Georgia Historic Newspapers

    COLUMBUS TLMLS
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No subscription received for a longer term than
hree months.
advertising rates :
Advertisemcnti inserted for $2 00 per square for
each insertion.
Where advertisements are inserted a month, the
charge will be S3O per square.
Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably
paid in advance.
Change of * Schedule.
PASSENGER TRAIN;
Leave Columbus £ ?*
Arrive at Macon '2 A. *l.
•Leave Macon.... 3 r. M.
Arrive at Columbus ....5 00 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus .5 JO A. *l'
Arrive at Columbus 4 3o P. M.
Ar W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Moclical Cara.
I>R. E. ITItOSSY.
PORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe
i male Infirmary.” tenders hi3 services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes
sion.
Special attention will be devoted«to the treatment
of the diseases of woinern.
ifS” Surgical operations performed for
Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapcs or Club
Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism, 1 Varix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract and llair Lip; also for the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from’any part
of the body.
Diseases of ths Genito-Urinary System, comprsing
the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in it3 primary
secondary,tertiyy and heriditary forms,will receive
particular attention. • . ~
References given whenever desired as well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans; Cousultation hours every uay at his office
in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock
a, in,, and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
alter that time will be devoted to visiting persons in
the city.
Address all eommuications to
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
' N. B.—Persons from a distance having servants
rVqu ring surgical or medical treatment, will be
provi ed with comfortable quarters, but in all cases
will have o furnish their own provisions and bed
ding.
*-I will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment ofthe different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism. Gou:. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin.—
Medicoß'l Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
11 employed in the hospitals in Europe and
Ameri a, will form a part of my treatment.
foi) j 1 ;m E. A. R.
To the Planters!
The demand on this Section from the Army for
Corn is pressing and heavy. Our stock on hand is
nearly exhausted.
1 earnestly beg every planter to deliver at fcia
nearest depot, on Rail Road or River, titty to five
hundred bushels of Shelled Corn, to be cdhsigned to
me within the next ten days; of which notify me.—
Saaks will bo forwarded or delivered as ordered.
I know the great press upon Planters at this sea
son in cultivating crop*, but the urgent necessity of
eur army, at this time, makes the above request
necessary.
I trust every planter will respond promptly, to 1113
utmost ability.
A. M. ALLEN,
Maj. and C. S.
may 31 5t
“ Notice to Planters and Con-
Kumei's of Iroaa. ,,
WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
exchange for country produce—suen as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon. Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, lal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour— the following articles,
on hand or made to 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;
PUT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH,
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and Rolling Mill in Alabama. „ „
JOHN D. GRAY & 00.,
apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge.
Notice to Planters.
i am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Cotton Yarns,
SUGAR AND OSNABURGS FOR
Bacon Sicios,
HVTI* AND SHOULDERS,
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDREE,
apl 18 2m Agezß.
FRICTION MATHCJKS!
'fHE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company,
* have again resumed operations, and will,. in a
few days, be prepared to supply them in quantity.—
They also inane a superior article of Blacking, which
can be supplied in quantity.
Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap
ply to Messrs. Livingston 3c Cos., or Messrs. Hull <x
Duek. who will be kept const ant 1 y ui ipl ic L
* *" Manufacturers.
N. B— It having cost me about $.1,000 in the past
eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to
make good matches, the public can now rely onge.-
ting a superior article. b. V. L tiVM.
Columbus, May 14,1804 drf
' 3STO r^XO23.
To Planters and Others ’•
I WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
l Yarns for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and beeswax. I
will be found in Robinette Co's I
am manufacturing Candle? am^Loid
june ‘2 tl
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ 1
TOOLS.
rpHE UNDERSIGNED having coiumencea the
L nlar.uiactura of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders tor tue sam-*.
c c o. s -
Sms;
stitutionalist, please copy - • • j
to this office.
mar 30 ts __ [
lost r
IN' front of John Carughis store, * rt kEATDLR
1 POCKET BOOK, containing >:■ o 0 ot old and
'2O ot new issue—and nj Foreign protection pape,.
The tinder will please leave it at this office and re
ceive a suitable reward. _
iell 2t* THEODORE KIIIETSCH.
Wagons & Teams Wanted!
