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J. W. WABBEUi - - - Editor.
Teesday Morning, June 14, 1864.
“NoNews.— Wereceived no late papers by the
western. mail yesterday afternoon, and conse
quently are without late advices from the
Georgia front. We take it however that the
weather for the past two days has proved an
insurmountable obstacle iu the way ol active
military operations.
The Defences of Richmond.
A correspondent of the New \ork World,
writing from Baltimore under date of the Bth
of May, undertakes to give the readers of that
paper aniu3ide view of Dixie, which he says
he l-*s lately visited. We make the annexed
extract, says the Richmond Enquirer, which
will at least serve to amuse our readers :
But if Lee does fall back on the defiant city,
you may depend on it, Grant will have plenty
of work before him. The defences around the
town are no bugbear as some persons have
guessed and published. They are as perfect
and formidable as military skill and engineer
ing iii possibly make them, several weeks
ago the works then around the city were care
fully inspected by President Davis, Generals
Lee and Bragg, arid were pronounced by them
quite satisfactory ; but notwithstanding this,
the President, about a week later, called Gm.
Beauregard, the Totleden of the Confederacy,
to trie capital, to examine the works and de
vise Improvements, if, iu his judgement any
could be made. Beauregard spent several
days around the city with Lee and Bragg, and
the result was the immediate commencement
of another line of detensive works. Several
of the most proficient engineers in the rebel
service have been detailed to superintend the
construction of the new line agreeably to the
plans of the rebel engineer. Thousands
of negroes have been employed more than three
weeks in digging new ditches, and throwing
up new ramparts, parapets, &e., in advance of
the old oues. By this time, the newline is,
beyond doubt, completed.
These fortifications were to cousist, as I was
informed by one of the officers (and a very
reliable gentleman) engaged in their construc
tion, of seventeen detached forts, forming sev
eral independent defensive positions, after the
style of the fortifications constituting the sec
ond line of defense around the city of Paris.—
The barracks and auxiliary works are so ar
ranged for Hanking fires from artillery that
mutual protection will exist between the for**.
The interval between the works are closed by
long curtains protected by ditches twenty four
feet wide and sixteen feet deep, in most of
which are constructed ramhorns and teuailles.
Many of the ditches are supplied with water
from the adjacent rivulets. These forts are
all to be connected by a military road and
telegraph affording speiedy communication be
tween them,
These works will be mounted with guns of
large calibre, and there will be no lack of how
itzers and mortar batteries, protected by bomb
proof casemates, out of reach of Union artil
lery.
The question may be pertinently asked,
“Where have the rebels obtained such a sup
ply of ordnance *of this character?” I answer
that they have manufactured some, bnt have
received more from Europe. The northern
people would be astonished to loarn the great
amount of war material and other necessaries,
that, in spite of the blockade, the rebels are
weekly receiving from the other side of the
Atlantic. On the 22d ultimo I counted around
the depot of the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad, thirty two mortars of French manu
facture, which were received at Wilmington
only a few days before.
Before leaving the defenses ofßichmond, I
must mention anew and novel invention by
Captain Holden, of the rebel army. It is noth
ing more or less that a 3tink ball, designed to
be fired into the works of besiegers to stink
them out. About the middle of April I was
one of several civilians, who, upon invitation,
accompanied a party of officers to Atlee’s, a
station, on the Central railroad, ten miles from
Richmond, to witness some experiments with
this ball. The ball is an iron shell, contain
ing combustible and destructive material, as
well as odiferous matter, aud in appearance is
similar to tbe stink ball in use many years
ago. It is designed to be thrown by mortars,
but in the tests on the occasion referred to,
the fuse was lighted and the shells allowed to
fulminate where they were placed. The stench
which followed the explosion was the most
fetid and villainous that ever outraged the
olfactories of man. Coleridge said that he
counted in Cologne’s seventy seven
“Well defined and several stinks.”
But if he had been at Atlee’s on the day of the
experiments alluded to he would have recog
nized them all, and seventy seven thousand
more. The concentrated stink of all the
skunks, pole-cats, "niggers, pitch, sulphur,
rasped horses and horses’ hoofs, burnt in fire,
assat'oedita, ferula and bug weeds inthe world
could not equal the smell emitted by these
balls. But not only is the smell in itself in
tolerable, but it provokes sneezing and cough
ing, and produces nausea, rendering it impos
sible for men to do duty within reach of it. A
single ball will impregnate the atmosphere
for fifty yards round, aud the fetid compound,
entering everything it touches, emits the
stench for a long time. The opinion of all
who witnessed the experiments was that the
ball was a fair offset, to Greek fire; and Gen.
M inder and several others of rank who were
present, expressed the belief that it would
prove move effective for driving off besiegers
than anything ever invented. Be this as it
may, if Richmond is ever threatened by a siege,
the sneezers, as the inventor facetiously calls
his balls, will form a prominent feature in the
defensive operations.
