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j Vs. WABBES, - - - Editor.
Tiesday Horning, August ?, 1864.
fbe Stonem&n Raid.
The Yankee raid, which, for the past few
days, has stirred up such an excitement
throughout the State, is understood to be un
der the lead of this somewhat notorious indi
vidual. It is quite certain that the expedi
tion which left Sherman’s army a week or
more since, visiting Covington, Social Circle
and other points on the Georgia Railroad, i3
the same that appeared before Macon on the
30th ult. It probably diverged from that road
at Social Circle, going- to Monticello. thence
to Clinton, reaching the latter place sometime
during Friday of the past week. At this point
the main body of the enemj was divided, one j
party moving on Milledgeville and the other i
on Macon, while detachments were sent to cut j
the Central road at Gordon and Griswoldville
Friday night. The same night the body of 1
raiders which was moving in the direction ot ,
Macon camped within eight miles of that city,
and early next morning advanced some six
miles nearer. Here they were met by a force
of militiamen and a few citizen and veteran
troops under the command of Gen. Cobb, and,
after several hours of brisk skirmishing, were
forced to retire. At some point in our line
the militia, one or more times, gave way, but
they were soon raillied and returned to their
work. Considering the completeness ot the
and the fact that our troops were
almost entirely raw, and wholly without or
ganization, their conduct was as good as
could have been expected. The loss of the
enemy was some twenty odd killed and an
unknown number wounded. They buried
seven at Cross Keys, a place immediately in
their rear, and we were informed by an officer
who commanded a portion of our troops that
fifteen dead Yankees were picked up on the
field. Our loss was estimated at six killed
and forty wounded.
The damage inflicted on the city by the ene
my’s shell was immaterial.
Os the operations around Milledgeville we
know nothing that is definite, or entirely reli
able. On Friday night a force of one thousand
militia under Gen. Wayne was hurried over
the Central road for the defence of the Capi
tal. Fortunately they passed Gordon an hour
or so before the road was tapped at that point.
We learned in Macon, Sunday, that there was
considerable fighting at Milledgeville on Sat
urday, and that the enemy was repulsed. j
After their several defeats at Macon and j
Milledgeville, the two parties reunited at or 1
near Clinton Sunday morning and were en- !
countered, report said, by portions of Martin’s !
and Kelly’s Divisions. A courier reached j
Gen. Cobb’s headquarters Sunday afternoon !
with the intelligence that fighting had been j
going on all the morning and that w r e were
driving the enemy. This will probably close
up the business. The extent of the damage '
inflicted on the Central railroad we did not j
learn, farther than the burning of the bridge j
over Walnut creek and tearing up the track j
in sundry places. We heard that a large num- :
her of cars and several engines, belonging to
the State road were destroyed at Gordon but
the report was not implicitly believed. It was j
thought that the damage to the railroad would
not suspend transportation longer than two or
three days.
Wc omitted to state at the proper place that
in the fight around Macon Gen. Johnston act
ed as Volunteer aid to Gen, Cobb. His pres
ence on the field must have exerted a good
effect upon the spirits of our men, and his
cool, clear judgment and great skill, doubtless,
contributed, in no small manner to the happy
result of the conflict.
Macon, August I—. The raiders have made
no demonstration on this- place since Satur
day. They have been driven from the line
of the Central Railroad, and are now between
Clinton and Monticello, where our cavalry
sire operating against them. They apparently
made Clinton their centre, from which they
Sent parties to operate against Macon, Gris
woldville and Gordon, and the line of railroad
at this place and Griswoldville. They were
attacked and repulsed at the latter place.
They succeeded in burning about 27 cars at
Gordon, and burnt about 30 cars and the
freight depot at Ocone’s Bridge : also burnt
nit- track. The telrgraph line was only par
tially destroyed.
Dearth op News.— Owing to the non
leception of exchanges and the damage to the
wires from the raiders, we are still minus in
teresting news from any quarter. A few glo
rious rumors were afloat in the city yesterday
afternoon to the effect that at least a portion
of the Macon raiders had been bagged, and
also that another party of Yankee raiders had
tome to grief at LaGrange. In the absence of
leliable news these rumors were food for very
pleasant contemplation on the streets, and
should they be substantiated by further re
ports. we shall feel devoutly gratified.
The Blockade Runners,— The Index in
London, gives a full list and details of the 1
opeiations of the blockade runners, from j
which, it appears that the number of vessels
c.iptuiod, burned and destroyed is much larger
than has been supposed. The following is
the summary given by the Index .
Fifty vessels captured ; 44 vessels lost or
•burnt; 1 now running in Cape Fear: 6 re
turned to England; 1 worn out; 31 running
or expected in ; 38 captured or lost before
reaching Confederacy ; 12 captured- or lost j
before making one round trip : 16 captured or
lost before making second round trip ; three
captured or lost before making third round
trip; 11 captured or lost before making fourth
round trip. Out of 17 vessels owned in whole '
or in part by Government, 12 have been cao
lured or lost; 1 is worn out; 1 gone to Eng
land for repairs ; three still running. Out of
116 private vessels, 82 have been captured or
lost; 6 are out of the trade : 28 still running
• °'|
, The TrOy Press says: “A New York pub
lisher has recentiy published a book purport
ing to be a collection of the jokes, anecdotes
*C:; of President Lincoln, Here is an extract
from the publisher’s announcement in the
New York papers:
OLD ABE S JOKES. .
