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§®UmbM limes.
J. W. nABREI, - - - Editor.
Thursday Morning, June §5, 1864.
The Dillard Cadets.”
We learn that thi3 company of boys, or
ganized a week or two ago in this city, was
disbanded yesterday by order of Gen. Smith.
Their roll, when first tendered, con
tained some forty odd names, but when order*
ed to duty at West Point less than twenty
responded. Remaining there a few days they
were ordered to this city for the purpose of
recruiting their rank3, and yesterday the or
der first above referred to was carried into
effect. We sympathize with the few brave
young spirits who are thus denied an oppor
tunity to display their devotion to their coun
try by meeting its enemies on the field of bat
tle. Some of them are determined not to be
foiled in their effort by this cruel order, and
will report for duty at the front in a few days.
The names of the latter are as follows :
Walter Gordon, Howard Williams,
Benj. Hatcher, John Martin,
John Howard, Ed. Howell,
Joe. Bond, W. C. Gray.
Sbcbbtaby Wells on Admiral Dupont.—
Secretary Wells, says the Charleston Courier ,
is not always as placid as has been believed.
I* a letter to Admiral Depont, published in a
correspondence submitted to Congress, he
thus walks into the Admiral: “Your prompt
abandonment of the harbor of Charleston af
ter a brief attack ; your disinclination t® oc
cupy the harbor ; your declaration that the
monitors could not remain there with safety;
your doubts and misgivings in relation to
those vessels ; your opposition to naval attack :
your omission to suggest or to devise any sys
tem “of naval proceeding; your constant
complaints, the distrust that painfully
pervaded your correspondence ; your distress
ing personal anxiety about yourself, that
seemed to overshadow your duty ; your as
saults upon rebel battteries ; your neglect of
any reconnoisance of the harbor obstructions,
or if such was ever made, your neglect to in
form th« DepartmentTof the fact. These, with
querulous and censorious charges which,
subsequently during four months leisure, have
been garnered up and cherished, and which
find expression in your communication re
ceived on the 27th ultimo, are agreeably to
your wish, all on the files of the Department ;
and the failure of the 7th of April has become
history.
The Battle of Cold Harbor. — A corres
pondent of the New York Herald, with Grant's
army, in his letter of the sth instant, pub
lished in the Herald of the 9th, asserts that
all concur in th« opinion that the losses of
Gen. Grant on Friday outnumbered all who
fell driung the siege of Vicksburg. This cor
respondent adds also, that Gen. Grant has at
last determined that he will “fight the devil
with fire”—in other words, if tlje rebels will
persist in entrenching, Gen. Grant intends for
the future adopting the same mode of war
fare, and predicts glorious results hereafter
from the caution of Meade combined with the
brilliant strategy of Grant. The Petersburg
Express suggests' that the Butcher has re
ceived an intimation from Washington, that
his wholesale slaughter must stop ; and that
as boundless as the resources of the Federal
Government have been supposed to be in msn,
under the style of fighting adopted by him
(Grant) at Spottsylvania Court House and
Cold Harbor, they will soon be, if they are
not already, exhausted.
A Blockade Runner Captured—Despe
rate REsfsTANCE. —Lieut. W. B. Eaton, com
manding the United States steamer Admiral,
writes from on board that vessel, off Velasco,
Texas, of tbe capture of the blockade runner
Isabel, while attempting to run into the port
of Galveston : “Tbe Isabel is a steamer of
much notoriety, having made upwards of twen
ty successful trips between Havana and the
ports of Mobile and Galveston. The chase
between the Admiral and the Isabel was an
arduous one. The night being dark, it wag
with great difficulty the Isabel could be kept
in sight, and her commander handled her
with great skill and desperate courage, not
surrendering until he kad received two broad
sides at short range, every shot hitting his
vessel, and the tire from the small arras of the
Admiral literally driving the men from the
wheel. One of the Isabel’s crew was badly
wounded, and it was found necessary to am
putate his left arm and three fingers of his
right hand.
Ihe Isabel is one of three steamers which
ran out of Galveston on the night of the 30th
of April last. She had a cargo of powder,
arms, Prussian caps and medicines. During
the chase she threw the powder overboard.
On the authority ot' a letter recently pub- j
tished in one of our religious papers, says the
•South t'-ro]i n j an , written by a distinguished i
Southern divine, no'T in New York, doubtless !
on parole, it was stated in one of the prayer j
meetings in that city, that there has not been i
a single conversion in the \ankee array since
the war began. <n ou" own, it haS been esti
mated that thousand* on thousands have
been converted. -•*
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A Washington correspondent says the offi-'
eial records of the military authorities show
that upward of one hundred and fifty female
recruits have been discovered and made to
resume the garments of war
Eighteen flat cars loaded with artillery and
wagons, captured by Forrest, arrived at Merid
ian on the 16th.