Atrocities ot the Enemy. —No fact has !
been more patent to the eyes of the civilised '
world, Limn the barharoua, uncivilized arid
unchristian character of the war conducted
by our enemies. The utter rottenness of the
Yankee nation was never so folly revealed, at
home and abroad, as now. By the employ
ment of negroes and foreigners to fight their
bauies they have proclaimed their cowardice
to tne woild. By their falehoods and pern
't.es t ey demonstrate (lie weakness of their
ch..vaster. By their thefts, arson, rapes, pil
lage and rapine upon defenceless citizens, they
make for themselves a history which, for all
time to come, will be regarded as the acme of
ail that is brutal, inhuman, infamous and
mean. The hyproerisy of their churches, the
frauu, dishonesty and speculations of their
high officials, military and civil—the unchaste
and imscegenating instincts of their women, —
ail indicate a foulness and rotten decay in ev
ery social and moral feature of national ex
istence. War is said to be a purifying agent;
it so, never did a people need such a cleans
iug process more imperatively than this same
Yankee natiou. While the South has been
pouring out its best blood, the North has been
getting rid of its worst. This war was a ne
cessity to the North, or its self-preservation.
The vices and corruptions—the moral and
social leprosies which they have been collect
ing and bottling up since the arrival of the
Mayflower, would have caused the suicide of
any nation. Hence it was necessary to divert
the destructive elements to another quarter,
in order that their wrath and energy might be
expended at a safe distance, far from the
scenes of their guilty birth and growth.
Will this effort to save themselves, by de
stroying us us, succeed? God, Nature, all
History and human experience answer —No !
The recollection of ruined homes, desolated
uelds, the bleaching bones of our martyred
.1 or oes, Generals Lee, Beauregard, Johnston,
Confederate armies, answer—No.
N.bilctue mercenary wretches clamor from
a aide the gates of this capital, without the
.ower or courage to break through the living
ru\\ before them, there is a swift Nemesis is
coming to tread them out of existence. More
potent than steel and louder than artillery, are
the voices of God s warning vengeance. The
cries ofeur starving children, the screams
of our ravished women, the smoke of our bur
ning homesteads, are going up to Heaven in
our behalf. Conscience makes cowardly our
inhuman foe ? ' Why does he not come on and
take this hated city ? Why does he pause
and give the lie to his late proclaimed vurto
ries, and loud vaporings by his actions ? Be
cause his course is nearly run; because Gen
eral Lee is in front of him, God is over him,
the devil is under him, and the prayers of
hungry and fatherless children and pale wid
ows are in his rear, asking Jehovah for ven
geance and deliverance. — Rich. Whig.
In Memorlam.
Died in Tuskaloosa. Ala., April 10th, 1864, Fred
erick G. Adams, aged 16 years.
Gone to the grave, in the soft Spring-time,
With the dew of thy youth upon thee,
To the other shore, the brighter clime,
Have the songs of the angels won thee.
Yet we sit to-night in the cheerless hall,
And in silence gate at the empty chair,
Awaiting the sounds of thy step to fall
Like melody soft on the eager ear.
But back again with its ceaseless toll,
Comes the dirge of the waves that crossed thee,
Andsick with pain, does the struggling soul
Revolt at the thought that we’ve lost thee.
And we look at the stars, as one by one,
They fall into line in the evening sky,
And we know that they watched our darling son
Ere the morning broke, and he soared on high I
Then a whisper comes, as soft and low,
As sweet “Good Night,” when last I kissed thee,
And the burning tears begin to flow,
As once they fell, when first we missed thee;
For I know the balm on the evening air
Is the Spirit-breath on my fading cheek.
And I reach my hand for the silken hair,
And my heart lies still, whilst I hear him speak
" The night was short, and its sullen gloom
Was relieved by a light that blessed me,
For my Savior stood beside the tomb,
And His merciful hand caressed me,
When I felt the touch of the turbid stream—
And I saw a host on the distant shore
In the golden light, with its radiant beam,
And my heart grew strong, for I feared no more.
“I saw the Cross, all fresh and gory
Spanning the waves beneath, before me;
The Bow of Peace, enwroathod with glory,
Stood arching near, and arching o’er me, ,
Whilst the loving Hand of my Shepherd guide,
With a touch that told of a mothers love,
Bore me safely through to the other side,
And I joined the ranks of the host above 1
‘Be strong to bsar life's toil and sorrow,
To earnest faith and hope betake thee,
Soon the rays of the endless morrow
From earth’s dark dreams of care shall wake the*.
And when to the face of the evening sky.
You sit and gaze in the spirit of prayer,
0, think of the land where they never die,
There, father, and mother, come, seek me there 1’
9
The voice is hushed, and I feel the chill
Os the winds that are sighing round me;
The Presence is gone, and left me still
As sad and weary as it found me.
Yet in this sorrow, God answers the prayer
Os him who is gone, to suffer no more.
Grace ripens tho hearts of the childless pair,
And they seek their son on the emerald shore !
Columbus, Ga., June 11th, 1864. H.
Licentiousness in Washington.
From a recent number of the Washington
Union, we clip the following sad evidence of
the depraved state of morals now prevailing
in the city of Washington :
, Spencer M. Clarke, Superintendent of the
Printing Bureau of the Treasury, was arrested
this morning, charged with the crime of being
accessory to the act of abortion.
