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J. W. WiRRp, - - - Editor.
• Thursday Morflißft Angust 11, 1864.
The resalt of the Gubernatorial election in
North Carolina has most agreeably surprised
us. Against Gov. Vance were arrayed all
who are opposed to the administration of
Presfdent Davis, all who are opposed to the
war. or are disaffected to the cause and all the
miserable dupes of the idea, so persistently
harped upon by Holden, that an honorable
peace could be brought about by negotiation.
We have been led, by common rumor and the
lying boasts of Holden anu his satellites, to
suppose that these elements of opposition j
combined represented a political power of no
mean strength in the State. But the result
has scattered these calculations to the
wind. The army gave such an overwhelming
vote for Vance that Holden's supporters at
home became ashamed of themselves and set
him slide. They couldn t Hold-on.
From parties just from the Georgia front we
learn that the enemy, for the past two or three ,
days, has called a halt in his flanking opera- j
tiona oil our left. What movement Sherman j
will next essay it is difficult to conjecture. He j
has tried cutting our communications and the j
flanking process ad nauseam , and it would !
,-eem that he has nearly reached the point j
whence he must go straight forward or back. ;
Perhaps he will grow desperate and assault i
our works. We wish him no better luck.
The Fight at Mobile.
We are kindly permitted to make tbe fol
lowing extracts from a private letter received
in this city, written at Mobile under date of the
7th inst. The writer was a witness of the
engagement :
■ : Yoii will have learned ere this of the suc
cessful entry of 8 in this Bay. In a few words
f will tell you how this happened. On the
morning of the sth inst. the Yankee fleet
steamed up past Fort3 Morgan and Gaines,
both forts opened on them, supported by the
Ram Tennessee and the Steamers Morgan,
Gaines and Selma. After two hours hard
lighting a shot from the enemy carried away
the Tennessee’s smokestack flush with the
deck. The smoke immediately filled the gun
deck and she was obliged to surrender, or all
hands would have suffocated in a few moments.
Admiral Buchanan had one of his legs frac
tured. The Selma fought bravely, and seve
ral fine young men were killed, and, perhaps,
many more that I have not heard of. She was
a total loss and the crew were captured. The
Haines fought well, spent all her ammunition
and, when the Captain found she was sinking,
ho beached her arid the officers and crew are
all safe with us. She lost several men killed
and wounded. The Morgan was the only
vessel left. She succeeded in reaching Mobile
last night in safety. The enemy lost one
Monitor sunk, one vessel burned, one other
sank and four disabled. We are all here now
at the upper
Mobile, all that is left of us, iron rams,
supported by the land batteries, and we must
fight it out with the enemy when he has re
paired his damages and finds himself ready to
deliver the final blow for Mobile. His ships
are before us now but still we hope for Mo
bile. * * * * The
Hartford, Brooklyn. 2 monitors and 4 other
ships are in the. bay."
More Yankees
Last Monday news came to town that live or
six hundred Yankees were in the upper part
of this county making their way to Sherman’s
lines. They were the remnant of the raiding
party Roddy thrashed so severely at Newnan
last Friday. Their retreat from Newnan direct
to their own lines was cut off, and they had to
take this round about way to get home. Thev
crossed the river at Philpot’S ferry. We un
derstand a great many more drowned while
attempting to cross, and all their horses cap
tured. They were pursued to the river by our
cavalry, they are thoroughly demoralized,
and are scattered over the whole country,
their only object being seemingly to get some
thing to eat fhey are being captured in
squads of from three to twenty by citizens and
our cavalry, A squad of five whites and two
niggers were brought to town last Tuesday
night, liter were some of the raiders that
passed through here two weeks since. They
went immediately from here to Marietta, stay
ed there one night, and started next day for
the Macon railroad, which they cut, and were
returning when met at Newnan and routed.—
1 Itese men say Rosseau had taken command
of McPherson s corps in Sherman’s army.
They were nearly starved when captured, and
made no attempt to escape when ffursuedc —
Citizens in the vicinity of Rock Mills have
owned out generally, and are doing good ser
vice in taking them up. This is a fine oppor
tunity for the mounted scouts of this county
to get their hands in. We hope they will be
on the trail soon.— Chambers Tribune.
. Lalesi From East Florida
Tin following official dispatches were re
em ed by Gov. Milton, ou Thursday •
Lake City. Aug. 4th—Gov. Milton: The
tollou Dig report came in late last night: “A
transport with troops from Hilton Head ar
met. at Jacksonville on Sunday evening.
