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J. W. W ARRE.t, - - - Editor.
Friday Morning. June 17, 1864.
From Virginia.
The “Beast” has at length caught us nap
ping at Petersburg, and has gained a partial
success at that point. That be will be per
mitted to capture the remaining defences of
the city, or even to wear bis present laurels
long, may w*H be doubted. All the eflorts of
Urant to take Richmond by direct approach
have failed—signally aud disastrously failed.
There Is but one other resource left him, and
that i3 the Vicksburg plan—cutting its com'-
municatione starving it into a surrender.
We have but little doubt that this is his next
role, and the capture of Petersburg is an es
sential part of the programme. This done,
he would fortify the South bank oi the Appo
matox, back to a point that could be reached
or commanded by his gunboats, and by the
use of the railroad to City Point, he could es
tablish his base at Petersburg. By this
achievement, his work would ba somewhat ad
vanced, but by no means completed. The
Danville connection would still remain and
could be reached only by a march of more
than 20 miles. With that road uncut, Rich
mond could still exist, for it has been support
cd by onlv one road for the past eight months.
But we have no idea that the eiumy will be
allowed to retain even his present position.—
The road from Petersburg to Richmond,is
still open, and Beauregard, with ample rein
forcements, wc have no doubt, is already with
in the beleugcred city. We expect warm
work there in a day or two.
We were pleased to greet in our sanctum
yesterday Mr. Slatter, of the Winchester
(LaGrange) Bulletin.
Three Cincinnati editoi-3 were recently
drafted —Henderson, of the Gazette ; Spencer,
of the Times, and one of the Commercial s
corps
Another Fatal Explosion of a Yankee
Smell. —Another of those fatal accidents from
the explosion of YanNee shells picked up .n
the city, says (the Carlcston Courier) occur
red about two o’clock Saturday afternoon.
James O’Neill, a shoemaker, residing at No.
311 East Bay, West side, near Calhoun street,
attempted to draw the load from a 100-pound
er Parrott shell, when it exploded with ter
rific effect, taking off the right leg below the
knee, and left foot, besides badly shattering
the left leg. The unfortunate man lingered
about two hours, when he expired. A little
boj named McGary, who was sitting by look
ing on, miraculously escaped with some slight
cuts on the hands and face. Several of the
fragments struck the kitchen and an out
building, knocking away the brick and wood
work, aud causing considerable damage, but
doing no further injury to persons in the
house.
The deceased, while engaged in the act of
drawing the charge, had placed the shell be
tween his legs.
Magistrate 11. W. Schroder held an inquest
upon the body of O’Neill Saturday evening.
The Jury rendered a verdict that deceased
came to his death from the explosion of a
shell which he was attempting to unload on
Saturday afternoon, 11th inst.
The 2d New Jersey regiment has arrived
at Newark, their three years’ term of service
having expired. They were reduced from over
1,000 to less than 300 men. They have been
discharged.
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We learn that the New River Bridge, which
was burned by Crook in his raid upon the
Tennessee Railroad, will be completed this
week so as to admit the passing of the cars.
The Milledgeville Recorder says Gen. Doles
was shot, by a minuie ball. It entered the
right side, passed through the heart, came out
under the left arm-pit and shattered the bone
of the left arm. Those who were near him,
sav that be did not breathe after he tell. We
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learn that he was the only man killed in the
brigade. From Saturday to Thursday, the
Hag over the Armory of the Blues, was at half
mast.
Thk Wheat Crop. —We are pained (says the Ma
con Confederate) to learn that the recent heavy
rains have materially injured the wheat crop.—
When the rain Commenced falling, last Friday
evening, a great deal of the crop was shocked in
the field, and the four days of incessant wet weath
er has caused much of it to sprout. Up to that time
it was thought that we had the finest crop ever
grown in central and southern Georpia, and we
hope still that a large crop will be saved.
Farm of a Southern Lady Sold.—A Washing
ton paper says : “Wc learn that the pretty country
residence formerly owned and occupied by Mrs.
Clemson about two miles from the mansion of the
late John C. Rives, has been sold fori SIO,OBO. Mrs.
C. is the daughter of the late John C. Calhoun, and’
early in the rebellion, Mrs. C. left for the South.’
The London Times of May lSvli. gives a statement
of the computed value of the imports into the Uni
ted Kindom, during the year 1863 as compared with :
1862, showing an increase of 4-31,495,918. the whole j
imports for 1862 being t224,716,1f 6, and t< r 1860
£218,980,912. The British possessions furnish more j
than one-third of the whole. In 1862 the ’raports j
from the British possessions were 165,283,251, and in !
1863 were .£84,693,720. The greater portion of this |
increase was in the imports from India and the Ba- j
hamas, the imports from India being in 1862, 434,-
133,551, and in 4863, 148,434,517. The Bahamas j
(Nassau,) stands for 6463,952 in 1862, and for £2.- |
282,713 in 1863.
