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Slit* Columbus (i-imrs.
J. It. tIAItKIMi, - - - Hanoi.
Friday Morning. Angu*t 19, 18t>4.
Experience the Best Teacher.
Among the many sins charged to the Pres
ident by Governor Brown and the Vice Presi
dent at the extra Session, was that of calling
out too many troops to meet the legions which
were invading the Confederate States. The
Governor said (and said truly) that we could
hot meet the Yankees with man for man in
the field; and he complained bitterly of the
call of the President, as likely to leave our
fields uncultivated and to bring starvation
upon both the people and aue army. He told
us, how with 200,000 men, the Yankees might
be vanquished by masterly retreats. He did
more: Availing himself of a discretion allow
ed him by the act of Congress, in exempting
men from the service, if he did not abuse his
privilege he certainly stretched it to the full- j
est extent, in withdrawing bis people from the !
operation of the conscript laws His views
were fully sustained by the Vice President, j
Those masterly retreats were to decoy the ,
enemy ftw&y from their own country, until j
they wasted away by fatigue, sickness and |
want of supplies. Well, these modern I'abii j
have found a man after their own heart In j
General Joseph Johnston. AV e have no cen
sures to bestow on General Johnston, nor in- j
deed upon Governor Brown; for to do the j
latter justice, if tLe State of Georgia is saved j
from utter ruin, much, if not most of the credit
of it will be due to him—or rather tlie credit
of it by a strange ordering of things, will be
about equally due to both President Davis and
Governor Brown—each of whom would see
the other politically damned without a sigh.
Our business is to keep the people right, if
possible, and to show them how dangerous it
is in them to pin their faith to men, especially
to men inflamed by prejudice and hatred
against each other. But to the point—Gen.
•Johnston has retreated from Dalton to Atlanta.
He has given up all Northwest Georgia, and
with it public and private works of incalcula
ble value. He has deprived his country of all
the revenues and resources which she derived
irom the surrendered territory; and thrown
its population, to a large extent, upon the
charity of the southern portions of the State.
In skirmishing, intrenching, fatigue aud expo
susure, he has lost at leant 10,000 men; (do you
not know this to be true, brother Clisby ?)
Some say twenty, and some twenty-five thou
sand. These were veterans of many battles,
whose loss, thrice the number of militia can
not repair. How much farther lie would have
retreated if he had not been displaced, no one
knows. We only state facts. During these
retreats he calls upon the President for more
troops, and that same Governor Browu, who
had just denounced the President tor calling
out too many troops and recommended the
Johnston policy as the way to conquer with
few troops, joins him in the call, and makes
Davis’s refusal, or inability to respond, an
apology tor calling out all who can bear arms
in the State ! How do you like the practical
operation of your tactics, Governor? Would
it not have been better for Johnston to have
fought at some or all his strongholds in the
mountains?
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[From the Constitutionalist.]
I*aper Money.
Many yours ago in Spain, when the Spanish |
troups were sorely pressed by their Moorish in
vaders and the wealth ot the country was ex
hausted by the devastating war, a certain
chief in order to pay his troops issued his
promise to pay on paper, to be redeemed in
coin. This was the first paper money of which
the world has any knowledge ; but the prom
ises to pay have wonderfully increased in these
latter days, although unlike the Spaniard,
they are very seldom ever redeemed.
At the commencement of the first American
Revolution, the Confederate Colonies issued j
a paper currency, known as continental mon- i
ey, in very large quantities. And this was;
the first effort to support a war entirely upon j
paper promises to pay, based upon the good j
will ot the people to redeem them after the ;
conclusion of the war.
This money wa3 so depreciated before the
seven years of strife had a conclusion, that no
effort was "fever made to redeem it. and it be
came the first act of governmental repudia
tion. It was oui own citizens, however, who
were the sufferers, and we have a vivid recol
lection of stories of a little trunk full which
was left oii the hands ofa Revolutionary great,
grand father.
This money, however, had no such sudden
fall as the currency adopted both by the Con
federacy and the United States during our
present war. Ia July 1777, Continental mon
ey was worth 97 cents on the gold dollar, and
in December following it had only decreased
one per cent. In July 1778, it was but five
per cent below par, and at the end of that year
was worth in gold 94 cents on the dollar. But
in theyear 1779 it declined rapidly—ia Janu
ary it stood 92, iu July 81, and in December
60 cents on the dollar. From 1780 it fell rap
idly, so rapidly indeed, that by the middle of
the year 1781, it was one huudred to one ;
that is one gold dollar bought one huudred
in Continental money, and Hour sold in New
York at two thousand dollars per barrel.