Anotiitr came down ou Monday ; she had been
up wiiti horses; nut known where they were
liinued. Another transport went uploaded
m ith 'l oops which were supposed to be landed
at Green Cove Springs. The enemy are re
port.,! to have burned the breastworks around
.ul.iw.n on Sunday last. Troops at Camp
'niton. All quiet in front.” ~
Jrmx K. Jackson. Brig. Gen.
Lake City. Aug. 4,
helmet CUl 'k r>ie^ inson reports that
ue met the enemy, about 7* cavalry, and 200
m fan try, lour miles from Palatka on the 2d.
and after a hard fight drove them back into
he., entrenchments, found tight dead and
- apposes, fie killed and wounded many others
v> uei< r t!| ken into Palatka, captured five—
one of whom is a.first lieutenant. Lost one
sergeant (his son C. R. Dickinson) and one
oumled. Captured some arms and horses.
rJe - r,f* k i nS) at Gainesville, sc vs the ne
groes and deserters from Cedar Keys have
been roughly handled by Capt. Lilknihal who
kiried one and captured another. They have
gone back to Cedar Keys. y Dave
,Ixo - K. Jackson, Brig. Gen.
fFiorid,un st Journal.
Hu m Brandy. —This is another of the very
valuable discoveries lately made, and adds to
the instances of what can be done from onr
own resources. The article before us has a
peculiarly rich flavor, pleasant to the taste,
and acts upon the system like a sweet cordial,
ft i> remarkable for its parity, and is pro
nounced by experienced judges superior to
An - •''Hide. Charleston Courier.
consider 0 ! 3 ?.’ 11 A- Scoville, who has earned
York to tVrV ° l a net k* 3 lettcr3 ,r om New
tore ot ‘Manhattan Under the signa
“ 11,6
It is strange how woH we do without
importations. The South consumed be
fore tbe war, of goods brought from Eu
rope or the North, at prices fixed by the
Yankees, between three and four hundred
millions of dollars worth, valued in gold.
Now, we get nothing but the goods whioh
come in accidentally through the block*
ade, the total annual value of which a few
millions of gold will cover. We practi*
cally do without what before cost three
hundred and fifty millions of dollars per
annum. We used to expend in foreign
and Northern merchandise the whole an
nual proceeds of six great staple crops —
namely: cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, na*
val stores and flour or wheat. The total
exportations of the entire United States
fell short of what the South produced for
sale of her great leading staples, and
what she had to spare besides of flour j
and wheat. The South sent to Europe j
and the North more than the United
States at large sent to other countries. ]
The total value of these exportations of j
the South was about four hundred mil
lions in the two years first preceding the
war, all of which she received payment
for in merchandise. She bartered away
her whole surplus produce for property
which three years of experience has shown
that she can do without. These have
been years of war, which exacts more of
these things than peace; and we have
done without, and done well without them,
although we have suffered the severe loss
es, the extreme wear and tear, and the j
cormorant exactions of war.
The war has cost, up to this time, prob>
ably thirteen or fourteen hundred mil
lions of dollars; or at the rate of about
four or five hundred millions of dollars a
year, measured in Confederate money;
that is to say, about as much as peace im
portations would have cost in gold. The
truth is, that we have got along without
importations, which would have cost each
year nearly as much money in gold as
Government pays per annum in paper on
account of war expenditure. In a
cial point of view we have lost nothing
by the war; for if,instead of fighting, we
had been raising cotton, tobacco, sugar,
rice and naval stores, they would have all
been bartered for articles of luxury bring
ing no essential benefit. The Govern
ment obligations do not represent an exs
penditure as between nation and nation;
it represents the cost of war at home, and
the debt owed by Government to its own
poople. Our foreign debt is absolutely
nothing. The pittance of debt which
outstands in foreign lands is represented
exclusively by cotton and produce bonds,
which are a credit upon shipments and
not against the Treasury. The Coafeders
acy owes next to nothing abroad. Its
debt is a purely domestic debt and
fectly manageable. It can be supported
after paace with entire convenience, and
placed in a course of rapid and easy liquid
dation by a proper administration of its
enormous resources in export staples.
To show how perfectly mauageable this
debt is, we have only to consider that if
the people of the South could forego the
use of imported merchandise for a few
years succeeding the ratification of peace
as well as they have done during the peri
od of war, they would be able to pay off
their war debt in as short a period as that
in which it was contracted. Nor would
the payment operate as a charge against
the Confederacy in favor of foreign credi
tors ; for it would be a charge against the
Confederate Government in favor of the
Confederate people , and, as against the
country at large, would not be left as a
charge at all. It is true that the paper of
Government would, during such a period
of liquidation, at least as to a portion of
it, certainly pass from the hands of Con -
| federate citizens into those of foreign
| holders; but the paper would bring full
! value (probably a premium value) to tbe
| Confederate citizen in the transfer, and
the general transaction would, therefore,
be the same in effect as if none of the
paper should be sold beyond tjie limits of
the Confederacy during the process of
liquidation.
