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Monday Morning, Angnit IS, 1864.
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What Subjugation Means.
The Yankee scheme of subjugation contem
plates, (says the Richmond Whig of the
Oth) so far as any hope of success is yet enter
tained, not merely the establishment over us
of a government we have repudiated, and the
appropriation and division among themselves
of onr property and substance, but the over
throw of our institutions, the extirpation of
our creeds, customs, and mannas, the sub
version. in fagt, of our civilization and reli
gion, and the substitution of their own there
for. Their Parson Beecher disclosed the
whole design last year, when he said : “If the
war should last twenty years, and I should
lose every child, I would regard it a light .
sacrifice, for the establishment of New Eng- |
land ideas, religions and schools at the
south.’’
' They would no* pnlvrule us politically, but
they would revolutionize us socially and mor
ally. All that is distinctive in our modes of
* life and habits of thought, in our opinions and
feelings, our laws and usages, they would ob
literate, and re create us in their own image,
“a little lower” than their angelic selves, that
we might be hewers of wood and drawer.- ot
water to them and their children. To t : is
end. wherever they have succeeded in over
running any portion of our territory, they have
stripped churches of their pastors and schools
of their teachers, and have undertaken, in the
characteristic language of Lincoln, to “run the
churches under the ministration of blue
nosed sr.caks and canting slyboots, and to
deliver up the schools to psalm-singing peda
gogues and peaked face schoolmarms. They
have seen that either the better lineage or
different institutions and culture of the South
produce a race superior to themselves, and,
despairing of rising to an equality with us,
they are determined to crush us down to a
level with themselves; nay, to bumble and
degrade us into being their slaves. Nothing
short ot this will satisfy their malignity and
appease their envy. “I intend to crush the
proud, rebellious spirit of you Virginians,’
was the language of their General Hunter to a
lady at the Sweet Springs. “I organized this
raid tor the especial purpose of making the
womeu suffer.” “I am coming back,” said the
fleeing coward, “to burn your grain fields, to
make a desert of the ‘Pride of the Earth,’ to
desolate your country, and to starve women
and children.” That’s the plan !
The caitiffs cannot face our men of war, but
they gloat like demons from the lowest pit
over the thought that they can. in the persons
ot the innocent and helpless ones we love
more than our own lives, strike us blows that
we will feel with a far intenser pang than if
inflicted on ourselves. They hope, through
the wasted forms and hollow eyes and failing
voices of those dearest to us on earth, to ad
dress to us arguments in favor of submission
that we cannot resist. They little know the
martyr spirit of the very victims they would !
use to coerce us into surrender and subjection! j
As little do they know the sacrificial fortitude j
that would sustain our men in dedicating \
those victims to death, sooner than to degra- :
dation and infamy. No suffering that the cun- :
ning and merciless malignity of our foes could ,
prepare would weigh in the minds of those
upon whom it was visited, nor in the anguish
smitten bosoms of their absent fathers and
husbands and brothers and sons, against the
horror that starts up at the thought of sub
mission to a foe so despicable and brutal. If
the grave, though reached by the slow torture
of starvation, were the only escape from the
condition of servitude to the Yankee race, who
would not welcome it for himself, or gladly
consign to its peaceful shelter those dependent
on him ? Submission, if it were only to rob
us of property and the protection of our an
cestral roofs, might be endured, but the sub
mission that at once uproots onr social
system, overturns the altars of our faith,
desecrates all the sanctities of home, and
make forbidden and criminal all the beati
tudes of life—that makes menials of those
whose habit it has been to command, and
compels obedience to a base-born upstart, and
cruel master —such submission were infinitely
worse than death however painful. “Thank
God," said a Virginian lady to one of Hunter’s
myrmidons, when passing through Bedford
county, “you cannot blockade eternity.''’ That j
door of escape is always open. That haven j
of repose and safety is always accessible.
The women of the South will pever become
the servants of Yankee mistresses. The men ■
of the South will never become the toiling '
slaves of Yankee task-masters. The religion {
of the South will never be destroyed by Yan- j
kee infidelism, nor its morality be polluted by
Yankee impurities, nor its civilization be ex- 1
tinguisbed by Yankee conquest. Born a
superior race, endowed by Providence with a
superior country, permitted to attain a higher ;
scale of civilization, and to breathe a purer
moral atmosphere, we expect to maintain and j
advance our superiority in all these respects j
so long as the Yankee race has a recognized
being.
'Use Feeling in Maryland.
