Newspaper Page Text
Mhe Mimes. ;
J. W. WIRRES, - - - Editor.
Monday Morning, June 27,1864.
Editorial Accession.—' The Atlanta Regis
ter ?P,Q9unces th« accession to its ali«adyaMq
editorial corps of Major Charles H. Smith /bet
ter knovrn throughout the Sq’itU the inim"
itable BILL ARP. Wt Congratulate our
cotemporary upon tUi* magnificent acquisi
tion, and wish success to our friend
in his oeif fi; e 'ld of labor.
At an caily hour yesterday forenoon, (says
the Wilmington Journal, 23d) we learn that
the Petersburg and Weldon read was struck
by a raiding party at Rheims’ depot, 10 miles
from Petersburg. Up to the present writing,
Wednesday p. m., we have received no direct
telegraphic announcement of the fact. At
about the time wherr the railroad is reported
to have been struck, the wires between this
point and Petersburg ceased working, which
seems to confirm the report.
Stirring times were expected on yesterday
in the vicinity of Petersburg, not depending
upon the option of the enemy. Whether tbi3
expectation was correct, or what was the re
sult of any movemeut made remains as yet in
doubt.
Busker Hill CelebkaTion.— Last Friday ;
the lVih, being the anniversary of the battle
of Bunker Hill, (says the Richmond Dispatch)
Hancock, who is a genuine descendeni of the
Pilgrim fathers, undertook to celebrate it in
grand style by an assault upon our lines be
low Petersburg. Gen. Beauregard, who i3
understood to be one of the most courteous
gentlemen in the world, resolved to give his
visitors at least a suitable welcome, and hav
ing no doughnuts at hand, he substituted
grapeshot and Minie bails. Apparently, they
thought this was carrying politeness rather
too far. And so they left him, without thank
ing him for his hospitality, 01 even so much
as taking their leave. About three hundred,
who were unable to resist the kind solicita
tions of their host, remained behind, and a
still greater number, overcome by the festivi
ties, were unable to take themselves off.
Bread and Meat.— We have seen (says the
Richmond Whig) a letter from an officer who
ha3 recently travelled, on official business per
taining to the Quartermaster’s department,
almost over the State of Alabama, and also a
large portion of Mississippi, He reports that
the crop of wheat now being harvested is ex
cellent, not injured by rust, and that the yield
will be very great. The growing crop of corn
promises an abundant yield.
From the same writer we have “a low esti
mate” of the bacon tithe in seven States east
of the Mississippi, the aggregate being 21,-
000,000 lbs. This quantity, together with
that which may be purchased and imported,
and the beef supply, will unquestionably
prove sufficient to feed the army until the
next hog crop is cured. If the tithe of bacon
amounts to 21,000,000 pounds, what is the
aggregate quantity in the Confederate States ?
Georgia Ladies Imprisoned at Fortress
Monroe.— The Mobile Advertiser says, a lady
of Mobile who, visiting her relatives at Nor
folk, was thrown into prison at Fortress Mon
roe by Beast Butler, has been released.—
Among the ladies imprisoned there, she re
ports the names of Miss Amy F. Cornick and
Miss Ramsey of Norfolk, and Miss Gudbee
and Miss Kate Davison, of Milledgeville. The
friends of the two last, she believes, are ig
norant of their situation.
* * ♦
How Giddings Died. —A Northern telegram
gives some particulars of the death of the
noted Abolitionist Joshua R. Giddings.—
He was engaged in a game of billiards
at the St. Lawreac? Hall with Mr. Pelk
man,when be suddenly complained of weak
ness • and sat down on a sofa. Dr. Turner and
Dr. Patton, both living at the St. Lawrence
llall, and Dr. Sutherland, were promptly by
hi3 side, but he at once became insensible,
and expired in a few moments.
A Little Republican Testimony.
The Boston Post clearly epitomizes tho testimony
of leading Republican authorities, showing corrup
tion and weakness on the part of the Federal ad
ministration. Mr. Philips says only five United
States Senators are in favor of Mr. Lincoin’3 re
election, and among those aro not Messrs. Sumner
and Wilson. Blair, on the floor of Congress.'accuses
the Secretary of the Yankee Treasury of gross mis
deeds—says the department is rotten with corrup
tion, and that this is so palpable the friends of Mr.
Chase dare not call for investigation. Fremont de
clares that he has been badly used by the adminis
tration, and pouts. The Gratz Brown radieals
smite the President as Sanson did the Philistines,
hip and thigh, and often with* the same weapon.—
Banks is derided by the Republicans of Massachu
setts ! Hale said, in his seat, he thought the liber
ties of the country were in more danger from the
profligacy that waspracticed upon the treasury than
they were from the “rebels in the field.” The
Springfield Republican asks, “Is lying a vice inhe
rent in republican institutions, or merely iacidenta
to Mr. Lincoln's administration ?” Thaldeus Ste
vens says, if the Government goes on expending
money at the present rate, the people will be in
volved in one general bankruptcy and ruin. Thur
low Weed writes Albany Evening Journal:
.“Until the administration thor ghly sifts and
probes the iniquities of the Now York customhouse,
the treasure and blood shall continue to flow, by
millions and in rivers, while its own officials are
playing into the hands of the enemy.” Mr. Pome
roy says that should Lincoln be re-elected the affairs
of the country will go from bad to worse in his
hands, and the war wiil languish until the public
debt will be overwhelming. Boutweil denounced
the Baboon President’s plan of reconstruction;
charges him wl i acting without law,
and Miss Dickenson boxes the ears of Seward to the
evident delight of a Republican multitude who hang
upon her words as the bee upon the flower.
