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J. W. W4JlKEtf' - - * Editor.
| Saturday Morning, August 6, 1864.
Bcturn te Your Colors.
This is the exhortation that eomcs from the
noble army of Tennessee and its gallant com
mander. It is addressed to all who are absent
with or without leave—to every man of what
ever position whose name is on the roll of the
country's defenders who are battling for the
liberation of Georgia and the ultimate inde
pendence of the Confederacy. That army has
recently been largely reinforced. Thousands,
who have never before heard the noise of
battle, except from afar, have donned the
soldier's armor and marched to the rescue of
ihe cause. The reaper’s sickle has been
thrown aside, the plough has been stopped in
the furrow and all the industi ial pursuits have
been stripped of their devotees and laborers
that the victory may be won. The dragon s
teeth have been sown broadcast over Georgia
and her generous soil has yielded a luxuriant
crop of armed men. If now those who are
absent from their posts would but appreciate
the magnitude of the crisis and the value of
their services, and at once return to duty,
what glorious results might we not reasonably
expect? With them in the shining ranks of
Hood’s heroic army, a hundred thousand men
would challenge the enemy to battle and
would drive him maimed and cowering from
the land. Their commander, their comrades,
their country imploringly call them to “return
to their colors." Will they, can they refuse to
The Iron Hand in Tennessee.
Our readers cannot fail to have observed,
since Sherman has taken command of the
armies in Tennessee aud Mississippi, (says the
Rebel) that the military authorities are com
ing down upon the people oftbose States with
a heavier hand, and that the most absolute
tyranny is to be their fate. The very fact of
placing in command such brutes as Milroy in
Tennessee and Burbridge in Kentucky, suffi
ciently indicates the purposeandpolicy of the
Lincoln Government. But when we add to
this the letter of instructions from Sherman
to his subordinate commanders at posts, and
the orders of Washhurne, Milroy and Bur
bridge, published in this paper, all doubt van
ishes, and it becomes certain that a policy
has been inaugurated, at once heartless, inhu
man and calculated to arouse every instinct
of resistance to so ruthless a rule.
The Nashville Union—that infamous Jackal
of Johnson and Lincoln—in Tennessee, has
the following preface to a long article, cheer
ing on the blood-hounds to their work of war
ring upon non-combatants, women and child
ren :
“The Great Purification. —Within a brief
space of time, several very stringent orders
have been issued from Major Gen. Sherman,
and some of the subordinate commanders in
this Military Deppartraent relative to the
conduct and language of enemies to the Gov
ernment. living within our lines, having in
view the diminution of the remarkable favors
which they have been receiving at our hands,
the punishment of their disloyal acts, and
their summary expulsion in other cases, be
yond our lines, into the South. We trust that
these orders will prove to be not mere idle
words, as, unfortunately for the national cause,
they have been heretofore. We hope, on the
contrary, that they are bui
“The tirsfc drops of a thunder shower,"
and that the new era of the Great Purification
of the South lias begun in good earnest.”
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A Liverpool correspondent of the Richmond
Whig says : “Emigration within the last ten
days lias dropped off 50 per cent., so Irish
recruits are not so plenty.”
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The Norfolk, Va., Regime says the negro's
idea of freedom seems to be liberty' to loaf.
How to Make Laud Candles. —A corres
pondent says, to every eight pounds of lard
add one ounce of nitric acid, and the manner
of making is as follows: Having carefully
weighed your lard, place it over a slow lire,
or at least merely melt it., then add the acid
and mould the same as tallow, and you have a
clear, beautiful candle. In order to make
them resemble bona ficle tallow candles you
have only to add a small portion of pure bees
wax.
Yankee papers represent the drought is very
general in all parts of the United States, from
Canada to the Potomac, and from Massachu
setts to Missouri. Rain had not fallen for sev
eral weeks, am? vegetation was parched up;
The following anecdote is old enough to
have been forgotten by most of the present
generation.' but it is good enough to be pre
served :
A renowned clergyman preached rather a
long sermon from the text "Thou airl weighed
in the balance- and found wanting.'’ After
the congregation had listened about an hour,
some began tfi get weary and went out: others
soon followed, greatly to the annoyance of the
minister. Another person started, whereupon !
the parson stopped in his sermon, and said,
-That is right, gentlemen, as fast as you are j
weighed, pass out!'' He continued his ser
mon at some lengt h after that, but no one dis
turbid him L;> leaving. ,
A horticulturist advertised that he would
supply all sorts of trees and plants, especially
“pie plants of all kinds.' A gentleman there
upon sent him an order for “one package of
custard-pie seed, and a few dozen of mince
pie plants." The gardner promptly filled the
order by sending him four goose eggs and a
small dog.
