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J. W. W ARBEA, ... Editor.
Tnesday Morning, August 16, 1864.
Sh£iu(an’s Murders.— On the 3d a lad/, a
gentleman and his little daughter were killed in
Atlanta by fragments of Yankee shells, and about
11 o'clock at night Mr. Warner, the Superinten
dent of the Gas Works, and his little daughter,
lying in the same bed, were killed by a round
shot. The child was severed in two, dying instant
ly the father had both thighs cut off dose to the
body and lived about two hours. We call these
murders, though the murderer will be treated with
the utmost eourtesy when he fhll3 into our hands.
He knows that all this fire upon a position in the
rear of our army will not drive them from their
lines, and it is only to gratify his own diabolical
propensities that he keeps up this bombardment
upon unarmed people. What a retribution is in
store for the people who are carrying on this hell
ish work! The whole world will mock at their
calamity and laugh when their fear cometh.
From the Chesapeake Shore—Yankee
Troops Moving to Maryland.—A gentleman
just arrived in Richmond, (says the Charleston ,
Mercury of the 13th) says that a week pre- j
vious to the Ist of August a large number ‘of j
Yankee transports, laden with troops, passed
up the Chesapeake Bay. Their destination j
evidently being the seat of war. on the other j
side of the Potomac. Between the Ist and4rh j
(Tuesday), very few indeed were seen. On the
itb, however, a large number of the largest
sized transports were passing all day. That
these contained troops from Grant s army
en route to reinforce Wright, Hunter & Cos., i
and last, though not least, old Granny Conch
and his eour krotit Pennsylvania “Milish,”
our informant hasn’t a doubt. In fact, a friend j
of his, who was at Old Point while these trans- j
ports were passing, informed him that such i
was the case.
The Crisis—How to Pass It.
The tone of the Georgia papers (says the
Advertiser & Register) indicates the culmi
nation of the crisis in that State. They are
filled with stirring appeals to the absentees
from Hood’s army to waive their leaves of
absence and to hurry back to the rank3 of
their comrades, to take part in the decisive
conflict. Old Georgia, noble old Georgia, is
aroused to the heroic pitch. We are told that
three miles of Hood’s entrenchments around
Atlanta are held by her reserves under Gen.
G. W. Smith, and the roads are crowded with
fresh troops, hurrying to the field of struggle.
Governor Brown states, in an official procla
mation, that 30,000 brave Georgia reserves
are in arms at his call, and he is now rallying
the men and boys of the counties of the Cher
okee region—that is, behind Sherman—to
the field. These are doubtless intended to
operate on Sherman s l’ear. Do the men of
Alabama hear the battle erv that assends from
mountain and valley of the “Empire State?”
It is the slogan of brothers, separated only by
the attenuated thread of the waters
of the Chattahoochee. It heralds the
thrilling announcement that “the Campbells
are coming,” .and does it net stir the blood of
Alabamians ? Surely the spirit of patriot
ism, the instincts of home defence, the com
mon courage of manhood, do not dwell only
on one side of this beautiful river. To arms,
then, men of Alabama, aud take down your
trusty rifles, to vindicate at once your honor
as citizens of a proud State, and the integrity
of your country. It needs but a brief effort,
for we are in the crisis and turning point of
this great war. Turn back the invading
armies that are now making their last grand
effort to subjugate you, and this Abolition
war will break down in a great crash, and go
under as suddenly as did the Yankee monitor
which, in the twinkling of an eye. sunk be
neath the waters of Mobile Bay.
Is not the boon worth the struggle and the
risks and the sacrifices of a few brief weeks
of soldier life ? Every word of thisappeal is as
strong in its address to Mississippians. Gen.
Forrest, with his glorious corps of Tennes
seeans, Kentuckians and Missourians is now
defending your State. Shame upon you if
you do not mount hastily and draw no rein
until you have placed yourselves, rifle in
hand, by their sides. And wo to you, if, for
the want of your help, he is pressed back be
fore the onward march of your armed
with sword and torch. The banners of For
rest are the Mecca of Mississippi patriotism.
Go there; bend the knee and worship ! Draw
the sword and conquer the redemption of your
State. To Mobile, let she Alabamians who
can fight, come, singly and in troops—and
thoyc* who cannot, send their hands with shov
el and axe, to perform a most important part
of defence.
Friends and countrymen! compatriots in
a common cause—we would not deceive you,
and we tell you, as a watchman on the tower,
diat as we believe in God, we verily believe
that one grand rally, one hearty and consen
taneous pull ot all hands and union of all
hearts, wilj end this war before the first frost
of 18<>-1 shall have tinged your autumnal for
t*sG. l*p, then. Alabamians and Mississip
pians. and answer the battle-cry of your Geor
gia sister.
Kkkkots Ot THE War—Aitai.li.no Car.naol |
—Grant's Losses. — It is marvellous to v\ a j
exteut the sensibilities of men are bemnnoed <
in time of war. First we hear ot ,
thousand lying in the streets of a city, to
thirty thousand, and last, of seventy tnous
and dead prisoners and wounded.