Fresh from Abraham's bosom,
1 tie following are among the contents :
: Bring up the Shickasses for Cott’s sake !
tun Abe and the Bullfrogs.
_ ... . Got the Itch.
Peddler made to swallow his own Pie-
Lincoln and the Wooden Ia
Old Abe aud *
aOU Abe's Jokes the quiatoU “of p r « :d . nt
Lincoln’s Life.
Speculators in Yanke^ons.
Speculators seem to be a3 numerous In th
dominions of Abraham I, as they are in th
j Confederate States, and the Yankee press ar
expressing their virtuous indignation
the irrepressible bloodsuckers. The Phila
delphia Bulletin says:
Their infamous work is carried on from da;
to day. It is nothing to them that their eon
3piracy is costing the Government hundred
of millions of dollars in the increased cost o
feeding and clothing the army. It makes m
impression on their gold-plated hearts tha
they are placing the comforts amd even tin
necessaries of life beyond the reach of thi
poor. What matter It to them if the Govern
ment should sink under the burden which tbei
are so busy piling up if they can make ten
fifteen and twenty per cent a day on their mon
lev? What need they care if the little store
| that the thrifty widow has laid away in the
saving fund is reduced to one-half or one
. third, if they can thereby double their monej
in a fortnight ? Why need they fret themselves
|if tea, coffee, sugar, butter, meat, and even
bread, are sv'ept away from the tables of the
laboring poor,"so long as their own ill-gotten
gains enable them to pay the highest prices
the most luxuriant living can command?
Their motto and their practice is, let mechan
ics and laborers look out for themselves; let
gold go up : let prices rise : let the Govern
ment sink: let the poor starve !
There will come a day of reckoning for all
this.
The Elizabeth (X. J.) Journal says:
The present high prices of meat, butter, and
some other articles of food, is such as topre
| elude the poorer classes in a. great measure
from their indulgence, it would be well for
all to reduce their consumption of meat espe
-1 daily, one half, which could be done easily
at this season of the year, and with decided
advantage to the system. By so doing the
demand would be diminished, and the occa
sion would be cut off from those vampires on
the body politic, the speculators, who are fat-,
tening on the blood of the people. It was
1 bad enough when they confined their opera
! tionsto Wall street, or even extended them to
j thejdepartment of raiment, but now since they
; have turned their attention to speculating on
food, we feel sure that it would be doing a
I service to the country could a regiment be
| formed of them and sent to the front; There
| is no earthly reason why butter and meat
should command thepresent high prices which
they do, except the combination of specula
tors.
From East Florida. —The negro raid out
of Jacksonville is over for the present, unless
jit lias been extended to South Florida. We
, learn that our forces, mainly cavalry, made
! good their escape, and are now between Lake
1 City and Little St. Mary’s river, where the
bridge was burned. Our commands are re
ported to have sustained no loss, while we
have been assured that the Yankees, black and
white, were slaughtered indiscriminately by
them, and that their wounded strewed the
country in all directions! These negro raids
are most serious matters, and it is strange
that the recital of the prompt measures taken
to resist them and punish the aggressors,
should suggest only the ludicrous side of
things to some of our people. It is charitable
to suppose, however, that they are simply ;
over-joyed at the prompt and effectual repulse j
of the negroes and the remarkably small loss {
of life on our side. Truly, they have cause !
to rejoice and be thankful. The enemy’s force 1
consisted of four negro regiments, probably j
1200 negroes, and 125 white men to encour- ;
age them and keep them to their work.
[ Quincy ( Florida) Dispatch, 30 th.
Tlic Late Battle in Mississippi.
A correspondent of the Mississippian gives ,
a long and a detailed account of the battle j
near Okalona between Gens. Lee and Forrest J
and the Federal army commanded by Gen- i
oral Smith. “Spectator” thus closes his ae- j
count:
Let us look at the result. I have already '
told you the object ohthe enemy. Our ob
ject was to defeat his object. That we did.—
Our attack on him Wednesday, both in the ;
rear and at two different places on the flank,
impressed, him with an idea concerning the
strength of our forces, which exceeded the
reality. It was hoped that these attacks might
throw them into confusion and compel them
to fighfat a point at which our infantry could
be more available. Fear lent wings to their
footsteps, and they could not be made to halt.
; The weather had been so intensely hot that
I many of our men fell dead from sunstroke or
completely exhausted by the heat, while march
. ing along the roads. It was more terrible
j than I can describe to you. In making the
attack on Thursday, both Gens. Lee and For-
I rest were in perfect consonance of views. It
i fsiled because of the superiority of numbers
i on the part of the enemy, and the character
of his troops. His forces arc now estimated
at between 15 and 16.000, 7,000 of whom were
veteran infantry, one brigade of negroes, and
about 4,000 cavalry. - The enemy had a posi
tion than which, if he had spent days in seek
| ing, he could not have found.a better. All
felt confident though, that as Forrest's men
| had never been defeated, they could not Jail
| this time. I have rematked before, gallantry
; L not always a match against mere brute
; force. As nobly as they fought,, as patient
and heroic as they proved themselves to be,
as worthy as they showed themselves of the
feeling entertained toward them by their Gen
(nfl, still it was useless to throw themselves
i against such overwhelming odds. While
claiming that our object was accomplished
in defeating the object of the enemy, I must
admit that our expectations were not realized.