'Vo ycVcrdoy referred to the ungenerous
and unjust charges made against Maryland i
bv a portion of the Confederate press. We
endeavored to show the true feeling of herpeo- ‘
pie. and why it was that she could not openly
make common cause with the South. In ref- ;
erenc-e to this subject still further, we make
the following extract from a letter addressed
to the Wilmington Journal from a participant
in the late expedition of Gen. Early. Says
this disinterested writer :
We saw, for the first time in this campaign,
the real sentiment of the peopled Maryland.
The sad truth is, they arc sorely oppressed,
and with the system of espionage employed
bv the United States to keep them in subjec
tion. we have but little to hope, except by a
successful occupation of the State. They are
Kith us! We believe, to day, that the real
original elements of the State are n ilh us, anu
that their hearts' desire ‘is to unite their des
tiny witli ours. Their kindness to us, their
prayers for our success, tell us what they feel.
Remember, you who stand afar off and call
Maryland a Yankee State that yon do her in
jusce. An anthem would have been sung in
church in Maryland had we been suc
voii o UI Cap l tu r i .“2 tl '« Yankee capital. Had
Maryland ln!iv ek, lV i • attentions of the lovely
tbdwe tould 3 ’ 1 r' U ' w f ll hopes
thraldom, you x VOV !n\ C lh !* r State from the
ibis corps wa ß been ini Wesscd, as
warmest sympathy for . greatcst rt3 pect and
! Without we can rescue her by an army, she is
destined to be a mere dependency of the Uni
ted States.
Recruits come in from all parts ofthe State;
whole cavalry brigades were dismounted, and
the oppressors of the good people of the State
—we mean the Lincolnites—were punished,
by being forced to donate their horses and
; provisions for the good of our service.
Does that look as if Maryland was a \ an
kee State, and deserved to be treated as an
enemy ? Does it look as if she needed to be
insulted and plundered to make her love the
South? We say no, emphatically no 1 And we
only wish that every Southern man was as
true to the Southern cause and as anxious for
the trrumph of Southern rights as the major
ity ofthe people of Maryland. We have given
and still give, all honor and praise to the he
roic citizens of Virginia, for their indomitable
courage in defense of their homes. But we
cannot endorse censures upon others which
we know to be undeserved, and unfair as they j
are impolitic.— Mont. Mail.
Foreign Gossip
•
Paris correspondent of the liich*
mond Enquirer writes thus under date of
Junc 3d:
What ever may be thought of the pru
dence of Captain Semmes* duel with the
Kearsage, there is but .one opinion of the
gallantry displayed by him and all his
crew. In England he is feted as the lion
of the day, and the members of the Ar
my and Navy Club have opened a sub
scription to present him with a sword
stead of that which he dropped into the
sea to save it from Yankee hands. Mr.
Slidell, who, I had begun to hope,, was
growing reconciled to the retirement
which is the only fitting position of an
unrecognized diplomatist, has taken the
opportunity to remind the public of his
existence through the “Constitutional”
in whose columns he declines all respon
sibility in the loss of the Alabama. I
heard one ol his good natured friends,
and it is astonishing how many he has
made here, say that if it had been the
Kearsage that had gone to the bottom, he
would not have been so ready with his
disclaimer. The Captain of the Kearsage,
Jno. Winslow, as he signs himself in a
very Ajax vein, is baying at France and
England for robbing him of his prisoners,
and is filling newspapers with his silly
threats or regrets. The sea lawyers whom
the United States put in command of their
vessels have the strangest way of reading
international law that was ever heard of.
Captain John has a fancy that all the
world is a dependency of Fort Warren.
He has only been laughed at for his pains.
We have had Bishop Lynch of Charles*
ton, here for a few days, a man who has
impressed all who have seen him most fa*
vorably, though not destined to be more
successful, diplomatically, than his fore*
runners. The only drawback to the fer*
tility of Mr. Benjamin’s invention is the
length of time he requires in getting up
his imitation of Mr. Seward. It is more
than two years since Archbishop Hughes
came over on a mission from the North,
and now comes Bishop Lynch as a sort of
corrolary from the South. He was re
ceived by the Emperor, and had two in*
terviews with M. Drouyn de L’huys; in
troduced, not by Mr. Slidell, who seems
to have lost even the backstairs entrance
he at one time had, but by the Papal
! Nuncio.
