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COLQUITT & WARREMT, Proprietors.
VOLUME VIII.
sl)c iUrtiln Cimcs
i’ubli'hed every morning Sundays exrep-
LIVE DOLLARS per annum, in advance.
€ijc Ulcckln times
I • Published every MONDAY MORNING,
Two Didllarsper annum, strictly in advance.
Oill. eOH itandolpli Street)Outtoille me
I’ostOflife.
tiavas.
Advertisements of five linesand less in either
Hie Daily or Weekly Times, will l>e inserted at
li t cents for the first insertion and 25 cents foreach
subsequent insertion.
Advertiaments exceeding five lines will be
charged 10 cents per line for the first, and UVe
cent.’, for each subsequent insertion.
Displayed advertisements will be charged for
the space they occupy.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrates,
Executors, and Guardians, are required by law to
he held on the first Tuesday in the month be
tween the hours of ten in the forenoon and three
in theafternooon,at theCourtllou.se inthecAun
ly in which the property is situate. Notices of
Ihe sale must be given in a public gazette forty
days previously to the day of sale.
Notice of the sale of personal property must be
i ven at least ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate
must be published forty days.
Notice tliut application will be made to the
Courtof Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne
groes, must he published weekly two months.
Citations for Letters of Administration must he
published thirty days—for Dismission from Ad
ministration, monthly six months —for Dismission
from Guardianship, forty days.
Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be
published monthly for four months —foreatablish-
ipg lost papers for the space of three months—
* lor compelling titles from Executors or Adminis
trators, where a bond has been given by the de
ceased, the full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued accor
ding to these, the legal requirements, unless oth
erwise ordered.
Thefollowing are the contracting rates change
able at Measure.
DAILY RATES.
12 months, i
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9 months, j
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6 months, j
3 months,
t months.
I month.
No.ol
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1 . qOO 7 01) 9 00 : 15 00 17 00 20 00
2 9 00 12 00 14 00 20 00 ‘25 00 30 00
:< 12 00 15 00 18 00 25 00 33 00 40 Oo
4 15 01 ID 00 22 00 30 00 40 00 50 00
5 .. 18 01 25 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 60 00
6.. 20 01 28 00 35 00 50 00 60 00 70 00
7 25 0( 33 00 41 00 60 Oo 70 00 80 00
8.. . 30 Ot 38 00 46 00 70 00 80 00 90 00
0 40 0 50 00 60 00 80 00 90 00 100 CO
WEEKLY RATES.
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and mon:h3.
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3 mo if ha. j
2 month s,
1 mouth. ]
No nt
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1 2 50 4 00 5 50 1U 00 15 00 20 00
.-i \ 5008 00 11 00 20 00 25 00 30 00
! 175011 00 H 5025003500 40 00
t 10 0015 00 19 00 30 00 40 OO 50 O 0
5 12 00 17 00 20 00 40 00 50 OO 60 OO
B 15 00 20 00 25 00 1 50 00! 60 00 70 00
7 "! 17 00 25 00 30 00 60 00 70 00 «0 00
8 ... 20 00 30 00 40
j 0 25 00 40 00 50 00 80 00 90 00 100 00
JKKINTI NO Oi L'KJ I’,
U.iudolph Street, Columbus, aaorgla.
j | AVINU in anccessful operation two of lIOE
I I A 00’S CYLINDER PRESSES
KUNIfING BY STEAM.
\V e are prepared to execute, at short notice, every
ascription of
HOOK and job printing,
II unsurpassed style, as cheaply a« can be done
anywhere in the South.
We have on hand a large variety »>t NEW JO U
TYPE and shall keep a constant supply of
Plain & Fane) Paper & Cards
OurfacilUies for turning off this kind of work,
with promptness and despatch, wiil make it great
ly to the interest of persons in want of
POSTERS,
HAN LHULLS,
i !i!i 'IjLARS,
PAMPIILEi’S,
HEEDS, UONIKs,
DEC LA RATIONS,
HANK CHE OKS,
BILLS OF 1 A I>l NO,
letter heads,
HILL HEADS,
i»HAV RECEIPTS,
HI ANK N< >TK V
CATALOG DEM,
LABELS,
waybills,
Blanks of very description, &e. &e.