The hospitals at Washington are being
cleared of the slightly wounded, who will be
sent North. The capacity of the hospitals
has been and is being increased fifty per ct.
The number of wounded from the recent bat
tle fields in Virginia sent there is over thirty
thousand.
Geographical,. —Missouri, Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Texas and the newspaper correspond
ents all lie beyond the Mississippi- Some ot
the correspondents, as well as parts ot Louis
iana lie also on this side ol the great river.
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It is believed that the address or manifesto
recently adopted by both houses ot the Con
federate Congress, is from the pen of Hon.
Win. C. Hives, of Virginia.
4 Respectable Duped
; MARRIAGE ON A SHORT ACQUAINTANCE.
A letter from Palmyra (N. Y.) to the
Rochester Express, tells this curious stos
ry :
A remarkable (Leap Year) courtship
and marriage came off in our quiet vil
lage last week, resulting disastrously to
all the parties concerned. The whole
case is not so fully developed as to enable
6ne to give a full relation. It seems that
a Miss C. M., a highly respected young
lady of 20 years, had beep holding a cor*
respondence with a yov*ng officer in a mili
tary camp in New Jersey—who had sent
her an introductory letter vouching for
his respectability. Said letter was written
by an acquanitance of hers, who also was
an officer. Several letters passed, he
sending his photograph, and a request for
her photograph; all this was very plea3s
ant and honorable.
On Monday of last week a young and
rather prepossessing man of about five-and
twenty years, dressed in military clothing,
arrived, and called on the lady and ans
nounced himself as her dear correspond
! ent; he was cordially received as such by
| Miss C. M., notwithstanding the parties
failed to discover any similarity of like
ness between him and the photograph,
but this he explained to her satisfaction
by saying it was taken before he went in
to service three years ago. Monday and
Tuesday things went on lovingly, and he
visited the morning prayer meetings, sang
and spoke, and all were greatly edified
thereby. The account that he gave of
himself was that he had resigned about
four months previous, was now a Deputy
Provost Marshal, was at Vicksburg when
taken prisoner, an inmate of Libby Prison
eight months, and was in the Gettysburg
fight. On Tuesday night, much against
the will of parents and friends, they were
married. The next day he began to look
after some workmen to paint and paper
his new father-in-law’s house. His bar
gain with the painters was fair, showing
plenty of greenbacks, and offering to pay
down oa fulfilment of the contract. He
looked at a number of fine residences,
but failed to strike a bargain. In conver
sation with the clergyman who married
them, he stated that he had lost, on Main
street, SSOO, but being a stranger, and
having already gained some notoriety, he
would not advertise it—“he did not care
for the money.” He claimed to be the
owner of a farm of two hundred acres,
near Elmira. Friday afternoon, Mr. offis
cer, who had already assumed two or three
names; procured a carriage and horses of
Mr. Sweeney, of the Eagle, and rode out,
but did not, it seems, return as per agree
ment. In the morning a letter for the
bride, which was opened by the parents,
and found to be from her true correspon
dent, the owner of the photograph. This
document resulted in sending officers
Clark and Howe in pursuit of the team
and the deluded bride.
At Canandaigua he was arrested, iron>
ed and placed in durance vile, The eyes
of the late Mrs. C. M. being opened, she
upbraided him for his deceit, and declared
she would return home, which she did.
The young scamp had to be knocked
down before he would yield. To officer
Clark he confessed he was a deserter from
the army, and wished him to call the
Provost Marshal, preferring to fall into
his hands. Officer Clark deeming it pro
per to notify the Provost, did so.
I During the few moments absence, the
prisoner had wrenched off his irons, and
burnt such papers in his possession as he
thought proper. He is certainly a most
accomplished villain. The affair has
caused much excitement. It is due the
parents ot the misguided young lady to
say that they were opposed to the hasty
! marriage, and insisted on a week’s time,
but the couple were determined, and
threatened going somewhere else to have
the ceremony consummated, and fearing
that would make the affair more ridicu
lous, they reluctantly and fearfully con
sented.
From the Petersburg Express.
Affairs In Petersburg and Its
Vicinity.
A good many of our citizens, actuated by a
not very unnatural or unreasonable curiosity,
spent a portion of their time Tuesday, in
viewing Butler’s lofty observatory down the
river, at Cobb s. It can be seen very distinct
ly from some ot our house-tops and from the
eminences around the city. Being a decided
novelty in these parts, it is not wonderful
that it should attract the notice which it re
ceives. The purposes for which it was erected
are obvious enough, but not such as to cre
ate the slightest uneasiness, as there are no
guns mounted on its summit throwing shells
to a distance of seven miles. It is a harmless
military structure, serving only to gratify
the extreme and invincible Yankee propensity
for prying
Yesterday morning there was some little i
excitement arising from the report that the :
enemy were again advancing upon our city, j
and that skirmishing was going on at or near j
Jordan’s farm, some two or three miles below, j
What foundation there’ was for the report, we j
are not particularly informed at the hour we ;
are writing, (12 o’clock Wednesday; but to j
judge from the quiet in oup streets, we should ,
think that but little danger is apprehended. :
The forces which we have here are all m thru,
proper places, prepared to give the A ankees a j
proper reception, should they venture upon
another visit.