117 E wish to purchase or hire, two or three six
VV mule teams, for which wc will pay the Highest
market price: for particulars apply at our office near
the New Bridge. JO HN D. GRAY & CO.
jelO st*
Office Votclf At Girard R. R. I
(I>l ambus, ,i>V A .-/ - v
The Annual Meeting of'the dU.fb*
* ompany, will be held at the. tv. time. Girard, Ala»*
on Wednesday, 6th day of July next, at 11 o’clock,
when the election tor President *ai Direci-c.c w.I
take place.
By order J. M. I RAZjjR, Sec y.
my 24 til
WANTED !
FIVE NEGRO FELLOWS, to chop wood on the
Mobile & Girard Road, lor which liberal hire
will be paid by the month or day.
Apply to W. C, GRAY,
my 26 2\v at Greenwood & Gray
J j|: i
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Vol. XI.
J. W. WABBEY & CO. Pr0priet0r5................. j. W . WARREN, Editor
CATALOGUE SALE
OF
HUM (IMIS, If, B.
ynucTxoisr.
BY BELL A CHRISTIAN.
♦ -
On TUESDAY, 21st day of June next,
at 11 o’clock, in front of our store, Sa
vannah, Ga.,
The following invoices—
-2 puncheons Genuine Holland Gin, 105 gals oaeh
1 do Pure Bourborn Whiskey, 110 gals.
10 cases Pure Jamaica Rum, 100 gallons each
14 bbls do Bourbon Whiskey, 40 do do
16 chests Preston's fine Scotch Whiskey
25 cases London Dock Gin
75 boxes do do Port Wine
1 bbl Scotch Whiskey
1 bbl, 4 dozen, Old Rye Whiskey
10 doz Duff Gordon’s Old Brown Sherry
20 doz Superior Old Twye Whiskey
5 bbls do do do
2 bbls Jamaica Hum
20 cases Holland Gia
10 cases Cognac Brandy
1 bbl Holland Gin
2 bbls Cognac Eraniy*
30 bbls Machinery Oil
50 piece? Alex Collie’s Mourning Prints
40 do do do Dark Ground Prints
2 cases Bleached Long Cloth
20 cases Blue Mottled Soap
10 boxes Chemical Works Soap
20 boxes English id
323 yards Bunting
46 pairs Iron Clad Shoes
30 pairs Misses’ Gaiters
2 boxes Borax
Half-bbl Washing Soda
25 doz Fine Tooth Combs
10 kegs Bi Crurbonate Soda
3 boxes London Double Crown Yellow Soap, 106
pounds each
8 boxes White Cocoa Nut Soap
22 boxes London bright Yellow Soap
4 pieces seal skin coating 82 yards.
4 pieces Double Width Grey Cloth.
Terms— ln New Currency or its equivalent, or
approved endorsed notes at 60 days with interest
Catalogues will be ready by the lath of June
next. may 28-til 18th june
AUCTION RALES.
Specia- Catalogue Sale
OF AN
EXTENSIVE INVOICE
OF
FRENCH CHINAWARE!
BY C. B. DAY.
AUCTIONEER.
Comer of Broad oral Jackson streets ,
Augusta, G-a.
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ntL
—i ♦ pi
Commencing at nine o’clock, a. tn.. I will sell at
my store the most extensive, complete and desira
ble assorted invoice of
Choice French Chinaware,
that has been opened within the Confederacy dur
ing the past three years.
It consists of EIGHTEEN CASKS of ware, of di
rect importation from Havre, the goods having been
selected by an experte for the fancy retail trade of
Richmond and Memphis, in 1861. Arriving in the
latter place just previous to its occupation by the
enemy-, they were removed into the interior of North
Mississippi, remaining there until their late removal
to this market.
This Choice Lot of Ware embraces four
Superb Complete and Highly Ornamented
Diuncr Setts.
Each containing 818 pieces.
Also, Plain and Ornamental
Breakfast Setts,
Tea Setts,, ami
Toilet Setts,
With a varied and extensive Assort
ment of
PITCHERS, CUPS and SAUCERS,
SOUP and SAUCE TUREENS,
PLATES, DISHES, SUGARS,
CAKE BASKETS, CREAMS,
BUTTERS, COFFEES, TEA
POTS, VASES, CUSTARD
CUPS AND STANDS,
CANDLESTICKS,
' MUGS, &c.
