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Terms of the D»My Sun.
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For .»!• month
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So Paper To-morrow —To day being
tie one sol apart by Ibe Governor fur
fasting, humiliation lunl prayer, the office
of the Sun will be closed alter 8 o’clock
and no paper will be issued until Friday
evening.
Every eiliizen of Columbus and vicini
ty who acknowledge allegiance to the
great Sovereign of the universe, and who
believes that He controls the destinies of
men audof nations, should lay aside their
secular employments and repair to the
iv-penlive places of worship as the Gov
eruor requests. We hope the day will
be generally observed.
Had buck.
The third annual celebration of Con
federate successes has been followed by
the usual streak of bad luck. The coin
cidence is singular. Another queer cir
cumstance attending these streaks of ill
luck is, that they have, in every case,
followed close upon the heels of I‘resi
dential visits and extravagant promises.
Instance the visit to the department of
Mississippi and East. Louisiana, and a
bombastic speech delivered iu Jackson
just before the fall of Vicksburg. Also
the visit to the Army of Tennossec, and
the speech delivered at Missionary Ridge
in which contidentprcdiotions were made
respecting Bragg's ultimate success.
Also another visit of a similar character
(made by proxy) above Atlanta, and
which resulted in the removal of Gen.
Johnston, and the bombastio prediction
that “Hank movements" and retreats
would cease with the advent of the
new fledged commander. Strange that
the tide of ill fortune should follow
ho closo in the footstops of certain indi
viduals, and that its ebbing and flowing
should be periodical, like some bodiesof
water that are suppo-ed to be under lu
uarinfluence!
Had luck indeed .' Even tbo lunatic
Puritans who burned witches in the early
days of Colonial history were accustomed
to regard every effect as proceeding from
some cause. Thuy could not conceive,
for instance, how a peach treo might
bear pumpkins just to gratify a freak of
luck. We are of those who believe that
this world is governed by fixed rules
and not by chance ; and (hat our streaks
of “bad luck,” so called, have been the
logical sequence of adequate causes.
They have resulted from want of prepa
rations or injudicious appointments, or
both combiued. Acting upon the theory
that the world is governed by law and
not by chance, men predict certain kinds
of weather during certain stages of the
atmosphere. When the mariner wishes
to ho advised of an approaching storm
he consults his barometer, not the God
dess of Chance. The same reasoning
holds good when applied to the affairs of
men. For instance, it requires nothing
but the plainest reason to foretell the
effect of opposiug an inferior army, com
manded by a general iu whom the sol
diers have no confidence, to a superior
army led by a commander of acknowl
edged abilify. Pew men in Georgia who
understood the state of feeling engen
dered in (he army of Tennessee by the
unceremonious decapitation of its favor
ite leader, and who suspected the mo
lives which lay at the bottom of that
radical measure, expected anything but
a streak of “bad luck”—they felt sure
that certain results must follow certain
causes. Hence they were prepared in
advance for the shock.
There are some hopeful indications.—
(It were indeed strange should there not
be, after the experience of the past three
months.) Reinforcements will be sent to
the army ; (they should have been sent
when there was a competent commander
to lead them to victory at Cass Station);
but no able commander has yet been pro
vided. Are the scenes of Missionary
llidge and .louesboro’ to be re enacted V
Longstrcet refuses, and very properly
too, the command of the army. As Hood
had served under him, why was not the
conmaud given to Longstreot at the bo
ginning? The ruth is, Longstreet would
not. consent to supplant so able a leader
us Johnston, not even to gratify his own
ambition, much less tha* of the President
whoso personal feelings toward John
ston were well known. Farragut is dai
ly expected at ono of ourports, and IJeau
regard has been scut to entertain him ;
therefore, (were there no othor reason,),
he can not be sent to Georgia. “ Lee is
the rebellion” in Virginia; few men of
-eu«e would like to see him and lieaurer
gard both absent from the Capital, and
Richmond and the Army of Virginia iu
the hands of the “Ordering General.”—
So we must bide our time. \\'e have in
timations that the Government has at last
waked up to the importance of holding
Georgia, and that an able and experi
enced commander will bo assigned to the
command of the Army of Tennessee as
soon as practicable. Os one thing, how
ever, we feel certain, and that is that we
cannot regain Atlanta and hold on to the
Atlantic and Gulf coast at the same time.
Which is worth most to the Confederacy,
Atlanta, Wilmington, or the Valley of
Virginia? That is the question.
Wheei.kb. —Sherman troats the ope*
rations of Wheeler with an indifference
bordering on contempt. On the other
hand, Hood is represented as having
expressed himself “perfectly satisfied”
with what Wheeler has done—that is to
say, he is “perfectly satisfied” that
Wheeler has done nothing at all; no
other interpretation is admissible. For
nearly five weeks W heeler has been ope
rating in Sherman’s rear, with a com.
mand of not less than six thousand men,
and (luring which time trains have run
regularly between Chattanooga and Ate
lanta, and also between (he former
place and Nashville. W’heeler is one of
Bragg's pets, and wears a No. 4 boot.
The name Fokri.pt has become a terror
to the enemy, but Forrest would not
report to the much be.puffed protege of
Ilragg—hence he is kept on picket duty
in North Mississippi, with only a band,
tut of men.
Letter from the fiecrgla F/nnt.
Correvpondonce of tbo Dally Bun.
Lov ; jot’s St Huts, M. &W. R. II '
September 8, 18C4. /
Hardee’s corps pursued the the re
: treating enemy on Monday without
j any note worthy results.