The issue of Continental money began iu
the latter halfof the year 1776; but we find
that in three years and a half to December,
1779, it had only decreased in value forty
cents below gold, each dollar of it readily
commanding sixty cents in gold
Now, when we consider that this money
was Issued by anew and unorganized people,
in a country whose resources had not been
developed, almost an unexplored wilderness,
with no effort of the Congress to fund or re
deem it. it euuuis as a monument of their en
durance and their patriotism. They sustained
the money at above half its face in gold for
four years of suffering and war, continued to
receive it iu payment, until its absurdity was
so apparent that it ceased to be a virtue to
uphold it as money. The record now being
made for this continent will not read as well
hereafter.
With the Federal Government the present j
issue of legal tender greenbacks commenced |
in February, 1862, supported by stringent
measures ot Congress and the most enormous
taxation, by a Government almost absolute in
its power. In less than two years \nd a half
we find this money, with all its props and
promises and professions, worth only 36 cents
on the dollar! In the same period, Continental
money, with no support but the bare printing i
units face, as we have seen, had only depre
ciated six per cent., being worth 94 cents on
the dollar! Our fathers did these things bet
ter.
At this ratio of depreciation, therefore, how
long before absolute repudiation come? The :
only hope ot the Yankee nation is in a strin- j
gent system of funding the excessive currency j
and a consolidation of the public debt; and
this is now so enormous that generation after
generation must pass away under a system of
heavy taxation before any relief will come.—
But there can be no doubt ot either a direct
repudiation of the outstanding currency at
the close ot the war, or a forced funding at
something like one-third or one-fouriu its
face.
Our own currency ia like all other war pa
per money. It is a matter of convenience——a
t ontribtiUou from the pttriotismof the peo
ple. We have, huwei'ir. uiafte*.one grand
t- file in tin* rijila direction. The system of
forced funding ot the (/ougresec of last Fehru
ary, to take tip the excessive issue, and the
adoption ot the five hundred million nun-tax
able bonds, bearing six per cent interest, to
be hypothecated for de <t and sold for curren
cy to support the Government, was not only
a wise but eminently an honest and judicious
measure. Without it, at this time the whole
land would have been flooded with worthless
promises to pay, and the barrel of flour in
stead of selling at two hundred would hare
commanded two thousand dollars per barrel.
It was wise, for that it reduced the circula
tion and kept down the price of gold, which
rules in the making of prices—it was honest
and judicious for that, it saved to the people
two thirds of their money, without which j
measure, or something similar, all would j
have been lost. It was a forced investment j
in the best of securities, for the benefit of the !
general good—and an ultimatesaving ofmon- j
ey to the people. Our hope is also in con- j
solidation of the currency to such an extent, j
that by the end of the war the circulation will
not be so great that it cannot be readily [
called in aud funded. And with peace we i
have also great hope in our exportations, a
judicious taxation of which will gradually,
but certainly, redeem the debt.
Oar currency, if permitted to be excessive,
must become worthless; but if converted into ■
bonds, these securities must always remain
good investments. The capitalists well un
derstand this and hence are generally the
holders of the bonds, wbiie the small traders j
and the farmers with the same facilities, are \
generally the ones who are found with the j
currency in possession, and become, if loss ,
comes, the loosers.
Itis wise policy, therefore, and a money
making one, to invest in the best class of
Government bonds all money in excess of the
daily wants or the daily demands of trade.—
Had this been the rule of all farmers and small
traders before the act of Congress reducing
the currency, thousands would have been one
third better off in the way of a good invest
ment than now.
Congress may hereafter legislate upon the
currency; but Congress cannot legislate in
any way to injure the bonds of the Govern
ment in the hands of private parties. Then
it is tho duty of the money holders not only
to themselves to invest in bonds as a perma
nent security, which will remain always an
interest bearing investment, not subject to
the action of the Government in any of its de
partments, but as a duty each owes to the
Government, to assist in keeping the currency
reduced to its extremest verge.
We make no pretensions to any financial
experience or skill, but this is common sense,
and so apparent that any one muse appreciate
at once its good sense. But the people hold
on to the currency and refuse to invest in
bonds, although they cry out that the curren
cy is worthless. We can only say “let those
laugh that win,” for when the crash comes
the bonds holders will be the only ones who
will not be injured by the fall. * The Govern
ment must provide means for eventually re
deeming the bonds, whatever becomes of the
currency.
Government Vessels and
Blockade Runner*
The Richmond Examiner of the 10th inst.,
publishes the following account of the secret
and hitherto unexplained disasters to Govern
ment vessels built for running tho blockade :
The statistics of the various blockade lun- j
ning steam vessels, and their fate anil fortunes, !
if fully set forth, would exhibit some curious :
facts. Some of those facts, which we have :
been informed, shall be mentioned; they will, j
to most readers, bring with them their own ex- j
planation. Seven or eight new steamers have j
been built at English dockyards, expressly to !
run the blockade; they were ordered, and af- :
terwards equipped and manned, and the offi- !
cers found for them, by au English firm styled 1
Alexander Collie & Cos. On arriving at Ber- !
ruuda, they were transferred to a respectable '
Confederate firm, acting ou behalf of the Coa- 1
federate Government; so that on arrival at Wil- i
mington—-if they had ever arrived there
they were to have been under the Confederate
flag aud owned by Confederate owners, :
and were destined thereafter as reg- ■
ular "blockade runners, half on Government !
account and half on account of the Confeder
ate firm. These vessels have ail been lost;
they were all, save one, lost on their very first
voyage between Bermuda and Wilmington ;
and our readers may remember their ill-fated
names, the Venus, the Ceres, the Vesta, the
Juno, &c. One of these, the Hebe, was lost,
not on her first voyage, but on her second.