Many of our readers, no doubt, can recollect
a beautiful and attractive young lady, with
auburn hair, somewhat freckled and dressed
in black, who was, it will be remembered, in
the habit of promenading on the shady side
of the avenue daring the pleasant afternoons,
especially if the wea-.her was very fine. Her
name was Miss Mary Duval. She formerly
resided in the old frame house next to the
Odd Fellows’ Hall, which wn* lately torn
down.
From the evidence elicited, it appears that
she became the victim of Mr. Clarke, and in
consequence of which, to hide her shame,
which was becoming very apparent, went to
Philadelphia, accompanied, it is said, by E.
Lewi:3, Assistant Commissioner of Iternal Rev
enue, for the purpose of having the necessary
operation peiformed on her to produce
abortion. From the result of the operation
Miss Duval uufortunately died, and the ar
rest of Mr. Clarke, who is charged with the
crime, took place this morning.
Several witnesses were examined, who
proved that Miss Duval had used stringent
medicines—thus attempting to take the mat
ter in her own hands. Miss Jackson, who
was examined, stated that she had seen her
with medicines, and an U. S. officer stated
that he had heard her ask “what was good,”
presuming it to be her desire to produce abor
tion, if she could be informed of the remedy
to accomplish that purpose.
Later.— The coroner’s verdict is that the
young woman was not enciente. The medicine
was administered to her iu the belief that she
was.
SHOCKING DEVELOPMENTS.
Under the above caption, the Washington
Republican alluding to the above affair says :
The sudden death of Miss Margaret Ann
Duval, two days since, late employee under
Mr. Clarke, Superintendent of the Bank Note
Department, in the Treasury building; excited
the suspicion of some of her friends, as well
as members of the detective force, that her
death was produced by an abortion.
All that we deem it proper to say at this
time, is that Miss Elia Jackson, a very pretty
girl, who has been employed by Mr. Clarke,
has been arrested upon the charge off having
accompanied deceased to Philadelphia, to
eure the abortion, aided her in procuring tiv<
medicines, and administered them to the un
fortunate.
Suspicion points to Mr. Clarke sud M \
Henderson, one of whom, from numerous
memorandums found upon Ella Jackson, >yd
which came out in evidence before tn<? c *x :
mittee now examinating into the jllego-i mis
conduct in Clarke’s Treasury Note l>arena, is
supposed to be the principal person guilty of
the complicity which resulted iu the death of
Miss Duval.
As we go to press, we understa ■ that offi
cers are in pursuit of Clarke ar. lien o.
Iu the meantime Ella Jacks n, who it is r.l
legcd acted as a sou of agon: for Clarke in
obtaining a certain class of girl ■ f.:r e mploy
ment in bank note cutting, is under -wrest at
Justice Clayton’s office, and a' two o’clock she
is to be examined upon a charge of aiding
aud abetting Lewis in producing an
abortion upon Margaret Ann Duval.
A post mortem examination of the body of
the deceased has been held to-day by Drs. Bi
ley and Stone. Their testimony, announcing
the results, will be given before Justice Clay
ton this afternoon.
“Opening day in New l'ork ; spring and
summer fashions fully described ; the modistes
in their glory ; loves of bonnets, laces, and
lingerie; Flora M’Flimsey in full feather; new
things* in millinery, dress goods, head-dresses,
jewelry, gems, perfumery, <fcc.” These are the
headings of a description of the spring carni
val of the New York milliners, which fills
more than four columns of a daily newspaper.
Another page contains an appeal for the op
pressed and starving needlewomen with bat
tles, raids, and insurrections, forming very
curious material for the future historians.
[London Index.
The New Hampshire Union convention has
resolved in favor of “crushing the rebellion,"
and of Abraham Lincoln for the next Presi
dent.
telegraphic.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest from Virginia.
* "
Grant Changing His Base.
Latest from the Georgia Front.
Important from the Southwest
Proceedings of Congress. ~ “
&C«s &C.j &c»
Richmond, June 13.—Grant has again ehangod
base.
He began moving to our right last night about
dusk, and began to cross ac Long Bridge, about
twenty miles below Richmond, on the Chicka
hominy, this morning.
Our cavalry fought tho enemy’s advance near
Ridley’s Shop, about 15 milc-. ;; below here this
morning. Our men owing to the superior num
bers of the enemy were compelled to fall back.
The enemy were landing supplies and reinforce
ments just below Malvern Hill last night.
No general engagement to-day.
About 150 prisoners captured to day in the en
my’s abandoned breastworks have been brought
o Richmond.
Atlanta, Juno 13.—Advices from the front
state that the recent rains have made the roads
almost impassable, suspending all movements of
both armies. Neither has fired a gun for two
days.
Yankee trains are running to Acworth.
The indications are of anew llank movement on
the part of the Yankees.
Our line is strong and the troops have recov
ered from the recent fatigue.
Clinton, La., June 13. —The remnant of Banks’
army is on the west side of the river, near Port
Hudson. 4
Constaut.skirmishing is going on between them
and our forces.