! This rare lot of goods invites not only the atten
i tion of dealers, but of private gentlemen who de
! sire to secure a supply of choice table ware, such as
! will probably not be again offered during the days
I of blockade. They are now being opened, and will
be ready for exhibition in a few days.
The four DINNER SETTS will be offered pri
vately, should any one desire to so purchase them
previous to the sale.
Catalogues will be ready for distribution
previous to the sale.
Goxditioxs.—Cash on delivery. jelb eodts
WANTED.
TO exoh.ni-re SUGAR for SPRING CHICKENS,
r at the rate of two pounds o. Sugar fw three
- The Sugar is a splendid article —mma
S'erior te „Sy tha'r can now be found in this mar
ket I will exchange as much as 50 pounds in the
• iWve manner. For further information *t
The Times Office. - "
Muscogee Railroad Office, 1
Columbus, Ga., June ltih, iDol. J
Notice,
rrilTi R. ad will hire six able-bodied negro men
J Tor the balance of the year. Rates, s-o per
a *vff "waif
1 -:r.e U lm or A. B. BOSTICK.
FOR SA LE !
n AAA LBS. IRON WIRE, Nos. 7, Sad Id.
2,000 une lw. T. S. SPEAR,
Columbus, Ga„ Friday- Morning, June 17,1864.
Thursday Evening.
Notice.
HXADQUAR7F.R3 POST, \
Columbus, Ga., June 9th, 1861. I
General Order No. 2.
In compliance-with Special Orders No. 149, Head
Quarters Department South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, the undersigned hereby transfers the com
mand of this Post to Major Geo. O. Dawson,
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
Major, Ac.
Headquarters Post,)
Columbus, Ga., J une 9, ’64. /
General Orders.)
No. J. j
In pursuance oi Special Orders, No. 149, Head'
quarters Department, the undersigned hereby as
sumes command of this Post. Existing orders and
regulations will remain in force until further or
ders.
GEO. 0. DAWSON.
, Major Cornd’g.
43?*Enquirer and Sun copy. je9 ts
For Chattahoochee.
The steamer Jackson, Thompson Master,leaves for
the above and all intermediate landings, Saturday
morning at 9 o’clock.
Perilous Quarters for Yankee Prisoners.—
The Charleston Mercury announces the arrival in
that city of the batch of Yankee officers, who left
here on Monday last by the Charleston train, >nd
adds:
These prisoners, we understand, will be furnished
with comfortable quarters in that portion of the city
mo3t exposed to the enemy’s fire. The command
ing officer on Morris Island will be duly notified of
the fact of their presence in the shelled district, and
if his batteries still continue their wanton and bar
barous work, it will be at the peril of the captive
officers.
The pious Yankees will be horrified at the barbari
ty of our military authorities in exposing our would
be subjugators to the perils of the bombshells and
Greek fire which they are hurling night and day at
the women and children of Charleston.— Savannah
News.
The Examiner remarks: ‘‘Blame must rest some
where for the partial success of that force which left
Bermuda Hundred the other day, and had almost
got inside of Petersburg. The public mind has been
reposing in the belief that Butler’s army at Bermu
da Hundred was shut up within its intrenchments,
at least on the land side; and at any rate that no
formidable body of Yankees could have marched
from thence upon Petersburg without fighting Con
federate troops. If the enterprise of Kaulz and
Spears was it ought to have been known to
be possible and therefore guarded against. Peters
burg is too important a city, both on its own ac
count and because of its connection with the effec
tual defence of Richmond, to be left open to cap
ture by some five thousand banditti. The
force of Ivaultz was not, it seems, all composed of
cavalry, if it had been, one might the more easily
understand how it might have made a sudden raid
unopposed; but there wa3 also infantry and artil
lery, and they marched at their leisure from Ber
muda Hundred by tho Prince George and City Point
roads, and dashed upon a large city of twenty thou
sand inhabitants. Who saw them, come? Or
rather who, that ought to have! seenlthem, did not
see ?”
A Trophy of Sumter.— The London Index
chronicles a most delicate and deserved tribute paid
by one of the most distinguished men in the South
to the first Englishman who, in Parliament pro
posed the recognition of Confederate Independence.