It is not to be supposed that the people
will forego the use of foreign merchan
dise in a degree at all approaching total
abstinence ; but these facts are certain—
namely, first, that they readily could do so,
if necessary, as the present abstinence
fully demonstrates; and, second, that if
they did so, the extraordinary exporting
capacities of the Confederacy would ena>
ble it to liquidate its war debt in the same
length of time as that during which it
was contracted. It is true that the peo
ple will not thus abstain from the use of
fpreign merchandise, and for several rea
sons ; the leading one among t which is,
that a public debt contracted for the ben
efit of posterity is not at this day held to
be such that the living generation is mor
ally bound to liquidate it But the re s *
flection that a public debt is capable of
being liquidated by the exporting resour*
ces of the country alone, in so brief a
period of time, certainly serves to relieve
any uneasiness which might be felt in re
spect to the Confederate debt, and ought
to banish all distrust of the capacity of
the Confederacy to liquidate its war obli*
gations by effectual measures which shall
bear very lightly upon the industry and
capital of the people.
There is no doubt that vast loss and
destruction have been suffered from the
War, which do not enter into the discus
sion of the mere question of public finan
ces. These losses are very heavy, and
must seriously affect the general wealth
and production of the country for several
years succeeding a restoration of peace.
But none of the mere material losses of
war are without compensation in some
form. Even the familiiarity with adver
sity and privation, to which they subject
large classes, generally proves of future
value to them ; and considering these
losses with respect to the public at large, it
wsll hardly be denied that the astonishing
growth of home manufactures which has
been occasioned by the blockade and
; the consequent domestic privation, will
j compensate the South for positive losses
I brought upon ber by the war. '
I If the war should end during the pre
j sent year, history will afford no example
j of the facility with which so large a pub
lic debt as that of the Confederacy will
have been placed in a course of conven
ient liquidation; nor will it afford any
i instance of recuperation to compare in
, rapidity with that which will be displayed
in the example of the Confederacy.—
I Rich. Examiner:
Prom TlrfSnla.
A GHASTLY SCENE.
The editor of the Petersburg Express
has visited the chasm near that city, caus
ed by the enemy's explosion. It appeared
to be about forty feet in depth, and some
200 feet in circumference, and resembled
more what one would imagine to have
been the of a terrible earthquake
than anything else to which we could
liken it. Immense boulders of earth were
piled up rudely, one above the other, and
great fragments of bomb proofs, gun car
riages, limbers, &c., were lying promiscu
ously in every direction. One man was
caught between -two boulders, near the
surface of the ground, and literally
crushed between them. He still re
mained in this painful position, with only
his head and neck visible, our men not
having had the time to extricate him.
Life had long been extinct, but the ghast
ly looking face was unmarked by a scratch,
and the head perfect, but slightly reelin''
ing on the shoulder.
The sides aud bottoms of the chasm
were literally lined with Yankee dead, and
the bodies lay in every conceivable posi
tion. In one spot we noticed a corporal
of infantry, a sergeant of artillery, and a
big, burly negro, piled one upon top of
tbe other. Some had evidently been
killed with the buts of muskets as their
crushed skulls and badly mashed faces too
plainly indicated, while the greater por
tion were shot, great pools of blood having
flowed from their wounds and stained the
ground.
Between our breastworks and the ene
my's, large numbers of dead and wounded
were still lying, the latter begging pite
ously for water, and praying to be cared
for. Our men could not relieve them, as
they were in full range of the enemy’s
sharpshooters, who had not ceased their
firing, even under such appalling circum
stances as we have described.
THE LABORS OF THE ENEMY.
The length of the “sap” made by the
enemy is supposed to have been about 600
feet, but the work is not so great, as many
unacquainted with the appliances used for
such purposes, would suppose. Immense
augurs, made specially for such occasions,
are brought into requisition, and by this
means, we are informed, a vast deal of
work can be accomplished in a short space
of time. Just where the mine was sprung
and the explosion occurred, the earth is
formed of a hard substance, such as is
generally known as “pipe clay,” and this
accounts for the great boulders of earth
which were rent asunder and upturned by
the force of the explosion.
The labors of the enemy in this operas
tion have been poorly repaid. The very
timely arrival of General Mahone, and the
quick perception of his military mind soon
placed our gallant boys in position, and
retrieved the disaster.