Caors.—The Canton, Miss., Citizen says that
though a superabundance of rain has fallen wifhin
the past week, it is glad to learn from planters that
HO material damage has been done to crops. The
weather faired off just in time to save tho wheat
from great injury. Blackberries and the outside
crops generally are now doing splendidly.
A SriXAL Fluted NaiL.—The London Builder
says a company has been formed to bring into prac
tical use a spiral fluted nail, recently invented in
England. They are fluted and twisted in a machine
and aro manufactured as cheap as common nails.
The holding qualities of the nails are remarkable:
no holes are required to be made before driving those
of the largest size, and there is no danger of the
board splitting, however near .to the edge the nail
is driven. The spiral point oausos the nail to re
volve as it advances, and its tenacity of holding i3
eqdal to that of a wood screw,
Lcgo, the Set.—Lugo, the Spy, and onee the
protege Secretary Mallory, has been eourt mar
tialed, and it is said, sentenced to bo hung, his ex
ecutionbeing delayed on accountof a serious illness
by which he is now eoniined to hospital.
Tfie Value soulliera Colton,
as Estimated by a Yankee
A correspondent Baad3 the Chronicle and
Sentinel the following, clipped from an old
number of the Yankee pictorial known a3
Harper's Weekly, dated November 13, 1358.
It ii quite refreshing, nowadays, to hear the
Yankee talk about “our cotton” :
WHAT COTTON IS DOING FOR US.
Many reliable estimates set down the cotton
crop of the United Stntes this year at the high
figure of 3,500,000 bales. It is coming to
market much earlier than usual. The receipts
at Southern porta are 250,000 (ii round num
bers) in advance of the receipts of last and
other average years of same date. So large
have been the arrivals at Charleston, Savan
nah, Mobile and New Orleans, that specie has
been shipped from New York, to the South,
to bay bills on England more cheaply than
they can be had here. The price is satisfac
tory. And, considering the condition of Eu
rope ; peace everywhere; prosperity m Ger
many, Ireland, Spain, and other countries
which have often lately been in the deepest
distress; a large accumulation of money at
the financial centries; a fair prospect that
new markets for European manufactures will
be open in China, Japan, British Columbia
and elsewhere; there is no reason to expect
that the price will decline.
In an article published some months back
in this journal, we showed that in the most
active commercial year the United States ever
knew—lßs6—the cotton of the South was our
chief stand by and set off against the enor
mous consumption of foreign good3 in the
great cities and throughout the country. But
for the copious supply of cotton, and the high
price it commanded, the United States would
have incurred a debt to the foreign world
which it would have taken years to discharge.
It seem3 now that the cotton crop is going
to be the means of setting the trade of the
country on its legs again. Our other great
staple—bread stuffs—is in an unpromising
condition. Excellent harvests have been the
rule throughout Europe, and the price of all
kinds of breadstuffs rules so low that it is es
timated that a loss of at least a million of
dollars has been incurred by the parties who
sent breadstuffs to New York this fall. At
present rates—and they are likely to un
changed for some months —flour and v heat
cannot be sent abroad and sold so as to repay
the producer in the West.
Our cotton, on the contrary, if the crop
fulfills present expectations, will not only no
bly reward the planter, but will go a long
way toward liquidating the debt we iri *
curring to Europe for dry goods and foreign
manufactures, more than this; the
ceipts at the Southern ports, by suggest ng
shipments of specie from New York have giv
en trade the first wholesome it has
had since the revulsion. The feur or five
millions of specie we have sent to the South
were worse than useless in our bank vaults
here. In the South they will be eminently
useful. They will generate and feed traffic
throughout the Southern country. And com
ing back to us, as they will by various chan
nels through the South and West, they will,
on their journey, serve usefully to restore
credit and foster wholesome commercial en
terprise. The revival of trade will hereafter
be dated from the early fall receipts of cotton
at the South, and the movement in specie
which they occasioned.
Proclamation to the People of
Georgia
Headquarters, 1
Atlanta. June 24tli, 1864. /
lam informed by the old men* in different
parts of the State that there are occasional
instances of military and civil officers who
have failed to report at Atlanta as directed
by order contained in ray Proclamation on the
subject. The 14th Section of the Act of 14th
December, 1863, to reorganize the. Militia de
clares: That any militiaman ordered into ac
tive service, whether by order of the Govern
or, or upon requisition from the President of
the Confederate States, who shall fail or re
fuse after due notice to enter said service, or
being therein, shall leave the service without
permission, shall be liable to be tried and pun
ished as a deserter, and subject to all the pains
and penalties imposed upon deserters in the
Rule3 and Articles ofWar, for the government
of the army of the Confederate States.