We know that Grant has shded his army ;
around from the Pamunky to the James, and j
that he can effect a landing on the South side
of that river, or the Appomattox, suould he ,
feel disposed in his desperate condition to try
the experiment. He has succeeded in doug
♦ ing Lee by & .nocturnal stampede lioni his j
York River base, but his great adversary s
eve is upon him as closely as ever, and he will
find himself vigorously confronted in any new
aggressive movement, in whatever direction
it may be made. He confessed to a defeat
when he slided down from the Wilderness
via Fredericksburg to the Pamunkey. When
he furtively abandoned the latter for the
* James, it was a double confession to the same
| effect. Gen. Lee is fully up to the game he
(Grant) is playing, has become thoroughly
acquainted with his military character, can
readily penetrate bis designs, and is as well |
prepared to baffle them as ever. He has fol
lowed him from the hills ot Spottsylvania to
the swamps of the Cliickaiiominy, confront
ing him at every step. He will continue to
follow him until he abandons his crazy en
terprise altogether, and retires from our wa
ters, as McClellan did,
Th&t his movements and intentions are
properly suspected and appreciated in Rich
mond and the requisite provisions made to
meet and frustrate them, we are assured by
, the Whig of yesterday, as will appear from
the following extract from the leading edi
torial :
It will now be Grant s effort to precipitate
alar ,r e body of his forces upon Petersburg,
which i.e may fancy of as much importance
: to Richmond as Grand Gulf was to \icks
i burg. Herein, he again errs; but to what
i extent we shall not be in haste to inform him.
. There are contingencies which may serve ere
long to enlighten him. aai that very sudden
ly. Around Petersburg, there are fortihca
tions superior to those which held Ulysses m
check for two months before Y icksburg. be
hind these works, there is no incompeten
leader with an army disgusted and dishear
tened at his imbecility. The first engineer of
the age and a field captain equal to any in
the world is there ; his troops have unbounded
confidence in him; he has proved them and
him on many fields ; he awakens enthu
siasm as none other can awaken it; and when
Grant comes in contact with him, he will find
another master, nay, two masters; for the
day which sees the bulk of Grant’s army on
the southside will find the two best heads, and
the twe bravest, purest and most magnani
mous hearts on this continent opposed to him;
and that will be a field day, indeed.
Grant’s soldiers compiain that they have
been forced into slaughter pens. Do they
wish a fair, open fight, with the odds two te
one in their favor ? Let them pitch their
picks and spades into James River and draw
out their line of battle en the southside.—
They shall have an entertainment which shall
satisfy the survivors for the remainder of their
natural lives. Our word for it, their appetite
for war will cease from that time.l
But they have enough of battle diet already.
Lieut. Russell assures us that they are tired
of butting their heads against fortifications,
and will gladly hail the day when they can
sit down and dig, while the batteries do their
fighting. If they prefer that game, let them
try it. The struggle will last a little longer,
but the end will be the same. In time and
blood, we shall ma)te them pay roundly for
every inch they gain ; and if, eventually, they
get possession of the Cockade city (an im
probable event,) they will have buried before
its walls twice as many men as Grant had in
the beginning of the campaign, and four times
as many as the Yankees can afford to lose.
[From the Richmond Sentinel.]
Victory over Sheridan
Enemy s Loss Fifteen Hundred—Hampton and
Fitz Lee in Pursuit-of the flying Yankees.
An officer who was wounded in the late
fight, and who left the command at 5 p. m. oa
Tuesday, furnishes us with the following par
iculars of the late glorious aehievment of ou r
cavalry :
Sheridan’s force consisted of Gregg’s and
Wilson’s divisions, (six brigades) numbering
between nine and ten thousand men, with four
pieces of artillery. The enemy marched through
Caroline county, over the Orange Spring road
from Polecat station on the Fredericksburg
railroad.
On Sunday, the lltk inst., skirmishing com
menced two miles this side of Trevillian s, a
station on the Central road, sixty seven miles
from Richmond. Fitz Lee attacked them in
the flank, this side of Louisa C. H., while
Hampton engaged them in front, immediately
on the railroad. The fight commenced about
ten o’clock a. m. At noon the enemy succeed
ed in throwing fifteen hundred men byMe
chanicsville, a small place near Trevillian’s,
capturing our wagon train, all the led horses
and a number of prisoners. Rosser’s brigade,
which was immediately ordered to the*Vescue
of the train, succeeded in re-capturing all the
horses and wagons, all the prisoners*, besides
capturing two hundred and fifty of the enemy.