The Burning of the Clara Bell. —From the
Vicksburg llerald of Wednesday merning, the
27th ult., we learu the following additional parti
culars of the loss of Ibis Yankee vessel:
On Sunday morning, at 11 o’clock, the Clara
Bell was fired into at Ashton Landing. La., both
with artillery and musketry, and was put in a
sinking condition by the passage of several solid
shot through her hull, below her water line.
Appreciating his perilous condition. Capt. Benf
ly landed at Carolina Landing, at the head of
Louisiana Bend, about five miles above Ashton,
and disembarked the troops, which consisted of a
portion of the 6th Michigan infantry regiment, en
route to White river.
While lying to at that place, stopping the leak
age, the rebels moved their battery up and took
position at thoTwad of the Bend and began again
to fire upon the steamer, ami continued to do so
until she caught fire from the exploding shells
and was burned. Everything on board was lost
by the fiie.
There were thirteen soldiers wounded— two have
, s?mce > and the eorpse of one havii g died
* OU tl,e bont - was burned.
to Skipwitb ma< l C their wa - v
early Monday morninl th .? f nVed
a list of the casualty 8 ’ arC nnable to g ,ve
Gen. J. 0. Clanton.
We were glad to meet this gallant offi
cer on our streets on Monday, and to find
; him looking so well after the fatigues and
| hardships of his energetic and harrassing
pursuit of the Rosseau raiders. The
thanks of the country are due to him and
his small command, for their prompt
covery of those raiders and their "untiring
efforts to stop them in their progress to the
Montgomery and West Point railroad.
The information conveyed by the General
enabled the authorities to equip forces that
eventually compelled them to desist before
their work of destruction was as complete
as they intended. If Gen. Clanton*had
had his brigade or even half of it, Ros
seau and his men would never have reach
ed even the Alabama and Tennessee Riv>
er Railroad, much less penetrated into
eastern Alabama; the Coosa river would
have proved to them the river of death.
We kope that the recent gallant pursuit
of the raiders will be appreciated at head
quarters, and that Gen. Clanton will have
a full brigade placed under his command
and an opportunity be afforded him com
mensurate with the high military
ties he certainly possesses. The following
is a just compliment to him from the Blue
Mountain correspondent of the Union
town Herald : Ever since the commence
ment of the war, Gen. C. has labored zeal
ously to advance his country’s cause, and
yet, in my opinion, his services have been
almost ignored and unappreciated by those
in high authority. Several regiments has
he raised by his own indomitable perse
verance —in doing which he has expended
large sums of money besides his time,
thereby reducing himself to limited means;
and now to day he has been left to guard
one of the most important points, with a
force utterly inadequate to perform the
task, whilst these splendid regiments,
raised by his energy, are sent to distant
and different commands. From his desire
to serve his country he never complains,
but all can see the injustice done him.
Give him a strong command and Sher
man’s raiders will not again boast of an
almost uninterrupted passage through the
country. Much cannot be expected of
him with his present feeble command; but
if he were properly fixed up he could do
much good, as no braver man lives in this
Confederacy. Montgomery Advertiser ,
3rZ.
Lorenzo Dow, the itinerant preacher*
so famous in his lifetime for his eccentric
ity, commenced his sermon on one occas
sion by reading from St. Paul, “I can do
all things.” The preacher paused, took
off his spectacles, laid them on the open
bible, and said : <; No, Paul, you are
taken for once; Pll bet you five dollars
you can’t, and stake the money”—at the
same time putting his hand in his pocket,
he took out a five dollar bill, laid it on the
bible, took up his spectacles again, and
read, “ through Jesus Christ our
Lord.” “ Ah, Paul,” exclaimed the
preacher, snatching up the five dollar bill
and returning it to his pocket—“that’s a
different matter; the bet’s withdrawn.”
♦ ♦ ♦—
In 1783 they (George 111. and his
Queen) stood to the infant daughter of the
late Duke and Duchess of Candos. Corn
wallis, Archbishop of fc Canterbury, offieia>
ted. The baby, overwhelmed by moun
tains of lace, lay in a dead faint. Her
mother was so tender on the point of eti
quette that she would not let the little in
cident trouble a ceremony at which a
King and Queen were about to endow her
child with the name of Georgian a Chars
lott.! As Cornwallis gave back the infant
to her nurse, he remarked that it was the
quietest baby that he had ever held.—
Poor victim of ceremony! It was not
quite dead, but dying; in a few uncon
scious hours it calmly slept away into an
immortal waking.