Wc recovered our"*wounded at
Jonesboro’. They have been vc.y
poorly cared for by the enemy—or
rutlu>r not cared lbr at all. l hicc o
the dead were lying nuked in tne j
yard. The suffering of the wounded
beggars description, while m too
hands of the enemy, and I urn sorry
to say their situation has not yet been
fully ameliorated. The wounded arc
bciM'" brought down on ambulances.
The opinion prevails generally in
the army, that the enemy will remain
sometime in Atlanta, before he at
tempts any aggressive, movements. —
It is likely that his forces, as well as
ours,need rest and recuperation, nf
tor one of the most arduous campaigns
of the war, if not of the world.
The “Intelligencer” was out, a few
days ago, in a scathing article on the
action of the President in removal of
Gen. Johnston, and the results that
have followed so closely on the heels
or that ill-advised removal. It is too
late to remedy the past, hut it is not
too late to provide for the future. Ev
erybody knows how much an army is
strengthened by love for, and and un
bounded confidence in, its comman
der.
Hood could not prevent an enemy
of twice his own numbers from flank
ing him. Everybody knows this or
ought to know this. Neither could
Johnston have prevented the flanking
oft he enemy. Johnston knew he
could not. That is the only differ
ence. ‘‘Oh but Sherman would have
flanked him to Macon ” There is no
evidence of that fact. IF lie had, he
would only be in possession of a belt
of country thirty miles wide, surroun
ded by an army with its morale pre
served and unshaken, and far remov
ed from his base, disaster—most un
merciful—must and would have over
taken the enemy, if lie should have
had the temerity to push his columns
as far as Macon. Hut it is vain to
speculate. Wc must accept tho sit
uation as it is, and make the best we
can of it.
There is a high state of religious
feeling prevailing in the army. There
is nightly preaching in nearly every
regiment. The anxious scat is crow
ded with mourners, and considerable
numbers attach themselves to the
church. A profane word is rarely
hoard.
1 promised several acquaintances,
and I trust I may call them friends
too, that I would write them. The
want of paper must be my apology for
non-compliance at present.
Major I). 11. Smith of the 39th
Alabama, was mortally wounded on
the 31st, near Jonesboro’. He was a
brave and generous man, and I'be
lieved a native of Telfair county,
Georgia.
ITER.
Cos. roipoudence of the Daily Sun.
Letter from Petersburg.
Ihiß'r’s Battery, near Petersburg, Va. \
September 4th, 1864. /
Noihing of interest has transpired
around Petersburg since my last of the
27th ult. Artillery firing is of such fre
quent occurrence all along the line that
it has ceased to attract, any notice, and
if I were asked whether there were any
firing yesterday, “I don’t know,” for if
so, it didn’t make the’ slightest impress
ion on my mind.
Gen. Hancock in his report of the
battle on the 25th ult., at Reams’ Station
states that he was prevented from mqv
ing eight pieces of artillery by the heavy
rain of that evening, which rendered the
earth infirm, and they thereby fell into
the hands of the rebels. Now we were
there, and were the people who took bis
artillery, and can certify that no rain
fell from the clouds until after night,
over an hour after we had driven the
Yankees from their entrenchments, our
selves taken position “iu battery" iu
those entrenchments and secured four
three inch rilled guns and five Napoleons.
I’ll tell you what sort of rain it was that
caused him lo lose these guns and their
equipment; it was the rain of iron which
the rebels poured upon them from posi
tion in an open field, killing or otherwise
disabling every horse and all the men
who stood.
Lieut. Ferrell, who has boon operating
with the Whitworth guns on the North
side of the James against Yankee gun
boats since the 10th of Juno, returned
to the company yesterday with detach
ments and guns. This section common
dedby Lieut. Ferrell has frequently been
mentioned by Northern journals as be
ing very troublesome to Yankeo trans
ports ami shipping on the James. Theso
guns have been assigned to position on
the line near the place where the mine
was sprung on the 30th July, and will no
doubt make the \ ankee Commissaries,
Quartermasters, Cooking Details and
Reserves move further back.
There being uo other Lieutenant pres
ent, Capt. Hurt confines himself to the
command of tho i! inch ride section.—
These guus are not in position cu tho line,
being iu park about oue huudred yards
from the line and held for all such expc
ditions as that against Hancock at
Reams’ Station on tho 2£>th nil. The
friends of private Lovolady may feel easy
on the subject of his wound received at
Ream’s vis he has returned to duty.
- HAUSSE.
Astronomers predict that in November
of this year a meteoric display of falling
stars, similar to that of November, 11*33.
will take place.— Exchange.
The wonderful phenomenon of 1833 oc
curred during ihe night between the 12th
and 13 th of November. Astronomers have
agreed that on every reiuru of (hat night
an unusual number of “falling stars”
may be looked for ; but we do not know
by what reasoning they anticipate a dis
play next November like that of leod.—
Enquirer.
Our neighbor might enlighten many of
his readers by stating vrhat “Astrono*
rnei'B have agreed that on every return of
that night an unusual number of fulling
stars may be looked for.”
If everybody would attend to his own
business and let everybody else’* alone,
wouldn't everybody in the world have a
heap better timet
Latest from Tenfleasfo-ffho !fa*D-
Tlllo Convention.
Thrf CliaGitfiooga Gazette of the Oth
publisbr« a dispatch from Nashville, da*
j ted the 7th, stating that the candidates
for the State at iarj-e are Hon. W. Ft.