Gen. Fitz Lee captured one hundred and fifty
prisoners, General Custar’s headquarters and
three pieces of artillery.
On Sunday, the 12th inst, Generals Hamp
ton and Fitz Lee, having united their divis
ions, the fighting again commenced, lasting
from Boon until nine o’clock at night. The
enemy charged our hastily constructed breast
works three times and were as often repulsed
with heavy loss. We drove them from the
field, and held possession of it.
At midnight, the enemy commenced retreat
ing in the same direction they had advanced,
leaving their dead and wounded in oar hands.
They left 87 wounded and six dead in the hos
pital at Trevillian’s, 57 in another
field hospital, and a large number at other
points.
On Sunday night we had 517 prisoners and
their estimated loss in killed, wounded and
prisoners was 1,500. Our informant counted
150 dead Yankees on the field. Among the
wouaded prisoners are two Lieut Colonels.—
The enemy are represented as demoralized,
without rations or forage, their horses bioken
down—6oo dismounted men were counted by
a citizen as they passed his house. Hampton
is pressing their rear, as rapidly as his jaded
horses can move, while Fitz Lee is endeavor
ing to cut them off. They have gone in the
direction of Ely’s ford, the lowest one on the
Rapidan, hoping to take the Rapidan and
Rappahannock, between then# and their pur
suers.
The officers captured say it was their inten
tion to strikeGoruonsvilleand Charloltesvllle,
destroy the public -buildings and stores, and
form a junction with Crook and Averill. —
They have been most signally defeated in their
vandal intentions.
Northern News.
General Grant was born in Clermont
county, Ohio, April twenty'.eight, 1822,
and is, consequently, years old.
Major General Buell has been muster
ed out of the volunteer service, having
refused to take a command under General
Canby.
The colored division of the Ninth
corps has not been with the Army of the
Potomac since it left the Wilderness.
Total number of guns on uli the harbor
defences of San Francisco, will, in a few
months, be nearly five hundred.
Major-General Foster has assumed
command of Hilton Head, &c.
General Shepley has been placed in
command of the department of Pastern
Virginia, embracing Fortress Monroe,
Norfolk, Portsmouth, York town and the
eastern shore.
Lincoln was invited, to attend the Grant
meeting at New York, June fourth. He
wx’ote, approving anything that would
strengthen General Grant and the armies,
hoping that the result of the meeting
would be men and guns to support them.
A slave owner in the Federal lines in
Virginia flogged bis female chattels, and
Yankee General Wilde had him tied, and
permitted the woman to repay the blows
with interest. The widow of the late
ex-president Tvler has written to Lincoln,
complaining of the act; she is indignant
that a Virginia gentleman should be
jflireated thus.
It is anticipated that the mortality in
Washington hospitals will be very great,
as a large portion of the cases are of men
so severely wounded _ that they were left
at Fredericksburg until they could be
moved on litters. Twenty-eight dead
were lying in one hospital to-day.
Remarkable Coincidences. —At Spottsyl
vania Court House, Brigadier General Henry
H. Walker, of Genera] A. F. Hill’s corps, lost
his foot.
In D. fl. Hill's attack upon the entrenched
camp at Bermuda Hundreds, Brig. Gen. Win.
, S. Walker was severely mounded in the foot,
and taken prisoner.
i Major General Wra. 11. T. Walker was shot
, through the foot in the recent engagement
near Dallas. Ga.. between Johnston and Gher
man.
| The commander of the Stonewall Brigade.
General Janies L. \Valker, was badly wounded
j in the great battle of May the 12th. when Ed
; ward Johnston’s division suffered considera
ble loss.
Gen. MarmaJuke killed, in a duel. General
Marsh .Valter, of Arkansas.
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Scouts from Ferguson's brigade, recently
captured five mail carrier? in Gen. Sherman’s
S army
2E115 RArHIG.
Reports of the Press Association,
Entered according to act of Congtoss in the year
1863. by J. S, Thrasher, in the Cl< rk s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
From Trans-Mississippi.
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Latest from the Georgia Front.
Interesting Northern News.
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Marietta, June 22.—The enemy attempted to
tur* our left this morning but were foiled.
Very vigorous shelling has been going on all
day in front of Hardee’s corps.
Two of the enemy’s lines of battle drove Har
dee’s pickets in. They were permitted to come up
when our batteries opened on them a terrific fire,
driving them back with much slaughter.
Meridian, June 22.—The Clarion has received
trustwortny information from Trans-Mississippi
that Gen. Dick Taylor has been released from du
ty at his own request, by Kirby Smith. Reason
unknown. *
There are 11,000 Yankees still at Morganza on
the Mississippi river.