Both on Emperor and Minister he ■
seems to have made a very favorable im- I
pression, but I can send you no particu*' 1
lars, foil, unlike his Southern predeces
sors, he has the gift of holding his tongue.
We begin to think here that you, must
have a large surplus population of diplo's
mists, for you seemed already to have a
good many more than were of any use on
this side of the Atlantic, and the cry is
still they come. The arrival of C. C.
Clay and G. Thompson is announced as
imminent. Much good may it do them,
for they are the only persons likely to pro
fit by their mission. You may depend
upon it that Gen. Lee is the only diplo
mist whose labors will have any result.
You will receive at least some of the
fast papers along with this, and you will
have seen how the English ministry have
eaten the leek in the matter of Denmark.
The Prince of Wales may not like to see
a German Fluellen thrust his badge down
the throat of his mother’s minister, but
he is bound over to silence by the consti
tution. Whether it be in the peerage, as
Prince Napoleon says, that we must look
for the explanation of this humiliation of
old England, now governed by old women
j of 70 and 80 years, or whether it be due
to the influence of the Manchester party,
whose philosophy teaches that a profitable
bankruptcy is the readiest road to fortune,
Ido not venture to say. Between the
two, the honor of England is so tarnished
that it will cost before long, oceans of
blood to wash out the stain. The Amen*
can war, fostered by himself, is the excuse
put forward by Lord Russell for refrain
i ing from the action which his own words
had long since announced. Old dogs,
when they can no longer bite, can still
bark , but it generally ends in their be
ing torn to pieces by the younger ones
they have provoked. As old men love
their rickety children the best, so Canada
seems to have become the best jewel in
the English crown, and all thought of
honor or principle is postponed to its se-
curity. Lord Russell without, perhaps, j
intending it, gave the best explanation of j
his policy in regard to America. He said I
what he thought. The Palmerston min- !
istry will stay in power like a roguish
tradesman who has so confused Jiis ac
counts that his creditors dare not send
him through the court, for fear of losing
all. The conservatives have no risk to its
assignees. The emperor is serenely en
joying the inextricable mess his good
friends have got into, and, shutting his
eyes, opens his mouth to see what°Rhe
nish provinces the war will send him,
, The Paris correspondent of the Na-!
tional Intelligencer, in a recent letter,
makes the following speculations on the i
Mexican question, based upon M. Paver’s !
speech :
The celebrated republican orator, M.
Jules T aver, in one ot his recent speeches
t't. the C hamber, referred to Mexican af
fairs and to American opinion respecting
them in a manner which deserves to be
| more particularly noticed. After point
ing out that the new Emperor Maximil
ian was in reality nothing more than a
! lieutenant of France—that the Mexican
Empire was a mere romance} that the
Mexican Government had undertaken to
j make payments which it never could by
any possibility accomplish } that its loan
was only bolstered up by French credit,
and that France must really sustain the
Empire by an army of 25,000 men, main
tained in Mexico for an indefinite period
—M. Jules Favre said that it was impos
sible for him to pass over in silence the
late declaration of the Congress of the
United States. He knew that the deela*
| ration was not to be regarded as an official
| or diplomatic act of the Government at
: Washington, but still it must be regarded
as a “manifestation of public opinion
which commanded attention and respect.”
He then proceeded to read a despatch
from the American Secretary of State to
Hon. Mr. Dayton, and communicated by
the latter to the French Minister of For'*
eign Affairs. In this despatch, after ex»
pressions of great courtesy to France.—
| Mr. Seward says that he nevertheless
deems it right that his Government should
distinctly state and declare to the Govern
ment of France that the real public opin
ion of Mexico is in favor of domestic
and republican institutions in preference
to any monarchial institutions imposed
upon them by a Foreign Power. This
real opinion of Mexico, the American
Minister goes on to say, is chiefly due to
the influence of popular opinion in his
own country, whose brilliant future desti*
nies he considers to be intimately connec
ted with the maintenance of free republis
can institutions throughout the whole of
the American continent. This opinion
had been already communicated to the
Emperor Napoleon; and, says Mr. Se
ward with a voice of dignified warning,
“if, after mature reflection, France per
sists in a policy opposed to these senti
ments, such a policy will breed a germ of
jealousy which cannot ultimately fail to de*
velop itself into a conflict between France
and the United States.” Subsequently,
to the intimation from France that a
prompt recognition of the Mexican Em-‘
pire would be agreeable—
Mr. Seward desires Mr. Dayton to reply
that his government has always consider l *
cd the establishment of a monarchial gov
ernment in* Mexico to be undesirable, and
has not changed its opinion; and more
over, that it regarded the republican gov
ernment in Mexico as still existing, and
entertained towards it the most friendly
feeling. “Thus,” said M. Jules Favre,
commenting on these despatches, “have
the germs of defiance and hostility been
sown between two countries whose union
is so necessary to the grandeur and
prosperity of each other.”
