enemy hungers to feed him. Where to keep, bow to feed and to guard so large a number ol prisoners is quite a se rious matter. It is but right iq locating the prisoners, we should regard, as far as possible, their health and proper comfort. We must look to their being securely guarded, and hu manity requires they shoald be properly fed. To do all this, demands an outlay of money, and*an expenditure of food which make no ann 11 item in the costs of this war, and many brave and good soldiers, who would be useful in the fisld, are required to keep watch over them. Os course this is unavoidable, and we must bear it ns one of the incidents of war, having no effectual remedy except in the hnrnnne rule adopted by c.vilized nations of an hon orable exchange. There is a use, however, to which we might put many of these men, which would innre to our benefit, and do . thiin no imrin. We mean to put them—or some of them—in our work shops. We learn that there is not a branch of trade or of me chanical skill,-but what is represented amongst them by persons who have attained the high est degree of perfection in their profession. Now we are in need of mechanics of all descriptions. Our Government badly needs them, and if we are not mistaken, U offering high inducements to this class of foreigners to come to our country. Then why not sift amongst our prisoners and get the roost relia ble ns to character and skill, and distribute them amongst our own workmen iq oar shops and other places of labor ? It would certainly be an agreeable change to them from prison life and prison fare. Proper care should be observed in their selection. A native-born • red-mouthed Yankee ought never to be cho sen, howevet warm bis promises. No reliance whatever can be placed ii»- them. And were they the only class of prisoners w#* held, the plvu would be too dangerous for experiment. Bat those deluded men from other States, especially from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and the West, who thought they were fighting for the Union aud- the Constitution, could well be trusted. Indeed were tboy disposed to do harm, the very fact of being scattered amongst our own men, who would watch them, aud act as guards over them, would render them harralesy. . This*plan would certainly be better than feeding them while thev are of no use to us whatever. It has, we naderstand, been suc cessfully practiced in Virginia, and wa can •re no difficulty nor danger to its general adoption. Indeed, thoso who would wsb to do so, might be permitted to join our army, and we have no doubt thousand* of them have, by long opportunity for reflection upon the brutal treatment of them by their own Government, had-tbe delusion which first led them astray thoroughly removed. They mast have growa wiser ae they bsva growtf older in prison. Experience boa witnessed the further development* of this remarkable war for ex termination on the one hand, and for liberty on the other. We have heard that a large number of Yao k- e pria> ners, §* ot up recently by Gen. Mood for special exchange, were rej-cted by Gen Sbeira in because they refused to rt enlist in his array for the war, tbtir term of enlistment having expired. The very foot that they relit** Vo to «nlist proves they are tired of that aide of the controversy, end they cannot be insensi Me to the cruelty end brutal injustice thus done them by their goverumeqt.- -They natu rally entertain feelings ot resentment at such treatment, and the Western and Boutber« born men emonget them, who supposed they were fighting for constitutional rigb's. having found out tbeir sad mistake, might very properly be merged into our army if tbey expressed a do Sire so to be treated. We must, therefore, be permitted to say that we thoroughly endorse the proposition ot making this uoe of oar prisoners ae decidedly (be best that could be adopUd for us aod for them. 'We repeat that a full-blooded wooden nu!a<-gger should never be trusted; but amongst the m»oy others, a little trouble end experience will enable onr guard to select tbes-' worthy to enjoy this g»eat privilege coin* pared with prison life. And we trust our au thorities will soon Inaugurate a g-nernl system ■or action in tbit matter. Accident on th« CbntraF Railroad.—Ae s range a case of accident ocnuired to a down freight traio on the abovs road last Thursday night as we have heard of for some time.— Within twenty miles of Millen a number of cars, just before reaching the bridge serose tbo river, left the rails and ran ajrosa it on the string pieces. After passing the bridge and some trestle work beyond, the cars ran entirely off and were demolished.— One person, whose name we did not learn, was slightly injured. No other purson injured that we learn. The passenger* train was fol lowing, and consequently detained from 11 P. M., until eight o’clock A. M , next morning. Another Raid.