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COLUMBUS' TIMES
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ril.afti.tw month,or .-!fi forlhr**" months.
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I hree months,
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Advertisement); loserted'frfr. w. 1
•he fir t insert. >ll and $1 • >•' foi ** - , v
\V hero advertisement? are in-c D - a 1
hftr «® willbc ■ 2O f.TjSS^whh*'mu*krvariaWy
Announcing Candida**
paid in advance. ,
~ i .. „ n f>n percent, will he lufOW fin all
.drS* account, over 250. wlren prompt pay
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( of Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on
the «mcog©» Railroad will run a.* follow'’
PASSENGER THAT??:
Leave Columbus... ..,.,.....*6 15 1'- M
Arrive at Macon. * §* A. *’l
- Macon.,..
Airive at Columbus 5 w A. M
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus -5 30 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus w CLAFII
ma . 19 ts Supt. Muscogee K. k.
Orncr Mobile and Pua*d R. 8... t
Columbus, Ga. f Mpru 5, 1854. )
The Stockholder-! of the Mobile Sc Girard Railroad
f’ompany, are hereby notified that the- fivo per cent
tax, levied by the law parsed February i.th, 1864,
on the value of all shares, held in Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treaauror at this
offiee and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Company in their lilts to Ati eesors.
J. M. FRAZER,
ajd’Ctf Treasurer.
lifotdee to Pl?fi**t<sl’S. .
I am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Cotton i as'iis*
SUGAR AND GSNABURBS FOR
Bacon SS&Ac3.,oes,
HAS!!**
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDP.EE,
ay.l 18 2m Agcni.
x«. ». WRIG-BIT,
STJCCE33OE TO HOIIINETT & CO.,
Cbrurr of Broad and Warren Streets, OMvmbvs, '7a.,
MANUFACTURER OF
Superior Candles and Lard Oil,
AND DEALER IN
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
OSNARTJRGS, Sheeting. Yarns, etc., exchange i
for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, esc.
Tag low ami Beeswax W*mU*«l.
It is hoped that the liberal course which will bo
adopted will secure a generous patron age.
uprii 20—lm
“ IVotlce to Plaut'M’S aai<l
Rtinuus of ©.•©is* 5 *
TTTE will keep for sale, for Confederate -funds, or
VV exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lord, fjyrup, Potato®?. _.*.*l
- Butter, Whfijti r tonr-Hliofollow ixas km'<*'*-*%
on .hand or made t o order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON ;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON;
HOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING;
SHOVELS AND SPADES;
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND BALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND lo'INCH.
We arc prepared to receive ar.d fill order,- tor any
sizes and quantity of Icon, IVcm our iron cork?
ana Rolling Mill in .Alabama,
JOHN D, Gil/- j -A * 0.,
apr 3tf Next to S«w bridge,
Aii CSxceliei.it • Plants. £ a.b> ST
■Por Salea
Cl EVEN Hundred and twenty acres, three ana
jo deed and fifty - pea, nearly all fresh, « splen
did repair, fences, gin house, lots, gates,
negro houses, healthy, well watered, nine young
orchards, ererytl ■) ntu:, U miles below Auburn,
near Society Hill, in Hacs.-n, eoujity, -T!a. j tu* con
vehiently airange-’.Ju'itls hue outlet and rahgfir for
stock, land fertrie, soil nad easy of cultivation, as
excellent neighbor m- and.
Apply at thin office, or to
Wm. F. SAMFORD,
may 9th ts. Auburn, Ala.
cTs. ARSENAL, 1
Columbus, Ga*. Aprils, 1864. J
I WISH TO EXCH&HGE FOR S&SON
on equitable terms,
a -rein*,
M'etlies,
And all kinds Pi.. »N L’A'i TON IRON;
Also POW i ».Kiv.
As this Bacon is needed to supply the • necessities
of tlio employee* of the Ordnance Department, at J
this place and Riehtitorub it i? hoped that holders ,
wil give the Qpvermviv'.nt the preference. i
F. C. HUMI’Hir.'Y.S, |
api 7 ts M«j. Covrti’g Ai.-eanl.
and,«
or. 13. \T rgssy.
FORMERLY. Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe-
F male Infirmary, ’ tenders his services to the Cit-t
jzeas of Columbus in all the branches of hisprofes* ?
sion. , , • ,
Special attention will be devoted.to the treatment i
of the diseases of wamcm.
tfc*r Surgical operations performed lor •
Fistula in Ano, \ isico-Yasinal fistula.
HvdroecKs Congenital and Accidental f'ayiaosis.
Varicocele, H<xrac»rvluf..O or Piles, CnUous Tsaous*
sable stricture?, False Pasaaftes, Tfcllev-e?or tirib
Foot, and contraction of the tinkers. Strab ismus ..r
SquiutiV'g. Aneurinu, S'arix or dilated veins. Ptery
gium, Catalan and Hair Lip; also for the remov
al of all mmoi'. ■ . abnormal growths from an* part
of the body. . „ .
Disctwc-s oi ths Oeuito-Lnaary System, cotuprsing
the dido rout -statics of Ghonorrhoea. Strii-turca,
Gravel, Sperwatvirhca. Syphilis. in its, pnnjsry
secondary,tertiary and horichtary forms,will receive
particular attention.
References given when vc, uesired. as.v.'tu as the
recommendation of mav.y years practice in Sew Or* ,
loans; Consultation hr.--. every day at his -t3ee
in the Masonic Hal! F- dr.y.froax 10 Wld o'clock
a, in,, and from 2 to-t busk >», m. Patients willdo
,»ell io call pr ■ : = ’ • ,o those iotfrs, as before and
alter that time will t-e devoted to Tislting pev-mtsfn
t he > ity.