The above despatches are probably al
ready known in America; but their re
production in the French Chamber, the
attention they excited there, and the sym
pathies manifested towards them by the
liberal and republican party in this coun
try, seem to me to be matters of sufficient
importance to warrant me in directing
your attention afresh to this portion of the
debate. At the present moment more
peaceful influences seemed to be in the
ascendant. The language of ministers in
the Chamber, coupled with that of M. de
Persigny out of doors, is taken as indica
tive that the Government is really desir
ous of peace. There'is a report, too, that
M. de Persigny is to return to office to
support the views held out in his speech.
Some hopes are entertained that, after all,
the Conference may be able to effect
something. Altogether, therefore, there
exists rather more confidence in the pub
| lie mind with respect to the preservation
of tranquility than when I last wrote.
Latest from the t utted Stales.
We find the following items in North*
cm papers of the sth inst. :
FROM GRANT’S ARMY.
The following is the latest published
from Grant’s army :
THE ENEMY REPAIRING THEIR LINES —
A COURT OF INQUIRY TO BE CONVEN
ED.
Headq’rs Army of the Potomac,
Tuesday, Aug. 2—P. M. j
Nothing of importance has transpired
during the last twentysfour hours. Pick
et firing in front of the Ninth Corps is
kept up almost unceasingly, with some
shelling at intervals The enemy have
been busy in repairing their lines, and
our skirmishers annoy them as much as
possible. Little damage, however, can
be done them, as they perform most of
their labor at night, and cannot be seen
on account of the darkpess.
A Court of Inquiry is about to be con
vened to inquire into the cause of the
late disaster.
The exact amount of our loss in the
action of Saturday is now ascertained to
be 5,640.
The hospitals are being rapidly cleared
of sick and wounded, there being four or
five boats engaged in their transportation
from City Point.
THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA—
HIGHLY IMPORTANT —FEINT ON HAR
PER’S EERRY.
Prom the Washington “Chronicle,” of
the 6th, we copy the following :
Baltimore, Aug. 5.—A person who
left Charlestown, Va., early yesterday
morning, reports that a rebel force, compos
ed of Morsby’s and Imboden’s cavalry and
mounted infantry, estimated at 7,000
strong were then about to make a feint
movement upon Harper’s Ferry, whilst
Early, with some 12,000 infantry, guard
ing trains of plunder and grain at Bun
ker Hill, was about starting up the Val
ley.
Parties were scattered at different points
up the alley gathering in the grain and
cattle, who would join Ewell in his march.
They had conscripted all the men and
even the hoys of sixteen, but many had
escaped, and were hiding in the moun
tain ; and the belief was that as soon as
the trains were well advanced, the whole
rebel force would return up the Valley.
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The Richmond Sentinel learns from a gen
tleman just arrived from the North Neck, that
tbc Potomac on Thursday. Friday and Satur
day. was covered with transpoi ts cariyiug
troops to Washington City. It is estimated
that, fully 20,000 soldiers had been sent to
Washington bv Grant since Early's last vic
tory. He will have use for five times twenty
thousand in that quarter before he takes
Petersburg.
Grast Leaves Petersburg.— A gentleman
from Richmond, who arrived here yesterday rnorn
ing, states that he was informed by high officers
of the Government, just before leaving Richmond.
1 that Grant bad withdrawn the most of his army
; from Petersburg, and that he had gone back to
! Culpepper Courthouse.
If this be so. it is singular that the telegraph
has not heretofore informed us of it. We tfciuk it
\ more than likely that Gen. Leo is reinforcing
} Early in the Valley, and that this is forcing Grant
I to make corresponding disposition.
[Moron Confederate.
TELEGRAPHIC.
RBPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Coart of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Mobile, Aug. 14.— Maj. Carrel, agent for ex
change of prisoners, went by flag of truce to the
fleet in the lower bay to affect an exchange of the
Dauphiu island prisoners. Farragut stated that
the prisoners were placed at the disposal of Gen.
Canby and he could do nothing. An arrangement
was made to send packages to prisoners from their
friends.
