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j. w. WARREN, ... Editor.
Tuesday Morning, May 10, 1864.
The Mews
from Virginia, North Carolina and the trans-
Mississippi is absolute!/ intoxicating. The
noble arm/ of Gen. Lee is having its own way
—turning the flank and whipping thn flgmt of
Grant wherever it thinks proper. It is most
gratifying to know that oar loss, thus Oar, has
been slight in comparison with that of the en
emy. We think that the fight has progressed
far enough, and the results have been such, to
remove all doubt of the final success of our
arms. The repeated repulses and defeats the
enemy has sustained, together with the fail
ure of his combinations everywhere, must ex
ert a most demoralizing effect upon him, and
render his discomfiture a comparatively easy
task.
Our gallant little navy is contributing large
ly to the general stock of good fortune, and
is gloriously defending the Capitol in a point
where, heretofore, it has been most vulnera
ble. To wind up the day’s work, comes the
glad tidings from the West, representing that
the reign of poor Banks is about to suffer a
“disastrous eclipse.” The news is glorious.
Read it and give* thanks to God that He has
so signally and mercifully protected us.
Gens. Lonqstbet and Bknning.—A special
dispatch from “P. W. A.” at Orange C. H. to
the Mobile Advertiser A Register conveys the
gratifying intelligence that “Gen. Longstreet
is doing well” and “Gen. Benning’s wound is
not severe.”
The Selma Reporter states when the im
pressing officers were buying mules in a neigh
boring county not very long since, a commit
tee of appraisers valued a certain mule at
$l,lOO. Afterwards the mule escaped and
was taken up as an estray and valued by an
other committee, one of whom was on the
first committee, at S2OO.
Recently our scouts picked up ft few strag- j
gling Yankees in the vicinity of the Tennes
see river along between Guntersville and De
catur. Last week seven were brought to
Rome and turned over to Col. Cameron, and
on Tuesday two more—one of them, Ist Lieut.
Millar, 103d Illinois regiment.
A Question in Arithmetic. —The Yankee ac
counts from Plymouth, says the Savannah Repub
lican, say they lost 1,500 prisoners, including
blacks. Within the past week 2,327 have passed
through Savannah on route for Camp Sumter*
and not a negro among them.
The same accounts report the Confederate loss
in killed and wounded at 1,700 whilst Gen. Hoke'
who commanded our forces, set it down at hetween
300 and 400. The Yankees are famous on arith
metic.
A Trusty Sentinel. —Some of the officers of
Philip's Georgia Legion, in camp near Frede
ricksburg, Va., the other night, went on*a "“grand
round” expedition. Many of the new recruits
surrendered their guns and sabres to the party,
but the war-worn veterans on duty that night
were not found napping, and promptly refused, in
every instance, to give up their arms when they
were demanded. One of them, when asked by
the major to let him have his carbine a moment,
said : “You must call again, sir; I never loan my
gun when on duty, but have often loaned the am
munition.” That fellow can be trusted as a guard
to the commissary of stores even in these times of
short rations. 4
Gov. Clark, of Mississippi, by his pi’oclama
tion declaring who should be exempt in that State,
has made the office of magistrate and constable
respectable. The Brandon Republican says :
Heretofore it has been a difficult matter to get
any one to accept either the office of magistrate or
constable; but we now learn that elections have
been ordered in every beat in the county, and that
in some beats there are as high as eight or ten
candidates for each office. We hope the great re
spectability to which these offices have attained
will not make the incumbents above speaking to
their old friends.
The anti Abolition Society, of New York, cele
brated Thomas Jefferson’s birthday on the I3th
inst. The Bth regular toast was “New York over
run, conquered and subjugated by New Engiand
ism. Let us redeem her.” The last three regu
lav toasts were complimentary to the “peace cler
gy,” “peace press” and “peace ladies.” The prin
cipal Speakers were ox-Governor Seymour, of Con
necticut, and Chauncy C. Burr, of New York city
—both strong advocates of peace.
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It .is reported that a body of ten thousand
Federal cavalry are at Lexington and Mount Ster
ling, Ky., making preparation for a raid into Vir
ginia, under the command of Generals Stoneman
and Sturgis.
If confidence is half the battle, we may consider
the "i ankecs at Chattanooga already whipped, for
never was more confidence reposed in a leader than
our soldiers repose in Joseph E. Johnson.
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Losses in this War.— We take from the
the Philadelphia North American the follow
ing list, made up to the Ist September, 1863,
including the battle of Chickamaiiga :
CONFEDERATES.
Killed W’d’d Pr’n’rs Total.