In the rear of Point Coupee Parish, by Older of
tho Yankee commander, has been desolated ;
houses, crops and everything burned, and the
people have to beg provisions from the-enemy or
starve.
One lady, Mrs. Catlett, has been killed by
enemy.
The Yankees are demoralized and deserting iu
large numbors, selling their horses and equip
ments for whatever they can get.
Three thousand troops havi come up from New
Orleans to reinforce the enemy who are constantly
dreading an attack.
Richmond, June 13. —Official dispatches from
Gen. S. D. Lee says that the battle of Tishomingo
Creek was one of the most signal victories of the
war. Besides their wagon train, 12 peices of ar
tillery were captured.
The rout of the enemy was complete, and For
rest was in close and vigorous pursuit.
Richmond, June 13.—The most important ac
tion in either House to-day, was the passage of the
bill amending the tax laws, reported from the
Committee of Conference. Among the provisions
of the bill passed, are the following :
Land purchased and occupied by refugees is to
be assessed at the market value of
ty assets of corporate associations to be taxed the
same as property assets of individuals, and the
tax to be paid by the company ; provided no
bank shall pay tax upon deposits. The stock of
corporations, associations, and all property within
the enemy’s lines exempted from taxation. Five
percont.tex on amount of specie, bills of ex
change, etc., to be paid with specie or its equiva
lent in treasury notes. An additional tax of 30
per cent, is levied upon tho amount of profit from
the tale or the articles mentioned in the first two
paragraphs of the 4th section of the tax act from
February 17th to July Ist. Old five dollar notes
are to be taxed 100 per cent, after the Ist of Jan
uary.
Richmond, June 13. —1n secret session Friday
night, Congress adopted a manifest declaring that
nothing is more ardently desired than peace. A
sories of successes with which it has pleased the
Almighty to bless our arms since the opening of
the present campaign enables us to profess this de
sire, in the interest of civilization and humanity,
without the danger of having our motires raisin'
terpreted. The world must now see that wo can
never be conquered. Will not our adversaries be
gin to feel that humanity has bled long enough
and desist from longer perseverance in a wanton,
hopeless contest? The war on our side has b*en
strictly on the defensive. We do not wish to in
terfere with the peace and prosperity of the States
arrayed against us ; all we ask is undisturbed en
joyment of the rights which our common ancestors
declared an equal heritage of the social compact.
If our adv wearies turn a. deaf ear to the voice of
reason and • ustiae <vid rheY 1 determine upon
the indefinite prolongation of the contest, upon
them too .lie ro.'por»3ilifcy of u decision so injurious
to the interests of mankind Wa kayo no i
tho result.
Sicsm •••• - r ' Bk—Telegraphic . -.aiasniu -
Uon vC.u Lv.iA-ffing is uubrotwa. Nothing ad
ditions i from f ocridaa.
jicavy r• a the direction of Bottom’s Bridge
this men.k g.
7 Wo'.:an’. • IxrLr;. xvi: ei : o\ T tiie Sjloibrs.—
A'correspov tent of the Columbia (3. C.) Guar-
Jvtu, who i a member of the 17th S. C. Y.,
writes as follows, under date of !ho 2ich ult.,
fiorn “Camp near Petersburg, Va.
“Wo took up the line of mircb towards (he
city oi Patbrsourg. The night .vis oharrauig •
Jy moonlit. I could never understand, but
whenev r a ioloody battle i3 pending for us,
ourmer, many of them, seemed »o catch in
ti native ly a rreseutmeu of iis reality. It
was 8 > on this night. M.*uy apiorfeliuv
cheered tlie marsh with his innocent hilarity,
who ere T-veivu hours had parsed,. was lying
hibl .-Sr upon the lieid of his glory. But more
than once, while we marched along, [heard
th« more serious remark, “Ah, bo vs, you will
sing. 1 am thinking, a different tune from that
before many hours.- Nothing had been said
in ?. f orders to move, about joining Bq.iute
gsrd : i*. tv a ; only s liii that we were going to
P r-b-isg. Long,'iowever, before, wo reach
c« place, the impression has evidently
p-iso r *o ;g Li line that there was work be
fore a?. It was 9 o'clock when' wa. began'}
fi : ‘.brbcnrh the city, and in many a portion,
pau in;, women, late as it was, cueerod us
witn waving handkerchiefs and Confederate
11 gs. This generous demonstration of the
b. - • tad no tendency to lesson the present-
r i ;u .in approaching conflict, but greatly
e -ou; 'gc-d our brave boys. To anticipate
one nent. in order to encourage our noble
wu -a turn, the very next day, when the
r . t was marching to one of the grandest
chart-* of the war, upon the breastworks and
buyer, sos the enemy, a soldier of company
b ; sed that he had began to falter, his
h ' id well nigh failed him, when just at
f nent he saw two ladies standing iu a
lb use cheering them to the conflict. His
t; ion vanished at the sight, and he was
so-, mding among the foremost of the reg
ime- upon the empty works of the foe.
CITY MATTERS.