Now, at the very same time, there was run
ning a most lucky and prosperous line of
blockade breaking ships belonging to that
English firm of Collie & Cos. The very house
which was employed to order and equip ves
sels to run the blockade on account of our
Government, was also most extensively en
gaged in running the blockade on its own ac
count. In other words, our Government ex
pected Mr. Alexander Collie to furnish them
faithfully and bona /tfe'with the means of
competing with himself and driving him out
of the most lucrative trade he ever had in his
life. Accordingly their ships were all driven
ashore, a total loss. But if Mr. Collie's owu
vessels, the Hansa has made nine round voy
ages, paying for herself twenty times over ;
the Edith and the Annie have made each
three round voyages, and are now prosper
ously running; the Falcon has made two
round voyages ; and the Flamingo has just
came in successfully on her first trip. One
of Collie’s, however, was lost; she is the Don ;
had made six prosperous round voyages, and
then was run down at sea by the Yankees, and
is now one of the blockading squadron itself.
The contrast thus presented is striking
enough, but this is not all; the captains and
j officers found by Collie & Cos., for the Con
| federate vessels were all most particularly ca
| pable and experienced men; they always ran
, their ships safely through the blockading
| squadron—for if they had lost them to the
! Yankees, they never could have got command
i of a vessel again ; it was always on the coast,
! or in the very mouth of Cape Fear river, that
; those vessels were iuu aground, and then
usually burned up. both ship and cargo.—
Suspicions could not but arise after awhile,
even in the most simple hearts; and when the
Vesta, about seven months ago, after success
fully making her way through a blockading
fleet in pursuit, and after she was safe out of
their range and out of their sight, was want
tonly .run aground on the North Carolina
1 coast and instantly burned by her Captain, to
gether with her cargo and the very baggage
; of passengers, inquiry was instituted before a
court at Wilmington, and it was determined
[ to examine the Captain and first officers ; but
j it was found that they apprehending inquiry,
had left secretly and by night , and got aboard
j (one of Collie's ships,) then weigh
ing anchor for England.
This Captain was afterwards appointed
i Captain of one of Collie’s own vessels. The
first officer, also of the Vesta, had been, before
that, an officer on board the Hobe, one of our
unlucky Confederate blockade runners, and
is now first officer of the Annie, one of Collie's.
The Captain of the Hobe, when she was lost,
is now commander of the more fortunate
‘ Hansa.
We learn further that Hudgen, of London, an
extensive shipbuilder, constructed to the order
of Collie & Cos. seven double screw vessels, all
just alike; of these live were transferred to
ti.e Confederate firm (or Government) —all
five lost; two were retained by Collie &Co.—
both still running.
There are two other vessels, the Fanny and
the Alice, not furnished and manned, as we
are informed by Collie k Cos., which have the
good luck to be commanded by Confederate
Captains; they have each made seven sound
voyages. The State of North Carolina also in
providing herself with vessels to ruu the
blockade upon State account, made h r «>w 1
arrangements and employed her own i.;
which is probably Hie reason of tier e •
tune in tnai business.
There is no other conceivable way
countiug lor the tacts above menttoued,
by - u uposiiigtlirtt the judicious Collie <fc Cos. etn
p toyed captains and {Mid them, expressly to run
ashore and destroy those vessels which wt re
| to enter into competition with their own ; aud
that as a further reward for that service, the
officers who have lo3t Confederate ships are
put on board Collie’s to carry them through
safely. Many persons have speculated in vain
upon the astonishing ill luck of the Confeder
ate vessels, and have suggested that the Yan
kees bad agents in Nassau and Bermuda to
bribe captains and officers, so as to ensure the
los3 of certain sbip3. That there was villainy
somewhere was very apparent, and, as usual,
the misfortunes of the Confederates may be
traced this time also to that guileless simplici
ty with which they have entrusted their inter
ests to those having another interest directly
opposite to theirs. Many is the bale of pre
cious cotton that has gone to England to pay
for those ships and cargoes ; the Coquette, the
very last ship our Government had, is at last
sold ; aud a pawky Scotchman has almost a
monopoly of the foreign trade of the Confede
rate States. Collie & Cos. is at present one of
the richest firms in England, and it sees no
good reason why this war should -ever end.