Afl-tr. • all conamuiofttionsto
DR F A ROiSY.
Columbus, Ga,
■*' S. B.—Persons from a distance having servants
lecturing put-:'. >i . v raedkv.l treat®-r t, will bo
provi cd with c, iinu table <*usrtevs. '• tu in all cases
will bare V fur ash their own pr: ri-.i ns rrd bod
ding.
will also bej,. ,w particular attention to
the treatment :hh - iidbrent forms of Uleere. Risen*
tuikth-ui. tb-mt. S.; iuil «# affections, Syphilitic eru p -
tion>. and all •• of mi.- disease.- of . kin.—
Medicated Fn: md bicam A•h lmi. us
Ibj- !i'. ;*S emil'.n -1 In the he-'-pi 'LI . lv. • ... »
America, VjH tors.t a t-avt O: n:;•
febl; i'i L -d.lt.
SisOfsnaitcr*’ ami
M'HE UNDERSIGNED haring coiaiuettced th»
* manufacture of tbc nboTo naxncd articles ui i*us
city, iu e prepared to fill orders for the .-e.rae.
Ofiice on .Ingle street,* f?‘ r , t : JSt
Hospital. HARDISON, BEDELL 2 cl.
Reference —Mai. F. Vs. lit LARP.
Mobile Register '! and A icustaCen-
HiUttionalvt, pl.-j r r-.py one month and rend Ml«s
to ti»i
mar At ts
WAITED.
A n't ALL comfortable dwelling, rltaatcdlo aeon*
<1 VEtmntpart of the city to fcusiccE?. A liberal
price pur moth will be paid for *v.cb a place.
Apply at IHIS OFFICE,
may ,t 0 ti
Vol XI.
J. W. WARREX & CO. Proprietors •*• "• WABRESt, Editor
H EADQU ARTERS POST. \
Columbia, da. May 9tb. 1864. j
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 12. ; 5
In obidience to Special Orders from Hcttdqaar
tert of Department of South CaroLna. Georgia ann
Florida, the undersigned hereby transfers the com
mand of this Post to Maj. F. C. Humphreys.
J. W. ROBERTSON.
Cbl. Coiadg.
HEADQUARTERS POST, t
CoLUMBca, Ga., May 9th, 1864/
Tfca nader3i£ned hereby assume? command of this
post. Existing orders and regulations will remain
in force.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
may 10 lm Major Corndg.
CXROUIjAII.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, ]
Qpap.iermastep. General’.? Office, >
Richmond, April 23, 1864. j
All Officers and Agents of this Department are
hereby notified that in order to introduce proper
uniformity and system in connection with the con
tracts executed with the Factories on Government
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, made
upon him by Officers in charge of Depots for the
manufacture of clothing.
A. R. LAWTON,
may 31m Quartermaster General.
Adj’t and Insfmctou (tfnerals Office,}
Richmond, May 2d, 1804, j
General Orders, No. 45.
‘a iff -sr? 7y ifc-
VII. The Bureau of Conscription tvill proceed at
once to organize into companies, and cause to be
mustered into service, the reserve forces in the sev
eral States, enrolled in pursuance of General Orders
No. 33, Adjutant and Inspector Gencfnl’S Office,
current scrip*, Fovthi-; purpose, district enrolling
officers arc authorized to act as mustering and in
specting officers. They will superintod the elec
tion ol company officers, and forward the muster
roll certified by them, with the certificates of elec
tion, to the commandant of Conscripts for the State
in which such companies may be organized, to be
by him turned over to the General Commanding the
Reserve Forces.
VIII, Upon receiving the muster rolls, the Gen
eral commanding the roacAve forces will issue or
ders placing in commission and upon duty Ihe offi
cers named iu the certificates, if competent: and re
serving copies, will forward the original rolls, with
certified copies of tk«lr orders enclosed io tbir- Bu
reau lor file. Ts there be reason to doubt tlm com
petcncy of an officer elatd, his qiiaJificataons and fit
ne?s for commission will be inquired into and repor
ted upon by a Board to be convened by the General
commanding In acord&ucc with General Olden No,
?• '. Adjutant and Inspector General's offio<* ‘•erics
of 1*62,
. - * «'• - * » • *
By order
: FflicnodO S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector Geuera),
Efadquaeters Georgia Resebte, I
Macon, May 10. 1364. j
G••■acral Orders, No. S.
4. In compliance with the foregoing extracts Uvm
General Orders No. 45, Adjutant and Inspector
General'? Office, orders placing the officers elected
in the Reserve Corps In commission, will bo issued
from the©a Headquarters as soon as the muster rolls,
and certificates of ejection ars received. In tlio
meantime the officers elected in companies and reg
iments, assigned to and put upon duty, will pro
ceed to discharge the duties of the respective office?,
to which they nave been olected.
11, The eloatioas which have been hold under
General Order3 No, 5 from these! Headquarters, will
fie forwarded to the Department at Richmond; but
all olecuoas hereafter, must be held in compliance
with the directions in the foregoing extracts.
lit. Boards for examining into the competency
of officers elected in this command, will be organ
ized in due time, and officer? commanding regiments
are enjoined to report promptly, all cases, which
may osour in their respective commands, requiring
the action oi such Boards.
By command of
Maj- Gev, HOWELL COBB,
Commanding Georgia Reserve.
Lamar Cobb,
Me or and A’ A. G.
may 13 flt •
Strayed or StoSeia,
r BOM tho lower part of this city, a bright sorrel
1 HORSE about 10 years old, small stnr in the fore
head, the left hind foot white up to the paster joint.