The greatest battle of the war will prob
ably be fought in the immediate vicinity
of Atlanta. Its result determines that of
the pending Northern presidential decs
tion. If we are victorious the peace party
will triumph; and peace and Southern in
dependence .arc the immediate results.
While we are not disposed to under esti«
mate the importance of holding Atlanta
as a strategic position, yet the fate of the
city itselt is a question of minor import,
when compared with other necessary
national results.
Everything —liie, liberty, property, and
the independence of the South; the secu
rity of our homes, wives, mothers and
childen, all depends upon the heroism of
the men whose toils may be terminated by
•a brilliant, victory. Never before was
such incentives placed uwiOrc tin urmy
whose courage requires no stimulant,
whoso gallantry has never been
tioned.— Memphis Appeal.
A financial rumor was on dit yesterday.
It was said that the distinguished gentle
man who has recently been elevated to the
Secretaryship of the Confederate Treasu
ry,. with his coadjutors, has a grand
scheme on foot for the purchase of all the
government cotton aud tobacco in the
Confederate States, throwing upon the
market as its equivalent upwards of eight
millions pounds sterling, or forty millions
in gold. The stupendous wealth of the
porties said to be interested, makes the
suggestion possible, if not altogether pro
bable.—Rich. Ex.
Last of thf, Pitts.— On Monday, June 13th:-
says an English paper, there died a lady
whose life had been so prolonged, and whose
career had been so much associated with long
by-gone events, that, though cheerful and ac
tive, in the full enjoyment of all her facuties.
and with a keen interest in passing events,
her existence seemed almost an anachronism.
Anne Grenv-11, only daughter ot the first Lord
Camelford, and sister and coheir of that half
mad son of whom we read in the memoirs
of Lady Hester Stanhope, and who fonnd an
appropriate death from the pistol of Captain
Best, born in London in 1772, and married
twenty years later to Lord Grenville, died al
so in London (ninety two years afterwards)
last Monday.
We noticed last year her fortuitous meeting
with Lord Lyndhurst. in St. George's Han
over Square, upon the occasion of the mar
riage of Miss Oopeley. Her last nppe&rance
in public was at the Botanic Society's Exhibi
tion, on Saturday last, when she seemed to
be in her accustomed health and spirits. She
was taken ill the same night, and only sur
vived tilt Monday. Her large estates are left
in accordance with the wish oi her husband,
Lord Grenville, who died not less than thir
ty years ago, to the Hon. George Fortescue.
brother of the late and uncle of the present
EarL _
The Okolona News, of Thursday, says hands are
at work repairing the break in tlielrailroad above
that place, and it is expected trains will soon run
through tc Corinth.
We bare just returned from West Point, 6 mile*
this aide of Atlanta, where we have spent nearly
‘a week, and we return to our poat of duty much
encouraged and enspirited by what we have seen
and heard. The fight on Thursday, though ex
tending along only a portion of our left wing, was
a severe one, and the casualties on our side pretty
heavy, amounting to between two and three thou
sand. By some it may be thought that nothing
was gained to us; but that is a mistake. It will
be remembered that Gen. Hood has told his army
that there is to be no more flanking. The fight on
the 22d was to prevent a flank by the enemy on
our right; and the fight on the 28th was to pre
vent the same kind of movement by tho enemy upon
our left—in both of which Gen. Hood was emin
ently successful. It is now believed by our people,
as well as by the enemy, that it is impossible for
JSherman to force our fortifications in front of the
city, and that the Yankee army can only reach At
lanta by flanking Gen. Hood." To do this Sher
man will be compelled to leave his base of supplies
far in the rear, thus being liable to be cut off by
our cavalry.
The policy of Sherman will now he, beyond all
doubt, to send out large raiding parties to cut Our
communications, hoping to starve Hood out of
Atlanta. This is well understood by our com
mander, who will make every requisite disposition
to thwart and defeat Sherman in his wily designs.
Our army is daily growing in strength and confi
dence in the commanding general, and our soldiers
as confidently believe that Sherman will be as
certainly driven from before Atlanta as that the
sun rises and sets. All of them, so far a3 we
could learn anu see, fully appreciate the situation,
and the prevailing feeling is that the fight must be
made and that it is useless longer to surrender
valuable territory for a better position. The
troops want the matter decided around Atlanta
and as speedily as the best interests of the army
will permit.