A I SO, RAILROAD A STEAMBOAT BLANKS
j?o oxxa: xjh A. ball.
This Departments under ilia management if
Mr. D. b. PORTER, whoseloug experience and
acknowledged reputation as a Job Printer, are a
sufficient guarantee that all work entrusted to his
o'tre will he executed with energy and faithfuluess
We have now in connection with the office a
omplete
BOOK BINDERY.
and have in our employ a young map who, under
the veteran GRAY and others, has perfected him
self in this branch of business; we pledge our
selves to give the most pcrloct satisfaction in the
manufacture of all styles ot
Ledgers, Account Books, Dooketg,
Court Records. Steamboat and Rail
Road Blank Books, &o,
We intend not to be outdone in the style and
finish of our work, in either department, by any
establishment South, and that we may be able to
make our prices satisfactory we have adopted the
OA3H SYSTEM.
Jan. I IBfih
Cli »ng« of Schedule.
MOBILE fc OIRATID BAILROAD, I
Girard, Ala., Oct 1, .1861. }
IARoM iitd aiii i this date, the Mail Tram will leave
Hie Girard Depot daily (Mindays excepted) at
2:4w p m.,‘and arrive at Union Springs at 6.23 p. m.;
leave Union Springs daily (Sunday., excepted) at 6:35
a. m., and arrive ai Girard at 10:15 a. m.
Tim freight Train will leave Girard every day,
excepted,) at 6:00 a. m., and arrive at
Union Spline's at 12.00 m. Leave Union Springs
daily (Sundaysexcepted) ai 12:45 p. rn.,. and arrive
at Girard at 6.25 p. nt.
Od. 1-dwtf H. E. WELLS, Sup’t.
CHANGE OF SOIIEDITr7E.
MONTGOMERY AND WEST POINT
St A IT. KOA K > t UM PA JN Y .
Ovvies Montgomery West Point R.R.
Columbus, Aug. 21, 1881.
IN consequence of the withdrawal of one train
on the Muscogee Railroad, the Trains on the
Opelika Eranchroad will leave and arrive at Co
lumbus, once daily, viz :
Leave Columbus at 3 50 P. M.
Arrive at Montgomery 10 P. M.
Arrive at West Point I A. M.
Leave Montgomery 8 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 1 30 P. M.
Freight train leaves Columbus... 10 10 A. M.
“ “ arrives at “ 6 55 P. SI.
To take effect on and after Sunday August 25th
Freight Arrangement
II JET WEE* ATLANTA & COHJMiI US*
BV an arrangement between the Railroad Companies
composing the two routes from Atlanta to Colum
bus, concluded auheir convention at elavannah on the
16th instant, it was agreed that the following ratea
between Atlanta ami Columbus shall govern, taking
effect from the Ist day ol May 1857.
VIA WEST POINT.
Corn per bushel 11c. Wheat 12; Oatsß; Bacon
Whisky, Flour, in sacks or barrels per 100 lba3sc:
Bagging, Rope, Lard in eans or bbls. per 100 U>B 4Se,
Coal,l*iglron, by carload, per ton, $3.7M
VIA MACON.
P er bushel 14c. Wheat 15c. Oats 10c. Bacon
\V hiskey, Flour in sacks or barrels, per 100 lbs., 44c. —
Bagging, Rope, Lard in cans or bbls. per 100 pounds
sstenu Coal, Pig Iron.by car load, pel tons4.6Be,
J.L. MUBTIAN,
President Muscogee It It
GEO. Wt ADAM'S,
t? a peri tuende turf oath western Railroad
EMERSON FOOTE,
Superintendent Macon and Western Railroad
GEO.Q. HULL,
*<u|»eiiuleudent Atlanta and t.aQiange Railroad,
rtAM'L G. JONES,
Eugiueei ami Supeiiniendeiu M. A. W.P. R.
Aug 21 ts
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
MUSCOGEE RAILROAD, (
Columbus, (La., Aug. 21, 1861. j
ON and after this day, we will run but one Daily
Passenger Train.
