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®ii ms. 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 *