It is well enough that our people should prepare
their minds to be visited by raids. It will, doubt
less, be the policy of Sherman to keep, up a bold
front before Atlanta, and send out his raiding for
ces to operate upon our roads. These parties he
sends out as kind of forlorn hope, a kind of game
of hazzard, which if successful is so much made,
and if not successful there will be no disappoint
ment- For some time to come, most of the fight
ing will be done by cavalry. Sherman will evade
a regular engagement a9 loDg as possible, hoping
to be able eventually to make a successful flank
movement and secure Atlanta. But we believe
that, at the proper time, when he is fully prepared
to make success certain, Gen. Hood will force
Sherman to fight him or retreat.
We really believe our people now have nothing
to fear but raids from the enemy. Gen. Hood un
derstanding the policy of Sherman in that respect,
will not permit him to gain much success on that
line of his policjn Individually, we expect to see
Sherman flying from before Atlanta in a short
time, when the demoralization in his army will
force him to take a position far in the rear ol
Atlanta.— LaGrange Reporter & Built tin, 3d.
The Evening Postof Thursday proposes that
Mr. Adams should demand the delivery of
Semmes and the other prisoners rescued by
the yatch Deerhound after the sinking of the
Alabama, and that failing compliance, he
should demand his passports and we should
go to war.— New York Paper.
An abolitionist breathes war at every pore.
He not only is in favor of exterminating the
South, but he wishes at the same time to
“clean out” France for her interference in
Mexican affairs. France and the South are
not sufficient to satisfy his desire for slaugh
ter, and to this he is perfectly willing to un
dertake the additional task of humbling the
haughty arrogance of England.
The proposition of the Evening Post must
be decidedly amusing to an Englishman. At
a moment when our own army is baffled in its
attempt to capture Richmond : when our cap
ital is menaced by a hostile army ; when gov
ernment money is worth only one third its
nominal value; when no more men can be ob
tained, save by conscription, a prominent ab
olition journal gravely advices that we shall
go to war with the most powerful nation in
existence.
Could anything be more utterly absurd than
this ? Could anybody, save an abolitionist,
be guilty of such a sentiment? —Chicago
Times.
The Okalona News says the Yankees are
now at Lagrange, making, it is reported, pre
parations for another grand raid. Its seems
that they are determined to occupy this coun
try or make it a wilderness, but thus far they
have been defeated in their fell intentions, and
with the assistance of God will so continue
to be. If they come they will find onr Gen
erals fully prepared to meet them, and de
termined this time to give them a Sturgis re
ception.
Hands are at work repairing the breaks in
the railroad above this place, and it is ex
pected that trains will soon run through to
Corinth.
A Georgia editor accuses one of hi3 cotem
poraries of “dying his hair and trying to ren
ovate his carcass so as to get some female in
to the embrace of his rattling bones.”
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The 43d Indiana regiment has returned
home. They went out with twelve hundred
men and brought back only one hundred and
liftv.
Stay at Home. —We advise all persons who
have not urgent business abroad to remain at
1 home these days. The railroad trains are
crammed and packed—inside and out —with
passengers, and there can be no conceivable
place more unpleasant than the cars are. A
private citizen will have a rough time upon
them, and unless business of an inexorable
; nature calls him away he had better remain at
‘ his home.
Two countrymen visiting the menagerie of the
Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, and coming to the ele
phant, one of them exclaimed, “What is that?”—
“Why, that’s the elephant, to be sure,” said a per
son standing by. "Oh, that’s the elephant,” said
the countryman : and then, turning to his compan
ion, he added, in an under tone, “bat how stupid
these people are, they feed him by the tail!”
A Leicester woman, who had been courted for
seven years, erot tired of such a long siege, and this
being Leap Year, engaged a clergyman to bring af
fairs to a crisis. But when the time came he thought
he had raiher not: whereupon the warm-blooded
suitor asked another man present if he was engaged,
and, when he blushingly said that he wasn’t, but
would like to be, they immediately “fixed it up,”
and were married on the spot.
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RyJElli*, Livingston A Cos
AN TUESDAY, 9th of August, at 10 o'clock, wt
v will sell in front of our store,
200 lbs. SOLE LEATHER;
200 lbs. UPPER LEATHER ;
75 doz. GLASS JARS, for Pickles
and Preserves ;
ONE,CLOSE CARRIAGE!
and Harness.