That those who have refused to enter the
service when ordered, mav=be compelled to do
30 or suffer the penalties in said
Act contained, I hereby direct all Aids de-
Camp who are ordered to the discharge of
their duty at home, or at home on leave of
absence, and all persons belonging to the Di
vision of Militia who are absent on furlough
or detail to see that all such officers able to
do duty are arrested and sent without delay
to the Headquarters of Maj. Gen. Smith, com
manding the Division. For this purpose the
Aids de-Camps are authorized to order any of
the non-commissioned officeis* or reserved
militia to make such arrests and convey such
persons to the Division Headquarters.
As the Judges of the Supreme, Superior,
and Inferior Courts, Ordinaries, Solicitors Gen
erals, Sheriffs, Clerks of the Superior and In
ferior Courts, Tax Collectors and Receivers,
Reporter and Clerk of the Supremo Court, and
members and officers of the General Assembly
are by the Statue of the State exemptfrom
militia duty, I earnestly request them to aid
in arresting and sending to Gea. Smith all
militia officers who have not reported, and all
civil officei‘3 under fifty years of age who are
subject to militia duty, and have failed to re
port. The fact thata civil or militia officer is
exempt from Confederate conscription by rea
son of his having given the bond a3 owner of
fifteen hands, a3 provided by Act of Congress,
or for other cause, does not exempt him from
State militia service.
When the officers subject have generally
obeyed the call and repotted, justice requires
that others equally subject shall not be per
mitted to disregard it with impunity. The
crisis has not passed. The exigency requires
every man at the front able to bear arms who
can possibly leave home, and I again invite
all such, including the large cias3 of able bod
ied men who have Confederate details in the
various departments, many of whom it is be
lieved can be spared for a short period with
out detriment to the service, to rally to the
defence of the State till the emergency is
passed
Joseph E. Beown.
All Railroads in the State will transport
prisoners with guard—not exceeding two per
sons—on the way to Atlanta; and each Daily
Paper ia the State is requested to give thi3
one insertion and charge accordingly.
1 time. J. E. B.
The Futility of Conquest
From the Milwaukee News.]
Two years ago we drove the rebels out of
the entire country surrounding Paducah.
That section is now all occupied by the rebel
General Forrest. Immediately after General
Grant advanced into West Tennessee, and du
ring the summer of 1862, conquered the whole
of that region ; it is now almost entirely in
rebel hands. The same summer, desperate
battles wore fought at Corinth, luka and
Hatchie, and in every struggle victory crown
ed our arms ; but every one of these points is
in undisputed possession of the enemy. In
the fail of the year, Gen. Grant occupied La-
Grange, in Tennessee, Holly Springs and Ox
ford, in Mississippi, and the crossing of
Yocoaey river, some twelve miles south of
Oxford, while his cayalry was thrown for
ward nearly to Grenada ; the whole of this
territory is now abandoned. At the same
| time our forces held possession of all the
country eastward to the line of the Mobile k
Ohio railroad, which is also of course in un
disputed possession of the enemy.
A year ago this winter and spring our army
; took possession of the country back of Lake
j Providence, also of nearly all the region be
! tween the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers; aft
erwards ocenpied Jackson and Canton, Missis
| sippi; in tha summer we arranged for the
J permanent occupation of the territory east of
; Vicksburg and between the Big 31aek and
1 Yazoo river*, about the same time our troops
were pushed westward from Vicksburg and
Louisiana, routing the enemy from the entire
vicinity, a distance of from seventy to one
hundred miles. Every square foot of the ter
ritory described is now surrendered. In short,
from Cairo to New Orleans, ia.the Mississippi
proper, the Federal flag, as we are informed,
does not float over a single inch of territory
out of the range of gunboats on the river, and
no loyal man is known to live in any portion
of the territory mentioned as conquered but
now surrendered.
A Sensible C onclusion.
The New Yerk Times has at last found eut that
even if Richmond were taken, it would not end
the war. This amazing discovery is the result of
three years' study and observation. The rebel
lion is no longer to bo speedily crushed. “It is
only thi3 year,” quoth the- Times, “that a very
considerable portion of the public has thoroughly
wakened up to the fact that, owing to the enor
mous extent of the territory we seek to conquer,
the occupation of places is of comparatively little
value. Os course, some places, such as the Capi
tal of the Confederacy haTO more value than others.
The loss of Richmond would be a heavy blow and
a great discouragement to the enemy; but it
would be simply a moral blow. It would be a
mortification, but unless it was an indication of
weakness, it would be nothing mere.” The Times
then concedes that our people have suffered too
much to be appalled by “moral blows,” and that
if Richmond were taken, and Lee’s army allowed
to march Southward without much damage, “there
is no question whatever we should not have made
much progress. He would hold out in North Car
olina or Georgia, conscript and impress supplies,
and fight on as before, and we should have to fol
low him for hundreds of miles, slowly, continuous
ly, and with difficulties of all kinds steadily in
creasing the further we penetrated into the inte
rior and away from our base.”
This is a sage conclusion, though whether it i*
announced in consequence of an apprehension that
Richmond cannot be taken, and that something
must be said to console the Northern fox for the
loss of the grapes, wo cannot pretend to guess.—
But whatever the motive of the announcement, it
is none the less true. Supposing Grant to take
Richmond and not to takes Lee’s army, how long
would it take to conquer the South ? After Grant
had taken Pemberton, he was unable to follow
Johnston’s little force more than forty miles. Af
ter he had overwhelmed Bragg’s inferior forces,
he was driven back in hi3 first attempt to follow
up his success. Gen. Lee would fall back and
fight, whilst guerrillas would swarm in multitudes
upon Grant’s whole line of supplies. It t is, there
fore, of the last importance to Grant that he
should capture Lee’3 army, and we may calculate
with confidence that nothing less than this has
been-and i3 his design, and that no effort or strat
egern will be left untried for that purpose.