The enemy’s losses from all causes are
estimated at 3500 men. We have over
1000 prisoners in our possession, 14 bat«
tie flags, and upwards of 2000 stands of
small arms. We took no cannon, because
the enemy brought none with them. The
four pieces captured by the explosion, at
tached to Pegram’s Battery, were after
wards dug up from tbe rubbish uninjured.
Our entire loss is ascertained to be about
890. Among the killed, we regret to state
are some of our very best men.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
Since the affair of last Saturday, the
Yankees have been rather quiet in front
of Petersburg,
The white and black officers captured
lately at Petersburg, are confined together.
Northern papers state that the Federal
loss at the late battle of Winchester was
over one thousand men.
Heavy defalcations have been discov
ered in the Treasury Department. The
amount is not yet known.
From Below.
The Yankee forces which came to Whites
ville last week landed at Magnolia and marched
towards Black creek, a portion of them branch •
ing off to Middleburg, on the south prong of
the creek. They did not cross immediately,
but posted pickets in theswamp. They crossed
the creek at Knight’s Bridge, and took sever
al persons prisoners, whom they afterwards
released. One young man, named Washing
ton Branning, hearing a noise and not sus
pecting anything, went across and was imme
diately taken before Gen. Birney, who asked
him what business he had there? The young
man replied that he came to see what the
matter was. Gen. B. then said that he was
a spy, and ordered him to be led to be shot,
and men detailed for that purpose. The
young man said that he ought not to be shot
without a hearing, but the General repeated
the order, when young Branning broke loose
and ran to the creek, plunged in, when about
50 shots were fired at him. It is supposed
that he reached the opposite shore in safety, |
as one of the negro troops was heard to say
that “the d—d rebel had crossed the river in j
two di' r e3."
Major G. W. Scott learning that they had I
landed, went with a force of 100, and met i
them near Whitesville sometime on Sunday, i
and threw out a party of 30 skirmishers, who
fired upon the enemy and retired across the
creek. This was near night.
The next morning, the enemy followed in
two parties, cavalry and infantry, and another
skirmish ensued. Their cavalry got between j
our skirmishers and the main body. Our
skirmishers finding themselves about to be
cut off were obliged to retreat and fall back
upon Col. McCormick.
Col. McCormick having been apprised of
the burning ot tbe trestle in his rear, evacua
ted Baldwin, bringing away all of his camp
equipage, and Villepigue's artillery, and |
crossed the St. Mary’s river at Lang's Ferry, j
where a small force of the enemy followed
him. A few shots from Villepigue's artillery
scattered them and compelled them to retire.
Only one man is known to be lost, all the i
rest having come in.
In the skirmishes, 8 Yankee negroes were]
killed and as many wounded. At Whitesville
they tore down fences and burned the rails, j
turning in horses and cattle to destroy the ;
crops. Darby's turpentine Distillery near !
Baldwin they also destroyed, burning with it ,
a quanity of rosin, valued in good times at
$40,000.'
On Monday morning about 2 o'clock p. m.. j
our citizens were aroused with the astounding
report that couriers bad arrived from Col. j
McCormick, stating that a force of cavalry
had crossed the St. Mary’s river and had
flanked him; at the same time the telegraph
wires ceased working and no communication
could be had with Camp Jackson. This led to
the belief that the lines had been cut. Re
ports and rumors were circulated without
number. Many left in the early part of the
dav and all Was confusion until about 4
I o’clock p. m.. when communication was re
-established, and the whole aiarm proved a
: false one. — Like dig Columbian.
Loss of Gsnmals.—Since tha war com
menced the Federals have lost 51 Generals, of
whom 36 were killed in battle and 36 have
died of disease? contracted ia the service.
M. &W. Railroad and the New !
lisae.
We are at some loss to know upon what |
ground the Macon and Western Railroad Com- !
pany can justify its refusal to receive the old
issue of Confederate note3 at its discounted
value. Is it on the score of inconvenience?
Fit i3 not willing to suffer some inconve
niences from the war then it seeks exemption
from evil, when no man or woman or child in
the Confederacy can claim or enjoy a similar
blessing. Is it independent of the Govern
ment and the people from whom it derives
its franchises and protection? We should
think not. At this moment the Confederacy
has army employed in protecting its
inte™t against the devastation of the vandal
invader. And yet no soldier composing that
army can have* the privilege of traveling on
its cars, if he happens to have nothing but
old issue. No citizen who pays the taxes to
support that array is permitted to travel, if
he should be so unfortunate as to have no new
issue.