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T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Consignees per M. k P. R. R.—June 14.—Majj
Allen, Maj Dillard, Capt Cothran, Hewed. Na
Nails, J D Carter, 0 K Stanfofd, M Garrett k 00.,
J F Winter, (Peter) T A Ro at, Mrs Simmons, Geo
Hargraves, J Dannelly, L Wiison. J K Redd, L IS
J ohnson. ;
Seriously Wounded. —It is with deep regret
that we learn that ffm. H. Young, jr., was dange
rously wounded on Saturday morning in a caval
ry skirmish near Marietta. He was conveyed to
Atlanta, Sunday evening, but being too weak to
reach home, he is now in the Female Institute in
that city. No truer or braver soldier or purer
gentleman has been wounded in this war, and
while we deplore the misfortune that has befallen
him, we sincerely trust thafhis wounds may not
prove mortal. This’ young man belonged to
Wheeler’s cavalry, and has passed through an al
most incredible number of narrow escapes during
the past few months. He is a son of Wm. H.
Yonng, Esq., of this city.
We regret also to learn that Wm. 11. Young, Sr.,
the father of this patriotic youth, lies in a preca
rious condition at his residence in Beallwood, near
this city, having contracted his illness at Marietta,
while in attendance there with the Columbus Re
lief Corps. We sincerely trust that this siekuess
is not unto death, as the loss of such a man at such
a time could not be regarded as less than a public
calamity.
Ra in, Rain.—We were visited by very heavy
rains in this section on Sunday evening and night,
and yesterday was dark, threatening and quite
chilly. - •
The Union Prayer Meeting for the country will
be held during the present week at the Baptist
Church at sp. m. The time is peculiarly appro -
priate for prayer, and those who believe in its effi
cacy should not fail to attend.
—♦ .» «.
Sales To-Day.— Ellis, Livingston, &■ Cos. will
sell to-day at auction a lot of salt, sugar, tobacco*
coffee, snuff, furniture, &c. See advertisement.
Sec advertisement of C. V. Walker Cos., Augus
ta, who will sell on Thursday next, 28 pipes
double rectified whiskey, and one case of prints.
Changh of Schedule. —See advertisement of
change of schedule on the Charleston A Savannah
Railroad. By this arrangement close connections
are made with the roads running north and south,
and passengers taking this route to Richmond will
not have to submit to a delay at either Savannah
or Charleston, while those coming this way will
find the trip equally oxpeditious.
Attention Militia. —Militia officers who have
not yet reported for duty arc referred to Genera
Orders, No. 4, from Lieut. Col. Thompson. It will
be seen that he proposes to deal in a summary
manner with delinquents. This call has reference
to militia and civil officers in Muscogee, Marion,
and Chattahoochee counties.
The Rock Island Paper Mills.
We paid a visit a few days since, (says
the Macon Confederate,) to the R»ck Island
Paper Mills in Columbus and witnessed the
whole process of paper-making. The work
done by these Mills i3 of inestimable service
to the government and people. A large por
tion of tbe daily press are supplied with the
printing and job paper from these works, and
the government also secures a large propor
tion of the paper needed in the various depart
ments from these mills. The energetic and
enterprising President, Mr. James Winter, is
constantly making improvemennts in the
works, and at the present time has them in as
high a state of efficiency and usefulness as
any in the country. There are forty-two per
sons engaged in the mills only seven of whom
are exempted—Mr. Winter having substituted
negro for white laber whenever it could be
made available. We trust good care will be
taken of these works, for should they be de
stroyed, or compelled to suspend it would not
only be a calamity to the government, but
would necessitate the suspension of many of
the best journals of the South. We take
pleasure in copying from the Charleston Cou
rier the following notice of anew artile lately
produced at these mills :
Felts Made in Columbus.— Mr. J. Winter,
President of the Rock Island Paper Mills, Co
lumbus, Ga., has shown a felt made at his es
tablishment equal, for all practical purposes,
to the best |Stigli3h felt. He is prepared to
make them pf almost any width. He is also
manufacturing a superior article of dryer felts,
equal, if not superior, to the best Baltimore
canvas. Tho great difficulty with paper man
ufacturers since the war has been in obtaining
felts. Several mills—Mr. Winters we believe
among the rest —have been compelled to sus
pend operations once or twice for want of
these indispensable articles. They had to be
run through tlie blockade at a risk and ex
pense, and lienee the great scarcity and high
price of paper. Mr. W. has, after some six or
eight months incessant labor and much ex
pense succeeded in meeting the demand of tbe
paper manufacturers. He is, we believe, pre
pared to make them iu considerable quanti
ties
Sn-asaiL’s* SHraitality.