Gen. Maury orders all officers and soldiers to
remove their families from the city forthwith.
Non-comb&ttants are again urged to leave the city.
The enemy is busily cruizing in the bay in
sight.
A heavy force of the enemy is in North Missis
sippi. Their destination is reported to be Mobile.
Atlanta, Aug. 14.—The enemy opened fire up
on the city with six batteries at 8 o’clock last
night, their batteries being stationed on Marietta,
Peach Tree agd Williams’ Mills roads and in front
of the Medical College and Rolling Mill. The fire
was very heavy and continued until 4 a. m.
About midnight a shell entered the frame store
house of Biggers <fc Cos., on Marietta street, be
tween Peach Tree and Church, setting fire to some
loose cotton. The flames spread rapidly in the
building. The fire bell was rung and engine No.
3 repaired promptly to the spot. The enemy im
mediately concentrated his fire on the point. The
firemen nobly stood their ground despite the rain
of shells and succeeded in saving the large ware
house of Kyle & Cos. The other buildings on the
square were consumed. Not a citizen was injured,
the women and children having sought safety in
bomb-proofs.
But little shelling along the entire line to-day.
No movement of the enemy reported.
Richmond, July 12.— Baltimore papers of
yesterday state that the Yankee cavalry has
re-occupied Martinsburg.
Sheridan reports his forces moving up the
Shenandoah Yalley against the enemy.
At 4 o’clock Wednesday skirmishing was
going on ten miles from Winchester.
Grant has returned to City Point.
It is asserted that Staunton has tendered
his resignation and that it has been prompt
ly accepted by Lincoln. Other Cabinet
changes are reported, but there seems to he
no doubt that the resignation of Staunton was
in consequnce of the quarrel with Blair.
Atlanta, Aug. 13. — The enemy yesterday
evening advanced his right about one mile, at
the same time extending hi3 left a short dis
tance, hut hurriedly withdrew them both this
morning from some cause yet unknown, to the
original position of their line. Their officers
attempted frequently, at different points along
the line to-day to communicate with ours. In
several instances they proposed a cessation of
picket firing, which was not entertained, in
consequence of not coming through the proper
channel.
No shells were thrown into the city during
the night or to-day. With the exception of
slight artillery firing from Bates, no gun was
fired. Brig. Gen. John C. Brown, of Tennes
see, has been promoted to temporary rank of
Major General. Lieut. Col. James Kennard,
C. S. Artillery, has been assigned to chief
ordnance of the army of Tennessee.
\ Latest from the United States
FROM THE UPPER POTOMAC.
Petersburg, Augusts.—A dispatch has been
received here, stating that an engagement
was fought yesterday, at 4p. m., with the
raiders, at New Creek on the Baltimore and
1 Ohio railroad, twelve miles east of Piedmont,
, towards Cumberland. The fight was des
-5 perate.
Pittsburg, August s.—Gen. Kelley telegraphs
j officially to this city : “My forces repulsed the
; enemy yesterday at New Creek, under Mc
| Causland and Bradley Johnson. The enemy
j attacked our post to-day at 3 o’clock p. m.~
The enemy then retreated leaving their killed
and wounded.
“Their loss was severe. Ours light— not
exceeding 25 killed and GO wounded. The
garrison made a gallant resistance.”
Gov. Curtin has called for thirty thousand
militia. In his proclamation he says :
“I cannot too earnestly urge upon the peo
ple of this State the necessity for the imme
diate presence of this force.'’
Gen. Couch has issued an apppeal to the
people of Pennsylvania. He urges them to
prepare themselves for defence, to put their
guns in order, get in the cover of their corn
fields, forests, buildings, &c., as a rebel raid
is not impossible at any time during the sum
mer.
Harrisburg, August s.—Five ~ messengers
from Gen. Averill have reached McConnels
ville, and report that the rebels, three thous
and strong, were crossing the Potomac at
Hancock. They farther state, that our pickets
were being driven in towards Cumberland.
LATER.
Intelligence, just received, confirms the fact j
that the rebels occupied Hagerstown in force
at nine o’clock this morning.
The greatest consternation once more pre
vails along the Southern portion of the Cum
berland Valley. The farmers are hurrying
from their homes with their stock, and the
population in general is panic stricken by this
sudden, and to them unexpected occupation
by the rebels.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Saxonia. with dates to the 26th ult. has
: arrived. Cotton was unchanged. Breadstuff?
; declining.