France stands next to the British possessions, the j
imports from that country amounting to £24,024,
619. The United States comes third on the list. —
They formerly stood second and next to the Brith
ish possessions. The imports from the United
States into the-United Kingdom, fell from 627,715,-
157, in 1862, to £19,370,815 in 1863. Strangely enough
Egypt comes next to the United States, having in
creased from $12,225,783, in 1862 to £16,495,681 in
1863. This increase, like that in the imports from
India and Nassau is due to the blockade of the cot
ton ports of the South.
Arabia contributes 4-2 to the imports, and Pata
gonia is just ahead of the Papal States.
Hermes, the Richmond correspondent
of the Mercury, says:
Sheridan’s cavalry, fi.OM) strong, is
moving up the country, either to cut oh
lireckinridge’s trains, or to join Hunter
and Crook in the \ alley. Should the
three unite, the joint force would be about
f)0. 'lbis would give us trouble
Pton is close up to Sheridan,
will be seen by Gen. Lee’s dispatch
General Hampton has caught Sheri
and materially deranged his plans.
[From tue v.adoa index, May Idid.J
American Cotton Still King.
In an article on our cotton industry, which
appeared in the Times of Tuesday week, it is
observed :—“put the truth is, we cannot have
our olehcotton trade with our new cotton.—
What we want is not so much 3,500,000 bales
in place of 2,500,000 as good cotton in the
place of bad, and certainty instead of specula
tion in prices. The inspectors tell us of a sin
gular state of affairs in the manufacturing
districts. There is no confidence in the future,
but no contentment with the present. The
manufacturers are building new mills and en
larging old ones, but not for the trade as it
now is, or the cotton which they now get. —
The operatives are hanging on with similar
expectations, reluctant to migrate, and cling
ing to their homes, but sorely discontented
with Surat cotton, and compelled in many
cases to eke out by the acceptance of relief
what would otherwise be insufficient earnings.
What form the desired consummation is ex
pected to take it would be hard, perhaps, to
say, but probably the leading idea is that some
day or other cotton will come from America
once more. This would not only furnish a
good material, but would remove the present
element of risk. As things now stand, there
is on one side an actual supply of indifferent
cotton, and on the other a possible supply of
excellent cotton, so, that, besides the dissat
isfaction created by Surat, there is the chance
or prospect or anticipation of some such sud
den influx of American as would turn the
market upside down.
As long as the American War continues a revo
lution in the cotton trade will be a possibility at
any moment. Whenever it ends, Lancashire in
dustry will take a fresh start. Those sotm to be
the impressions prevailing in the cotton districts,
and in the meantime there is work enough to keep
the mills going, and to enable the employers and
employed together to hold out for better times.
Perhaps American peace may not bring us
American cotton as before, and yet the misfortune
is that hitherto no other cotton has take* its place.
Lord Derby expressed his hope that we should
never again be dependent on a single source of
supply ; and it is certain that, as far as mere bulk
of imports goes, we seem to have outgrown this
risk. But it is, we fear, equally certain that the
new supply is not accepted as tho equivalent of
the old, and that either the former must bo im
proved, or the latter must be forgotten, before the
cotton trade can really be revived. We have on
several occasions shown that, though cotton can
be procured from India and other countries, yet a
substitute for American cotton is not to be found.
Without American cotion, our stapl# industry can
not resume its former dimensions.
Europe Drifting towards War.
The last trans-Atlantic intelligence i3 regarded
as deep significance. Following close in the Aus
tro-Prussian squadron, which was making its way
toward tho Baltic, a British frigate, under com
mand of Sir L. McClintock, had set sail, it is said,
as the first of a British fleet which will oppose the
entrance of the German men-of-war into the
Sound. Tho English press, almost without ex
ception, is agreed that considerations, not only for
tho honor, but for the material interest* of Eng
land, now require that her naval power aha ll be
exerted to bar the entrance of the Baltic to the
Austrian forces, and to prevent any additional
pressure being brought to bear upon Denmark.
The step thus tardily taken, or about to be taken
(as is alleged) by the British Government, has al
most tho effect of a declaration of war; it is an
act of direct hostility toward one of tuc bellige
rents, and in that character it. w’B be hailed with
delight by the whole nation, with but one excep
tion—that exception being the most important
that could be named. Tho Queen no longer takes
sides secretly with, the German despoilers. The
most inveterate and astute of the prime movers in
the invasion of Denmark, the Baron Beust, is
specially singled out for the hospitalities of the
Court at Osborne; while the second son of the
Queen is ordered to Berlin to be the recipient of
the hospitalities of the Prussian Sovereign, and to
accept the questionable honor of decorations at
his hand. This defiance by the Queen of the pub
lic opinion of the nation has called forth protests
such as have not been heard since the commence
ment of the present reign, and which will assur
edly hasten a crisis in tho relations of the people
of England and of the empire, towards the reign
ing sovereign. Another crisis also appears to be
fast approaching. —Atlanta Confederacy.