77 Lamp Chimney’s ;
Lot CUT GLASS LAMP SHADES ;
30 pr. LADIES SHOES ;
40,000 NEEDLES.
~ —ALSO, —
A LIKE LIT AEG ISO BOY!
24 years old.
A LIKELY AEGRO .HAA!
40 years old.
X Cow and. Calf.
ag6 td- SJ4
AUCTION SAIrE
At Crawford, Ala.
AX WEDNESDAY, the oth of August, I will
U sell my
HOUSE AISTID HOT,
. in the town of Crawford, 100 acres of land attached:
35 acres cleared. The house contains 0 rooms, with
all necessary outbuilding. Water excellent. Now
is your time to purchase a desirable home, cheap.
Also, the present growing-crop, near 30 acres in
corn and pear. 2 in potatoes, 3 in Chinese cane; and
a large lot of Household and Kitehen Furniture;
Mattresses and Bedding of every description; Firm
ing Tools,asetof Carpenter’s Tools;*tfogs; 4 Breed
ing Sows, Milch cows, 1 good Buggy and Harness,
; 1 Sulky, &.G.. &c. 4®”Sale to commence -,it 10 o’clk,
a. m. F. M. BOYNTON,
augfi fit Agent.
TELEGRAPHIC.
RSPO&TS OF THE PRS9S ASSOCIATION.
Entered Recording toast 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.'
The Yankee Fleet at mobile
Terrific Yaval Engagement
Great Excitement!
The City to be Defended to the last
Extremity. &<*.
.Mobile, Aug. s.— The following official dispatch
explains itself:
Fort Morgan, Aug. s.— To Gen. Higgins : The
action opened this morning between the fleet of the
enemy and this Fort, at 7 o’clock. The enemy nave
passed with three iron-clads and fourteen ships.—
The monitor Tecumseh was sunk under the gun3 of
the water battery. The Tennessee surrendered af
ter a terrific engagement with the enemy’s fleet.—
The Gaines is beached by the hospital; the Selma
is captured; the Morgan crew and officers are all
safe.
[Signed,! R. L. PAGE,
Brig. Gen.
There is great excitement in the city, and all per
sons are ordered under arms. The corporate au
thorities are resolved to defend the city to the last
extremity. All non-combatants are ordered off: no
other particulars.
Admiral Buchanan lost a leg.
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[Special to the Meridian and Clarion.]
Jackson, Miss., Aug, 2.—The following dispatch
was received last night from the Trans-Mississippi
Department.;
“General Polignac attacked Vidalia on the 22d
ult., killing forty negroes and five whites, and cap
turing nine hundfed negroes. His loss was five
killed and four captured.”
Notice !
All claims against the steamer MIST, prior to Ist
of July, must be presented to Capt. Whiteside’s,
at the Naval Iron Works, by the 15th of August.
ags 3t VAN. MARCUS, Capt.
Ad.i’t & Inspector General’s Office, l
Macon, Ga., August 1. 1804. S
Special Order, l j
No. —. )
As there is a misapprehension about the powers
of the Inferior Courts in making details for police
duty, the following orders are published for the in
formation of all concerned :
One policeman is allowed for each 500 negroes in
each county.
All men between 55 and 00, able to ride and carry
a gun, are to act as a police force in their respec
tive counties. The A ids de Camp are specially in
structed to order them upon this duty, and any man
between these ages, able for service, who refuses,
will be sent to the front. They are to ride all
through the county, confining themselves to no par
ticular district or plantation, and are to give their
whole time to this business. As they can sleep in j
houses at night, they can do this duty, when they i
would not be fit for other military service. They ‘
will visit the plantations, correct insubordinate nc- i
groes, and do all in theif power to protect property j
and preserve order.
It is believed there are but few counties in the :
State, iu which there are not in the county, one man I
able for service for each 500 negroes. If there j
should not be that number in any county, tho Infe- j
rior Court will recommend for detail a number of 1
men subject to the late call sufficient to make up the !
deficiency. These should be selected from such ;
overseers and others as have most control over the :
negroes. The recommendations of the courts must !
be sent to these headquarters, where they will be !
allowed, if the evidence of deficiency in the num- j
her of old men if satisfactory.
The court must accompany the application for j
the detail by a certificate, giving the following i
facts:
Ist. The number of slaves in the county.
fid. The number and names of the old men be
tween 55 and 60 in the county, with the name of
each, who is too feeble through the county.