Mr. W. H. Gregory, M. P. for Galway, has just re
ceived from Charleston a fragment of the flagstaff
which so long and gloriously held aloft the South
ern flag over the battered ruins of Fort Sumtea,—
This interesting trophy bears the following inscrip,
tion:
Headquarters, )
Department ofSouth Carolina, Ga. and Fla. >
Charleston, STC., Feb. 19, 1864. j
Piece of flag staff of Fort Sumter, Harbor of
Charleston, sent with my compliments to W. 11.
Gregory, M. P. for Galway. The flagstaff of that
fort has already been short down forty times by the
enemv’s fire since the commencement of the siege,
July 10th. 1863.
G. T. Beauregard,
General C. S. A.
[Frcm the Charleston Courier.]
A Timely Warning
Readers o! the Courier will remember that we
have repeatedly given our belief that there was
regular correspondence between the Yankees near
this city and spies and traitors within the city.—
l he observations of every day have confirmed this
conviction and the belief that this traitorous cor
respondence should be detected and prevented,
and could be prevented, if red tape would give
place fer this purpose to common sense and to the
employment of means and agencies locally and
specially adapted to that result. We cannot of
course enter into details, but shall now give an ad
ditional instance worthy of tbe attention of all
good citizens who have pertinent information and
of all officially charged with the defence of the
city. A gentleman of another State writes to a
friend in this city a business letter, for some ex
tracts from which we are indebted to the thought
ful attention of Woodward, of the Southern Ex
press, who is equally ready on occasion, to serve
the cause and country, or to oblige a friend. We
shall not indicate the writer's name or residence
and need only say that he is trustworthy. The ex
tract will otherwise explain itself:
I saw and conversed in the presence of an editor
of this place, with Gen. Seymour, the captured
Yank. He was here all night. I spent some two
Lours talking to him e'n various subjects, and on
Charleston especially. Seymour was in local com
mand en Folly Island only a few weeks before he
was captured in Virginia. lie says, among other
things, that he was opposed, and is still, to the
shelling of the city, and that while at Fortress
Monroe, on his way from South Carolina to Vir
ginia, he wrote an article for the New
a’.d, showing the wickedness and folly of shelling
Charleston. But mark what he says: After he
said that the 30-pound Parrott guns, cast-iron,
are the best guns they had on the island ; that it
was they that threw the shot up into John street,
a fact of which he was well aware—he told ma the
house it struck, and where the shells did the most
damage. He knows a great many persons in
Charleston, and inquired for some. I was aston
ished when he told of several persons and their
families, and where they are now—some in the ar
my and some staying at home. Evidently he had
a correspondent in your good city, he was so well
posted cn what happened there. He told me that
Gilmore was having six 30-pounder steel Parrott
guns made, to be placed on Morris' Island and
that from the experiments made wi:h*those guns
they carried 64 miles. That they certaialy can
reach every part of the city. He says he deplores
this fact, but the people of Charleston, in less than
two months from the time he was speaking would
realize it to their cost ? What do you think of
him ?
It is perhaps from the knowledge cf this last
fact above mentioned that he government has pro
vided Gen. Seymour and his fellow prisoners with
quarters in Charleston, where they can have a
.practical test of the efficiency cf the 30 pounder
steel Parrott guns.
Our Battlefield Relief Association the
other day sent a special box of provisions
and delicacies to the distinguished com'
mander of the Army of Tennessee. Upon
receiving it Gen. Johnston expressed his
warmest thanks, and remarked that the
Relief Associations were worth ten thou
sand men to his army.— Macon Confed>
erate.
Keeping of Prisoners.
We do not claim with the Yankees the right
and privilege of amending the laws, ordinan
ces and commandments of God. We are con
tent to take the world of God as delivered,
and only wish that we could live up to it, with
out attempting to be wise or virtuous beyond
it.
That World does not require us to love and
treat our enemies or neighbors better than
our friends or ourselves.
There has been much discussion concerning
the treatment and keeping of prisoners, and
we have studiously, and, as some think, un
wisely endeavored,for the gratification of those
who denounce us as rebels, and robbers, and
pirates, to comply with the strictest rules of
courtesy and mitigation of war recognized by
nations that do not recognize us.
We cf and for uie Courier do not complain
of any compliance our Government has con
ceded to the rules of international law and
war and the comity of nations and Christian
sentiments. If there has been error on this
side, we prefer it to any error *on the other
side. We defer general remarks and comments
however, and proceed to our subject.