Speaks of that while Grant moves onward to
the rebel capital ? Tis true, this ,* ,j ' alu i
will make gaps in almost eveij *o\a - u{
places the folding ofheralds
no one speaks of it, tor tu |
Federal triumphs and re misery
• come /ots in the best light :
meadent thereto co details evince slaugh
te" and human buttery that are horrible to
contemplate. Grant proposes to go to Rich
mond- His fame as a leader is staked upon
the result, and thus far the record of his losses
is unparalleled. Burnside's loss at Fredericks
burg was fifteen thousand. Hookers about
the same ; and these cost an immense amount
of indignation : but what are they compared
to the seventy thousand, or, as some at.-ert.
one hundred thousand lost in the space ot
three weeks? If Grant fails and is forced
back, such a clamor will fee heard in all the
land, that it will drive the Lero of Done Ison
and Vicksburg from the annv forever.
The long list of dead and wounded will
stand out and blaze like burning t-Uips The
public insensibility will reverse, ana the reck
lessness of such a march will thunder from
every pulpit and from every loyal press. In
the early part ot the struggle, the ios3 of haif
a hundred men was paraded in flaming capi
tals. Now, tiie *Gss of seventy thousand passes
without comment. —Ohio Argus.
The Scourge* ofthe World
War, pestilence and famine, are rtn thfej
great scourges of the world
The increased intercourse amongst nations,
produced by civilization and trade, has dives
ted famine of half its terrors. The destitution
of one part of the world is supplied by the
abundance of another andthu3, famine is
scarcely known amongst the civilized nations
of the world.
Pestilence, too, is disrobed of its terrors. —
The plague, which formerly swept off half of
the inhabitants of cities, is seldom heard of.
An improved hvgeian has improved the
health of cities; whilst new discoveries in the
art of medicine has arrested pestilence, and
made the most stubborn and fatal diseases
amenable to remedies.
But war still remains, unabated in its deso
lations and miseries; and is now, foremost
amongst the scourges of the world. Good
meaning optimists, afewyear3 ago. persuaded
themselves, and endeavored to persuade oth
j ers, that the Christian civilization and the
'commercial intercorse of Europe, had put an
: end to wars. Interest as well a3 principle,
' forbid mutual slaughter between nations. But,
I strange to say, the very men in Great Britain
and the United States who opposed all wars,
I and shouted hozannas to the peace of the
j world, are amongst the fiercest upholders of
; the war now raging between the United States .
‘ and the Confederate States. Mr. Bright and
Mr. Cobden, in Great Britain, have forgotten
i that free trade, which was to spread humanity !
I and peace over the world; and, in the United !
| States Horace Greeley, and the loud advocates
of perpetual peace, join in the cruel war now
waging against the Confederate States. Nor ■
does war seem to have any mitigation, from i
the holy principles of Christianity. England ;
shoots Sepoys from the mouths of her cannon ;«j
France smothers, with smoke and fire. Alga- j
lines in caves, and the United States burn
down villages, destroy crops and orchards
and agricultural implements, send shells into
unbeleagured cities, and give up helpless wo
men to their brutal soldiery. Here, in the end
of the Nineteenth Century of the Christian era. j
by a nation pretending to be foremost in the j
education of its people, and the most elevated ;
and purified, by the religion of Christ —with !
Missionaries in every clime and barbaric na
tion, to convert the heathen—rich beyond pa
ra}]el_crow-ned by political institutions, only
won by centuries of experience and suffering
—we see the bloody atrocities of Attala and
Genghis-Khan, displayed in the conduct of
wai. All those laws of nations, which good
men and wise statesmen have, for centuries,
been striving to establish amongst nations, to
mitigate the horrors of war, are all swept
away, apparently, with the sanction of saH
nations ; and we,* of the Confederate States,
have forced upon us the usages of warfare,
which, before Christ came into the world,
characterized the savages and heathens of its
darkest ages.
But is all this in vain? Has the light of
God’s presence left the world ? No. He still
lives, and lives to be gracious. Through the
sufferings of such a war, the Confederate
States will spring up at once a respected
power, amongst the nations of the world.
They will rise up—no despised or endangered
portion of our cruel and brutal foes—but
apart and above them—a great and indepen
dent people, with a civilization and destiny all
our own. The very cruelties an i sufferings
of this war, will shape our characteristics,
and fit us for those blessings which ever fol
low innocence, patience and faith.— Chav.
Mercury.
[From the St. Joseph Herald, j
Indiscriminate Slaughter in j
Missouri.
From passengers who arrived last night from j
below we learn that Platte City was almost de
stroyed yesterday morning by Federal troops, j
Not over half the houses were left standing. The I
Methodist Church, a the Sentinel j
printing-office, and the three story brick block in j
which it was located, together with many business
and dwelling houses, are all in ashes. Thus has j
vengeance, swift and dire, been visited upon a peo- j
pie who not only basely and cowardly surrendered j
themselves to Thornton’s thieves and murderers,
but who also welcomed the villains with every de- ;
monstration of affection and delight.