—A party of hushwhackere and deserters made a raid upon the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, nine miles east of Bristol, on Friday night last, cut the tele graph wire, and tore up about fifty yards of the track. The eastward bound train which left Bristol at 12 o'clock Friday night, was in consequence of this damage, thrown from the track, and the baggage and expresi cars smashed np. The track was replaced in a few hours, aod the train came on thtougb. —— * 1 * Wn perceive that Mr. Rives, in the Legisla ture of Alabama now in srssion, has offered a joint resolution for the enrollment and organi zation of all able-bodied male slaves, which was referred. SIKGK tVF* rKARLRNTON, - vortt HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH DAY. The enemy's rapid fire upon the city Wednesday night suddenly ceased about tea o’clock. Our I tokouts at the different posts and the guard boats report a very heavy ex plosion at that time on Morris’ Is and, which was unaccompanied by and is believed to have been the bursting of one of the ene my’s big guns. A young man who counted the number of shuts during the heavy firing of Wednesday night reports one huudred and ten fired from five o’al ck in the evening to the hour of dosing at ten o’clock. The observatory re* ports from six to ten P M. fifty-seven shots. JJThe enemy renewed their fire upon the city ratber feebly Thursday morning. Some thirty three shots were fired up to six o’clock Thursday evening. • No juntirr ctMi titles were reported, but several very narrow escapes made. iu otte house tbo ti m.ly but a m tiuent previous to the entering of a shell hud retired to the dining room, waeo the sitting room was struck, making a Complete wre> k ot the ro< in and contents. A prayer book on a side table appeared to be ■ h-s only article that escaped destruction. It was opened at Psalm forty ninth, commencing with : “Deliver m» from miue eo>-mies, O ray God ; defend m- irom them that rise up against me. Ddiv-r ra« from the woikers of iniquity anrt save uie from bloody tu •n. n Nothing of interest ucturod during tjte day on the I-iatid. • T b em ms seem to have aim st übu and >ned oper.it <>ns • g t nst Fort Sumter, on y three ebo's having been fired at the tort siuce our last re p>rt. Captain Soule returned by the Savannah triin ThuNday afteruunri, from a fl >g ot truca cuinmiiuicaiiotr with the memy, held Wednes day afirfnor it at Port Royal Ferry. Me was met bv Col. Wifedford, and exchanged letter* and official documents. No late Yank** papers were received. Major Ltnwr Fontaine, of G-neral Roddy’s Staff, c iptured on ibe 14th of D cumber, 1803, Wis released on parole tor epecial exchange, and nccump roied Captain Soule to the city. - He bas been pooled to effect nn exchange of Captain Ilirry White, C7tb Pennsylvania Vol unteers. Maj ir Fon a n j , since bis capture, ran been confined iu Columbia, Tenn r;Ni*h vtlle PeniD n’iaiy ; Loni-ville, Ky.; Cincinnati, Oh o ; Camp Chare, O.iio; Fort Delaw ire, from which last place he whs sent to B< anfort, South Carotini, and arrived thereon the 28’.b of August.* lie states that about five hundred end for ty-eight of our officers are confined on Morris’ Island, forty at Beaufort, and twelve have made their escape. Captain H*nry Buist, Lieut. A. W. Bart and Lieut. B tughtuan, of. South Carolina, are among the prisoners on Morris’ Island. We learn that the exchange of naviil prisoners'w*ill take.place at Varina, and that one hundred and seventy two naval prisoners leavo here this morning for Rich mond. Two enspicioua personages, givi-g tbe'r names as Henry Buckley and Henry Tilburn, were arrested Wednesday night hy the Pro vost Guard. They were taken at Deigoan's •hip yard at a late hour. They are believed to be deserters trying to make tbeir way to tbe Yankee fleet. It is stated that all the Yankee prisoners now in the city will shortly be removed.— Courier. It w nld seem that all th it i* great end wise aud good bee Its birth In tho evils ol fallen humanity. The Hero is tbe offspring of revolu tions tn the -ffifrs of mm, n which tbe worst passions of tbe heart are aroused to a thirst of blootf. Tbe B'atretnan is tbe growth of occa sions mt'fa perilous -by Ibe waves of party strife, ve which be rises supeilor in vindica tion of Ibe rights ol man. Tbe Philosopher builds his fabric of truth on wisdom ga’bered •rum the errors of the world. The Poet ie ibe prophet of tbe future standing upon thn con fines or tbe post, and through the keenne-s of his vision discerning the adr* nt of new and brighter eras. And tbe good man standi like a se itinel on tbe outposts of ill, warning the wayfarer SK iindt the pit-falls ia