Leave Columbus at 2 SO p. m.
Arrive in Macon at.. 0 05 p. m.
Leave Macon at 9 45 a. in.
Arrive in Columbus at 3 30 p. m.
W. L. CLARK, Snp’t.
Columbus, Aug. 21, 1851 ts
SAVANNAH & efI4Ri.ESTOS
KTKAfiDPACK li T LIN K.
c, The Hieanier VVM. BLAIiIiOOK,
t'iU’ l ■ F. BARIiEN. will shortly lake
place on this Line, leaving Savan
nar. and Charleston twice a week.
Having a through Height arrangement with the
Centralßailroad and its connections, all freights be
tween Charleston and the Interior of Georgia,consign’
ed to the agents of this line, will be forwarded with
despatch ami free of charge.
iJ. P. BROoK 8, Agent Bavannah.
L, I.AFITTB &. CO. Charleston.
Nov. US —dw 't
HOTEL,
OGLETHORPE GA,
M IHE subscriber [having eutively renova
ted and refitted the above Hotel for the
arcommodPtion of the public, solicit a hare
of their patronage, tie will spare no pains
o please, and feels confident that a. single trial will
convince all of that fan.
I’eb4 dfuu ' VV if. STILES,
[rOOTHL,
iFIRST CLASS HOTEL,)
f«< atr broad «iot Lrawtord Slrccli,
dOLUMBUS,GA.
HATCH COOK,
march—dwtf. PROPRIETOR
DISSOLUTION.
THE firm of MANLEY, HODGES A CO., is
*- this day dissolved by mutual consent. Au
early settlement of their business is earnestly
solicited. Call at our Store and come as nearly
up to your obligations as possible. Pay us all
the money you can. January 1, lSfid.
GEORGE MILLER,
INretiring from the firm returns his sincere
thanks to the old friends and customers, and
earnestly desires a continuation of their liberal
ity jo the new firm.
MANLEY & HODGES,
WILL continuebusiness at the old stand,and
will be happy to serve their friends and
customers. Jan. 1.1561.
Hamilton Female College,
■ «• .r ■
Hamilton, G a.
The Spring Session of this institu
ion will commence on Tuesday the
22R 4-ayrtl~ Janusupy, IS6I.
fisSSygaafei The College is' furnished wiifa a
well selected Chemical and Philosophical Ap
paratus,and with good musical instruments.
The Course of Instruction is thorough and
complete, embracing all the branches usually
taught in the best Colleges.
For Catalogue, address
J. 11. I.OYKLACE, Pres t
December 31
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS GEORGIA, C. S- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1861
Joseph S\ Poll,
A TTOHNiVY A. T' LA W,
COLUMBUS, C LORCA A
«Mice on Randolph Sum, ..vm Holt and llutehin’s
Office, A f»i il ! 6 -V.’d! V.
larioii llethime,
attorney :a.x y-. a w ,
TALBOTTON. Talbot 00,, Q&
October 24,1868. wAdtf.
Closes & Laws,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW ,
c OJ .EMBUS, GEORGIA.
R. J MOSEB. \VM. A. LAWS
Office next door to the Poet Office.,®#
Sept. 1. 1858. dwtf,
JNo M. PHILIPS. WALTER 11. WEEMS
FhiliiDi <& Weems,
-A.ttorii.evs at Law,
CRAWFORD, ALA.
Will practice in the Courts of Russell County
—iu the Supreme Court of the State, and in the
United States District Court at Montgomery.
March 2d. 1880—wAdtf.
Hr ill. SAPP,
Att’ttOHSraT AT IAW.
Columbus, Gra.
VY7II.L practice intlie Chattahoochee Circuitaud
VV adjoining counties.
Office on Randolph street, a lew doors west of the
Post Office, July 26 -dwt£.
IS. S. StalforH,
Attorney at
BLAKELY, EARLY, CO,, G A ,
Blakely Ga., April 2, 1856. wtf
Samuel Thatcher,
ATTO RN E Y A T LAVV ,
Georgetown, Q, it it in an Cos. [Ga.