1860 1,270 3,955 2,772 9,887
1862 14,556 47,204 15,876 77,646
1863 12,321 48,300 71,211 131,332
Total 28,147 99,459 98,858 217,165
Confederates died of disease and sickness
from the commencement of the war to the
present time, 130,000.
FEDERALS.
Killed W’d’d Pr'n'rs Total.
1861 4,724 9,791 9,144 23,709
1862 20,879 69,973 46,534 136,386
1863 15,363 53,981 33,281 102,624
Total 40,966 132,745 89,009 262,720
Federals died of disease and sickness dur
ing the same time, 290,000.
RECAPITULATION.
Federal losses in battles, &c., 262 700
“ “ by sickness, &c., 290’,000
Federal total loss in three rears, 552,720
Confederate losses in battles,
, 217,465
Confederate loss by sickness,
&c -- * 130,000
Confederate total loss in three years, 347,465
Excess of Federal loss. 905 955
The total loss, North and South, according
th,i lS ha3 b r 900 ’ 185 ’ which when the full
three yeais of war are ended, will
rise to a million.
| A Script Ural Prophecy—-The End ovths
War. —Eddur of (he Savannah lie publican —
Let us nutice the prophecy iu Daniel concern
ing a war between tne North and South, and
. see if there is not an anology sufficient to
create the belief that it has reference to the
present war. I know tbit commentators have
given a different view of the subject ; though
none have given positive assurance that their
notion was correct^
I would particularly refer to the army rais
ed by the King of the North (Dan. xi c: 2 v.);
and then «fter Me overthrew of that army,
the seeond giant Army (Dan. oc.; 1,3, 14 v.),
which met with a similar defeat; then the
possession taken of the dalanda and cities;
“The tiding out of the Bast ;” andl then the
desperate effort to destroy, andms final over
throw, in all which,* 5 * ttrWi, we have * dear
prophesy from Scripture of the present strug-
flfisarr
Now as to the time of the end (Dan. xii c.;
6,7, 12 v.)
“And one said to the man clothed in linen,
which was npon the waters of the river, How
long shall it be to the end of these wonders ?”
The full duration is given—-“a thousand three
hundred and five and thirty days.” Now ac
cording to this prophecy, if it has reference to
the present war. peace may confidently be ex
pected between this and the Ist September;
counting the days from the first battle at Fort
Sumter, April 12th, 1861, it will be observed
that the thousand, three hundred and thirty
five days will be accomplished on the first of
September; 1864. DANIEL.
W~ ;
[From the Atlanta Reveille, 28th.]
Hr. Dawson’s Lecture
A leoture on a subject like “National Hon
or,” is not apt to attract the curiosity of the
populace; hence, the audience that greeted
the lecturer at tire At heneum on last evening,
although not very large, was composed of the
more refined and elegant circles of Atlanta
society. We will not attempt more than a
passing notice of the lecture of this gentle
men, which, in point of merit, in classic dic
tion and elegance, to be duly appreciated,
needs to be heard. The object of these lec
tures is to raise funds for the benefit of the
Kentucky soldiers, who, although cut off from
every home defence, are nobly Struggling, side
by side, with the soldiers of more fortunate
States, for the establishment of our liberty
and independence. These lectures are con
ducted under the auspices of local aid socie
ties, through whom the proceeds are trans
ferred to the Kentucky Relief Association.
The lecturer, instead of being a beneficiary,
defrays his own individual expenses, through,
a desire to labor for the common good. The
motive of his action certainly deserves all
praise, and we doubt not, it .will meet with a
warm respose in every Southern heart. As
we said, it is not our purpose to enter into a
review of the leoture. This Would be impos
| sible in the brief space and time allotted us.
Suffice it to say that the lecture is teeming
With pearls of knowledge and wisdom—glow
ing with beautiful thoughts and fancies, which
are the result of much reflection, deep re
search, and a mind of lygh intellectual en
dowments. Like the eagle that deigns to rest
on naught beneath the mountain tops, his
soars unto the ethereal heights of thought, un
til its plumage glows in the sunbeams of hea
ven. Mr. Dawson is deeply versed in the sci
ence and theory of government. Like a phil
osopher, the past spreads before him, from
Whose page he deduces lessons of wisdom,
worthy the consideration of our rulers and
statesmen. The veil of the future is illumi
mated with the light of the past, as experience
revels the precepts taught in the school of
the ages. From its source to its terminus, he
wanders along the fountain of learning, gath
ering the pearls of truth, cast ashore by the
waters of revolution as tide-marks of the cen
turies.