his path. JVf ejraph and Confederate i“• •• . - Tiik press and tbe peopla unite in calling upon the government to place all our able bodied men ia the field. Yet, such is tbe strangeness ot bum n nature, when tbe neces sary steps ate taken, tbey are too frequently rewarded with obloquy. As last as tbe rule is applied, every man on whom it Is broug.it to bear fetches a squall, and b • friends a.I join, in I declare that this is a peculiar and should be % special e«ae. We may expeet a great deal nf sucb onicry ; but we trust it will be no far ther regarded than tbe bpet interests of tbe service demand, aud. that notbiog will be fielded lo mere clamor or "lufl tentfal friends.” üblic t.ffijers will lad it a hopeless under taking to please everyb-aiy; let them rather do right and die.tease equal juatioe to alL—Rich mond SentineL | Tiik Macon Confederacy says: “It wal said by on Irishman, tbe other dsy, that Gov. Brown bad seat word to Sherman that H be did not leave Atlanta, forthwith, be would torn the militia loose upon him, and would not hold hlmtelf responsible (or the con sequences.” CHIJMCIfAND STATE BOTH WRONG. ' That able paper, Th* Countryman, after*giv- | Ing, under tbs above caption, the correspon dence between Bishop Pierce and Governor Brown in reference to tbs patrols breaking up negro meetings.-discourses as follows. It wifi be remembered that the Bishop, after making complaint to the Governor, and allowing that functionary to let off a good long letter, found out that he was "misinformed and wrote un der a false impression ” But says the Cjun try man: But tbs most serious charge which lies at the Bishop’s door, is the fact that he so un thougbtedly presented our Governor, so seri ously affected with tbs tmbtndi, with fhn opportunity of writing another let ter. Wc do not lav any willful commission of sin at the door ot our go jd Bishop, but be certaiuly ncted very untbougbtedly in pursu ing a course so well- caloulated to aggravate the disease which afflicts our State Executive, and fronTwhicb bis beat friends scarcely en terrain a single hope of his recovery. So much for she wrong dons by the church, in the correspondence we have presented, our readers. Aud now for the wrong committed by the State. „ Gov. Brown lays down, in his correspon dence, a principle which be has laid down on several occasions before,’ and which is. em phatically wrong. He tells Bishop Pierce that if he will report tne names of the patrols in Hancock, who were guilty, as tbo Bishop first alleged them to be, be would 'order them arrested, and seut to the trenches at Atlanta.' Now it is probable that these patrols be long to the reserve militia of tba State (for they are the ones now* generally doing patrol duty) whom the law says ‘shall be called into, active military service, only after tbs militia proper has been called out, in great emergencies, to meet which the militia pro per are deemed insufficient.' Here the law ' defines upon wbat ground the militia reset re shall be called intb service. Gov. Brown does not propose to call .them into service, on the ground laid down by the law, but on the ground that Bishop Tierce writes biro that they have misbehaved themselves as patrols. This is a clear case of usnrpatioa of power,. *bn the part.of Gov. Brown. He proposes to punish certain tuen in Hancock, not for any violation of any law, but b- cwuse. Bishop Pierce alleges that they have violated bis hatious of propriety, and tbe Governor agrees with biro. Here it a most da gerous union of Cburch and Slate, lst,'*to make law; 2odly, to punish tbe violators of that law, not made bv regular and constitutional-legislation; nnd, 3<lly, to condemn and punish the alleged cul prits without a boaring, in tbe direct teeth of the constitution. Now, if these men in Hancock have offend ed against any of tbe laws of the State, or if it is allrged that they have, let them be put upon regular tria!, for their alleged olfeus*— let them have a jury of their peers, according "to the constitution, and lot them, according to tbe same sacred instrument confront tbe .witnesses brought against them tty tbeir ac cusers. Aud if tbeir accusers can make good their charge, then let them be punished, as the law directs. But Gov. Brown, such a stickler for the constitution,does not propose any such course. On the contrary, all that he requires is, for Bishop Pierce to name his men, make a charge •gainst them, acd away they go, under Ex ecutive ukase, to of Atlanta, without witnesses, jury or trial Is not here a good opportunity for a homily on lettret de Cachet, and (ha star chamber, of which Gov. Brown stood in such mortal dread, awhile ago ? Wbo has usurped more authority than G- v. Brown, during this revolution, trom its very beginning down ta the present time_J— although he is so jealous ol usurpation of power by President Divie, or any one visa. We have come to- tbe conclusion that the reason our Guveillor ol j -cts so strenuously to any umit pations of power is, jhat in the matter of usur pation. be c-n bear no brother to tbe throne.