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vjjgbed Daily (Sunday* exeepted) at the rate of
sjo lubscription received for a longer term than
he* tn^lk*.
IDVERTISING RATES :
advertisement* inserted for $2 00 per square for
j«U«emtote ara iumrteil a month. th«
paid in advance.
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Special Order, |
NO, “** misapprehension about the powers
As there is in making details for police
“ ro! " tbii, ” ei forth ' i °-
c wmation of concerned
C Foreman is allowed for each .500 negroes m
'ln men between 55 and 60, able to ride and carry
: un , are to act as a police force in their respee
!ve counties. The Aids de Camp are specially in
-trusted to order them upon this duty, and any man
(ietW een these ages, able for service, who refuses.
wiU be sent to the front. They are to ride all
through tho county, confining themselves to no par
ticular district or plantation, and are to give their
whole time to this business, As they can sleep m
bouses at night, they can do this duty, when they
wouldWbe fit for other military service. They
will visit the plantations, correct insubordinate ne
groes, and do all in their power to protect propert.v
“aSkKSuhae „ but fe. counties in the
State, in which there are not m the county, one man
able for service for each 500 negroes. If there
should not be thatnurober in any county, the In.'
rior Court will recommend for detail a number "
men subject to the late call sufficient to make up the
deficiency. These should be selected from such
overseers and other* as have most control over the
negroes. Tho recommendations of tho courts must
be sent to these headquarters, where they will be I
allowed, if the evidence of deficiency m the nura- j
i, or of old men is satisfactory. , e :
The court must accompany the application for ;
ih ; detail by « certificate, giving the following j
J t ' The number of slaves in thocouuty.
The number and names of the old men be
'ween friand 60 in the county, with the name of
;., u . h who is too feeble through the county.
‘id The names of the persons recommended b>
the courts to make up the deficiency if W. *
l c tails granted by the courts without an order froi
, hese headquarters, arc valid, and will be so treated
hv ah Aids-de-Camp and other State officers, who
will send all such detailed men to the front irnme
late interruption in the railroad transpor
tation may have caused some of the militia who
had started to Macon to return home for want ot
transportation, all such are required to press tor
ward to Macon without delay, as the channels ot
communication will be open again in a day or two.
All office** at home will exercise great energy m
•ending all men subject to the call forward prompt-
Iv under arrest when necessary.
HENRY 0. WAYNE, j
aug l 2t Adj’t & Insp. Gen.
He adqi arters Georgia Reserve, } |
Macon, Ga., July 23, 1864. J •
general Orders A
No. 18. J
1. All questions of details from the Reserve for
agricultural purposes, on the part of those persons '
having less than fifteen able-bodied held bands, i
having been placed under tho control and direction
„f the’eommanding Officer of the Reserve Force,
it is ordered that tho dotails heretofore granted by
the Commandant of Conscripts in this Stato, shall
stand until otherwise ordered from these Head-
quarters.
XI. The (J oilman dan t of Conscripts will cause a
lull -an accurate report to bo 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 iinmodi
.itely assigned to companies in the Reserve Force,
md be subject to be ordered to the companies to ,
which they may be thus assigned, whenever their
details may be suspended or annulled.
iff. Enrolling Officers will continue to send for
ward all persons liable to duty in the Reserve Corps
under tho orders and directions heretofore issued
to them by the Commandant of Conscripts, ex
cept as those orders and directions may be modi
tied or changed by orders from these Headquar
ters.
IY. County Enrolling Officers will send all such
persons to tho District Enrolling Officers, who will
send them to the Camp of Instruction at this place,
where the officer in charge will report daily then
arrival to these Headquarters, that they may be
promptly assigned and sent forward to tlieir respec-
five companies. j
V. In the case of persons of the .Reserve thiss j
applying for exemption under the third paragraph :
and first clause of the fourth paragraph of Section j
Tenth, of the act of Congress, entitled “An Act to j
organize forces to servo during the war,’ 1 approved !
February 17th, 1864, the application will be for- ,
warded to tlie Commandant of Conscripts, and the
ame privilege will be extended to applicants as j
heretofore allowed.