We hare no fears for Richmond, not the slight
est, nor any reveroncefor Grant as a great Gene
ral. His object being the capture of Richmond
and Gen. Lee’s army, what evidence of general
ship was there in permitting Lee to strip him es
seventy-five thousand men on his way to Rich
mond by thß Rapidan, when by adopting at once
McClellan’s movement on the Peninsula he could
have saved that immense force and thrown it be
tween Lee and the South ? Would not the seven
ty-five thousand men he has lost by coming on that
famous line which he vowed would stiek to if it
took all summer be very convenient now to move
upon the rear of Petersburg, a movement which he
may intend still to make, and which, if he were a
great General, he would hare provided for by
placing there that immense host which he has
made food for Confederate rifles. The Times may
make itself easy. We do not think that either
Richmond or Gea. Lee’s army is ever destined to
become the prey of Yankees. — Richmond Dispatch.
A Heroine. —An incident illustrative of fe
male courage and danger occurred in this
city on Wednesday morning last, which is
worthy of being recorded. Between 2 and 3
o’clock on that morning, a widow lady resid
ing on Fenwick street was awakened from her
slumbers by the noise of someone entering
the house. Arising from her bed she hastily,
but noiselessly dressed herself, and seizing a
piece of an old chisel—being unable to find a
pistol which she had in the house—she pro
ceeded in the direction of the noise, and dis
covered the intruder to be a large sized burley
Negro man! Nothing daunted, our heroine
presented the piece of chisel at the Negro’s
breast, and demanded his immediate and un
conditional surrender. Quailing before the
firmness and evident determination of the
brave lady, he complied with her demand ;
whereupon she ordered him to go with her,
and actually led him to the jail at 3 o’clock
yesterday, morning, when she delivered him
oTer to our worthy jailor Mr. T. C. Bridges !
Our friend was so astonished at the bravery
and daring of the lady that he told her to take
his hat or anything that was in the jail. Thi3
brave woman had no one with her in the
house at the time of this occurrence; and
presented an example of cool courage and
undaunted bravery, which should commend
itself to others who may be unfortunately
placed in a similar unpleasant situation.
[ Augusta Constitutionalist.
Chinese Jews. —A recent discovery' h.as
brought to light the fact that Jews are very
numerous in China. A Jewish officer in the
British navy estimates them at one million.
It was by mere accident that this community
of Oriental China Jews was discovered. The
officer referred to went up one of their rivers
and observed a large town or eity. He was
not at first cordially received; but, finally,
obtaining an interview with the chief he land
ed under his protection, and found, to his as
tonishment, an immense population of Jews.
— ♦ ♦ ♦
A lady friend who has been very successful
in making blackberry wine, has furnished the
following recipe for an exchange :
Bruise the berries thoroughly, and add to
each gallon of berries (which must be meas
ured before bruising) two quarts of hot
water. Let thi3 set all night; then strain off
the juice through a cloth. To each gallon of
strained juice, add one and a half pounds of
sugar, and put in a vessel loosely corked to
ferment. After fermentation, it must be corked
tightly. Some persons put in powdered char
coal, tied in a cloth, to purify it.
Raymond on Gen. Lee.
The “Little Villian” of the NewYork Times
is laboring to achieve a peculiar noteriety by
a defamatory attack upon the ancestry and
character of Gen. Lee. Thi3 is a much more
agreeable process to persons of Raymond’s
calibre than attacking Gen. Lee with ball and
bayonet. Raymond i3 evidently of opinion
that the pen is mightier than the sword. If
Grant can’t fight Lee out of Richmond, per
haps Raymond can write him out. A pro
digious whopper, shot out of the Times’ long
range cannon, at the safe distance of New
York, is the exact description of weapon sui
ted to the capabilities of the nimble heeled
varlet, whose memorable flight from Solferiao
made him the laughing stock of the world. We
dont’t know what measures Gen Lee proposes
to take in vindication of his honor. The spec
ific charge brought against our beloved Chief
tain by Raymond is mendacity. He accuses
Gen. Lee of falsehood in his bulletins. If
Gen. Lee has one virtue more predominant
than any other, it is truthfulness. Bat per
haps Raymond, after all, may design to be
complimentary. Lying in Yankeedom has
been elevated to one of the fine art3. To swear
they have been victorious when they have
been defeated in an indispensable accom
plishment of a Yankee General. We mu3t,
however, disclaim for the Confederate Gener
al any such distinction. He is a plain and
practical man, who is more willing to let dted3
speak for him than words, and whose deeds
will probably live in history several years af
ter Raymond’s existence i3 .forgotten.
• —i
An Effort to Break up the Cabinet.—Un
der this head a dispatch from Washington of a late
date says:
A determined effort is being made to oust Messrs.