The evil will grow until no person, how
ever patriotic, can receive it and be able to
pay current expenses with it. The circula
tion will thus be reduced to the amount of
the new issue, suddenly and within a few
days, which will involve a money crisis, and
all growing out of the unpatriotic action of
the overgrown corporation, known as the Ma
con and Western Railroad Company. Could
Lincoln or Seward have devised a more in
genious scheme to add to the embarrassments
of our people ? Could Stoneman or McCook,
the Y'ankee raiders, have done much more
harm, if they had been left to roam at large
through the country, and carry on their work
of destruction?
For shame, we would say to the company,
if it had a soul to feel, thus to add to the em
barrassments of a suffering and invaded peo
ple, instead of assisting them in bearing their
heavy burdens.
Does this corporation fear that the Govern
ment will not redeem its old issue at its dis
counted value ? There is no reason to indulge
such an apprehension. The Government has
been slow in giving circulation to its new is
sue, it is true: but then the corporation should
have reason, and should remember that the
Government has been burdened with tremen
dous responsibilities since the passage of the
new Treasury bill—it has been engaged in re
pelling one of the most gigantic invasions
known in history. The capital has been cut
off from its communications. It will redeem
the old issue, and this old issue is worth just
as much as the corporation is asked to take
it for. It would be a matter of comparative
little importance whether the company should
receive it or not, if other corporations, mer
cenary traders, market men, hucksters and
speculators, will not avail themselves of the
example offered them by this huge corpora
tion, and will not make it an excuse to refuse
the old issue.
We feel conscious that any comments the
press may make upon this act will not change
the policy of the company. But we think the
company should suffer the penalty of for
feiting some portion of the respect of the
country, the people and the soldiers, on ac
count of its selfish and unpatriotic policy.—
We desire to see it clothed with odium and
covered with indignation. We wish an hon
est and suffering people to have the consola
tion and consciousness of disapprobation m
what is so well calculated to produce confu
sion and embarrassment, and of feeling an
honest scorn for a company which, at s«ch a
time, can coldly and deliberately adopt a
rule bearing so hardly upon a majority of the
honest, patriotic, long suffering community
when it can possible lose nothing by uphold
ing the Confederate old issue at its discoun
ted value.— Rebel.
English Judges.—Of the four Puisne Judges
of the'Queen’s Bench, not one belongs to the
established church. Mr. Justice Crompton is
well known as belonging to the Unitarian de
nomination. Mr. Justice Blackburn was born
and bred, and still remains, a Scotch Presby
terian. Mr. Justice Mcller is in like manner
associated with the English congregation of
dissenters. Mr. Justice Shee is an avowed
Roman Catholic; so that ou Sir Alexander
Cockburn alone, himself a Scotch baronet,
devolves the duty of representing, as one of
the Judges, the interests and representation
of the Church of England.
♦ -*w- ♦
General Washburne has issued an order ap
pointing Aldermen for the different wards of
Memphis, who are to receive the usual salary,
and, with the Mayor, be known as the Provi
sional Mayor and Council of Memphis.
[From the London Times (city art.) July 6.]
The Yew Tariff of the i nitefi
States.
The new Tariff Bill just past by the Senate
of the United States makes, as far as intention
is concerned, a further considerable stride
toward a prohibition of foreign commerce.
But the total inadequacy of the manufactur
ing power of the country to supply the wants
of the people and of the army renders it im
possible materially to check the demand for
European goods, and the chief result, there
fore, of each increase of duty is that it ena
bles the home manufacturers to increase to
that extent their charges for such goods as
they have the means of supplying. The altered
scale now about to become law raises the duty
on woolen articles from thirty-five per cent.,
its present rate, to forty per cent, ad valorem,
which, as it is payable in gold, is equal, in the
existing state of the market, to about ninety
per cent, in paper currency. Flannels are 1
increased in rate from eighteen to twenty- ;
four per cent., several classes of cotton goods I
from fifteen to twenty par cent., steel raanu- j
factures from thirty-five to forty per cent.,
and tea from ten pence per pound to ten per !
cent, ad valorem. I
Attempt to Escape bt Prisoners at Camp
Chase.— On the 4th of July thirty Confederate
prisoners at Camp Chase attempted to get
through the gate, opened to allow a cart to
pass. The guards fired on them, wounding
two, one of whom has had an arm amputated,
and succeeded in preventing all but a few
from passing through the gateway. All were
re-captured before they were without the lim
its of the camp.
There are seventeen hundred prisoners at
Camp Chase.