The town was a nest bole of treason, not over |
a half dozen Union families residing there. I)eso- j
lation and destruction have swept over it, and, if ;
the report brought us be true, the work has been I
most thoroughly performed. While we fear ;
the few Union men of the place have been !
caused to suffer in property, and, perhaps, in !
life, we have not the slighest sympathy with the j
rebels. * }
It was rumored in Weston when the train left, ,
that Jesse Morin, had been burned in his own ;
house ; that Clint. Cockerill had joined the guer- t
rillas, and been killed in a skirmish, and Mr. F. ;
A. Cox, the venerable editoj of the Platte County
Sentinel, was killed. The two former were re- j
gartled as secession sympathizers, while the latter !
was a sound, honest, true Union man. One pas- j
senger informed us that he had heard Mr. Cox was j
sick at his home, and had not been disturbed. We j
hope the latter story is true, for wo should mourn
the loss of so pure and good a man.
The report was also brought into Weston that
the troops were going south, toward Parkvillc,
from Platte City, and that they had declared their !
inteution of showing no quarter to any rebel who ]
should fall into their bands.
The following is the account given of the fight <
at Camden Point, by Lieutenant Child, of Captain
Cleggett's company, who was an eye witness and ‘
participant in the affair . i
About two o’clock p. m. Wednesday, a command ;
composed of the 2d Colorado, loth Kansas, 9th M. ;
g. M. and several detachments of E. M. M., num
bering five hundred men, with one pieco of artil
lery, all under command of Colonel 1 ord, of the
2d Colorado, took up the line of march from Wes
ton in the direction of Camden Point. When
about two miles from that place, the advance guard
of eighteen men was fired upon by guerrilla pick
ets, who then fled, closely followed by our men,
who chased them through the brush into the town,
firing as they went, and succeeded in killing six
guerrillas while on the run. After passing about
a mile beyond the town they met the main force
of the enemy under command of Thornton, num
bering about, one hundred and forty men, drawn
up in line of battle; but without halting, the eigu
teen Colorado boys gave a wild yell, nsht
towar.l tl» center of tbe line. which
gave way, and after firing a few shots, ktHmg one
of the attacking party and woundm
thev fled in wild confusion, with their pursuers
before th «y esc re j 0 * e d their command, j
After ng possession of the town wo found two !
bu Sings in flames, fired by Thornton, in which
he had stored a large amount of arms and annum ,
nUion The explosion of the powder was heard j
distinctly several mile* distant.
Once in possession of the town, and a sad scene
l .rillacre and destruction commenced, such as we
IWe neve? again to witness. Several of the citi- ;
7PIVS were arrested and taken to headquarters.— :
Hmises were burned and pillaged, and the heavens
: miles around were lighted with the flames
Late in the night the fires continued, and again m
the morning were renewed. About two thirds of
the town was destroyed, but the seminary buildings
were unharmed when we left.
U the time our forces entered the town, they were
told that there were a number of men hid in the
hemp house, then in flames, having been fired by
Thornton, in which he had a number of guns, and
it is supposed that three of them were burned with
the building, and the bodies of the two dead guer
; r iilas were cast into the flames and also consumed.
We hear it estimated that over twenty men were
killed, belonging to the guerrillas, and only one man
killed and one wounded on the part of the attack
jjwr
The fine residence of Dr. Thomas, living at the
5 edge of the town, was a smouldering heap of ashes,
as we passed in the morning, and it was reported
that he had visited a sick guerrilla, hence lus fate.
Previous to the renort of his death, a squad of the
loth Kansas were in possession of his house, which
they gutted and then fired; and only waited to get
! the Doctor to leave a lounge, upon which lay his
sick wife to blow his brains out, ana we are ot the
opinion that they accomplished this bloody work
before thev left. Other citizens in the neighbor
hood no doubt shared the s.»me fa te.
I One Olvis, formerly of the militia, who had joined
the guerrilla s at l’latte City, was captured, having
his leg broken He recognued one of his cantors
and called him by name, and received in reply.—
"Olvis, you arc in d—d bad company." One of the
party then held him up, and another placed his car
bine close to the prisoners head, fired, and the soul
ofOlvi 5 was in the presence of his Maker.
McCormick, the prisoner named above, was
marched into camp, and placed under guard. Aoout
2 o'clock ti report was circulated tuat vre were a.*.-
tacked, when the guardim mediate lyakot tho .Pris
oner, or, as they said. disposed °fhim. Colonel
| Ford thus addressed th • men. and said thak as the
. guerrillas gave no*|uarter, he would do the same.-
That h“neither Jked ajr,<n« «y. and ordered
! the men to sleep iiptr. ben arms and not to stra*-
i gie from their oatnr. , ... t L_
The loss of C. md« a Point is tue death blow to the
guerrillas. It wad the rendezvous where the> fetored
their arms. ~. _i.
The troop* engaged in this quick ar and blood y * ora
needed but this as an incentive to come ever. lacy
same, and desolation followed ia their track. I?
our citisens do not want the renewal of the scones
of Camden re-enaoted here, let them drive the guer
rillas from oar midst, fbrif they do not, those troop3
will be sent here to do it for them. Wear© able
to take care of ourselves, and «hould do tt
The flat captured was a regular Confederate ban
ner, and worked upon it were the words. Protec
i tion to Missouri.”