The Raid oil the State Road.
A member of Col. Malden’s Regiment fur
nishes us with the following statement of the
raid.
On the Bth instant, the 3d Alabama cavalry
under command of Col. Malden, was ordered
to the rear of the enemy, with instructions to
reach the railroad and set a torpedo under it.
On the evening of the 9th it reached a place
in the rear of Adairsville. The Colonel, with
a detachment of thirty men, advanced and se
lected a suitable place for the purpose, then
ordered the regiment up within supporting
distance, but before it had arrived, one of the
thirty deserted, which caused him to change
his plans—he ordered a counter march, and
at 4 o'clock reached the railroad above Cal
houn, at which place he succeeded in setting
the torpedo, which a scout reports blew up a
train of seven cars and engine, laden with
troops.
After placing tho torpedo, they charged into the
town and took a few prisoners and their horses
and equipments, and then burned a train of six
ears, laden with corn. They fed their horses and
supplied the citizens with what corn they wished,
besides carrying off their forage sacks full, before
burning the train, besides helping themselves to
wearing apparel without stint. All praise is due
to Col. Malden for his daring and successful feat.
[Atlanta Register.
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Latest from Europe.
The steamer Virginia, from Liverpool on
the 24th, via Qeenstown on the 25th, reached
New York on the 6th. Pelissier, the Duke of
Malakoff, is dead.
The news o: the great battles in Virginia,
received by the Europa, had caused a profound
sensation in all England, and the people are
astonished at the magnitude of the losses..
The probable result of the bloody contest is
eagerly canvassed. The Confederate loan re
ceded three per cent., and cotton was weaker
under the sews.
The London Times says : “General Grant
has fully sustained his reputation for uncon
querable tenacity, and if he did achieve abso
lute success, be bid for it more desperately
and approached it more closely than any of
his predecessors.'’ It thinks it hard to dis
cern the inclination of the balance, so evenly
do the scales of battle appear to be counted.
The London Morning Post sees no ap-
on either side, but on the
following day expressed a conviction that the
Federals had sustained a crushing defeat.
The London Star thinks that Grant paid
very dear for his victory, and regards his suc
, cess as indecisive.
The London Morning Herald pronounces
| the advance on Richmond a failure, and hopes
the South has passed the last fiery ordeal.
The London Globe thinks that General Lee
has fully succeeded in barring the road of
Gen Grant to Richmond.
We have been furnished, from Gen. Wright s
Headquarters at this Post, (says the Atlanta
Register.) with the following official dispatch
from General Forrest:
Guntown, Miss., June 14, via Mobile, 14.
To Hon. Isliam G. Harris : I met the enemy
under Gens. Stewart and Grierson, 10,000
strong —7.500 infantry, and 2.500 cavalry and
20 pieces of artillery—ou the 10th iust , with
4,000 cavalry and IS pieces of artillery. After
a hand to hand fight ol six hours. I complete- -
lv routed him.
Their battle cry was ■ Remember Fort Pil
low."
My loss was 150 killed and 450 wounded.
Among the killed was many valuable otticers.
The enemy’s losses were 1,000 killed, 2,000
prisoners, 250 wagons and ambulances, and
all '.their artillery and ordnance stores. We
are still following and killing many in the
woods. Their loss cannot be less than 5,000.
Buford. Bell aud Ligon distinguished tbem
-e’vt- the officers and men did ou this
occasion. N. B FORREST,
Major General.
| It is said that that brave man Forrest was
| a? ked by a Tennesseean what sort of a soldier
I Isham G. Harris made ? “By G—d,’’"said the
t General, “Harris is a fighting. Governor.
Whilst some Governors stay at home to quar
rel with Jeff Davis, our Governor has been
with me to fight Yankees.”
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The following Veto Message was sent
to the Confederate Senate on the 7th in
stant :
To the Senate of the Confederate States :
I regret that a sense of duty conipls
me to return to the Senate, without my
signature, a joint resolution which origin
ated in your honorable body entitled,
“Joint Resolution in regard to the ex*
emption of editors and employees of news
papers.”
The terms of this resolution extends
to editors of magazines and peiiodicals,
other than newspapers, together with their
employees, the exemption from military
service as is now accorded in favor of
newspapers.