Biair and Bates from tha Cabinet. The more rad
ical of the dominant party 'are determined that
they shall by some means be got rid es, asserting
that their presence in the executive councils is
damaging to the prospects of the ticket, especially
in the Western States. Mr Lincoln’s aversion to
any change in his Cabinet during his present
term of office i« well known; but it is doubtful
whether he will be able to stand the pressure
which is being brought to bear against these gen
tlemen
T3a« Field
Atlanta, Friday Ntgat, Jana 24.
Another clear, bright day has’ come and gone,
and the decisive struggle at the Front has not yet
begun. It is evident that ShermaE intends to
swindle us out of Atlanta, if possible, by the
flankißg process, or fight, if fight he must, as near
the city as he can get. He could have had a bat
tie, we presume, any day within the last three or
four weeks if he had been in seareh of any thing
of the sert ; bat his object seems to be to avoid
the issue of battle as lengas possible. If this mas
terly inactivity should prove his ruin in the end,
he will have nebedy to blame for it but _ himself. —
That such will he the upshot of the business, there
can be no doubt.
All sorts and sizes of rumors were afloat to-day,
but as w* do not deal in that line, we shall retail
none of them at this writing.
We learn from gentlemen who came from Mari
etta on the evening train, that all was quiet along
the line3 te-day, except the customary activity
among the skirmishers and artillerists. — Register
[Special to the Mobile Register.^*
Senatobia, June 24.—The Chicago Times of
the 20th is received.
Stanton’s dispatches claim the carrying of two
redoubts and the capturing es four guns and 550
men, on the 14th, near Petersburg.
Several assaults on the rebel work3, on the 15 th,
were repulsed with a Federal loss of 6,000.
Butler is reported to have been surprised by Lee
while attempting the destruction of the Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad, and terribly defeated.
Sheridan reports a victory and subsequent de
feat at Trevilian Station.
The prisoners captured by Morgan have been
ordered to the field, their paroles not being re
spected.
Morgan had occupied Lexington, and the guer
rillas Bardstown.
Gen. Shelby is in the vicinity of Lexington, Mo.
Lincoln’s genius for strategy having been ap
peased by the slaughter of 120,000 men, he will
let Grant try his own plan.
The Times, of the 18th, ip its editorial, estimates
Grant’s losses in killed and wounded north of
James River at 70,000 men, Sherman’s losses at
45,000, and the total Federal losses since the Ist
of April at fully 185,000 men.
Northern dates of the 23d have also come to
hand.
Dispatches from Grant’s army, of the 13th,
admit the loss on the two previous days of
8,000.
A private dispatch from Washington, of the
20th, says a division of Burnside’s corps is
captured.
Guerrillas are very troublesome on the Mis
sissippi.
1/T v ’ *j
■ fl
s war
■ / .*■* ’'V, \ s’-’ *
f.-M
tion
. V' ;V- >•"; • '
[Special to the Mobile Register.]
Senatobia, June 23.—Northern dates to the
20th received.
Stanton’s dispatches claim a great success
in Grant’s new movement.
Baldy Smith assaulted and carried the prin
pal line of works before Petersburg on the
16th, capturing thirteen cannon, several stand
of colors, and between 3,000 and 5,000 pris
oners.
The hardest fighting of the war was done
by the negroes.
The capture of Petersburg is reported.
Rumors that Richmond is being evacuated
by the citizens is rife.
Giilmore has been relieved of the command
of his corps by Butler.
It is believed the Government will not in
terfere with Vallandigham if he keeps quiet.
The correspondent of the Chicago Times
say3 that Grant lost seventy thousand men
trying Lincoln’s plan, and is now trying his
own.
The Federal losses to the 3d in the battles
near the Chickahominy were 12,000.
Grant's force, exclusive of Butler sand
Hunter’s, is estimated at 125,000.
A special dispatch to the Times, dated Cin
cinnati, June 15th, says Morgan was at Flem
ingsburg the day before, with 3,000 men, and
pronounced Burbridge’s dispatches false. His
loss was only 170 all told. He had not left,
and would not leave, the State. His troops
were not scattered, as he intended revisiting
Northern Kentucky.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 21st contains
nothing further from the armies,
Guerillas were enforcing conscription, in
Southwestern Kentucky. They had captured
the horses and equipments of a Federal regi
ment at Princeton.
A hundred rebels were stationed at May
field, driving Unionists out of the State.
Guerillas are becoming troublesome in Sou
thern Missouri.
Dayton dispatches say Vallandigham is
enjoying quiet. In a speech to a crowd sere
nading him, he said he would make no threats,
but he had not come from a foreign country
without calculating the consequences and
making deliberate preparations to meet them.
If any military commander should attempt
his arrest, he warned them that in Dayton the
persons and property of those instigating such
a procedure would be held as hostages.
He should demand eye for eye and tooth
for tooth ; so help him the everlivrag Jeho
vah !
He did not expect to be molested again. If
he should be, however, he warned them the
resuit would be such that, when compared,
the other was but dust in the balance. He
intended remaing quiet till after the Chicago
Convention, and would then avow hi3 pur
poses.
Sturgis is superseded by A. J. Smith at
Memphis.