It has become necessary, in the course of
war, to send many prisoners to Charleston for
sate keeping. The general depot of prisoners
was kept in Richmond longer than was justi
fied by sound policy.
A depot and prison station has been estab
lished in Georgia, andisnow as fully crowded
as it can be with regard ;to health! Ia con
sideration of the difficulties of the commissa
riat, of transportation, offguard and of room,
and other matters pertinent, it has been deci
ded that prisoners must be kept in Charleston.
Many have arrived under this decision, and
if Lee and Beauregard do not change their
habits more will come. We recognize and
acknowledge to the full extent the legitimate
rules of legitimate war, even when we fight
against Yankees, who,, in practice, defy all the
laws of God and man, and truth, and decency,
and courtesy.
We do not expose or confine these prisoners
in a fortress or wailed town or city, or thrust
them forward in our battles as the Yankees do
with the unfortunate negro, who has now,
under God, no true friends but in the “Con
federate States.”
We place them in our city of Charleston,
among and near our own wives and children,
and old men and our hospitals—where non
combatants of all ages and classes are found,
and where our brave men who guard them,
our Surgeons who will attend them when sick,
our Chaplains who will visit them if desired,
and the Commissaries who, supply, and the
cooks who prepare their rations, will be in the
same position with them. If the Yankees have
a rule or code of war which justifies them in
throwing shells—incendiary shells and other
Yankee variations —into a city whose outer
works are still in great part actively defiant,
we leave them to the enjoyment of that right.
We ask them no favors or concessions. Once
at least Yankee prisoners, sick and wounded
included, have been moved from a part of tni3
city to another part of the city, in deference
to humanity. It will not be done again, we
hope and believe, as long ns this city remains
the residence of women and children.
Upon proper military rules, we canguaid
prisoners safely without exposing constantly
a number approaching the prisoners. Bomb
proofs for small numbers of men are easily
made.
Among the prisoners who have already ar
rived, many field officers, including Generals
Seymour, Wassels, Shales, and others, whose
names we cannot now recall. With them, are
company officers and non- commissioned offi
cers, and a respectable retinue of privates, if
“respectable” can be applied to the followers
of Yankee officers. We hope the charitable
reader will understand our “respectable”
here to apply to quantity and numbers and
not quality.
These prisoners have been quartered in and
through this city with the best possible provisions
for their comfort and health, consistent with our
rights and with their safe keeping. We hope and
believe they will suffer no unnecessary or unusual
evils—for our own sakes we hope they may escape
epidemics and diseases of the season and climate—
for our wives, and sisters, and children, by hun
dreds and hundreds are with them in circumstan
ces of danger and position.
The following is a list of the principal officers:
Brigadier Generals —Wessels, Seymour, Scam
mon, Schaler, Heckman.
Colonels—J G Grover, R Hawkins, W Harrison,
T F Lehman, O II Lagrange, W C Lee, R White,
II Bolinger, II L Brown, E L Dana, E Fardella.
Lieut. Colonels—J H Barnham, C B Baldwin,
W G Barthelemew, W R Cook, C S Dickerson, J
F Fellows, G A Frambes, W Glenn, E L Hays,
H B Hunter, J H Higginbotham, G 0 Joshu, W
E McMakin, D Miles, W C Maxwell, J D Maynew,
S Merfitt, E Alcott, J Potsle, A F Rogers, J P
Spoflord, J W Stewart, F II Swift, A W Aaylor,
w P TjTsppllp *
Majors—C H Deeres, W F Baker, E N Bates, J
F Clark, D A Carpenter, W Crandall, J Hall, J II
Johnson. — Charleston Courier.
Tiie Florida.
Yv'e are indebted to a visit from Mr. L. Vo
gel, one of the officers of the far-famed steam
er Florida, who has just returned home on a
brief furlough, for the following interesting
particulars concerning the movements of our
iitiie navy on the ocean :
The Florida, two months ago, was at Brest,
in France, undergoing repairs. The officials
of that city and of the French Government
tendered every facility to the authorities of
the ship, and for two months siie Occupied
the Government dock, while her officers and
men were the recipients iof the hospitalities of
the people of the city. jAn indication of the
sympathies of the French Government may be
found in the fact that the commander of the
United States gunboat Kearsage made a sim
ilar application to that of the Florida, but was
refused. This vessel attempted to blockade
the Florida, but the latter evaded her with
ease.