I see no reason for exempting these
citizens from the duty of defending their
country which would.not apply to all oth
er authors, publishers, booksellers, prin
ters and all other persons connected with
the publication of books, pamphlets, relig
ious tracts and other reading matter. At
a moment when our lives, our liberty, and
our independence are threatened by the
utmost power of our enemies, when every
citizen capable of bearing arms ought to
be found in the ranks, I cannot but
it impolitic to add to the list of exemp
tions without the most urgent necessity.
Seeing no such necessity, and believing
the precedent set by this resolution, if
passed, to be productive* of evil effect, I
am constrained to return it to you without
my approval.
Jefferson Davis.
Richmond, 6th June, 1864. •
Escaped Prisoners from Point
Lookout.— We had the pleasure of a
call from two Confederate soldiers who
have just arrived from Point Lookout.
Their account gs the mode by which they
escaped and the friends they met outside
the prison, is very interesting, but as it
might interfere with the escape of others,
and compromise those who who aided
them on their way, wc refrain from pul>
lishing their narrative. There are about
ten thousand prisoners confined on the
Point. Among the number are nearly
two thousand citizens arrested by order of
Butler—most of them old men from sixty
to seventy-five years of age. Some of
these citizens are in hospitals, suffering
from the cruelties of Butler’s negroes.
They had been tied to trees by the ne«
groes and whipped unmercifully.
Among the citizens confined at the
Point is Col Humphreys, of Culpepper,
a gentleman near eighty years old.
The health of the prisoners is generally
good, though many are suffering from par
tial blindness, caused by looking at noths
ing but the white sand and the water of
the bay.
Their rations consist of nine worm
eaten crackers and from four to seven
ounces of beef per day. For a while
they were allowed three small potatoes
per day, but that has been stopped.
The negro guards, commanded by white
scoundrels, are very brutal, shooting the
prisoners without the slightest cause. On
the 22d of May, a number of the prison
ers were gathered around the pump for
the purpose of procuring water, when,
without notice, the negro guard deliber
ately fired into them, killing one and se*
verely wounding three. Our prisoners
will have a debt of vengeance to pay,
which we hope they will soon have have
the opportunity to liquidate. —Richmond
Sentinel.
General Wise and the Wounded
in our Hospiral. —On last Saturday
and Sunday Gen. Wise passed liis time in
our city hospitals, visiting the sick and
wounded of his brigade. He was receiv
ed by his men as a kind father by his af*
fectionate children. At the General Hoss
pital he approached a wounded Lieuten
ant, and sitting down upon the bed beside
him, he pressed between his palms the
thin, bloodless hand of the brave fellow.
The Lieutenant could hardly speak.
Tears ran down his cheeks, and with
trembling lips he said
“General, I am so glad to see you; I
hope soon to be well and ready to fight
the enemy again.” Nearby lay a private
with typhoid fever. He had noticed no
one for seveial days. As the General
bent over him, the poor man’s eyes’bright
ened, a faint smile played* over his face.
“There he is,” he murmured, “that’s
General Wise, that’s my General. To
another humble private General Wise
said:
“If you want anything, let me know it.”
“We are verv well attended to here,”
he replied.
This man was a gallaut soldier, and
badly wounded. Turning away, the noble
commander looked compassionately upon
him and said, “May God bless you and
spare your life.” As he passed
ward, the brave fellow, turning his head
after an effort, followed his beloved leader
with his eyes until they became so full of
tears that he could see him no longer;
but he continued still to look that way
until the footsteps of his General could
be heard no more. While many of our
snperior officers are smoking, drinking,
frolicing and dancing their time away,
never deigning to notice nor care for the
wants of the poor private, this gray-haired
old man.spends his spare hours in minis
tering to his wounded men, ami speaking
to them cheerfully as a kind father to his
grateful children. —Petersburg Express.
A Peace Letter. —The birthday ox Thom a*
Jefferson was celebrated in New Y >rk by the An
ti-Abolition S'ate Rights Association, at which
toasts of peace and recognition were drunk, and
speeches made by ex-Governor Seymour, of Con
necticut, him* inkers. A«iong the letters read was
one from Hon. Wiu. B. Reed, of Pennsylvania,
which expresses in the following paragraph the
spirit of the celebration. He says :
In nil that you say about this wicket! war I en
tirely concur. It ought at once to stop ; and if
recognition for the purposes ©i negotiation, or
even ultimate recognition of Southern Indepen
dence be necessary to arrest bloodshed, then there
should be recognition. Two years ago I thought
I saw this necessity, and honestly said so. The
dreary chapter of blood which has since been
written, has not weakened my faith. I cling to it
resolutely, and am proud of the obloquy which, in
certain quarters, such faith attracts. If peace
does not e> me s =in >ve may have anarchy, as wo
now have oppressive despotism.
The Yankees have retreated from in front of Pe
tersburg, and recrossed the river eight miles below.
In their advance they succeeded in reaching .the
corporate limits of the city.