The Old Issue Ayala.
If the Secretary of the Confederate
Treasury will only do his duty promptly,
by transmitting to Georgia such an amount
of the new issue as is imperatively demans
ded by the Pay Departments of tne Army
of Tennessee, and holders of the old issue,
or give some official assurance that the
old issue will he redeemed with the new
at no very distant period (the discount of
33A off) he will do the country incalcula
ble service. In Mr. Trenholm's integrity
and financial ability the people have the
highest confidence, and they look to him
now for immediate relief from that distress
and loss which the refusal to receive the
old issue on the part of those who have
produce, provisions, or other necessaries
of life to sell, and on the part of Railroad
companies, as well as the State for taxes,
has already produced and will still more
generally increase. Volumes may be |
written on this subject, but if Mr. Tren
holm does not come up to an endorsement
of the old issue, or, as the law requires, its
redemption with the new, and that specs
dily, frightful will be the distress among
the laboring c!asses of our people, and loss
upon all others. It is no time now to
speculate upon the causes which have
brought about this refusal, so general, to
receive the old issue. We see it suggest
ed, in some of our exchanges, among them
the Columbus Enquirer, that “many peo
ple are suspicious that it (the Govern
ment) does not intend to make the ex
change” of new for the old issue. We
have heard this suggested daily for a week
past, aud any assurance now from Mr.
Trenholpa to the contrary, will go far to
restore confidence in the old currency. It
is said that those who hold the old issue
can get receipts from the Depositories for
it, upon the face of which is the promise
to redeem it at its legal value with the
new, when they are furnished with it from
the Treasury. This is true, but these re
ceipts cannot be used as money by purs
chasers, or in payment of debts. So many
of them, too, are being hawked about, and
in such large amounts, that they cannot
be used as currency. We know of but
one remedy for the prevailing evil, and
Mr. Trenholm alone can provide that rem
edy. If the new issue is not ready to re
deem the old, let him give some positive,
official notice, that it will be, and that, as
soon as possible, he will carry out the law
which requires him to redeem the old with
the new issue. Such an assurance now
would doubtless restore confidence in the j
old currency.
In reference to corporations, Railroad !
Companies, &c., who refuse to receive the !
old issue, referring to one of them —the
Macon k Western Railroad —our Griffin
cotemporary remarks that “a wealthy com
pany might have afforded to wait a few
weeks and advanced the money (the new
issue) to its employees to have upheld the
currency. This is so, but where was that
Company to get the new issue ? The ■
Government owes it and will not, or does 1
not pay it. From whom can it borrow the
money ? Bulwer, in his play, makes Car
dinal Richlieu say to the reckless De Mau
prat, “you must pay your debts;” the an
swer was “tell me where I can borrow the
money and I will pay my debts. ’ Tell
the Road where it can borrow the new
issue, and when it can pay it back, and in
all probability it may carry out your sug
gestion, friend “Rebel.” To suggest is
one thing; to advance what one has not
got, or to borrow it, is another.
But enough of this. Now is the time
for Mr. Trenholm to give assurance to the
country, that he is the able financier he
has long had the credit of being, and to
come up at <?iiee to the relief of the people
from the evil effects of a want of confi
dence in the old issue. If he does not,
appalling will be the distress that will
soon prevail all over the land. We bes
lieve that he will, and trust there will be
a generous forbearance one towards the
other, until Mr. Trenholm is heard from.
[ lntelligencer .
Scenes under a Flagr of Truce.
The correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch writes from Petersburg as follows .
Oil Sunday evening, about two o.clock,
Burnside sent a flag of truce, asking for aces
sation of hostilities to bury the dead between
the lines. General Beauregard responded
that whenever a proposition cam. fromi the
General commanding the army of the l otomac
it would be entertained. Immediately after
the return of the first paper, General Meade 4
sent a flag covering a similar request. About
two o’clock. Monday morning, General Beau
regard replied, granting the request and fix
ing the hours between nine A. M., and five
A M., for the purposes indicated. At the
hour named, or just about sunrise, three gaily
dressed, flashy looking officers raised an ele
gant white flag, mounted on a handsome staff,
and advanced from their line of works. Sim
ultaneously two shabbily-dressed but brave !
Confederates, mounting a dirty pccket hand
kerchief on a ram-rod, proceeded to meet them.
A brief parley ensued, civilities were ex
changed, and then the details came to do the
wo-rk of truce —the burial of the dead. For
five hours the work went vigorously forward, i
The Yankees brought details of negroes, and
we carried their negroes out under guard to
help them in their work. hun
dred Yankees, white and negroes were huried.
A. P. Hill was there with long gauntlets,
slouch hat, and round jacket. Mahoue, dress
ed in little boy-fashion cut of clothes, made
from old Yankee tent cloth, was beside him. j
The gallant Harris, of the Mississippi brig- !
ade, and the gallant, intrepid Sanders, who
but forty-eight hours before, had so success
fully retaken those works—the best looking
and the best dressed Confederate officer pres- I
eut —was sauntering leisurely about, having a
general superintendence over the whole affair.