! f° r we expected to badly defeat him.
We claim nothing more than a drawn fight.
If the statements of their prisoners and the
L country people in the neighborhood of the
| battle ground are worthy of credence, their
1 loss is equal at least to ours. I estimate ours
;at between seven and eight hundred. The
! many rumors always incident to a battle field
: are ii? this case, as in others, very exaggera
ted. Our repulse is regarded as unavoidable
by all those acquainted with the fact. Gens.
Lee and Forrest have been all the time, as
! far as I know, in perfect accord concerning
I the campaign, and the best of feeling animates
I them at present. Both entertain for each
other the warmest personal regard and official
respect. Their combined qualities make them
. irresistible when not hurled against inipossl
' bilities.
A Singular Scene. —The Realm, an Eng
lish paper, describes a singular scene. Some
cotton has lately been imported into farring
ton, whera the mills have been closed for a
considerable time. The people who were
previously in the deepest distress, went out
to meet the cotton, the women wept over the
bales and kissed them, and finally sung the
doxoiogy over the welcome importation.
IVesgroes Returning to their
Masters.
Mr. H. J. Smith, of Wayne county, Miss., in a late
letter to his son in Atlanta, says that one of his ne
groes named Charles, who left him and joined Sher
man, when that General made his notorious raid,
has returned home thoroughly disgusted with Yan
kee rule and soldiering. .
The negro carried with him when he left, eight oi
Mr. Smith's best slaves, all of whom joined the
Yankee army- Charles was placed in an infantry
regiment, and wont-through all the battles that oc
curred during Banks Red River expedition. "When
he rmirned to Vicksburg lie was placed in a cav
alry company, and being very tired of the knocks
and blows be received, he deserted at the first op
i portunity. He was placed on picket duty ou out
post, and left, arriving heuic after many days of
i suffering and trouble. He says that the niggers who
I are taken by the Yankees, or who join their army,
! are made to undergo great hardships and obliged to
1 be soldiers under penalty of death. When they de
sert and are caught, or if when they are first taken
they refuse to do duty, they are made to dig a hole,
and as soon as it is prepared they are placed over it
' and shot and buried in it.
He earnestly advises the niggers of the country to
keep away from the Yankees, tor toe work of a sol
dier i« not quite as easv as that which a farm hand
does on a plantation. Mr.fpaiffc also states that a
large uuniber es the negroes who left that neigh
borhood and joined the Yankee army had escaped
and returned to their masters, heartily tired of their
, unhappy experience, and delighted to get back. —
1 They are behoving themselves remarkably well.
! too.
1
Eater from tlie Worth.
s | The Baltimore Grazette, of the 23d inst.,
; was received last night. It states that on
i j the authority of the Washington corres
. j pondents of several New York papers, that
a Rev. Col. Jacques and a Mr. Edward
Kirk were recently at the Spofcswood
, i Hotel, Richmond, on a secret mission;
. that they were elegantly entertained for
i three days 3 that they had two interviews
with “Mr. Davis,” etc. What passed at
1 these interviews will not be disclosed for
the present, but “it is intimated that Mr.
Davis would consent to nothing short of
the recognition of the Confederacy.”
[Richmond Dispatch, 25 th.
ANOTHER “PEACE NEGOTIATION.”
I The Gazette publishes a'summary of a
| correspondence which has taken place be
tween Clay, of Alabama, Prof. |
; Holcombe, of Virginia, and George N. i
1 Sanders, on the one side, and Horace |
j Greeley, asking safe conduct for Messrs,
i Clay, Holcombe and himself, to Washs
ington. His letter is dated at the “Clif
ton House,” Canada.
Greeley, understanding they were the
; bearers of propositions from Richmond
! looking to peace, tendered a safe conduot
from the President.
They replied that they were not accred
ited with such propositions, but in the
confidential employ of the Government,
| and felt authorized to declare that if the
circumstances disclosed in the correspon
dence be communicated to Richmond,
| they or other gentlemen would be invested
with full powers.
Greeley answered that the state of facts
1 being- materially different from that sup'*
posed to exist by the President, it was
advisable for him to communicate by tele
! graph with him and obtain further ins
i structions.
The following was accordingly received
j from Lincoln :
Executive Mansion, 1
Washington, July 18, 1864. j
j To Whom it May. Concern :
Any proposition which embraces the
j restoration of peace, the integrity of the
whole Union and the abandonment of
slavery, and which comes by and vath an
authority that can control the armies now
S at war against the United States, will be
I received and considered by the Executive
Government of the United States, and
will be met by liberal terms on substantial
and collateral points, and the bearer there
of shall have safe conduct both ways.
Abraham Lincoln.