I will pay Ten dollars for his delivery or for any in -
i’. rotation that will cause mo to cot him.
may loot' SARAH SAUNDERS.
LOST.
GIOLD SPECTACLES and CASE, bciween the
T Quartermaster's office and Pest Officevti Broad
street, about 12 2d,, on Monday. The finder will
be liberally rewarded by leaving them at the
olnco of Mai. Dillard.
may 10tt‘ N. J. TISDALE.
Sl&stk of* Coluiubtis.
Stockholders are hereby notified that the Confed
erate Tax, levied by ihe act of Congress dated Feb.
17. 18-.il. on the Shares of this Bonk, will be paid by
the Bank. R. ADAMS,
Colnmbui, Da:, May 10.—2 w Cashier.
mil k SAWYERS,
\5 ;uiti -*7, North Water Street,
UOBIt.K. ALABiMt,
Brokers and Bankers,
DEALERS IN
€tOU>,
SIEVES,
NOTES,
asid ROIVBS,
STATE TREASntI SOTES.
MTERIiHVe,
HAVANA,
• AAii^Af],
U**o IWSIIESIIC EXCHANGE.
JL iso,
• Stocks in all t!i- different .Hnanter-s,
'-loops au.l Schooners engaged in run
ning the blockade.
ASOIfEI EECEITED AAD
PAIS OUT OH DEPOSIT.
We buy aacl sell on our own account
or on commission.
All letters and enquiries Jtrompt
iy answered,
apl 13 w3m
Columbus, 6a., Wednesday Morning, May 18,1884.
Tuesday Evening,
.r-A.—„ , ...in' -rr~-::.-;.~c.rr.. J
The Confederacy says, that tho horse upon
which General Forrest rode in the attack upon
Fort Pillow, was shot through, beneath him, with
a oar,rod ball, the missile of death gr.f*ing the leg
of the General and blackening it without seriously
hurting him, and cutting in two the stirrup-leather
which supported hi; foot. He had scarcely been
mounted five minutes upon another horse before
that, also, was killed under him. At another pe
riod of the fight a log which protected him from
thejhurricane of shells, was struck by one, and a
fragment of timber several feet in length hnriccl
against hi? which momentarily deprived
him of breath. No man in tho war, wc venture
to assert, has encountered more desperate adven
tures or survived with more miraculous escapes.
Good News. —Wc are gratified to learn, says
the Selma Reporter, tha t orders have hdbn received
to commence without delay on the road leading
from Blue Mountain to Rome, and bury it to com
pletion. The iron to be used in laying the track
will be taken from roads- of minor importance.—
Millions of dollars have bqen lost to the Government
by its failure to make this important connection
when it was first brought before and received tbe
attention of Congress. The completion of this
road will place Selma, in direct communication by
the iron rail with all the eastern cities.
[Correspondence of the N. Y. World.]
Statistics oi Il«beiU<>u
Baltimore, April. 28. —From conversation
with a gentleman directly from the South, I
have obtained considerable ibtAfcsTfng #nd
valuable information in r&'emtee to the future
prospects, of .the South. I give it-as a. com
plete statement of the facts upon which the
rebels base their hopes ol uirinate success. j
Are the Relit h K. hantfexl j
There arc two questions of paramount im- j
portaiice to thin king men, and particularly to
statesmen at the NprtJj, at the present time, j
Those arc : What tiro the capabilities of the
South ibis year for feeding their armies, and :
to what extend have the cotton plantations j
and sugar plantations of the Huuth been i
converted into wheat fields and com fields t |
And second: What is the condition oft lie j
stock of horses in the South, and by r.diaf i
means do the South expect so obtain re- I
mounts for their large cavalry force, and how j
do they expect to keep up ihe efficiency of
this arm of ihvjr service .' Aware for mouths
past of the importauce of the issues involved
in these questions, 1 have spared ueitucr time
nor labor in arriving at tT.-; truth"conccrnir-g
them, and the remits of my' investigations arc
embodied below, it will require but a mo
ment’s reflection U> convince intcllioreut men
that tho ability of tiic Sqiuh io carry on too
war; or, in other words, thai tho dm alien of
the war itself, depends upon the facts which
will be mad© apparent by the invcMunuf-oa
of the above qur-.UKm*. It is a fact no means
creditable.to the iuteil.'jj'.vuco ct tho coiintrv |
that the dtdttsior* ,! t-nc Hnuth ‘5/ exhausted ; i
that the backbone of the reliclli -u i.-j broken ; |
that tho Southern sotdisi s ;w. discontentcd ;
that the Southern soldit-.it; are disconterilcd j
and mutinous ; thai the Soufhhas • its j
whale available military strength now |
in the field for a last, a fina i 'struggle^—should
bo shaved, mot by the igncrnni arid anthmlc
ing alone, but by men who have some clatras
to intelligence The- excuse for 'tho latter-is
however, that they only believe what has been
set down for them in the newspapers which
they have been accustomed to read arid be
lieve in ; and also, bc-cansh Hteh Ims bccnllio
constant tone of every Federal official, from
the President and Secretary ol'State dawn !o
the bottom of the list. Fertile shameful and
wilful deception on the people thus practiced
by iLese newspapers ami this, officinlp, there
is no excuse and fio paiiatlon..
Territorial Area m' ■/,■: South.
In arriving at- the truth iu regard to the
above points it is uecessary' lit take into., cutl
sideratipu the vtpst teritorinl extent' oi* the
South ; the comparative small number of the
Southern people wbo have been wiihdrivwn
from productive pursuit- during the last three
years ; and the temper and ieeiiug of the South
ern people iu regard to the war.