Three weeks ago, the latter touched at the
island of Bermuda, to land Lieutenant Everitt,
her executive officer, who was severely ill.
Second Lieutenant Lingsrd Hoole was left at
Martinique, for the game cause. Just or.e
year ago', the Florida, frhile at Bermuda, was
received with a royal salute of twenty-one
guns, her officers in the evening being enter
tained at the house of the Colonel command
ing the forces on the island.
The only ship burned since leaving Brest is
the Avon, 2.000 tons, bound to Cork ;rora
the Chincha Islands, loaded with guano.
The discipline on board is like that of a
man-of-war. Her complement is 130 men and
IS officers. All live well, clothed we'.h and
fed well. 'Oysters, turkeys and delicacies of
every description captured on the prize? sun- !
ply their larder, and these are served in the
common-’-st messes of the ship with silver !
knives and forks. Think of that ye hungry !
Janetsuk-u i I
Captain M nit, the former c‘Ga»aas4cc of »
the Florida, is now in a Confederate port, in
command of a steamer owned by the State cf
Georgia—one of the fastest vessels afloat, and
in every way adapted to the purposes of a
blockade ruun Lieutenant Maniguuk Mor
ris. of this State, is now in command cf the
Florida.
Tbe 'Ota' number of prizes captured and
burned by the ship is twenty cigji*. Her ten
der, the Tarcony, Lieut. Reed commanding,
took twenty-one before being burned off the
harbor oi Portland, Maine. Half the value of
$4.00 Per Month
each of these prizes is distributed among the
officers and crew of the captor. The other
half i3 placed to the account of the Confeder
ate Government. Every man on board is there
fore “well to do” ia the world.
The armament of the Florida has not been
altered since she went into commission, and
consists of a 120 pound Blakely rifle gun
amidsbip—same metal on the bow, and six
broadside 68-pound Blakely rifles.
Capt. Semme3 is stated by Mr. Vogel to be
still in command of the Alabama, and cruising
in the China Seas. Lieut. Evans, of South
Carolina, is in command of the Georgia, at
last accounts in Bordeaux, France.
The following list of the officers of the Flor
ida is furnished by him for the benefit of
friends at home:
Commander, 51. Morris ; Ist Lieutenant, S.
G. Stone; Master, R. S. Floyd; Acting 2d
Lieutenant, S. Barron ; 3d Lieutenant, Mid
shipman G. D. Bryan, Acting Master; Pay
master, R. Taylor ; Surgeon, C. Charlton ;
slidshipmen, T. Sinclair, W. Sinclair, T. Dyke;
slaster’s Mate, T. T. Hunter; Chief Engineer,
C. W. Quinn; Captain's Clerk, R. Hough.
[ Columbia South Carolinian.
Stop tlie War.
The New York News cries out for the war
to be stopped. Ia a long article it says:
Blood enough has flowed to blot out of ex
istence every bond of friendship between the
sections. One barren campaign has followed
another always with great loss of life, but
never with decisive military result. In the
beginning of these campaigns’ the war journ
als of the North have been boastful of antici
pated triumphs, and extravagant in their
prophecies of the immediate crushing of the
rebellion.
At the close of these campaigns, the same
journals have been almost exclusively occu
pied in explaining the causes of discomfiture,
aud in heaping ashes upon the head of some
luckless General whom they have crowned in
advance with the'laurels of victory. And
thu3 from campaign to campaign the war has
dragged its slow length along, its course
marked with blood and agony and desolation,
but the goal forever receding and never with
in sight.
We have now reached the most desperate
period of the sirife, Men enough have been
slain and wounded in Virginia within the past
twelve day3 to have decided an European war,
and to have determined an European ques
tion. But our list of casualties counted by
the sixty thousand, and the terrible slaughter
has been entirely in vain. As it has “been
with other Generals in Virginia, so it will be
with Grant. He is now exalted as a demigod ;
he will in time be railed at as a hound that
misses the scent. The war journals are as
bitter in their disappointment as they are ex
travagant in their hopes. They must have
an object for their idolatry or for their curses.
45 e foretold this waste of life from the com
mencement of this unnatural struggle. We
have let hardly a day pass without an invo
cation to peace, an appeal to the true patriot
ism of the people to end this butchery that
has converted their country into shambles.