Clay and Holcombe, in a closing letter
to Greeley refer to the repeated declara
tions of the Confederate authorities of
their willingness to negotiate for peace,
and deprecate the decision of Lincoln, as
expressed in his document addressed “To
Whom it May Concern.” They say: “It
precludes negotiation and prescribes in
advance the terms and conditions of peace.
It returns to the original policy of no bar
gaining, no negotiations, no truce with
the rebels, except to bury their dead, until
every man shall have laid down his arms,
submitted to the Government and sued for
mercy, * * We have no use for the
paper which has been put in our hands.
We could not transmit it to the Presi*
dent of the Confederate States without
offering him an indignity, dishonoring j
ourselves, and incurring the well merited !
scorn of our countrymen.
The Propensity of the Yankees to
Steal.— The New York News gets off
the following idea:
As to the question of slavery, it has no
more to do, constitutionally or legitimates
ly, with the “putting down of the rebell
ion” than any other local property held
under local law. Do our armies not de
stroy property of all kinds, from houses
and horses to gold watches and finger
rings ? Are houses the cause of this war?
Are horses the cause of the war? Are
family trinkets, corn, cotton, flour, cattle,
fences and pigs the cause of the war ? If
not, why are they burnt, carried off, stoL
en, used up, “liberated” from their own*
ers, the same as negroes, if one is not as
much the cause of the war as the other ?
IVoble .Sentiments from a XortSi-
ern L.ady<
A lady in lowa- writes to her brother, a soldier
in the Confederate army in Mobile, as follows.
Oh, how I long for the day to arrive when hos
tilities will cease, and the Southern Confederacy
will be crowned with the glorious wreath of victo
ry having achioved their independence and
secured themselves from the Yankee tyrants! I
pray fervently that the South may succeed, aud I
know they will, for God is with them, and they
must succeed. ~ „
jf j were in the South I would make clothes tor
the soldiers.’” I wish I were near you, for I know
I could aid in making you comfortable. It is
needless for me to say to you to be cheerful amid
all the privations and hardships you have to un
dergo, for a knowledge of the holiness of the cause
in which you are engaged is sufficient to silence
the cry of complaint or dissatisfaction.
The South’s all is at stake! Never—never give
up to be slaves of the Northern despots. My
heart throbs in anxious expectations of the happy
results of this spring’s compaign. Victory must
he yours!
The noble soldiers ofethc South cannot be per
mitted by an all mighty, merciful and just God,
to spill their blood much longer, fighting with the
worthless scum of the North.
How many hearts the hateful Abolitionists have
made to bleed! I cannot hear to look at one of
them, much less to speak to them.
A call was made through the papers for the
Catholic ladies to meet at one of the public school
houses to adopt measures to collect means and
take tables at the Sanitary Fair; but, thank God,
only seven Catholic ladies in D attended it.
Three'cheers for the Cotholic ladies of D !
True to principle, to justice, and the Constitution
framed by the wisest and best of men. If the
ladies of D——— could wield the governing scep
tre, peace would soon smile upon the land now
desecrated by this most unholy war.
Ido love to hear you speak so hopefully and
sanguine of success ; but why should any one feel
or speak otherwise? I feel so, too, and if I were a
man I would be at your side, battling for the
homes, the firesides, and the altars of the South—
above all, for dear—sacred liberty.
Truth. —It there is one thing more than another
which we would teach it would be a love for truth.
All things would be worthless without that crown
ing excellency in human character. Without it
the noblest structure is but a wliited sepulchre.—
With all other qualifications, a man is to be shun
ned when deficient—in this. The beholder may
admire a fabric of general beauty aud symmetry,
but when tho seam of falsehood is found running
from cap stone to bas<*. be will shun the danger
ous presence.
There are few things more painful, experienced
in our intercourse with men, than to feel that they
are unworthy of our confidence—that they are not
what they seem: that they will betray while they
smile ; that we tread upon a crater’s mouth where
all is hollow beneath. Teach the child to tell the
truth, to venerate and love it. Teach him so that,
whatever wrong he may commit, he will frankly
and promptly admit it all. Reward the honest
speech. Washington's father was never prouder
,01' his boy than when be acknowledged his false
hood.—-1 ■h *!d *'*’ it V t4m id r .
—♦ »
"Morgan" Horses.— Gen. Morgan took $25,-
fiOO worth of horses from John M. Clay of Lex
ington, Ky. Amongst Thera is the ‘era-us tS.OrtO
har.-e “Skedaddle.” , *"C
Nigger question in tlie Yankee
Congress.
In the House of Representatives on the 29 th the
Civil Appropriation Bill was under consideration.
The Senate had proposed to amend the bill so that
the Bth and 9th sections of the act to prohibit the
importation of slaves into any port within the ju
risdiction of the United States after the Ist of Jan
uary, 1808, in which said sections undertake to
regulate the coastwise slave trade, be repealed for
ever.
The Committee of Ways and Means recommended
a concurrence.
Mr. Brooks, of New York, (dem.) suggested the
danger of interfering with the question of coastwise
trade,. which was now a monopoly in the hands of
Americans exclusively. The public mind might be
so agitated that changes would he made detrimen
tal to commercial interests.