The States of MassftehuseU?, Connecticut
ajjd New Hampshire, occupy an area of quite
respectable- size on (he map. Yet these three
States together only occupy an area of 21,754
square miles, while the- State of South Caro
lina alone has an area of 24,500 square miles.
The great State of Indiana contains 33,800
square miles. But North Carolina, with its]
45,000 square miles, is larger in territorial
extent than Indiana and Massachusetts togeth
er. How many people in the North believe]
that Louisiana exceeds in territorial extent j
the Empire State itself,.with the 46,000 square :
miles of the latter? Yet such is the fact.
The State of Mississippi has 47,<><}o square
miles, and is therefore larger than either New
York or Pennsylvania. The State of Alabama
contains 50,700 square miles, and is therefore j
larger than New York and Connecticut to- j
getiier. A person who has traveled over the j
whole length of the Y shaped Illinois Central
Railroad, from Chicago and Galena on the
north to Cairo ;tt the south, has some idea of
the vast extent of that State. Yet Georgia
has 58.000 square miles, and is, therefore,
larger than Illinois. And ’Florida, which the I
President sent Mr. John Hay to conquer, con
tains 55,000 square miles, and therefore,
larger than Pennsylvania. Massachusetts and 1
Connecticut, nli -togt th' r Fine by. Virginia
is still larger, containing -1,000 square mile-.;
and even when the bogus --rftateot West Vir
ginia” is taken off the Old 'Dominion is still
larger than Ohio. 1 say nothing of Tc-xus in
this connection, because, although it contains
the enormous extent of 237,00f thou sand
square miles (and A, ikereib.ro. Iu g« r ih -a
th-e seven great States of New York. Fenasyi-
Vitnla, Ohio. Illinois, Indiana, Massa.-nuscttsj
and Connecticut, all together,; u practi
cally useless to ihe South at present.
Area Under Cultivation.
So much for the- territorial extent of eight
of the Southern States, which, vast -itA, is
the least important feature of the case. In
these eight States—Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, ADbarou. Florida. Lcuk-i
--ana, uud Miastexippi—there arc one hundred
and lour millions of acres of land as yet un
touched l*y fai im iur planter, to c a\ u.nhiiig
Os twenty millions of acres in the sim-r condi
tion in Texas. In the eight State abu 1 •’ "nam
ed, not counting Virginia, there .uc only
fortv-rwi. uoHn.-i: "five '-hundred and rdur-t-r
thousand ,;v.kr • r.ltit :i •: -ni this
includes nil t bvY< -u-n ;*i.ii;ia:; ■-.- u_ jda n
ts-tioRS. wiifl >-n-r. <i 0.: ' i>| ; :i«‘ < • ;»?«- o-ruKii.
There staple pr*. iu•
ed the attention of ih*- South anvil Ifcol.
Ootton Abandoned for Qnuv aptl Qa*tC .
. During the first year of the w tr, iL- inexpe
diency of raising any more ' cotton, tfnd tire
necessity of raising more wheat, (.-ore. beef
and pork, than bad formerly been done, be
came evident to the Southern people. This
necessity became more and more apparent i:i
1862. ar.d caused numerous public meeting?
to be held all over the South. The?? meeting*
or convention* 1 , for they were usually com- ,
posed of delegates from every county in ‘ j
.State, were always the spontaneous action of j
the people. But whenever they were held
plant, were taken by the Confederate j
Government to lay before tho meetings
representations of the prospective needs of
the army in the matter of provisions, and to
urge that the culture of cotton should be
abandoned,ana the culture of wheat and corn, j
aud the rni?|mg of cattle and bogs, be sub- I
stitnted, vhjerever practicable. This idea was
enthusiastically adopted by all these meetings
and conventions, and, what is of far greater i
consequence, it Ims been practically carried
out by the people of the South, partially in
1862, hui almost universally in 1863. The
statistical bureaus at Richmond are not yet :
so perfectly organized as to enable exact stat- !
istics to be furnished, showing to what extent
corn, wheat and potatoes have superseded the |
culture of cotton. But the following is an i
approximate table, believed by the best in
formed men m the South to be substantially
correct, and used, indeed, by the Confederate
War Department, in making estimates tor the
supplies of the Confederate arm}' in 1864 :
AT* tiller *o fAfire* Devoted to tie Haiti tit/ <f Wheat.
Corn oiid Potatoes.
18C0 1862 ISO3 1861.
Alabama i ,000,0c0 1.300,000 1,500,000 1,800,000
Florida 1000,000 150.000 20(1,000 250,000
Georgia 3,060,00 ft 3,000,000 4.000,000 5,000.000
Louisiana 500,000 500.000 500*000 500.000
MisYph 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000.000 2,500,000
N. 0. 2,000.000 2.500.000 3,000,000 3,500,000
ri. C. 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000.000 2,500,000
Virginia 3,000,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 4,500,000
Total —ln 1860, 10.600,000 : in 1862, 13,950,-
060; in 1863,1.1(1200,000 : in 1804, 20,550,000.
Sucvtss Attendant on < 'havt/e of Production.