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Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of.Congress in th® year
iB6O, by J. S, Thrasher, in tha Clerk | office of
the District Court of the Confederate States tor
the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest from the Georgia Front.
Hooker’s Corps Charges Our Lines!
Cleburne Gallantly Repulses Them!
Enemy Assault Our Works at Petersburg!
They Carry an Outer Fortification !
Private Dispatch from Gen. Forrest.
• &Ctf &C*t &€.
Three Miles West of Marietta, June 16.
A little cannonading by the enemy to-day ; our
batteries scarcely replying. Sharpshooters firing
all day.
Most of the wagons of the enemy have moved
from the locality occupied yesterday.
In the skirmishing yesterday,’ Maj. Massey of
the 20tb Miss., was killed.
At 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Hooker’s
corps made a charge on Cleburne’s division in
three lines of battle, and was repulsed with great
slaughter.
A few prisoners were taken, who confirm the
above.
Cleburne’s division fired 315 times with shot,
shell and canister. The enemy was not able to
bring his artillery to bear.
Atlanta, June 16.—A telegram from Genera 1
Forrest to Capt, Adair, from Tupelo, 16th, says :
No Georgians hurt. Our victory complete.
The enemy’s killed, wounded and captured, ex
ceed tho total of my troops engaged. Have sent
forward 1300 prisoners and have more yet behind.
Richmond, June 16.—The Petersburg Express
of this morning gives a full account of another
demonstration against that city yesterday.
The enemy advancod'in force by the City Point
road early in the morning, and were held in check
until sunset, when a furious assault was made
upon our outer works defended by two regiments
of Wise’s brigade and Sturdevant’s Battery.—
Three assaults were repulsed ; the fourth was
made by such overwhelming numbers that our
men ware compelled to fall back.
The enemy occupied the and captured
three guns of-Sturdevant’s Battery.
The force of the enemy is rumored to be 10 or
12,000. v
Private Dispatch-
PETERSBURG, June 15. To L. P. Warnef —
Capt. W. E. Cropp was mortally wounded and fell
iuto the enemy’s hands last night.
W. D. Matthews.
The Front -
Parties who left Marietta at midnight last night,
(says the Memphis Appeal of the 15th,) report noth
ing new or startling having occurred up to that houT,
Slow cunnonading was heard in this city this morn
ing, the nature of which we have no intelligence.—
We are under the impression that Sherman, should
the weather permit, will again renew his maneuver
ing policy. During the [heavy rains his columns
seem to have been comparatively quiet, but our im
pression is. that taking advantage of the change in
the last two days, he has again attempted a flank
movement—this time on our right and in the direc
tion of Roswell. In anticipation of such a move
corresponding operations seem to be going on upon
our side, to meet him.
The death of Gen. Polk is said to have cast a deep
gloom over the army, and thousands of vows of
vengeance have been registered.
&Cq ACq All
From Virginia.
In the Richmond papers of June 11, we find the
annexed:
There is nothing: of any interest transpiring be
tween the two armies in front of Richmond.
There was heavy skirmishing on our right on Fri
day.
Both armies are reported to be carrying on con
stant firing from mortars. Our object being to pre
vent the enemy from entrenching, jwhich they are
endeavoring to do. Our firing has had the desired
object.
Nothing new has occurred with the enemy about
Bermuda Hundreds.
The Yankees have advanced their pickets to
within almost two hundred yards of Bottom’s
bridge.
About eleven hundred Yankees are in our hospi
tals at Richmond.
Our loss in the battle in the Virginia IValley is
said to be quite heavy. Gen. Imboden is not cap
tured as reported.
A letter from Lcba" n, Russell county, Va., to a
member of Congress, brings news from Gen. Mor
gan’s command. He encountered the enemy, under
Gen. Hobson, near Pound Gap, defeated them and
captured 200 prisoners.
It is thought that the Yankee force in the Valley
will attempt the capture of Rockfish Gap-.
Business at Nassau. —A letter from Nas
sau published in the Charleston Courier, says:
To give you some idea of the business of the
place, Major W. told me the other day that
there were one thousand tons of bacon and
pork here belonging to the Government and
awaiting shipment; much of this i3 spoiled,
and much more destined to be in the summer
months approaching. There are eight or ten
vessels now in port, loading. Three of them
have just arrived from England, and more are
expected. It is thought that there will be 20
or 30 vessels running between this place and
Wilmington during the coming summer. I
fear that all of our cotton will be taken away
without giving back much substantial benefit,
and we will be left at the close of the war
without a bale for credit. There are some
facts with reference to the sending oqt of Con
federate bonds which it seems to me should
be brought to the attention of the Government.