The leoture of Mr. Dawson is characterized
by gentleness and courtesy throughout. His
purposes is not by anathema to still deeper
wound the afflicted, but by persuasion to teach
each and all alike the duties which they owe,
in this struggle, to country and to God.—
Whatever evils may exist, he does not believe
are to be eradicated by vituperation, but on
the other hand, by gentle and loving words-
Unlike most lecturers and speakers, he fails
to see in the speculator, that insatiable vam
pire, whose only thirst is tbe last drop of his
unfortunate victim’s blood. In them, he be
holds many noble exceptions, such as contrib
ute magnanimously of their gain to the needy
and distressed. He finds in the possessor of
fortune accumulated before the war, who still
'persistently holds on to his coffers, a far
worse enemy to society and the country than
in him whose prosperity has but added to a
generous disposition the means of becoming a
public benefactor. As an orator, Mr. Dawson
has few equals. Whilst his style is ornate, he
is forcible and logical in tbe application of
truth to the just rewards of.exhalted patriot
ism. His gestures give double force and ex
pression to the language of his thought. His
elocution, to the charm of native grace, adds
the crowning accomplishments of tbe schools.
The cultivated ear is captivated by the musi
cal flow of his polished sentences, and his
voice varying in modulation with the spirit of
his discourse rises and falls like the cadence
of a song.
In the peculiar condition of the Kentucky
soldiers, Mr. Dawson views a spectacle of more
al grandeur and sublime patriotism—a lov
ot country unabating in its zeal, which is too
often, under similar circumstances, is shaken
in faith and weakened in fidelity, Mr. Daw
son is a student and a scholar. He has been
taught in the school of thought. His theories
of government are those of the true philoso
pher, and founded in the eternal principles of
truth. The purpose of Mr. Dawson can
but be highly appreciated wherever he ap
peals to a generous public. The soldiers in
whose behalf he pleeds, are now sear-worn
veterans of the war. Shiloh, Donaldson, Ba
ton Rouge, Murfreesboro’, and a hundred oth
er fields bloody strife, are livieg monu
ments of their valor and devotion to a cause
for which they have given all to secure the
independence of these Confederate- States,
and the establishment of a principles.
Smilingr Skies.
Os a truth, Providence smiles upon the Con
federate cause. For nearly six months past
we have had a series of victories, great and
small, with scarcely a single reverse ; and as
time wears on our successes appear to be
crowding to a culmination. The papers of
yesterday were filled with good news from all
quarters of the compass. Victories in Louisi
ana and Arkansas ; the Yankees routed near
Vicksburg, and their Government plantations
broken up ; gunboats and transports on the
Red river blown up by the enemy to prevent
them from falling into our hands ; the enemy
foiled at Tunnel Hill; Washington, in North
Carolina, evacuated; The Louisianians in
Mobile firing a salute in honor of Gen. Tay
lor’s victory ; millions of pounds of bacon and
immense stores of clothing, arms and ammu
nition arrived safely at a Confederate port,
raid to be “recently opened to blockade run
ners ; ’ and last, but not least, Grant refusing
so move his army because his troops are leav
ing him, and making a peremptory demand
for the restoration of McClellan, the most hate
ful of men to Lincoln, Did any one paper in
the Confederacy since its formation ever con
tain so much news ?
Our character has been tested by reverses
the most serious and protracted, and now it
seems we are to be subjected to the much
harder test us propriety. The weak man is
made boastful and vain-glorious by even a
trivial success, but there is an amount of good
fortune which always humbles the true man
to the dust, and makes him cry, “Not unto me,
not unto me.” It does, indeed, appear that
the time is at hand wheu the people of the
South will be blessed with success to complete
that the proudest spirit will be vanquished by
an overwhelming sense of gratitude.
[Richmond Whig, sth.
A chap dovrn in New Haven had courted a girl’
giving her a large number of presents, to keep her
admiration all right; but and fferences arose, and a
big squabble was the result. Offended lover calls
on his Mary Ann, and requests "that dress-pattern'’
given her last week. She passed over the de
; manded dry goods. **Tll take that photograph
| album, if you please.” She extracted the pictures
' and returned the volume. “Give me back that
ring!” No sooner said than done. “Now, I just
want you to take out those teeth I paid thirty
dollars for, and give them back to me in about
four seconds 1” This was too much of a “gam
.ttd the female be.! . haatjr rrtMfc
The fallowing correspondence between
private J. Elliott., Uo. &• 16fcli
Mississipri regiment, Harris' Brigade, and
General Lee has been furnished ns by a
member of the regiment:
•to.
years under your leadership and having ob
served, 'frith pride and admiration, your
heroic courage, your untiring, self
sacrificing devotion to our cause,
wavering faruai i» -Qjur„ sUmnte triumph
and above nil, your paternal cure and kind
solicitude for the welfare of those under
your command, I have been induced to
send this pipe, carved with my own hand,
during the leasure hours of camp life as
a slight testimonial of my esteem and re
gard. Having been compelled to do the
carving entirely with a penknife, it is
but-an humble token; yet I feel assured
that it will be accepted by you as an ev>*
idence of our high appreciation of our
distinguished commander.