Mr. Davis remarked he believed the gentleman
was mistaken as to the nature of the amendment;
it only proposed to so interfere with the coastwise
trade as to prevent the importation and transporta
tion of slaves.
Mr. Mallory, of Kentucky, said if the Aholition*
ist could make any profits by continuing the slave
trade they would do so.
Mr. Blaine, of Maine, (Union) said the gentleman
from New York [Brooks] would by his policy strike
down protection to the navigating and commercial
interests.
Mr. Brooks said that if there was free trade New
York would vastly improve in all her material in
terests.
, Mr. Blaine replied that the gentleman would
strike down the laws of navigation in order that New
York might be built up.
Mr. Cox said that the advantages of the coastwise
trade was a contract between the North and South.
The North has broken the contract, but holds the
consideration.
Mr. Blaine said a Western Confederacy was talk
ed of.
Mr. Fox said he never heard of it.
Mr. Blaine, in the course of his remarks said, a
Western Confederacy could not be set up long
enough to be kicked over, without an outlet to the
ocean.
Mr. Arnold, of Illinois, [Union] said the gentle
man from New York remarked some time ago, that
slavery was dead. Did he still thinks so ?
Mr. Brooks replied that he was no undertaker or
embalmer to bury the body of slavery.
Mr. Arnold asked, if slavery was dead, why con
tinue the slave trade ?
Mr. Brooks replied, that the gentleman, like Don
Quixote, was fighting a wind-mill.
Mr. Arnold said, he wished slavery was a mere
shadow; he was for removing from the statute books
all tracts recognizing slavery.
Mr. Brooks, noticing some remarks of Mr. Blaine,
said that the latter was guilty of moral treason in •
saying that if the votes were taken. New York would
give a majority of 80,000 votes for Jeff. Davis. This
would give aid and comfort to the rebels, and be
paraded in the Richmond press.
Mr. Blaine asked how New York would decide
between the Montgomery constitution and the re
election of President Lincoln ? Would she not pre
fer the former ?
replied she wanted the constitution of
our lathers and no other.
The debate was terminated by order of the House
when the question was taken on the Senate’s amend
ment, which was agreed to.
It seems from the following paragraph, from the
Nashville Union of the 14th, that the Yankees are
having some trouble in the neighborhood of Clarks
ville, Tennessee. The point at which the attack re
ferred to was made upon the train is about fourteen
miles from Clarksville, and thirty-five from Nash
ville:
The train from Bowling Green to Clarksville, on
the Memphis Branch Railroad, was fired into last
Saturday afternoon, when passing the State line, by
a party of about 40 guerrillas. The engineer was
wounded in the leg, and a lady narrowly escaped
with her life, a ball passing in such proximity to
her head as tc cut away some of the trimming on
the front of her bonnet. The guard on the train re
turned a brisk fire, but it is not known whether any
of the highwaymen were killed. This is the second
occurrence of the kind within the space of a few
days on that road, in the same section of country.
It cannot be denied that the rebel residents are
aware of their presence, and it is to be hoped that
Colonel Starling will bring the strong arm of the
military to bear upon them, and their aiders and
abettors. Boot them out, and if need be, give their
bodies as feed to the carrion birds.
The prisoners captured in the fight near Atlanta
on Friday last, arrived here yesterday forenoon. —
They were marched through from Atlanta to this
place, and were here furnished transportation by
railroad to Andersonville. There was a tremen
dous number of them, about 2,000 we were inform
ed, and their arrival threw the whole population
into excitement. The prisoners seemed to be gen
erally provided with Confederate money, which they
were anxious to invest in apples, or anything else
they could eat. We hear it stated that they passed
off some counterfeits on our new issue, but saw none
of it. Quite a brisk trade was carried on with them
in postage stamps. They appeared to be generally
in very good condition, and were well supplied with
clothes, oil cloths, knapsacks, and blankets. They
spoke confidently of the death of Gen. McPherson,
and state that Logan is now in command of his
corps. They were exceedingly boastful of what
they had done, and what they yet expected to do,
and exhibited a eood deal of solicitude on the sub
ject of the resu- otion of the exchange of prisoners.
[Chat. Rebel, 28 th.
The Richmand Whig says it is singular that for
sinking the Alabama, as well as for other naval
exploits, the Yankees have to thank a Southerner.
It was a Louisianian who bombarded the forts on
the Mississippi, a Tennesseean who took New Or
leans, a Delawarian who ventured into the deadly
fire of the Charleston defences, and now a North
Garolinian who destroys the Alabama.
Onlt Twelve Left. —During its last session,
the Yankee Congress adopted a resolution tender
ing thanks to the surviving soldiers of the Revo
lution for their services in that war, and providing
that they receive a sum of money as pensioners
which shall help ;to smooth the rugged path of life
on their journey; to the tomb. The Ilerald says
that only twelve:of them survive, and gives the
following as the names, birthplaces and ages, so
far as known to them : Amaziah Goodwin, bum
mersworth, N. 11., 155 ; John Goodnow, Sudbdry,
Mass., 102; Rev. D. Waldo, Windham, Conn., 101;
Adam Lisle, Washington county, Pa., 102; Wm.