The actual production nf the utffive eight Stales
in 1860 were 2-1,000,000 hnshfrls of wheat, 196,-
000,00(1 of corn, and 36,600,000 ''it-Te!-: of sweet
and Irish potatoes. In 18.62 they were 35,005,000
htisliels or wheat, 300.006,000 bushels of corn, and
40,000,000 bushels of potatoes. In 1863, owing
to the inefeasod attention that had bean devoted
to the cultivation of these articles, there was raised
iu the above,States, 45,005.000 bushels of wheat,
330.000,000 bushel.; of corn, and 50,000,000 bush
els of potatoes!. Tho estiioiiieu yield oi ike pres
ent year, based upon the numbered'acres actually
known to iuiuer cultivation, w ill bo 55.000,U<)0
bushel:; of wheat, 350,000.000 of corn, and 60,000,-
000 bushels of sweet and .Irish point •»:. The cui-
UU’c of rice, during this line, which baa always
been a jSoutheru staple, ar.d vtbieh fonas a large
portion aud ai favorite article .of -the food of the
Southern people has receiv ed a proportionate do
grc--.- efattvntbm, and the yield, particularly dti
ring the year 1861 and 1863, has been quite as
large as in former years.
Stock of Motto dad oj Meat.
In 1860, thers were in th<-above eight States, 1
.'oiit, aruTolu.GOO working- oxqa, bcs>*os
an equal numby-r of atcer-j raised and fattened for
ihßshttbibles. Dho great detnaad i'or beef for food
hs* kept ikuvmtbe increase of cattle. But by the
f ti euiions uxertions of ihe nla-nters in all the above
States, and tho attention which they have bestowed
upon the'rearing of live stock, the above numbers
have been pretty nearly maintained constantly.—
the. - in 1863, the number of milch cows woii.5!)0,(!00.
sirnW oxen and -teovs a little over a n.ilUon head.
It will bo noted the.; j say nothinK here of the beef
cattle raised either in Texas or in Kentucky or Ten
nessee.. During the first two years of the war. a
largo proportion of the beof used by t.hu Southern
armies came from Texas. And a!though ibis will
not he tho case this year, it may ’>•»; so in 1366. if the
Confederate plans succeed: aud the cattle in that
.Slate arc increasing at :i prodisiynis rate. Large
riipplit-.' of both caltie and lu-ija aw <tlil drawn by
tin; South from Tennessee nnu Kentucky, ana this
will no doubt Cni-tinup to be the- case during this
year.
Horses add Males in the
At the beginning of the war, there were in the
eight Staffs pataed above. 986,000 head of htarsu?,
aud '73,000 head of mules, besides a miJlion head ot
imrses in Arbar.-ms, TepitesKoe, ICrntncky dud Tex
as. A large proportion oi'the hor?e-3 in :ne four
Suite? last mimed, were pi.ad a available ior ihe pur
jtbkcs of the (’nni'ederae.v in
Toe loss and destruction of horse? at the South du
ring tho war bep.-not been, so great as is generally
suijpoaed, a; will bo -een when I come to speak of
the cavalry of ifii. Southern a mips. Great atten
tion, too, has beta pa-d to (lie raising of erdta: and
those that ha ve grown up ‘ Unee 18-00 have nearly
supplied t-h» loses snsiained by the casualties of war.
The cstituote of the Confederate War Department
are that-there are how in the eight 3Liu-» above
uanied about TOO,OOO head bfhoi’-es and'l3oo,ooo Jiead
of mules. This includes those that are now in the
, military service. But tho Confederate leader? do
not depend upon these alone to supply the losses
which they have and imisf still sustain. They de
pend partly upon Tennessee and Kentucky, and
partly also upon the North, as will be seen when I
come*(o speak I ‘of their- plans of campaign i'or thi
vear, which I will do in my next loiter.
DRUID.
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TEac f.lit-fVotrs SliclGSiOiiDl.
ilia Augusta Constttuiionalntl oi the 1-51 h,
(which was not recievec! by us until a late
hour yesterday,) says the tinqmrer, had re
ceived F.hjhmond papers of the Ilthinsl.,
brought by hand, and culled from them a
mass of interesting inie-lurenae from Virginia.
Our space will only enable ns to condense for
this ftiorrring's paper the reports of most im
port il Ii C O .
There was nothing official from Gen. Lee's
army, but many rumors, “some of tin nf of an
unpleasant character,” but the Examiner be
lieved these to! be without foundation iu fact.
A telegram from she qnarivrms. let’s depart
ment of the u|rmy had been received on the
night of the 1 (It h. It. showed that the army
was Mill at Spoil.-:yl vania 0. H., and that no
disaster had befallen it. The. Yankees were
reported to he laying their pontoons aero??
ihe river at Fredericksburg. Great deffiora!-
ization iu Grant’s army wo reported, and the
country filled with Yankee deserters.
A Yankee raiding expedition had reached
Beaver Data, on the Virginia Central Railroad.
40 miles above Richmond, where they des
troyed the tr;v|k and roiling -;o<;k. and were
re p-'-rtsd to be |iiiv.ijicin:; thence t awards Han
over Junction! Another report said that the-
Yankees, being hard pressed by Fitzhngh Lee
and Stuart, wcjre felling trees behind them to
slop ptuuui!. and 'niu-kiog a direct march to
wards likumojnd. It was ’houghl the whole
cavalry foice of Grant’; army hud been de
tached and sent around . mYs a demoustra
tioc The latest imellinencp from thi? expe
dition is the following :
The very Jatt >*. news last night (12 o'clock. •
that the column nf Yankees said to be
m’’eking tr.-m Hanover J unction oo Rich
mir-il wa= atJD ver Mills, on tho 3nva<-* river, ■
Kubtccn miietf above Richmond, evidtu.tly de- •
termined t<> cat the Danville railroad. There
wa noihiog besides iliLs, up fd the hoar of
putt: ■ya our'.paper i > pr-vs.