VI. In all cases arising under the second clause
Paragraph Fourth, commencing with those words,
“In addition to the foregoing exemptions,’' &c„ the
applicant will be sont forward as provided in the
Fourth Paragraph of this Order, and no furlough
will be allowed, and his application tvill as soon as
practicable be forwarded to these Headquarters for
decision. Enrolling Oflicers 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 wiU forward the
papers to these Headquarters, with the application
for detail. „ T ANARUS,
VII. All applications for details from the Resen e
Force for Government works, or any other purpose
must be made to these Headquarters.
Bv command of
M A.l. GEN. HOWELL COBB.
Commanding Georgia Reserve.
iiAW ui Coin;, Major and A. A. O.
iul 29 61 _____ —
ISEOSiCiIA-Muscoget' £ ouiitj.
iiTUVir PAS i/r? Mary V* Davis* ;ulm x of Dr.
W s: Davis, decM has filed her petition far
leave to sell a negro woman by the name of Maria,
ihmit 25 years of age and her four children.
Ml persons concerned are hereby notified to show
(if any they have) why an order should not
betmH at thenext September Term of the Court
of Ordinary for said county, authorizing the sale of
Jul^st.
i •>„, Ordinal v.
Martha A, Taylor) Libel for Divorce in Marion
vs > Superior Court. Returnable to
Green B. Taylor. ) September Term. 1864.
At Columbus, April 2d, 1864.
I X appearing to the Court by the return of the Sher
-1 iff, that the defendant is not to be found in the
•ountv, and it further appearing to the Court by
other'evidence that the defendent does not reside
in the State.
, It is therefore ordered by the Court that service
be perfected on the defendant by publication of this
order onoe a month for four months, before the
aext term of the Court, in some newspaper of this
(State.
EDMOND 11. WORRILL, J. S. C. C. C.
A true extract from the minutes, this April sth.
1864. GEO. W. AfelM KFIE,
apl 7 m4m Clerk.
TO HIRE!
POK the balance of the year fifteen able-bodied
i Negro Men and seventeen Negro Women.
* *oon to R. M. GUNBY, Ag’t,
*l2s ts
notice to Debtor* and Cred
itors.
* LL persons indebted to the estaU ot' Neaborn
A Jones, deceased, are required to make
aiate payment, and those having claimsagamAsaid
estate are required to render them in terms ot tn
to„,o thc Und ||fßOßN .1. BENNINO, Adm'r.
Bj MARY H. BENNING, Agent,
.rul2b woi
£** ~
, ROOHS TO HEAT!
TWO comfortable and well furnished rooms to rent
1 to some ordei ly and respectable person or per
sons in a private house, in the northern part ot the
*ity. Applv to MRS. DAVID,
augllt* * Upper end Oglethorpe st,
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors.
Headquarters Cokscript Service,)
Augusta, July 25,1864. >
1 General Orders, >
No. 42. /
The following extract from Circular, No. 24, Bu
reau of Conscription, (current series,) is published
for the information and guidance of all concerned :
11. The sale to the Government or to the families
of soldiers, at prices fixed by the Commissioners of
the State, under the Impressment Act, of the mar
ketable surplus remaining after furnishing the Gov
ernment with the stipulated quantity of provisions,
and which hefnay raise from year to year, while his
exemption continues, is made by the act of Con
gress, approved February 17th, 1864, one of the
conditions of exemption allowed to an overseer or
agriculturalist. A claim is asserted by some of
those exempted as agriculturalists to exchange such
' part of the aforesaid surplus as they may please, for
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The undersigned proprietor of the ATLANTA
Daily and Weekly Intelligencer,
announces to the public that he has made 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 and all persons hav
ing business with the
X3SrTBIjXjIC3-E3SrO EB
will pleasse address their communications to
The Intelligencer Office.
. Macon, Georgia.
Ail JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK
on hand will be resumed at an early day.
JARED I. WHITAKER,
Proprietor
jul27 It
Flag of Truce letters-
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.)
War Department, >-
Bureau of Exchange. )
Richmond, Va., July Ist, 1864.
1. All letters to go North by flag of mice must be
sent to this office.
2, Each letter must be inclosed in a separate en
velope and addressed to mo. Bureau of Exchange.
Richmond, Va.
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 be rigidly
enforced, and no letter transmitted in which they
are not strictly observed. R()B , T
Agent of Exchange.