— He does not wish President Davis, nor sny one else, to asiitp any power whatever, because be feats there will not be enough left for bim to usurp. ’ Lk ' Alexander, be wishes to stand a’ooe in authority over this world, and, like A’u xinder, perhaps nnotber. Not only does be threaten to s«nd private h-' dividna s to the trenches of Atlanta, but he threatens to send Judges of Cnur s to the sains place lor not m«king such decisions as he thfi ks proper. Witness his conduct with te« gard to th>- Judges nf the Interior Court of Worth county. Abraham L neoln bar been guilty of no greater outrage. Aud Governor Brown justifies bis conduct, with regard to the Judges iu Worth, upon tne idea (bat bis “tnors! eenee” baa been “shocked.” And so the “in >ral g*nse” of bis imperial msj-aty, Abraham I, baa been dreidfully shocked by the “sum ol nil vilUion s"-slavery -and by th s “wicked re bell o i." Hence be assum s the power to pio climate the t-n-* out o! exi-teuce, and to sup pres* tbe other. Me and Gov. Brown usurp power np n precisely the same ground. But President D iv s must not. in the view ol either, ufiitrn any power whatever. Some of our readers may possibly misun derstand ns, without explanation. Looking at the correspondence which gives rise to these remarks, tbey may think that we ap prove of cruel or improper conduct, on tbs part of patrols. Not so We condemn it as much as any man possibly can. To mistreat a negro, simply because he has powee to Jo so, is one of tbs worst crimes a man can commit; and our tongue, and our pen, shall always be wielded against any such cruel treatment. What we intend, l*y this article, to censure, is Bishop Pierce’s baste to condemn his frl low-n.en, without giving them a bearing— his sen-itiveness about meetings, and fcis opening another sluice to Got Brown’d pea- . What we intend ttf condemn in Gover» nor Brown, ie tho outrageous usurpation of power, in assuming to send men to tbe trench es of Atlanta, as-A punishment,. who have committed noorime known to the laws ot our Stoto, upon the mere iptt dixit of Bishop Pierce, without allowing them jury t ial— , without giving them in opportunity to meet tbeir accuser face to fai , and without allow ing them to confront the witness—all of )wbich is guaranteed them by the constitution —and of which privile.es they cannot be de irived without overriding tbe constitution, as touch as Abraham Lincola himself treads tout the life of fundamental law, beneath tba fetlocks of rampant tyranny, and usurpation, *-ed with the gore of their dowu-trodden vie ’ itns. | : Coming Down —A very fair article of (. orgbum Syrup told at auction in this city »me ago it was bringing from |l6^ to $lB. 'l!'here hoe been aa exceedingly large *amo«nt f this Syrup made iu this section tbe preeent sason, and we would not be at all surprised ~ it went still lower. We hear of fernur* ’ bo never made more tban from three to file ; ties of cotton, who will make this rent frtra venty to' tweoty fire barrels of Syrup, eid hose families cannot consume mere than •e or two barrels of it There ie hardly a rmer or plahter but will hava more or less l it to sell. 5 At tbe same tale English prints sold by Pie t iece at $6 25 and Scotch Ale at Kin SIOO to $l5O per dosen for pint bottl-o. <v Coh -nbut Enquirer. CONDITIO* AND SPIRIT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ANIS. A co respondent of tbs Clarion, wbo, though B loose thinker, (as he has fallen Into lbs vile trick of calling this war "a revolution”—that is, a rebellion.) is a’shrewd observer and holds a graphic pen, writes as follows, after a recent tour: A journey across the S’ate impre-ses one with tbe conviction that present evils are imeg nary la-lierjhan real. On’y here and there nave l **e% Women add children iu absolute want. On any street in any great city before tbe war, a loiterer would h tve observed mure of peaury than is visible along tbe highways in tbe poorer Counties ot JUI.