Trusting that it may serve in some de-e
--gree to cheer your moments of care and
enliven your hours of leisure; hoping also
that ere long you may be permitted to
smoke the “pipe of peace” in your native
land, rendered free and happy by your
noble exertions, and among a grate
ful people, who will honor and venerate
your name as long as time shall last,
I remain, with much respect
Your devoted follower,
GRANVILLE J. ELLIOTT.
Hedquarters Army Northern Ya. )
March 23, 1864. j
Mr. Granville J. Elliott
I am very much obliged to you for the
handsome pipe you have so kindly sent
me. It is beautxfuly carved, and my ad
miration at its execution is enhanced when
I consider opportunites and implements.
Cordially joining in your aspirations for
peace, and trusting that fredom and hap«
piness may soon be restored to your suff
ering State, with thanks for your kind
sentiments.
I am very respectulfuly,
Your obedient servant,
R. E. LEE.
Confederate Perseverance Ac
knowledged.
While many of our own people are of opinion
but little has been done to get to sea a Confede
rate navy, or that but little effort has been extend
ed in this direction, some of our enemies give our
navy’department no little credit for perseverance
under difficulties, and are surprised that so much
has been accomplished when the obstacles to suc
cess seemed so insurmountable. We have before
us the Chicago Times of the 19th ult., which says
we have been indefatigable in our attempts to
construct a fleet- that no amount of ill-luck or
misfortune seems iu the least to daunt us, but on
the contrary, the more our efforts lack success,
the more determinined we are in the prosecution.
This is certainly a feather for Mr. Mallory.
The Times enumerates such of our efforts as
have come to its knowledge, as follows :
Thus, when the Virginia was sunk on the At
lantic coast, they built a fleet on the Mississippi.
In a little while, this was sunk, burned or cap
tured, and the rebels then built the Atlanta. She
was literaley smashed by the monstrous projec
tiles of the Woehawkcn before her career had
fairly commenced, but, undaunted, the Confede
rates labored on, until to-day, when they have
some dozen or fifteen iron-clads completed and
afloat upon the few rivers and harbors yet in their
possession.
In the same manner—with the same persistence,
and with the same ill luck—have the Confede
rates attempted to construct a fleet of iron-clads in
foreign ports. They made a constract in England
for a small fleet; the vessels were in part paid for
and nearly completed, when the British govern
ment placed its grasp upon the vessels and forbade
their departure. Still buoyant, the Confederates
tnrned their attention across the channel to La
Belle France. Napoleon was supposed to possess
a sort of sneaking attachment for the unfledged
Confederacy ; and it was believed that here suc
cess might finallly be induced to crown * their ef
forts. A naval builder named M. Arman was
found who agreed to construct four iron-clad rams
for an adequate consideration, to be paid in five
instalments. The first fifth, of 730,000 francs, was
paid; the vessels were progressing rapidly to
wards completion, when suddenly the Nemesis of
Confederate naval operations again crossed the
path of the rebel Commissioners; this time in the
person of Mr. Dayton.
Mr. Dayton had been as untiring in France as
was Mr. Adams in England. He overwhelmed M.
Drouyn de L’Huys with letters and documentary
proofs, until that gentleman either to escape boring,
or convinced of the justice of the step, induced his
“dear colleague,” the Minister of the Marine, to
stop the arming of the vessels, and to take such
steps as will prevent their being turned over to tho
Confederates when completed.
Grant and McClellan.
If it be true, as stated by the Fredericks
burg correspondent of the Examiner, that
Grant has made a peremptory demand on
Lincoln for the services of McClellan in the
forthcoming campaign, there is something at
fault above and beyond the impaired morale
of Grant’s army. We suspect the politicians,
at the bidding of the financiers, have touched
a secret spring, to which Grant respond? in
spite of himself. McClellan is the favorite of
the war Democrats, who, perhaps, begin to
feel with Long, of Ohio, that they have been
fighting on a false issue. The inexorable log
ic of events—the failure of Lincoln’s drafts,
the manifest weakness of the Union armies,
the numerous successes of the Confederates,
the bold front presented by Lee and Johnston,
and the tottering condition of the finances—
all these things cannot fail to have had an
effect upon the War Democrats, who, it must
be remembered represent Wall street.