[Official,! ,
W II Hatch, Captain and A A G,
july 22 ot
Shoemaker* 7 and Saddlers’
TOOLS.
r r*HE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
* manufacture of the above named artioles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a few doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARRISON,.BEDELL & CO.
Reference —Maj. F. W. Dii.i.ard.
Mobile Register, Mississippi and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bills
to this office.
utar 30 ts
ON and after the Ist July, my office and dwell
ing will be on Broad -t.. at the residence of the
la julylH irn? ’ W. J. MURRELL, If. D
fteiro Teamster* Wanted!
" I wish to hire a number of Negro .Teamsters for
the li my of Tennessee.. Citizens bating such hands
will nlease notify me immediately; asm this way
» iuSSbTofmay be relieved to etrensthee
ouretrutsims army. JOHNSON,
jul27 2w Government Transportation W©r ks.
Columbus, Ga. Friday Homing, August 18,1864.
HEW MBS!! IBW MR!!!'
.A.T
Mrs. DESSiLU’S.
FROM THE LATeTIOCRADE SALE AT
A-iigiista, Ga.
The goods are all superior to what is j
offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower !
than lately. In the assortment can be
found: •
Ladies’ Nevr Hats,
lew Boniiet Ribbons,
ttfev Belts,
Hbinet Musquito Netting.
Hckiiih'and Dressing C otnlis,
■lies 7 Hoserj,
Vieey’ds wide JLineia sheeting.
jßerior Bleached Shirting.
IHnted Jackonets,
Bgbams,
Hslish and I'rencli Calicoe*,
Hinbazine, Alpacas.
Hgant Leroes.
Ifc-A LL A-HSTID SEE.
tf
H Notice
Officers or Men registered as patients in
hospital in private quarters will report Imme
in Person, or they will be reported to
commands as deserters.
■ll W. A. ROBERTSON,
8H129 dot Surg. in charge Lee Hospital.
lAedLical Card,.
RR. E. A. ROSSI .
ERLY Surgeon to theNeW Orleans “Fe*-
} Infirmary,” tenders his services to the Cit-
Columbus in all the branches of hisprofes
il attention will be devotedfto the treatment
Lseases ofwomem.
Surgical operations performed for
in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
ele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
elo, Hcemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
;rietures, False Passages, Tallapcs or Club
id contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
ag, Aneurism,'Varix or dilated veins, Ptery-
Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the rernov
tumors or abnormal growths from.any part
»ody.
ses ofthsGenito-Urinary System, comprsmg
’erent stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures,
Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary
,ry,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive
lar attention.
ences given whenever desired as well as the
tendation of many years practice in New Or-
Cousultation hours every day at his office
lasonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock
nd from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients willdo
call precisely at those hours, as before and
lat, time will be devoted to visiting personsih
K
fess all commuieations to
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
. —Persons from a distance having servants
ag surgical or medical treatment, will be
>d with comfortable quarters, but in all cases
ve to furnish their own provisions and bed
will also bestow particular attention to
itmec t of the different forms of Ulcers, llheu
, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
,ii.l all other chronic diseases of the skin.—
,ted Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
as employed in the hospitals in Europe and
a. will form a part of my treatment.
L 3m E. A, K,
t Ehange of Schedule.
jj Office Engineer and Superintendent, j
I Charleston and Savannah Railroad. >
Charleston, June 7,1864.)
| \N THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
1/ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. in.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5.30, a. in.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
md south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
FRICTION MATHCES!
I'HE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company,
1 have again resumed operations, and will, in a
few days, be preparod to supply them in quantity.—
They also make a superior article of Blacking, which
can be supplied in quantity.
Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap -
ply to Messrs. Livingston & Cos., or .Messrs. Hull &
Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied.
S. D. THOM & CO.,
Manufacturers.
N. B.—lt having cost me about $5,000 in the past
eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to
make good matches, the public can now rely on get
ting a superior article. S. D. THOM.
Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf
Change of Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon ~ 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon .....8 10 P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
“ Notice to Planters and Con
sumers of Iron. 9 ’
WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles,
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON:
HOOP, HORSE SHOE. NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING .
SHOVELS AND SPADES :
FRY PANS:
POT WARE Os SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH.
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
«izes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron n orks
k„d Rollins Mill in A,ab.m». p cp
a.pr 3 ts Next o New Bridge.
FOR SALE !
One of the Most Desirable Resi
dences in Wynnton.