Aaxkse Outrages in Florida—New Troy
Burnt. —We copy the following communica
tion from the Lake City Columbian of this
week :
The deserters, about one hundred strong,
eame up last Tuesday night and burned up
New Troy, the county site of Layfayette coun
ty. Not a house was left. They also burnt
nearly all the houses in the centre and South
ern portions of the county, leaving only a few,
and it is presumed the owners of those were
either concerned or sympathized with the de
serters. They earned off all the negroes,
horses and mules they could get. They sav
they did this in revenue for the injury the
troops did them, by burning up and carry
ing off their property.
It is a deplorable fact that between the op
erations of our troops and the deserters, La
fayette county is made a sad wilderness ; hun
dreds of women and children rendered com
pletely destitute, without shelter, food, or
clething, are thrown on ont the cold chari
ties of a friendless world—the Government
nor its citizens neither caring for, or offering
assistance to them in their unfortunate con
dition. If something is not done, many of
them will most certainly starve.
From East Tennessee —The Charlotte
Knoxville Register, contains the annexed
news:
There were no Yankee? further East than
Strawberry Plains, where they had a cavalry
force of about 1.000.
Both Confederates and Yankees are making
raiding parties through the country.
General Jackson is doing noble service,
having repeatedly whipped large bodies of
the Yankees with a greatly inferior force to
theirs.
At Knoxville the garrison consisted, at last
accounts, of but three small negro regiments.
Every able-bodied negro in the country has
been forced into the army. Such is the wretch
ed condition of East Tennessee that the torics,
who so lately welcomed tbe invaders, are forced
to abandon their homes to avoid starvation.
Two hundred and fifty Union families, it is
said, have lately passed Bull’s Gap. on their
way to the North.
Letters from Nelson. Netberland, and other
prominent Unionists who have gone North,
have been captured by our scouts. Their tone
is cespcndent, and they express but little hope
that the Yankees will be able to hold East
Tennessee
The Confederate citizens of Upper East Ten
nessee have got over the panic occasioned by
the withdrawal of Longstreer, nr 1 are now
cheerful, and hopeful as the early reoccupa
tion of the whole section by our forces. With
the reconstruction of three small trestle bridges
on the railroad, our trains can be run to Mid
w iv, some twelve miles below Greenville.
*mm ♦ m
Hard on Lincoln, —Wilkes' Spiiit
says : “We can conceive how a popular
tumult may, in its first emotions, upheave
some jocose clodpole to the apex, but we ;
cannot conceive hew in the face of drip j
ping guillotines and a rocking empire, j
Jack Bansby could be elected to preside
over a period like that of the old Frenih
Revolution for a second term.”
What Banks did for Us.— lt is '
said taut Kirby emuh hul on..' -ixteen
six pound ride guns. whti v Le encounter
ed Banks. He row has 71 pieces of ar
tillery, eight of which are 82-poundcr
Parrotts, forty-seven 12-pounder Napo
leons and his own original sixteen six
pounders. Banks also equipped him with
20.0J0 extra ?trail arms, and various
other tilings r.eo«*savy to furnish a com
plete outfit for an army. Bunxs makes a
capital ordinance off :or, and we are sorry
to hear that he is to be superceded.
«ii fiaJ icans m * Asa mum am •
Reports of the Tress Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
.u K- « Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office 01
the District <>urt ofthe Confederate State? for
the Northern District of Georgia.
latest from Virginia.
Richeoxd, June 16.—Headquarters, i5tL
6 p. m — Seely of War : After the withdrawal
of our cavalry yesterday evening from the
front of the enemy's works at Hnrrisofl’3 land
ing, his cavalry again advanced on the Salem
Church road, and this morning reported in
some force on that road and at Malvern Hill.
Gen. Wm. F. Lee easily drove back the force
at the latter point, which retreated down the
river road beyond Carter’s Mill. A brigade oi
infantry was sent to support the cavalry on
the road to Smith’s store, and drove the ene
my to that point without difficulty.
Nothing else of importance ha? occurred to
day.
[Signed[ R. E. LEE, Genera!
Aiutr Northern Virginia. )
Near Riddle’s Shop, Jnna 15, 1864. j
Grant’s exact whereabouts and intentions
i9 still undetermined. A body of his cavalry
attacked a garrison of cavalry of our army
this morning near Malvern Hill, and weio
driven back.