-shsippi. I have sern white wo men toiling in the fi Ida in the E s ern sod Western Stateai.f the tormer Governor -qt, but out e i frequently in those ol th£ Soiuti, How ever strong such evidence m ebt be deemed of extreme poverty, I have encountered no sol dier'a family wbo t>a Ino tood to snaie with tl e wayfarer. Tts rich complain more, because ol tbe deprivation ol former luxuries, Umu tie p or because of the waut ot tbo n cessans* o> life. Toe couciu-lon is almost irresistible ibat mtuy c nt da ms which we are accustomed to bear are tunc.fui ratber than real; it is ceiumly true that those whose actual nectssities aie great, st compta n least. The poor endure tbe iocidents and mistortunes of war with greater loriitu le than tbe rich. Two years ago tl ere was among a large class ot 'be popu a'ion ol ■be Gull Slates a strot g prejudice against the leaders of the revolution. Toe people said it was a war i>rigiiiatii g iu the negro question, in which tbev lelt not me slightest interest ; that those atone should incur the dangers and hard ships ot •* soldier's Me whore property was at stake; but now tbe tiath Is palpable to tbe meanest intellect. The contest in which we are • ngiged involve nut only the prosperity Os the Smith, but • very question of hum n Ireed m, even life itself. I buve'yei to find a woman, however iinpn verified, whatever tbe Im-ses she I as sustained, though sons, brothers aud husbands are absent or have fallen, whp-does Dot adhe?e-wiih un wavering fidelity to the c«n-e ol independence With tb-in there is un undefined borror excited by a remote allusion to Yankee domination.— Tbey oreler a war tbr ugu all time to a dty’s subjection to Federal despotism. Ye.-terday I stopped before a cabin door and inquired tbe way to Mr. C As is usually ibe can -, since G v. Clark org iu z-d his aimy, there was no one at borne but tbe “old ’otiiaii” aud brr and uighter*. As well as I can recollect lire following colloquy «n-ued: “Good m»roiug, madam , will you be kind enougMo tell me tbe way to Mr. 0 ’s?” ‘•Yes, sir. y. q see that ar cornfield tbar— It's a purty big field too. Me aud Nauce and Jiuoy, my two darters, works it—we do ; ever senpe Guvner Clark tuk the old man away. ■ The wurrums ha* mviey nigh et up all be fod der nnd cleaned out tbe g’tus. Me and J udv aod Nancy will g > to fodder slacken to-mor row.” • G » round that and come to eqnl e BeloteV and bees gone to the war, and lelt bis old 'omun sick aud bis une*eyed daricr ; she has fits. and tbey say Guvner Cluik awt to be bung tor takro away all the m-n and lee*in the wmi min folks to take aare ot themselves.- She aim a very knowing * m«n si • aim got no ideear of what's ci un in in et the Yankees gits ib*-C‘.uu try. Thar’s my son Bill what's bin all through tie wars in olu* Fergmny and in Tetiuissy. Me sex that tbe Yankees IS alters wus lo pore folks than to rich wons. Tbey don’t leave ih*-m nothin, and beiz' hearn Dutch so diers cl iimui little faun* along the roads whir they marched. All of us is iuiew tbe war now. Look here, stranger, do you know my sop li lly '•T- wbat regiment dm he belot g m-daneT" ‘ lie belonged to Bragg’s lor sum time, and now bei z'goneto Tmladelpby, I heero.” **l don’t know your sun. at and would th ink you to tell m i what road 1 rnuu take to reach Mr. C *s.” * “Yes, sir, I wss just a goin so fall vnu that you go roired ,ttu»i ar field ot ourn and that road will take you 1o IMuR-'s. and when you git thar yon must go in and see the old 'urn in. sbe’s noner del, and not beer n much, don’t know nothin. She’s the only Un'oner in all this country. Don’t tell her nuthiu about Guv n*r Clark ; es you do she’ll rare. Us it tak -s all the ni“o In the M idealpp to whip the Dutch, niggets und Yankees and Guvner C.a--k will con-crip the w m-*n, me and Nance and Jinny will go. We’ve done talked it all over andjtio do fine es the men don't bother u«.” I rode away well satisfied that I had at least learned that the poorest and most unlettered of pur people have begun to comprehend the results of the revolution. If we sre once disarmed, ten thousand disciplined soldiers can maintain the foreign despotism. A de sultory warfare would continue while men like Forrest live, but pitiable will be tbe con dition of this people when tbs women of the country would have- tbeir sons and husbands abandon the leaders of our armies and de nounce those who, like Governor Giant, would make every citizen a soldier. The old lady bss reasoned accurately and well. Better that tbe woman < f tbe South should become soldiers than submit to degradation, wrongs and outrages at the bands ol brutal disbanded Federal armies. Tbe illustration given of tbe spirit and feelings of the people is not an isolated in stance. I,saw* mother whose son had re cently fallen Tn one of the battles near Allan ta. She said, when speaking of her misfor tune, "that she would never weep again be cause of tbe loss of her po»r boy, if assured that bis death would contribute to tbe inde pendence of hie country. But to lose bim nnd then be ruled by our merciless foes, is more than a mother can endure. 