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 premises
are good and new out-houses, barns and stables; an
orchard filled with selections of choice apples,
peaches, apricots, cherries, plums and pears; also a
vineyard of grapes in full bearing. This location is
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 for this property will
call on E. J. Pinckard, who will give them any in
formation desired. Possession given immediately,
jul 29 ts J> R- BANKS.
SSO Reward.
I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a Mack
boy, about 24 year* old. He has been out three
or four weeks, and is apposed te be lurking about
the city. JNO. H. MAtoo.
Iy4tf
Thursday Evening.
Wanted!
Office Chief Quartermaster,
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 5, ’64.
One Hundred Negro Shoe-makers to work in
Government Shop. Call at once and help me to
shoe the army.
Liberal prices will be paid.
F. W. DILLARD,
aug6 6t Major andQ'r.
Tbe Immediate Front.
The Lines.—Since Saturday evening mat"
ters have been much more quiet than usual at
all points. There has been but little artillery
firing going on, and much less waste of am
munition with small arms—both parties, it is
supposed, having come to tbe conclusion that
they have been wasting a vast deal of powder
and doing but little execution. Nothing fur
ther has transpired as to any mining opera
tions being prosecuted by the enemy.
Saturday afternoon quite a handsome affair
occurred, in which Bates’ division participa
ted with success. The enemy were discovered
advancing in considerable force, when speedy
dispositions were made to give them a proper
reception. They were suffered to approach
very close, when a withering fire was opened
upon them, which had the effect of staggering
and throwing them into confusion. This was
followed by a charge, which drove them back
to their works. The fruits of this affair were
two hundred and forty of the enemy killed
and wounded, and the capture of forty priso
ners and two stand of colors. Our loss very
light. The captured flags belonged to the
104th Ohio and the Bth (Federal) Tennessee.
We have a rumor that Sherman is being
reinforced. This gained currency through a
party, a private citizen, who had been to the
rear of the Federal army, and witnessed the
arrival of a train loaded with troops. The
probability is that they were troops sent to
the front from hospitals, instead of new levies.
All accounts we can obtain represent Sher
man busy digging in front of our center and
left, and as still massing toward the left.
The City.—Saturday afternoon the city was
subjected to one of the fiercest fires from the
enemy's batteries it has yet sustained. The
fire was kept up several hours, the missiles
falling in almost the same portion of the city
heretofore reached by them. We have a re
port of three casualties having occurred, but
on investigation conclude it is without foun
dation, and that no personal damage was sus
tained whatever.
The population of Atlanta is at present
very small. The business houses are all
closed, and many of the residences vacated.
Thus far the most damage sustained has been
perpetrated by stragglers from the army, who
seem to imagine they have license to plunder,
and that no rights of property should be re
spected. We have heard of a number offatn
ilies who have been robbed of their supplies,
and gardens are cleaned out every hour. It
really seems that with the usual police force,
the city battalion, and a large provost guard
of regulars, constantly on duty, the citizens
should be'protected, and would suggest that
an example be made of some of the maraud
ers who are occasionally detected, that will
deter others from like Vallanies.
Sunday was a quiet day throughout. Re
ligious services were held as usual in the
Catholic church. Not a single shell disturbed
the general quiet from Sunday evening up to
Ihe hour at which we write—eight o’clock
’ this morning—for which our women and
children are thankful. The rain Saturday
afternoon disposed of the dust, a flue breeze
prevailed throughout the day, and under all
circumstances, yesterday was as pleasant a
Sabbath as could possibly be expected, so
long as the two armies remain in front of the
city.— Appeal, Bth.
Stoneman, the Raider.
The following facts were communica»
ted to us by a gentleman whose veracity
is unimpeachable, and which illustrates
the despicable character ofStoneman, the
Raider, now a prisoner in this city.
"W hen at the head of a portion of his
command in Jones county, but a few
miles distant from this city, he entered
the house of a highly respectable citizen,
who was absent to afvoid capture, and or
dered his wife, an accomplished lady, to
cook breakfast for him and his attendants.