We rnriy r’ruvn tbt- Uxrouiaer *
Tti- ewifijf force, arc its -d tlr. tin.
Hoi f.v, hr. k u land between-t-h* Jame-.. rivei » u
suT*; a«* rHi* t‘*t: Jit**
savUos. The ijupboate j 1 up dews ik~
i iTC-i?, !-. r ts-?,ag down lr.via Bert iiitfiCK ty tho
m<7u;h es the Appruu-ittex, x'.k-IHr.v a.-, hutfi ffi.le?
;pot -::,y m nS'--r 1 ‘w to our sharp
sh- (hr?. The ecc-my was:.- u v .-f deal of aiu
munition in . if way looking for “grey back'/’
anci masked Latte,i«s.
De'cilera are coming in rapidly from the one
my on tne Eottthside. They all have their etoric-e
to r e!L They represent that they lost very heav
ily in killed snd wounded in the battle of Satur
day—e-timaHog their loss at from or»e to two
thhu-and. i
$3.50 Per Mont h
They say that great dissatisfaction exists iu
their army, and that the ehiet cause is the negro
troops, several thousand beiug in the army now at
Bermuda Hundreds. They report that Butler
caused a telegram to be read to the troops early
Saturday morning, stating that Grant had gained
a great victory over Lee. and driven him t wenty
mlic?, and at last accounts was still driving him.
This infamous cheat, contrived by Butler to in
spire tho courage of his men. was received with
groat applause, of course.
, »'m
[From ill© Richmond Examiner.]
The Fight Hfear Spotsylvania
Court House Between Fitx
liugii Lee and the Enemy.
From n gentleman (one of the true patriot*
of the war,) who participated and wu? woun
ded in the battle near Spotsylvania Court
House, we have an intelligent aud connected
statement of the affair, which there have been
so many different versions.
It appears that the battle opened at Todd’s
tavern, about a mile and a half above Fpott
sylVania Court House, and lasted ©ominously
from Thursday to Sunday. The iore. son our
side were a portion of Fitzhngh Lee s com
mand, and consisted of Wickham’s and Lo
max’s brigades. The fight opened on Thurs
day evening, Lomax's brigade engaging the
enemy and driving them back some disianec.
During .that night, the enemy took a strong
position, and on Friday tho fight, was renew
ed by Wickham's brigade, (Lomax's being
held in roeervo that day,) a little in advance
! of the ground occupied on the day before.—
I On Friday night, the enemy fell back behind
[ Todd's tavern, their advance being po-irnl
j within a short distance of the building. On
Saturday it became tho turn of Lomax's brjg
• ade to engage the enemy, (Wickham’s being
! held in reserve,) .and the fight opened at on
i early hour and continued until 10 o’clock,
; when our forces fell back to tho old lines oc
: copied by them in U;o fight of the second day.
i Lomax held his position until evening, when
| he was forced back by the enemy to the line
; held by us on ihe first day, in roar of a- bavri
| cade across the road formed by the filling of
! trees. The enemy continued to pre us, and
i here Gen. Filzhugh Lee ordered up Wickham’s
brigade and threw out skirmishers. Wick
ham’s brigade deploying the enemy on the
right of the road leading from Todd's uvci n
to Spottsyh anin Cuurt IToose, and Lomax’s
"on the left, with Gen. Fitzhugb Lee command
ing in person.and passing up and down the
linos. He was said to be very cool :uad gs\e
. ordei‘3 to his men, who had been dismounted
j lor tho most part in this light, owing ra the
dense forest and thick. undergrowth, not to
fire until the enemy got within thirty yards
ofthoru. '‘Then,” continued he, “take good
aim. and let them hnvo it, and then 1 want
you to go over after them.” The enemy con
tinued t.u advance, when Geo! Fitzhngh Lee
gave the orem, iu a clear, distinct voice “firo.”
Then enaued a most desperate and stubborn
tight, resulting in the enemy being driven
back. Our men seeing thai th-y had gained
the day !j.a?e hero a yell—siw i. as ‘ jvbein’’
only can— when the Yankees broke and ran
010 x-iy pursued by our men for a'tiletaiioe of
half a mite. " . -
After this, on Saturday night, our 'forces
withdrew front Hie fatigue oi bahie. st.d the
nflnr'Vfrgiwlp cnvfvlry wcj-e poun-.il ast pipkets
at the bariiiiiule for that night. F.aidvYNjh
day morning th<« Yankees, strongly reinlprc.ul
during the night, attacked the Third Virg-inia
cavalry on ptiai, who. before the ovcrwh«-Jj:»-
ing‘unriTboir of the enemy. r-tVutiiiucd to full
back untlLeapperl-s. could he bronchi up.
This.was'quickly done, and tho (iuhi ragc-tl
until saven o’clock, wlten General Fitzhngh
l.ee, seeing thai hi. force was ino small to ie
>isi. the enemy, v/ho were iu very heasj force,
with earn Ivy aifu - infantry, 'heg.-ih lb rciirc in
the direction oi >'pott?ylvajtla. l\>u.r« House,
falling back slowly and ccnteKting ever, 'inch
of ground. At tins' cillical juncture, about
10 o’clock iu the morning, a bug - Juree Y»l"our
infantry- under General' A inlci .-on, oauic up
and succeeded in re{itfl : ifi;- the enemy with
great si.lugbtor,” nsTit-ficriL! I:er- ;-'ft(eU in his
official dispatch.
The ear-up. {V-ught with great . atnbhoyfie-?.' 5 ,
■or ho was figlitiog to carry' an ' i'tnpOriaut
point—to open 'lds way dear to Frcdbricts
hurg. lie m<\ a very large'force--- two divis
ion;'- of cavalry and a brigade of regular?, all
wider immediate wonuiiand of Geutral Scdg
-vriek.