()t nli ms goners..-* whom Lincoln has placed in
command ot ins armies. Gran; is pco-es; merit for
for his brutal insensibility to hi m n. both ’wing
and d).:/l. K.f -rir.g to vif* feature in the •• reat
v aakee k:A s military ck-vr&ct.: t,e ILcotaonc;
os.t*'..cl savs ;
Notpuly Ji>os he uvir. .kem upon death' without
one feeling oft bifYoss or but !.s car**?
not to bestow upon his ' ictla-s the decer.ekx* of se
pulture. Flo leave* the wounded t:> die where
they fallj he -eaves the -deed (,• and . \ay uaburled,
and to wl-ueu tile earth with their bones. At
Spottsjlvani ! Court House, his own papers have
published wish oxult&tieu, that hi decline 1 an of
fer iroin L-.mi a- . uOo, iu.- tti<i jjufp->» -of bury
ing his doa h He had not titno la brry his deal,
bo is reported to have said. Certain it Is, that
thousands of them were never buried, and oar
own linos woie in am* almost iatolarablo by ihc ef
fluvia of .sued as were slain before our breast
works! The wounded, too, who fell there, unable
to walk or or:twi from the Held, wore ie"t to din of
tho awful t orments of neglect and starvation. It
wa3 impossible for us it relieve them without
coming under tho fire of Giant’s sharpshooters ;
and as for Grant h ; in --elf, b : left them to their
fate, without a care, or pernaps a thought.
A rrpetition of t e above c->nd :ct was seen on
Friday 'a .t qca» Games' Mill. Grant drove bis
men ou KN. skaw, a- J Breckinridge an I Hoke,
ar<: .hey Ad by thou mads. iF.-ides the heaps of
dead th-.i lay before our bseasrworks, there were
b mured * * ” pjer wrusohes there by >!is
. bii’.g .you ids. These would wave tbe-r handker
chiefs to our soldiers, imploring them to corn s to
their s»U ; and, indae l,tao ia t.-r wore very wiiiiug
to uo so, tor a braie m m nothing but sympa
thy for the helpless and the wretched. But Grant
denied the opportunity. Not only did he aban
on them himself, bnt his sharpshooters fired on
and very one from our side who might attempt to
ender them any assistance. Both by his neglect
and by his positive act, they were left to perish
with the agony of their wounds.
Nor is this anew development in Grant’s char
acter. It has been his conduct everywhere. Hith
erto its infamy has been veiled by his successes ;
but now, we trust, Heaven is about to visit its re
tributions, and overtake him with disgrace, for of- i
fences old and new. At Vicksburg, where Grant
won his chief fame, his brutality to his wounded
and dead was such as would have disgraced a Fe
jee or a Hottentot, and such as the beasts of the
forests are not guilty of. Oa Friday, the 22nd of |
Hay, ISdo, Grant muae a melons assault on our i
works before Vicksburg, and was reoulsed with 1
awful slaughter. The wounded and dead lay in
heaps before our entrenchments. The next fl
Grant kept his sharpshooters at their r.
made no proposition to bury his dead, and £
no opportunity to relieve his wounded.
SIXSITIOIT op THE
BA2N -K OF COLUMBUS,
Columbus , Ga., and Agencies, June 3, 1864, as cabled for by the Proclamation of
the Governor , June Qth , 1864.
ASSETS.
Bills discounted and loans $156,702 41
* Os this lim’t bad, 2,832 70
Balance with Agents 3,324 16
Real Estate ... 50,919 82
Expenses acc’t 11,757 11
Due from other Banks and Bankers... 52,973 77
Exchange 27 49
Confederate States Bonds 595,850 00
“ “ Stocks 5,150 00
Bonds of State of Georgia 134,000 00
“ u Alabama 40,000 00
Mobile & Girard R. R. Bonds 32,000 00
Confederate Notes and Checks on oth
er Banks ($330,000 Int. Notes)... 396,481 03
Coin bona fide property of this Bank.. 29,635 23
Notes of other Banks v.... 6,000 00
Cotton belonging to the Bank 110,004 50
W. H. Young,
A. C. McGehee,
Appier, (trust.) J E, 10 j
Atkins & Dunham, 15 1
Atkins, Jos, C j
Atkins, J D. 45
Battersby, W, 138
Browne, J Rhodes, 20
Burras’, Charles, 30
Barnett, J N, 20
Barnett, W E, 13
Barnett, Wm, 30
Barnett, Abram, 25
Brooks, II W, 35
Boynton. W, 30
Brands Julius, 10
Bethune, John, 10
Buchannon, Jas, 20
Brown. J W, 93
Blackmar, Jr., A O, 10
Brown, T A, 15
Burnett, B F, 20
Bradley, Edmond, 30
Cohen, Octavus, 138
Clarke, (trust.) W L 20
Chapman, J A, 50
Cushman, C TANARUS, 6
Cassin. Sam dec'd 150
Cssin, S, tr’st, dec'd 23
Cassin, Mary, 10 !
Cassin, El via, 12 !
Cassin, Ada, 12 ;
Cotton, J L, 20
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 10th June, 1864.
(Signed)
AUCTION SALES.
CARGO SALE.
BY
JAIES H. TAYLOR,
On Wednesday, June 15th*
COMMENCING at 9 o’clock, will be sold in my
store, corner of Broad and Campbell streets,
Augusta, Ga., a desirable assortment of Goods im
ported iu steamer. Ilansa and other vessels, consis
ting in part of—
-10 cases—Foolscap Paper ;
Letter Paper, Ruled;
Note Paper Ruled ;
Buff, Cream and White Envelopes;
Large Yellow Wove Post Paper
Thin Cream Laid Post Paper.