The war having reduced itself to very nar
row limits, and to one or at most two issues—
towit: the coming battles in Georgia and
Virginia—the Money-Kings begin to feel ner
vous. If Grant is beaten, or Sherman—what
then ? What becomes of our investments ?
Who will prevent the armies from disbanding
when the nation is bankrupt and the people
are maddened and bewildered ? If the armies
scatter of their own accord, chaos will cope
again. It is too much to risk upon a single
battle or two battles. There must be some
thing to fall back upon. We must either not
fight at all, or we must fight under conditions
which will make defeat tolerable to the Amer
ican people. To prevent anarchy at home, we
must conclude peace while our armies are yet
| intact and under control. Else, we must, by
i calling McClellan to the field, re-inspire the
: Democratic masses, so that, in case of defeat,
i they will not turn upon the Republicans, but
i will rally again to the support of the Govern
i ment and enable it to raise another army,
j large enough at least to resist invasion and
1 keep dowd the mob.
i This we take to be the meaning of Grant’s
i demand for McClellan.— Richmond Whig.
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The trains run through without any inter
ruption from Mobile to Okolona, from which
point a train goes occasionally to Tupelo,
about thirty miles above. The entire track
to Corinth will be in complete repair in less
than two week3. So much for the determina
tion of the commanding general, who declares
that he can rebuild railroads as fast as the
1 enemy can destroy them.
SSISGEAFaiS.
Reports of the Press Association.
Fntefed according to act n tho year
theDisteict 6mirt of the Confederate StateTfor
tho Northern District of Georgia.
GMyuraiA!
Lee Victorious iv Every Encounter!
The Yankees at w*l-,
tham Junction!
i?Ti i yiormn /
Richmond, May Spottsylvania
C. H., Bth.) —Hon. J. A. Seddon, Secretary of
War: After a sharp encounter with the sth
Army Corps, and Warles’ and Terret’s Divis
ions of cavalry, R. H. Ajiderson, with the ad
vance of the army, repulsed the enemy with
heavy slaughter and took possession of the
Court House. I am most greatful to the Giver
of all Victories that our loss is small.
(Signed) • d*. E. LEE.
RiCHMOND,"9th. —The interruption of tele
graphic communication between Richmond
and Weldon with the hourly expectation that
the line would be: restored, has caused an ac
cumulation of press reports at this point, the
material points, of which are subjoined :—Or
r&nge C. H., 7th.- —Ewell again repulsed the
enemy yesterday. The Yankee loss was ter
rible, especially in Early’s front. Ewell’s loss
small.
Last night our men held possession of the
enemy’s battle field on the left and centre,
capturing a number of wounded.
Our success very great, but not decisive.
The charge of Gordon’s brigade
ted as the grandest of the war. /*_ ;
Our loss thu3 far, is about five thousand, of
whom the larger proportion is slightly woun
ded.
The fight occurred in a densely wooded
country, and hence little or no artillery was
used.
In the fight at Chester on Saturday, mid
way between Richmond and Petersburg, the
Yankees were repulsed, with a loss of 1,000
killed and wounded.
All the Yankee officers, 1,000 in number have
been sent to Danville. On Saturday before
leaving they became very refractory. ;
An official telegram from Harrisonburg, be
lieved to be reliable’says that McNeil struck the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Piedmont on Sat
urday destroying the Jbridge and machine shops
and nine locomotives. Damage several [millions
of dollars.
Northern news of the sth quote gold at 180.1
{[Maximillian had sailed for Mexico."
The Alexandria had been given dip to the JownJ
ers.
Cotton advancing in Liverpool.
Richmond, May 8. —The enemy "in Chesterfield
county have withdrawn from the Railroad to
their intrenchments.
Smith and Gilmer’s cavalry arc directing the
expedition.
Their headquarters are at City Point where
negro brigade is entrenched.
No fightiag at Waltham Junction to-day.
“The enemy’s loss yesterday was 1000 killed and
wounded.
Butler made a narrow escape [from five of our
pickets near City Point on Friday evening.
A telegram from Gen. Lee says the enemy has
advanced his position, marching towards Frede
ericksburg.
The news is favorably construed in "official
quarters.
May 9.—Steele’s army, 9000 strong,
surrendered to Gen. Price at Camden, Ark., on
the 28th ult.
Gen. Taylor has demanded the surrender of Al
exandria where Banks’ forces are fortified. The
result of the demand is not known. At last ac
counts the enemy were attempting to dam up Red
river to get their boats over the Rapids.
Mobile, May 9. —The operator at Senatobia
telegraphs on the 7th, on the authority of the
Memphis Bulletin, of the 6th, that 2400 of Steele’s
troops had arrived at Little Rock. The balance
was 25 miles out.