1 have solved tbe mystery of Roman patriotism; a mother’s love bas been merged in a broader, nobler affection for the land of my birth; but I can not survive tbeloss both of my son and coun try. It is this posibiiity that causes me to weep.” Sucb women are not peculiar to Mississip pi. Everywhere the same matchless heroism and unyielding fortitude has been evinced by mothers and daughters and wives. Wisely enough Lincoln and bis myrmidons wage a relentless war upon tbe women of tbe coun try. Denounce him, and Sherman, and Butler,' and -Hunter, and Milroy aa we may. they baTe concluded justly that while the women live the South can never be subjugated. From all that I have seen or hekrd the abandonment of Atlanta by Hood and tbe surrend-r of the Forts at Mobile have begotten none of that despondency which followed tbe fall of Vicks burg. Let come what may our independence must be achieved. Such ie tbe fixed purpose of tbit people. S. L. Thk Lay* Gkx. Godwin.—Brig. Gen. Archi bald 0. Godwin, wbo fell In the battle near Winchester on Monday fast, was a ustlve ot Naneemond county, Vo. He was lo California •t tbe beginning ot tbe war. but lelt for bis na tive State immediately upon her secession, and offered bis services to tbs country. He was assigned to tbe oommand of tbe military prison at Salisbury, N. C.. and afterwards had charge of the prison In R cbmond. Receiving tba ap pointment of Provost Marsbst of Richmond, be discharged tbe arduous dulfaa of tbe poaitioo with much credit, but resigned and returned to Salisbury and raised tbe fifty-seventh North Carolina regiment, ol wbloh be woe appointed' Colonel. . He led hie oommxad through many bard.fought .battle*, and woe finally wounded and taken prisoner. Soon alter bie exchange he ires made » Brigadier, aod at once returned to tbAßeld, where be bad beau actively and arduously engaged up to the time of bis death. Ha was in tbe very meridian of life, b«v nj iuet attained to hie thirty sixth year.— PeUr» r wg Exprext. Trow the Ootiteboro* State Journal. A CAMPAIGN! AGAINST SHERMAN. Tbe movement ot Gen. Forrest, indicated by the c ipture of tbe gsrneon ot Atbeas, Alabama, published in our telegraphic uews yesterday, will command a large share of puolic attention As yet, we k-iow nothing deflnilt ly.of the route Forrest has taken. Tbe New Orleans Era of the 13th bad an ex'ract from the Vicksburg Herald of a day or two previous, which Ucited Korns - , with • large rebel force, at Jtckson, Mississippi. General Dck Taylor and General. Gbolsun were there with bim, so was G- n. Wirt Adjtni. We understand Irom this Yankee ac count that tbe force ot tbe rebels was a very heavy one—cavAry. Infantry and artillery.- Forre-t commat.d-d tbe c-valry of course, and Gen. Dck Taylor the infantry, Ac. Their wa gon, poutonn and artillery trims are said to be very extensive. All tbeir movements were enr-d ic-ed with the grea est S'crecy, even tbe changes from ■ fat c*mp to another being made at niaht. ■ None except Ibe Generals were al lowed to know the least thing tn regard to the then contemplated movements ; and the Yankee adds, no expedition of s’mifar' stnn/tb was ever more secretly collected or more carelnßy guarded In m outside t>bs< rvation. Tbe whole con oi ni is said to bave been in fine condition, the su m »*8 in excellent order, tbe artillery afcd po t >on trains ot tbe finest description, an 1 tbe wagons n w and substantial. Thn whole force, a* far as ttfn Yakkee paper’s informant could judge, trom the observations he was permi.ted to tn ike, will number some twenty thousand m n. The object of organizing this command troubled the Yankee editor. It was a matter of speculation with bim whether it was in tended to succor Mobile or otherwise; but he cautions the authorities that they had bet ter look to’New Orleans while talking of Mobile. Now this gleam of light from the Yankees will enable u» to speculate on the new cam paign. And first, it from our owo fab-graphic reports that Forrest, whatever may be his force, bad cot gone towards .New Orleans or Jackson, about tbe 12th inst., os reported by the Yankees, he bee done some good marching since 'hat time, for we now find him on tbe extreme northern boundary of Alabama, a distance of about two hundred tnilee from Jackson. Atbens, where he is reported to have ap peared, and captured the Yankee garrison of 1,300 men, is the capital of Limestone county, Ala., 154 miles N. E of Tuscaloosa, aod 25 miles W. by N. of The distance from Atbens to Chattanooga is from one quar ter to one-third the distance from Jackson to Atbens—that is, from fifty to seventy miles, according to the route tnkeo. Then again, the distance frem Athens to Nashville, is somewhat less than that from Atbens to Chat tanooga. * We think, then, that Forrest is not going to Nashville. It is certain that he is not going to operate in Alabama, and we come to tbo conclusion that Sherman't rear it hit. scene of futdre operations, and hence the prediction of President Davis a few days