50 cases—Light Fancy Prints ;
Dark Fancy Prints;
Madder Fast Color Prints ;
Black and White Prints ;
Chintz and Shirting Prints ;
Purple and Lavender Prints.
5 eases—Earlston Gingham? ;
Solid Checked Ginghams;
Plain and Fancy Ginghams.
21 cases—36 in. Bleached Shirting;
Fine Cambric Shirting;
33 inch Long Cloth ;
40 inch Pillow Case Cotton.
1 case—Printed French Lustres.
8 cases—lrish Linen Fronting;
100 inch Linen Sheeting;
Inch Shirting, Linen.
6 eases—Organdie Muslins;
Fancy Printed Muslins:
Black and White Muslins;
1 case—Expansion Skirts.
10 cases—Madder Square Handkerchiefs;
Medium Madder Handkerchiefs ;
Cochineal Handkerchiefs;
Printed Turkey Red Handkerchiefs;
Cambric Handkerchiefs.
5 cases—Ladies’ white Cotton Hose ;
Mens’ Half Hose.
2 cases—Black Alpacas.
1 case—Crepe Moietie ;
1 case—6-4 Fancy Cassimeres;
3 Bales—Red Flannel;
Magenta ana Plaid Tla: nel.
2 case? —Union Stripes.
10 cases—Best Sewing Needles;
Hair Pins, Crochet Needles ;
Spool Cotton, Pen Holders.
2 cases—English Pins.
4 cases—Bone Buttons;
Looking ‘Glasses.
5 cases —Pocket Knives ;
Table Cutlery;
Shoe Hammers, Pincers, &c.
1030 pair—Leaf Cotton Cards.
40 eases—Straw Hats ;
Super White Felt Ilats;
Youths’ Hats and Caps ;
Wool Hats, super.
4 barrels—Best Writing Ink ;
20 kegs—Bi-Carbonate Soda;
50 cases—Super Brandy f
25 cases “Old Tom” Gin,
10 cases—Sparkling Champagne:
25 cases—Aie and Porter;
3 barrels-Whisk -,y ;
30 bags—Sifted Black Pepper ;
5 chests —Ooiorg Tea;
5 bags—Rio Coffee;
5 bags-Prepared Chicory;
40 cases-A?sorted Drug?:
5 keg s-SLO lb. nmt Cream Tartar, warranted
pure:
IS kegs-112 lb. each, Eug. Epsom Salts, asst’d ;
25 drums-1 000 lb. Pals. Copaiva, strictly pure
10 cases-L idic-s and Mens’ Shoes ;
10 doz.—Patent Leather.
ALSO,
50 bales— 4-4- Sheetings;
7 3 Brown S iectings;
7-8 Brown Drillings.
Conditions, cash on delivery,
may 28 -lGt JAMES H. TAYLOR.
Headquarters, )
Ist Class Battalion, Y
Columbus, Ga., June 13, 1364. J
General Orders No. 4.
All militia officers in this command who have not
yet reported at Atlanta, together with all civil offi
cers in Muscogee, Chattahoochee and Marion coun
ties, who are subject to the call of His Excellency,
the Governor and Commander-in-chief, are hereby
ordered to report immediately, to Headquarters ai
Atlanta, Georgia, or suffer the penalties imposed for
failure to comply with said call.
D. B. THOMPSON,
Lieut. Col. Commanding.
T. F. Ridexhour, Aetg. Adj't.
June 14 ts
~“FOit SALE” AT _
114 üßroad. Street,
FI,: ’ AND SMOKING TOBACCO.
iEK THE PLACE.
! LID STREET.
W. H. H. PHELPS,
Coiumbu3, Ga.
DANIEL GRIFFIN, President
L. T. Downing, J. N. Barnett,
J. Kivlin, R. M. Gunby*
S'XOa^ZEXOInIIDIEYR.S.
Cowdery, L L, 5
Castleberry, Wm, 20
Deblois, N J, dec'd, 50
Deblois, tr'st N J d'd 5
Dunham, J L, 90
Dunham, trust JL, 8
Downing, L TANARUS, IGO
Downing, tr’st LT, 3
Davis, Harriet, 25
DeWitt, A H, 10
Daniel, J TANARUS, 10
Epping, H ll,* 10
Goldstein, C, 4
Gittenger, P, 10
Grant, D & J J, 30
Griffin. Daniel, 60
Griffin, J J, 10 :
Gunby, R M, 30;
Gunby, trustee, 50:
Gardner, Colin, 30
Gordon, A C, 30;
Gunn.JMcK, 20!