Steele’s loss was heavy.
He had destroyed all his trains and lo3t nearly
all his artillery.
Ho was followed by Marmaduke and Flanagun
to Little Rock.
Pine Bluff is thought to be defensible.
Brookhaven, May 9.—lt is reported on the
authority of Col. D. L. Gage,, who crossed the
Mississippi river an the sth, that dispatches from
Kirby Smith to Gen. Tom Taylor state that Banks
i3 shut up at Alexandria.
The Confederates are below cutting off Banks’
supplies.
The Yankees are trying to dafn up the mouth of
the falls, to got out their gunboats.
Goldsboro, May 9.—The expedition to New
bern has returned.
We captured 63 prisoners, Our loss slight.
Gen. John S. Williams, of Kentucky, has
been transferred from Virginia to take com
mand of the Kentucky cavalry in the array of
Gen. Johnston.
Significant Political Movement. —The
Republican Convention, which was appointed
to meet in Baltimore on the 7th day of June
next, to nominate their candidate for President
has under consideration the propriety of post
poning the time of meeting. It is significant.
It shows that Lincoln is growing fearful of
his re-election. The call urges, amongst oth
er reasons for the postponement:
“The country is not now in a position to en
ter into a Presidential contact. It is very im
portant that all parties friendly to the Gov
ernment shall be united in support of a single
candidate, and that when a selection shall be
made, it shall be acquiesced in by all loyal
sections of the country, and by all branches
of the loyal party. It is equally clear that
such unanimity cannot at present be obtained
and it is not believed that it can be reached as
early as the day named by you for the Nation
al Convention. Upon the result of the meas
ures adopted by the Administration to finish
the war during the present spring and sum
mer, will depend the wish ofthe people to con
tinue in power their present leaders, or to
change them for those from whom they may
expect other and more satisfactory results.
The Sugar Beet. —To what extent has the
sugar beet been tried on Confederate soil ? Is
it not worthy of a trial, as well for 3Ugar as
for its other values? We find in a late Brit
ish paper the following statement:
The production of sugar from beets has now
come to be a leading interest in several Eu
ropean countries. It is the most important
crop in the Empire of France. In 1361,142,-
000 tons were raised in that country, against
I 9,000 tons in 1830. In Belgium the crop in
1861, was 18,000 tons. In Girnw y a very
I large amount was produce I; the rg . V a te for
; Europe exceeding, in IBsi. 20. 0 ton*
i worth more than $40,000,000. ’ ’
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR.
For C hattahoochee.
The Steamer Indian will leave for Chattahoochee
to-morrow [Wednesday] moraine at 9 o'clock.
Yew Advertisements-
Nathan Crown offers a liberal reward for an
estray mare.
Mr. Fishacher has fresh ground flour which
he offers at SI,OO per pound.
N. J. Tisdale offers a liberal reward for a
pair of gold spectacles lost on Broad Street.
The Bank of Columbus gives notice that it
will pay the tax on stock.
Dkownid. —We learn that a little boy
about eight years old, son of Green Sauls, of
this place, was drowned in the Chattahoochee
river yestarday, near the hospital while bath
ing. Will repeated warnings never deter pa
rents from allowing their little boys to go
into the river ? Too much solicitude can
not be manifested in this regard.
Blind Tom.—The friends of good piano music
will be pleased to learn that Blind Tom will hold
a musical levee at Temperance Hall to-night.
His merits as a performer are too well known in
the community to require any extended notice
from us.
Sales To-Day.— Ellis, Livingston 4 Cos., will
have an important sale to-day at their auction
room, comprising dry-goods, groceries, negroes,
shoos, hats, 4c. The public should be on band.
A Probable Quietus. — We learn that several
of our ministers, administered quite a severe re
buke on Sabbath, to the spirit of levity, and fri
volity which seems to have seized hold upon our
people of late. The time is unquestionably inop
portune for amusements, unless their innocence be
obvious and well-defined. There seems, however,
to be a great diversity of opinion on this particular
point.
A Good Move.— There is a move on foot in the
churches in this city to supply the hospitals with
religious reading. We learn that the idea origi]
nated with the Baptist church, and that denom
ination has made arrangements to supply many
numbers of the Christian Index and Southwestern
Baptist. The Methodist church is making ar
rangements to furnish the Christian Advocate, and
subscriptions for that purpose will be received by
Revs. Messrs. Harrison and Key. The object is
commendable, and we trust will receive the neces
sary encouragement at once. It is proper that
these brave men, who have unfortunately become
the inmates of these hospitals, should not only
have their physical but mental wants supplied.
For the Daily Times.
Recruiting Service.