A Notable Marriage.
An English paper gives the following
account of the marriage of the Count de
Paris aud the Princess Isabella. Louis
Philiippe, Albert de Orleans, Count de
Paris, the oldest hope of the Orleans
family was mairied to his first cousin, the
Princess Isabella of Spain, in the pres
ence of a most illustrious company, in
cluding not only the English nobility, and
foreign ambassadors, but many of the
representatives of the old Historic names
of France,’who still adhere in loyalty and
hope to the fallen fortunes of the Orleans
dynasty. The marriage was celebrated in
the pretty little Roman Catholic chapel at
Kingston, where the Due de Chartres was
married last year, and where many mem*
bers of the late royal family of France
usually attend the service of their faith.
As was to be expected then, the marriage
at Kingston yesterday was made a gala
day for all the country around. Soon af*
ter the arrival of the Bishop at the porch,
Gaston de’Orleans’ Count de’Eu, and
Phillipe d’Orleans, Duke d’Alencon, the
sous of the Due de Nemours, arrived
with their sisters, Princesses Marguerite,
and Blanche, and followed soon after by
the Prince de Conde, son of the Due d’-
Aumale, and then by the Princess Cur
ristan, the sister of the bride, for there
were no bridesmaids on the occasion. The
Prince and princess de Joinrillo, with the
Due d'Aumale, followed almost directly,
the Dutchess d'Aumale being prevented
by indisposition from being present. And
now the little church was quite full, and
glowed on all sides with the rich colors of
the ladies dresses. Just after 10£ o’clock
loud cheering was heard without, and
there was a long pause of expectation,
which was broken at last, as leaning on
the arm of a tall, fair young man, a ven*
erable lady came slowly up the church,
and all rose and bowed as they recognized'
in the aged and feeble Queen tlie care
worn features of Maria Amelia, the widow
of Louis Philiippe.
There was a feeling of emotion almost
amounting to awe with which this queen*
ly relie ot a by gone age and time, this
living witness and actor amid events for
which we of this generation have to read
history, was regarded. The joying man,
who supported her tenderly, as she ad
vanced up the church, bowing with queen
ly self possession to the reverences oi
those arcund, was the bridegroom, her
grandson, the Count de Paris. Though
twenty-six years of age he looks two years
younger, which is, perhaps owing to his
fair complexion and light flaxen hair.
Certainly he would be counted fair even
among Englishmen, and his light mous
tache and open large blue eyes, reminded
one more of our own royal family than
tho Prince of the House of Orleans. Al
most immediately following came the
bride, She was clad in white, a soft airy
dress resembling a bloom of white flow
ers, while the massive lace veil which was
her bridal wreath was turned back from
her face, and hung like a train behind.
She moved with a simple dignity that was
; inexpressibly charming and her fine deli
| cate features at once reminded the specs
tator of the profile of the princess of
I Wales.
The service proceeded according to the
ritural of the Roman Catholic Church.
When that part of the service came at
which the Bishop asked the Prince, ‘‘Lou
is Phillippe Albert d’Orleans, voulez vous
prendre Marie Isabella Francoise d’Ass
sise Antonia Louise Fernande, ici pre
sente, pour votre legitimo espouse V’ &c.,
the Prince turned and gravely bowed to
the Queen mother for the consent, which
was given to him with a kindly smile and
how before he turned and answered “Je
lo veux.” In the same manner the Prin
cess turned to receive the approbation of
his parent and of the Queen mother also
before she, too, answered in the affirma
tive clearly and distinctly. When these
all important answers were given loudly,
so that all could hear, when according to
the Roman Catholic custom, the bride
groom has given the bride the gold and
silver coins typical of the worldly goods
with which he endowed her, the ceremo
ny was finished with a blessing, and the
now Prince and Princess d’Orleans, re«
tired to the sacristy to sign the registry.
It was witnessed by the Duke de Mont
pensier the Duke de Chartres, and the
Spanish ministry only.
Congressional Election.—Governs i
or Harris, of Tennessee, has issued a pro- !
clamation appointing next Thursday, the
18th inst., as a day for the election of a i
Congressman from the 11th Tennessee
district in place of the lion D. M. Cur
rin.
According to the amended law of Con- :
gross, elections will be held in the
ent camps, and those entitled to vote in
the State, whether citizens or soldiers, if ‘
forced to leave their homes by the occu
pation of the enemy or the movements of j
the army, wilt be entitled to east their |
votes in this election. The qualifications I
are that they be citizens of tho Confed
erate States and qualified to vote for a
Representative to the mest numerous
branch of the State Legislature
There are only two candidates for the
office that wc are advised of—Capt. M.
W. Cluskey, of Gen. Vaughn’s brigade,
and Gen. John L. T. Sneed —both men of
ability, patriotism and high toned chival
ry
We notice that tho polls will be open-*
e l in Macon and Griffin, Ga,, and other
places where there are Tennessee soldiers.
| — S'iv. Rep.