HutchiDgs, Y'ork., Maine, 103; James Burnham,
LouthanTpton county, Va., 00. Benjamin Miller,
Springfield, Mass., 100; John Pentingill, Wind
ham, C0nn.,97; Alexander Maroney, Lake George,
N. \ r .. 94; Samuel Downing, Second New Hamp
shire regiment, Lemuel Cook. James Gates (no
birthplace or ages given).
Yankeedom has lost one of its ablest military
men, and Sherman his main pillar, Major Gen.
James B. McPherson, who, up to a recent period,
commanded the 17th army corps, was the moving
spirit of Sherman's army. The part he played in
reducing Vicksbujtg to bondage, gave strong evi
dence of his shrewdness as a commander and skill
as an engineer.
In waging the war against our people, McPher
son, to his credit be it said, has always respected
private property as far as he could, and whenever
asked supplied the wants of families robbed by
his hireling soldiers. His policy was to concili
ate. Always polite, attentive and liberal towards
the Southern citizens, he did much to demdfalize
and alienate them from our cause wherever he
stopped. He was, therefore, a dangerous man—
dangerous in the field, where his ability was cast
against against us, and dangerous among the citi
zens. who became demoralized under bis lenient
reign.— (Hnrion.
Prater in Line of Battle.—A chaplain
writes from Johnstan's army:
“A few days since, as we wore going into battle
line by a regiment that had already formed, we
saw the Colonel, j with his regiment gathered
around him, holding prayer, and that too almost
in the midst of battle, for the firing had begun on
the right and left.'*
Brother and Sister. —A .gentleman said, not
long since, that he could tell which of the boys
would make a gallant, worthy gentleman, by
knowing which of them was gentle and attentive
to his sister. A sister is a dear, sweet relative,
whose love for her brother is next to the love of
his mother, for purity and faithfulness; yet some
times one meets a brother who, though he really
may not feel nor intend it, seems careless, or even
surly, towards his sister. Such a boy may be
perfectly certain that observant and knowing peo
ple have but little respect for him. They think
he will, when he grows up, lack some very im
portant attributes of a first-rate manhood.—Chil
dren* Guide.
r egro Teamsters Wanted!
I wish to hire a number of Negro Teamsters for
the Army of Tennessee. Citizens having such hands
will please notify me immediately: as in this way
a number of soldier? may be relieved to strengthen
our struggling army. Apply to
THOS. C. JOHNSON.
jul27 2w Government Transportation Yfork?.
810© Reward.
LOST, in this city, on the ISth inst.. a Diamond
Pin, with two sets. It is believed to Lave been
lost near Dawson's corner. The above reward will
be paid by leaving it at this Office. . julv2s Iw
850 Reward.
J WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
I boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three
or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about
the city. JNO. If. BASS,
jy 4 ts ,r[ -
Wa ill ed 1 turned ia te Iy .
'T'WO STONE MASONS. Apply to
1 jy 6th lm GREENWOOD A GRAY.
Southern Cnnfetterxoy copy lm and so-war-i bill
to us.
C>, ’ UTTERS.
T. J. JACKS! - LOCAL EDITOR.
A Spuhky Wokam. —On Saturday night a lady,
the wife of a soldier, hoard a noise at one of her
dining-room windows, and was soon satisfied that
someone was trying to break in the house. She
got up cautiously, seized a loaded gun, crept along
noiselessly in the dark to the post of danger.
She found that the window was up, and without
she recognized the dusky outlines of a burly negro
who was trying to raise himself up. She took de
liberate aim at the black rascal, when bang went
the gun and off ran the negro unhurt. She says
he "got up' and got” to the ttfrie of double quick.
We think all ladies should prepare themselves
for such emergencies, and by displaying the pre
sense of mind and pluck of the iady in question,
they can do mueh towards protecting their per
sons and property in these days of lawlessness
and danger. By shooting rfevrn -1 few of these
impudent and thieving negnes. an example will
be set that will likely have •• '•>.>,l effect upon the
balance.
Return ok the lioStu llrtmi.—Our valliant
home defenders seem destined n<>t to rest during
the present campaign through inglorious supine
ness. A portion of tueui returned from Macon
this morning, ail covered with dust and glory,
whither they resorted on Saturday to assist in re
pelling the late raid, ft turn* out that they got
there too late to participate in the fight, and the
nearest they come to- smelling gunpowder, wa3
while guarding an ammunition train. This is the
second campaign of the home-staying “melish”
in the last week or two. We suppose none of
them seriously regret not seeing the enemy in
either.
Columbus Companies in Aotion.— We learn
that Captains White sand hent’s companies which
recently left here for Atlanta, participated in the
fight last Thursday and that a number cf each
company were wounded—perhaps one or two kill
ed. Our information is not definite or reliable
enough to enable us to give names or particulars.
-
Sales To-day.-—lt will he seen by Ellis, Liv
ingston & Co’s advertisements that they will sell
to-day, salt, osnabergs. clothing, shoes. Ac.
V - ♦
Sundries. —Billy Phelps advertises a number of
useful articles to housekeepers and others. See
the list and give him a cal!.