On the Yankee side there was any number of
nice young men, dressed jauntily, carelessly j
smoking cigars, and proffering whiskey, wine,
and biandy of the best labels, and of suffic
ient age to warrant its flavor. More than one
Confederate took a smile. Some took two,
and one told me that, finding the liquor of the
‘•peace' order, he went it seven times. Sev
eral bottles were sent as presents ro our lead
ing generals. The Yankees talked freely—
said their loss would be five —that
il.e whites blamed the negroes, and the ne
groes in turn, charged the disasters of the
day to the whites.
—♦♦— -
Russia and Her Immense Army.— The annual
1 report addressed to the Emperor of Russia furnish
• os significant details respecting the actual state of
the Russian army. It appears that in 1853 the
Russian army, in active service, comprised 364,-
412 meu of infantry, and 93,453 men for the
special arm?. In 1861 the infantry had been in
i creased to 694,511 men, uud the special arms to
114,150, To these numbers must be added 127,-
, 000 men charged with preserving order in the
! provinces, and 200,000 more appertaining to the
! reserve. The Russian army, therefore.* forms a
I irrand total of 1,135.090 men.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress inthe year
JGttLfe fcjrsffi MftSSf liatf
the Northern District of Georgia.
Frem Richmond.
Latest from Atlanta.
Richmond, Aug. 15.
Gregg's division of cavalry adranccd on New
Market road yesterday afternoon, and engaged
our force occupying a position in the vicinity of
Deep Bottom. The enemy were repulsed with
considerable loss. Our loss small.
Atlanta, Aug. 15.
At a late hour yesterday evening the enemy at
tempted to drive our pickets on the centre. After
a sharp skirmish they were repulsed.
Desultory firing along the lines throughout the
night and to-day.
But few shells thrown into the city. Some had
scriptural quotations in Hebrew pasted on them.
A body of the enemy’s cavalry dashed into De
catur this evening, and moved in the direction of
Cobb’s mills. A small force of infantry reported
in Decatur. Their action indicates isaother move
ment on our right.
Lively skirmishing going on along the centre
this evening.
Everything looks brighter and mose hopelul
than at any time since the seige began.
Our Defences.
We are glad to learn that Gen. Robertson
has called out a portion of the slaves liable to
road duty in his District, to strengthen our
defences against our foes. General Jones
has published his call for 2500 slaves to ex
tend and strengthen the defences around Char
leston, The slaves in General Robertson’s
District will be credited with the work done
by them, whilst it will be laid out near their
homes, and for the defence of those who fur
nish the slaves. The planters, we learn, are
paid the Government price for the labor of
their slaves; but this is a very small matter,
where the safety of ail their property is con
cerned.
In times of peace, all the male slaves between
eighteen and fifty years old, are liable to be
called out to make and repair the roads and
bridges. They are usually called out at this
season of the year, for a fortnight. General
Robertson, we learn, has called out only a
portion ot the slaves; and has called them
out for only three weeks; thus demanding
only about the same amount of labor, usually
in times of peace, put upon the roads. But
we are in a savage war. Our enemies have
threatened, by repeated raids, the safety of
all the property of the planters in Gen. Rob
ertson’s command. We are probably not
competent j udges of the exigencies of this
command; but if we should venture to judge
at all, we would say, that he ought to have
called out three-fourths of the slaves of the
planters one month sooner: and instead of
three weeks, he ought to have required their
labor for six <£&eks. On the 10th of July the
crops are generally made, and until Septem
ber the labor of the slaves can be better spared
than at any other season of the year. Let the
General push on his efforts to protect his com
mand ; and let all the planters give him their
prompt and hearty support. The most effi
cient labor for their crops, may be that fur- ;
nished under the call and direction of General
Robertson. The Cooper River planters, by
the prompt contribution of the labor of their
slaves, are manifesting their enlightened sense
of their own interest, and the interest of the
State. Char Mercury.
Maj. Gen. Gardner.— Our citizens will be ;
gratified to learn that, at the suggestion of j
of Gen. Higgins, the President has been re- '
quested to assign Gen. Gardner to the com- j
mand of the Mobile troops, pending the ex
pected attack. Gen. Higgins will thus be able
to give his exclusive attention to the batteries.
We hope the President will at once accede to
the request. —Mobile Advertiser Register.
Lunatics at Large. —An unusual
scene occurred in the office of the Provost
Marshal on yesterday, which consisted in
the presence, as prisoners, of a couple of
lunatics who had escaped from the Asy
lum at Williamsburg and come into our
lines'on the Chickahominy. Their names
were Walter Maget, who was sent to the
asylum in 1858, from Washington county,
and Francis Marion, from Frederick
county, who was sent there in
Though neither seemed to be suffering
from any very serious mental aberation,
they both presented a very picturesque
and unusual appearance. Maget spoke
rationally, but was a little flighty at times
in his manner, which was heightened in
effect by a long and bushy head of hair,
and a pair of very glittering eyes. Ma*
rion seemed perfectly rational and con
versed familiarly on various topics, chiefly
of war, and especially his participation in j
the battles of 1812, and in Mexico, and
his familiar acquaintance with Scott and
Taylor. He wears a patriarchal beard
and very long hair. In reply to an in*
quiry as to his age, Marion replied:
“That’s a secret.” He says he is known—
“everybody knows him,” as “the swamp
fox.” The two unfortunates will be re- }
tained by the Provost Marshal, and sub** |
ject to the orders of Governor Smith.— i
Rich. Enq.y Wta.