Mobile, June 22.—A special to the Register &
Advertiser from Senatobia, state that Memphis
papers of the 18th say that Vallandigham suddenly
appeared at the Democratic Convention at Hamil
ton, Ohio, and was elected a delegate to the Chi
cago Convention: He urged discretion; Lincoln
might deprive him of life, and not again of liberty.
He has left for Dayton, and there are fears of
an outbreak there.
Speeches at the Convention pledged the Democ
racy of the State to defend Vallandigham and in
dividual rights under the Constitution.
From Louisiana. — The Mobile Tribuae has ad
vices from New Orleans to tlie 10th. The follow
ing is extracted from a letter dated at Brashear
City, June 7th
Berwick City, opposite Brashear, was partially
destroyed by fire a week or two ago. All the up
per portion was destroyed. No one seems to know
what was the origin of the tire.
Guerrilla bands are numerous on the west bank
of tbe Teche, and they frequently came down to
within a short distance of Berwick, but the country
has so long depredated upon by them, that little
injury can now be accomplished. They annoy the
Union pickets occasionally, but in ten er twelve
attempts which they have made to gobble some ®f
the boys, they have been invariably repulsed.
Not Easy.—From reliable informafifcoa re
ceived through gentlemen from the rear of our
army, we learn that the Yankees are not very
jubilant over their successes, so far, or very
hopeful for the future. Some of our cavalry
are still operating in their rear, and their sit
uation is becoming daily more unsatisfactory
to them. A gentlemen left Cone Spring, which
is sixteen miles from Rome, on Tuesday last.
So far the enemy have not required any one
to take the oath of allegiance to their Govern
ment, and whilst negroes are seduced from
their owners, so far their deportment has been
kind. Our people in th® overrun portion are
true and hopeful, having every confidence that
that portion of our State will yet. be redeemed
from Yankee rule. —Atlanta Register , 21s/.
Tbe Situation in our Front.
j Our lines extend across the Kenesaw
Mountain, in front of Marietta. Any further
information of the position, whether of the
right or left wings, would be indiscreet, in
consideration of the proximity of the enemy
and the facility for the transmission of news
across the line.
The enemy, abandoning his move against
our right by the Roswell route, is now shift
ing his forces to the left, in an effort to zig
zag as much closer as possible to the Chatta
hoochee. Thaf stream is now much swollen
by the recent heavy rains and is still rising.
Furloughed soldiers arrived here last even
ing from Campbelton, a few miles below, 011
the river, who left that point in apprehension
of a cavalry raid in that direction. They re
port that several citizens of Campbellton have
removed their families and household goods.
It is also reported that firing was heard the
other night in the direction of Salt Spring,
and Sweetwater Town, probably the result of
a collision between our cavalry on the out-
posts and a Yankee party of raiders.
On Saturday night a party of Yankee cav
alry came within eight mile3 of the Chatta
hoochee, no doubt on an expedition of recon
noissance.
At this writing all is quiet in front, save
! the occasional sharpshooting which has oc
curred daily since the Yankees approached
our positions in front of Marietta. —Southern
Confederacy, ‘l'ld.
Yankee Depredations in Alabama. —The
Mississippian learns by a letter from an intel
ligent gentleman at Gadsden, Alabama, under
date of th/e 13th instant, that the 17th army
corps (Fc/’lerals) passed through that section
of the State a short time since. - They left Ten
nessee river at Decatur, passing through Sum
merville, : Warrenton, Guntersville, Van Bu
ren, Blue; Pond, Cedar Bluff, to Rome, Geor
gia. In Cherokee county, Alabama, they com
mitted all manner of depredations. Their
force was variously estimated at from nine to
fifteen thousand. They had a large wagon
train, and took off' everything valuable they
could find. They drove off all the horses,
mules and cows, and shot down sows and pigs
too poor to eat. The poor people in the sec
tion through which the vandals passed are
left in a rriost deplorable condition. They are
without'njieat or bread, and without the means
ot obtaining the necessaries of life. Their
crops and; fencing have been destroyed, their
beds and furniture thrown in tlie wells and
weighted down with timber.
Federal Finances.
The following extract, from the Washington cor
respondent of the Herald, exhibits in the strongest
light the bankrupt condition of the Yankee Govern
ment. of the Government have been
run up from two millions per day, in 1362 and 1863,
to four millions per day in 1864 :
Owing to the largely increased expenses of the
Government, officially announced by Mr. Chase, in
his proposal’s for the new loan, it is estimated that
four millions a day will hardly be sufficient to meet
the accumulating requisition upon the Treasury.—
The causes of this great increase of expenditures are
apparant. The total number of men called out tor
the army under the proclamations, up to
this time, is 2,139,000.