They are sacrificed out here and in Europe at
about eight pence on the dollar, and as that is
belter than paying twenty for orie for ex
change. a great .'amount of them are sent out,
and in that way! our obligations at the close
of the war will'not be to ourselves, but in
a great measure to these English, who are
buying them.now at a merely nominal sum.
The business, I fear, is carried to an enormous
extent.
Ax Amusing Incident. — One of the train
hands on the Western and Atlantic railroad—
whose mother was, by the late advance of
Sherman's forces on the line of the road,
thrown intotheienemy's lines—attempted and
succeeded in pairing the old lady a visit, but
on his return, in" passing warily through the
woods, lie, at some short distance before him.
discovered a stalwart Yankee with his musket
in band, who at once hailed him. Not under
standing what the Yankee said, and not being
armed to defend himself against so formidable
a foe, he “made tracks”—that is run from the
Yankees as fast as his legs could carry him.
But Yankee was not to be outdone; be, too,
ran. pursuing bur train hand, shouting at the
top of his voice for him to stop—but “nary
stop” did our dying friend make, until Yank
had fairly run film down. (These Yanks can
run must faster than our boys. \ Terrified,
he begged for his life. But want was his sur
prise. when the \ autre toiu him to fake his
I musket and lead him. as a deserter, into the
Confederate lines—that he vras tired of the
war, and wished to surrender to the rebels. —
He w«.a, therefore, marched into our lines at
j RL- Shanty, where, while -train hand" was
; proudly narrating in the parlor of the hotel
j there the gallant feat fie had performed in
1 bringing in the deserting prisoner. Yat.k was
amusing a number of persons in front of the
I house: wish his account <■•? t c capture and
-•m-endtr. which caused no little merriment
at the expense of our adventurous train hand,
who is still, we are told, not a little sore at his
singular adventure, though,- perhaps, pleased
at not being a prisoner himself.— lntelligencet.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON...... LOCAL EDITOR
Gratuitous Advice. —Our brother Jones
seems to have taken the bad boys of Columbus
under his especial guardianship, aud in yester
day morning’s Enquirer devoted a half column or
so in the shape of fatherly advice, to the reforma
tion of these “hard, cases.” Joseph, my son, if
you succeed in the work before you, no small
amount of good will be accomplished, and you en
titled to the gratitude of your fellow-citizens.—
Our own opinion is that but little good can be ac
complished in this way. Tho fault of all the pre
cociousness and indecencies of the rising genera
tion lies at the doors of parents. Unless boys are
properly indoctrinated at home, in nine cases out
of ten they will turn out bad. No other measures
can counteract this omission. Around the family
hearthstone must bo inculcated those principles of
morality, of obedience, of decency, of self-respect,
which is to shape the future destiny of the man.
Although outside influences and an innate princi
ple of right, may lead some youngsters in the
light way, in the majority of cases there is but lit
tle hope for those who have not correct principles
instilled in them at home. Let parents take the
matter in hand, and give their boys lessons as to
the proper method of behariour at the house of
God as well as everywhere else, and if gentle
measures are not sufficient to produce the desired
effect, administer a few doses of “hickory oil,’
which frequently acts like a charm in such cases.
Fruit a sd Flowers.— We are again placed un
der obligations to a sweet sensible littlo Miss of six
teen for a basket of plums and flowers sent in yes
terday, to which we paid our respects with becom
ing zest. We say sensible, because the fact of her
sending a Local a present is the strongest evidence
we could possibly have of her sanity, and of course
there can be no diversity of opinion in the matter
of her being “sweet,” as all girls of that age are
supposed to be made of sugar plums, honey, mo
lasses, with a slight admixture of ginger cakes and
chicken pie. We are certainly proud of the con
sideration of the rising generation, and return
many thanks to the fair donor of this present.
Change of Schedule.— By reference to an ad
vertisement it will be seen that the schedule on the
Muscogee Railroad has been changed so that pas
senger trains will hereafter leave Columbus 6:45
p. m.; arrive at Macon, at 3.25 a. m. Leave Ma
con at 8.10 p. m.; arrive at Columbus at 4.25 a. m.
_ _ -♦ —1 --
Short-Lived — Our happiness at seeing the sun
on Wednesday afternoon was doomed to short
life. Yesterday he had retired from tho view of
the Columbus public, behind a drapery of clouds,
and the prospect at the present writing is good
for more rain. The weather however, has mode
rated.
Fine Soap.— We are iiudebted to Billy Phelps
for a sample of the Griswoldville toilet soap. We
have not yet tested its virtues, but to all appear
ances it seems to combine the properties of a most
excellent article. Those in want should call at
once as Billy’s stock is fast depleting.
Col. Johnston, Government transportation agent
in this city, has first quality of osnabergs, yarns,
and sheeting, which he wishes to exchange for
bacon. See advertisement.