ago at Macon, that Sbermnn would be bound to retreat, and that we are to witnese the re-enacting of tbe scene of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, on tbe toil of Georgia or Alabama. Our i pinion is, that the Vicksburg Yankee editor under estimates Forrest’s force. We incline to tbo opinion that that force isoearer thirty than twenty thousand, and when For rest approaches Chattanooga be will *be re inforced by the troops under Wheeler, making several thousand more. Forrest has now complete oontrot of the entire railroal communication of Bherman with Tennessee; Wheeler bites bi en paying his respects to the Tennessee and Georgia rood, ana thus is Sherman completely cut off from all communication north—bis further sup plies (except what Georgia ass rds stopped, and nn hope of beiog rapidly re inforced. then ? We surmise Forrest will push rapidly on towards Chattanooga and mnke a junction with Wheeler. The Yankee supplies at that point will fare badly, so too will the troons Sherman has left to keep open his rear. Will* this be all ? We tbink not. Forty, or thirty, or even twenty thousand men should be able to move down on tbe rear of Sherman’s position whilst Hood’s army threatens hie front. Bhonld this prove so, can Sherman resist the com bined efforts to dislodge bim ? And if not, whither will he fly? Should our speculations prove bo be true— should Forrest succeed in destroy ing Sher man’s lines of communication, and then com bine his forces with those of Hood—if tbe Yankees are permitted to escape short of veri fying the prediction of President Davis, then may Ond forgive our commanding general! and tbe recreancy of tbeir troops. But we are full of bright hope. We be lieve the Almighty bas delivered the boastful army of Sherman into our hands, and that tbe poor victims of Sherman’s cruel order of banishment will soon again return to their dear botnef in the beautiful Gate City—At-‘ lanto. God has been with us in all our trials. Let us keep oitr faith in him unshaken and be will continna with us to the end. While some of our troops at the first battle of Manassas were hurrying forward to the position on tho Henry bill, where tbe fight was decided, they met a number of runaways from tbe field, wbo conjured them to turn about and save themselves, that we were whipped, the battle lost, Ac. The officer com mnuding denounced them aa cowards, wbo, because tbey were whipped themselves, thought everybody was whipped. Those fugitives bare tbeir representatives still—not in tbe army—but among those wbo ace'doing nothing for the war, and bar* suffered no hardships. There are some of these who are whipped, subjugated, and ready to kneel down and eat dirt, if Lincoln were to command and the Confederates to allow. How despicable is (neb meanness of »oul i Ir would be an unpardonable insult to our heroic ladies to liken such cravens to their sex. It •s unmanly to be depressed by reverses; tbey should but nerve ne to new effort*. We can at least act worthily of brava and virtuous men, worthy of our grand old Sfate and oar noble Confederacy; and this will Bering, us n glory of which nothing can deprive ns. . Re sults are in the bands of God; it ie not for us to repine nnder His chastisements, or to doubt our ultimate deliverance, in Hie own good time. Away, then, with all long faces whenever tbe telegraph fails to tell of victory! Let ne rather imitate the conduct of the old Ro man* who became but sterner and more reso lute under defeat,'and were thus always ena* bled to retrieve their fortunes even from the most desperate conditions. Let a! tell oar boasting enemies, •• they told the boasting Pyrrhus after he had so heavily defeated them, that they are nowise to forget the vi cissitudes of war, and to place confidence in the steadiness of the favor* of fortune. Let us, like them, consider only tbe best means of' strengthening oor-artnies, and repairing onr loues with the greatest diligence. It ie an outrage npon tbe 'Midler* wbo, though unfortunately, hare bravely fought our bat tles, to meqktbem with paling lamentations, instead of thanks and encouragement. It is the province of tree greatness of soul to rue superior to disaster, and to .maintain, eon rage aod eM-enlty under all circumstances.—Etek mond Sentinel.- Nxvbe trouble others for what you can do yourself. TELEGRAPHIC. ... ■», -a , - ... , ..... Reports of tlxo Press Association. Catered secredloc tc set of Ooitrees. la the ye*r 18G3, bs J.B Tbexsbkx. In the Cle k’e i fficeot the Dietrict Gni't of th* Confederate Etatee tor tho Northern Da trict of Georgia ’ FROM THE NORTH. STANTON’S -OFFICIAL STATE MENTS. DEATH OF COLONEL HATTON. * GREAT DECLINE IN GOLD AND MERCHANDISE. • -- -m m w • > MOVEMENTS AROUND PETERS- . BURG. gp—: r—a Petersburg, Sept. 30.