Lord Palmerston, in the House of Commons
in response to an inquiry whether Englaad m
. tended acting in concert with other Euiopean
powers, in endeavoring to bring about a, sus
pension of hostilities in America, stated that
he thought no advantage was to be gained
jby meddling. , , .
* The Bank of England has reduced its rate
! of discount to seven percent.
; It is reported that Mr. Slidell is on a visit
; to the Emperor Napoleon.
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Mrs; Emma Willard Captured by
the Rebels. —A dispatch received this
morning from Mrs. Phelps, at Baltimore,
states that Mrs. E. Willard, of this city,
was among the passengers on the train
from Baltimore to Philadelphia, which
was captured by the rebels wben Major
l General Franklin was taken prisoner.
Nothing since then has been heard of
of Mrs. Willard, but no fears are enters
tained by her friends here of her persons
al harm, although it may be probabie that
she suffered in the loss of property. Mrs.
Willard’s, authorship of several valuable
standard works and her association with
the Troy Female Seminary, have giveu
her a wide spread reputation.
Her numerous friends here and else
where will await further tidings with
great interest. Mrs. Willard left the city
a few days ago for Baltimore and Wash
ington, and was on her return when this
, unfortunate incident occurred. Her cap
| ture by the reb«-i was hardly one of the
j calculations oi tii ourncy.— Troy Thors:,
! Uth July,
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR.
Notice.
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, Ga„ Aug. 14, 1804. >
General Orders,)
No. 5. }
I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over six [6] hours will require a pass from these
Headquarters. *
11. All persons between the ages of sixteen [l6]
and fifty-five [ss] years, visiting Columbus, [officers
of the Navy and .Army stationed at this Post excep
ted,] will, in future, be required to procure a pass
from the Cbrumandant Post. No other document
than the pass specified will be regarded by the offi
cers charged with the examination of papers.
By order
GEO. 0. DAWSON.
Major Comd’g Post.
agio 7t
♦
Drugs, Medicines, Ac. —The attention of drug
gists is invited to a perusal of the advertisement
of W. H. Tutt, wholesale druggist, Broad Street,
Augusta, Georgia. It will be seen that he has in
store a fine assortment of articles, which are in
great demand in the Confederacy just at this time.
♦ ♦—
Rents. —To all appearances rents are going up
in this city te an unprecedented attitude. We
have already heard of several houses which in or
dinary times, could have been rented at from one
to two hundred dollars, which are now being offered
at the extremely modmt price of $1,500, $2,000,
$2,500, and $3,000. We trust that city property
holders will not suffer their love of filthy lucre to
override common sense, reason and the dictates of
humanity. Do not take advantage of the help
lessness and destitution of the soldiers’ families
and indigent refugees who are forced to find a
shelter in ou* midst, or be turned out among the
warring elements. Do not so depreciate and dis
honor the currency of your beleaguered and strug
gling country as to bo so unreasonable in your
demands. It will be far more honorable to your
name to come out of this war without one cent,
than to bask in the accummulations of such ill
gotten gains. In the name of the poor, of hu
manity, of God, keep your rents within the bounds ;
of reason, of humanity, of Christianity.
A Terrible Affliction. —We have had to
write no more painful record of the misfortunes
that have befallen our community during the
progress of this unholy and unrighteous war upon
the South, than the announcement of the loss,
within the last three months, of three brothers,
honored sons of Col. John Banks, of this city,
named respectively, Eugene, Willis and Watkins,
all of whom have fallen gloriously with the harness
of battle on. We regret that we did not enjoy the
honor of a personal acquaintance Avith these young
men, as we feel that their deaths coming almost
a3 rapidly and crushingly as the misfortunes that
befel the Patriarch Job, demand the earnest out
gushings of public sympathy, while their names
and merits arc worthy of a higher eulogy than we
can write. We are assured by those who know
them well that they all combined the noblest
characteristics of the true gentleman and Chris
tian, with the zeal and courage of the patriot.
May their last rest be SAveet, and the memories of
their virtuous deeds and chivalrous actions b 8
embalmed in the hearts of their grateful Country
men. To tkeir venerable and honorable father,
whom we learn, has yet several other sons in the
Confederate army, as well as to their other loved
ones we extend our heartfelt condolence, and trust
that the Great Giver of all good, will impart
grace to enable them to bear up under these un
usual crushing misfortunes in the spirit of Chris
tian resignation, and that the reflection that they
all died nobly and Avell Aviil tend to soften to some
extent, the heart-rending griefs which they are
thus called upon to suffer.