3d. The names of the persons recommended by
the courts to make up the deficiency if any. All
details granted by the courts without an order from
these headquarters, are valid, and will be so treated
by all Aids-de-Camp and other State officers, who
will send all such detailed men to the front imme
diately.
As the late interruption in the railroad transpor
tation may have caused some of the militia who
had started to Macon to return home for want of
transportation, all such are required to press for
ward to Macon without delay, as the channels of
communication will be open again in a day or two.
All officers at homo will exercise great energy in
-ending all'men subject to the call forward prompt
ly, under arrest when necessary.
IIENRY C. WAYNE,
aug-l fit Adj’t & Insp. Gen.
Heaoqfarters Georgia Reserve, 1
Macon, Ga., July 23,1864. j
(teneral Order?, 1
No. 13. f
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,
having been placed under the control and direction
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 ago 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 Force,
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 such
persons to the District Enrolling Officers, who will
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 lic.ser\ e Class
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 applicants as
heretofore allowed.
VI. In all cases arising under the second clause
Paragraph Fourth, commencing with these words,
“In addition to the foregoing exemptions," Ac., the
applicant will be sent forward as provided in the
Fourth Paragraph 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 cases
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 wi'. 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.GKN. HOWELL COBB,
Commanding Georgia Reserve.
La map. fossa. Major and A. A. G.
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A HOI .-SE WAITED.
TO Rent from October next, a house, or pun .>{ a
1 house, for the: a=e of a family.
Address “SIGMA."
B*s ts : At this ,Office.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON,... LOCAL EDITOR.
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs
John D. Atkins are respectively invited to attend
the funeral of their daughter. Addie Virginia,
from Trinity Church, THIS (Saturday) MORN
ING, at half past nine o’clock.
Attention, Dawson Artillery!
The company will meet for Drill this evening at
51-2 o’clock. The roll will be called punctually at
the time, and all defaulters will be dealt strictly
with. The place of rendezvous will be at the Chat
tahoochee Depot. By order of
R. BARNWELL BAKER, Capt.
R. B. McKat, O. S. ag6lt
An Up.chnt Appeal to the Ladies.—Yester
day’s Muscogee train brought in from the Geor
gia front about one hundred sick and wounded
soldiers, who for want of transportation are forced
to lie over until Saturday afternoon at the Way
side Home. We are requested by a friend to call
attention to the fact that the stock of provisions
at the Home was entirely'exhausted last evening,
and to urge most earnestly upon our good ladies
the necessity of sending out ample supplies to
meet the wants of these poor fellows during the
day. The ladies can also make themselves useful
by visiting the Home this morning and dressing
the wounds of the soldiers.
Columbus-—lts Patriotism,
We noticed in the Sun a day or two since a cum
! munication written from this city, to the Montgo
mery Advertiser, which though in the main unob
jectionable, is calculated in some of its features to
reflect upon the patriotism of our city on the oc
casion of the recent raid against the Montgomery
and West Point railroad. At the time the report
reached us of the arrival of the raiders at Auburn,
our city, though abounding in men and means,
sufficient to repel any ordinary raid, was in part
wholly in a disorganized state, and it took till
Monday evening (at which time the raiders had
reached Opelika, and were reported to be advan
cing in thi3 direction) to put ou a war footing the
various companies comprising the city defence.—
Major Dawson, and the other officials of this
Post, feeling confident that the destruction of
Columbus was one of the objects aimed at by the
enemy, upon deliberate reflection, concluded that
the most appropriate ground on which to make a
stand was near the city, as we had but little
cavalry, though we feel no hesitation in saying
that had our Alabama friends dispatched a cou
rier informing our Commandant of the strength
of the raiders and their probable intentions, suf
ficient force would have been sent out to at once
check the invaders. Major Dawson sent out vari
ous scouting parties to feel of the enemy and as
certain his strength and probable intentions on
Monday morning, and as soon as they returned
ordered Col. Clinch to repair to Opelika with his
command. The cars were ready and about an
hour before they were to start a dispatch was re
ceived from Gen. Hood for Col. Clinch to hold
himself in readiness to move to Andersonville,
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evidently showing that the mrces here were not
intended to operate in the direction of Montgo
mery. Almost to a man our forces were ready and
willing to go anywhere or do anything, which
would best subserve tho ends of defending their
homes and the public property, and we are further
confident, that had our sister State Alabama, been
as prompt and energetic in organizing her militia
forces as has Georgia, the enemy would not only
have found it impossible to commit the depreda
tions they did but, in our opinion would long ere
this been reeling back from Atlanta in chagrin
and disgrace. No city or Commandant ever exer
cised more readiness or patriotism than was shown
by Major Dawson and the citizens of Columbus on
the occasion of the late raid. Almost every man
and boy were under arms and ready for any emer
gency'. If we had known the exact intentions of
the raiders we could very easily have marched to
Opelika and repelled them, but not possessing this ;
knowledge it would certainly have been unwise to I
send out our entire force consisting almost entire- j
ly of infantry in that direction, ancl left Columbus
exposed from every other.