Incendiary Cotton.— The Lowell
(Mass ) Courier states that in one of the
cotton mills of that city was found, a day
or two ago, in opening some cotton bales,
a little cone shaped article, which was
found in the picker room, containing eight
or ten percussion caps. On trying them,
several exploded, and it is supposed that
all are good. Had these caps gone into
the machinery with the cotton, it is more
than probable that a conflagration would
have been the consequence.
General Grant. —The North Amer
ican is willing, it seems, to sacrifice its
favorite general, if the necessities of Mr.
Lincoln may require it. It says :
The national Government, in its earnest
desire to leave nothing undone that could
insure the success of General Grant’s
campaign in Virginia, has sent him every
man he asked for, and even the reserves
under Burnside, intended for the defence
of Washington, are with him. It has
thus yielded up its own ideas, therefore,
only to find them correct to its cost.
The Philadelphia Age says :
It is well known that to the appoint
ment of incompetents to the command of
the subordinate movements, are we in
debted for the failures of the campaign.
But to make Lincoln the next President,
hia party would sacrifice every soldier and
officer in the array. Grant is but another
victim
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR.
Funeral Notice.
The funeral services ofCapt. Willis D.Baxks, and j
Lieut. Eugenf Banks will be held in St. Luke’s
Methodist Church on Sabbath morning. Aug. 14th.
augll 3t*
Wanted to Rent. —A dwellinglin a convenient
portion of tho city, with three or four rooms. For
such a place could exchange a pleasant little house
with two room3. Enquire at this office.
Billy Phklps has sugar to exchange for country
produce. Also, for sale, garden seeds, groceries,
Ac. Those in want of these things should give him
a call.
— m •
! Retcrx of Details.— We learn that Captain
| White’s wagon-makers returned from the front on
| Tuesday evening, and the Arsenal companies yes
! terday evening. It is pleasant to feel that we are
full-handed, and that in case of raids we shall be
able to make a bolder defense. We think upon the
whole, that the war-power failed in accomplishing
its objects by sending our detailed men to the front,
| as no general engagement has yet come off, and the
! public mechanical interests have suffered. We
j think, shoes, guns, wagons, clothing, munitions, &c.,
; are as indispensably necessary as men, and that
j those engaged in the manufacture of these things
I should only be called forth in the last and most des
; peratc extremity.
Another Typo Dead.— ln the sanguinary strug
gle of Thursday, the 27th July, in front of Atlanta,
Felix Lloyd, a member of the 46th Ga,, was killed.
Mr. Lloyd belonged toCapt. Cooper’s old company
had been in the service about three years—had
never, we believe, enjoyed the benefit of a furlough
—and was according to report a faithful soldier.—
Before the war he was a Columbus printer and
worked for several years with General Bethune in
the “Corner Stone’’ office in this city. We learn
that in addition to his fine soldierly qualities, ho
was an exemplary Christian, and that his last days
were lit up with the calm and sublime faith of the
Gospel. Though he went forth from the humble
walks of life, his conduct and character won for him
the confidence and esteem of his fellows.
Telegraphic Irregularity. —Nome months ago
the Press Association or Telegraph Managers estab
lished a regular hour for the transmission of tele
graphic press reports, to-wit, at 7 o’clock, p. m. We
regret to find that this system has been discon
tinued, and that we are thrown back upon the old
plan of waiting till 10 and 11 o’clock at night. The
7 o’clock arrangement worked admirably on the
Press of this city, as by it, we could generally put
our papers to press by 11 o’clock at night, and allow
our hands time for repose; while the irregular sys
tem of having to wait till a late hour for the dis
patches involves the necessity of keeping our city
papers open till 12 and 1 o'clock, and deprives the
printers of needful repose. We trust that the city
Press, as well as the Press of the State generally,
will urge upon the energetic and accommodating
General Agent, Mr. Thrasher, to use his influence in
re-establishing the 7 o’clock call hour, as soon as
convenient. We feel sure this hour would give gen
eral satisfaction throughout the State.
The Reign of Terror. —The organ of Andy
Johnson at Nashville—the Daily Union —has the
following preface to a long article, ehoering on the
demoniacs to their work in Tennessee :
“The Great Purification. —Within a brief
space of time, several very stringent orders have
been issued from il/a.jor General Nherman, and some
of the subordinate commanders in this Military De
partment, relative to the conduct and language of
enemies of the Union, living within our lines hav
ing in view the diminution of the remarkable fa
vors which they have been receiving at our hands,
the punishment ol their disloyal acts, and their
summary expulsion in other cases, beyond our lines,
into the South. We trust that these orders will
prove to be not mere idle words, as, unfortunately
for the national cause, thoy have been heretofore.