This she did, providing for them the best
she could, and which we doubt not was
far superior in quantity and quality the
brute and his men had ever been accus->
tomed to. Having gorged himself with
the good things set before him, this Fed*
eral General proceeded next to take a sur
vey of the house in which he had been so
hospitably, forced though it was, enter*
tained. His first amusement was to draw
his sword and eut to pieces several of the
lady’s dresses that were hanging against
the wall of one of the chambers, and hav>
ing thus vented his diabolical malice, he
next exhibited his licentious and beastly
nature, by making dishonorable proposi*
tions to the lady of the house herself.—
Lucky it was for the lustful beast that
the husband was net near to hear the in
sult offered to his wife, for if he had been ,
nothing would have saved him from a
deadly revenge. And. this is. thc Gen'
eral who must be tendered civilities!
This, the distinguished Raider , who must
have indulgences extended to him ! Would
that we had the power to deal with men
of his sort when they fall into our hands.
A cell and a shaved head would be the
tenderest mercy extended to them. And
when convicted of insulting the women
of our land, either by base propositions
or violence, no' rule of civilized warfare
would save them from the rope and the
scaffold. Such should be their fate, de
spite “the world, the flesh, or the devil.”
\_Atlanta Intelligencer,
[From the Hartford (Conn.) Times.]
The Party Responsible for
“Raids.’’
When we are promtedto denounce the Co
nfederate raiders as “fiends," etc., for making
their raids iuto our territory, it may be well
to reflect who set them the example. Editors
and their camp correspondents who have glo
rified the wanton destruction of the houses,
farms, granaries, mills and railroads of the
rebels, now speak (see Tribune of Monday) of
similar retaliatory actions by the enemy as
“fiendish." On this point the Springfield
Republican pertinently remarks:
“The indignation expended upon the rebels
in seme of the telegrams, wherein they are
berated as ‘displaying their fiendish passions*
upon the railroads and in stealing horses and
other property, is rather amusing, considering
the amount of glory we lavish on our raiders
for doing the same things. But there will be
genuine indignation, at th» proper time, vis
ited upon those whose neglect has made this
destructive and alarming raid possible."
$4.00 Per Mouth.
J. W. WARREN, Editor
Fort Powell—Tlie Navy.
Our types on Sunday morning made us
say that this fort was given up after “a
long bombardment.” We wrote the tford
“brief” instead of long, and that word
was the proper adjective to qualify the
case. If this fort had been held> there
had been nothing to regret in the events
of the past few days. The fleet fought
heroically against fearful odds, and yielded
only to an overpowering force, and under
circumstances to leave nothing to wish for,
nothing to blush for. It was an action of
brilliant courage and devotion that has no
parallel in naval history, and which has
belied all the predictions of the croakers.
Both officers and men fought nobly, and,
having done so, we have not a thought of
regret to waste upon the mere material
loss suffered by the Confederacy. We can
never cease to regret, however, the loss of
the brave men who died nobly at their
posts. We have lost the Tennessee and
the Selma captured, and the Gaines run
ashore, under the guns of Fort Morgan,
in a sinking condition, and some three
hundred prisoners. The Yankees lost
their best monitor, the Tecumseh, Capt.
Craven, sunk, with all on board, save a
part of a boat load that escaped and four
who swam ashore to Fort Morgan, and
another iron ship sunk and afterwards
burned by our people, and there are good
reasons for believing that they lost heavily
in killed and wounded. At least 125 men
went down with the Yankee monitor. It
will be thus seen that notwithstanding the
disparity of force, as large a loss in
sels, and a much heavier in men has been
inflicted on the enemy than we have suf
fered. Os course there will be a great
shout of triumph raised at the North, over
the brilliant feat of overpowering four
rebel gunboats with eighteen Federal
ships, including four iron clads. They
outnumbered us four and a half to one,
and as for guns the flag ship Hartford
carried more guns than our entire fleet.
The moral part of victory is all with us.
It proves that both men and officers in our
Navy fight as bravely and as skillfully as
the Yankee Nary, and that ship to ship
and man to man our people are sufficiently
“web-footed,” to be their matches if not
their masters.
We wish we could write as fair a record
for the defence of Fort Powell. But the
truth, as wc understand it, forbids it.
Fort Powell was not reduced by the ene
my, but it was evacuated on the judgment
of its young commander that it would be
reduced. It had thirty days’ supply of
water and two months of provisions. If
the fire of the enemy was so hot as to drive
the cannoneers from their guns, it was
easy to withdraw them to their bomb
proof, which was literally covered by a
mountain of sand, and hold them in read:,
iness to meet a boat assault.