Love, like <leftth, levels all ranks, and lays the
iUtvier brsidu the crook.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF TUB PKKHS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress jn the year
ISii-l by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Atlanta, Aug. 18.
Heavy skirmishing began at midnight on our
left centre and continued until 2 o’clock without
any results. This morning the artillery of Stew
art's corps opened on the enemy— their batteries
replying feebly. T e firing was very heavy and
produced consternation among the enemy.
Prisoners report that our cavalry had captured
a large number of beeves at Kingston a few days
since. Reports are numerous in circulation in
regard to their operations, but beyond the fact
that they had cut the road at Acworth, and were
destroying the track between Etowah and Ostan
aula rivers, and thus far had been entirely suc
cessful; nothing official has been received. The
enemy seem to be ignorant of the magnitude of
the operations in their rear, and were preparing
another raiding expedition under Kilpatrick which
had rendezvoused at Sweet Water, preparatory to
starting, which, it is beli ved has been recalled—
yesterday going in pjrsuifc of our cavalry.
Moble, Aug. 18.
Yesterday Capt. Moore with a few Creolescouts
in a skiff captured a Lieutenant and eight others
with a launch near Cedar Point, The- prisoners
have arrived, All quiet.
Beginning to Look at Matters
Seriously.
•Some of the Northern press are getting
frightened at the rapid advance of prices
t)f things in the eating and drinking line
in that section of the world. The New
York Express, under the head of “Enor
mous Expenses of Living,” speaks as fol*
lows:
The high rates of living are now the
subject of constant conversation among
families. Even the ordinary salutatious
among friends in the street, especially be*
tween housewives coming from the mar
kets, arc mingled with comments on these
advances. Almost daily, during the past
week, from one to five cents have been ad
ded to the prices of ordinary articles, and
the unwelcome experience of customers
obliges them to come prepared daily to
pay increased rates for everything.
The increased prices are not confined to
edibles. Dry goods and clothing are go*
ing up so high that they will soon be be
jond the reach of the masses. Shirting,
flannels and calicoes, which sold a month
since at double their former prices, have
advaueed ten to twenty per cent, since
that time.
j Even at these rates there is a notice*
; able indifference among many shop keep
: ers to sell goods, as the almost daily rise
! in the price of gold, or rather the reduc
i tion of the previous value of the currency,
| enables them to “mark up” eaeh article.
Who is so blind as not to see that a
j prolongation of the war is ruin, utter and
t irretrievable, to the nation, or a wholesale
repudiation of the entire debt. Great as
this debt is—larger now, no doubt, than
the immense colossal debt of England—it
must of necessity be largely increased,
when the claims of Union men for prop
erty wantonly and maliciously destroyed,
and for slaves deeoyed away by orders of
Federal officers, or by a tacit understand
ing with their subordinates, shall be paid.
If three years of war has produced an
; additional expenditure greater than tlie
! entire cost of the government, with the
; large additions of territory added since its
| first formation, three years more of war,
I with the price of everything necessary to
! cany it* on doubled, trebled, quadrupled
I in price, by the depreciation ot the legal
; tender currency, must involve a wreck of
i everything financial. There seems to be
; but one single hope for the country, and
that is in peace; and that hope must soon
be realized if we would have anything
; left us worth saving.
Wilmington. —The London corvesn
pondent of the New York Herald, writing
under date of July 2, is very anxious that
something should be done to stop blockade
running by capturing Wilmington. He
says:
I have often spoken of the gigantic for
tunes that are being constantly made in
running the blockade. An eminent ship
builder told me yesterday that he had one
steamer running the blockade, and that he
was building four more for the same purs
pose. Alexander Collie & Cos. are report
ed to have made a million sterling on
blockade running. Why cannot the Gov
ernment spare twenty thousand men to go
to North Carolina and capture Wilming*
ton ? In the panic of its fall Charleston
will also be taken. Those two places are
the principal mouths that feed the rebels.
Wilmington alone would be worth more to
you than Richmond.
Ice fob the Sick and Wounded.— W. 0. Bee,
Esq., President of the South Carolina Importing and
Exporting Company, informs Surgeon T. L. Ogier,
Medical Director at Charleston, that six machines
for the manufacture of ice, accompanied with the
requisite materials for that purpose, have just been
received from Liverpool.
In hi* correspondence, Mr. Bee rays: “They were
imported by the Importing and Exporting Cbm
pany of South Carolina for the benefit of the sick
and wounded in the field and hospitals in this de
partment, and are respectful'y tendered to you for
that object, with the hope that they may prove in
strumental in alleviating the sufferings of those who
have perilled their lives in their country's cause.”