■fXTlLLpractice in the conn lies.of Webster, Terrell
*" Randolph, Chattaltoocee, Stewart, Quitman,
Clay,Early,Miller, and in Harbour count v. Ala.
May23—dtf.
W. D. WOOD,
df\. r ra , oi : t3srE'S' at ,
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
GLENNVILLE, AI. A.
VV I Id* practice in all the Oonrts ofthe counties of
T * Barbour, Pike, Coffee, Dale, Henry, Macor. and
Russelll. In all cases entrusted to lus charge, he
will be assisted by Pugh & Bulloch, w hen they are
not employed as opposing counsel. mar4illv.
Shorter, Chambers & Shorter.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
EUFAULA, ALA.
Will practice in Barbour and the adjoining
counties of Alabama and Georgia.
S. S. SHORTER. W'. U. CHAMBER*. U. H.SSoin gR.
May 27, 1359. ts
RMHVAh.
Dr. DA V IS has r moved his office over
the Drug Store of Urquhart A Chapman, on
i Broad street. Orders left at the Drug
Storeor office above will be attended to. Dr. D.
attends strictly to all canes of Surgary entrusted
to his care.
Columbus, Ga. Novi. dtf
J. FOGLE & SON,
1 ) K N T.l HT S,
Office on Randolph Street,near Broad,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Columbus, Dec. 9,1357. *I A wtf.
DRS. LEE & PIIELI'B,
DENTISTS,
OFPlCECoraarßroad and Randolph Streets
co r imn us oeo r g 1 4 .
Deo* tuber 31,1381. wAdly
MEDICAL NOTICE.
fl.ns, VV. K. SCHLEY * J . A, PEASANTS
have associated themselves in tht practice of
Medicine and Burgery,
Their office is in Odd Fellows’ Hall on the
first floor, where they may be found either day or
night when not absent on professional service.
April4th, iSdl—dlv*
Baker & Jarvis' Island Guano.
BEING the Agent at Columbus of the American
Guano Company, lam prepared to offer their
excellent Manures to Planters and others, in any
quantity and at Savannah prices, actual expenses
added. A good supply always on hand.
Fcb.lß....ilwu C. HARVARD.
GF. 0 R GIA —Taylor County:
]VTOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.—
I.x All persons indebted to the estate of R. B.
Rucker, late of said county, deeceased, are hereby
required to make immediate payment, and all.peraons
having demands against said deceased, are* notified
to present them to me properly proven with hi the time
prescribed by law.
FFEEDING 9. RUCKER, Ex’r.
July 15—w40J.
GEORGIA —Marion County:
jVOTIOE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.—
I w All persons indebted to the estate of Wilev Rob
erson, decM.. are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and all persons having claims against said es
tate, are requesti and to present them duly proven with
in the time prescribed bv law, or they will not be paid.
THOMAS L. RO6GERS, Adm’r
Best. 9, 1861. wilt
TWO monthsafter dateapplicatinn will be made to
the Court of Ordinary of said county, for leave
to sell the land and negroes belonging to the estate
-of William Williamson deceased, late of said covnty.
G. 11. McKEE, Adm’r.
July 29, jbfil.—dtf.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE —Will be sold be
t ore the Couit House door in the town ofCusse
ta, Chattahoochee county,’ Georgia, on tlie first Tui s
davin November next, within the lawful hours of sale
thefollowing lands; to-wit: Lot of Land, number
two hundred and fourteen, and the East half of lot of
land number two hundred and thirteen, all in the
thirty-second district of said county, containing 300
acres, more or less. Most of said land is in cultivation,
and will be s«.ld as the property of rSaniHel Jones,,
late of said county, deceased.
Terms made known on day of sale.
WILLIAM RAGLEY,
Cusseta.Ga., Sept I*2. 1861 Adhi'r.
seplTtvid
THE IIAH>V TIMES.
FI ve 11 in o* Ji] and i tion.
RECEIPTS.
T l e recq'iton of the Times, when ordered by
mad, iv ill be oar receipt for the money ; especial
ly to those subscribers for a less time than a
year.