In the fights on Friday aud Saturday of
Oon. Fit Eli ugh Lee with the enemy, we cap
lured some sixty prisoners, among whom wa re
some five or six nfficera. 'They report their
loss at some three to four hundred. Our loss
in the same fights was about two hundred and
fifty killed, wounded and missing.
Our officers are said to have displayed tho
most conspicuous valor in tbis tight. All
along onr lines, amidst a perfect lutil of hnf
lets, they rode cheering our men on to victo
ry. While in the act of leading his men on,
with his arm uplifted. Colonel Owens had a
finger shot oft'. Not stopping for this, lie de
liberately drew his pistol with his other hand
and shot the Yankee (lend by his side who had
.just fired on him. There is one instance of
individual heroism that deserves to be men
tioned. in I lie thickest of the fight, when our
lines Word wavering, and Ihe oppmung b.icw-i
were within seventy -five yard? «>f each ft her,
a courier dashed in between them and e-hm-i -d
oui'-meh ia their charge. The nume.oi the
brave young man we did not learn.
Tlie Resat-u Raid. ,
Headqcabtebs Ist Ha. Cavalry, >
Calhonn, Gsu, May ‘j, 1364. j
We arrive! herefrom Rome this morning, and
iuco our arrival the eoustt-ot and regular f >om
iii£ of heavy artillery ha# been distinctly heard up
to this t i rue—Tun set. It was at Snake Creek Gap,
nettr John's Moumaiu, which lit-;-: a little w ~i of
Rt-?aca. The enemy moved this morning, u-.-» ui
vjffon? ,G->ng (mounted infantry), ire-) i-m-ur
'•'alley, and towards Rc*aca, intendingt,, burn the
bridge over the Oostauaula at that place, ar, 1 tear
up the track of tbc railroad, but were pronwulv
met by Col. Grisby and driven bs- k. They saY
they intend to burn the bride-- before muring. I
understand that fbeatliana commands at Rc.-ucu.
If so, they wiil u t hum the htidge. A train full
of soldiers made Us way rapidly to the from this
evening, and others, empty, are as rapidly run
ning toward Atlanta, Gen. will bo here in
turctn have hi* share in tbe fun. He i? cb by.
Col. JA-k Hart has returned a3 far a? Rome, from
his reofjt into’Chattooga county, but T bare not
beard the remits Col. C. C. Crew? commanded
tb» defer.. <• of Kooi'- 7. W, T
Ex-hangk Pescmld — The Rich
tiioiiii - - i.tiiK-i of 9th ha: the fellow*
ing im [.or lari; nououneeutcof*.
On ITiday, .Judge On id, < ‘..iifeder He
Mint? - -\t*enf of Eschanije re. riv.fj -iis
p.-itrb !V .in Major Mußorcl, [trofleriog an
iliiiiicdi.aie cirhange <»i which
Vfitu .iprfo and Hi. Aiken’s Lunding, on the
Jastftc* ftiver, was selected as the point of
exchange. The prisoners sent down on
Friday, aud not received by the enenay,
left here yesterday morning.
Gen- W. H, F. Lee. so long in enpitivity,
r.nd recently exchanged, has been nominated
to tbe rank of M'.jor General, and takes com
mand of a division of cavalry.
i
TELEGRAPH ICL
iL’Pui'h of ihf L'ic>> :hsofiafH)ji,
to Kof Congress in the yea?
lu Gie Clerk’s office oi
Further from (lie West.
Klunli's Surrender Confirmed.
From the IVorth.
Yankees Admit a Loss of 21,000
In Virginia. &c
Mamliau 16th.—Trans Mississippi advices con
firm th© rumors of Banks' surrendar at Alexan
dria.
The Yankee raid reported at Picken's Btaiion,
on the Mississippi Central Railroad, ba» turned
back, after destroying four railroad bridges. The
Yankee? have gone back by way of Yaroo City.
Mobile, May 16th.—The operator at Holly
springs on the 16th, via Jackson, reports cn eu
that the Chicago Times of the 12ih, ad
mits Grant's loss in the Virginia fights to be
27.000, including ten General officers and G©o
- The News admit? Grant's defeat.
TiNOirAHOA, 16th.—It is reported that Powers
made a dash on Springfield, landing below Port
Hudson, on the 15th, capturing 20 negroes, 60
mules and seven horse?. The enemy afterwards
attacked and were repulsed. We lost Capt. Am
brose of the 10th La., cavalry. Enemy Y .•• ? ur. :
known.
Firing heard to-nightin tho direction ol Bayou
Sayra.
Special to the Savannah Republican.
Battle Field xn\n Withevili*, 1
May 10, 1864. ]
Morgan’s command met and defeated the Y&u
kce General Averill this afternoon, seven rciio*;
from Wytheville. The enemy's forco was three
thousand —oitr’s fifteen hundred Kentuckian?
Averill was wounded. Dur loss small. Yankee
loss about two hundred —no VRiso.VEns 1
Army €orrespoader.ce ot ihe
Savannab Slews.
Bivouac hear Dalton, May 3th, 1G64.
Editor of the News:
Since nn' last the 63d ha? changed position.
Yesterday evening wo were marched irom our
camp on the right of Dalton, to tho front,
©bout right miles to the north east. Wo arc
three or lour miles from Tunnel Hill. Our
present position is on the summit ot a rocky
hill, over which our lines pass. The regiment
is stationed in rifle pits, in support of Marshall
and Col-put’s batteries.