[From the Richmond Sentinel.]
Tlic necessity of Punctuation.
AN EPITAPH TO MY UNCLE TOBT.
[Not Punctuated.]
He was an experienced old man in the ways
of the world he profited not in honesty purity ]
and sobriety was always found in demoraliz
ing society never associated with the good he <
was counted among the foremost in vice in
every shape a stranger to high raindedness
and correctness of deportment he was ever
devoted to what was low sorded and mean he
turned a deaf ear to the miseries of a fellow
creature hi3 heart was ever open to malevo
lence charity afforded a shield to none did he
refuse sympathy and sorrow it was bis nature.
The above epitaph was handed to two gen
tlemen, and wfis punctuated as follows. By
the first : ■ j
■‘He was au experienced old man. In the
ways of the world he profited not. In honesty,
purity and sobriety, was always found. In
demoralizing society never associated. With
the good he was counted among the foremost.
In vice in every shape a stranger. To high
mindedness and correctness of deportment he
was ever devoted. To what wa3 low, sordid
and mean he turned a deaf ear. To the mise
ries of a fellow creature his heart was ever
open. To malevolence charity afforded a
shield. To none did he refuse sympathy and
sorrow. It was his nature."
The second returned it as follows :
' He was an experienced old man in the ways
of tbe world. He profited not in honesty, puri
i ty, and sobriety. Was always found in de
: moralizing society. Never associated with
the good. He was counted among the fore
most in vice in every shape. A stranger to
highmindedness" and correctness of deport
ment, he was ever devoted to what was low,
sordid and mean. He turned a deaf ear to the
miseries of a fellow creature. His heart was
| ever open to malevolence. Charity afforded
a shield to none. Did he refuse svmpathy and
1 sorrow, it was his nature.’’ R.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCA£ EDITOR.
IVotice.
Headquarters Post. t
Columbus, Ga.. Aug. 14.1564. $
General Orders,)
No. 5. j
I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over six [6] hour? will require a pass from these
Headquarters.
IJ. All persons between the ages of sixteen [l6]
and fifty-five [ss] years, visiting Columbus, [officers
of the Navy and Army stationed at thi3 Post excep
ted,] will, in future, be required to procure a pass
from the Commandant Post. No other document
than the pass specified will be regarded by the offi
cers charged with the examination of papers.
By order
GEO. O. DAWSON,
Major Comd’g Post.
agio 7t
*—♦ •
Thanks. — We are under obligations to the
Southern Express Company, for more favors.
Appropriated.— The Methodist and Baptists
Chapels near the river, heretofore used for relig
ious and educational purposes,have been appropri
ated to hospital uses.
The Union Prayer Meeting will be held daily
this week at 5 o’clock at the Baptist Church. The
hour will be indicated by the ringing of the bell.
Our people should feel the importance of these
meetings, and it is hoped that there will be a general
attendance.
Some Conscience Lift.—We saw a farmer yes
terday from Chattahoochee county, who was ped
dling a good article of Flour at 75 cents per ft>. and
fine grown chickens at $3 dollars each. Further,
the old man was willing to take old issue in pay
ment. When we consider that flour is selling here
at sl, and chickens frequently at $4 and $5, and of
ten very small at even these prices, we can’t help
thinking that tho old man in question possesses a
little of an article well nigh “played out” in these
degenerate days—an article more priceless than
Lincoln’s gold and silver and more honorable to its
owner than precious stone3—that article is con
science. He assure 3us that he has since the war
paid frequent visits to Cblftmbus with his farm pro
duce, and rather than let the remorseless fangs of
the speculator fasten upon his goods has peddled
them round among the people, always at prices be
low the market value. Is not such conduct deserv
ing of mention. Would that we had many more
such men among us.
Is Bacon Healthy?—We have heretofore read
many learned desertations on the use *of meats—
their adaptation to health <fcc., but have never
before given the matter a serious thought, resting
contented to eat it when within reach, without
regard to its sanitary effect. But since which,
bacon has riz to four dollars per pound, and the
question now arises is the article healthy to me
chanics and others who are earning from three to
six dollars per day ? We think not, and would
counsel it3 disuse altogether, or that it be taken
in quanties of three teaspoonsful once a day—
well shaken before taken. We are gettingtohave
a very poor opinion of bacon anyhow; are well
satisfied that our people, and especially the labor- |
ing classes, have placed entirely too muoh stress I
upon its use, and are confident as a general thing
that people can get along just about as well with
as without it. There are a great many families
who have all their lives been accustomed to eat i
moat three times a day, to whom it seems irnpos- j
sible to live without it; but this is all in your eyo
—folks don’t know how much self-denial they
I can bear under. The more the better, we think.