I Wisencr, of DcdforU county, and Hon.
Horace Maynard, of linox. For the First
District, Col. H. A. Crawford, of Greene;
2<l, Col. L C. Jlouk, of Anderson ; lid,
Dr. Jno. C. Everett, of Meigs.
The Stalo is to bo re-organized ns soon
as possible. Everything is in favor of
Lincoln nnd Johnson.
MEETIKG OP DELEGATES AT KNOXVILLE.
From tho Knoxville Whig we learn
that a large number of delegates to the
Nashville Convention, from Upper East
Tennessee, being unable to get to Nash
ville, assembled at Knoxville, and passed
resolutions and declared for Lincoln and
Johnson. Hon. Q. I*. Temple, a gentle
man claimed by the copperheads, made
an able speech, in which he declared un
conditionally for the only National Tick
et in the field Lincoln and dohnson.
Col. Temple is a gentleman ut great
ability, and has ever been a (rue Union
man, and we rejoiefi that he has thus re
buked those corrupt men who have been
using his popular name to oover their
wickedness—-with a show of loyalty. We
have not been deceived in the man.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Butler,
Meek, Mathews and Caldwell. For the
First District, K. K. Butler, of Johnson,
was nominated, and for llic Second, O.
P. Temple, of Knox. There will be work
enough for all, but we suppose those
nominated at Nashville will accept, if
Cols. Temple and Butler should decline,
as the positions are merely honorary.
The Convention adopted the following
resolution relative lo the enrollment of
the militia;
The Cominillee to whom was referred
the subject of the expediency of having
the Militia called out, make the follow
ing report;
Resolved, Thatit is the sense of this
Convention that our safely and peace
imperatively demand that the militia of i
East Tennessee should at pneo be organ
ized anil armed, and drilled at stated in
tervals; and that ut least one third
thereof should be kept on constant duty
for home defence, to repel raids ami de
stroy the guerrilla bands that now infest,
this portion oftheSlate; and that out.of
the militia as large a number thereof be
mounted as can be done for the service,
either permanently or ns necessity may
require. We hereby call upon Die au
thorities at once Io organize the militia
of East Tennessee, or more if necessary,
fur home protection against the stealing
bands of Confederates that now infest
the land. We especially call upon Gov.
Andrew Johnson to give this subject im
mediate attention, and we also call upon
the United States authorities to cause
the said militia to he enrolled, armed,
drilled, &c,, and to have a sufficient por
tion thereof called out for the defence of
East Tennessee against the guerrillas,
ami to repel raids.
0. P. Temple,
R. R. Butler,
, James P. Swann.
A QUAXI)AM “KEfIEL” EDITOR SUBJUGATED.
The Chattanooga Gazette learns that
Henry S. Hill, formerly one of the edi
tors of the Chattanooga Gazette and Ad
vertiser, and a member of the “rebel”
legislature from Hamilton county, and
latterly one of the editors of the Atlanta
Commonwealth, did not skedaddle from
Atlanta. Ho informed a stuff'officer who
was in ihe city, yesterday, that he was
thoroughly “subjugated.” Henry was
an original rebel. [Poor Ilenry !]
COL. JAMES P. BBOWNLOW SEVERELY
WOUNDED.
The Knoxville Whig of the 7th con
tains the following private dispatch to
the ffdilor of that paper:
Nashville, Sept. 4, 1864.
To W. G. Brownlow:—We have relia
ble news that Col. Brownlow lias been
wounded in making a charge on Wheel,
ex’s forces beyond Franklin. It is not
considered dangerous, but. is regarded
as serious.
Andrew Johnson,
Military Governor.
Since the foregoing was set in type,
the following dispatches have come to
hand :
To W. G. Brownlow:—ln the hurry of
sending you a dispatch on yesterday, I
omitted lo say that he was at Dr. Cliff’s,
in Franklin, where lie is well attended
to. I have just this moment heard from
him—lie is doing well, aud believed to be
out of danger. His mother need not be
Alarmed, he will be up in a short time.
ANnnEtv Johnson,
Military Governor.
Nashville, Sept. 5.
To Mrs. W. G. Brownlow :—Your son.
Col. Jas. P. Brownlow, wus wounded
near Franklin, on the 24 inst., through
both thighs. He is doing very well. Do
not come down, he is at tho house of Dr.
Cliff, aud well cared for. If he gets
worse 1 will telegraph you.
/,. R. Sanders,
Sutler Ist Teun. Cav.
j Secretary Seward’s Campaign —No
! Draft.— On Saturday evening last a
j large crowd of the citizens of Auburn,
j New York, including several hundred
volunteers who were waiting to be mus
tered into the service of the United
States, congregated iu the grounds ads
joining William 11. Seward’s residence,
in that city, aud called for tho Secretary
to address them. In response to the in.
vitation, Mr. Seward came forward aud
addressed the crowd at length. He an
nounced that there would be no draft,
as there were plenty of voluuteers going
! to the war, aud argued to show that the
preservation of the Union depended upon
Lincoln's re election.
The stump oration which the Secre»
tary of State delivered to his fellow citi
zens of Auburn, New York, on Saturday
evening last, is a*a important pronuncia
mento. Lie opens (lie Presidential cam
paign with tbo announcement that the
salvation of the Union depends upon the
re-election of Mr. Lincoln, and that the
war must continue until the rebels are
forced to sue for peace. He intimates
that slavery is no longer an issue of the
war, and that the institution will not be
interfered with after peace is declared.