Added to this source of expense is the navy, in
cluding five hundred and eighty-eight vessels aid
forty-four thousand seamen. The loans and liabili
ties authorised by acts of Congress, which are now
nearly all exhausted, amount to two thousand sev
en hundred and seventy four millions nine hundred
and twelve thousand eight hundred nnd eighteen
dollars. During the year 1862 and 1863 the expenses
of the Government did not exceed two millions per
day; but they have now been run up to four millions
daily by the increase of prices, aswell as of the army
and navy, and interest on the public debt. It is
thus found that the receipts from revenue, internal
tax and subscriptions to the ten forty bonds are in
adequate to: the daily requirements of the treasury.
Unless the loans fail, the Secretary will not prob
ably resort to the further issue of non-interest bear
ing notes ; but he is obliged to continue the issue of
five per cent legal tenders, and it is understood that
inn few days six per cent, legal tenders, now being
printed, will be substituted. It is not believed that
these notes will materially inflate prices. They will
necessary form a large part of our currency until
about six months interest shall have accrued, when
it is expected that .by compounding interest they
will be retired from circulation. It is yei to be as
certained whether this process of adding to the pub
lic debt will avoida further inflation of the currency.
It is not deemed expedient to create a stringent
money market, as that would unavoidably keep
jhese.notes afloat much longer than an easy ene. —
The five percents, with from three to six months in
terest accrued, are now paid to the army, and cir
j culate as currency as freely as the ordinary legal
1 tenders. *
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Douglas Ambulance Comnlittee
Will leave for the Army this (THURSDAY) even
ing, and respectfully solicit contributions of un
cooked provisions, vegetables, Ac.
F. S. CHAPMAN.
Vice President.
C. G. Holmes, See’y.
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Consignees per M. & P. R. R.—June 23.—Capts
Cothran and Cook, LMaj Allen, Maj Humphries,
Palice Mills, J M Watt, Dr M Woodruff, Powell, F
& Cos., Eagle Factory, S Green, D H Fowler, Gam
mell, L W Rasdol, G H Hargraves, T H Spear, F M
Gibson, Judge Echols, J D Nance, Biadford and
Snow, Hughes & H, D W Adams, Warnock A Cos,
The Union Prayer Meetings. —lt will b® re
membered that the daily Union Prayer Meetings
ase still ia progress, and ar® being held this week
at St. Paul's (new) Methodist Church. We are
sorry to learn from the ministers that these meet
ings have been but thinly attended for some time,
owing we presum® to the late inclement weather.
It is unnecessary to assure our readers that the
same exigencies which called these meetings into
being still exist, and prayer is as much a necessity
now as over. We are still beleaguered by immense
armies in Georgia and in Virginia, and at any
moment the blow is liable to fall which is to strike
off our shackles, or send among us a horde of un
principled foes. The lives of our loved ones hang
suspended on the issue, and their souls are in dan
ger of being hurled without a moment’s warning
into the presence of the august Judge of quick
and dead. As to the power and efficacy of prayer,
the Christian world all agree. As long as Abram
importuned, the guilty cities of the plain were
spared; while Jacob wrestled, Heaven lent a lis
tening ear. In obedience to prayer the sun stood
still. When Moses prayed, guilty Israel was
spared. As long as the hands of Moses were up
held, Israel prevailed. In answer to prayer Hez
ekiah’s life was spared. The prayer of the church
shall raise the sick. From the righteous, prayer
availeth much. Many more instances es its effica
cy might be given. Then remember the daily
prayer meetings for the country. Nobody was
ever yet charged with praying too much when of
fered in spirit and truth.
The Impressment of Negroes. —Several hun
dred negroes have been impressed during the last
day or two by the Commandant of the Post here
in virtua of authority from Gen. Johnston, -to be
sent to the front to work on fortifications. We
have not seen so much excitement among the
brethren of African ’scent in many a day. They
have bean lifted by the military wherever found*
and we saw very few of the tribe in circulation
yesterday afternoon. If there he any that have
not been “nabbed,” they deem it imprudent and
unhealthy to show themselves. It has been amu
sing in many cases to observe the astonishment
visible on the phizzes of these sable gentry when
informed that Gen. Johnston wanted them, and
some have been frightened nearly out of their
wits by the belief that they were to take up arms
and go in rather close proximity to gunpowder.—
The Ethiope sistering have come in also for thoir
share of the excitement. The fact that “'hubby’*
was to figure among the dramatis persons of mili
tary heroes didn’t set well on their “stummicks,”
and many an anxious enquiry was afloat as to
what all this ado was about. The masters, too,
were taken aback, and some who ordinarily were
supposed t© have negroes, when it come to the
pinch couldn’t think of “ary” one, except a crip
ple, an exempt, or something of that sort. The
first instalment of about two or three hundred
were sent off yesterday, to he followed we sup
pose by others to-day. Some of the uegroes took
this “joke” in good glee, and went off in fine
spirits.