If, as is alleged, the magazine was in
danger, it might have been flooded, or
else the barrels rolled into the water. An
isolated island fort like that may be held
long alter its big guns are silenced. —
Sumter was held in that way. Unfortu-*
nately the commander thought too much
of the safety of his garrison and not
enough of the permanent value of the
sition as the actual key to the Bay of Mck
bile. It was just one of these posts that
should have been held to the last extrem
ity. It was not, and the consequences
are immeasurably more and more to be
regretted than the loss of the Navy or the
passage of the fleet-by Fort Morgan. If
Powell had been held, that fleet would
have been forced to go to sea again and the
harbor had been in statu quo minus our
gunboats. As it is Lieut. Col. Williams
has left a safe door of entrance to the ens
emy, inviting a land attack on the city.
It is a miserable spot of work for us. We
hope Lieut. Col. Williams’ official report
will be made public, and we sincerely
trust that he will be able to vindicate his j
military conduct and character from the i
condemnation which present appearances j
and existing facts must pronounce against ;
it. His former defence of Fort Powell
was so gallant, that the public surprise j
has been so much the greater at this fail- 1
ure. His conduct is not approved at head
quarters. He has been relieved from his |
command and is under arrest.
P. S.—The foregoing was written be*
fore we learned of the surrender of Fort
Gaines. —Mobile Adv . 6c Register, 9th.
Fort Gaines
We are pained and humiliated to hate to
record the disgraceful capitulation of this
strong work, provisioned for six months and
with an effective garrison of 600 men. We
give the following account, based not upon
rumors, but upon official data.
On the 7th, Col. Charles Anderson, of the
21st Alabama, being in command of the gar
rison, composed of a part of his own regi
ment, the battalion of Pelham Cadets, a por
tion of Culpepper's Artillery, and some other
troops, numbering 600 men, communicated
with the enemy's fleet by flag of truce, with
out the sanction of hi3 Commanding General,
Gen. Page, at Fort Morgan.
Gen. Page enquired of him by signal, what
his purpose was. No reply or acknowledge
ment was returned, although his attention
was called by signal guns. He was telegraph
ed repeatedly by Gen. Page, “hold on to your
fort.’’ On the same night Gen. Page passed
over to Fort Gaines in a boat and was aston
ished to learn that Col. Anderson was absent
in the Yankee fleet for the purpose of arrang
ing terms of capitulation. He left peremptory
orders for him on his return, if not accompa
nied by the enemy, that all terms of surren
der were annulled, and himself relieved of
his command. On the morning of the Bth
he called his attention again from Fort Mor
gan by signal guns and telegraphed to the
same effect. Still no reply. At half past 9
o'clock the enemy's flag was run up on the
fort. His superiors pronounce the conduct of
Col. Anderson as “inexplicable and disgrace
ful. 1 ' And bo the country will pronounce.—
Colonel Anderson had previously telegraphed
to Lieut. Colonel Williams of his regiment,
at Fort Powell, “if your fort is untenable
save your garrison. ’’ The latter part of the
order was attended to first, and so two torts
have been surrendered to the enemy. It is
not thus that the Confederate cause is to be
upheld. We must have officers who do not
know how to surrender outposts of such im
portance entrusted to their courage and dis
cretion. The arm}' and the people of Mobile,
(and the whole male population is now au tvr
my t ) will have to repair by their courage and
loyalty these fatal blunders, to call them b J
< mildest term?. We have the means to da
it: and the evidences arc all around us in the
sullen determination of the people that the
f. er ” I s also he 1 T «- ls the enemy expect to find
the defence oi these two Confederate forts the
measure of the resistance he will encounter at
the city, he will be greatly disappointed. We
haTC now not only to fight for our homes, but
J to redeem Confederate honor from the dia-
I grace ot these unpardonable defections.
[Mobile Adv. £ Rey.
TELEGRAPHIC.
HF.PORTB OF THK TRESS ASBOCIAVION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the yeai
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office ot
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, 10th.—A flag of truce boat ar
rived at Varina last night, bringing 30 sur
geons and 2 chaplains.