Gold in, New. York on the 17th inst., closed
at 1955. [j ■
-■ ■ ■ m • mm
The following is an extract of Lincoln’s
speech in Philadelphia on the 16th :
“Pertinent questions are so often asked me,
such as when the war would end. I surely
feel as great an interest an that point as any
one ; but I would not make a prediction that
it would end in a day, or a week, or even a
year, for fear of creating disappointment. We
accepted—not began—this war for a worthy
object; and I trustin God it will not end un
til that object is accomplished. [Enthusiastic
cheers.] The war has now lasted three years,
and as we accepted it to establish national
authority over the whole national domain,
we are to go through with it if it takes three years
more. I would, however, safely make the pre
diction that Grant, with Hancock and Meade,
is to-night where he will never be dislodged until
Richmond is taken. If I shall discover that
Grant’s noble officers and men need assistance
to put this thing through, will you give it to
me? [Yes, all answered.] Well, then, I in
tend to call on you, and I want you to stand
by me and the army.
Battle at Moboanza, La.—We learn from
a young gentleman just from Port Gibson,
that before he left that place the report had
reached there that Gen. Diek Taylor had a
battle with the enemy under Gen. Canby, in
which our forces were completely victorious.
The enemy’s loss is stated at 1500 killed and
wounded, 3,000 prisoners, 17 pieces of artil
lery, and vast numbers of small arms, a large
quantity of stores, and that when Gen. Taylor
was I&3L heard from he had completely routed
and driven the enemy over sixteen miles. Our
loss is estimated at 600 killed and wounded.
[Jackson Missusrppian. 23 d.
Much more depends on Southern bullets
| than Northern ballots, says the Appeal. Let
I bayonets do our thinking in this matter. We
! must nerve our arms for the desperate assaults
with which we are to be assailed in the next
three months. Upon our stout arms depends
our salvation. It is tolly to rely upon foreign
intervention or Northern disintegration.
gSLSSR APSIS.
Reports of tie Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863. by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
SATURDAY NIGHT’S DISPATCHES.
Mobile, J ucc 25th.— The Advertiser has advices
from Senotebia. dated Chicago, J une 20.
Missouri is swarming with guelrillas.
Shelby is near Lexington.
Morgan occupies Lexington, Ky., and the Gueril
las are at Bardstown.
Morgan’s paroles are disregarded.
Sherman on the 18th, reports the rebels retreating
across the Chattahoochee, he pursuing.
Smith left Memphis with 15000 men hunting For
rest.
In the House es Commons Lord Russell com
plained of the Federal Government’s non-attention
to Lord Lyon’s representation of recruiting in Ire
land.
Faneral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Captain F. C.
TILLMAN and family are requested .to attend his
funeral from the Muscogee R. R. depot this (Mon
day) evening at 5 o’clock.
Impressment of Slaves.— We are
pleased to learn that the indiscriminate
impressment of slaves on Tuesday was
contrary to the order and will of the au«
thorities at Gen. Johnson's Headquarters.
Gen. M. J. Wright commanding Post,
now has the matter in hand, and his clear
judgment and practical business knowls
edge, under the discretion now given him,
will do much to mitigate its apparent se
verity and remedy the mistakes of others
in the premises. Laborers are what are
wanted. Every one in Georgia, that can
possibly be spared, should be immediately
sent forward to perform the services re
quired.—Southern Confederacy , 24 th.
[From the Sunday Advertiser A Register.]
Inscribed to the Memory of Gen. Leonidas
Polk*.
A nation mourns for thee !
a cherished tie is rudely riven,
Hfte a crown of endless joy is given :
art from sorrow free.
victory is won ;
H[e who oped for thee the gates of life,
HH thee the foremost in the fearful strife,
HWitli all thine armor on.
priceless sacrifice
country's altar thou hast laid ;
on thy brow shall never fade,
gjgSlßhlie kingdoms fall and rise.
in thy dreamless rest,
hero in a sacred cause,
yet shall win from all the world applause—
HHbhall be supremely blest.
On earth, in lasting fame,
The grateful homage of thy native land;
In Heaven, a place among the martyr band,
Thou evermore shall claim.
Aye, peaceful be.thy sleep,
Oh, Christian warrior! for thy work is done,
Rest from the race thou hast so nobly run ;
’Tis not for thee we weep.
Not that the heavy cross
Thou long hast borne, in mercy i$ removed,
But oh, our Shepherd, Chief, and Friend beloved!
We mourn our fearful loss.
Our tears in sorrow flow
For thy loved ones, thy stricken household band,
Who bow beneath a Father’s chastening hand,
In a deep and bitter woe.
In this their hour of gloom,
One blessed hope remains—one cheering ray,
To light their pathway to that endless day
Which dawns beyond the tomb.
The portal thou hast raised
Hath won for thee the saints’ abidiag rest,
In those bright realms, the mansions of the blest,
Oh, may we meet at last!
Mobile, June 19. C. L. S.
Fiendish Behaviour of the Enemy.— lt is
time that the act3 of Grant’s troops upon helpless
women and children should be presented in such
a form to that office and his government, as shall
compel them to punish or sustain the perpetration
of such horrors and enormities.
We have learned reliably of the death of Mrs.
Boulware, of King and Queen, under the following
atrocious circumstances: Mrs. B. was a lady of SO
years of age; the Yankee, Sheridan’s troops visit
ed her house—gutted it eompletely, and demanded
of her to tell where her son wos. Upon decli
ning to reveal the place of his concealment, the
villains fired their pistols overhead, to frighten
her into confessing where he was. The result
was that she was frightened to death, and expired
in a short time.