From Johnson’s Island.— A correspondent of
the. Canton (Miss.) Citizen reports an interview
with Lieut. Jesse Mills, lately from the Yankee
Bastile on Johnson’s Island. Lieut. Mills states
that on the Ist ofFefcruary last there were 2,437
commissioned officers on the Island, the non-eom
msssioned officers and privates having been all
sent away in November previous. Os the number,
there was one Major General —Trimble ; four
Brig. Generals —Beale, Jeff Thompson, Archer and
Frazier; 50 Colonels, 41 Lieut. Colonels ;62 Ma
jors ; 575 Captains; 1,975 Lieutenants; and 29
Adjutants. They were distributed among the dif
ferent Southern Slates, as follows :
North Carolina, 332; Tennessee, 298; Arkan-,
sas, 278 ; Alabama, 270 ; Virginia, 256 ; Missis
sippi, 240 ; Louisiana, 178; Georgia, 164; Ken
tucky, 141; Missouri, 85; Florida, 52 ; South
Carolina, 49 ; Texas, 47 ; Maryland, 19 , miscel
laneous, 29. Os this number, between five and six
hundred had been transported to Point Lookout,
Md., for an exchange, up to the 2d of May last.
Tho Yankees conducted the exchange alphabeti
cally, except in eases of vn unded officers, and had
ntarly reached the letter D when Lieut. Mills lefi.
He states that, on account of the Confederate .offi
cers declining to receive their rations on fast day
(Bth of April,) the Yankee authorities withheld
their meat rations for three days. This is a con
temptible meanness quite in keeping with the
characteristics of the Yankees as exhibited during
the war.
General Jolm Pope.
The following very humorous sketch of the
character and services of this notorious indi
vidual is taken from a very admirable review
of “books of the American war,” published in
Blackwood's Magazine. The author had evi
dently a keen appreciation of the ludicrous
side of Pope's performances.
“Gen. John Pope has signalized himself,
and illustrated the Northern genius for smart
ness by a feat at once simple and grand. He
had, with a stroke of his pen, converted a hun
dred Confederates, whom he had made the
captives of his bow and spear, into ten thous
and, and had thus at once given great pleasure
to the North and great reputation to himself,
lie was, in character, the opposite of the Gen
eral who had just tumbled from nis pedestal j
for, whereas, McClellan was distinguished for
modesty and reserve, and a faculty Oi keep.ng
his own councils, John Pope was prompt and
vociferous in self assertion and anticipation
of success. A brilliant discipline of the new
military luminary, Stanton, he announced that
“the onlv lines of- operations he knew of was
the line of the enemy's retreat: and with a
view, probably simplifying the details as well
as the I, principles pi war, he declared that his
headquarters would be “in the saddle' -—the
dependent branches of the staff being perhaps
in this compendious arrangement, situated in
the stirrups. , . -
“Furnished with these new ana sinque ele
ments of victory he took command of the ar
my "which rushed toward Richmond .from Al
exandria to take the pressure off McClellan.
••Melon the Rapidan by Jackson, i ope s ad
vanced guard under Banks was defeated at Ce
dar Mountain, and at the approach of Lee he
retired behind the Rappahannock, lae next
move of the Confederates must have greatly
disturbed his theory of war. for it brought
Jackson, by a circuitous movement, on his
line of communications with V* asmngton, and
ciim Del led a general concentration to secure
his retreat. _
“Next d;tv the remainder of the Conieaerate
Army, following Jackson's line of march, came
into line, and General Pope was compelled to
mount hastily into headquarters, and to trans
fer himself, and the remains of bis army, to
the shelter of the fortifications of Washing
ton.
“Ik# clii-ge which, thereupon came upon
the calm and reflective spirit es his country
men would have left him the most comical
example of exploded protrusion on record
had ne net been so soon displaced trom his
ore-era in’'met*, by the superior claims of fight
ing Joe Hooker.
Th*' Richmond Examiner says if what vessels we
have in James River had been allowed to co-oper
ate with Gen. Beauregard wita ms la.ci.aht ir..j
Butler the victory would have ueen more couipiet...
The Examiner blames Mr. Mallory, in the matter
ana* nerttuently asks whuts the use ot hav in* a
if net to use it when it can be used advan .ageous-
Federal Prisoners. —Over eleven
hundred Federal prisoners left Macon fur
Anderson Tuesday evening at half past
eight, but did not reach Fort Valley till
daylight. The engine, when it camo to
the up-grades, refused to drag so much
Federalism, and the consequence was, the
train had to be divided.
Thirty-four prisoners were brought
down from Gen. Johnston’s lines yester
day, and a sorry looking set they were—
some shoeless, others without hats, all men
of feeble physical development, and many
of them boys fourteen or fifteen. Indeed,
were we to judge from the few prisoners
already brought down from Sherman’s
army we should suppose a large part of it
was made up of mere boys. We have yet
to see the first half dozen samples of that
stalwart Western manhood, which is said
to characterize his army.
