Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, August 11, 1863, Image 3

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jpflfal pjurs fto. A I,ar*iC anti Importftut Mule.—8m ouncoment of thn sale, in Ham- ilton, Gh m of property of the estate of AVtn. W. While, deceased. Jt is seldom that Mi<-h »n opportunity for sufo and profitable investment is now presented. Men incommoded with paper currency v. ill find here u belter piece of deposit rbun any bank in the Confederacy. To Form a Battalion.—-It will bo scon tliut Co. A. Ci\y Gunrda, Cant. Kvefett, to appear on their parade ground thl aid in thn formats' local defence. Recruiting*— W e refer to various calls, m.tdc through our uo'mnns, for recruits for old companies in the service. Those embrne* -1 in the late extended term of conscription would do well to join The Confederacy of Atlanta to go up Soon. The Horn ? Courier contains the follow ing pleasant hit at the vanity o(,our At lanta neighbors : Johnston has fallen back on the east of Pearl river. Atlanta will bo the next point of attack by Grant and bis whole army. Gen. Lee bn* redros»«*d the Potomac. Meade and his whole army will he on Atlanta in a few weeks—he is .•idontly striking for Atlanta. General lining has tab .> back to the To “o-c'r.ins will ho thundering on the walls of Atlanta in loss than a week— ho will rni*e the wind with his whole ur- halloons, and Atlanta is tho lirat point he will touch tho earth after leaving Tennessee river near Huntsville. All •so great Yankee generals know that ) sun of the Confederacy ri>e> and sets Atlanta. Pity but t'c public store- could bo removed before those three armies reach Atlanta, - • that tho infernal Yankees might bo compelled to perish i sumption, for two weeks before tho fur- romlnr, nml tlie Hook in VinltrtrurK from tho lime tho first gun was plumed, lias never been enough; certainly never 1m- compantcs • the opportunity They have the valry or artillery The IVaddelt Buttery.—The nmnnd uro referred to tho order of Waddell published in (his paper. ..r n.ii i iitiv. Die Company, on Satur* > -d by tho Captain, the drill was changed from ••:days, from 6 toilp. required to attend Chattahoochee County.- - We learn that about two-thirds of tho men within tho ngos liable to tho draft volunteered in Chattahoochee, and that tho remain dor wore drafted, but wyt e insufUcIent t< , of the county. Mrs. Rkportkd Capture ok Scott's Cavalry Brigade.—A soldier just from tho bosp.ta! at Knoxville tells us that as he was upon the point of Waving tho place yesterday, new- was received that Scott’s brigade had boon ill captured in Kentucky. Our informant could not toll where, nor did he bring aby report of killed and wounded, except that Lieut. V. Mitchcil, Adjutant of tho lOih Confederate Regiment, Ool. Goode, was killed. Tho regiments • opposing this brigade were * 1.•• 10th Confederate, 1st 'ioui.-iana and 1st lennessee. Tho Oo- nulffc Rangers, from this county, be longed to the lOtli Confederate, but (’apt. Holt and Lieut. Parker, of the company, (the latter arrived some lime ago., are England and Japan.—In the British House of Commons June 15th, Mr. Lny- ard in answer to Mr. Liddall, stated that sometime ago a murderous attack was made upon four British subjects riding upon the high mad in Japan, in which one gentleman, Mr F ed and two others w •• tv's Government had «lc mnnded from the i interest to .Ih panes Government an ample apology i ,.f if. undoubted nuthe fm* tho outrage, tho payment of t‘10U,000 : gratifying tidings in r« hiti« as a penalty, and that tin* perpetrators of J Georgia regiments -taticne tho outrage should betaken, tried and ' executed [a lunch] in the presence of ono or more British officers. and that the family oftho victim .should bo cotnpen* "Hermes," of the Charleston Mercury, n his letter of tho80th ult., again alludes o a difficulty between General L n and *re«idpi»i Davis. Another explanation » given—that "it prow out of the refusal if Davis to sanction^ho trial, ’ martial, of tho delinquent brigi Gettysburg, as desired by Loe.’’ An- ither cause assigned is a disagreement u|H»n tho question of military rotnliutii stati ing actually occurrence j weaken the the people th • harlcstou Correspondence of the Augusta CoustUttUvoaUst. I Have been fortunate in making the ! jcou.l»l«n« »f , OTlInnt C'ulnliol of « , „.; rt ,,| v r ,,„ n ||,~j i., .|, v 1 «*•. «*. n., warfare in winch your couravn and for service in Virginia, This bravo office after havipg boon wounded no less than six different times, tinallv lost an one of |hn seven davs’ battles before Richmond. He has ju-t returned from Hat*cry Wagner, and to his kind nt nn- tion l am Indebted for some Inf intclli- kill- ' get which, though partly anticipated Mnjes- in the Charleston papers, .-lumM h* renders^ both