We hope, on the contrary, they are but
“The first drops of a thunder shower,"
and that the new era of the Great Purification of
the South has begun in good earnest.”
Andy Johnson. —A Yankee paper gives a “Sketch
of the Life and Services” of J ohnson, the Lincoln
candidate for Vice-President. According to this,
he was born at Raleigh, N. C., on the 29th Decem
ber, 1808. He lost his father in his fourth year.—
His family was very poor, and he was apprenticed
to a tailor in his native city, with whom he served
seven years. He never attended school a single day
in his life; but whilst learning his trade, and by aid
of the journeymen, he acquired a familiarity with
the alphabet. As soon as he could imperfectly
read, he borrowed a few books, from which he
amassed all the learning he had until he married,
which was in his twentieth year. His wife then
taught him to write and cipher. He worked for a
short tint® at Laurens, C. 11., South Carolina; then
returned to Raleigh. Subsequently, he settled in
Greenville, Tennessee, and there was alderman and
mayor. In 1835, he was elected to the Legislature.
In 1840. he was Democratic Elector of Tennessee.—
In 1841, he wa3 elected to the State Senate. In
1843, he was sent to Congress, whore he served till
1853. That year ho was elected Governor, and re
elected in 1855. In 1857, he was chosen United States
Senator, and finished his term last March a year.—
He is now military Governor of his State, and may
be Vice-President of what is left of the United
States.
STOLEA!
the OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by
l a deserter, can hear of him by applying at the
Enrolling Office. WM. L. DAVIS
asJl lw Capt. & En. Off.
DR. J. A. CLOPTON,
WILL be at Cook’s Hotel, Columbus, Ga., Aug.
9th,and may be consulted during the week at
Cook s Hotel. He operates with perfect success for
Piles, Fistula, Tumors, Polydi, diseases of Fe
males and all diseases of the Genital Organs.—
He has operated every day in the year, and for
Piles, prefers to operate in warm weather.
Dr. Clopton has operated on a great many o. .he
profession, and has the confidence of all intelligent
Physicians where he is known. He has never lost, a
patient. Ladies will be visited at their houses.
He will visit patients in the country it they win
furnish him with a comfortable conveyance.
ag9 4tp
to hire:
B\ ; the month, a smart 15 year old House Girl.—
Apply at this office. agy.jtv
TO THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS &
MUSCOGEE COUNTIES.
(Columbus, Georgia, Aug. 6, ’O4.
I am authorized by the General Commanding the
Army of Tennessee, to impress
! One Thousand Slaves lor Teamsters,
: for the services of which slaves $25 per month shall
1 be paid, with clothing, rations and medical attend-
I a nce. You are respectfully requested to deliver to
I me, One or Every Five Able-Bodied Male
Slaves, between the ages of 18 and 45. Those of
“Muscogee” county will be received in Columbus,
on the 13th inst; those of "Harris” county, in the
town of Hamilton, on the 16th inst. They should
have one blanket and three days’ rations. In view
of the fact that these slaves are to take the places of
one thousand soldiers now out es the ranks as team
sters, and of the importance of strengthening the
army as early as possible, it is hoped that no one
will fail to respond to this call.
Very respectfully.
E. JOHNSON, Gaps,
and impressing Officer tor Harris, Muscogee,
Chattahoochee and Stewart co.
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FOR SALE
Or Exchange for Country Produce.
BEST COT TOM CARDS .
SPiMMTMO WHEELS:
CLOCK REELS.
agH): w JEFFERSON k HAMILTON.
IRON WIRE
2,000 lbs. 8 and 10 Iron Wire J
For sale by
agio 2w JEFFERSON k HAMILTON.
1.000 Pounds Choice Brown Sugar,
TO EXCHANGE FOR
f WHEAT, Flour, Corn or Meal, c _
¥T At 114, BROAD bT.
; ag9dst wit Columbus. Ga.
Tax in Hind.
Opfic* Post, Quartermaster
Arntricaa, Ga., Aug. 1,1364. \
Producers of tho 3d Congressional District Ga
are now road.v to receive the Tithe® of the present
crop. ’
As far as practicable tithes must be assessed be
fore delivered. Those within twelve miles of a de
pot on rail road or navigable streams, must be
hauled to said depot, although there may be an in
terior depot convenient.
Producers will bo paid for the entire distance
which their tithes are hauled. Those who will be
due the Government as much as or more than on*
barrel Syrup, will be required to furnish the barrel
or barrels having value of the same deducted from
tho amount due. Agents will furnish as many bar
rels as possible.