—Tbe Herald of the 27th has been received. Stanton telegraphs Dix as follows : Sheri* . dan’s laid dispatches were*at 11 o’clock Sa turday night, six miles sonth of.New-Market. He bad driren the enemy from Mt. Jackson without being able to brjng on an engagement. Tbe enemy were moving rapidly, and Sheri dan has no cavalry.at present to bold them. Torbett attacked Wickham’s force at Lnray, capturing a number of prisoners. Sheridan found rebel hospitals in all tbe towns from Winchester to New Market. He was then eighty three miles from Martineburg. ' Twen ty pieces of artillery were captured at Fisher’s Hill together with'one hundred prisoners, an amount of caissons and limbers, large quan* titles of entrenching tools, small arms aod sabres. Breckinridge has gone to take command in the Sou hweet. Despatches from Sbet man say that Hood ap pears to be moviog towards tbe Alabama line. A strong force oi rebel raiders in reported - operating egiinnt Sherman’s c> ramuoicationa, and have captured Athens, Aia. Vigorous ex* ertions have been made to capture this force: Steele, strongly reinforced, is taking the of* fensive. Grant reports no operations to Stanton, who says that the foregoing is ail that is proper for publication. ' Averill is relieved trom command in the Valley. Tbe rebel Col. Ilstton died at Winchester. Tbe BaUimere and Ohio railroad ia opened ite eirtire length. Despatches from St. Louis of tbe 25th say that Price entered Mitsouti with a force thirty tbousund strong, and that Shelby’s cavalry aud Kirby Smith are believed to be co-operating in tbe movement. RosecraDs an and Pike have issued an appeal to tbe people to rally to the rescue of the State. Seward ia on a visit to Grant. * Mobile is reported in the North to bate been snrrende'red on tbe 2Cth, which caused great eicitemeut. Gold closed at 193. Produce and mer chandise of all descriptions have declined heavily in sympathy with gold. Yesterday evening our cavalry attacked, in front and flank. Gregg’s cavalry division, which had forced our cavalry pickets on the Vaughn road, eight miles below here, near Wyatt’s bouse, capturing about 20 prisoners, and ra-estabiisbing our lioe. * This morning the enemy, with infantry, artillery and cavalry, advanced on our right, about four miles below here to the west « f tbe 'Weldon railroad, and dislodged our cav- . airy from the breastworks at that point. Ar rangements bare been made to defeat this movement, and it is believed they will not hold tbe works long. WILMIBGTOIt MARK&T, SKPT. Sftth Beef Cattlk —Are in eotne inquiry, nnd the market is only moderately supplied. We quote on tbe hoof at $2 25 to' 2 50 per lb, for net meat, as in quality. Bacoy—ls in detnahd, and scarcely any on market. We quote from carte at sfi 50 to 6 per lb. * Bekswax—s3 50 to 4 per lb. Bctt*b—sß to 10 per lb. Cotton— The market roieß firmer, and tbe stock in first hands is quite small. We quote •ales during tbe week at $1 40 to 1 50 for uncompressed, and $1 70 to 1 75 per lb. for compressed. Coen—Sells in the small way at S2O to 25 per bushel. Corn Meal— Sells from the granaries, In lots to suit, at $25 per bushel. Coppbra —Retails at $4 to $4 50 per lb. -^ Egos—Sell from carts at *5 to $5 60 per doa»o. Flour —None of consequence coming in, and the stock on market has all been , worked off. There is a fair demand, and we quote small sales for the week at S3OO to-$320 per bbl. for eaprrfine. Fobaob.—Fodder sl6 to $18; and Shucks sl2 to sl4 per 100 lbs. Hides. —Green $3, and dry $4 50 to $5 per lb. Leather-Sole $23, end upper S2B per lb. Lird - By tbe barrel, $5 to $5 50 per lb. Naius Sell by the keg at $2 30 <o $3 per lb. Peas-Cow Mil boa store at sl7 to S2O psr bnsbel. Potatoes -Irish $35 to S4O, and Sweet S3O to $35 per bushel. Poultry -Ohickena $5 to $7, and grown fowls $8 to $9 each. , Kick— Cfaun 50 ta 60 oenta per lb. by tbo cask Salt - Sound mode sells from store slowly st S3O to $35 per bushel. Sugar—Brown sells by the barrel at $7 50 to $3 per lb. Syrup—Dali at 20 to $25 per gallon. Shbbtirq—Fayetteviia factory, $3 25 to $3 60 per yard Spirits Tuoputixr.—Nominal at $5 to 6 per gallon. Tallow—s3 K 0 to $4 per lb. Yarn—s3s per bnneb by the bale. Wood—ls in demand, arid sells by the boat load at S2B to S3O for pine, S2B to $35 for asb, and S3B to $42 per coYd for oak. Money Market— We have no Change to re port in bonds or stocks during tbe week, and only email transaction* have taken place. Specie bas slightlv advanced, aha following ijre tbe buying rates : Confederate bonds range from SIOO to $l2O according to dates. Four per cent. Certificates S6O. 7 30 Notes $65. Gold $22 lo 23 ; Silver s2l; Sterling bills s2l a 22 for one. Bank Notes—North Carolina $3 to 4; Geor gia $3 50 '; Virginia and South Carolina $2 to 2 35 for onto.