He is severe on the radical abolition
ists, and directly charges the delegates
to the Chicago Convention, and the peace
democrats generally, with being aiders
and abettors of the rebellion and the
supporters of Jefferson Davis. He also
makes the welcome announcement that
there will be no drafi, as the Uuion ar
mies are being reinforced by volunteers
as fast as necessity requires.
Getting Mad.—Parson Brewlow say.-:'
If 1 had the power, sir, I would arm
and uniform in the Federal hnbilimeuls
every wolf and panther and catamount
and tiger, and beat- iu the mountains of
America; every crocodile in the swamps
of Florida and South Carolina: every
uegro in the Southern Confederacy, aud
eucry devil in hell aud pandemonium.
The Parson says nothing about arming
himself.
Norther Advices from New Orleans to
the 20th uli. represent that GeueralPo
liguac. on the <l, creased the Mississip
pi between Vicksburg and Natchez, with
a portion of his command
TSLEaKAPHIO
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1883, by J. 8. Turashsß, in the Clerk’* office oi
the DUtrict Court of the Confederate 6iate» lor
tho Northern District of Georgia.
•
Macon, Sept. 14. —The first train of
Atlanta exiles arrived here this morning.
They were stripped by the Yankees of
everything except one change of cloth
ing, and are iu a deplorable condition
indeed.
The impression that the campaign in
Georgia is over for this year is fast gain
; ing ground. Sherman may reinforce
i Grnnt and try to hold Atlanta with a
small force, but no farther advance is
anticipated.
Last night a train loaded with Federal
prisoners ran off the track at C imp
Creek, on tl*) Southwestern Rail Ro .
F.ight cars were smashed np nnd a large
number of Yankees were killed and
wounded. No further particulars.
Hood nnd Sherman have had further
correspondence about, the exchange of
prisoners. No conclusion arrived at
you
Richmond, Sept. 14.—New York pa
pers of the 12th received. War news
unimportant.
McClellan’s letter of acceptance causod
% great sensation among Ihe I’cace De
mocracy.
The New Y’ork News toys it cannot
support a candidate who is in collision
with the Convention that tendered) the
nomination. Mullaby, the editor of the
Metropolitan Recorder, repudiates Mc-
Clellan. Vullandigham, who was on his
way to canvass Pennsylvania, withdrew
his appointments and returned home in
disgust.
Gold closed ut 222.
Richmond, Sept. 14. —The Herald of
the 12th says, our receut victories, and
rumors of victories to come, and (lie fact
that all the Presidential candidates are
upon a war platform, the success of the
new loan and other causes, all com.
bined, bring down gold to 219.
On Saturday, Vallandigham, after
reading McClellan’s letter, telegraphed
to a friend in Washington that all hope
is lost and withdrew from the canvass.
The Louisville Journal has placed the
Chicago ticket at the head ofits columns.
Cass pronounces the platform an ig
Dominions surrender to the rebels, and
says he cannot support it.
The yellow fever is abating at Bermu
da.
I’ETKReBURu, Sept. 14.—There has
been some skirmishing on our right today
and heavy eauouading all along the lines.
The city was shelled for several hours
in a most vigorous manner, some dam
age sustained hut not a serious accident
occurred.
The enemy advanced his pickets some
what on our extreme right yesterday, but
has followed it with no movement of im
portance.
The Military Situation a Sim
ple one—Grant and Lee. —Under
this heading the Herald proceeds to
show that the rebels have but one ar
my—that of General Lee. It says :
The Confederacy has but one army
left. Fifty general actions, skirmish
es innumerable, and the hardships of
three years of terrible warfare, have
exhausted, have destroyed entirely,
the ignorant but hardy population
upon which the rebel leaders counted
to overthrow the Government of the
United States. All that is left of that
population now is the rabble of Hood’s
last thirty thousand and the one army
under Lee. Nearly a million armed
men have, in the three years of its
career, fought the battles of the great
rebellion, and we have destroyed all
but the lust tenth of that immense
power. Putting down the rebellion
is now narrowed to the question of
beating Lee’s army. It must be ap
parent to every reasonable person that
with our present power, it cannot be
very diflicult to destroy that one ar
ray. Writers in Richmond may re
fuse to see this, and politicans in our
Northern cities, blinded by party zeal,
may refuse to examine the facts as
they are ; but no one disposed to
use his eyes can deny that the Gov
ernment which has reduced the im
mense power of the rebellion down to
wl»t is left of it can, by only ordinary
exertion, finish the business for that
crippled remnant.
With the military situation reduc
ed to the simple issue iu Virginia, we
find that matters even there are in the
position that we could desire. Lee
cannot, apparently, spare an effective
force to strike for the Weldon road,
lest he should weaken his line at oth
er vital points, and thus put himself
even more completely within Grant’s
power. He is helpless, except for
stolid resistance ; there is no longer
any offensive power in the Army of
Northern Virginia ; it stands at bay,
the only one of all the rebel armies
that seetns disposed to make the last
ditch a bloody one. It is with the
1 Government to do the rest. Give
Grant the requisite number of men,
and let him go in and finish it, and
put the Confederacy out of its misery.
Our war policy is the simplest that a
government ever had; it is simply
sending men to Grant.
The Fort rillow Committee, who were
sent out to investigate the manner of the
killing of the negroes, have reported a
very respectable book in size, but damn
able iu lies, and in advice to the negro.
The object of their report is not retali
ation, but to convince the negro that they
have nothing to hope from their former
masters, aud that they must only fight
the more desperate and give no quarter.