It is stated there are eleven hundred
more prisoners on the road from Virginia,
and some think the prison camp at An
derson will soon be full. —Macon Tele*
graph, 16(7?.
The New Six Per Cents.— The military opera
tions in Virginia have rendered expedient the post
§or.ement of the public sale of six per cent. long
ate non-taxable bonds, which was to have taken
place on the 12th inst., in Richmond. We observe
that the Secretary of the Treasury proposes to seli
them at public auction, at Columbia, South Caro
line on the 21st inst. We look forward to this sale
with much interest. These bonds are by far the
best investment in the market. They possess every
quality to render them attractive to capitalists.—
They will no doubt go off quickly at a high pre
mium.— Rich, Whir/.
ID THE ID,
At Union Springs, Ala., June 14th, 1364, Har
riet Eliza, only daughter of T. G. and N. 110 lt >
age 21-2 years.
June 17 It*
By Ellis, Livingston Cos
AT PRIVATE SALE.
Ox\E CASE )IOIRM.\G PRISTS,
JUST RECEIVED,
je 17 2t $4
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
To Refugees, Lawyers, Doctors and Others.
CTIIE HOUSE AND LOT situated at Crawford,
A Ala., formerly owned by J udge Tate, is now for
sale at a reduced price. House has five well fine
large rooms, good out houses, good vineyards, fin e
young orchards of desirable fruit, 116 acres land at
tached, with fine well and spring of water. Those
who want a comfortable and healthy place in a good
neighbohood, will do well to apply soon. Other
land radjoining can be bought at reasonable rates.
. junel7 5t S2O
Government Transportation Works. J
Columbus, Ga., June 16, 1864. S
I have Osnaburgs, Augusta Sheetings and Augus
ta Spun Yarn, some numbers as high as 12, which I
desire to exchange ’on equitable terms for Bacon
and Meal. * THOS. JOHNSON,
jel7lm Special Ag’t Q. M. Dept.
WMTED!
Muscogee Railroad Office, 1
Columbus, Ga., June 16th, 1864.)
WANTED a good BOILER MAKER or BLACK'
SMITH. Apply to
W. L. CLARK,
je 17 2w Superintendent Muscogee R. Ft.
Change of Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M
Arrive at Macon 3 25 P. M
Leave Macon g 10 p! M
Arrive at Columbus .’’’4 25 p M
FREIGHT TRAIN"-
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A M*
„ W.L. CLARK *
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Wanted, a Piano!
PERSONS leaving the city for the Summer months
I and wishing to hire a Piano where it will be
carefully used, will please address E. 11. M., Box
965, stating terms,
.i e 16 3t.
S2OO Reward.
Headquarters Enrolling Office, )
3d Congressional District, >
Columbus, Ga., June 15, 1864.)
I WILL pay the above reward for the delivery of
Thomas Freeny, a deserter from the 12th Geor
gia Regiment, who escaped from the Guard at No.
1, on the S. W. R. R.
Description—Age 25 years, height 6 feet, complex
ion sallow, eyes grey, hair dark.
' W. L. DAVIS.
Capt. and Enrolling Officer.
June 16 3t
Enquirer, Sun and Macon papers please publish
three days and send bills to Times Office.
Hkadquautkhs, 1
Ist Class Battalion,
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 at
Atlanta, Georgia, or suffer the penalties imposed for
failure to comply with said call.
D. B. THOMPSON,
Lieut. Col. Commanding.
T. F. liIDENHOUR, Actg. Adj’t.
June 14 ts
“FOB SALS*;” At
114: Broad. Street,
FINE CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBAGO
REMEMBER THE PLACE.
114, BROAD STREET.
W. H. H. PHELPS,
Columbus. Ga.
June 14 dstw2t
Wanted to Purchase.
A SMALL FARM within four mil Columbus.
A Enquire at THIS OFFICE
June 14 3U
Change of* Schedule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, }
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
% Charleston, J une 7,1564.)
ON THURSDAY', June 9.1864, and until furthc
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train wiil
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5 30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Wanted.
\ WET NURSE, without a child preferred. Ai -
A ply rt once at COOK’S HOTEL.
Columbus, June 13, lw
Lee 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 fros:
any soldier ©f the Confederate States.
T sh-Obra Arturo, «ouse the prosecution of any
person violating this act, by buying any clothing
from aav i-ntiertt of this Hospital.
W. A. ROBERTSON,
j.jne 13. 6t Surg’n in Charge.
Wanted,
TO HIRE by the month, a good negro man, to go
L to the army as cook for an officer, in the 4;tn
Ga.Regt., now in North Georgia,
juno 13 lw. JOHN KIN^