Hatcher, S J, dec’d, 30'
Howard, R O, 15
Hancock, A 15
Harelton, P, 40
Heard, J A, 11
lilges, J P, 80
Joseph, J, 4
Kivlin, James, 20
Key, J B, 20
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock $500,000 00
Circulation 835,450 55
Due other Banks and Agents 3 271 83
Depositors 57,060 76
Dividends unclaimed 9,815 00
Suspense acc’t 52 20
Profits and reserved fund 222,175 18
«
$1,627,825 52
Laney, C D, 15;
McNeil, J A 30
McAllister, W J 30,
McGehee, A C, 20
McKendree J J, 20
Markham, C, dec’d, 10
Mathews, TANARUS, dec’d 15
McHin & Berry, 150
»l Merry, Eliza C, 5'
1 Munn. John, 8
I Middiebrook 11, 37
( Morris, Josiah, 25
: Mathcson,trust. A S 10
: Myers, R 5
Orman, TANARUS, 10
Pratt & McKenzie, 89,
j Pratt, Charles, 20
j Peniston, trust. A J 20:
. Partridge, A A, 50
! Prescott A, 3oi
Porter & Cos, W G, 20,
S Pease, J W, 5'
I Paulin, L, 10;
Rankin, trust., J, 170
Rood, A P 100
Rawson, W A, 200
Rawson, E E, 30
Sanders, E M, dec’d 6
Stewart, TANARUS, 10
Sharon, Henrietta, 30
Soutter, J TANARUS, 88
DANIEL GRIFFIN, President,
D. ADAMS, Cashier.
J. J. McKENDREE, J. I. C.
Wanted to Purchase.
A SMALL FARM within four mileslofColumbus.
Enquire at THIS OFFICE.
June 14 3t*
Change of Schedule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, }
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >-
Charleston, Juno 7,1864. J
ON THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5 30, a. m.
Arrivein Charleston.... 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and tho Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. IIAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Wanted.
A WET NURSE, without a child preferred. Ap-
A ply at once at . COOK S HOTEL.
Columbus, June 13, lw
By Eliis, Livingston A Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 14th of June, at 10 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
100 PAIR ENGLISH COT’N CARDS.
60 Sacks Coast Salt;
23 Boxes Tobacco;
15 Bunches Smoking Tobacco ;
6 Boxes Sugar;
1 Bbl. Arrow Root;
2 Bbls. Vinegar;
3 Kegs Snuff;
6 Caue Bottomed Chairs;
1 Double Wagon;
20 Lbs. Coffee, &e., &c.
—also—
-1 Fine Muslin Dress Pattern ;
1 Lot of Crockery.
june 11 3t $24
I.ce Hospital.
I would respectfully call the attention of the citi
zens of Columbus and vicinity to an act of Congress,
punishing with fine and imprisonment, any person
found guilty of buying any article of clothing from
any soldier of the Confederate States.
I shall, in future, cause tho prosecution of any
person violating this act, by buying any clothing
from any patient of this Hospital.
W. A. ROBERTSON,
june 13, 6t Surg’n in Charge.
Wanted,
r) HIRE by the month, a good negro man, to go
to the army a? cook for an officer, in the 46th
Ga. Itegt., now in North Georgia,
june 13 lw* JOHN KING.
C A EG OE S~JjFT HE
SYREY AAR LET HER B,
By James H. Taylor 3
AUCTIONEER.
Augusta, Gra.
ON WEDNESDAY, the 15T11 INST.
In addition to the sale of Cargoes advertised, will
be sold tho Cargoes of tho Syren and Let Her E..
consisting in part of—
Cases of Prints, Muslins, Shirting®,
Sheetings, Handkerchiefs,
lVaxed Calf Skins, Hosiery,
Shoes, Morocco Skins, Pencils,
Pen3, Scissors, Knives and Forks,
Pocket Knives, Shoe Knives,
Tacks, Pins, Needles,
Cotton Spools, Cap Paper,
Letter Paper, Envelopes,
Casks, of Pad Locks, Hand Saw Files,
18 Barrels Mason’s Blacking,
50 “ Jamaica Coffee,
40 “ Extra Museavado Sugar,
20 “ Crushed
18 Bags Black Pepper,
20 Barrels Lard Oil,
20 *' Sperm Oil,
10 “ Kerosine Oil,
500 Ounces Peletiere’3 Quinine, &c„ Ac.
Conditions —CASH. jell 4t
C. Y. WALKER A AO.
auctioneers.
_A_ui"uista s Gra.
ITT ILL sell in front of their Store, No. 265, Broad
VY street, at S 1 2 o’clock, A. M. ou THURSDAY.
Juno 15.
pspcsi Fine iiouMe RecliSefl
Rye Whiskey!
One Fuse B. & W. Prints
jell 4t
I. G. Strupper,
11. Middiebrook.
Strapper, J G, 58
Spencer, P, 10
Simmons, H Iv 10
Stanford, FA, 5
Sibley, Josiah, 100
Strauss & Cos, L, 30
Taylor, HR 30
Tuttle, G 11, 10
Thompson, GH, 30
Van Hoose, A, 20
Warnock & Cos, 70
Winter, J F 45
j Wood, W T 30
Woods & Gardner 30
Wright, J M, 80
Wiley, L M, 300
Widgeon, J, 100
Wimberly, J L, 10
Woodruff, M, 10
Watson, R B, 20
Wakefield, C W, d’d 10
Wilson, Sarah A, 10
Wells k Curtis 25
Young, W H, 713
No. of Shares, 5,000