Go 1. Anderson, the officer who figures so infamous
ly ia the surrender of Fort Gaines, is said to be a
native of South Carolina. He entered West Point
from Texas, but remained only two years, and, of
course, did not graduate. He was appointed 2nd
Lieutenant in the old army in 1856, and being sts
t’oued in the South, joiffed the Confederate army at
the commencement of the war.
The first importation of new Printing Types into
the Confederacy from England, is due to the Rich
mond Dispatch, which paper is now printed on En
glish face, imported through the “efficient” block
ade. The Dispatch begins to look like old timee.
Henderson, the actor, wasfeldom knewn to be in
a passion. Wheu at Oxford, he was once debating
with a fellow student, who, not beeping in temper,
threw a glass of wins in the acter’s face, when Hen
derson took oa? his handkerchief, wiped his face,
and said: “That, sir, was a digression ; now for the
argument/'
“Revs. E. W. Warren and Vi M. Haygood,
Baptists, Rtv. D. Wills, Presbyterian, and
| Revs. J. VY. Burke, and j. Danforth, Method
: ists. gallantly inarched forth in the ranks and
\ helped repel the enemy daring the late attack
; on Macon. Balls grazed Mr. Burke’s neck and
i Mr. Wills’ eyebrow/:
Rev. S, Boykin, the Editor of the Index,
from w hich tiio above is extracted, has, from
i motives of delicacy, withheld his own name
] from the list of tho ministers who went into
j the fight on the 30th ult., when in fact, lie
I performed as chivalrous a part as any of his
I brethren whom he has mentioned so favorably
; in connection with that memorable day in the
! history of this city.— Macon Telegraph"
i:rry\i att Kits.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL BDITOU.
Notice.
Headquarters Post, i
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14, 1864. 1
General Orders, )
No. 5. J
I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over six [oj 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 pa s
from the Onumandant 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 v
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 17, 1864.
[Extract.]
Special Orders, i
No. 46. } \
I. The troops in this city will be reviewed and in
spected in front of the residence of Capt, J. M. Biv
ins, on Friday the 19th inst., at 5 o’clock p. m.
GEO. O. DAWSON,
a »18 2t Major, Commanding Post.
Confederate States Depository*
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 17, ’64. I
Deposites in New Currency will bo received and]
Call Certificates issued at this Office, payable on*
demand, bear ng interest at four per cent por an-;
Dum from date.
Dep .sites in Old Currency at 66 2-3 cents on the
dollar will be received and Certificate issued payable
on demand after ninety days from date in New Cur
rency.
Above Certificates are secured by the hypotheca
tion of an amount of Bonds of tho Five Hundred
Million Loan [non-taxable] equal to tho sum of
these loans.
I am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Coupon or
Registered Bonds of the $500,000,000 loan at $135
for the new currency or the old at 66 2-3 cents on
the dollar.
The principal and interest of this Loan are free
from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in pay
ment for all Import and Export Duties. These
Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov
ernment, and I recommend them to the favorable
notice of the public.
W. 11. YOUNG,
augl lm Depositary.
Premature. —ln our “Roll of Honor” yesterday,
the printer unwittingly inserted the name of Rich
ard Patten as having gone to the land of shades
and shadows. Tho name should have read Rich
ard Potter : as clever a gentleman aud true a pa
triot as ever emigrated from the Emerald Isle.
We claim Mr. Patten’s pardon for having thus
prematurely entombed him, and hope that he may
live for some time to come.
How islt£—We see that in various other sec
tions the prices of provisions are falling, and es
pecially in Richmond, has the downward tendency
been most rapid and agreeable. How is i’, while
this is the case, that in Columbus, prices are
gradually getting higher and higher ? Can it be
that the spirit ot speculation and extortion among
our people is so rampant, as to be willing to sacri
fice every consideration of right, justice, humani
ty to the ruling passion—unholy lust for gain.
Wood, Wood!— Another subject of as much in
terest as rents to our poor is the article of wood
for winter use. It is quite evident from the cur
rent prices of wood that it will be entirely out of
the range of possibility for hundreds of poor in
our city to provide themselves with a necessary
supply of fuel, and this nectssity will havo to be
met as it. was last winter, by public contributions.
We see from the Savannah papers that a commit
tee has been appointed to secure wood for the city,
and the probability is that prices will be greatly
reduced, ho that those who are able to buy will be
enabled to do so on the lowest terms while those
unubie will be furnished gratis. This same com
mittee have heretofore kept down the prices of
provisions in Savannah to living rates. We
should like to see some such committee here, for
with another winter of war, and constantly ad
vancing prices, there is likely to be an amount of
destitution and suffering in the way ot food and
fuel, that must call into exorcise the most active
and enlarged spirit of benevolence.
(communicated.] s
Guilty or not Guilty.