Bo Your own Vt ork. —As many people in
these war times haA r e to do their own work, who
heretofore have not been under the necessity, it is
a matter of interest to all, and especially the
lazy, to know hoAV Atork may be done Avith the
least personal exertion. It will be seen by an
advertisement that A. D. Brown & Cos., of this
city, have invented a hand loom, which will Aveave
thirty yards of cloth per day. We have seen one
of these looms in operation and were struck with
the ease, beauty, rapidity and regularity of its
motions. It runs as glibly as a clock, and avc
think is far superior to the ordinary hand loom.
Let those who wish to purchase, call and in
spect for themselves.
The same firm manufacture also a good article
of corn shelters and spinning wheels, each of
which are put up in superior style.
The Impressment of Negroes. —ln the Satur
day morning’s Times, a communication appeared
over the signature of J. M. L., a planter of this
county, complaining of the recent action of the
impressing officers in seizing negroes to work on j
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. In
order to prevent a wrong impression from going
abroad, we are authorized to state that Major
UaAVSon, the commandant of this post was not in j
his office, and is therefore in no wise responsible
for the transaction. As such things usually ema- s
nate from his office and by his authority, it is but j
justice to a high toned gentleman and efficient j
officer to make this announcement. Wo do not
know that there was the exercise of any improp- i
er authority in the premises, but if there really ,
was, as charged in the communication referred
to, the blame should attach where it belongs and !
not to the Commandant of Post in this city.
We were fully satisfied even before publishing
the communication, that if there had been any il
legal proceedings in the matter, it was not under I
the knowledge or approval of Major Dawson.
Atlanta.
A friend writes to us that in addition to the
list which we published some days ago of the
houses in Atlanta, that had been damaged by the
shot and shell of the enemy, he noticed that the
residence of Judge C. H. Strong, near the Bap
tist Church, had been injured.
One, too, had passed in at a window of the
Washington Hall, and exploded in tbo bar-room,
doing considerable damage.
One struck the store of Beech Jc P.oot, and the
Messrs. Herring on Whitehall street and exploded
inside.
The residence of E. B. Walker, and also the
late residence of Col. A. AL Wallace, both on Ivy
street, were struck—the former greatly damaged.
The writer continues :
'‘But it i3 impossible to enumerate all the build- i
ings that have been struck either by shells or
fragments. You can find evidences of the ene
my’s barbarity in almost every house or lot in the i
city, except in the Southern and South-eastern
portion of the place. The wonder is, that so few
of the citizens have been hnrt. There are a great'
many still in the place, but they confine them- !
selves to their premises. I notice the Fire Bat
tallion on prorost duty in the city, besides the
members of which, a few familiar faces are to be
seen on the streets during the intervals of furioas
shelling.”
"I havo a fragment of a shell which I picked
up on the floor of your old sanctum. It passed!
iu at the window, breaking a pane of glass, and
slightly injuring the plastering on the opposite
side of the room. I was standing on Whitehall j
street when it went in, and immediately went up
and found it. Should Igo to Maccra soon, I will ;
leave it with you as a memento of the love that is
borne far as by our Notheru brethren.”
[lnteUigen’ > >\
♦ ♦ - ♦ — :
The Danville Register states that passenger
trains now pass over*the entire line of the
Richmond and Danville railroad. The track !
is much better than it was before, the flatiron j
having been replaced by the heavy T rail. I
AUCTION SALES.
Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
O^elUu I fPot&foStef’ at 10 ° ,dock ’ we will
A FINE ROCKAWAY, (Late Style,)
with Tongue and Shafts and
ROUele sett harness
All of which is Nearly New and veiv de
By Ellis, Livingston
ON TUESDAY, 16th of August atlft
will sell in front of our store 10 ° dock) w «
500 LBS. BEST ENGLISH CAST STEEL,
Assorted Sizes.
200 lbs Sole and Upper Leather •
2 Cans Fine Smoking Tobacco•
12bbls. SALT; ’
1 Marble Top Bureau ;
Lot Summer Clothing;
Lot Furniture.
—ALSO, —
A LIKELY VEGRO HOY
24 years old—Field Hand, Cook, &c ’
! AN EXTRA LIKELY NEGRO MAN.
23 years old—splendid Dining Room set.
vant, Gardener, &c.