‘ Good News. —The b«st news we have to com
municate this morning, (and we don’t know that it
can be considered news, unless some of our read
ers have been asleep during the last twenty-four
hours) is that the bad spell of weather appears to
be broke —whether it broke empty or full handed
we know not, but would infer the former from the
quantity of rain that kas recently fallen. Be this
as it may, yesterday up to the hour of writing
was a delightful day—the sun shining out beauti
fully, a fine breeze in circulation, the streets fast
drji*g, the ladies coming out from their lurking
places, and everybody feeling more comfortable
than for some time. But we reckon we had better
not brag too much till ;We see how the pleasant
c hange holds out, for it might rain again before
this paragraph sees the light, and our reaction in
feeling might prove fatal.
Off Again. —lt will he seen that the Columbus
Ambulance Corps leaves for the front again this
afternoon and solicits contributions of uncooked
provisions, vegetables, Ac., for the sick and
wounded. Let their wants be amply met by our
citizens, as it is most important that they be ena
bled in a proper manner*to fulfil the ends of their
noble mission. This corps, as well as others, has
been of immense benefit to the suffering soldier*,
and we trust that the bless ings of many that were
ready to perish may be heaped upon them.
♦ ’ ♦
Phelps in Want. —We wera always afraid
Billy Phelps would come to want. Sure enough
he has, and by reference to advertisement it will
be seen that his wants aro numerous. Well,
friend Phelps, many others have come to want, to
whom the idea is most abhorrent. Want has
straitened us all, and poverty can lower the prowdr 1
est crest.
That miserable renegade Andy Johnston, came \
very near losing his “light” in Nashville the other
day. A drunken Yankee officer fired at him with
a pistol, the ball grazing the skin and going through
his coat.
We are indebted says the Prairie News, to Prof.
M. E. Bacon, for the following statistics of the bat
tle of Tishomingo Creek, which he obtained fro in ;
Gen. Forrest's Chief Quartermaster :
Yankees killed 11,000 : wounded 1,500; captured
2,000. Also 200 wagons, 50 ambulances, 19 pieces of
artillery with caisons. 500 mules, 100 horses, 500,- i
000 rounds small arm ammunition; 10,000 rounds !
cannon ammmunijdon, 5,000 stand small arms.
20,000 lbs. pilot bread ; 50 barrels sugar; i.30 sacks j
of coffee; $200,000 worth of medicines; ten barrels
of whisky, and shovels, spades, axes, carpenters
tools Ac., Ac., in large numbers.
Lincoln, when verbally informed of his renomi
nation, replied : “I know no reason to doubt that I ,
shall accept the nomination tendered, and yet, per
haps, I should not declare definitely before reading
and considering what is called the platform.”
Losses in Virginia.— The Virginia army cor.
respondent of the Mobile Advertiser and Register,
writes as follows: “I ihave endeavored to-day to
obtain an official statement of our casualties on the
3d, but did not succeed. I learned enough, however
to venture to say that they do not exceed 1000; and
that in all the engagements, skirmishes and picket
firing that have occurred since we left Hanover
Junction, they do not exceed 2000. The loss of the
feuemy is probably ten times as great—say 20,000.”
What Texas Women are Doing. —A private
letter from a lady in Texas says: “Since I com
menced making cloth, I have made 2,700 yards for
myself and 300 for others. The girls dress in home
spun and like it.” Three cheers for the fair daugh
ters of Texas.
The enemy have sunk five vessels inTreni's Reach
on the James river, to prevent our iron-dads ;rom
descending the river and attacking their fleet.—
Below the obstructions and in the Reach, there are
ten steamer behind the monitors.
Management of Govsenu-v r -
Montgomery correspondent of the Mobile V"’
IV CSIStCr ; Writes t 0 that i’ourna! under '
of the 14th mst : By some sort of bad luck 0 r K t
nmnagement, a large amount of Government W
has been exposed to the heavy rains of the p^,
ff w Hu * c . pJcsof sacks, filled with this staple -
life, were to be seen lying at the wharf yesteG ‘
mornrng, soaking wet. and we understand there t
a largo number xn the same condition at the ra
road depot. This is unfortunate, to say the least i*
it, and it does seem that such evil - m i ght h '
bee* prevented by proper diligence an<i precaution
This ,3 no time to throw away, or permit to be w/
People” S ° neCdfUl f ° r ° Ur ami?3
DIED,
At the the residence of Augusta Rm w
t la ” °v.° tho ' llth iDst -> Annie Bloust, oahf
child of Joseph G. and Maria L. Blount, aged Iv
years, ’ ‘ * *- r
A sweet flower that had been nursed with tender
est care, and had shed a grateful fragrance for sir
short years in its earthly garden, has withered Iroa
human sight only to be transplanted hence, 'and
bloom in immortal beauty in the paradise of God
My beautiful! my only one!