7J7.e?i subscribers receive the paper with this
paragraph marled, they will understand it as in
forming them, that their subscription is about to
expire , and that the paper will certainly he step
ped unless they male a remittance
TAKE A
Paper.
THE
C 0 bUMBUS TIMES
BY
COLQUITT & WARREN.
■ TEBMS:
Daily, one year, $5; six months, $3; one
month, 50 cents.
Weekly, one year,* $2 j .six months, sl. 25
invariably in advance.
all cases, subscribers to the Daily
Times will be charged at the rate of 50 cents
per month for any length of time !e>s than one
year.
We ask especial attention of every family
to our paper. Those enjoying daily mail fa
cilities will find
Tlie Daily Times
tilled with the latest intelligence from the seat
of war, both by telegraph, and from reliable
special correspondents, ol unquestioned abili
ties, and whose lacilities for getting correct in
formation are unsurpassed. We are laying out
large sums of money and exerting every ef
fort to keep ours a first class journal.
Free GoTwnment Transportation.
We copy from a circular sent to the Railroad
Presidents, the following list of persona connec
ted with the army who are authorized to be pass
ed free over their roads .
entitled to tkanspoetation.
_ Officers and soldiers,, under orders and <>n offi
cial business.
Paymaster’s clerks, under orders.
Soldiers, left behind, sick or by accident, and
recruits with ordars, are entitled to transporta
tion to their companies.
tick snd wounded soldiers, having uu order
for transportation from a Medical Director or
from a Surgeon General, home and back.
Rejected recruits.
Soldiers honorably discharged, except those
discharged for wounds or sickness, who are pro
vided for by railroad resolutions.
Officers and soldiers transferred by order of
the War Department or General commanding.
Horses and officers, according to regulation
allowance.
Assistant Surgeon on duty, obeying first or
der.
Recruiting officers, on recruiting service, by
authority of their regimental officers and with
the approval of the officer commanding the
post.
An escort of one man wiHbe allowed with the
remains of deceased officers and soldiers.
Stores and supplies for troops or hospitals.
Colored cooks and musicians when included as
members of companies.
NOT ENTITLED TO TRANSPORTATION.
Resigned and dismissed officers and those per
mitted to exchange stations.
Civilians receiving appointments except Assis
tant Surgeons.
Officers and men on furlough or leave of ab
sence.
Civilians bringing recruits and stores,
Civilians who have rendered voluntary service
are not entitled by reason thereof.
Officers on dek furlough
Horses for Chaplains,
Servants.
Soldiers on sick furlough without orders from
Medical officer.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
Persons who go for remains of soldiers must
have an order from a Quartermaster.
Nurses must have an order from the Surgeon
General or Medical Director.
A.C.MYRE3,
Acting Quartermaster General.
Qr.ARTF.RJi ASTER GENERAL’S OFFICE, I
Richmond, Ya., Sept., 1861. j
2SlPSecretary Memminger, in a late letter
says: “Congress wdl doubtless provide some
remedy to aid the planters, in the event of the
continuance ofthe blockade.”
The last act ofthe ‘Yankee authorities in Bal
timore has been to put a stop to Ross Winan’a
soup-houses, a private charity, declaring it to
be “contraband,” on the ground that it is taken
advantage of by the poor, who ought to he earn
ing their soup la the army.
The United States sloop-of-war John Adams,
sailed from Hong Kong July the Cth for New
Y ork.
Advices from Cologne state that the Cathedral
of that city will soon be finished, and that the
tradi ional bouquet with which masons indicate
the completion of their work will be placed on
the summit of the building on the anniversary
of the day which witnessed the laying of its first
stone, 613 years ago.
Col John Fitzßoy de Courcey, an English
officer, who commanded a Turkish regiment du
ring the Crimean war, has tendered his services
to Lincoln.
The followin’" was picked up in a bottle at
Lamlash Quay, on the 12th of August: “Gone
down in the Bay of. Biscay, the screw steamer
Hiaro. Have taken to the boats but don’t ex
pect to sec land again. May the Lord have
mercy cn us. John Sorston, first mate.”