Saith Battle, one morning, ‘'my brigade is small,
Recruiting is needed for the summer campaign,
My ranks are too thin, conscription’s too slow,
We must fill up the place of the sick and the
slain.”
To these solemn words a Pickett replied,
“You need only give me a recruiting detail; —
Forgetting recruits in the infant ry service,
’Tis I who never have known the word ‘fail.’ ”
“But stop, my dear sir, for once you’re mistaken, —
In a moment I’ll bring to your mind the con
viction—
I’m needing recruits, buttAe icar will be over,
Ere your* will be subject to the present conscrip
tion.”
Generous. —Mr. Junius A. Fox, of Char
lotte, North Carolina, well known to the citi
zens of Columbus, gives notice through the
papers that he will pay the tuition, in the best
schools of the country, of any disabled sol
diers from Mecklenburg county, N. C., for a
sufficient length of time to qualify them for
business, by which they may make for them
selves a support. Such disinterested munifi
cence bespeaks a noble soul.
MARRIED
At the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev.
Wm, H. Ellison, on Wednesday evening, the 20th
ult., Capt. A. H. Pickett, A. A. G. Battle’s brigade,
Virginia, to Miss Jennie E. daughter of Maj. R. H,
Potfell, of Union Springs, Ala.
“There’s a hlis3 beyend all that the minstrel ha3
told,
When two that are linked in one heavenly tie,
With heart never changing, and brow never cold,
Love on through all ills and love on till they die 1
One hour of a passion so sacrediis worth,
Whole ages of heartless and wandering bliss,
And, oh! if there be an Elysium on earth,
It is this, it is this.” *
WAITED.
A SMALL comfortable dwelling:, situated in a eori
. venient part of the city to business. A liberal
price per moth will be paid for such a place.
Apply at THIS OFFICE,
may 110 ts
Fresh Ground Flour
At ONE DOLLAR per pound.—
Ten cents less for needy and soldiers’
families. For sale by
H. FISHACKER,
104, Broad Street.
may 10 6t
Sun aud Enquirer copy.
_ T LOST.
GOLD SPECTACLES and CASE, between the
Quartermaster’s office and Pest Office on Broad
street, about 12 M., on Monday. The finder will
be liberally rewarded by leaving them at the
office of Maj. Dillard.
may 10 ts N. J. TISDALE.
Estraved,
A GRAY MARE, ten years old, medium height,
shod all round, from my residence, in Colum
bus, Georgia, on Sunday evening the Bth day of
May. A liberal reward will be paid for her de
livery to me in Columbus, or for any information
that will lead to her recovery.
May 10 ts NATHAN CROWN.
An Excellent Plantation
For Sale.
SEVEN Hundred and twenty acres, three hun
dred and fifty open, nearly all fresh, in -splen
did repair, excellent fences, gin house, lots, "gates,
negro houses, healthy, well watered, nice young
orchards, everything new, 12 miles below Auburn,
near Society Hill, in Macon, county, Ala.; all con
veniently fine outlet and range for
stock, land fertile, soft and easy of cultivation, an
excellent neighborhood.
Applv at this office, or to
Win. F. SAMFORD,
may 9ta tf* Auburn, Ala.
HEADQ’RS GEORGIA
„ Macon, MavtH V E-S ,
General Orders, ) 1 bs6j. ’ J
No. 7. >
I. All persons liable to serve in sh »
and who have not joined
will report forthwith at Macon Allan? COtB C
nah where squads have been formed V
port as such, and companies will be
once by uniting them. De or * a ()
IL The District Enrolling Officers win
ward-tooao of the above , Dd *r
spective Headquarters, who hare not ? th#ir *
ized into companies. ot beet > ot tll
111. After the expiration of thirt
lowed for joining companies in the R * 4 * yj 4b
Enrolling Officers will rigidly enfor- Cosr >t
quiring those between 17 and 18 and « -Ll**’ **■
enrolled and their names forwarded t??, 50,
mandantof Conscripts—as they then ha
to.be sent to the Army in the field. COtn ®
By command of
Maj. Gen. HOWELL cm,,
Commanding G a pf
Lamar Cobb, Maj. &a.a.A i. 0 ’
may 6 lw
To the StochholdiiS^jr-. >
Bridge.
The City Council having agreed to take th v
Bridge upon certain conditions, it become,? . *
ry that- the Stockholders should meet to const i
subject You are therefore earnestly req u 'f 1
meet onlMonday next at Williams’ 4 Iverson’,? °
at 4o’clock p. m. Those who cannot attenrl
son should have proxies,
J. M. Watt
Columbus, May 9, It «
— becy,
Notice.