Again, in the same county, four of these same
men of Sheridan’s attempted to outrage the young
daughter of one of the most honored and respecta
ble citizens, and were only defeated in their fiend
ish purposes by the desperate efforts of the young
lady, her mother and a servant woman. The men
were drunk, and remained some time in the parlor
playing cards, until tha command had left them,
when they were captured by some Confederate
cavalry, and immediately shot.
gjDoes not this government mean to take some
3tep3 that will cause the ordinary laws of war to
be observed and respected by our enemy ? If this
government of ours will not protect its soldiers,
will it not at least do something for the innocence
and helplessness of the women and children ?
Ought not tha wives and children of our bravo
soldiers be guaranteed against treatment of the
character indicated? Look to it President Davis,
that the dear ones of your soldiers do not suffer
these things. —Richmond Whig.
Vallandigham in the War-Path. —The arri
val of Mr. Vallandigham furnishes a significant
illustration of the decline of the war fever in the
United States. He would not at present have ven
tured on such a step had not strong assurances
have been given him that he would be sustained
both by popular sentiment and by a prepared
movement te defend him against violence. The
Administration at Washington has powerful mo
tives to allow him to run his course, however dam
aging it may be to them. Commotion and revolu
tion at home stare them in the eyes. That point
has been reached in the progress of despotism
when the slightest friction may engender a spark,
which wiil blow up the magazine and arouse to
fearful devastation the long smothered fires of pop
ular resentment.
If these speculations be correct, Vallandigham
has triumphed in his return —his name i3 a spell
to popular sentiment, a summons to the elements
of resistance, which will powerfully influence the
course of affairs in the North. Linco. s procla
mation of three years more of war, in hi3 speech
at Philadelphia, will tend to provoke the question
when shall all this end? Vallandigham’s bold
and unoonquered utterances will fan tha flame3 of
discontent, and arouse the people to revolution,
peaceable, if they can, forcible if they must. So
may it be! — Rebel.
It i3 said that in Columbia there are prob
ably enough hearty men to mah np two
regiments, talking the streets in the best
attire, retained there for some light worxwith
the pen, or for no work at all, ho.dmg easy
oositions. while many poor Sick men are hur
ried off to the army, or forced from home to
guard Conscripts, or dance attendance on the
Provost Marshal. Some persons even say
that they know young men of “the very first
families” who have never smelt powder, yet
wear fine uniforms, and get good salaries, and
boa3t of their rank.— Sumter Watchman.
Grant’s and Lee’s Loasss.— A correspondent
writing from Gan. Law’s brigade on th 9 12th June, i
makes the fallowing statement of the losses of Grant;
and Lee respectively:
Our los3 in the aggregate since the battles'com
menced. on the sth of May, is officially stated to be
about 15,000, es which 5,000 are prisoners. Grant s
loss, from the most reliable estimate, iayetdowu at
80.000, of whem 20,000 are prisoners. Id,ooo killed,
the rest wounded.
John Braburn, of New York city, advertises that
he has “Macaria” ia pre33.
The entire losses in Lor.g3treet’s cerps. ia the
recent battles around Richmond, in killed, wounded
and missing, is stated to be only 263.
An exchange says : There UiflJou’r
ibly sweet abeutUttle gins, b=«*er 1
nai aids ■ And it groes on em as tney get b.gger.
[Com jfuxicATKD.]
Ladies for the Post-Office.
JL-. Editor :—During a short 3tay ia your city
nothing has struck me more forcibly as being
strictly appropriate and in keeping with good
taste than the appointment of ladies to assist in
the Post Office. They are more gentle and accom
modating in their nature than men, and hence it
is not to be wondered that they give better satis
faction. What man is there that would overhaul
a batch of near three hundred letters merely to
render a kindness to a stranger ? Yet sueh an act
was shown me at your post office on yesterday
and that too without the slightest manifestation of
dislike. I knew that I was asking too much, bat
the case was urgent, and upon it lacing complied
with so willingly I have coine to the conclusion
that there ought to be one lady assistant in every
post-office and that one ought to attend at the de
livery window. a Refuges.
Fokrest’sWhereabouts.— Some people are ve-y
anxious to know why it is that Forrest is not ia
Sherman’s rear. He recently killed 1,000 Yankees
wounded 1,500, dispersed 6,000, captured 2,000, als a
200 wagons; 50 ambulances: 17 pieces of artillery
with caisons,‘soo mules, 100 horses, 500,000 rounds
small arm ammunition; 5,000 stand of small arms,
10,000 rounds cannon ammunition, 200,000 pounds
pilot bread, 50 barrels sugar, 30 sacks of coffee $250,-
000 worth of medicines, ten barrels of whiskey, and
shovels, spades, axes, carpenters’ tools, etc.,! etc., in
large numbers, all of which was on the way to Sher
man’s army. Ifithat is’nt getting “in Sherman’s
rear,” we would be glad to see somebody suggest x
plan for'doing it.
—>
Sale of New Six Per Cents.—The long adver
tised sale of new six percent bonds of the Confed
eracy took place at Columbia on Tuesday. The first
bond. SI,OOO, was knocked down at slsl.