Tue Printer’s Company,—This company for
city defence is not yet complete. A few more J
names are wanted. A roll may be found at the j
Times office, and persons who have not yet identi- i
tied themselves with any organization, are request- I
ed to come forward and enrol themselves without
delay. Capt. J. M. Russell i> the commanding
officer.
FOR SADR
-OR
EXCHANGE FORfOIM PRODUCE
—AT—*
114, Broad. Street.
Coffee, Sugar,
Soda, Black Pepper.
! Syrup, Potash,
Cotton Cards,
Tin‘Ware, Snuff,
; Salt, Sugar,
Tumblers, Candles,
GEORGIA REBEL SINIFFF,
Pickles, Flysß ms 7 !-,
j Eggs, Butter.
Salt Fish.
Cigars.
. V
>oft N>ap,
Bar-Soap, |
Chewing awfl s took gig Tobacco.
aug 2 ts
HOOF ttIORTS
Made aud Repaired iu Good Style,
BY MRS. S. E. HERRING,
At her Retidena. </• ' 'mu/i Montgomtry.
45F-Laoies will please call ami examine her work.
ag2 St*
TO HfltK.
BY the month, or for rhe balance of the year, a 16
year old Boy, Apply at this Office.
ag2 6t
ATioTisrr s/.ias.
TICKING, DENIMS, &C.
By JAMES H. TAYLOR,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Oil lug. 3d.
WILL be sold in my Store, a tine lot of Staple
Goods, by recent importations, consisting in
part of
Bales Bleached Shir ting :
Bales Blue and Brown Beni ms:
Bales Bed Ticking.
~4I>«
Casks of Socket Shod- and Spade--:
Casks of Knives and F irk-:
Cases of Cut Tacks ;
Gases of Wood Screw -:
Cases of Handsaivs?
Cases of Mill, Saw ana lap or Pi i ;
Gases of Cotton Card-,
Holland Gin in cases
11 cases Morphine;
East India Rhubarb
Cases Carb of Potash •
1 case Bengal Indigo
Cases Powdered Cubo a- no -id, >:
Ipecac, Oil of Almond-;
Calomel, Opium, Altow Boot:
Oil of Peppermint:
Gases Huckaback Towed:
Corsetts, India Rubber Shoes:
Ladies’ Straw Bonnets and Hais:
lb cases Latjies’ and Misses’ french Shoes, very
fine.
CONIiITP i.vy CASH.
jy 2S od
COPPERAS, ALUM. SUTS. E, If.
BY
JAMES H. TAYLOR.
AUGUSTA. LA.
Oil the ild <»l August,
WILL be sold in my Stove, without eserve, the
Chrgo of the Steauisii PciiClbert. just ar
rived, to-wit:
■2B casks English. Cop,> -a - .
250 casks Supr Carl) > . • .: *
20 barrels Sal Soda
17 barrels Epsom So -.
2 “ Alum :
5 bales Hop?,
8 casks Alcolu>:.
39 coils Manilla Ro. \
25 bags Sifted Pepr a .
*?*CONDITB>X- r.v-jfy
julv 25 td
to Him;:
t’OK the balance of th* fifteen able-bodied
Negro Men and seven•-•■»:• Negro Women.
Apply soon t It. M. <!! NBY, Ag t.
j .ml 28 ts
i _____ - _
! Aotiee to :««d Cred
| ilorw.
ALL persons indebted .• »** estate f Seaborn
r\ Jones, deceased, are . and ■>> make imrae
, diate payment, and tbove u: ' ;? claims against said
! estate are required to in,- • : vm in terms of the
! law to the undersigned
SEABOit i . sp jVNING. Adm'r.
i By MAR' ,} o \NING. Agent,
j juKS rrGt
BY ROSETTE. EAW HOY & <j®.
SHT. WHMEf, mm, it
At Auction !
j\X WEDNESDAY, id of August, atlOoY-inr.i-
V we will sell in front of our st^re.
200 Bushels Coast Salt;
100 Boxes' Chewing Tobacco; various
grades;
3 Bbls Corn and Rye Whiskey;
5 Bbls Corn Whiskey;
100. Pair Men and Wgmea’s Shoes.
ju!3o S2O . .
BY ROBETTE, LA W HO* A €o*
A LIKELY IVEGRO BOY !
-A.T -ATJGTIC%J I
ON Wednesday, 3d of August, at 10 o’cl.-k, we wi!»
sell in front of our Auction f?oom.
A LIKELY NEGRO BOX, 23 years
old, Good Field Hand. jy3osl2
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
TUESDAY, 2d August, at 10 o’clock', we will
sell in front of our store,
A GOOD PIAISTO
-1 Rockaway and Harness ;
1 Harness and Saddle Horse ;
1 Fine English Saddle :
1 One Horse Cart:
ONE BALE OSNABUBOS £
50 pr. Ladies Shoes, Clothing &e,. & c .
LOT SALT!
Together with many other Goods of V c
jul3o sls ” c '
bonds
Os the 500,000,000 Loan for f*aie l
T AM authorized to offer for sale the 6 per cen^
* Coupon or Registered Long Date Bonds of the'
Five Hundred Million Loan authorized bv Act of
Congress, February 17, 1864, in sums to suit pur
chasers, at the Confederate States Depository Oo
lumbus, Ga. *'
The principal and interest of this Loan are free
irom taxation and the Coupons receivable in pay
ment for all Import and Export Duties. These
Ronds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov
ernment, and I recommend them to the~ favorable
notice ot Capitalist.