It is the duty of our Government to
counteract the effect of all these lies up
on the negro.
It would be a judicious movement and
have a fine effect, if Gen. Cooper, Adju
tant and Inspector General, would issue
an order, ottering amnesty and protec
tion to all the negroes who have deserted
to the Yankees.
Prisoners. —We may note, among the
few hopeful signs of reform, the begin
ning of measures to change the ill-advised
policy of concentration which our Gov
ernment has heretofore applied to pris
oners instead of to our armies. The list
at Andersonvillo has been and is still be
ing materially reduced, and the list in
Charleston and other places increased
LOCAL IJfTELLIGEENCE.
Change LLlls,
In $5, $lO aad SIOO packages, caa be
had on application to ihe
aug23 ts SUN OFJJICU.
A Card.
Tbo Ladira of tho Soldiers’ Friend Society have
received from Capt. Moisx and bis company, tbo
sum of S7OO, tor tbo benefit of tho sick and wound
dud soldiers iu hospital, at Columbus.
Ono ts the distinctive features of tbo struggle
in which we are engaged is the strong desire to
help odo a no* her which it has almost universally
elicited. There are ftw who ars not willing to deny
themselves many of the comforts of life tin t
tbesddiers msy enjoy them. But what self de
nial can compare with that of tho soldier, who,
amid the hardship and privations of ca up life,
thinks tenderly of the sick and wounded at borne
and deprives himself that they may enjoy additional
luxuries? It is a brotherhood which must bring
blessings upon our country.
'[’he Ladies passed a vote of thanks to <’ plain
Mo’seand his company, for this touching gilt, and
will endeavor so t * n| propriafo it km to carry oiffe
the intention, ts the >1 morn.
KP C ,
Pro.ii.lout Soldieia' Friend S ciety.
4 p’erubor 16,1864 dlt
Attention, “Johnson Guards.”
The members of this command will moot at tho
Government Transportation Works on FRIDAY
Kith inst., tit 3 o’clcck, p. m.
Punctual attendance is required by command
of JAB. F. IIOLMUS, Cap?.
Fkkzkti, 0 S.
NB—Absentees will b) reported to the Post
Commandant. sepl4 2c
8150 Reward !
Ran away on Sunday night, ILtfi ins‘ ,
my boy BEN, about. 25 years old, 5 feet.
11 inches high, dark complexion, weight
about 170 pounds; lias a siighc limp in
his walk.
One hundred and fifty dollars will be
paid for his arrest.
A. W. JACKSON,
0. S. Navy Yard, Columbus, G i.
Bcpll 3lp cl
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of ‘Mr*. JAMES
M COMER and Mrs h 11 COMER, ere invited to
attend the funeral of the former, from tho First
Baptist Church, THIS EVENING, at half past
l i nr o’ loek. _ seplslt
Funeral Notice.
The fiiends and acquaintances of Mr ami Mrs
DONELSON lIUFF, are invited to attend tho fu
neral of their infant son, WILLIAM ?!)üBOSE,
from the residence of Mr wm. E Dußose* iu Liu
wood, THURSDAY MORNING, 11 y 2 o’cl )ck.
seplo It
Sew Advertisements.
A. Mizell, of Opelika, offern \ finable
lot of negores for sale.
Jno. D. Atkins, enrolling officer for
Muscogee county, has a notice of inter
est to detailed men.
Ligou & Brooks wish to buy b.jeuwax
and tallow.
A brass key has been found.
Eliis, Livingston & Cos. offer a planta
tion for sale.
A Day of Fasting and prayer.— This,
by the Governor’s proclamation, has been
appointed as a day of fasting and prayer.
It is hoped that it will be observed by all
classes—that no labor may be required
of anyone, and that with humble Learls
many a'supplication will be addressed
to the God of Mercy, that lie may b-estow
Ilis blessingupon our homes anu coa ntry.
The sight of a whole State, sorely op
pressed aud threatened with the? loss
of all that life holds dear, bowing with
reverence before the Great. I Am, and
beseeching pardon for the past an d aid
for the future, is a picture which both
God and angels will approve. JVh.j can
tell what, the result may be, who foresee
the ett'ecls of those petitions whilst by
angels hands are upwards borne to the
throne of grace ?
Then for a day let the busy hunt and
noise of industry be hushed, the laborer
cease from toil, the idler from pleasure,
and all repair to the sanctuaries* and
with a contrite spirit pray for deliverance
from our foes, and freedom for our .'Stale
and country.
Would it not also be well to send tip a
few fervent prayes for the souls of exs
tortioners—if they have any ?
That the day may be observed by the
Sun employees no paper will be issued
from this office until Friday noon.
The Influence of Young Widow it.—
Old Hatemall says widows are the very
mischief —especially the young ’uns;.—
The influences they can bring to bear on
a fellow are tromenjus. Ther’s no use in
trying. They’re bound to do as they
please, and its thunderiug seldom they
please to do anything, but what they
make everybody else please to do like
wise. If they make up their minds to
marry it's done. I knew one that was ter
rible afraid of thunder and lightning,
and every time a storm camo on she
would run into Smith's house (Smith vas
a widower), and clasp her little hands,
and fly around like a hen with her head
cut off, till the man was half distractod
far fear she would be killed. The con
sequence was she was Mrs. John Smith
before three thunder storms had rattled
over her head. llow many Smith had
rattled over his heal after that T don’t
odzactly know myself.