The Baltimore American of the 9th says :
Advices from the Upper Potomac state that
the rebels have again left Maryland. The re
treat was made in great haste, in consequence
of a movement of the Federal forces on the
Southside of the Potomac threatening their
rear. The main rebel force, under Early, is
reported retreating to Winchester.
Sheridan has been temporarily assigned to
the command of the Department of the She
nandoah. Kelly reports that Averill overtook
the rebels under McCausland atMorefield Sun
day and attacked them. He captured all their
artillery and 500 prisoners. The American
is much elated by this news and reports from
Mobile.
Nothing important from Grant. Both ar
mies are engaged in strengthening their work?.
A telegram from Fort Smith claims a vic
tory over the Confederates, under Cooper, at
Stand wail, on the 31st ult.
European advices to the 29th ult., are un
important.
The Confederate loan is active—at improv
ing rates.
Latest Gold quotations in New York 257.
Atlanta, Aug 11.—Nothing occurred along tha
lines yesterday except the usual artillery practice
and firing between skirmishers.
Maj General Bates received a slight flesh wound
in the leg. No serious results apprehended there
from.
The enemy continues massing on his right and
is endeavoring to extend his lines in the direction
of the West Point Railroad.
A sow shots were fired at the city yesterday.
A brisk shelling commenced at II o'clock last
night and continued four hours. No personal
casualties reported.
Petersburg, Aug. 10.
The explosion yesterday is still unoxplaincJ.
The enemy are contracting their lines on our
right (their left) and receding from the direction
of tlio Weldon Railroad, and showing themselves
in diminished force. Everything indicates that
the enemy are throwing themselves on the defen
sive. Little or no sharpshooting and scarcely
any mortar »r artillery firing to-day.
How Hie Electious ill Uie North
have been Carried
The address of the peace party at tho North
boldly arraigns the Administration at Wash
ington for military interference with the elec
tions in the North, and charges that they have
be*n carried and controlled only by means of
the most, palpable military terrorism. After ex
posing the acts «f the Administration in this
way, the address says :
e mention elections in New Hampshire.
Connecticut and Pennsylvania as instances of
such most base and unjust proceeding, by
which unscrupulous power has defeated the
true expression of popular opinion and ob
oblained political advantages which were
shameful to it and deeply injurious to the
country. * * * *
Thousands of qualified persons were prevented
from voting at those elections, and in most
of those States the result of the election was
changed from what it would have been with
out military interference. The aged and timid
were deterred from attending the elections ;
many who attended were kept from approach
ing the polls; and, in many cases, actual
outrage prevented the legal voter from exer
cising his right. The full proof of all this
appears in a number of the contested election
cases in Congress, in official papers from the
Governors of several of the States in question,
in reports of committees of the State Legis
latures, and from other sources that will not
admit of doubt.
[From the Washington Intelligencer. J
i Curious Case of Burying-Alive
A slight mistake was made yesterday in one
of the hospitals at City Point, which caused a
flutter among the patients. A wounded sol
dier was pronounced dead by a surgeon, and
the ward master caused him to be put in his
Coffin for burial.
The brethren of the Christian Commission
attended the remains to the grave, opened
the coffin, and were proceeding with the burial
service, when the soldier's hand was observed
to move. On close examination it was dis
covered that life wa3 not extinct. The fatigue
party detailed to bury the poor fellow refused
“to let up on him,’’ saying they had orders to
bury the party and must do it.
The humane gentlemen of the Commission
intimated that they “would make a corpse of
hina” who should attempt to bary the man
before they were satisfied that he was dead,
and he was carried back to the hospital. The
surgeon who ordered the burial was called for,
who still contended that the man was dead,
and the movement of bis fingers was a muscu
lar contraction sometimes observed in defunct
bodies.
Other surgeons, however, discovered pulsa
tion. and the man lived till the next morning,
when he was buried.
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THE OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by
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DR. J. A. CLOPTON,
| WILL be at Cook’s Hotel. Colurnbur. Ga., Aug.
»V 9th, and may be consulted during the week at
; Cook’s Hotel. He operates with perfect success for
1 Piles, Fistula, Tumors, Poltdi, diseases of Fe
males and all diseases of the Genital Organs."
j 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 of thi
1 profession, and has the confidence of all intelligen
Physicians where he is known. He has never 'ost a
patient. Ladies will be visited at their houses-
He will visit patients in the country if they wn
: furnish him with a comfortable conveyance.
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