Editor Times :—ln tho Sun of Tuesday last,
appeared an extract from a letter written from
Nashville, Tenn., in which heavy charges are pre
ferred against the Yankees, which charges if true,
justly merit the condemnation of all good people,
to say nothing of tho vengeance of heaven which
is sure to bo meted out to them by a just God in
the dey of general retribution. Tho charges are
as follows : Poor women and children arc thrown
into tho streets and their houses given to negroes.
Their money stolen, and their furni ure destroyed
or giyen to negroes. We have not language to
express our indignation at such fiendish conduct
on the part of our enemies, and if our enemies
deserve such unmitigated castigation, what must
those deserve who profess to be our friends and
are guilty of the same things. Have we not dis
possessed the wives and widows of soldiers to ac
commodate the negroes, and that which is virtual
ly the same, left them without shelter, when there
are hundreds of good houses occupied by negroes,
which are too sacred to be even thought of by a
poor soldier's wife or a poor refugee? And to make
assurance doubly sure, landlords and proprietors
have advanced their rents more than a hundred
per cent, over last year. Now this settles the ques
tion forever, for they very well know 'hat the
poor are not able to pay such high ronts, while
the slave owners are, and God only knows what is
to become of us in future, for every day developes
some new feature of suffering ; every day shows
some new couse of complaint, while there is com
paratively nothing done to relieve the suffering
poor, and what is done is so partial in its opera
tion that the meritorious receives but little benefit
from it.
These are grave charges, but nevertheless true
in many eases, and hundreds are not only willing
but anxious to testify to the truth of *hese things,
We are truly astonished at the presumtion in man
kind, having the light of God’s eternal truth be
fore their eyes, to meet in sacred conclave and lift
up unholy hands and ask God to have mercy on
them when they have no mercy on others, and
"more especially on their bleeding country men.
They ask God to drive back oar eaemies in con
fusion, when they are afraid to lift a helping hand
to drive them back themselves. Poorpresumtious
mortals! They want the Almighty to fight all
our battles, pay all the expenses of the war, feed
and clothe the poor, furnish shelter for the home
less, give us peace, give us a free Government, ac
knowledge our independence, make of us a mighty
nation, and make them the sole proprietors of the
whole concern. Such seems to be their desire from
their prayers and their great thirst for gain. Now
we would ask, how dare we ask God to be merci
ful and just to us when we are so unmerciful, so
unjust to ourselves and to one another. We would
say to such men, read the sth chapter of the
Epistle of St James. They will there find thier
! condemnation written too plain to be misunder
| st-tod. But James is n.<t all the inspired writer
■ who condemns them, the bibio is full to tho point,
and I fear that as a nation we are too corrupt,
too proud, too much given to idolatry of filthy
lucre, worshippers of mammon to even hope that a
just God will deign c«, int r.,.. 5 « i„ ,„ tr beiri ,
to confuund our enemies wbu »re but liiflo * . *
than we are. if we weigh iha matter impart
Theuou what dot s our hopes «» success ,h
If on God’s Justice wo tremb o for the issue. f,„|
we still have a hope founded on the promise of
God to Lott, “Should ten righteous be found Ha
would spare the city.” Now, we do hope, that all
Seeing Eye will discover ton righteous i n th „
Confederacy. TIBHOMINGO.
Attention, Dawson Artillery!
Special Orders, l
No. 3. S
In pursuance of orders from Maj. G. 0. Daw, r
Cbmmandant of tho Post, this Company will
semble at Temperance Hall, on Friday, 19th inst., »t
Zyi o’clock, prepared for inspection and review— all
delinquents will be reported to tho proper officers
By order of
R. B. BAKER, r ar ,
R. B. McKay, O. S. ag ]q
Soldiers Families* >
The commissioners earnestly desire tfcer all sol
diers families in Stewart county in indigent circuit
stances, not heretofore reported, be reported oa
Thursday the 25th inst., in order that suitable pro
vision may be made for them out of the Soldier*
fund.
John AY est, i
~ E-T. Beall, '►Corn
_ _t E. F. Kirksey. I
Rumors have been as plenty during (he last
two or three dava as Yankees around Atlanta
First, it was told, with knowing winks and
nods, that General Wheeler had planned and
was now executing one of the boldest enter
prises of the war; that with a force, variously
estimated at from seven to twenty-five thou
sand troopers, he had passed to Sherman's
rear, captured Marietta, burned all the Yan
kee stores at t hat place, and then proceeded
deliberately to roll up the railroad, like a huge
piece of oil-cloth, from Marietta to Dalton,
filling up the cuts and shovelling away the
fills. It was further stated that a courier had
arrived with dispatches from AVheeler, an
nouncing that Forrest, with his whole force,
was within striking distance of Dalton, and
would meet Wheeler there, from which poini
the combined force would go towards Chatta
nooga, burning bridges and destroying the
railroad, until they met Longstreet, who, with
a column of forty thousand men, was march
ing through East Tennessee to deprive Sher
man of his last chance of a retreat. In addi A
tion to this, it was confidently asserted that
Kirby Smith, or Dick Taylor, with some thir
ty thousand men from the Trans-Mississippi
array would be in Atlanta within a week, and
put the finishing stroke to Sherman’s army.—
Nor was this all. Lee had whipped Grant
and driven him to Burmuda Hundreds, cut
off bis retreat by water, and demanded his
surrender. Grant had agreed to surrender,
but Lee had reconsidered his demand, and af
terwards insisted that Sherman and his army
should be included in the surrender, at which
point the negotiations were at a halt
These are but a small part of the magnifl
cent reports with which the ears of the people
have been tickled by new mongers, who stalk
ed from crowd to crowd, unloading their
budgets.— Rebel, 1G th.