Tithes will only be delivered to regular ageru
except as specially authorized by them.
* JOHN F. CRAFT,
ag9 3t Capt. and Post Q.M
AUCTION SALE
At Crawford, Ala.
O^K? NESDAY ' the ]oth of A w i win
HOUSE -AHsTID LOT
in the town of Crawford, 100 acres rt f i Q „a , ’
35 acres cleared. The house conmin! if? attachca ■
all necessary outbuilding. Water excellentv ltil
is your time to purchase arl esi r«KuF. een , Now
Also, the Present growing crof Chea! "-
corn and peas, 2in potatoes '/inPhlnL 00 acres u i
ft l“°>f ■ Jgjj* rSouTSSSri b“S:
1 Inf°* od Buggy and Harnes*.
1 bulky, &c., &e. 4ts=-Sale to commence at 10 o’e'7
a - F. M. BOYNTON,
a ug6 3t Agent,
FOH SALE 2
-OR
■II MMffi KIR
-AT-
Broad. Street-
Coffee, Sugar,
Soda, Black Pepper,
Syrup, Potash,
Cotton Cards,
Tin-Ware, Snuff,
Salt, Sugar,
Tumblers, Candles,
GEORGIA REBEL SNCFL “
Pickles, Flysßruslies,
Eggs, Butter,
Salt Fish,
Cigars,
Toilet-Soao,
Soft Soap.
Bar-Soap,
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco,
aug 2 ts
“114:.”
I,arg« Lot of Fine Irish rotator,,
In lots to suit purchasers.
ag4lt At 114, BROAD ST.
HOOP SKIRTS
Made and Repaired in Good Style,
BY MRS. S. E. HERRING,
At her Residence, near Camp Montgomery.
will please call and examine her work
ag2 fit*
Aotice !
All claims against the steamer MIST, prior to Is'
of July, must be presented to Capt. Whiteside’s,
at the Naval Iron Works, by the 15th of August.
ags3t VAN. MARCUS, Capt.
TO MIRE.
BY the month, or for the balance of the year, a !■>
J) year old Boy, Apply at this Office.
ag2 fit
STOP THE THIEEI
S3OO Howard 2
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
half hands high; a small white spot in his faefc; a
few white hairs in his mane, just where a colia
would work: a small scar on the hinder part of hi?
bag; very straight hind legs, and very high head?!
and gay in appearance.
I will pay five hundred dollars to any person vrli
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.
B ONDS
Os the 500,000,000 Loan for Male!
T AM authorized to offer for sale the 6 per cent.
x Coupon or Registered Long Date Bonds of toe
Five Hundred Million Loan authorized by Act o.
Congress, February 17, 1864, in sums to suit pur
chasers, at the Confederate States Depository, _/0~
The principal and interest of this Loan are free
from Taxation and the Coupons receivable inpay
ment for all Import and Export Duties. The.=e
Bonds are the best securities yet offered by thet Gov
ernment, and I recommend them to the favorable
notice of Capitalist. YQUNG> Agenli
augl 1m * for Confederate States.
RUNAWAY I
NEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25years old, yel
low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson 3 near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I .bought him ot a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in 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 jail and
information sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. RLSSELL.
Columbus, Ga., aug 1 ts *
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. ui.
Arrive at West Point 8 00 “
Leave West Point 350 “
Arrive at Columbus 9 10 “
i Freight Train will Leave Columbus...s 50 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus 12 23 "
J. E. APPLER.
July 23 ts Agent.
THOIIAS SAVAGE, A^ent.
(At Mulford’s old Stand,)
nsro: ioi, st.
HAS ME OB ME
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, lansejs.
Coffee,
Tobacco, Rice,
Hails ot all sizes.
&€., &C., &C.
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NOTICE.
To Planters and Other* !
f WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
I Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
will be found at Robinett k Go’s old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT
jane 2 tl
CIGARS!
17OR SALE by the Thousand at
£ DR. R. A. WARE.
a g s 2t 106, Broad st.
so,ooo reward:
'PHE above reward will bo pail for the arrest and
i production befoTo the Coroners Court, Talla
poosa county, Ala., of < one M M._ A. PAULK, whs
murdered my husband, Benjamin Gibson, on Mon
day night, Ist of August.
Said P \ulk is a resident of Macon county, near
Union Springs, aged about 35 years, about 5 feet 1 *
inches in heignth, stout built, fair complexion, dart
hair and blue eyes, Believed to be a deserter from
the 2d Ala. cavalry. JULIA A. GIBSON.
Near Tallassee, Tallapoosa co., Ala
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