David Allen, of Cleveland couuty, North Caro
lina, has ten sons in the service of the Confed
erate States.
Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, stakes his
“reputation” that when McClellan meets Beau
regard “he will annihilate him, and compel a
surrender that will be followed by perpetual
peace !“ Forney’s reputation ’ Ha, ha ’
fp.cial Dispatcher to the Philadelphia E?iq.
Washington, Sept. 24.
A grand review took place this afternoon of
cavalry and artillery, on a large field to the east
of the capitol. President Lincoln and his lady,
and Secretary Chase were preseutin a carriage.
Gen-. McClellan, McDowell, Ifeintzleman and
Mansfield and their staffs were also present.—
Two Princes, foreign officers, recently appointed
t) our army, rode on the field at four P. M.,
and a national salute was fired. The artillery
and cavalry formed into the shape of an L. The
artillery drew up in doubl-i rows a mile long.and
the cavalry a quarter of a mile in the front, ma
king the bottom of the L. In the front were five
thousand spectators on foot, mounted and in ve
hicles of all descriptions. All Washington
seemed to have turned out on the occasion.—
Among the crowd we noticed Mrs. General W.
11. Smith, mounted on an iron grey horse, and
who was shown considerable attention by Gen.
McClellan, and the report was soon circulated
that she was his wife. This report, of course,
led every one to try to catch a glimpse *of her. —
She had on a riding habit of blue flannel, with
United States Army buttons liberally distributed
over it. She was pretty, about twenty years of
age, and was tastefully attired.
Nearly every one who was there left under
the impression that they had seen Mrs. McClel
lan, and two artists from New York illustrated
papers have sketches of her. Miss Chase moun
ted on a large bay horse, with a riding habit of
military style, atrraeted nearly as much atten
tion, as she galloped around among the crowd
wi h military gents.
Special to the New York Herald.
Washington, Sept. 26.
The steamer Delaware arrived at the Navy
Yard this noon with a body of marines from Phil
adelphia. The captain reports that the battery
at Free Stone Point was unmasked when he
passed it this morning, the woods having been
all cleared away, and that it opened upon him,
firing about seven shots, none of which took ef
fect. They were all good line shots, but fell short
or Two just grazed his deck. Capt.
Cannon says about fifty vessels passed the bat
tery up and down, but none were fired at except
the Delaware.
From the disclosures of a rebel officer, it is
ascertained that the battery at Free Stone Point
is commanded by If. J. Hartstein, formerly come
mander in the United States Navy, and that
there are batteries on the Virginia side of she
Potomac every two and a half miles from Oceo
quan to Mathias Point. The river is now con
sidered by naval officers as effectually closed,
and our Potomac flotilla is insufficient to clear
it of the numerous batteries on its banks. A land
force is indispensably necessary, and it is believ
ed that within a few days, perhaps a few hours,
the rebels will attempt to cross the Lower Poto
mac in Maryland. '1 hey will meet with a warm
reception, but it may be necessary to strengthen
our forces in that direction.
A dispatch to the World says that a flag of
trUee crossed the Potomac at Edward’s Ferry, on
some trivial subject, but the sentinels discovered
that one man in the boat was sounding the river.
The rebels were placed under arrest Yesterday
a Lieutenant deserted from one of our regiments
on the upper Potomac and went over to the
rebels, giving them, it is supposed, full informa
tion.
A dispatch to the Tribune says that Sherman’s
expedition to the Southern coast will sail within
three weeks at the furthest. Fifteen or twenty
regiments will have the privilege of going to
Charleston, as the principal officers in the com
mand believe, or to Mobile or New Orleans, as
others conjecture. Gen. Veil's brigade of five
regiments, now in camp here, will form a part
of the force, and will go to Fort Monroe to sail
thence in a few days. Gen. Sherman will not
strike the only blow on the seaboard.
Vaukee Description of Lexington,
The annexed picture of Lexington, Missouri,
is from a Northern source, and serves to show
what a prize Gen. Price has won :
The painful suspense attending the anxiety
for news from Lexington, Mo., is greatly enhan
ced by a consideration of the size and wealth of
the place, and its importance as a strategic point.