MclnUsh’s Brigade of Yankee cavalrr ha?
also been skirmishing with part of Heth's Di
vision on Charles City Road about 2 miles bo
low Riddle’s Shop to-day. Four prisoner?
captured, say it is the advance of Grant's ar
my ; not, however, •believed to bo more than
a reconnoitering party.
Grant is either going to the southside, or is
broken down, and ha3 gone below to re-or
ganize and recruit.
Mobile, June 15.—A special to the Regis
ter, dated Senatobia 14th, gays:
Northern dates to the 11th say Fremont '
resign.
The Federate admit a loss on the 3d o’ 3. ) )
around Cold Harbor.
Every available man has been sent to Gran
and Sherman.
Thirty additional surgeons are required to
attend to the wouaded at Nashville for ninety
days.
Chase advertises for seventy-five million
loan six per cents.
We understand a private dispatch from Peters
burg, dated this morning, says that Lt. Wiu.Cropp
was mortally wounded and fell into the enemy's
hands last night. This would seem to indicate
that wo bad had another attack upon that place.
It is related of the Rothschilds that
couriers left the field of Waterloo, every
ten minutes during the continuance of
the celebrated battle, for their houses in
the different Capitals of Europe. Thus,
the result of the battle was known to
them in Paris, London and Vienna, two
hours belore the intelligence reached the
governments of the Allies. And they
closed the pending negotiations with the
Allies, for a large loan. Doubtless, the
gold dealers and brokers in Wall street
have arrangements equally as perfect, by
which they obtain the truth with regard
to-each encounter between the two
mies in Virginia. And however much
the Lincoln despotism may endeavor to
keep the trurh from the people, the gold
barometer will always indicate the correct
result.
Lieut. Gen. Polk.
The country will mourn the death of
this great and good man, who under a
sense of patriotic duty, at the earnest
solicitation of the President, laid down
the Bishop’s crosier and took up the sword
in defense of his oppressed country. Gen
Polk was an accomplished and highly ed
ucated soldier, and the loss of his coun
sels, example and influence in Gen. John
ston's army, at this time, will be severely
felt. His popularity with his corps was
almost boundless. They loved and rever*
ed him as a father, as well as honored
him as a skillful and leader.
He seems to have been killed by what is
called a “chance shot.” A solid ball from
a distant battery of the enemy, directed
by the inscrutable providence of God,
singled him out in a circle of general
officers and killed him instantly, when
probably he had no thought of persona’
danger. Thus, he who for years had
braved a thousand sharpshooters and
deadly Minnies in the thickest of the strife,
fell at last a victim at last to an aimless
missile in a random play of artillery, in
tended merely to elicit the locality of the
Confederate batteries. So another is add
ed to the long list of illustrious, heroic
and sainted Southern dead, whose fame
and virtues will illume the historic page
and teach our children the value of liber
ty and independence purchased at sue!
costly sacrifice. —Macon Telegraph.
In the London Times, Standard and
News of the World, of the 13th, 14th
and loth, the chief topic, so far as the
Confederacy is concerned, appears to be
the visit of the Confederate sloop of war
Georgia, to the port of Liverpool. The
especial partizans of the North in the
House of Commons—such as Mr. Baring.
Foster and Cobden, had made speeehqsJ|,
that body objecting to the
the Georgia into a ♦British port as hbr
consistent with the duty which Great
Britain owed to a friendly country —the
United State-. The Times, of the 14th.
accuses the Confederates oi a systematic
abuse of British neutrality. It says :
We have above all things to take cave
that our ports are not converted into sta
tions of hostilities, or employed as a van
tage ground by either belligerent. It is
now perfectly notorious that a systematic
abuse of our neutrality has been practiced
by one of them in this very manner. It
is equally certain that it is only, by intei*
national comity that a commissioned shi:
is allowed to enjoy the immunity of her
flag by coming and going where she lists.
The jurisdiction of a neutral Power over
its own ports is absolute, and it need give
no reason for any regulations which it
may see fit to make in respect to them:
The United States exercised this power iu
1794 by banishing French privateer,
from their ports upon a friendly requisi
tion from England. It may. therefore,
well be asked whether we are any longer
to extend courtesy to a belligerent which
has shewn so little consideration for us
Many ladies think themselves utterly unable
walk a mile, would gladly dance three time- that
distance.