Tco much luxuriousness effeminates, enervates
i and prematurely destroys independence of-charac
: ter and even life. We know several families in
j high life, who use meat but once a day, and
i strange to tell, they all live and were doing well
! at last accounts. Whatever may have been the
j medical qualities of bacon at ten cents per pound,
1 it is quite obvious it is deleterious at four dollars,
i So the best thing common folks can do is to fol
low the above gratuitous advice.
From the Richmond] Enquirer.
| To the Editors of the Enquirer ;
Gentlemen —Being anxious to contri
i bute my mite towards breaking down the
extortioners, I send you, for publication,
the “process for making sugar from the
sorgho.” If it ean be relied on to pro
duce the results there stated, may we not
hope soon to see a crushing fall in the su
gar market, and that a similar decline j
may as speedily take place in all articles
of prime necessity, is my most earnest j
wish. I blush—aye, tremble for my :
country when I see producers associated j
with the vile horde of vampires, in the
shape of extortioners, speculators, unfaith* j
ful government agents, &c., &c., who are
“stabbing their country’s vitals, and coin- j
ing her life’s blood” into money.
CINCINNATUS. j
Process of Making Sugar from the !
Sorgho. —Let the canes be well manured;
unripe eanes will not make sugar. In the j
first place, it is necessary to filter the juice
of the plant as it comes from the mill, in
order to remove the cellulose and fibrous i
matters and the starch, all of which are j
present in it when expressed. A bag .
filter, or one made of a blanket placed in 1
a basket will answer the purpose. " Next,;
we add a sufficiency of the milk of lime—
that is. lime slacked mixed with water—
to the juice to render it slightly alkaline,
as shown by its changing turmeric paper ,
to a brown color, or reddened litmus pa- ;
per to a blue. A small excess of lime is
not injurious. After this addition, the
juice should be boiled, say for 15 minutes.
A thick, greenish scum rapidly collects
on thel surface, which is to be removed
by a skimmer, and then the liquid should
be filtered again. It will be of a pale
straw color, and ready for evaporation
to be carried on with great caution, and
the syrup constantly stirred to prevent it
from burning at the bottom of the kettle,
or evaporating.
Portions of the syrup to be taken out ,
from time to time, and allowed to cool, to !
see if it is dense enough to crystalize. It
should be about as dense as sugar house
molasses, or tar. When it has reached
this condition, it may be drawn from the j
evaporating vessel and be placed in tubs !
or casks to granulate. Crystals of sugar
will begin to form in three or four days,
and sometimes nearly the whole mass will
granulate, leaving but little molasses to
be drained. After it has solidified, it
may be scooped out into conical bags,
made of coarse open cloth, or of canvass,
which are to be hung over the receivers
of molasesj and the drainage being much
aided by warmth, it will be useful to
keep the temperature of the room at 80
or 90 degs. Fahrenheit After some days
I the sugar may be removed from the bags,
and will be found to be good brown su
gar. Tt may be refined by dissolving in
hot water, adding to the solution some
| whites of eggs, (say one egg for 100 lbs.
of sugar,) mixed with cold water, after
; which tbe temperature is to be raised to
I boiling, and the syrup should be allowed
} to remain at that heat for half an hour.
! Then skim and filter, to remove the coag
alated albumen and the impurities it h*
extraoted from the sugar. ‘ By means of
bone black, such as is prepared for the
sugar refiners, the sugar may be decolored
by adding an ounce to each gallon of the
sacoharine solution and boiling the whole
together; tnen niter, and you will obtain
a nearly colorless syrup. Evaporate this
as before directed briskly, to half i ts bulk
and then slowly until dense syrup, to crys'
talize, leaving the syrup as before in tubs
or pans to granulate. This sugar will be
of a very light brown color, and may now
be clayed or whitened by the usual pros
cess, that is, by putting it into cones and
pouring a saturated solution of white su
gar upon it, so as to displace the molas**
which will drop from the apex of the in’
verted cone. The sugar is now refined
sugar.-—[Taken from the Patent
Office Report, 1857, p. 190.
quantrell, the Guerilla Chief
The Houston Telegraph publishes a long
interesting sketch of the daring Confederate dj"
tizan chief, Captain W. C. Quantrell, from w'W*
we extract the following :
The hero of fifty-six battles, in which mea we.»
klled and wounded on both sides, himself
living and wearing his laurels, is one on wA'»
the world will look with an interest au.i aim --t
tion bordering upon devotion. Missourians out
well feel proud of their distinguished chieftain ani
delight to honor him. His name bear* a
spell, and the sound of his splendid voice awaken*
the chivalry of the most obtuse of his follow-citi
zens. In every locality in whioh his operations
nave called him, both men and women, are his
friends and admirers. His popularity isevideaced
by tbe derotion of the people in naming their
infant sons, Charlio Quantrell, and many 'a littio
Quantrell bears har name in honor of the chief,
and destined in after years to tell the tale
his prowess in the field and chivalry on. tha
border.