Ankleizino. —Y'oung SJyfuce says he
has a serious objection to elderly ladies
lifting their dresses very high on the
streets. Its a mighty bad habit; but,
if any sweet bit of femininity from four*
toen and upwards finds the streets dusty,
she cau ankleize before him and the
other fellers as much as she pleases.
We would advise all parties to have
correct papers when they come to Co
lumbus, or they will certainly be ar
rested. Attention had best be paid to
this caution. All persons must have a
pass from the Post Commandant.
The Local of this paper, without mak
ing any pretensions to great generalship,
believes that if President Davis would ap
point him Commander of the Army of
Tennessee he could get it whipped, and
surrender it as quickly as any other
blowhard or street generalissimo.
Fbom Western ViKQtsiA.— Captain
Hill, of Gen. Imboden’s command, re
cently went to Huttonsville, Randolph
county, Ya., and captured at that place
96 horses and mules, and CO prisoners,
whom he paroled, not being able to bring
them out with him. On his return he
captured 12 more prisoners at Green
brier river. These last, with the horses
and males, have arrived at the head
quarters of the command.
Msj. Gen. Jas. J. Dana, is the Federal
commander at Vicksburg, vice General
Slocum.
Front Shernwa’s Roar.
Owing to tho recent interruptions
of the enemy’s communications, all
citizens living along tho railroad, :
within three miles of the track on ;
either side, are ordered to move North i
or take tho oath of allegiance “to the j
best Government the world oversaw.”
on pain of being treated as spies, in i
case of non-compliancc.
No newspapers are allowed to come
beyond Chattanooga, hence the sni
ffers are left entirely ignornnt cf
anything transpiring outside the scope
of their own observation. The Nash
ville Union and Times of the 10th,
(the latest we have been enabled to
possess ourselves of) are both very
clamorous for Lincoln's re-election,
urging the soldiers to vote for him
upon the ground that he is their “best,
friend.”
Troubles in Kentucky and Mis
souri are thickening fast, especially
iu the latter place. Numerous bands
of guerrillas have made their appear
ance in Northern Missouri, under
Thornton, Thrailkill, Auderson and
others, and, according to Yankee ac
counts, are robbing, murdering and
laying waste the whole country. These
bands seems to have been organized
under a secret order, called the “Sons
of Liberty,” which extends through
out the Northern States. Green lb
Smith, of St. Louis, Secretary of the
Order, together with Chas. L. Hunt,
Grand Commander, and Chas. E.
Dunn, Deputy Grand Commander for
Missouri, have been arrested and con
fined in the Gratiot, street prison at
St. Louis
The Union of that city, states that
the members of this order are bound
by a powerful oath, to disregard all
other oaths they may bo forced to
take ; to uphold the principles of the
Order übove all tilings else ; te slay
any one who should bet rap its secrets;
and to obey the edicts of Vallandig
ham, its supreme commander, and of
all superior officers. The number of
members in Missouri is estimated at
40,000 to 00,900 ; in Illinois at 120,-
000 ; iu Indiana, at 90,000 ; and in
Ohio, at 80,000. If there is any
truth in this statement, these men
will all vote the peace ticket, and to
gether with tho vote of the peace
men outside of' the “Order,” the can
didate upon that ticket will certainly
be elected President. Nous verrons.
Al. IjARTUS.
How ins Chicago Members Talked.
The correspondent, of tbo Cincinnati
Gazette, in journeying to Chicago with
many members of the Democratic Con
vention, was inuoli impressed with their
conversation. He says :
“But. the. saddest thing in ail this po
litical lalk was the evident delight at
our military failures. Ido not write
tbo words willingly ; for, realizing pro
foundly that this rebellion ean be put
down by no parly and by no effort iliat
stops short of embracing the people of
the North, I know how fully it is admit
ting that the end of these troublous
times is not yet in sight. But there
could be no mistaking tho tone of exul
tation in which the invasion of the North
and the siege of the capital in Ihe fourth
year of the war were paraded, and
Grant’s flanking operations were laughed
at, and the ability of Jeff. Davis waß ex
ultantly eulogized.”
A strange story comes to us from
Abysinia. The Emperor of that co called
Christian country, it is said, has offered
his hand to the British Queen, and be
cause an answer did not come so soon as
he expected, he put Mr. Cameron, the
British consul, in chains.
Obituary.
PERRY PRESTON NELMS.—Death ha-t again
spread around our squadron her sable curtain of
mourn<ng. Another £ par tan hero has victimized
himself upon his country’s altar. Private P P
Nelms, company C, 6th Alabama regiment, died
from the effects of a wound received on the 2d of
•Tune. He bicithed his last on tho 14th June,
16t>4.
We seek in vain for eulogistic phrases to deco
rate tho conduct of this uoy. To speak truly of
his genuine worth would bo to draw a portraiture
of magnanimity, high-toned honor, and elevation
of thought inconsistent with cne of pretensions
B > humble; an attempt to picture elaborately his
every cliivalric feature would causo the chisel to
drop from the sculptor’s hand, tho pen from the
L'storian.
liis refinement, noble bearing, gentlemanly
manner, and his virtue us, correct and brilliant
career, are simply indicative of that tuition ho
received from a loving and devoted mother. The
means by which be enlisted tho sympathies of his
comrades in his behalf, have won tho love and sd
miratinn of a'l who knew him, war but tho exer
cise of tli >se virtues iutiiusical y his own ; polish
ed and refined by a whole life of self-sacrilice and
heroism. Brave, nobie-minded youth, his mortal
ity Is beneath tho sod; but the brilliancy of his
character, and liberality, will ever remain a bea
con to guide.us aright, and give strength “to strug
gle on through warring elements, and rolling
waves.”
wus not an open or secret impu’se of his
soul that was not a harbinger of prospective greit
nes3. His la*t request to mo was to tell tis moth
er “lie died do nghis dnty, and was mindful of her
and his sister.” This simple affectionate memen
to, so emblematic of his every thought, wmd and
deed, when with us, will be a monument of glory
to perpetuate hie memory to time immemorial.