W. 11. YOUNG, Agent,
augl 1m for Confederate States.
BIAAUAY !
TVTEGRO boy CHARLEY T ANARUS; about 25 years oM, yel-
A* low complexion, hair nearly straight, below'or
dinary intelligence; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides m Tuskegee, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe >'ai! and
information sent to me at this office.
. , , JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Columpus, Ga., augl tf*
COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT!
Z On and after the 30th inst., the Passenger Train
on the Montgomery Sc West Point R. R. will
Leave Columbus 2 40 p. m.
Arrive at West Point 8 00 “
Leave West Point 3 59 “
Arrive at Columbus .....9 10 “
Freight Train will Leave Columbus...s *0 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus 12 23 “
J. E. APPLER,
July 23 ts Agent.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, I
Macon, Ga., July 23, 1864. j
General Orders, \
No. 13. j"
I. All questions of details from the Reserve for
| agricultural purposes, on the part of those persons
! having less than fifteen able-bodied field hands,
j having been placed under the control and direction
1 of the Commanding Officer of the Reserve Force,
it. is ordered that the details heretofore granted by
the Commandant of Conscripts in this State, shall
stand until otherwise ordered from these Head
quarters.
11. The Commandant of Conscripts will cause a
full an accurate report to be made to these Head
quarters, of all persons of this class who have been
thus detailed, stating the residence and age of each
person detailed, and the grounds upon which such
details have been made ; and they will be immedi
ately assigned to companies in the Reserve Fc-Vee,
and be subject to be ordered to the companies to
which they may be # thus assigned, whenever their
details may be suspended or annulled.
111. Enrolling Officers will continue to send for
ward all persons liable to duty in the Reserve Corps
under the orders and directions heretofore issued
to them by the Commandant of Conscripts, ex
cept as these orders and directions may be modi
fied or changed by orders from these Headquar
ters.
IV. County Enrolling Officers will send all suv’i
persons to the District Enrolling Officers, who wiil
send them to the Camp of Instruction at this place,
where the officer in charge will report daily their
arrival to these Headquarters, that they may be
promptly assigned and sent forward to their respec
tive companies.
V. In the case of persons of the Reserve
applying for exemption under the third paragraph
and first clause of the fourth paragraph of Section
Tenth, of the act of Congress, entitled “An Act to
organize forces to serve during the war,” approved
February 17th, 1864, the application will be for
warded to the Commandant of Conscripts, and the
same privilege will be extended to applicant' as
heretofore allowed.
VI. In all cases arising under the second clause
Paragraph Fourth, commencing with these word;,
“In addition to the foregoing exemptions,” Ac., the
applicant will be sent forward as provided in the
Fourth Paragrapli of this Order, and no furlough,
will be allowed, and his application will as soon, as
practicable be forwarded to these Headquarters for
decision. Enrolling Officers will make in such case3
investigations as heretofore, and will as soon as
practicable be forwarded to these Headquarters for,
decision. Enrolling Officers will make in such cases
investigations as heretofore, and will forward the
papers to these Headquarters, with the application
for detail.
VII. All applications for details from the Reserve
Force for Government works, or any other purpose
must be made to these Headquarters.
By command of
MAJ. G£N. HOWELL COBB,
Commanding Georgia Res?- ve.
Lamar Cobb, Major and A. A. G,
iui 29 6t
TO WOOD Gt'TTERSf
T WILL Exchange 100 Cords Oak and Pine W. . I
1 for the labor of Cutting and Splitting Rails: ;'i
cing each at prices before the war.
j ul29 4t R. J. MOSES.
FOR sale:
A NO. 1 COOK, WASHER and IRONER, PS yV?
ia old; sold for no fault. Applv to
jul29 ts E. J. PINCKARD Sc CO.
FOR SALE !
One of the Most Desirable Resi
dences in Hjnuton.
THE Lot contains forty acres of Land—twenty of
which are in the woods. The House is commo -
dious and convenient; containing six basement
rooms and seven on the first floor. On the premise?
are good and new out-houses, barns and stables; an
orchard filled with selections of choice applet
peaches, apricots, cherries, plums aud pears; also a
vineyard of grapes in full bearing. This location i?
healthy, supplied with excellent water and con
venient to the city. Persons desiring to invest will
not have as rare chance probably during the war
Parties wishing to negotiate fpr this property will
call on E. J. Pinekard, who will give them any in
formation desired. .Possession given immediately,
j ul 29 ts J. R. BANKS.
THOMAS tfAYACwF, A?ent,
(At Mulford’s old Stand, *
3STO, 101, BBOAD ST.i
HAS FOB Stlt 1)11 EffllW
Nlieetiugs- Shillings.
Twills. Yarns, Lins«j,«,
l.aguuray ioften?,
Tobacco, Ric«,
Sfails ol aiM siaew,
A.C.. Jcc,,
i*Wi£