The view from this poiut is of commanding
interest. A narrow yalltv separatee us from
Hock Mountain. The enemy is in tail view
We occupy the western and they the eastern
end ol tho mountain. A warm fight is nov?
going on for the possession oi* the mountain,
the enemy attacking. The dischargee of mus
ketry are incessant, accompanied with an oc
casional shot, from artillery on both sides.
At Mill Creek Gap, where the Railroad
crosses this mountain, a severe tight is now
going on. It is supposed that they will utuick
on* position this attemooo. Our nun an- m
tuo best, possible spirits, and r< auy
ever idhv happen. At present >•
listen with c ger interest to tn ■
curriug On tti-r utiicr sido o; t..,
that God will give to our urave .n ...e
victory
Bivouac near Resaca. May 12.
A... expected this moraieg, the enemy r.t
tackvd us on the afternoon of Monday. An
account of this affair has, I understand, been
published in the Atlauta papers, in wticu
crodit was given tp Gut. 8 and brig
ade*. without reference to Mercer a brigade
This mistake probably arose from ;fce iaef.
tha t Tim two regiments now* composing Msr
••cr brigade,, were teinponuiH. ia Stevenaou's
division.
A considerable force of skirmishers wna
thrown on; on Monday morning Oapt Craven’s
company, from our regiment, being among
them, lutiu*. iifu-rnpon, -n body oi the vzs
my, moving in four columns, w as seen advau
ciny down the valley which winds around
she root of Rocky Face Mountain. Onr’skir*
mifiie-rs engaged them, fighting with great
detenuiiwitiou. The) were of course com
yelled to retire. The attention of the enemy
was then directed against us in The rifle pits
A-'daring parry advanced within two hundred
yard;- oi our works. The t»3d gave thorn such
a volley as compelled them to retire precipi
tately. The Spelling' by the enemy becaum
furious find- accnrnfe. Their sharps hooter:
poured a perfect hail of balls against u -;. Uur
i,a;series replied with effoel. The firing waa
inu rriiptcd by night- »
As this was the first time that our regimeht
as such had been under fir..-, it * a an object
of interest to watch the conduct of both off:
.. ors and men. Cur Colonel was perfectly cool
and made all his arrangement# for battle whe
iy and well, and was well supported by Lieut
Col. Biack and Muj. Alien. The men behaved
admirably. The salutation was trying. Tin
shells were-tearing up the earth of our en
trenchments. The uiinnie balls were .-trikiny
the trees or the earth immediately in our rear
Bat no signs of fear were discoverable among
the men. (Jn tin- contrary, all iva •' ay-„;-ness,
ami when the order to fire was given, 'it was
obeyed with alacrity, it was difliculf. how
ever, to make lhem obey the order to ‘ cease
tiring ’so long as a Yankee was in tight. Tin?
wounded in this affair, on our side, were eight
or ten —the deaths two. Among these we
have to lament the loss of Lieut. Readick, of
Cos. R. 'fids wu- iLe gallant young office;
who behaved so well at Battery Wagner, and
who was there wounded in the arru. At th®
moment of his death he was sitting down
i.:ikiug with Col. Gordon, when a minute bail
_uud. him, killing him Instantly. His loss is
lii-f-pi. {fit by the whole regiment He bad
not an enemy in it ; on tho contrary *be was
loved by all—kindly, genial, moral and brave,
he filled the lull iq*. u-u:- of the Confedcrsto
soldier. Tq his bereaved parents.we tendet
our earnc-d sympathies, but they could*not
have asked lor him a life more pure or aa end
more glorious.
That night we 1 iy upon our arms In th* trencb®e
until one o'clock. The next morning wo expected
a renewal of the attack by the enemy whom wo
bad repaired, but o' midnight the ordu came for
us to mai'eb. The night waa very dark. la*
mountain waa precipitous and rocky beyond
measure, We were ignoii»ot of our destination
H wa.- a scene of -oioviim. i painful aEd tometlmes
in lier us confosion. A wo rescued the valley
>■?*? were joined by other regimen ta, which became
inici iuiscM with each other—order could net ha
restored until dnjlicbt. TVe centi y uejshe nurcr
through Dalton until we reach el ;r> ; _ point, which
is in three mile# ofßtcaca, thus making a die
tanca of nearly twenty miles froui mi in; jat antil
mid-day. That night we were pelted bv a furious
ftcrm. No one had a tent and every one was oi
course thoroughly drenched. Ibo loss of sleep
waa a severe trial after go bar 1 ~ inarch, It was
made more sorer® by the fact that for two or throe
days our rations to officers and men was -mo bis
cuit a day. All oftfirba; been endure 1 by tars
raw regimens with the cL-sii'lufiii.?? au i ala- rffy
of veteran*.
Yesterday we were marched to Ro»Aa in esp je
t ition .•» meeting the enemy there, hut at night
ordered hack to onr present pi: it ion. V/e
..i -now under arms, expecting again to be ov
. rcJ i<> f• .• a. It i? understood that -.he enemy
*: j- three army corf-- encamped at the racn th Ci
Suaße Ur.-.-k Hap, atom oerea tauos Kcrihraet
of itwaca. On Monday last & p»r; v of forty ci
them cut the telegraphic wire=. Another enl
larger h«dy attacked the brigade stationed atthu
railroad bridge, and wa=> repnlsed. We do not
know his plan?, hot whatever iboy may ho, rest
assured ihat we have nv.-n and mind enough to
confound and frustrate them. Yours,
* OEORGIAN.
Why is a preacher near the end of his ser
mon like a boy with a rent in hi s trowiers?
Because he stored his clothes.