I’ve lain thee down to rest,
And lightly crossed thy lily hands
Above thy marble breast.
Thy little heart is pulseless now.
With all its wealth of love;
Its hying spirit was so pure,
God called it up above.
“PHELPS’ WANTS,*
WANTS to exchange for and on account of Mi
Chickens* Hospita ’ Sheeting for Butter. Egg; a;ii
WANTS to exchange Cotton Cards (Whitemore’-
T F for Country Produce or cash.
WANTS to exchange 400 lbs. choice Sugar for in»
kind of country produce or sell it for cask ‘
to exchange Nails for Bacon er Flour.
WANTS to sell 1000 Confederate Cups and lo* 5'
Pitchers.
WANTS to sell three gross Confederate <;; a <s
iumblers or exchange for country produce.
WANTS to sell at wholesale or retail fine a?son
1 T ment smoking and chewing Tobacco.
W to £ cll or exchange for country pro! ; ,
11 Cooking Soda.
One Dozen Japanned Waiters,
One Dozen Glass Goblets and Cut 1 ; .
Tumblers,
10 Dozen Glass Gallon Jars, suitable for
Pickles and Preserves.
W. H. 11. PHELPS.
114 Broad Street.
June 23 dotwlt
Southern Mechanics’ Union.
The Southern Mechanics Union will meet at tin
room of the Vice President, J A Colvin, in the Mj
sonic Building, this, Thursday evening, at eight
o’clock.
By order of the President
ISAAC G. DENSON.
June 22—It . Sec’y
Wanted to Purchase.
A SMALL HOUSE of four or five rooms, also
il second-hand Buggy and Harness. Address sta
ting terms, X, Y.
je 23 3t* Times Otfi ji.
NOTICE!
.Headquarters Post, <
Columbus, Ga., June 21, 1864. )
The following dispatch has just been received a
these Headquarters :
Atlanta, June 21st.
Commandant Post, Columbus, Ga.
Ge n eral Johnston orders that you immediately
proceed to impress every able bodied negro man
within your reach, and send them on first train to
this place to-day. Let the impressment be prompt
and thorough. Each negro will bring with him
blanket, and either an axe, shovel or pick, and 'suf
ficientjcooking utensils. They will not be require,
longer than a week.
(Signed,) M. J. W.RIGHT,
Brigadier Genera!.
The citizens of Columbus and the vicinity, arc ur
gently requested to respond promptly, and repo:
their names to the Provast Marshal.
GEO. O. DAWSON,
Major, Commanding Post.
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1(1 GOODS ! ! M GOODS!!!
AT
Mrs. DESSAU’S.
FROM THE LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT
_A_uiguista, Ga.
The goods are all superior to what i*
offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower
than lately. In the assortment can b
found :
Ladies’ Hew Oats,
Hew ISoiiiict Ribbons.
New Belts,
Bobinet Musquito Netting.
Tucking! mid Dressing Combs.
Ladies’ Iloser},
Three y’ds wide Linen Sheeting
Superior Bleached Shilling.
Printed Jackonets,
Ginghams,
English and French Calicoes,
Bombazine, Alpacas,
Elegant Leroes.
GA LL .A-ItTE SEE.
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Notice to Gas Consumers.
Ail parties usuing Gas who have not settled ui
their bills for the last Quarter, are notified that un
less payment is made before the last of this nun
the Gas will be cut off said premises.
We are in need of money and.cannot carry on
works without it.
By order of the President.
C. E. DEXTER.
je 2l 5t Treasurer.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE LADIES!
GRE ITREDIXTIOA of I»RIC I>
IN
DRY-OOOI>S *
JUST RECEIVED A FRESH ASSORTMENT )F
:o:R/Y--a-oo:Ds,
Ladies’ French Kid Gaiter*
and Fancy Cassimers,
Which I offer for sale from 50 to 100 per cent. •-
low former prices. B. JACKSON
Columbus, Ga., June 21 dim.
W AREHOI St.
COTTON STORAGE.
YU E have room to store several hundred baies Co'
“ ton. Send forward. KING ALLE--
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AKTIOV
JOHN C^YTXUSr.
AN Thursday the 23d in.~t., at 11 o'clock in from o
my auction room, I will sell
•20 Itoxes «l Tobacco.
Modern Grade. Five dollar bills taken at par. IU
is the last chance to invest $5 bills and save the
count.
je 21 tus ______
WANTED.
-TO exchange SUGAR for SPRING CHICKEN'
I at the rate of two pounds of Sugar for tare-
Chickens. The Sugar is a splendid article— aw-’ :i
superior to any that can now be found in this m > ‘
ket. I will exchange much as 50 pounds in ' J '
above manner. Fop further information a Pi?; 7
the Times Office. iel l .' ti'