He has the happy faculty of binding the heart<
of his friends to him and holding them in chaiai
of lore moro devoted than those of adamant: ani
yet no one seems more unconscious of his powe
over his fellow-men than the modest blue-eyed
man, who in times of peace, is gentle as a lamb,
but in war, a furious, raging tiger. Notwith
standing his impetuous daring, he is never cruel,
never ostentatious or boastful, never boisterous or
common place, but always shows the polished,
educated gentleman mingled with the dignity of
the matured chieftain. Educated at Washington
City and Georgetown, he is perfectly an fait in
etiquette of the drawing room, and of the haut tw
of society. Descended from an old and aristo
cratic family, he possesses that consciousness «C
good breediag apparent in the best society of the
east, and manifested in his acts of kindness and
consideration towards all those less fortunate taaa
himself.
I am led to these remarks because many seam
to think that the guerrilla chief, the hero of so
many bloody battles must necessarily be a man of
bloody'instincts, stained with more or less cruelty;
but far from it; he sleeps as quietly and smiles
as sweetly as though he had never slain a Yankee,
nor bushwhacked it lor nearly three Tears.
The editor of the Newark (N. J.) Journal, a
copperhead paper,‘has been arrested for an article
beginning with the words:
“It will be seen that Mr. Lincoln has called for
another half million men. Those who desire to
be butchered will please step forward at once. All
others will stay at home and defy Old Abe aud
his minions to drag them from their families.”
We learn that the whole arms-bearing popula
tion of Pontotoc and the adjacent counties, are
flocking to the standard of Gen. Forrest. The
hesitation of the Legislature has retarded tho ac
tion of this (Noxubee) and of Lowndes county.
[Clarion Extra.
AUCTION SALES
Bv £ll is, failing*ton *l' t’o.
ON TUESDAY, 16th August, atlOo'elock, we wilt
sell in front of our store.
A FINE ROCKAWAY. (LaJp St?lt,)
with Tongue and Shafts and
DOUBLE SETT IHRYKSS,
All of which is Nearly New and very de
sirable. 15td s*>
Bj Ellis. Livingston *1 (o
AN TUESDAY, 16th of August, at 10 o'clock, we
U will sell in front of our store,
500 IBS. BEST ENGLISH (’AST STEEL,
Assorted Sizes.
200 lbs Sole and Upper Leather ;
2 CaDS Fine Smoking Tobacco ;
12 bbls. SALT;
1 Marble Top Bureau ;
Lot Summer Clothing :
Lot Furniture.
—also, —
A LIKELY AEfjRO .BOY,
24 years old—Field Hand, Cook. &c.
AN EXTRA LIKELY NEGRO MAN,
23 years old—splendid Dining Room sen
vant, Gardener, Ac.
A LIKELY NEGRO MAY,
84 years old—Field Hand, Teamster &c.
ag!2 td $32
By Ellis, Livingston \ Cos.
ON Tuesday, 16th of August, at 10 o’clock, wo will
sell in front of our Auction lioom
300 lbs, ASSORTED IKOV
Os Excellent Quality.
35 BUSHELS COW PEAS.
agl3 td $9
FOIJAD!
A MEMORANDUM BOOK containing the De
scriptive List and Furlough of Private T. J.
Vance, Cos. A, 57th Ala. Regiment, Vols., Scott’s
Brigade, which the owner can have by calling at the
Enrolling Office. Columbus, Ga.
WM. S. DAVIS,
agl6 3t Capt. and Enr'g Off.
STERLIAL EXCHAAtwE!
A FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
agl6 ts BANK OF COLUMBUS.
ON and after the Ist July, my office and dwell
ing will be on Broad st.. at the residence of the
late Mrs. Cairns,
Julyl tt) W. J. MURRELL. M D _
A HOUSE WANTED
rrtO Rent from October next, a hou», or parr of a
JL house, for the use of a family.
Address “SIGMA. -
agotf At this Office.
NOTIOE2.
To Planter* ami Other*!
T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. F
will be found at Robinett & Co's old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT.
june 2 it
BONDS
Os the 500,000,000 Loan lor Sale l
I AM authorized to offer for sale the 6 per cent,
L Coupon or Registered Long Date Bond* of the
Five Hundred Million Loan authorized by Act of
Congress, February 17, 1364, in sums to suit pur
chasers, at the Confederate States Depository, Co
lumbus, Ga.
The principal and interest of this Loan are free,
from Taxation and the Coupons receivable
ment for all Import and Export Duties, iheas
Bonds are the best securities yet offered by Lie Gov
ernment. and I recommend them to the favorable
notice of Capitalist.
W. H. YOUNG. Agent,
augl lin for Omfederate States
RI AAWAY !
VKGRO boy CHARLEY; about2syears [d. yeU
low complexion, hair nearly straign L be.o» or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Th'e peon s near
Box Springs. Talbot county. I bought tun >. a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Missis? ooi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. Lie originally csme .rom
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward wi.l be paid
for hi* delivery at this office, or in any safeiaii ma
informatics root to me ROSSSU,.
Colurabms, Ga., au* l ts *