Muscogee .Railroad Company
Columbus, Ga., May 6, 18§4
On and after this instant Confederate 1 re ,... _
Notes of the denomination of Five Dollar? w ~
received only at a discount of 33j per cent '“ *
, , . J M BIVINS, Treu
may 7—lw
The Douglas Ambulance Corp,
Solicit contributions from the citizens 0 f r
umbus, of lint, old linen, bandages, soap, wisj.
liquors, pickles, preserves, provisions, oranyothe
articles usually necessary for;thesick and wounds
on the battle field.
Send to Goodrich 4 Cos., to be packed
ately. H. L. GOODRICH,
Pres. B. R. c.
ma J 3tf Columbus, 6a.
Notice.
11RS. MAA’Y 11. BENNING is my duly auth -
"* ivedAgent for. the transaction and settlew-■.
of all business concerning the estate of Col, Seab m
Jones, deceased.
„ , , SEABORN J. BENNING
Columbus. May 9,4364. lm Adm’r.
“STOVE MOITLDERsj’ -
TWO Stove Moulders can get employmrot «
good wages, by application to
HARRISON, BEDELL A CO.
Columbus, Ga.
Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippian,
copy one month and send bills to this office,
may 6 lm
Augusta Sheeting for Corn.
I WILL EXCHANGE
11-4 YARDS OF AUGUSTA SHEETING
FOR .
ONE BUSHEL OF CORJ\\
J. F. WINTER, President
may 6 3t Rock Island Paper Mills.
SSOO REWARD!
I WILL pay a reward of Five Hundred Dollars sot
the apprehension of, with proof to convict, the
person or persons who on the night of the 28th Inst.,
stole a 7 inch RUBBER BELT from the Foandrj
connected with these Works.
may 2-3 t
HANDS WANTED.
I IBERAL hire will be paid for five or ten hands
JU by the month or day.
mays-d2w GREENWOOD & QUAY.
CIRCULAR.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
Quartermaster General's Office,
Richmond, April 23, 1864. ,
All Officers and Agents of this Department sf«
hereby notified that in order to intro'duce propsr
uniformity and system in connection with the con
tracts executed with the Factories on Govern oust
account, and to increase thereby the yield thereof
Major G. W. Cunningham, Quartermaster, hereto
fore in charge of the Depot at Atlanta, Georgia, is
entrusted, exclusively, with'the duty of contracting
in behalf of this Department, with the Factories in
the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, and Mississippi.
He will respond to requisitions for material, mil*
upon him by Officers in charge of Depots for th*
manufacture of clothing.
A. R. LAWTON,
may 3 lm Quartermaster Genera!.
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
ON TUESDAY 10th of May, at 10 o’clock, we
sell in front of our store
5 Bales Roswell Factory Yarns, from Bto
900 yds very heavy Osnaburgs,
j ui.vou a. **«,ent Cloth tor shoes.
52 sacks Salt,
6 boxes Sugar,
1 case Boys Felt Hats,
70 pr Ladies calf and goat skin shoes.
Likely Young Negroes.
Julius, 22 years old, field hand, and his wifb
25 years old, both likely,
Cody, 24 year3 old and her children.
Sold for and on account of a refugee frJ®
Mississippi.
Also, a fine close carriage,
may 9, 1864. $12,50.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
ON Tuesday, 10th May, at 11 o’clock, we will
in front of our store,
A One-horse Rockaway,
has been but little used.
| 3 Fine Double Barrel Shot Gun*
I may 9 $5 25
I Bv Rosette, Lawhon, A Cos
I Executors Sale of Household and KitehfS
f Furniture.
WILL be sold on Friday, the 20th day of
in frontof our auction room, at 10 1-2 o’clo s
I all the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN
I of the late Mrs. Lucinda Salisbury, consisting :
I part of
1 Bureaus, Wardrobes, Bed Sieads,
Mattrasses, Chairs, Tables, Crockery
Ware,
Silver and Plated Spoons, Knives ai--
Forks, &c.
One Cooking Stove and Furniture,
One Cow and Calf, Sow and Pig s - ,
5 Shares Mobile & Girard R. R 5,01>
1 80 acre Land Warrant.
W. L. SALISBURY,
may 9td $59& Executor
GIIE IT SOFTH£K\ I.VSFBIVfE (and
Principal Office, Macon, Ga.
STOCKHOLDERS are hereby notified that •
Tax, levied by the Act of Conf rt ;V
dated 17th February, 1864, on the Shares of M ' '
will be raid by the Company. . ,
Stockholders are fnrther notified thnt their
meeting will beheld at this office on Thursday. .'
2d day of June next, when Directors for the e|-f
ing year will be elected. C. DAT, BCC. •
■ may 2-3 t