Bonds in various sums were put up, rangiag from
SIO,OOO to SIOO,OOO, and the rest of the sale showed
marked depreciation, the prices ranging from 151 to
135, at which price the auction was closed, and x
considerable number of financers were content to
invest. The total amount of the sales was $665,000.
The only drawback to the sale, says the South Caro
linian, was want of money, and had Mr. Memmia
ger properly provided the country with funds, by
paying his debts or allowing orders on the Treasury
Department to bo given, he would have realized
probably a million more.,
Douglas Ambulance Committee
The members who were to have left on Saturday
having been unavoidably delayed, will leave for the
army on .Monday evening, [27th,] There-is great
need of Vegetable for distribution among the sick
and wounded soldiers, and all who can spare are
requested to send in contributions to Goodrich A
Co’s store by 2 o’clock, p. m., Monday.
C. G. lloliie3, Sec’y.
je 27 2t
MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION.
To t!ie Citizens of Columbus.
Mayor’s Office, ]
Columbus, Ga., June 25th, 1364./
In consequent of the close proximity of the Fed
eral Army to our city, and their general character
for raids, plundering and laying waste all the coun
try they pass through, I therefore issue this procla
mation calling upon the citizens of Columbus arJ
vicinity, and all who have Itheir country’s good
heart, who are determined to protect, with thair
lives,’their wives, children and homes from tho des
ecration of the most hated wretches upon earth, to
assemble together at such times and places as here
inafter suggested, and.enroll themselveslpreparatory
to organizing into Companies.
Upon consultation with the Confederate Officers
in charge of the different departments, I find they
have organized and regularly officered all the men
in their employ; and, with the aid of all the citi
zens, I am satisfied that a sufficient force could be
organized to repel a large force of Yankee raider*,
or keep them in check until we could bo reinforced.
thereby enabling us eithor to whip or capture thei
last man.
I now call upon you, old and young, to areas
yourselves. Reflect and you wiil readily perceive
the danger we are oxposed to, and let every man bee
prompt to respond to the call. It is your wives,
children, property and homes, and above all your
country, which calls for speedy and prompt ac
tion.
I would suggest and request that the'citizens of
the First, Second and Third Wards assemble on
Wednesday, at 3 o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of
organizing into Companies of sixty-four men each.
The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards, on the same
day and hour, at Engine Room, No. 3, for the same
purpose.
Citizens adjacent to the city are requested to pa: -
tieipate in the organization.
Citizens ofi the eity are earnestly ’requested aai
expected to suspend all business ®n that day and at
that hour, that there may be no delay ia organizing
Recollect, everything depends upon being prepared
for all emergencies. F. G. WILKINS,
June 27 It Mayor.
LOST.
A BUNCH of three KEYS, upon a beai riag *
The finder will be rewarded by the delivering
them to L. T. DOWNING,
je 27 3t
Office Post Commissary,. >
Columbus, June 23d, 1364. £
Ia pursuance of General Orders, No. 52, A. and I.
G. 0., June 12th, 1364, tho schedule for sales and
ssues to Officers is changed.
Offieers at Post are entitled to draw one ration in
stead of purchasing one, commenoing June 13th.
Those Officers at Post who have purchased for the
whole of June, may hare their certificates revise and
and the amount paid for provisions, from the 13th
to 30th June, refunded, upon calling at this Office
prior to Ist prox., and making the necessary pro
vision return. J. H. GRAYBILL.
je 25 3t Capt. and A. C. S.
Mu3Cogee Railroad Officsl 1
Columbus, Ga., June 14th, 1364./
Ufotice,
THIS Read will hire 3ix able-bodied negro_ mea
for the balance of the year. Rates, 4>25 per
month, payable quarterly, and good rations. Ap
ply at the depot to W. L. CLARK
june 14 1m or A. B. BOsTIUA.
“PHELPS’ WAI¥TS. ,?
WANTS to er gage Buttermilk, (10 gallons l\ .7.
n for Marshall Hospital.
W’ANTS to exchange for and on aezount of Mas-
W shall Hospital. Sheeting for Balter, Egg’ aal
Chickens.
■fT r ANT3 to exchange Cotton Cards Waitemoro .
Y Y for Countr Produce or cash.
WANTS to exchange 400 lbs. choice Sugar for aay
YY kind of country produce or sell it for cisa
to exchange Nails for Bacon or Fba:
WANTS to sell 1000 Confederate Cups and lot »f
Vt Pitchers.
WANTS to sell three gross Confederate Glass
Tumblers or exchange for country produce.
WANTS to sell at wholesale or retail fine assort
n ment .oking and chewing Tobacco.
"WANTS to sell or exchange for country produce.
Y t Cooking Soda.
One Dozen Japanned Waiters
One Dozen Glass Gobiet3 and Cut Glass
Tumblers,
10 Dozen Gla33 Gallon Jars, 3sLio,e L>
Pickles and Preserves.
W. H. H. PHSLPid
114 Broad Street
June 23 iotwit
Watchman W anted.
A GOOD MAN can find employment as Waton
man at a Warehouse, by applying at this om. -
Comfortable quarters will be furnished. N one aa.
ted unless they are well recommended.,
je 24 3t
Enquirer copy.
nostarvation,
300 lbs. Choice Bacon,
50 lbs. Honey,
5 boxes Tobacco (low )
W. H. H PHSLPS,
23 114 Broad Street-