Not only on this occasion was the wisdom, com
petency, and military capacity of Major Dawson
made apparent, but on the occasion of the late de- !
signs against Macon and Andersonville, he clear
ly proved that he is not only ready and willing to
exercise his office and influence to protect Colum
bus, but also to rally to other points where there
is danger. Although our city forces were nearly
all at Atlanta, on Saturday last he dispatched at ;
an hour’s notice several companies to assist the I
authorities at Macon. But, without saying more, j
let us indulge tho hope that there be no bickerings j
between our own and sister State, and that the j
people of each will unite to a man to rush brave j
ly to tho rescue in this our hour, of common peril, i
Bicn is Life. —We are now able to appreciate
the deep and touching pathos indulged by the
editor of the Eufauli Spirit of the South lately on
the reception of sundry hams. There are some
conditions in life where hams are infinitely pre
ferable to either, boquets, strawberries or ginger
cakes, and we therefore modestly suggest a change
of schedule in the conduct of those who hence
forth havo presents for the Local. Our esteemed
friend James A. Bradford, ever alive in good
works made us a present of a fine ham yesterday,
for which he has our warmest thanks. Will Mr.
Black come up and help us eat it.
Fixe Grapes.—A friend yesterday brought into
our sanctum a few bunches of the most delicious
grapes of the Gordy and other varieties. His
kind consideration, if not deserved, is much ad
mired.
The Nelson Raxgers, contrary to pulolic ex
pectation arrived in our city yesterday afternoon.
They arc on their way to the front. They are a
gallant body of men, have seen much hard service,
and will win honorable distinction wherever their
lots may be cast.
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A Collision. —Owing to a collision of freight
trains on the South Western Railroad, Thursday
evening, the Passenger train due here Friday
morning from -Macon did uot arrive. We are !
again minus the necessary exchanges to get up an
interesting paper.
Vicksburg Items. —Gordon Smith, an old citizen |
of Vicksburg, died there recently.
The widow of Wash Thames, former city marshal, {
was married in Vicksburg, a short time since to a
white officer of a negro regiment.
The negro who killed John Bobb has not been
shot, as was recently stated. He is kept in jail.—
Clarion.
Ul WWMMFPJPg’taMB——T WIIWB wnw nmM IJWI
Tff'OTCXOJES.
To Planter* anil Ollier*!
f MILL EXCHANGE Oinaburgs, Sheeting and
1 . f arns, for Bacon, Lard. Tallow and Beeswax. I
will be found at Robinett X Cos s old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil f,»- sale
L. S. WRIGHT.
june 2 ts
Aegro Teamster* Wanted!
I wish to hire a number of Negro Teamsters for
tlie4rmy of Tennessee.. Citizens having such hands
will please notify me immediately: as in this way
a uumber of soldiers may be relieved to strengthen
our struggling army. Applv to
. „ THOS. 0. JOHNSON.
,;u._, _w Government Transportation Works.
850 Reward,
1 WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
* boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three
or four weeks, and i«-ooT>o»ed to be lurking about :
the city. ,TNO. H. B ASS. !
iy 4 ts
-OR
U.UOE FOMitM MM
-AT
-114, Broad Street
Coffee, Sugar,
Soda, Black Pepper,
Syrup, Potash,
Cotton Cards
Tin-Ware, Saaff,
Salt, Sugar,
Tumblers, Caudles,
GEORGIA REBEL SNUFF,
Pickles, Flysßrushes. -
Eggs, Butter,
Salt Fish,
Cigars,
Toilet.Scap,
Soft Soap.
Bar-Soar
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco
aug 2 ts
“114.”
Large Lot of Fine Irish Polatt*.,
In lots to suit purchasers.
At 114, BROAD ST
HOOP SKIRTS
Made and Repaired io Good style.