The population of Lexington and vicinity was
made made up of the beet class of the early emi
grants from Kentucky to Missouri, is generally
wealthy, and probably more refined than that of
any other section of the State, excepting St.
Louis. The early settlers in that region were at
tracted by the similarity of much of the country
to that Eden of Kentuckians about Lexing
ington, Ky., and they not only made their selec
tions of land according to the standard of old
Fayette, but carried the analogy to the naming
of the county and principal town of their loca
tion in Missouri.
The city of Lexington is about one hundred
and twenty miles from Jefferson City, and con
tains, probably, 12,000 inhabitants. It is situa
ted on a high, rocky bluff, which there has its
Ciurse on the south side of the Missouri river,
and which slopes almost precipitously directly
down to the bed of the river, making a very
steep ascent Dom the landing up into the city.
From the rear of the city the land recedes slight
ly in alternate successions ofbeautiful prairie and
choice timber, and is well occupied by fine y cul
tivated farms, yielding a first rate support to this
hitherto thriving place.
Lexington has formerly had an active Irade
with the caravans of Santa I’e and the Great
Salt Lake. The great emigration to California,
which has passed through the country for sever
al years past, has furnished a market for grain,
cattle aiid horses at very high prices. Extensive
beds of coni are *o be found on the river hanks
here.
The surrender of the city, with its beautiful
residences, to the wanton deviltry of the rebels,
is a serious calamity, it is a prize which has
doubtless stimulated the rebels to the most des
perate efforts to obtain.
Ai.ex. H. Stephens. —An extraordinary, and,
as it appears to us, a most unprovoked war, has
been opened in Richmond, upon the distinguish
ed Georgian whose name heads this article. The
Examiner, of that city, we jegret to find lending
its talents and influence to this war. On the
whole roll of Southern statesmen it would have
been difficult to have selected a purer or more
shining mark for an attack than Alexander H.
Stephens. His powerful and luminous intellect
is only equalled by the elevation and purity of
his character as a man and statesman. He has
been always beloved by his neighbors, among
whom he was born and raised, admired and trus
ted by his compeers m public life, and unfalter
ingly sustained by an intelligent and devoted
constituency. In his whole public career, ealum-
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ny has not been able to fix a? speck of moral stain
upon his escutcheon. In “short, he is a good,
upright, honest man, witlra noble heart and a
brilliant intellect, that has always obeyed its
mandate?, and yet he is a mark tor virulent at
tack and detraction. We care not where it come3
from or what the motive that prompts It, wo re
pel it as UDjust and undeserved.
We have confidence that the people of the Con
federate States will vindicate the characier of the
great and good man by electing him to the Vice
Presidency, which it is the object of these as
saults upon him to prevent.— Mobile Rig. Get. 1.
Skirmish in the West. —An express arrived
at Fort Smith on the 22d from Col. Stan Watie
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bringing news of a battle between a company
of Cherokees of Col Watie’s regiment, and a num
her of Kansas Jayhawkers, in which tho Chero
kees killed twenty-sir, and three killed of the
Cherokees, one of whom was Capt. James Bell,
younger brother of tho late well known Jack
Bell.
The Herald of the 23d learns by a letter from
Camp Jackson, that the Jayhawkers are becom
ing troublesome on the Kansas line. A company
of them invaded the Osage nation a few days ago
and killed Capt Matthews, a white man, who
was married to an Indian woman. He wa3 a
friend to the South, and it was thought that was
the reason he was murdered. They also killed
an Indian. There will bo three thousand In
dians in Kansas in ten days that will clean out
that abolition hole.
Drafting in low a.— lt will be seen by the
following document, that the despotism is at last
forced to sustain itself by a resort to drafting
soldiers, for the purpose of filling up the ragged
ranks of the Federal army. We opine that if it
is kept up to any great extent, we will witness
several more “Bullßun affairs:
Adjutant Gf.nerai/s Office, j
of the State of lowa, .
Devanport, Sept. 19, 1861. j
To the Members of Boards of Supervisors of
Counties and others:
The State of lowa is furnishing her full quota
of troops, but calls are made for more, and thev
Shall ije Furnished!