Our Worst Enemy.— -While we are fighting for
our independence, we have in our midst an enoiny
which is more de d!y than the combined hos'd of
the Yankee nation. We allude to the spirit <>f de
moralization that is raging through 'he land. It
has laid violent hands on all classes of people. Tho
young and old, male and female, have been blight
ed by its touch ; and the foundation of society have
been shocked by its tremendous influence.
Where are our philanthropists? Why arc they
not endeavoring to chain the monster ere we are
bound hand and foot ? Wo shudder when we think
of the rapid inroads that are being made upon us
by this demon sir. , and wo tremble for the fate of
society.— Confederacy.
A Wish. —The Boston Commercial Bulletin, aftei
announcing tho purchase of the Mersey rams by the-
British Government, adds : “To our own navy thi«
will be a great relief, for they are as unprepared to
meet the rams as they are to capture tho Alabama
and her consorts. AVe wish they would prevail ujjod
the British Government to purchase the rebel ram
Albermale also, and the other rams in Charleston
and Mobile.”
By Eliis, Liringston & Cos
ON SATURDAY, 20th of August, at 10 o'clock. w»
will sell in front of our store,
Ingrain Carpet, Corn Mill and Sheller,
3 dozen Coffee Mills; Prints; Summer
Clothing; Goat Skins; Carriage Springs,
Lot hammered Iron; Piano Furniture,
Ac., &c. 19td $6
SI,OOO Reward.
CTOLEN from my headquarters near Atlanta, da
u my Mare, bright bay, bald face, black mane and
tail and black legs, with tho exception of two small
white spots on the inside of each hind foot, carries a
high head and altogether is a very gay looking an
imal under the saddle. I will pay 4>500 for her de
livery to mo at this place or to Maj. Gen. C heat
ham, Army of Tennessee, or for information so that
I can get her. And SSOO for the detection of tbo
thief that stole her.
B. J. BUTLER,
agl9 lw J/aj.andC. 8
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD
CHANGE OF SCHEDIIXE.
Girabd, Ala., Aug. 22,1864.
ON and after this date Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follow-:
Passenger Train
Leave Ginrd at...... 3 00 p. ii
Arrive in Union Springs > o<)
Leave Union Springs ..5 3o a. ir
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 Ou a. u;
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in.
B. E. WELLS,
aglß ts Eng. k Sup’t
EBTRAI JIIILeT
TAKEN up by the subscriber a Cream Coi/jkes
I Horse Mule, about 0 years old; hands
high, with black stripe across the shoulders.
Tnc owner will call and prove property, pay ec&i
ges and take him away. t( .- B7C
aglß 3t K. F- HARRIS
FOUND!
* MEMORANDUM BOOK containing the De
A scriptive List and Furlough of Privato T. •'
Vance, Cos. A, 57th Ala. Regiment, Vols., Scotti
Brigade, which the owner can have by calling at the
Office, C.:.lu]ubnf, g
agl63t Capt. and Enr’g OiL
STMRM Vt; E\('HA\(;K:
» FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
agl6 ts BANK OF COLUMBIA
A HOUSE WANTED.
ri'G Rent from October next, a house, or par" a
1 house, for the use of a family.
Address ‘"SIGMA,’’
ags ts At this Offi t! -
NOTICE
To PSattters and Other*?'
T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting
1 Yams, for Bacon. Lard, Tallow and BwswaVA tj
will bo found at Rohinett A Go ’s old stand, wheK
am manufacturing formal •
June 2 tt __
REWARD!
rnj] is above reward will bo pai i for the arrest
I nroduetiou before the Coroners C> urt.l* 11 ,*"
poosa,county, Ala., o’ one WM, A. PAULK.
murdered ray husband, Benjamin Gibson, «n
day night, Ist oj August.
Said Paulk is a resident of Macon conin. . 1
Union Springs, aged about ."45 years, about > ■"
inches in heig th. stout built, fair eompb M «
hair and blue eyes. Believed to be r •
the 2d Ala. cavalry. JULIA A. GIBHJN.
Near Tallassee. T-Uapo-sa cc. Ai*
agSlrn _