A LIKELY NEGRO MAX,
34 years old—Field Hand, Teamster .te.
agl2 td $32
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
ON Tuesday, 16th of August, at 10 o’clock, wo will
sell in front of our Auction Itoova
200 lbs, ASSORTED IRO Y,
Os Excellent Quality.
35 BUSHELS COW PEAS.
agl3 td $9
BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM,
(Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.)
Card. Haclsjs,
SPINNING-WHEELS and CORN-SHELLERS!
Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO.
43f*0rders received by M. P. Ellis & Co.“®»
agl3 lm*
reSovalT
IHAVE removed my Office to a room over Gun
by’s Store, where I will bo pleased to wait oa
Patients requiring Medical or Surgical treatment.
ag!3 lm* T. J. WORD, M. D.
$5,000 REWARD!
THE above reward will be pail for the arrest and
production before the Coroner’s Court, Talla
poosa county, Ala., of one WM. A. PAULK, who
murdered my husband, Benjamin Gibson, on Mon
day night, Ist ot August.
Said Paulk is a resident of Macon county, near
Union Springs, aged about 35 years, about 5 feet*
inches inheighth, stout built, fair complexion, dark
hair and blue eyes, Believed to be a deserter from
the 2d Ala. cavalry. JULIA A. GIBSON.
Near Tallassee, Tallapoosa co., Ala.
ag3 lm
GILMORE tto Cos.
146, Broad Street.
HAS ON HAND AND FOR SALE:
Corn, Flour, Bacon, Tobacco,
Candles, Syrup, Sugar, Coffee,
Lard. Peas, Rice, Osnaburgs,
f Watches, Sheetings, Brooms,
Spun Thread, Beeswax and Tailu'*.
—also,—
Salt, Sugar, Sheeting and Osuaburgs
TO
EXCHANGE FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE!
—ALSO.—
A Genuine Article of APPLE VINEGAR for a e
agl2 lw*
FOR SA£i£l
-OR
EHWMDITMMM
-AT—
-114, Broad Street
t gti
I Coffee, Sugar,
Soda, Black Pepper,
Syrup, Potasb,
Cotton Cards,
Tin-Ware, Snuff,
Salt, Sugar.
Tumblers, Candles,
GEORGIA REBEL SMFI
Pickles, Flysßrushes,
Eggs, Butter,
Salt Fish.
Cigars,
Toilet-Soap,
Soft-Soap,
Bar-Soap,
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco.
aug 2 ts
FOB. SAXjB
Or Exchange for Country Produce.
BEST COTTON CARDS;
SPINNING WHEELS;
CLOCK REELS.
agio 2w _ JEFFERSON & HAMILTON^
IJROJ¥ WIRE.
2,000 ihs. 8 and 10 Iron Wire!
For sale by
agio 2w JEFFERSON & HAMILTON.
1,000 Pounds Choice Brown Sugar,
TO EXCHANGE FOR
WHEAT, Flour. Corn or Meal.
At 114, BROAD ST.
agO dst wit Columbus, Ga.
THOITIAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford's old Stand,)
3STO. 101, BBOAD ST
HAH FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, lAnseys,
I/aguaray Coffee,
Tobacco, Rice.
IVails of all sizes.
&c., &c., &c.
jul27tf
A HOiSE WA A TED,
rrO Rent from October next, a house, or part '■ '
A house, for the use of a familv.
Address ‘‘SIGMA.”
ago ts At this Office.
3NTOTIOJ3.
To Planters and Other* !
T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax,
will be found at Robinett & Cb’s old stand, where
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT
june 2 t<
BOXZ>S
OF the 500,000,000 Loan for hale 1
1 AM authorized to offer for sale the G per cen
1 Coupon or Registered Long Date Bonds of the
Five Hundred Million Loan authorized by Act o*
Congress, February 17, 1864, in sums to suit put"
chasers, at the Confederate States Depository, '
lumbus, Ga.
The principal and interest of this Loan are
from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in P a >'
ment for all Import and Export Duties. The--'
Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov
eminent, and I recommend them to the favorab! ••
notice ol Capitnli-t. ,
IV. H. \OLNG, Agent,
augl In. for Confederate States.
DU A AW AY!
YEGRu boy CHARLEY; about 2o years old, >'<■''
i\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence; left Afr. Nat. Thompson’s ne i;
Box Springs, Talbot county. 1 bought him oi a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He originally os me iron-
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will b° P al j ,
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jad aT: ’
information sent to me at this office. ,
.TAMES M. RUSSELL-
Columbus, Ga„ aug 1 ts"
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