BY MRS. S. E. HERRING,
At her Residence , near Camp Jfonfgomer.p
4®-Ladies will please call and examine her work
ag2 .it
TO HIRE.
1)Y the month, or for the balance of the vear, a 1.5
D year old Boy, Apply at this Office.
ag2 6t
STOP THE THIEF!
9500 Reward i
STOLEN, from my Stable at Oak Mountain
Springs, Talbot county, Ga., on the night of the
Ist of Aug., 1864, my fine Stallion named STEELE,
ten years old; a dark Mahogany bay; sixteen and a
half hands high; a small white spot in his face; a
few white hairs in his mane, just where a collar
would work; a small scar on the hinder part of his
bag; vory straight hind legs, and very high headed
and gay in appearance.
I will pay five hundred dollars to any person win,
will apprehend the thief and lodge him in jail, and
return to me my horse, or I will pay two hundred
and fifty dollars for either the thief or the horse.
Address meat Waverly Hall, Harris county, Ga.
aug3 lw JESSE MOORE.
BONUS
Os the 500,000,000 Loan for Sale!
T AM authorized to offer for sale the 6 per cent.
Coupon or Registered Long Date Bonds of the
Five Hundred Million Loan authorized by Act of
Congress, February 17, 1864, in sums to suit pur
chasers, ab the Confederate States Depository, Co
lumbus, Ga.
The principal and interest of this Loan are free
from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in pay
ment for all Import and Export Duties. These
Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov
ernment, and I recommend them to the favorable
notice of Capitalist.
W. 11. YOUNG, Agent,
augl lm for Confederate States.
RE A AWAY!
MEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel
-Li 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
residos in Tuskegec, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this ofiice, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Columbus, Ga,., augltf*
COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT!
On and after the 30th inst., the Passenger Train
on the Montgomery & West Point R. R. will
Leave Columbus 2 40 p. m.
Arrive at West Point 8 00 “
Leave West Point frw “
Arrive at Columbus 9 10 “
Freight Train will Leave Columbus...s 50 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus 12 23 “
1. E. APPLEE,
July 23 ts Agent.
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford’s old Stand,)
2<rO. 101, BEOAD ST.
HIS HR SUE OR EHWE
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, Linseys,
Laguaray Coffee,
Tobacco, Rice.
Nails of all sixes,
&c., &c., &c.
julfiitf ___
mi rlnmuHMH
FOB. SAUB!
WE have for sale 49 reams of Letter Paper, and
2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale
or Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream; Blank Books, $l5O
retail, 75 cts. wholesale. Apply at
ag6 ts THIS OFFICE
TIETE ATLANTA
uiiftivuini.
The undersigned proprietor of the ATLANTA
Daily and Weekly Intelligencer,
announces to the public that he has mado arrange
ments for the publication of these Journals in this
city (Macon) and that in a few days subscribers to
the same will be furnished as usual with their pa
pers :
Correspondents, advertisers aud all persons hav
ing business with the
IIsTTELLIGEITC IBIR,
trill pleasse address their communications to
The Intelligencer Office.
Macon, Georgia.
All JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK
on hand will be resumed at an early day.
JARED I. WHITAKER.
Proprietor.
julfiT It
Flag of Truce Letters
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,)
War Df.partmext,
Bureau of Exchange. )
Richmond, Va., July Ist, 1864.
1. All letters to go North by flag of truce must be
sent to this office.
2. Each letter must be inclosed in a separate en
velope and addressed to me. Bureau of Exchange,
Richmond, Y r a.
3. No letter must exceed in length one page of
ordinary sized letter paper, and its contents be con
fined strictly to personal or family matters. No
letter alluding to the movements or localities of
troops will be allowed to pass.
4. Each letter must contain a United States post
age stamp, or its equivalent in silver or United
States currency. These regulations will bo rigidlv
enforced and no letter transmitted in which thev
arc not strictly observed.
RQB’T OULD,
.... . , Agent of Exchange.
Official. ]
W H Hatch, Captain and A A G.
july22 6t
Shot 1 makes*** ami Saddler*’
TOOLS.
THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
manufacture of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a few doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL k CO.
Reference — Maj- F. W. Dillard.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, plcasfrcopy one month and send bit*x
to this office,
mar 30 t.f
0 N and after the Ist July, my office and dweii
ing will be on Broad st.. at the residence of the
late Mrs. fhirnv,
iulyl ts W. J. MURRELL, M. D.