No nobler spiri- ever lay in state, aud had his
body surrounded with the fl vers and tears of con
doling thousands. The family of the deceased
have the sympathies of every acquaintance, yet no
oiu*more deeply grieves than the author cf th s
notice. My loss is common with theirs; my reg ct
alik 4 enduring: ' >
“Oh, ’rwns bard that he should porislu
In his manhood’s morning prime.
With hi** d r ar name brightly written
On the proudest page of time.
But we gave him to his couutry,
Ju her darkest hour of need,
An ! that country’s praise and blessing
Was his g'ory and his meed.”
“Fare thee well, oh, dear departed,
Through the future coming years.
Fame will link thy name with glory,
Love bedew thy grave with t“ars.
Gentle eyes, serene and tender,
Wi<l look upward through tho storm. \
O.ilQily waiting f r Death's Angel
To restore thy missing form.”
CHAKLES.
Tallow and Beeswax Wanted,
5,000 Pounds Tallow,
2,000 Pounds Beeswax.
! For which the highest markot price will ho paid.
Apply to Soap Facterv, or to
LIGON & BROOKS,
ei pt.ls dGt 140 Broad street.
Seven Negroes for Sale.
ONE No. 1 Seamstress and Ilonse Servant, and
good Washer; one No. 1 Field Hand and
Child, 17 years old, one woman, a good Cook,
Washer and Ironer, with 4 Childreu ; one woman
about 28 years old, a No. 1 Cook, Washer and
Ironer.
A. Ml ZELL,
seplSlOtpd Opelika, Ala.
Found!
A SMALL BRASS KEY—has the appearance
i* of a S»f« Key—which the owner can gtt by
calling at this office and paying charges.
uepls ts
Salt and Bluestone to Exchange
FOH WHEAT. FLOUR anil SECONDS. Also,
for silo : Coffee, Sugar, Rice, Syrup Honey’
Soap. Candles, Copperas, Alum, Logwood, Sod*,
'Pepper, Indigo, Bloiug, go 3d Matches, and a gieat
variety of goods for family use. at
PEABODY'S,
sep!4 dim 86 Broad street.
For Sale.
ASPENDID SADDLE and HARNESS HORSE.
Also 6 IZO-GALLON SYRUP KETTLES.
Address
HAITROAD AGENT,
eeplOfitpd ” Geneva, Go,
ATI o-r
Val-,ubl3 Pl&atationit-tr
sa County a- H
P^uciivew," I
OU ~ NotMiiU*. with go,, | j i”-- ■
ueoewmrv antimtldio-i “ ; 1 - . -
ospisst _ ’ ,V ' UI
By BU», Livingstons
Valuable Plantation f J
vrr E Utter for sale a ve.y valr o • f ■
VV in Clmttalioocl.ee coimtv^ 1 ~* !')■
liia)bu.,c ‘Staining yooan t . jv~
tom, liatanco pine mixel wiiiT." . ' CIt 'H
*SO aei e. cleartM. ““
On tho premises is a goo i dvreir H
houses for 40 negroes, a good Saw ß ,
running order. A OKI Sr mii , , - ,|: S
Glnliouseatid two ains.WiumVv, < *
a plantation,TAN YAlil), *5 r '' M ‘ fl
eepß IQt ’ ’* c ‘ Fl
By Ellis, Livingston
TVIO HUM)IiKi> v}aij,f®
Pure Catawba Grope fta
For h-Ip in quunt it lea of io gallons K , and ■
ftng3o ts
NEW SYR Up*
AT FOURTEEN DOLLARS Phil M
114 Broad .1
WM. 11. 11. iJ
seplO <lsl
Soap amt Candle Pacta
a lIR Coluiiilnn Chemical Srap an.i
, toi'y hat la on removed from .]UHIS
p,n” to tho corner of Baldwin and
where wo are now prepared to till
FAMILY SOAP, one-half and one 1 . ?||
CHEMICAL SOAP, do do (i 0 I
ItOSIN SOAP, one pound Har» ;
FANCY ard TOILET SOAP.
ALSO,
CHEMICAL CANDLES—(i and 8; |
TALLOW CANDLES—6 and 8. ’ YjM
LI GOT! & BROOKS I
WHOLESALE AGvvjfl
eepUdSt 140 Kroati'.H
Plantation for Sale , *m
rIIHE undersigned, desirous o? sc-ttljr. JB
i nearer to his residence, oilers
Union iu Tallapoosa county, Alabama,
Notasulgft; consisting of
002 Acres,
Os which about 500 are cleared and in
of cultivation; tho balance in the vsw.H
iloured land is comparatively new. mucii'.H
new ground, and all productive. ThopnJM
of corn is hs largo ft yield us ever madooniH
The plac • is well watered and there
within halt* a mile of the house. On the
there is a gx>i framed
Dwelling House with 6 Boc||
Kitchen, Cribs, Smokehonse, Negro Cabinil
other outbu'idings, while tho piaee
excelled for hea.thiulness and good water. ;■
made easy.