To meet promptly the demand of the General
Government, and of Gen. Fremont, the military’
necessity exists of making a draft from the able
bodied men of this State, between the ages cf IS
and 43.
I therefore icquest that members of Hoards of
Supervisors will report to me the names and res.
idence of such able-bodied men within the ages
above named, as t 'are subject to be drafted. And
I also ask of any persons well known in this de
partment, to report the names of individuals lia
ble to military duty.
N. BAKER,
Adjutant General of lowa.
Beauregard a Dead Man. —Beauregard has
“pottered out.” He has “kicked the bucket”
lie has “shufiled off this mortal coil.” He haa
gone to that undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveler returns. He is as dead as a
doornail. A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, who has returned from New Or
leans, writes a half a column to prove ’t, and
the evidences are perfectly reliable—wa don’t
think. From the statement of a correspondent
of that paper, Beauregard has been a dead man
ever since the 30th of August ult. He is there
fore, at the present moment, at supper with the
worms —not where he eats but where he is eat
en. The bursting of the shell which killed the
General’s horse at Manassas, likewise wounded
the General himself. Two of the pieces of the
projectile it was found impossible to extract
so Dr. Stone was sent for ail the way to New
Orleans, and the Doctor conveyed him, as pri
vately as possible, to the Crescent City, where
four physicians paid him nocturnal visits, until,
in much agony, the patriot yielded up the ghost.
One night a body was carried clandestinely out
of the house and surreptitiously buried. '’That
was Beauregard. His death was kept as pro
found a seoret a 1- possible, and tho newspapers
were not permitted to mention it; but the cir
cumstances leaked out, and has been a matter of
private talk in New Orleans ever since. The
Commercial writer says there is no kind of doubt
about it. We have obstinately made up our
mind, however, not to believe the report at pres
ent. — St. Louis Republican.
We take the following paragraphs irora
the Richmond Enquirer, of Oct. 1 :
It was stated from Manassas on yesterday
evening, that the enemy were occupying in force,
the positions which our troops had abandoned]
and that a battle was expected to-day between
the two armies. But the air is so filled with ru
mors, that it is impossible to know what to be
lieve, or whether to believe any ot them. The
city wa3rife with them last night—with no bet
ter foundation for most, than men’s excited irn
agination.
One Federal Steamer Los:.— The steamer that
was so severely injured on Wednesday last, by
Capt Walker’s battery, at Freestone point, was
the Resolute—that well known thief of the Po
tomac.
We are happy to be informed hy a reliable gen
tleman, that she wa.i a "’erwards surik from her
injuries, while descen-iing the Potomac. Her
smoke stack is to be s< .-u .-ticking out of the wa
ter near Mathias Point.
President I)aris. — Ihe information, on
which was based tho paragraph which appear
ed in yesterday’s Examiner, relative to the
health of his Excellency, was erroneous, a
we have been credible informed. The Pres
ident has not been in better health than now
for the past six months. Dr. Garnett is his at
tending physician. Dr. Cartwright returned
to New Orleans several weeks since. Pre-i
--dem Davis, according to report, left the city
yesterday morning, via the Central Railroad.
To Cheapen Coffee. —Don’t use the Btuff.-
There isn’t one cook in five hundred who ever
did anything else than abuse it. gome of the
papers are recommending substitutes—parched
beans, peas, rye, bread crusts, acorns, <tc. Ac.—
Swamp mud will blacken water just as effectu
ally, but neither of them will make Coffee any
more than chalk will make cheese. It you must
have a warm drink, take boiling water and put a
little milk and sugar in it. Compared with what
is called coffee, in nine cases out of ten — it is the
nectar of the gods to larger beer, and does you
no harm, while the coffee fills your stomach with
mud banks and shoals, against which the bark
of human life is often wrecked. The greatest
humbug in the world, as commonly understood
and practiced, is coffee! Think of paving forty
cents a pound for charcoal to embitter and
blacken the water you drink. The practice
should be suppressed by the Board of Health,
if there were no war to do it.’
Editors.