Applications can he made iu person toMrfl
lluiF, the overseer, on the place, or Mr J c ■
who Ives on adjoining plantation, or by leu J
Joliu C Whitntr, Augusta, or theundenimttl
JOHN b com!
sep!3 Otpd M&cor '
For Sale. > |
MSIRIIiLE RESIDENCE IN pJI
TON, 2 MILES FROM CITY, 1
I- OFFER for sale my placo where I uowrttjß
containing 57 acres of land, about lulfclev *9
thoba tnce withw od sufficient to supply afitjM
A good aud well built lIoUSE with s rooms,;*
kitchen with 3 rooms; smokehouse, tain, uJW
and carriage Lous'*. A Well of excellent
aud fino young Peach Orchard, Ac.
Two or three good negroes will be taken inpHj
payment. Possession given immediately, i( fl
sired:
Apply to mo on the place, or at the
Sta fold & Cos., o; pcsite Agency State Bank, Pf
sep!3 d6t JORDAN L IIOWKLIB
OFFICE C. S. NAVAL IRON
Columbus, Ga., Sept, 10, Ibid, j y
SSOO Reward
ARE\V r ARD of SSOO will be paid for the ap; ’
heuston and delivery to me of nagmwl
WILLIAM KUIIN. This hoy wus eniplovw |
tire Lolling Mill as heater; la 35 years It if l
about A feet 7 inches high, of light hrows coldl
aud Indian features; was dressed in light lints
coat, light pauts and felt hat.
Ho came from the Iron Works at Etowah, Git
aud is supposed to he making his way hack tn ‘..ij
placo. J n WARNER,
sep!l3t Chief Eng. C S N, Could'; !
Owner Wanted,
FOR a NEGRO BOY by the name of ALLKOKi
aged about 15 years, yellow complected, wt'Tp
says ill it he belong* to a Mr AL. MOORE, whon*
nowaCapta n in company C, 15th Alabama Cut
airy regiment, says his master lives in G-eensbcr.
Ala., has a 8 Hter living in Columbus, Georgia,lj
the name of Mrs ALIIE THOMPSON, andonpit
Montgomery, Ala., by tbo name of Mrs. MART g
GOREY. caid boy was brought to our office or. (•
the 9th day of July, and up to this time nothii; jv
can b » heard of his owner.
Any information in reference to Baid boy wii !U
thankfully received by us at Savannah, Ga.
BLOUNT & DAWSON, Brokers,
sepl2 4t Savannah, Ga.
Wanted.
110 PURCHASE a ONE-HORSE ROCKAV,'AY t
Apply to
Bopl4 ts DANIEL ROWK. |
SSO Reward
WILL he paid for tho recovery of a SILK TEL i
VET LADIES CLOAK los k between Cook's
Hotel, and tho bridge on Little Ucheo, ou the od
Federal road, if left at Gunby & Co’s store.
scpl4 *2t
SUGAR KETTLEsT
60, 80 and 100 Gallons, for sale
BY
L. HAIMAN & BROTHER
pepl4 ts
Wanted!
A NEGRO BOY or GIRL, IS to 15 5 ears old, Is
wait on the table.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
sopl-Cd.Tp
Found!
BY a negro man. a pair of EYE GLASSES, which
the owner can have by rewarding the finder
aud paying tor this advertisement.
PEMBERTON & CARTER.
sep!4 d2t
Select School.
MRS W S MARBLE will re-open her school °u
Forsyth street, MONDAY, October 3d.
Tuition SIOO per scholastic year.
Hepl4 d2w
FLORIDA LEAF TOBACCO.
r TWENTY-SIX CASES FLORIDA LEAF TO
jL BaCCO, for sale by
GEO. BUOKNAM,
at Goodrich A Co’s.
sop! 3 d6t
Just Received.
Extra family flour,
Choice Bacon Hams and Sides,
Dried Peaches an I Apples,,
Irifth Potatoes,
Onions.
No. 17, Broad Street,
seplS St Colmnbun, Ga.
For Sale.
A HOUSE AND LOT situated on the corner ot
/Y Troup and City Mill streets, near A D Brown
fi C /.* Variety Works. Said Lot contains % acre
with a good Dwelling with 2 rooms, a kitchen
with 2 rooms and a superior Well of water— its
equal baldly to bo foun t in the vicinity of the
c.ty.
For particulars apply tome, on tho premises.
sepl3d6t J J BORING
COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR 10UNG LADIES.
THE above Institution will be re-opened in the
building owned by Mr. Cowdery. on St. Clair
street, opposite St Luke’s (Methodist) Church, ou
MONDAY, October 3d, 1564.
For terms apply to W S LEE ■
seplS TuAS«t d4w
Stolen!
FROM tho subscriber, by a negro boy be
longing to Leroy M. Wiley, on the third day
of September instant, a BAY MARK MULE, U"
marks recollected. The boy pursued to with in
10 miles of Columhus, ou Sunday, 4th inst.
Any information whereby the mule con be re
covered will be thankfully received. The lidy
. wuing the mule is too poor to offer a reward, she
is a soldier’s widow.
Address JohnC. Mcßea, Eufanla. Ala.
ge |j9 5-pd MARY BHARMON
On Consignment.
An excellent article of Gentlemen’s and I "
dies* KIP SHOES.
Also, a fine lot of UPPER I,EAT* 1
aeplO 2w